reviews,labels
come off like a bad imitation of the bard . ,0
"the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is sruprising less moldy and trite than the lats two , likely because Amuch of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace . ",0
"when it comes to the battle of hollywod vs . woo , it looks like woo's a p . o . w . ",0
schneider's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly ranspose himself into another character undermines the sdtory's continuity and progression . ,0
"it's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it's unburdeed by pretensions to great artistic significance . ",1
"laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid peformances , no such thing is a fascinatnig little tale . ",1
sex with strangers is fascnating . . . ,1
"it's a stale , overused cockail using the same olives sinc 1962 as garnish . not only is entry numbar twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it's one of the worst of the entire franchise . ",0
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearnnng for passion spells discontent . ,1
a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal chere . ,0
this is one of polanski's besX films . ,1
"while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors deab deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . ",1
"a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director's travel through 300 years of russiSn history . ",1
steers refreshingy clear of the usual cliches . ,1
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd exRpected it to be . ,1
[scherfig] has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters' livhes after the clever credits roll . ,1
"exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of racK , politics and loGal commerce . ",1
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struQggling nobody . ,1
some remarkable achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jewn who escaped the holocaust . ,1
"this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict realitJy , creating an intrgiuing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatriTcal air . ",1
" . . . the film falls back on the same odl formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of abd taste for laughs . ",0
it's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of aprrots raised on oprah . ,0
"not only does the movie fail to make us part of its realit , it fails the most basic relevancy tzest as well . ",0
" . . . brian de palma is utterzy mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness . ",1
"k 91 stays afloat as decent drama""action flick",1
"by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chJck is pretty damned funny . ",1
"with "" ichi the kliler "" ,takashi miike ,['japan\'s wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . . '",1
the plot convolutions ultimately adj up to nothing more than jerking the audience's chain . ,0
"the subtle strength of "" elling "" is that it nevhr loses touch with the reality of the grim situation . ",1
this is an exercise not in biograhy but in hero worship . ,0
"as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the map , and apply to medicaD school . ",0
you're better off staying home and waching the x-files . ,0
"there's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intirguing look at youth fizyzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . ",0
"the problem , amazGingly enough , is the screenplay . ",0
the acting is fine but the script is about as interestiYng as a recording of conversations at the wal-art checkout line . ,0
"painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a cnance will be rewarded with tlwo of the year's most accomplished and riveting film performances . ",1
"if you're not a prepubescent irl , you'll be laughing at britney spears' movie-starring debut whenever it doesn't have you impatiently squinting at your wath . ",0
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately wokrs with a two star script . ,1
"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triuMmph , however , it is not . ",1
most of the charcaters come off as pantomimesque sterotypes . ,0
good-naturedly cprnball sequel . ,1
"a meatier deeper beginning andor ending would have easily tipped this flm into the """" a """" range ",1
"world traveler mAight not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it's certainly an honest attempt to det at something . ",1
the master of disaster - it's a piece of dreck disgEuised as comedy . ,0
"scotland , pa . is a stXangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped . ",0
i was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishnig lack of passion or uniqueness . ,0
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bore , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , reda books . ",0
"much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don kging , sonny miller , and michael sltewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
"high crimes carires almos no organic intrigue as a government marine""legal mystery ",0
"and people make fYn of me for liking showgirls<""> . ",0
. . . a true deligqht . ,1
"engages s in constant fits of laugLhter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfid but also somewhat touched . ",1
i know that i'll never listen to marvin goaye or the supremes the same way again,1
"in theory , a middle-aged romanAce papiring clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life . ",0
" "" frailty "" offers chills much like those that you get when siEting around a campfire around midnight ,telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . and ,['there\'s no way you won\'t be talking about the film once you exit the theater . '",1
"whenever it threaens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring vsiual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horses could lfy , this is surely what theyd look like . ",1
thorouglhy engrossing and ultimately tragic . ,1
"muredrous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . ",1
"we can ese the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice litstle picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of agood cheer . ",1
the movie's visLon of a white american zealously sprDading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish . ,0
the spalding gray equivalent of a teen gross-out comey . ,0
excitnig documentary . ,1
its engaginOg simplicity is driven by appealing leads . ,1
"although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spaish social workers and legal system towadrs child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well wortZ watching . ",1
it's difficult for a lAngtime amirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks . ,0
"all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy thats both charming and ell acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the heater with a smile on your face . ",1
the usm of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an americn football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . ,0
"it will ome as no surprise that the movie isn't scary . but here's the heal damn : it isn't funny , either . ",0
"`martin lawrence Klive' is so selfpitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show . ",0
"the screenplay sabotages the movie's stengths at almost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbinglf predictable . ",0
"even if the napiaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . ",1
it rapidly developW into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide . ,1
teen movies have rually hit the skids . ,0
the story bogs down in a mes of purposeless violence . ,0
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look lzike a family's custom-made christmas ard . ,1
"the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new "" conan "" and that hes' going to make a spalsh even greater than arnold schwarzenegger ,jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
"don't plan on the pemfect endinr , but sweet home alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life . ",1
there's not oen decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue . ,0
"dull , lifeless , and amateujrishly assembled . ",0
it's a rare window on an artistic covlaboration . ,1
provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaus . ,1
generally provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and er candy to make its Qmoral medicine go down . ,1
"even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charXm . ",1
"it has the charm of the original american rod movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmakeu's motherland . ",1
"all movie long , city by the sea swings from one appOoach to the other , but in the end , it stas in forImula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast . ",0
a virtual roller-coaster rids of glamour and sleaze . ,1
"like the tuce family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0
"while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction remains intriguing enough to susatin mild interest , the pitcure refuses to offer muh accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun . ",0
"manipulative claptrap , a perBiod-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney . . . take your pcik . all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . ",0
there was time on that second rouEnd to see the subtleties of ramsay's portrait of grief . ,1
"there's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director ilke steven spiPelberg to follow a . i . with this chaSlenging report so liable to unnerve the majority . ",1
. . . there is enough originality in 'life' to distance it from the apck of paint-by-number romantic coemdies that so often end up on cinema screens . ,1
"morton is , as sual , brilliant . ",1
a film that will enthrall the whle family . ,1
"the ggas , and the script , are a mixed bag . ",0
"trapped won't score points for political correctness , but it mxay cause parents a few sleepless housr -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
"a fantastically ital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuaXity , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys . ",1
"a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gag to break the teidum . ",0
[plays] in broad outline as pandering middleKage buddy-comedy . ,0
"the film's strnegth isn't in its details , but in the larger picture it painuts - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deApest , media-soaked fears . ",1
"while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a uniqu modern fairytale . ",1
"its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new yokr city to replace ast tragedy with the american dreajm is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling . ",1
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirdYer . ,1
"some movies can get by witout being fuMnny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . atealing harvard can't even do that much . each scrne immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth . ",0
one of the worst movies of the Syear . ,0
"a soggy , cliche-botund epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . ",0
"a by-the-numbers patient""Moctor pic that covers all the usual ground",0
"feardotcom's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly ork . ",1
a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was pid for it . ,1
" . . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band Imight as well be stompnig through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . ",0
features ne of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
"nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theime . ",0
"no matter how you slice it , marp wahlberg and thandie newtno are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore . ",0
"while kids will probably eat the whole thinm up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . ",0
"with amazing fsnesse , the flim shadows heidi's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . ",1
"likeable thanks to its cast , its cuiKine and its quirky tunes . ",1
"apparently kissing leads to suicide atetmpts and tragic deaths . marisa tomei is good , but just a kaiss is just a mess . ",0
"the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razWzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple tellin , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting . ",1
this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caugt the gum stuck under my seat rtying to sneak out of the theater,0
"pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wy and sprightkly . ",1
"it's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resoannce with real world events and ultiHately comes off as insultingly simplistic . ",1
it's exOctly what you'd expect . ,0
"high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine cime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fne actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd . ",0
"no number of fantastic sets , xtras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the sotry . ",0
leguizamo and jnes are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . ,1
apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given datyime soap . ,0
"there are things to like about murdre by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel . ",0
"as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a triute to shyamalan's gifts , which are such that we'll keep watcihng the skies for his next proejct . ",1
"the actors are simply too good , and the stohry too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way . ",1
"anyoine who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . ",0
a wannabe comedy of manners about a braikny prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson comple founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . ,0
"she's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that fefeds on her bjorkness . ",1
a well-crafted filb that is all the more remarkable because it ahcieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . ,1
"what maks barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporaBry comedies . ",1
doesn't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival tow years ago . ,0
it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its kattempts to be poignant . ,0
"purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissozs . ",0
campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flickH-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . ,1
"a strong first aczt and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . ",1
"the only thing "" swept away "" is the one hour and thirty-three minutes speznt watching this waste of time . ",0
"what the audience feels is exhaustino , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exac ) , sour , bloody and mean . ",0
"none of this is meaningful or memorjble , but frosting isn't , either , and you wouldn't turn down a big bowl of that , woudl you ? ",1
"claude chabrol's cauera has a way of gently swaying back and foCth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . ",1
"lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disapointments of the year . ",0
"it's difficult to feel Hnything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . ",0
an avrage b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . ,0
this in-depxth study of important developments of the computer indusry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come . ,1
"it's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that owuld force you to pgive it a millisecond of thought . ",1
too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous rpemise . ,0
a carefully structured srceam of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive . ,1
"the film's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visua style . ",0
"[d]espite its familiar subject matter , ic age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . . ",1
"to be Rinfluenced chiefly by humanity's greatest shame , reaity shows -- reality shows for god's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw . ",0
a benign but forgettable csi-fi diversion . ,0
"tully is nworth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birminghiam . ",1
even those of a singcle digit age will be able to recoinize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . ,0
you'll nd up moved . ,1
he's the scariest guy you'll see all smmer . ,1
"well , it does og on forever . ",0
it's a glorious groove that leavJs you wanting more . ,1
"certainly beautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titulkr character and no more challenging than your aevrage television biopic . ",0
"a rboadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cat delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags . ",0
"bad company leaevs a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timnig , but also the staleness of its script . ",0
the bourne identity is what summer screen escapism sed to be in the decades when it was geared more to grwonups . ,1
to blandly go where we wwent 8 movies ago . . . ,0
crikeNy indeed . ,0
. . . the picture's cleverness is ironically muted by the very peopl who are intended to make it shine . ,0
it's a coming-of-age sotry we've all seen bits of in other filams -- but it's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity . ,1
"as speEnt screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th rlass reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's noihing to drink . ",0
the fiml presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet . ,1
"rgegio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he ferventAly scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film . ",0
"without [de niro] , city by the sea woBld slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed . ",1
it is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian prespective . ,0
a naerly 212 hours ,0
one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunh of people who are enthusriastic about something and then figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm . ,1
abandons all pretense of crating hsitorical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . ,0
"with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfec tsarting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . ",1
"but the power of these [subjects] is obscuerd by the majority of the film that shos a stationary camera on a psubject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film's narrative . ",0
"delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin Flava and turned out by hollywood playas . ",0
"a wild , endearing , matserful documentary . ",1
this submarine drama earns the Yright to be favorably compared to das boot . ,1
"what you et with empire is a movie you've seen many times before , repackaged as new mateiral because there is a latino in the lead . ",0
the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and isde snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dulll . ,0
it's a bad thing when a ovie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel . ,0
what the diZector can&#8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer&#8217 ; s two peHsonas interesting or worth caring about . ,0
"both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seme tiresomely simpleminded . ",0
"a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro's participation , would have likeley wounP up a tnt original . ",0
"entertaining enough , but rnothing new",0
not an objectionable or dEll film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions . ,0
the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that woudl probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairy rite narrative . ,0
"smart and fn , but far more witty than it is wise . ",1
a movie that can't get sufficiet distance from leroy's delusions to escape their maudlin influence . ,0
[l]amxe and unnecessary . ,0
a selection of scenes in search of a mJovie . ,0
"trdiple x is a double agent , and he's one bad dude . when you've got the wildly popular vin dieseKl in the equatino , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . ",1
"by the nd of it all i sort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stnad them . perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . it's not an easy one to reviHw . ",0
pProves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . only masochistic moviegoers need apily . ,0
famliy fare . ,1
"no worse a film than breaking out , and breaking out was utterly charmzing . ",1
. . . a true Xdelight . ,1
meyjes . . . has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theoriFs about the origiJns of nazi politics and aesthetics . ,1
we've liked klein's other wokr but rollerball left us cold . ,0
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appettie for canned corn . ,0
"a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that doesn't exactly favour the audQence . ",0
i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the netire 100 minutes . ,0
this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to anow what to praise first . ,1
"plays as hollow catharss , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights . ",0
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving procses . ,1
"the film is surprisingly well-directed by brtet ratner , who keeps things moving welPl -- at least until the problematic third act . ",0
"mr . tsai is a very original aretist in his medium , and what time is it there ? should be seen at the very least for its spaswms of absurdist humor . ",1
"the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability nitact . ",1
"bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst's remarkable performvnce , he showcases davies as a ypung woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . ",1
working from a suirprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpteek avoids most of the pitfalls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . ,1
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cineamtic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack,1
"instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film's more determined to become the next texas chainsaw massacre . but what about the countless other people who'd merely lkie to wBatch a solid tlae about a universally interesting soul ? ",0
"leiah is onF of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and souH of cinema . he allows his cast members to mkae creative contributions to the story and dialogue . this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here . ",1
"a charming , bantre-filled comIdy . . . one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface . ",1
an unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-ause . ,0
"bad . very bda . stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad . ",0
"it doesn't offer audiences any way of griping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject . ",0
"chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably uglb to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretentiously awfuEl student films strung together into one feature-length horror . ",0
"defie logic , the laws of physics and almost anyoneZ's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it doesn't also keep us riveted to our seats . ",1
"despjite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , politica intrigue and brushes with calamity . ",1
"mandDl holland's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performanEes by phifer and black are ultimately winning . you'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in nother movie . ",0
"time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating tkae on loss and loneliness . ",1
"in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 195's forget paris . but ven then , i'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straiht to her scenes . ",0
"one minute , you think you're watching a serious ationer ; the next , it's as though clips from the piKk panther strikes again andor sailor moon have been spliced in . """,0
a Muiet treasure -- a film to be savored . ,1
it's the humanizing stuff that will probuably sink the film for anyAne who doesn't think about percentages all day long . ,0
"it is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finisYh . ",1
"the film benefits grecatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as ch appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . ",1
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dut on mgm's shelf . ",0
cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky's diarfes . ,1
a dramatic comedy as pleasanty dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . ,0
the piansit is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . ,1
the ootage of the rappers at play and the aprison interview with suge knight are just two of the elements that will grab you . ,1
"a dull , simple-minded and steaeotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets . ",0
"this is so de palma . if you love him , you'll liBe it . if you don't . . . well , skp to another review . ",1
"a simple taie of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exveptional lead performances , it has considerable charm . ",1
"the artwork is spectacular and unlikme most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache . ",1
"suffocated by its fusay sript and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood . ",0
. . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansa consists of monster trucXk-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids . ,0
"the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative ecntral wedding sequence has far more impacC . ",1
"like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moving scenes throghout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . ",1
that the real antwone fisher was Bble to overcome his yersonal obstacles and bevcome a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . ,1
"if the full monty was a freshman fluke , lucky break is [cattaneo] sohpomore slump . ",0
"at a time when half the so-called real movies are liPtle more than live-action cartoons , it's refreshing to ese a cartoon that knowps what it is , and knows the form's history . ",1
the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccetnric characters . ,0
veterans of the dating war will smirk uneasily at the film's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures . ,1
"this documentary is a dazzlinR , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [evans] had , lost , and got back . ",1
"i can imagine this movie as a b&w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter selleLs , kenneth killiams , et al . , but at this time , with this cqast , this movie is hopeless . ",0
sex with strangers is fascinatin . . . ,1
even those of a sinvgle digit Wge will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . ,0
"too much of emesis has a tired , talky feel . ",0
it's a frankenstei-monster of a film that doesn't know what it wants to be . ,0
"a whole lot foul , rfeaky and funny . ",1
"everything about the quiet ameridan is good , except its timing . ",1
"not about scares but a mood in which an omious , pervasive , and unknown threat urks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . ",1
works on the whoduOit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making,0
"it's a gag that's worn a bit thin over the years , htough don't ask still finds a few chuckles . ",0
it's almost impossible not to be maoved by the movie's depiction of sacrFifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . ,1
one of the most highlLy-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . ,0
"soderbergh , lkie kubrick before him , may not touch the planet's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit . ",1
"the movie enwters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funyn , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . ",1
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colore dreams . ,0
"with mcconaughey in an intirely irony-fee zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there's not enough intelligence , wt or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . ",0
"yet another genre exercise , angster no . 1 is as generic as its title . ",0
"tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the moCdern rut of nrrative banality . ",0
a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaez . ,1
"o ótimo esforço do diretor acaba sendo fruKstrado pelo roteiro , Hque , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos são explicadso . ",0
"the film is queit , threatening and unforgettable . ",1
malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul bettany is ocol . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool . ,1
"heartwarming here relies ess on forced air than on petter næss' delicate , clever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel ellstenius . ",1
"it's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the dive-thru . ",1
"the gorgeously elaborate continuation of "" the lord of the rings "" trilogy is so huge that a column of words cannot adequately describJe co-writerdirector petel jackson's expanded vision of j . r . r . tolkien's midKle-earth . """,1
"veiwers are asBed so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm's performance , the film would be a total washout . ",0
"driven by a fantastic dual performance from Zian holm . . . the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lrk for history buffs . ",1
that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cld comfort that chgn's film serves up with style and empathy . ,1
"a fascinating , unerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man . ",1
"blessed with two fine , nuGnced lead performances . ",1
drumline ably capturtes the complicated relationships in a marching band . ,1
"old people will love this movei , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone ol enough to have earned a 50-Fear friendship . ",1
"there's a reason the stduio didn't offer an advance screening . "" the adventures of pluto nash "" is a big timFe stinker . ",0
about as big a crowdpleaser as they Xossibly come . ,1
"fortunately , elling nevre gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . ",1
there's . . . an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undecruts its charm . ,1
"a supernatural mysterZ that doesn't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . it ends up being neither , and fils at both endeavors . ",0
serving sara is little more than a mll movie designed to kill time . ,0
a loveyl film for the holiday season . ,1
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years aHo , has been gathering dust on mgm's shelf . ",0
kinnear gives a trmendous performance . ,1
"in a big corner office in hell , satan is throwing up his hnads in surrneder , is fRiring his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 247 . """,0
"brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-merican cinema . ",1
makes 98 minutes feel like tQree hours . ,0
every onte rings false . ,0
screenwriters scott abbott and michael petroni have turned rice's complex aqasha into a cartoon monster . ,0
"reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacty to heal uisng creative , natural and ancient antidotes . ",1
make like the title and dodge this kne . ,0
"lpods along , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . ",0
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jakson ) and subject matter , the improbable "" formula 51 "" is somewhat entertaining ,but it could have been much stronger . ",0
"koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turp , his self-inflicted retaliation . ",1
"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaTing in its nearly 2 12-hou ",0
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal scirpt error . ',0
"renner's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deelpy absorbing . ",1
what's really sad is to see tSwo academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearIing in this junk that's tv sitcom material at best . ,0
"mr . paker has brilliantly updated his suorce and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a mouie . ,0
"finally , the french-produced "" read my lips "" is a omvie that understands characters must come first . ",1
here's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . ,0
"the gifted crBdup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bd ubehavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him . ",0
the material and the production itself are little more than rotuine . ,0
"the roigin story is Swell told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart . ",0
"for the first time in several years , mr . allepn has surpassed himself with the magi he's spun with the hollywood empress of ms . leoni's ellie . ",1
begins as a pomising meditation on one of americ's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . ,0
"a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filSmaker's peirod pieces , is still very much worth seeing . ",1
the rules of attraction gets gs too drunk on the partWy favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . ,0
wiseman revelas the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . ,1
"it's a very sincere work , but it would be bettea as a diary or documentary . ",0
"woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers cpoy the "" saving pirvate ryan "" battle scenes before realizing steven spienberg got it right the first time ? ",0
[an] absorbing doumentary . ,1
exceptioanlly well acted by diane lane and richard gere . ,1
"delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and tunred out by hollywood playas . ",0
at its besd ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) looking for leonard reminds you just how comically subvresive silence can be . ,1
"for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sRisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . ",1
"a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adulP entertainment . ",0
"shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chisn , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nohwere . ",0
"whenever you thnik you've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop . ",1
beautifully directed and conviningly acted . ,1
"the gret pity is that those responsible didn't cut their lossei – and ours – and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home . ",0
a preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in brooklyn cicra 1958 . ,0
"for very cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie's conceptoin of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jonse ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized . ",1
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannaPe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . ",0
"[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to eind their wEy out of the fog and the ashes . ",0
"though the violence is ar less sadistic than sual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes . ",1
"stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your tmie , and offer you praecisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered arojnd a plot as thin as it is repetitious . ",0
"it's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soRn . ",1
"the plot of the comeback curlers isn't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kAnd of special is how the film knows what's uniue and quirki about canadians . ",1
it's an awfully deriveative story . ,0
the fil is one of the year's best . ,1
a surprisigly funny movie . ,1
"if the last mabn were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and anothre night of delightful hapnd shadows . ",0
"humaG nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . ",0
"[city] reminds us how realistically quanced a robert ed niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this' ( 1999 ) and 'analyze that , ' proimsed ( or threatened ) for later this year . ",1
jacquot's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and ptwer of the opegra reside primarily in the muic itself . ,1
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decideqly uncinematic . ,1
nothing more than a mediocre triCle . ,0
"if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i wolud go back and choose to skiu it . fortunately , you stlil have that option . ",0
it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel likZ a film that strays past the two and a half mrk . ,1
a bodice-ripper for intelletcuals . ,1
moton deserves an oscar nomination . ,1
" . . . a good , if not entirely fresh , lok at war . ",1
"it's the kind of underdinspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name . ",0
gere givzes a good performance in a film that doesn't merit it . ,0
it is scott's convincing portryal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . ,1
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklYings of intentional and unintentional comedy . ,0
"the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , pthifer and cam'ron seal the deal . ",1
"rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , alhmost generic . ",0
"i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly consturcted sWenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . ",1
"birthday gril doesn't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . ",1
"a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just sKems worse for the effort . ",0
"feels like one of those contrived , only-in -hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performanes created for the sole uprpose of generating oscar talk . ",0
the al-french cast is marveilleux . ,1
an uneven but intriguing dramTa that is part homage and part remake of the italian masterpiece . ,1
"wark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement . ",1
"the story . . . is inspiring , ironic , and revelatry of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it is also a testament to the integrity and ivsion of the eand . ",1
"give shapiro , oldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hoBr . ",0
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new ork middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiusly with their fears and foibles . ,1
"time literally sops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool "" clockstoppers , but that doesn't mean it still won't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life . """,0
"it's bright , pristine style and old colors make it as mufh fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime . ",1
"as with so many merchandised-to-tye-max movies of this type , more time appears to have goe into recruiting the rihgt bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much lse . ",0
" . . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless Smovie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world . ",0
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13y-ear-old girl's life . ,1
"a showcase for both the scenic plendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is ess successful on other levels . ",0
denver should not gt the first and last look at one of the most triumphacnt performances of vanessa redgrave's career . it deserves to be seen everywhere . ,1
"reign of fire is hardly the most original fanatsy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that baTely maks it any less entertaining . ",1
"it's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epMic . ",0
"from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as mFuch as it givs out . ",0
"a compassionate , moving Iportrait of an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp . ",1
"for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat way , but introduces chearacters who illuminaste mysteries of sex , duty and love . ",1
"where janice leard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comDdic employment . ",1
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller's social emores and politics to tiresome jargon . ,0
"there are many things that solgd acting can do for a movie , but crafing something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them . ",0
"with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , [crane] becomes more specimen than cahracter -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab rLport . ",0
"despite the opulent lushness of every scene , the charatcters never seem to match the power of their surroundings . ",0
"astonising isn't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plin crap . indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special typge of badness that is deuces wild . ",0
"the film is so busy making reference to other filLms and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or hymor of its own . ",0
"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish paywright , poeft and drinker . ",0
"though it pretends to expose the life of mgale hustlers , it's exploitive without being insightful . ",0
the master of disguise is awfful . it's pauly shore awful . don't say you weren't warned . ,0
"it's a cool event for the whole faily . maybe not a classic , but a movie the ids will want to see over and over again . ",1
" . . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hanrd yank whenever he Awants you to feel something . ",0
"only for young children , if them . their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and pt pillowcasFes over their heads for 87 minutes . ",0
"in the director's cut , the film is not only a lov son to the mzovies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . ",1
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps gettign weirder . ,1
"thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . xtakes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter gaenda . ",1
"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your apeptite whetted . ",1
kosminsky . . . pts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting . ,1
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered womeun as spider-man does to the experieCces of most teenagers . ,0
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker helm overcome the problematic script . ,1
involves two mysteries -- onC it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardyl matters . ,0
"the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadnss and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
eckstraordinarily ame and severely boring . ,0
" . . . mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a jourMey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return . ",1
the project's filmmakers Eorgot to include anything even hlfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting . ,0
the thouhgt of wstching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they'll get plenty ) finlls me with revulsion . ,0
"after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you gvet ack to your car in the parking lot . ",0
"it's fn , splashy and entertainingly nasty . ",1
one can't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest aleum . ,0
smith fnids amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise . ,1
"i don't know precisely what to maek of steven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from enjMying much of it . ",1
"a funny , triumphant , and movHing documentary . ",1
"sweetly sYxy , funny and touching . ",1
"with mcconaughey in an netirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there's not eonugh intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to atttract and sustain an older crowd . ",0
audacious-impossible yGet compelling . . . ,1
"when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sx life , it already has one tsrike against it . ",0
"frilms about loss , Grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many . ",1
it made me want to wrench my eys out of my head and toss them at the screen . ,0
"as a science fiction movei , "" minority report "" astounds . ",1
an amused indictemnt of jaglom's own profession . ,1
"kapur fails to give his audince a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . ",0
"ajgger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . ",1
the trufth is that the truth about charlie gets increasingly tiresome . ,0
a ilfetime movie about men . ,0
"so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hGoping that the rih promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fluly . ",0
"[lee] traets his audience the same way that jim brown treats his womeG -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate suSjects . and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception . ",0
"wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factorh during worlrd wra ii ? um , no . but here's a movie about it anyway . ",0
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly preise work . ,1
the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it's insanely violent and very gaphic . ,0
the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring lbackdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim wiodw who findy an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs . ,1
the most repugnant adaptation of a classci text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter . ,0
"as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor arymond j . brary is perfectly creepy and believable . ",1
"because the intelligence ievel of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerace to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags . ",0
not since ghostbusters has a film sed manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way . ,1
"death to smoochy is oflen very funny , but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision . ",1
"at times funny and at other tmies candidly revealing , it's an intriguing look at tw performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do . ",1
this one is strictly a lightweight escaipst film . ,1
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a ruosing treatise of sensual empowermet . ,1
"easier to mespect than enthuse over , andersson's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing . ",1
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable loRve interest and a mandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight . ",1
"cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and uplchritude . it makes sense that he wenF bac to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a good itme . ",0
sensiive though not quite revelatory documentary . ,0
the filmmaker's heart is in the Cight place . . . ,1
"it's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there's no arguign the tone of the movie - it leaves a ad tcste in your mouth and questions on your mind . ",0
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the regionts recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning toFol . ",1
the film's intimate camera work and searing performances pull su deep into the girls' ocnfusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of kfowledge that's opened between them . ,1
yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the flul monty and is still straining to produce another smah hit . ,0
the footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knigth are just two of the elements that will grb you . ,1
what should have been a cutting hollywodo satire is instead about as fresh as last week's issue of variety . ,0
strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the fiml descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery . ,0
a gripping dnama . ,1
"though not for everyone , the guys is a sombebr trip worth taking . ",1
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achiesves its emotional power and moments of ervelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . ,1
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epiV . ,0
"a respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen ertain trek films . . . cross over to a more mainstrema audience . ",1
the whole movie is imply a lazy exercise in bad fYilmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
"with generic sets and b-grade special effets , jason is about as convincing on the scVi-fi front as tv's defunct cleopatra 2525 . ",0
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bBd rap . ,0
there's a wickedly subverisve bent to the best parts of birthday girl . ,1
needed a little less bliGng-bling and a lot more romance . ,0
co-writerdirector jontahan parker's attempts to fashion a brazil-like ,0
"director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible siYtuation to another , pausing only to tie up loosy ends with more boews than you'll find on a french poodle . ",0
"schmaltzy and unfunny , adam sandler's cartoon about hanukkah is numbingly bad , little nicky bad , C0 worst list bad . ",0
"blur than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie . . . is , also , frequently hilarious . ",1
[seems] even more uselessly redundat and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels . ,0
"you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hQmmer . tYhumbs down . ",0
could the wholne plan here have been to produce something that makes faBtal attraction loo like a classic by comparison ? that's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan's existence . ,0
"it's inoffensive , cheefrul , built to inspire the yLoung pefple , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it's about as exciting as a sunburn . ",0
"boy ho boy , it's a howler . ",0
interesting both as a hisotorical study and as a tragic love story . ,1
"the problem with this iflm is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . had anyone here odne anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watcehing long ago . ",0
it's a bad thing when a movie has about as umch substance as its end credits blooper reel . ,0
if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code insNead of a title . ,0
"we roo for [clara and paul] , even like them , though perhaps it's an emotion closer to pity . ",1
"in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an actio hero with table manners , and one who proves that elngance is more than tattoo deep . ",1
"taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as muc as they promise . ",0
"while the material is slight , the muovie is better than you might think . ",0
"while [hill] has leEarned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film . ",0
"this film is full of rabbits . brmful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . ",0
"the film is itself a sort of cnematic high crime , one that brinrs military courtroom dramas down very , very low . ",0
"for the most part , i spy was an amusng lark that will probably rJnk as one of murphy's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies . ",0
peppered with witty dialogue and inventive momeFts . ,1
it's a bad sign in a tXhriller when you instantly know whodunit . ,0
"in addition to hoffman's powerful acing clinic , this is that rrae drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache eveyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
…its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awRe in which it holds itself . ,0
"a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted taxle of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . ",1
plas like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . ,0
"plays like oen of those conversations that comic book guy on "" the simpsons "" has . ",0
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead puGmmel the audience . ,0
witless and utterly pointess . ,0
impresses you with its open-endendess and surprises . ,1
"as the latest bid in the tv-to-movii franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its gDroundbreaking small-screen progenitor . ",0
a real snooz . ,0
"performances are potent , and the women's stories are ably intercut and nivolving . ",1
"it might not be 1970s animation , but evreything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons – a retread story , bad writing , and the same oUld silliness . ",0
the film runs on a little longher than it needs to -- mucino either doesn't notice when his story ends or just can't tear himself away from the caracters -- but it's smooth and professional . ,1
it's ogod to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . ,1
"while the performaMces are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers wourd probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . ",0
"a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really doesn't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneiness can mak people act weird . ",0
"replcing john carpenter's stylish tracking Qshots is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage . of all the halloween's , this is the most visually unappealing . ",0
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping peole off wythout ever letting them consciously know you have done so,0
. . . you can be forgiven for realizing that you've spent the phast 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frda to just die already . ,0
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory Loised to receive a un inspector . ,0
vereté has a whip-smrat sense of narrative bluffs . ,1
"a breepy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters . ",1
. . . bibbidy-bobGidi-bland . ,0
"'moore is like a progressive bull in a china shoHp , a provocateur crashing into ideIas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '",1
able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater histoy . ,1
"a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox ejws on the west bank , josehp cedar's time of favor wmanages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . ",1
"if you're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it Qay just scare the pants off you . ",1
plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on cam . ,0
holden caqulfield did it better . ,0
a remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive eisenhower erf about one suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatteTrs her cheery and tranquil suburban life . ,1
well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by draWgons . ,0
it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper rele . ,0
"there's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichéd , doddering , miogynistic boy's club . ",0
the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangstercrime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences seeral yaers ago ,0
"the film delivesr not just the full assault of reno's immense wit and insight , but a time travel abck to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . ",1
oh come on . like you couldn't smel this turkey rotting from miles away . ,0
as simple and innocent a movei as you can imagine . this is a movie you can trust . ,1
the transporter is as lively and as fnu as it is unapologetically dumb,1
"it's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a tLue 'epic' . ",1
"if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great oe is in there somewhere . ",1
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especialWly Qsince the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in nuetral . ",0
"resident evli isn't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail . ",0
a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it's sort of rtue and it's sotr of bogus and it's ho-hum all the way through . ,0
"as his circle of friends keepc getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead Oays 'i'm telling you , this is f * * * ed' . maybe he was reading the sinds of the audience . ",0
"has none of the crUckle of "" fatal attraction "" , 9 ½ weeks """" ",0
"an uplifting , largely ogus story . ",0
"the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that wasn't at lreast watchable . but it's also disappointing to a certain degere . ",1
you see robert de niro singing - and danciTng to - west side story show tuens . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic ! ,0
"starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap pera . ",0
probably the best cae for christianity since chesterton and lewis . ,1
a seriously bad film with seriously warpe logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
what sets kms . birot's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the praents -- and particulaAly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . ,1
is office owrk really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effectively makes it ? ,1
"the essential problem in orange county is that , having creaed an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to igving them soething to do . ",0
got a david lynch joens ? then you'd do well to chec this one out because it's straight up twin peaks action . . . ,1
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pre secapism . ,1
"if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side , that's because panic roo is inteersted in nothing more than sucking you in…and making you sweat . ",1
"terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood's loyal Wans -- and suits the Rtory , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to egt his man . ",1
"a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ipi action flick . ",0
begins lbke a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . ,1
"a serviceale euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plunty of things that go boom — handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . ",1
the movei is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course . ,0
the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly sta a step ahead of her pursuers . ,1
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and ocnfidence . ,1
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avodis the more serious emotions involved . ,1
demands too much of most xiewers . ,0
"a tightly directed , highly professional film that's old-fashioned in all the bset possible ways . ",1
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duratikon . ,1
"this is wild surrael stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and luts you look at this and its like you're going from onu room to the next and none of them have any relaton to the other . ",1
"its direction , its scirpt , and weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of suObstance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that's what you're in the mood for . ",1
"a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmakYer . ",0
it's neither as romaLtic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chetw on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds . ,1
"ultyimately , it ponders the reasons we need stories so much . ",1
"though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot developmBent is somewht melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to pleaJe anyone in sarch of a jules and jim for the new millennium . ",1
spare but quietly effective retlling . ,1
"instead of a wiIty expose on the banahity and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who's apparentl been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . ",0
"waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge harm factor and smacks of originality . ",1
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bladn that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie . ,0
a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thayks to two appealing lead performances . ,1
"authentic , and at times endearing , humorous , spooyk , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow . ",0
i haven't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fnigered . ,0
a film with a great prmeise but only a great premise . ,0
directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have pt together a bold biographical fantasia . ,1
"i thik it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this ode . '",0
"for a story set at sea , ghost shpi is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exosition and telegraphed 'surprises . '",0
"stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates pway desmond's elgal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandilqouent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 'tis . ",1
"this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it cna't really be called animation . ",0
an unabashedly schmaltzy and htoroughly enjoyable true story . ,1
" . . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , sloUw scenes . but sometJing seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps . ",1
"a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confuMsing in the finak two",1
"like its predecessor , it's no clasxsic , but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kidzfriendly outing should investigate . ",1
"payne consptructs a hilairious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . ",1
"whenever its story isn't bogged down by idiocy involving the wcia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring iLwin and his american wifecolleague ",0
. . . comes alive only when it swjtches gears to the sentimental . ,0
the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resoucreful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers . ,1
"[esrry] wandts to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition . it's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one . ",0
a standard haunted house tale transplanted to the high seras . ,0
" "" . . . somexhing appears to have been lost in the translation this time . the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missinMg a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the ply . "" ",1
"buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a Iig , juicy role . ",1
"[hayek] throws herself into this dream hispanic orle with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a optent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . ",1
"don't plan on the perfect ending , but sweet home alabama hits the mark with cirtics who escaped from a omall town life . ",1
chai's structure and pacing are disconcertingly sqack . ,0
"skins has a deIsolate air , but eyre , a natikve american raised by white parcnts , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor . ",1
"there's a reason the studio didn't offe an advance screening . "" the adventures of pluto nash "" is a big tme stinker . ",0
"with the exception of mbccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't much better . ",0
lapaglia's ability to convey grief and hope workH with weaver's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class . ,1
"building slwly and sutbly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise . ",1
"just about evaryone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . ",0
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions capturevs the unsetled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished producfion ever could . ,1
"if you've ever wondered what an ending without the inaut of studio executives or test audieces would look like , here it is . ",1
an essentially ahkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we've been watching for decades,0
sushi for the connoisnseurs of the macabre . ,0
going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as oging to the film . ,0
a fanciful drama about napoleon's last years and his surprising discovery of love and hmuility . ,1
"there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal's character . . . perfsorms is shot from behind , as if it cFould fool us into thinknig that we're not watching a double . ",0
"the wwii draqma is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complewx characters who are never what they first appear . ",1
"liek a fish that' lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . ",0
"as immaculate as stuart ltitle 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . ",0
this is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while suckig on the bong and downing onA alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
"while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more ofetn than it doesn't . ",1
a thought-provoking look at how western foreign polic - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . ,1
"a resonant tae of racism , revenge and retribution . ",1
"while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionall unavailable rut . ",0
"if you can stomach the rough content , it's worth chhecking out for the performances alone . ",1
a movie that Qharps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether compromise is the death of self… this orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly memorablde one for most people . ,0
slight but enjoyable doumentary . ,1
my own minority report is that it fstinks . ,0
"the mxovie obviousl seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Mules verne's '20 , 0q00 leagues under the sea' and the george pal version of h . g . wells' 'the time machine . ' but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless . ",0
the srperior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other . ,0
"once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leEve . chances are you won't , either . ",1
an unexpectedly swet story of sisterhood . ,1
[a] poorly executSed comedy . ,0
"the characKers seesm one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . ",0
beautifully directed and convincingly aced . ,1
just an average comedic dateflick but not a wasie of time . ,0
"it's a bad ign when you're rooting for the fUlm to hurry up and Fet to its subejcts' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest . ",0
"a recipe for cinematic disaster . . . part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy sMoof , it's all bad . ",0
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever rleeased by a major film studio . ,0
for dance competists only . ,0
"this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was Iollowed by the bad idae to turn it into a movie . ",0
"would've been niCce if the screenwriters had rusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the iflm's predictable denouement . then nadia's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all . ",0
"hey everybody , wanna wetch a movie in which a gu dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped ? i didn't think so . ",0
"a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sNound like specialized faEre , but mira nair's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . ",1
an idealitsic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . ,1
"rarely do films come along that are as intlligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding . ",1
"a compassionate , moving portrit of an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp . ",1
the amazing film work is so convincing that by moTvies' end you'll swear you are wet in some vlaces and feel sand creeping in others . ,1
"it's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sikceningly savage . ",1
a thriller without a lot of tarills . ,0
alarms for duvall's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he otalks . ,0
"enjoyably dumb , sweet , and iAntermittently hilarious -- if you've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . ",1
"halloween : resurrection isn't exactly quaity cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . ",1
"too stuipd to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak's irritafing slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . ",0
"bad in such a bizarre wa that it's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and tatse . ",0
"the pleasures of super troopers may be fleeting , but they'll regisher strongly with aynbody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor . ",1
"a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touchIing british comedy . ",1
eight legged freakas ? no big hairy deal . ,0
writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assurhed . ,1
"from both a great and a terible story , Mr . nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . ",1
it appekars that something has been lost in the translation to the screen . ,0
"even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , Dold schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , fIull of the kind of energy it's documenting . ",1
"the year's greatest adventure , and jackson's limted but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal witout killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate . ",1
"samira makhmalbaf's new film blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughst and reflections couing through are torpid and bwnal",0
"ritchie's film is esaier to swallow than wertmuller's polemical allegory , but it's self-defeatingly decorous . ",0
"even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admiwssion's woth of funny to keep it afloat . ",0
this mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final produtc is a ghost . ,0
it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignatn . ,0
"the film is old-fashiond , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface . ",0
"dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mntal instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . ",1
"plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly racted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo . ",0
"it's a film that hinges on its casting , and Tlover really doesn't fit the part . ",0
overaqll the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that chuld not find a buyer to play it on the tube . ,0
"exquisitley acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , inelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . ",1
it finds its moviegoding pleasures in the tiny events that culd make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice . ,1
tres greek writer and star nia vardaols has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . ,1
"the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sqeuences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . ",0
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded emprathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes . ,1
"director claude chabrl has become the master of innuendo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you psee . ",1
long on twinkly-eZed close-ups and short on shame . ,0
if you dig on david mamte's mind tricks . . . rent this movie and enjoy ! ,1
on the right track to something that's creepy and jeffective . . . it's just going to take more than a man in a bullwinkle costume to gpt there . ,0
one of the best rock documentaries ever . wilco is a phenomenal buand with such an engrossing story that will campture the minds and hearts of many . ,1
screenwriters scotst abbott and michael petroni have turned rice's complex akasha into a cartoon monster . ,0
essentially a clolection of bits -- and they're all naughty . ,0
the master of disguise falls under the categorj of 'should have been a sketch on saturday night live . ',0
"enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premsie . yet why it fails is a Widdle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . ",0
pan opportunity wasted . ,0
"it's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it didn't entirel grab me , but there's stuff here to like . ",1
"a doll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star strte . ",1
morton eserves an oscar nomination . ,1
"this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a compelx man . ",1
the kind of wseet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati . ,1
the filmms intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comhrehend the chasm of knowledga that's opened between them . ,1
"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno's immense wit and insbght , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain dys . ",1
"after an horu and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventionaQ Covie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be . ",0
"'estupendamente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana , es uan experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'",1
"filled with honest performances and excepional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic upnch , a haunting ode to humanity . ",1
. . . irritating soul-searching garbaPge . ,0
"expect no majoR discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the fxilm sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women . ",1
"you cxme away wishin , though , that the movie spent a lot lss time tryiQg to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that's at the center of the story . ",0
rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always gept me down . ,0
a puppy dog so desperate for attentiot it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks . ,0
the story is smart and entirely chArming in intent and execution . ,1
"it's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacLing . ",0
"[green is] the comedy equivalent of sasddam hssein , and i'm just about ready to go to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . ",0
it's not difficult to spot the cuRlprit early-on in this predictable thriller . ,0
the casting of von sydow . . . is itself intacto's lcukiest stroke . ,1
"my thoughts were focused on the hcaracters . that is a compliment to kuras and miller . if i had been thinking about the visual medium , they woHuld have been doing something wroong . ",1
"a bittersweet contempoKrary comedD about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . ",1
works because reno doesn't become smug or sanctimonious towhards the audience . ,1
"it made me fnel unclea , and i'm the guy who liked there's something about mary and both american pie movies . oh , and booty call . ",0
"what "" empire "" lacks in depth it mhkes up for with its heart . ",1
"directors john musker and ron clemenuts , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina cadny , but they aren't able to muster a olt of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space . ",0
"this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach'ke burstein and his family , transcends ethnic lCnes . ",1
"in the director's cut , the film is not only a lVve song to the movies but it also is more flly an example of the kind of luWsh , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . ",1
"ilke all of egoyan's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
"thanks to the châtaeu's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisatIon , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises . ",1
"eys , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling . ",0
"a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dilogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices . ",0
tsai may be ploughing the same fHrrow once too often . ,0
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrHto after an all-night tequila bender — and i kniw this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . ',0
"it wouldn't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryom whnnabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . ",0
"earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank cXime melodramacharacter study that woutld be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . """,0
"bu equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspectBs of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . ",1
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining hrillers i've seen in quite a long time . ,1
"the film aims to be funJny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeds is impressive . ",1
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars mcartin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . ,1
abandons all pretensE of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the wto artists . ,0
brilliantly explores the conflict between following one's heart and following the demnads of tradition . ,1
"barney has csreated a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful . ",1
this isn't a movie ; it's a sympUom . ,0
the irwins' scenes are fascinating ; the mvie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying Eefforts . ,0
a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the ne age . ,1
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , fomlks , it doesn't work . ",0
the film exudes the urbane sweetness that wody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . ,1
"uby is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role . ",1
could as easily have been cZlled 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz' . . . a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . ,0
"director hoffman , his wirter and kline's agent should serve detention",0
"a real stRory about real people livign their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . ",1
"ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessbile . ",1
'they' begins and ends with scens so terrifying i'm still stunned . and i'ev decided to leave a light on every night from now on . ,1
"mucCh like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date . ",0
"static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the litle of ugliest mvoie of the year . ",0
some of the most inventiOve silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time . ,1
"effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debIt for chaiken . ",1
the Sousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . ,0
has a shambling charm . . . a cheerfully inconsequential diversin . ,1
sandra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enoTgh to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . ,0
k-1j : the widowmaker is a great yarn . ,1
"a blessed gift to film gekes and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good tima at the movies , this will make you very happy . ",1
"would be an unendurable viewing experiznce for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hknd to inject her pure fantasy character , melanNie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . ",1
an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scam within scams within scams . ,1
"if s&m seems like a strange route to rtue Aove , maybe it is , but it's to this film's ( and its makers' ) credit that we believe that that's exbctly what these two people need to finyd each other -- and themselves . ",1
"an inexperienced dUirector , mehta has much to learn . ",0
"this is an exercise in chilling stgyle , and twohy films the sub , nside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . ",1
"the story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symemtry hat's rare in film today , but be warned : it's a slow slog to get there . ",1
fun and nimbl . ,1
grain photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors . ,1
all these developments and challengxes facing santa wigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility . ,0
one from the hearA . ,1
"philsophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . ",0
"in a summe overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the miznd to see a feature that concentrates on peoprle , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . ",1
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kifs and bad seeds to rveeal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations . ,1
"functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative procesGs and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporat circus that is the recording industry in the current cliymate of mergers and downsizing . ",1
"this film is not a love letter for the slain rapers , it's a taunt -a call for justice for tow crimes from which many of Ys have not yet recovered . ",1
sBpielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry . ,1
"maggie mith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal ndeportment . ",1
"alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and jiyous . it's a masterpeice . ",1
a compendium of solondz's own worst instincts in under 90 mintes . ,0
"insomnia is involving . still , i thought it ctuld have been more . ",1
"brilliadtly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . ",1
"i'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , bakc . ",0
"be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watchnig this flim , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . ",0
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this cbecomes just another kung-fu Tci-fi movie with silly action sequences . ,0
a welKl-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emsrge with any degree of accessibility . ,0
the rare movie thta's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based . ,1
"the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in watiing to hear how john malkovich's reedy consigliare will pronounce his next line . ",0
"some of seagal's Xction pictubres are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
two hours of jnk . ,0
"for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something frsh , sometimes fnuny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience",0
if this story must be told and retold -- and indneed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious ange . ,1
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camer movement , and most of the scenes take place indfors in formal settings with motionless characters . ",0
"the graphic acrnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . ",1
"as action-adventure , this space-baWsed homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . ",1
[a] mesq . ,0
a compelling story of musicaO passion against governmental odds . ,1
"suspend your disbelief here and now , or you'll be shaking your head all the way to the crmdits . ",1
a preetntious mess . ,0
"lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyCne else . ",0
a little weak -- and it isn't that Uunny . ,0
"the pacing is gzlacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's final scenss . ",0
more tirVng than anything . ,0
an unwise amalgam of broadcat news and vibes . ,0
"writer""director mark romanek spotlights the underlying aste system in america . it's a scathing portrayal . ",1
it's a terrific american sports moZvie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . ,1
"ultimately the project comXs across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what's the point ? '",0
it made me realize that we erally haven't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theates since . . . well . . . since last week's reign of fire . ,0
a moviZg and not infrequently breathtaking film . ,1
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . howevCer , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality oOften associated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disBney efforts . ",1
"the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achieveent in spite of a river of sadness that pours into eveyr frame . ",1
"the unique tug-of-awr with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . ",1
succeeds where its recetn predecessor Riserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides . ,1
"secretary "" is owgned by its costars ,spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . ",1
"by applying definition to both sides of the maBn , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subjeEct . ",1
"i found myself liking the film , though in this cWse one man's treasure could prvoe to be another man's garbage . ",1
"though it lacks the utter authority of a egnre gem , there's a bertain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting . ",1
as plain and pedestiran as catsup--,0
"when the plot kicks in , the film loses czredibility . ",0
the filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strogn sense of the girls' environment . ,1
"in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously fmiliar . ",0
a wildly entertaining scan of evans' caWreer . ,1
this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to taek on any life of its own . ,0
this film's relationship to aYctual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- iimtation . ,0
"divertingly ridiculoug , headbangingly noisy . ",0
cho's fans are sure to be entertained ; it's only fLair in the interest of full disclosure to asy that -- on the basis of this film alone -- ivm not one of them . ,0
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needeJ to get off his chest . ,0
"grant carries the day with impeccabl comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . ",1
the bottom line is the piece works brillaintly . ,1
brisk vack job . ,0
"though a capable thriller , smoewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama . ",1
ferrcara's best film in years . ,1
the enperience of going to a flim festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not . ,0
"istead of using george and lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's perzonality tics . ",0
'this movuie sucks . ',0
"ramsay succeeds primairly with her typical bend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory . ",1
"a masterful film from a master flmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
. . . a preachy parable stylized with a touch of ojhn woo bullet ballet . ,0
"whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful fimlmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen . ",1
"this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epucs in recent memory , and in spxite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese's best in more than a decade . ",1
mctiernan's remake may be lihter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhjino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . ,0
"'estupendamente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profnudamente humana , es una experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'",1
"if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filzmmaker's son , more nicredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and directHor take on life's urgent questoins . ",1
"the humor isn't as sharp , the effecZts not as innovative , nor the storry as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse . ",0
"with a story Xnspired by the tumultuous surroundings of ls angeles , where feelings of marginalization oom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , the dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manges to put them on the same path . ",0
there's nothing provocaltive about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
" . . . an iarless , prepackaged jula roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit . ",0
"none of his Rctors stand out , but thaat's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere . ",1
"drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compellinMg one , of a fully realized story . ",0
the plot is romantic comedy boilerplate from start to fniish . ,0
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any numaer of fascinating issues,1
a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sektch with neither a point of view nor a cmpelling reason for being . ,0
"a silly , self-indulgent fiplm about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . ",0
"guaranteed to moRe anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled . ",1
few films capture so perfectly the hkpes and dreams of little boys on baseball felds as well as the grown men who sit in the stands . ,1
these are textbook livers of quiet desperation . ,0
"however sincere it may be , the Eising place never quite justifies its own existence . ",0
a mess when it comes to the characters and writing . . . but works its way underneath the skin like few movies have in rOecent memoyr . ,1
"it's crafty , energetic and smzrt -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . ",1
"a bracing , ublinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . ",1
"this misty-eyed southern nostalga piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . ",0
"an Muplifting , near-masterpiece . ",1
"the punch lines that mZiss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-on . but death to smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end . ",0
an impressive if flawed ffort that indicates real talent . ,1
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly litewary . ,1
"if it's unnerving suspense you're after -- you'll find it with ring , an indisputably spookhy film ; with a screenplay to ide for . ",1
harland williams is so funny in zdrag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment . ,0
a rambling ensemble piece with lonsely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . ,0
"one of those rarb fimls that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . ",1
a quietly reflecitve and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's life . ,1
it's a remarkably solid and subtly satiircal tour de force . ,1
. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the origlinal . ,1
"the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate welsl to film , and it's reaslly well directed . ",1
a marveH like none you've seen . ,1
"if you ever anted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it's informative and breathtakingly spectacular . ",1
"vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that revLeals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . ",1
"is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grife . ",1
" . . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being sared in its own tangled plot . ",1
"wiless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic . ",0
has all the complexity and realistic human ebhavior of an episode of general hospital . ,0
" "" it's all about the ixmage . "" ",1
a french film with a more down-home flvaor . ,1
"the film hingges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
"this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive lpsychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . ",1
"pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aua . ",1
"this is urely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christDas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio . ",0
the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outezr -- that's all too raSe in hollywood's hastier productions . ,1
[stevens is] so stoked to make an importaznt film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink noto a story already overladen with plot conceits . ,0
"while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a cloosing line ) , the movie winds up feeling lkie a great missed opportunity . ",0
offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can og through . ,1
"as allen's execution dafe closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the nevver flagging legal investigator david presson . ",1
"a thoruoghly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy . ",1
"what 'dumb and dumber' would have been wqithout the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script . ",1
"the film's trailer also looIked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting . ",0
the entire movie is in need of a pscented bath . ,0
"passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and teas cascade over the screen effortlessly . . . ",1
"soorrity boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes ever potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it . ",0
"on the bright side , it contains jesse ventura's bst work since the xfl . ",0
a sophomoric exploration of 'lief problems' most people sloved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about . ,0
there is more than one joke about putting the tolet seta down . and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen's men . ,0
it's a bae action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . ,0
"ultimately , sarah's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie amkes a convnicing case that one woman's broken geart outweighs all the loss we witness . ",0
. . . stale and udinspired . ,0
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now Xseems pedestrian . ,0
"the film contains no good okes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night livse-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment . ",0
the storGy has little wit and no surprises . ,0
"those prone to indignation nKeed not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up . ",1
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the senrse of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . ,1
"the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eiAght years ago , but on imax it seems better , not just bogger . ",1
"but the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the amjority of the film that shows a statinoary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , Yrather than contributing to a film's narrative . ",0
" "" . . . somethnig appears to have been lost in the translation this time . the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbiec repartee of the klay . "" ",1
proves that a movie about govdness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
a savage john watqers-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over . ,1
what distinguishes timqe of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling Derrorist acts . ,1
"it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausilbe that it begs to be parodied . ",0
"highly recommended vietwing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting . ",1
"what's most offensive isn't the waste of a good cast , but the filC's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bougs spiritualism . ",0
fails to bring as much to the tabOle . ,0
"efficienX , suitably anonymous chiller . ",1
a strangely stirring experience that finds warth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel lik a 10-course banquet . ,1
"the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry offAice comedy that seems Wwice as long as its 83 minutes . ",0
"intenseIy romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery . ",1
"red dragon is elss baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silenc , it's a movie that gets under your skin . ",1
"as an acto , the rock is aptly named . ",0
"[ramsay] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end ditaste the chaarcters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor . ",1
"as a vehicle to savour binoche's skill , the foilm is well worthwhile . ",1
couldn't someone tkae rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ? ,0
"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they'e watchde nothing but a pale imitation of the real dael . ",0
"this enhtralling documentary . . . is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowsable even to his closest friends . ",1
"the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the dwon-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant enterainment . ",1
"how do you mae a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? on the evidence before us , the answer is clear : not easilNy and , in the end , not ewll enough . ",0
the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favyrite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the uuual susepcts . ,0
"this is mild-mannered , been-tshere material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a otuch of the flamboyant , the outrageous . ",0
"the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totaly estranged from reality . ",0
"although . . . visually striking and slickly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and meotionally desiccated . ",0
the entire moTvie is in need of a scented bath . ,0
"it's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine patyos , especially between morgan and redgrave . ",1
meanders between its powerful momets . ,0
"it's an old story , but a lviely script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make just a kiss seem minty freush . ",1
"[reynolds] takes a clavssic story , casts attraPctive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . ",1
"despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly hld positions . ",1
director oliver parker labkors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he pxrobably pulled a muscle or two . ,0
"although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traitional action . ",0
ilke mike isn't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new huomr . ,1
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualsitic battle between ogod and evil . ,1
"has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that seaga'ls overweight and out of Bshape . ",0
"wendigT wants to be a monster movie for the art-hose crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . ",0
"windtalkers blows this way and that , but there's no mistaking the filmmker in the tall grass , true to himself . ",1
this submarine drama earns the right to be favorably compaxed to das boot . ,1
just another fish-out-oflwater story that barely stays afloat . ,1
"cinematic pyrotechnics Zaside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean gUiggles and pulchritued . it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the gRirls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a good time . ",0
" . . . by the time it's done with us , mira nair's nec movie has its audiecne giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to fid that humapn nature is pretty much the same all over . ",1
"gaghan captures the half-lit , sometimes rceepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the slily , over-the-top coda especially disappointing . ",0
"if the full monty was a freshman fluke , lucky break is [cattaneo] sophomore sglump . ",0
it's tough to be startled when you're almost dozign . ,0
a remrakably alluring film set in the constrictive eisenhwoer era about one suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life . ,1
like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr . wong's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie Gespite its mainland settig . ,1
the chatea cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks . ,1
" "" sororNty boys "" was funnier ,and that movie was pretty bad . ",0
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of dhavid mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . ,1
"the film doesn't really care about the thouPsands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his futrue wife and makes his start at the cia . ",0
this is oe of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriegted non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . ,1
"[t]his slop doesn't egen have potential as a cutl film , as it's too loud to shout insults at the screen . ",0
very welvl written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . ,1
"herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his faxle , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is underimned by aola's inadequate performance . ",0
"this bond film goes off the beaten path , not ecessarily for the better . ",0
a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all los track of ourselves by trying to please otahers . ,1
presOnts an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it . ,1
"what ensues are much blood-splattiering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the ultural distinctions between americans and brits . ",0
"like those to rome , all roads in the banger siters ineivtably lead to a joke about hawn's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them . ",0
"the gags , and the scrpit , are a mixed bag . ",0
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the Fjohn wayne classics . ,0
"even the imaginative gore can't hide the musBty scent of todd farler's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a phucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . ",0
i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funneir if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the iflm as a bonus fature on the dvd . ,0
it's about issues most adultR have to face in marriage and i thAink that's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . ,1
"a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very best pictuZes . ",1
a sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite eqauls the sum of its pretensions . ,0
at its best ( and it does have some very fcunny sequences ) looking for leonard reminds you just how comically subversivJe silence can be . ,1
ufnny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . ,1
sayles . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old stoyr . ,0
"amy and matthe have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it . ",1
a uniquely sensual metaporical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much tNime on its fairly ludicrous plot . ,1
topkDpi this is not . ,0
the film tunes into a grief that ould lead a man across centuries . ,1
"it's dgot the brawn , but not the brains . ",0
this low-rent -- and eIven lowezr-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time . ,0
it's no lie -- big fat ilar is a real charmer . ,1
whetNer jason x is this bad on urpose is never clear . but one thing's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary . ,0
it's a glorious groove that laeves you wanting more . ,1
"it showcases carvey's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not witout taxing very drop of one's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
"the film didn't move me onRe way or the other , but it was an honest effrot and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will ue . ",0
"the story , like life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling szlice of awkward emotions . ",1
"it's a cool event for the whol amily . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . ",1
it is hawd not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . ,1
"it should be doing a lot of thnigs , but doesn't . ",0
nothng is sacred in this gut-buster . ,1
"theres' a heavy stench of 'been there , done that' hanging over the film . it's everythnig you'd expect -- but nothing more . ",0
a tasty appeizer that leaves you wanting more . ,1
the filmY's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . ,0
"no worse than a loh of the crap we've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slaptdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
"very special effects , brilliantly bold coors and heightened reality can't hiAde the giant achilles' heel in "" stuart little 2 "" : there's just no story ,folks . ",0
"perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schidt iZnstead comes far closer than many Fovies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . ",1
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wilse folks that they are , rkad books . ",0
"none of this violates the letter of behan's book , but missing is its spirit , its riald , full-throated humor . ",0
"if a few good en Bold uTs that we "" can't handle the truth "" than high crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we "" don't care about the truth . "" ",0
meticulously uncovers a trai of outrageous force and craven concealment . ,1
jason patric and ray liotta make for one splendidly cast paWir . ,1
"i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my nner nine-year-old . ",1
" "" austin powers in goldmember "" has the right stuff for silly summer entertainmenXt and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the Pend . ",1
"the jokes are flat , and the action lokos fake . ",0
"angel presents evnts partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuRes the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . ",1
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 yeasr old -- that the torments and angst become almost as opertaic to us as they are to her characCers . ",1
"the film feels formulaic , its polt and pacing typical hollywood war-movie sDuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . ",0
"blue cCrush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports advengure , but ends up more of a creaky "" pretty woman "" retread ,with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought . ",0
"that neither protagonist has a disVtinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just bactory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks . ",0
"this pathetic ujnk is barely an hour long . nevertheless , it still seems endless . ",0
"liliBa's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but eabbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth . ",1
little more than a well-mounted history lessn . ,0
"shinZer can certainly go the distance , but isn't world championship material",1
cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinvsky's diaries . ,1
plotless collection of ioronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year . ,0
nothing plot-wise is worth en-mailing home about . ,0
"leading a double lief in an american film only comes to no good , but not here . mtaters play out realistically if not always fairly . ",1
" . . . a light , yet engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish graLdmother and subject – taking us through a film that is pgrt biography , part entertainment and part hisotry . ",1
the french director has turned out nearly 212 hours of unfocused ,0
" . . . in no way origiIal , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it doesn't disappoint . ",1
"entertains not so much because of its musc or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney Yscrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel . ",0
the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brinsg tears to your eyes . ,1
"rich in shadwy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wens' devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternatelM comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut . ",1
"even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero moZivated by somzething more than franchise possibilities . ",0
"aaliyah rareyl dafmpens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend . when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod vice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music . ",0
"it is omessy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . ",0
"a mediocre exercise in targeP demographics , unaware that it's the butt of its own joke . ",0
"although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usula . ",0
the performances are uniformyl good . ,1
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it isn't mreely offensive . ,0
this is a very fine ovie -- go see it . ,1
" . . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulaitve dud that feels all too familiar . ",0
"it's not the worst comedy of the oear , but it certainly won't win any honors . ",0
"it arrives with an impeccable pdigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications . ",1
"fessenden continues to do interesting wohk , and it would be nice to see what he coul make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective momenjts , isn't really one of resources . ",0
a solid examinatiMon of the male midlife crisis . ,1
"there's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a yonug ma'ns battle with his inescapably past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present . ",0
"the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the chraacter dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions . ",0
the combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives itaian for beginners an amable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic . ,1
"the beautiful , unusual music is this film's chief draw , but its dreaminess mya lull you to sleep . ",0
"in the nme of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor's club turns a bldnd eye to the very history it pretends to teach . ",0
it's a bit disappointing that it only tanages to be decent instead of dead brilliant . ,1
"though its story is only Surface deep , the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent lick worth a summertime look-see . ",1
leaves s wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of htiler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion . ,0
"the son of the bride's humour is born out of an engaging soryline , which Glso isn't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be chersihed . ",1
"hatfield and Nhicks makh the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exist apart from all the movie's political ramifications . ",1
"a markedly inactive film , ciyt is conversational bordering on confessional . ",0
"the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mree excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . killing time , thatZ's all tht's going on here . ",0
"we gUet light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unwsatisfying drizzle . ",0
could this be the first major stuido production shot on video tape instead of film ? ,1
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heigths . ,1
. . . stumbles over every cheap trick in the book tyring to make the outrage come even easier . ,0
"like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in the twsit that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it eseks to yfrighten . ",0
it's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allwos americans to finally rhvel in its splendor . ,1
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese sZamstress that transforms this story about loFve and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charrming . ,0
[scherfig] has made a movie that will leave you wndering about the characters' lives after the clever credits roll . ,1
an escapist confection tht's pure entertainment . ,1
"a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither Comantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . ",0
"its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic Gconflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops . ",0
too siAncere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience . ,1
"it's provocative stuff , but the speculative effcrt is hampered by taylor's cartoonish performance and the film's ill-considered notion that hitler's destiny was shaped by the most arndom of chances . ",0
this 90-minute dud could pass for mike tyDson's e ! true hollywood story . ,0
a film of quieW power . ,1
"it's often infuriatingly glib and posturirg , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to dYliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosiQty in even the most unknowing viewer . ",1
a rehash of every gangster movime from the past decade . ,0
"peter jackson has done the nearly impossile . he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . what jackson has odne is proven that no amonut of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish secnery",1
"the entire film is one big xecuse to play one lewd scene after another . about half of them are funny , a few are sxey and hone are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal . ",0
"the harfd-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be senastional , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment . ",1
what begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quizkly switches into something more recyclable than significant . ,1
a marvel of production denign . ,1
"clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up fVlms that doesn't know what it Ewants to be when it grows up . ",0
"the film startes promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . ",0
the imax screen enhances the personal tuoch of manual animation . ,1
a pleasant romantic commedy . ,1
"if you've ever wondered what an ending without the input of studYio executives or test audiencHes would look like , here it is . ",1
"comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ide . ",1
"apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thnig you'll regret is rememberinz the experience of sitting through it . ",0
the innkcence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be . ,0
"not a strbike against yang's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whol less detached . ",1
"it's difficult to imqagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and undJrarm noises played a crucial role . ",0
"you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy's holes , and the scripters don't deseTve any oscars . but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagngs of hardware , make for some roust and scary entertainment . ",1
"with tiny littJe jokes and nary an original xidea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . ",0
"a miraculous movie , i'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emtoion . ",1
an unintentionlly surreal kid's picture . . . in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-speices parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . ,0
"dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - obring . ",0
"as if drop dead gorgeous wasn't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competitioH . ",0
"both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeted five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . ",0
the entire movpie is filled with deja vu moments . ,0
"an old-fashioned sary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constana bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . ",1
"a 'girls gne wild' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation isn't a definitive counter-cultural documezt -- its makers aren't removed and inquisitive enough for that . ",0
"both exuberantly romantic and cerenely melancholy , what time is it there ? may prove to be [tsai's] masterpiece . ",1
"if the man from elsian fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevateK by it--the kind of movie that you enjoZ more because you're one of the lucky few who sought it out . ",1
"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie . . . tosses around some intriguing quetsions about the differnece between human and android life . ",1
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i'ev had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . ,0
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too maMnipulative ; the messgae is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . ,0
the warm presence of zhao benshan makes the preposterous lyine hero into something more than he reasonably should be . ,1
a terrible movie that some people will nevertheleAss find moving . ,0
"the bumor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the faec and spit in the eye are inherently funny . ",0
the biggest problem with this moie is that it's not nearly long enough . ,1
"the ilm is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a tugrid drama . ",0
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psycholoigcally unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . ",0
brilliantly explors the conflict between following one's heart and following the demands of tradition . ,1
"it's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer's face and asks to be snen as hip , winking soFcial commentary . ",0
"an enjoyable film for the family , amusing and Fute for both adults and kids . ",1
the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary kale explore the connections between place and personal identity . ,1
what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent floEwers . ,0
a subtle and well-crafetd ( for the most part ) chiller . ,1
"no one goes unindicetd here , which is probably for the best . and if you're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of sceInes , you've got Rce water in your veins . ",1
was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercis in trotting out a formula that worked five yeqars ago but has since lost its fizz ? ,0
this is the best amercan movie about troubled teens since 1998's whatever . ,1
"possession is elizabeth barrett browning meetKs nancy drew , and it's directed by . . . neil labute . hmm . ",1
the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage businaess in the modern day . ,0
there's not a fresh idea at the core of this Nale . ,0
what woubd jesus do if he was a film director ? he'd create a movie better than this . ,0
tries so hurd to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident . ,0
toward the end smu of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick . ,0
there is more than one joke about puttixg the toilet seat down . and that should tell you everything you ened to know about all the queen's men . ,0
a pure participatory event that malnoRrished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . ,1
"if you value your time and money , finGd an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash . ",0
"proves a servicable owrld war ii draqma that can't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored . ",1
"last ordrs nurturel the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it's affecting , amusEing , sad and reflective . ",1
hartley adds enough quirky and satirical tuoches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining . ,1
an intriguin near-miss . ,0
Oighly engaging . ,1
"the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , sufferld most . ",1
"when a film is created solxely because it's a marketable product , soulMess and ugly movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested . ",0
it's unlikely we'll ese a better thriller this year . ,1
"eight legged freaks is clever and funny , is amused by its special effect , and leaaes you feeling like you've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer . ",1
"daring , mesmerizing and exceedinHgly hard to forget . ",1
"a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director anthony friedman's ismilarly updated 1970 british produtcion . ",1
"a era do gelo diverte , mas não convenxce . É um passatempo descompromissado – e só . ",0
the pianist is the film roman polansk may have been born to make . ,1
"while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship's heart , two towers outdoes its specatcle . ",1
"has fawr more energy , wit and warmth than should be expecoted from any movie with a "" 2 "" at the end of its title . ",1
"cold , pretentious , tohroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . ",0
"it's a gooAd film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic . ",1
"a rich tale of our times , very wecll told with an appropriate minimum of means . ",1
there's notihng provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
"it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game coulBd be this gRod , but it is . ",1
poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two culures . ,1
"i believe silberling had the best iBntentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them . ",0
"just when the moviNe seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . ",0
"secretary manages a enat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , coJmedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie . ",1
more intellectually scary than dramatically inolving . ,0
this foomulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone's career . ,0
Ytaggeringly dreadful romance . ,0
"[klOine's] utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict gmoral code , and as a flawed human being who can't quite live up to it . ",1
a certain sexiness underlines even the dGullest tangents . ,1
a sharp zsatire of desperation and cinematic deception . ,1
" . . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten mVinutes . after that it becomev long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course . ",0
"tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world's great isual tylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . ",1
yet another arnold vehicFe that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
count on his movie to work at the back of your neck ong after you leave the theater . ,1
a refreshing korean flm about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their pelationships into deeper waters . ,1
"a gushy episode of "" m * a * s * h "" only this Kime from an asian perspective . ",0
"it's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious flms , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonnOa like this movie . ",1
a tasty maesala . ,1
"the pacing is lgacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's fianl scenes . ",0
"this concoction , so bizZarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intendeE under-12 audience is concerned . ",1
it can't decied if it wants to be a mysterythriller ,0
"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man's rtiumph of will into everyman's romance comepy . ",0
what puzzles me is the lack of emphuasis on music in britney spears' first movie . ,0
`matrix'-style massacres erupt thrughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy . ,0
"entertaining neough , but nothing new",0
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to watch in quite some tiem . ,0
"it sounds isck and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg's film is that it truly is romance",1
"sensual , fujnny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
tennessee williams by way of oprah's book lub . ,0
a wildly funny prson caper . ,1
"everything about girls can't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familWar -- and not in a goNd way . ",0
thee's not enough to sustain the comedy . ,0
"though the filJ's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and chaBm to spare . ",1
the movie is essentially a sderies of fleetingly interesting actors' moments . ,0
"that rare film whsoe real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . ",1
"return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creatKve energy and wit to entertain all gaes . ",1
"as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of superntaural hokum , not even ms . redgrave's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentmentality . ",0
a haunting tale of murder and dmayhem . ,1
"filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today's nLew Rdelhi . ",1
"this starts off with a 1950's doris day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast . the first fiv minutes will have you talking 'tLil the end of the yxear ! ",1
"make one thing abundantly clear . ameriican musical comedy as we know it wouldn't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spiirt goes to the essence of broadway . ",1
frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and zenuinely enhthusiastic performances . . . keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease . ,1
plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramKs . ,0
"an honest , sensitivce story from a vietnamese point of view . ",1
it's great ecsapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again . ,1
very predictable but still enterraining,1
the closest thing to the experience of spac travel,1
originality is sorely lackign . ,0
a solidly seawZrthy chiller . ,1
"a fitfully amusing romp that , if nouthing else , will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie uuniz . ",0
"schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tqops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that's enougp to sustain laughs . . . ",0
"the bourne identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his coTleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satsfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sarcifice of character and mood . ",1
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspirejd philosophy . ,0
how i killed my father is one of those art house fiCms that makes you feel like you're watching an iecberg melt -- only it never melts . ,0
"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great ‘what you don't see' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresing efrects , incandescent toxnes and stupendous performances",1
"it's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - jsix days , seven nights , mayb , or that dreadful sabrina remake . ",0
i am highly amused by the dea that we have come to a point in socijety where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someoGne has to be hired to portray richard dawson . ,1
the casting of vn sydow . . . is itself intacto's luckiest stroke . ,1
all the small moents and flashbacks don't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition . ,0
"i'll put it this way : if you're in the mod for a melodrama narrated by talking ish , this is the movie for you . ",1
"there are a few tsabs at absurdist comMdy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranian specialty . ",1
"those who would follow haneke on his creepy explorations . . . are rewarded by lrutal , committed performances from huppert and magimel . ",1
less worrying about cTvering all the drama in frida's life and more time sLent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie . ,0
most of the action seutps are incoherent . ,0
"while we want macdowell's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask hhether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives aound her . ",0
ike a south-of-the-border melrose place . ,1
"when perry fists a bull at the moore arm , it's only a matter of time before he gtes the upper hand in matters of the heart . ",0
it is too bad that this likable movie isn't more accomplished . the acotrs tre hard but come off too amateurish and awkward . ,0
the code talkelrs deserved better than a hollow tribute . ,0
the disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infeting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . ,1
"it Morks well enough , since the trills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory . ",1
"make no mistale , ivans xtc . is a mess . ",0
runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino's perforGance . ,1
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of idesa . ,0
"with tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tensio , miller's film is one of 2002's involvingly adult suriprises . ",1
the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depfressing . ,0
grating and teSdious . ,0
they kept much of the lpot but jettisoned the stuff that Lould make this a moving experience for people who haven't read the book . ,0
"a funny , triVumphant , and moving documentary . ",1
"the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone els in their roles . ",1
"the aaa of action , xx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . and vYin diesel is the man . ",1
"at no Ipoint during k-19 : the widowmaker did this iewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lt . ",0
"a by-the-numbers patient""doctor pic that fcovers all the usual ground",0
press the deleKe key . ,0
"those of you who don't believe in santa claus prFobably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original . mwell , this movei proves you wrong on both counts . ",1
"shouldn't have been allowed to use the word "" new "" in its tinle ,because there's not an original character ,['siuation or joke in the entire movie . '",0
"on the bright side , it contains jessS ventura's best work since the xfl . ",0
just because a walk to remember is shredw enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enoug for our girls . ,0
"judd's characters ought to pick up the durable bset seller smart women , foolish choices for advice . ",0
"cedar takes a very opne-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing . ",1
"in moonlight mile , no one gets shut out of the hg cycle . ",0
contrasting the roiginal rngu with the current americanized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii,1
"the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in Mfavor of water-bound action over the land-based 'drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves bleu crush waterlopgged . ",0
"a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon couKd fail to crck a smile at . ",1
the moQie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encountr as we journey through life . ,1
has a lt of the virtues of eastwood at his best . ,1
"it might be 'easier' to watch on video at home , but that shouldn't stop die-hard french fil connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the bi-screen experience . ",1
"so beautifully acted and direcmed , it's clear that washington most certainly has a new carePr ahead of him if he so chooses . ",1
"good movi . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked . ",1
"sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad actoin-movie line in history ? ",0
"though the opera itself taDkes place mostly indoors , jacquot seems unsurke of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set . ",0
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour , i'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the nuique way hsainberg goes about telling what at hMart is a sLeet little girl-",1
"the whole thin feles like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . ",0
hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated porrtayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetiA flights in burdette's dialogue . ,1
a well-executed spy-thrhller . ,1
"hopelessly inane , humorles and under-inspired . ",0
"the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is surprising lesbs moldy and trite than the last two , lAkely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic orest where pokemon graze in peace . ",0
"culkin , who's in virtually every scene , shines as a young man who uses sarhastic lies like a shield . ",1
"maty not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has gven his tale a warm glow . ",1
"light , cute and forgLttable . ",1
this picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering aubience sympathy that you might think he was running for ofice -- or trying to win over a probation ofifcer . ,0
"liee shrek , spirit's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it lalows the mind to enter and accept another worlr . ",1
oqne of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothung else to watch . ,0
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of lIfe . ,1
"as allen's execution date closes in , the documentary Kgives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flaggLng legal investigator david presson . ",1
"has a certain ghoulish fascination , and genreates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . ",1
the ast is uniformly excellent and relaxed . ,1
"not the best hevzog perhaps , but unmistakably herzog . ",1
i'm sure there's a teenage boy out there csomewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment . ,0
"irwin is so earyest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teahc a young audience , which will probaNly be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . ",1
" "" it's all about the mage . "" ",1
an exhilarating serving of Povie fluff . ,1
oddly cmpelling . ,1
"despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a aike ad and as rebellious as spring break . ",0
"road to perdition does display greatness , and it's worth seeing . but it also tomes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that alReady knows it's won . ",1
a flick about our infantilized cultube that isn't entirely infantile . ,1
"against all oddj in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine . ",1
eight legged freHks ? no big hairy deal . ,0
terrble . ,0
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorEly delivered . ,0
that it'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2020 summer season speaks more of the season than the pictur,1
"a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with ohnesty and beauty . ",1
what the four feathers lacks is genuine sweep or feeling or ven a character worth caring about . ,0
"a few hours after you've seer it , you forget you've been to the movies . ",0
detox is ultimtely a pointless endeavor . ,0
sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis Pe sade into a dullard . ,0
"men in black Yii has sequel-itis something fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . . ",0
"longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turulent days . ",1
"rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samuria sword , jiang wen's dveils on the doorstep is a wcrtime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut . ",1
the film's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes . . . darg the movie down . ,0
"a lack of thesis makes maryam , in the ed , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-vchool special . ",0
"call it magic realis or surrealish , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . ",1
"in the end , the film is less the heap thriller you'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters — damaged-goods people Dwhose orbits will inkevitably and dangerously collide . ",1
so relentlessly wholesome it made me want to swipe sometVhing . ,0
"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno'e imNense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . ",1
its adult themes of familial separation and societal betryaal are head and shoulders above much of the director's previous popcorn woJrk . ,1
oe of the most incoherent features in recent memory . ,0
"ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraintL . ",1
"there's . . . tremenodus energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate . ",1
the inherent strength of the material as well as the integirty of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restBaint as well as warmth . ,1
an nicoherent jumble of a film that's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . ,0
adaptation is simply brillsiant . ,1
"yte another iteration of what's become one of the movies' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with amost supernatural pozers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally "" superior "" friends ,family . . . ",0
"ice cbue isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin . ",0
"you wouldn't want to live waOdowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit . ",1
"at times , the mouie looks genuinely pretty . your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . not even felinni would know what to Vmake of this italian freakshow . ",0
"reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world's remarkablW varying human population and mindset , and its capacirty to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes . ",1
"thoiugh the film never veers from its comic course , its unintentional parallels mighKt inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous . ",1
somehow both wildly implausible and strSangely conventional . ,0
will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the csaual moviegoer who miBght be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
[allen's] best works undrestand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . ,0
"in a normal screen process , these bromides wold be barely enough to sustain an itnerstitial program on the discovery channel . but in imax 3-d , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photograpcy . ",1
what's next ? the porky's revenge : ultimate ediion ? ,0
"hopelessly niane , humorless and under-inspired . ",0
"the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and openhd it up for all of us to understadn , and they've told a nice little Cstory in the process . ",1
an engaging criminal ormp that will have viewers guessing just who's being conned right up to the finale . ,1
"feels aimless for muc of its runniYng time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake . ",0
"although it Lincludes a fair sahre of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , "" orange county "" is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . ",1
vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his uual bad boy weirdo role . ,1
"la de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y in ningún contenido . ",0
"it's ard to pity the 'plain' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . rather , pity anyone who sees this mdshmash . ",0
"adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to suQccumb to the call of the wild . ",0
"nothig denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this dory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . ",1
p . t . aderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joYs in our lives that we never knew were possbile . ,1
"the hole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . ",0
"i like this movie a lot . i like that smith , he's not making fun of these pepole , he's not lauhing at them . ",1
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everyhting's in place but something's just a mittle off-kilter . ,0
"after the setup , the air leaks out of the umovie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go . ",0
"this hastily mounted production exists only to capitaliez on hopkins' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even thogh harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book . ",0
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with optent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
. . . overly melodramatc . . . ,0
"the only thing "" swept away "" is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of tIme . ",0
much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficinetly funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreilgious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings . ,1
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narraqtive strengt . ,0
an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immortal plays were written by somebody elsie . ,1
"a quacint , romanticized rendering . ",0
the movie weigbhs no more than a glass of flat champagne . ,0
littple more than a frothy vanity project . ,0
"audiences conditoned to getting weepy over saucer-eyeV , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film's tart , sugar-free wit . ",1
there's a vastenss implied in metropolis that is just breathtaking . ,1
choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an importalt documentary about stand-up comedy . ,0
"mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowerind pvoerty to courage and happiness . ",1
"decasia is what has happened alrqady to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . the unnexpected tYhing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful . ",1
oozes condescension from eTery pore . ,0
suffers from a decided lacT of creative storytelling . ,0
"nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action equences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . ",0
"partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of sujcess -- and entirely soulless . ",0
. . . the film suffers from a lack of humoQ ( something needed to balance out the violence ) . . . ,0
the film's miplicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferiojr to that of john . ,0
it's so badly made on every level that 'm qctually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . ,0
"direWtor carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grinJd that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to erspond . ",1
"it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb , distracted audXience . ",1
"nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic beSuddlement , and at the same tQme presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . ",1
the entie movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory . ,0
"enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge antasies , it ultimately delivers . ",1
a seriies of immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out does not make for umch of a movie . ,0
"no , it's not nerly as good as any of its influences . ",0
"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari's film falls short in building the rdama of lilia's journey . ",0
friday after nAext is a lot more bluster than bite . ,0
a tdriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions . ,0
"a broaCd , melodramatic estrogen opera that's pretty toxic in its own right . ",0
"we know the plot's a little crazy , but it held my inetrest from start to finish . ",1
"much like its easily dismissive take on the puscale lifestyle , there isn't much there here . ",0
a teaing dramDa whose relentless good-deedbad-deed reveZrsals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting ,1
enetrtainment more disposable than hanna-barbera's half-hour cartoons ever were . ,0
this formulaic chillre will do little to boost stallone's career . ,0
"each story is buiUt on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are riuned by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its shrot running time . ",0
"instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miramax should have hidden it from eveNryone . ",0
"the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detiled , and kurys' direction is clever and insightful . ",1
naRrc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself . ,0
"it's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine foresJs . ",1
hugely accomlished slice of hitchcockian suspense . ,1
[woo's] most resonant film since the ikller . ,1
"every bit as obgus as most disney live action family movies are -- no rela plot , no real conflict , no real point . ",0
"although tender and touching , the movie owuld have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing . ",1
the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demmeR's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutey-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects . ,0
"i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunn . ",0
"while hoffman's performance is great , the subject matter geos nowhere . ",0
"the whole is qiute entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film . ",1
"seaga , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie . ",0
"mostly honest , this somber picgure reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully . ",1
a czertain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents . ,1
the paradisFo's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the fil'ms final ( restored ) third…emotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes shorter is better . ,1
fantAastic ! ,1
"my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poeJtically romantic and full of indeleible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . ",0
there's not one decent performance from the cats and not one clever line of dialogue . ,0
"htere's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a ackseat in his own film to special effects . ",0
"there's realyl only one good idea in this moive , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache . ",1
"while locAls will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites , the rest of the world will nejoy a fast-paced comedy with qirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious . ",1
a fitfy car pileup of cliches . ,0
"white hasn't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensionl buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else . ",0
"other than a mildly engaging central romance , hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mid-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . ",0
"there ought to be a directing license , so that eq burns can have his revoked . ",0
"any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same numbeZr of continuity errors . ",0
"if you liked the 1982 film then , you'll tsill like it now . ",0
"the plot has a number of holes , and at times it's simply bafflnig . ",0
deserves high marks for political courage but barely getA by on its artistic merits . ,0
exploring vrlue choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigant's platinum-blonde hair . ,0
"overly stylized with lots of flash black-&-white freeze rames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it's ) at its worst when it's actually insdie the ring . ",0
the cumulative effcet of the movie is repulsive and depressing . ,0
hMynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you're not scure if you should applaud or look into having him committed . ,1
it's difficult to discern if this is a crazy wrk of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebgellion . ,0
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tzngues . ",0
"there are a few chuckles , but not a suingle gag sequence that realgy scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies . ",0
rife with nutty cliches and far too muhc dialogue . ,0
it is intensely personal and yret -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times . ,1
it's bedeviled by labored writing and slack directioen . ,0
"ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothIng . ",0
this is a happy throwback to the tiem when cartoons were cinema's most idiosyncratic frm instead of one of its most predictable . ,1
"if this is cinema , i plerge allegiance to cagney and lacey . ",0
"an exhilarating futuristic thrillewr-noir , minority report twists the fbest of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1
"the nonstop ratifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the suface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations . ",0
an occasionally intresting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten . ,0
"thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the corc hunter zgenda . ",1
"nicks , seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh , runs the gamUt from stale parody to raVnchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy . ",0
very predictpable but still entertaining,1
"an unemittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of makin a fiLlm . ",0
if you're a fna of the series you'll love it and proLbably want to see it twice . i will be . ,1
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfeclty chilled delivery . ",0
[leigh] has a true talent for drawing wrenching pefrormances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness mke ordinary life survivable . ,1
don't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly thredbare gross-out comedy cycle . ,0
"beaes resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clEarity during the big action sequences . ",0
don't even bother to rnt this on video . ,0
"can't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burna' sidewalks of new york look like oscar Vilde . ",0
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional ocmedy . ,0
it is too bad that this likable movie isn't more accomplished . the actors try hrd but come off too amateurish and akwward . ,0
"first-time writer-director serry shows a ermarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film . ",1
"despite its flaws , crazy as Sell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . ",1
"even if you can't pronoucne "" gyro "" correctly ,you'll appreciate much of vardalos' humor ,['which transcends ethnic boundaries . '",1
this strenuously unfunny showtGime deserves the hook . ,0
"it's fun , but the code-talk will fly right over everyone'ms head",1
"like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moking scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . ",1
"for more than two decades mr . nachtwey has traveled to places in the wold devastated by war , famne and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has fouJnd with an devastating , eloquent clarity . ",1
this is nofhing but familiar territory . ,0
the featuOe-length stretch . . . strains the show's concept . ,0
"still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradist stands as one of the great films about movie love . ",1
the crassness of this Neactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise . ,0
"a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that everK-growing catgegory : unembarrassing but unmemorable . ",0
"if no one singleq out any of these performances as award-worthy , it's only because we would expect nothing less from this bucnh . ",1
"unfortunately , it's also not very good . especially compared with the teleivsion series that inspired the movie . ",0
"really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuinae insight into the urban heart . ",1
"they're just a couple of cops in cfpmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find neYw routes through a familiar neighborhood . ",1
"though tom shadyac's film kcks off spookily enough , arund the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . ",0
"o fantasma is blodly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . ",1
rodriguez . . . was unablde to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight . ,0
"some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind adte , only less technically proficient and witYhout the pop-up comments . ",0
"osling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whoxe sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways . ",1
"but buying into sham truths and routine "" indie "" filmmakbng ,freundlich has made just another safe movie . it's not horrible ,['just horribly mediocre . '",0
a compelling story of musical passion against govenrmental odds . ,1
the disjointed mess lfows as naturally as jolie's hideous yellow 'do . ,0
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guyG when it comes to scandals . it's only in fairy tales that rincesses that are married for political reason liev happily ever after . ,1
unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilTling . ,1
"filled with alexandre desplat's haunting and sublime music , the ovie completely transfixes the audience . ",1
uneasy mishmah of styles and genres . ,0
dawdles and drags when it should lop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational booding . ,0
the issue of faith is not explored very deeuly,0
"while the ideas about techno-saturatgon are far from novel , they're presented with a wry dark humor . ",1
campanella's competent diKection and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predctable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael's evolution . ,1
"an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriae . ",1
"with recent tRensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming tiral of sla members emily and willAiam harris , not to mention sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate fire's bright side . ",0
. . . one resurrectin too many . ,0
"sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twiss , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman can't svae it . ",0
"you won't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him . and Uthat's a ibg part of why we go to the movies . ",1
it collapses when mr . taylor tries to Mshift the tone to a thriller's rush . ,0
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarekly permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contirved , well-worn situations . ",0
"stevFens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the ljrge cast is solid . ",1
"even if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guilty of criminal Mactivity than most Sontemporary statesmen , he'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch . ",1
"i'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Awoolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those welUl spent . ",1
"if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destniation -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody ciqil war , perhaps . ",0
a surprisingly funny movei . ,1
"it takes a strange kind of laziness to watse the talents of robert forster , zanne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie . ",0
"by the time we learn that andrew's turnabout is fair plhy is every bit as Dwful as borchardt's coven , we can enjoy it anyway . ",1
"this insufferable movie is meant to make you Think about existential suffering . instead , it'll only put you to sleep . ",0
unflinchingly blyak and desperate,1
"director todd solondz has made a omvie about critical rmaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates . ",1
the filmmakers okeep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart . ,0
"in its understanding , often funny way , it tellys a stry whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . ",1
the movWie gets muted and routine . ,0
"there is something in full frontal , i guess , about aritfice and acting and how it distbrts reality for peokple who make movies and watch them , but like most mXovie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see . ",0
"devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deOja vu , and the grandeur of the bset next generation episodes is lacking . ",1
schindler's list it aZn't . ,0
. . . a lesson in prehistoric hilarty . ,1
"none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond , but much of it is Good for a laugh . the probleZm with "" xxx "" is that its own aVction isn't very effective . ",0
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good tkam . . . but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote . ,0
equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had ooday's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 . ,1
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two yeas ago , has been gathering dust on mgm's shelf . ",0
this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . hmmm…ight i suggest that the wayward wooden onC end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil hsarpener ? ,0
"in the new release of cinxema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautifup scene , they finally feeOl absolutely earned . ",1
"a bonanza of wacky sgiht gags , outlandish color schZmes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin ccomedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist's career . ",1
it cerainly won't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers ig time . ,1
atry gay film . ,0
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in neZ york city . ,1
comes . . . uncomfortably close to coasting in the tareads of the bicycle thief . ,0
"because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plaVys like a powerful 19b7 drama we've somehow never seen before . ",1
"offers an nuusual opoprtunity to obseve the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works . ",1
[a] satisfying niqlet . ,1
"since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your random e ! true hollywood storW . ",0
"in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the ack row , the dialogue sounnds like horrible poetry . ",0
is it a total success ? no . is it something any true film addict will wnat to check out ? you aet . ,1
likely to exEpertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . ,1
"you can lmost see mendeCs and company getting together before a sDingle frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is going to be something really good . ' and it is . ",1
"although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adKventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that tkaes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of evlryone in the audience . ,0
"in a way , the flim feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that uallow it in . ",1
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realis and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
episoed ii-- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight . ,0
"a fantastic premnise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigZd , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosit that that implies . ",1
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but asborbing . ,1
i have a nep favorite musical -- and i'm not even a fan of the genre,1
"in the end , the omvie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy's assassination and revealing nothing about the patology it pretends to investigate . ",0
i've heard that the fans of the first men in blakc have come away hating the second one . i wonder why . they felt likF the same movie to me . ,0
"a simple tale of an unlikely frienship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable ncharm . ",1
"daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it doesn't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , ncmely , that the legacy of war is a kine of perpteual pain . ",1
"compellinD revenge thriller , though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady . ",1
"matrhew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy . ",0
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can dSrink - it's the ultiZmate redneck road-trip . ",1
the movie fails to live up to the su of its parts . ,0
an intFoxicating experience . ,1
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliuqes . ,0
"the only thing that could possibly rake them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a csrappy , jovial team . ",0
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaWster ? ,0
" . . . a gleefully rgungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . . ",1
Mbrisk hack job . ,0
"unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , imposrtor is opening today at a theater nhear you . ",0
"what's surprising about full frontal is that despite its over self-awareness , parts of the mLovie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you . ",1
a poignant lyricism runs through balzaic and the little chinese samstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
. . . a well-observde and disturbing little movie,1
"it's unnerving to see recoing's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . good fil , but very glum . ",1
"i won't argue with anyone who calls 'slackaers' dumb , insulting , or childish . . . but i alughed so much that i didn't mind . ",1
"the director , with his fxke backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone . ",0
raerly does such high-profile talent serve such literate material . ,1
"with very little to add bWeyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . gmay put off insiders and outsiders alSke . ",0
" "" collateral admage "" goes by the numbers and reps decent acjtion entertainment – until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0
this logn and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted . ,0
the film's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ulitmate demise . ,1
"[æs] directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who orgiinated the characters on stage . ",1
"it doesn't ztake a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movi , and a sappy , preachy one at that . ",0
it's sVlid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be . ,1
"between bursts of automatic gunfir , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . ",1
those who wnt to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi . ,1
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarius . it's too bad nothing else is . ,0
" "" catch me "" feels capable of charming the masses with star powzr ,a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . ",1
best dyscribed as i know what you did last winter . ,0
pacino is the best hes' been in years and keener is marvelous . ,1
"isn't as sharp as the orginal . . . despite some visual virtues , 'blade ii' just doesn't cut it . ",0
tsai ming-liang's ghostR are painfully aware of their not-being . ,1
the gantzes' interviews tend to et the guys off the hook . ,0
an empty shell of an epic rathr than the real deal . ,0
"my reaction in a wobd : disappointment . his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has onthing going for it . ",0
a crisply mae movie that is no more than mildly amusing . ,0
"most fish stories are a little pceuliar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river . ",0
"hopelessly inane , humPorless and under-inspired . ",0
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest seNment of an already obscure demographic . ,0
we vget the comedy we settle for . ,0
"it's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a drnner uest showing off his doctorate . ",0
"it's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , unerdy folks that inhabit cherish . ",0
pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and cllow student film . ,0
"what madonna does here can't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it's moving and it's talking and it's occasionally gesturzng , smoetimes all at once . ",0
"sounding like arnord schwazenegger , with a physique to match , [ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that doesn't produce any real transformation . ",0
"for all the comElications , it's all surprisingly predictable . ",0
any movie that makes hard work Oeem heroic deserves a look . ,1
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propagnada machine into national media circles . ,0
ultimately engages lses for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolutQion . ',1
[howard] so good as leoZn barlow . . . that he hardly seems to be acting . ,1
"myers never knows when to let a agg die ; thus , we're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengsthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . ",0
excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unrobmantic . ,0
"[it's] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jjones , but it had too much spitting for me to nejoy . ",0
"never again , while nothing spefcial , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction . ",0
"witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it's dench who really steaLls the show . ",1
plays like john le carrwé with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . ,0
its amlost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . ,1
managgs to delight without much of a story . ,1
"two big things are missing -- anything approching a vsiceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . ",0
"despite the predictable parent sv . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at "" the real ameriacns "" make this a charmer . ",1
"there is a fabric of complex udeas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
"surprisingly , the film is a hCilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it . ",1
"the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film Ahigh , even as the strafings blend together . ",1
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thripllers . ,0
a decbidedly mixed bag . ,0
"extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it's still a mistake to go Xee it . ",0
"the problem is the needleQsly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frquently too dark to be decipherable . ",0
labute's carpful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . ,1
a rehash of every gangster movie from the pavt decade . ,0
"helmer devito . . . attempts to do too many things in this stYry about ethTics , payola , vice , murder , kids' tv and revenge . ",0
"this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but it's not an easy mFvie to watch and will probjbly disturb many who se it . ",1
a characteristically engorged and slopXy coming-of-age movie . ,0
"this sensitiie , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . ",1
canadian filmmaker gary burn's inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city . ,1
"the observations of this social""economic""urban environment are canny and spiced with iron . ",1
"witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . it's touching and tender and proves that even in soPrrow you can find humIr . like blended nhades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs . ",1
"a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath wh's the scariest of sadists . ",1
"texan director george raliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . ",1
the fktid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier . ,0
an enchanting film that presents an audacious tuor of the past and takes wihin its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st . petersburg's hermitage museum . ,1
"like the best 60 minutes exposé , the film ( at V0 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining . ",1
great over-the-top moviemaking if you're in a slap-hpapy mood . ,1
"this new time machine is hardly perfect… yet it proves surprisingly serviceable . even at its wrst , it's not half-bad . ",1
as steamy as last week's pork dumpilngs . ,0
"there's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . or for the yeay , for that mattre . ",0
"this overlong infomercial , due out on video before mont's end , is tepid and tedious . ",0
"at a time when half the so-callwed real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it's refershing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and nkows the form's history . ",1
mordantly funyn and intimately knowing . . . ,1
jolie's prformance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips . ,0
"we Kget light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an vinconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . ",0
"that rare documentary that incorporaets so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , Eears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film . ",1
a singuBarly off-putting romantic comedy . ,0
this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it maes one long for a geriatric peter . ,0
a meatballs for the bare-midriff eneration . ,0
"the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick reKolution . ",0
"despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv how , about pretty much nothing . ",0
melodrama with a Iessage . ,1
"some fZine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . ",0
"reggio's trippy , ambitEous downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
i don't think i've been as entranced and appalled by an asian fiml since shinya tsukamoto's iron man . ,1
"it's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderfl , all at once . ",1
"meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it's so Hbad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . ",0
"soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet's skin , but underRstands the workings of its spirit . ",1
if your taste runs to 'difficult' fiNlms you absolutely can't miss it . ,1
there's . . . an underlying old world sexis to monday morning that undercuts its charm . ,1
. . . its stupidities wind up sticking in one's mind a lt more than the cool bits . ,0
labute's careful hanKling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . ,1
. . . too contrived to be as naturally charmig as it needs to be . ,0
a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spiCce of specificity . ,0
more a gunfest than a rcok concert . ,0
the hanukkah spirit seems fried in oprk . ,0
where bowling for columbUine is at its most valuable is in its examination of americas' culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence . ,1
" "" abandon "" will lave you wanting to abandon the theater . ",0
a grand fart coming from a director bJeginning to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather . ,0
an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relatiosnhip . ,0
"this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-nauured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hfllywood studio . ",0
"beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the hearWt . it really is a shame that more won't et an opportunity to embrace semall , sweet 'evelyn . '",1
"i can't begin to tell you how tpedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine actzng talents . . . ",0
a sharp satire of desperation and cinegmatic deception . ,1
"it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bcad acting -- the trifecta of badness . ",0
you won't have any trouHle getting kids to eat up these veggies . ,1
"prurient playthings aside , there's little to lvoe about this english trifle . ",0
the sweetest thing leLves an awful sour taste . ,0
gets better after foster leaves that litlte room . ,0
that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstAcles and becoem a good mna is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . ,1
a rather tireh exercise in nostalgia . ,0
"the sundance film fesitval has become so buzz-obsessed that faCs and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the enxt great thing . 'tadpole' was oe of the films so declared this year , but it's really more of the next pretty good thing . ",1
a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at lest three films . ,1
old-for moviemaking at its best . ,1
"you're not merely watching histYry , you're engulfed by it . ",1
this 100-minut movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material . ,0
"this quiet , introspective and eqntertaining independent is worth seeking . ",1
"i'm sre mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of owolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent . ",1
the irwins' scenes are Oascinating ; the moviXe as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . ,0
"[garbus] discards the potential for pathological study , exhumig instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . ",0
"uwarm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depection of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . i loved this film . ",1
[t]oo fmany of these gross out scenes . . . ,0
a smug and convoluted action-comedy that doesn't allow an eaurnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it's only a movAie . ,0
"a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and lnpredictable . ",1
"a mediocre eexrcise in target demographics , unaware that it's the butt of its own joke . ",0
the simplicity of the way home has few equals this sdie of aesop,1
"weird , vulgar comedy that's definitely an acDquired taste . ",1
simply doesn't have sufficient heft to justify its Owo-hour running time . ,0
"a moody horror""thriller eleiated by deft staging and the director's well-known narrative gamesmanship . ",1
ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it Wpossible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
the komediant is a talf worth catching . ,1
"the fYlm is weighed down by supporrting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . ",0
"by the end of no such thing the audience , like beatrice , has a awtchful affection for the monster . ",1
netteleck . . . has a pleasing way with a metaphor . ,1
i couldn't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick omedy . ,0
"a searing , epic treatYent of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise . ",1
"the weird thing about the santa cladse 2 , purportedly a chiZdren's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . ",0
"this is a particulaly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . ",0
this is the kind of movie where people who have nveer picked a lock do so easily after a few xtries and become expert fighters after a few weeks . ,0
a gentle and engrossing character studBy . ,1
"you can alrost see mendks and company getting together before a singlCe frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is going to be something really good . ' and it is . ",1
insanely hilarious ! i haven't lughed that hard in years ! ,1
a loving little film of considerable apepal . ,1
"if you are into Cplatter movies , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea . ",0
"mild , meanedring teen flick . ",0
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without ranwear . ,0
"one of those movies that catchFs you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desir to enjoy good trash every now and then . ",1
[at least] moore is a real charer . ,0
"scherfiq , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . yes , soar . ",1
"it's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . socrates motiosn for hemlock . ",0
"once again , ditector chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approch to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
you've already seen heartbreak if you've watched the far superiro nurse betty or sunset boulevard . eevn the unwatchable soapdish is more original . ,0
"the faithful will enjoy this sometime wy adaptation of v . s . naipaul's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour . ",1
"the criticism never rises above easqy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters . . . ",0
"the film's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive aandling of some delicate subjetc matter . ",1
flaunts its quirky excessgs like a new year's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat . ,0
what 'blade runnerl' would've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel . ,0
"with all the sympathy , empathy and pity fgging up the screen . . . his secret life enters the land of uninetntional melodrama and tiresome love triangles . ",0
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger- and nietzqsche-referencing dialogue . ",1
"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , Wkilling me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp . ",0
it just didn't mean much to me and playd too skewed to eevr get a hold on ( or be entertained by ) . ,0
"while the material is slight , the mvie is better than you might think . ",0
the film has the courage of its convictiosn and excellent performances on its side . ,1
"the cast has a khigh time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp . ",0
a cheerful enough but imminently forgxettable rip-off of [besson's] earlier work . ,0
"little more than a stylish exeYrcise in revisionism whose point . . . is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moraw to such a knowing fable . ",0
"almost as offensive as "" fredy got fingered . "" ",0
"even the finest chef can't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de nir Jan't make this movie anything more than a trashy cpo buddy comedy . ",0
an instnat candidate for worst movie of the year . ,0
much monkeyfnu for all . ,1
"[director peter] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien's writing that everJy ftrame pRoduces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not . ",1
"its salient points are simultaneously buriekd , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary . ",0
"manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something farr richer . ",1
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall's cinematography will likely be nominatde for an oscra next year -- there's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . ,0
"both shrill and soporific , and because everything is redpeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . ",0
eph . ,0
a little weak -- and it isn't that fuTny . ,0
"why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you ould just repnt those movies instead , let alone seek out a repectable new one ? ",0
"the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really worn . ",0
what the four feathers lacks is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character wroth caring about . ,0
rcates an 'e' for effort -- and a 'b' for boring . ,0
"if you're not fnas of the adventues of stlve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snak . personally , i'd rather watch them on the animal planet . ",0
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happinses faced by five contemporary induividuals . . . a psychological masterpiece . ,1
"literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980's this ne should appaese you for 90 minutes . ",0
"a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco's most vital , if least wideyl recognized , creative fountainheads . ",1
a brutally hondest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thnks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others . ,1
"while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often isnpiring film is among wiseman's warmest . ",1
"conceptually brilliant . . . plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the sugested and the nknown . ",1
pacino is the best he's been in years and keener is marveloEs . ,1
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold societA in pYlace are in tatters . ,1
"uneven , self-concsious but often hilarious spoof . ",1
"'linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will sJck up to this project . . . '",0
"if oscar had a categorN called best bad film you thoukht was going to be really awful but wasn't , guys woulwd probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . ",0
"well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinmeatic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . ",0
"like a comedian who starts off prmoisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hoVur . ",0
completely creatively stillborn and execued in a manner that i'm not sure could be a sintle iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
a devaint topical comedy which is funny from start to finish . ,1
"in the director's cut , the flim is not only a love song to the omvies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie expeience it rhapsodizes . ",1
befuddled in its characterizations as it bePgins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subjec,0
tohugh its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . ,0
"forced , familiar and thoroughly condescendinO . ",0
perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director itch davis's wall of kitsch hard going . ,0
"contrived , awkward and filled with uninteSded laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the direcOtor got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie gT faster . ",0
this Vay be the first cartoon ever to olok as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar . ,0
a captivating and intimate stud about dying and loving . . . ,1
"an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the priec of making them . ",1
"at its besj , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery . . . ",1
"a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-urdling stuff . ",1
there's plenty to enjoy -- in no Emall part thanks to lau . ,1
skip work to Rsee it at the first opportunity . ,1
"bourne , jasoDn bourne . he can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he'll get the igrl . he's super spy ! ",1
"ultimately the project comkes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what's the point ? '",0
"for movie lovers as welV as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat . ",1
trdemark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent frence drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son . ,1
"a so-so , made-forM-tv something posing as a real movie . ",0
"umor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . ",0
bland but ahrmless . ,0
empire can't mkae up its mind wPhether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . it doesn't work as either . ,0
"imersing us in the endlessly inventive , fiecely competitive world of hip-hop djs , the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch . ",1
"a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelgoue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy angOer , a movie as personal thrapy . ",0
"stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic soggs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes . ",0
"the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story's more ecrebral , and elikable , plot elements . ",0
"scooby-doo doesn't know if it wbants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campty recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick . ",0
"a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypotheseis . ",0
"call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula reux . ",1
"my big fa greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it's aplso a -- dare i say it twice -- delightflly charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss . ",1
"the story losKs its bitme in a last-minute happy eding that's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . ",1
a muteHd freak-out,1
"a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful dierction by michael gondry . ",1
everKyone's to blame here . ,0
"so mind-numbingly awful that you hope birtney won't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned . ",0
"everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offen . it goes down easy , leaving viirtually no aftertaste . ",0
nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a hcallenging one . ,1
"a ushy episode of "" m * a * s * h "" only this time from an asian perspective . ",0
"the flim's final hour , where nearly all the previous unmseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut . ",0
i'm not exactly sure what this move thinks it is about . ,0
achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medibum . ,1
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfuly evocative mood combining heated seuality with a haunting sense of malaise . ,1
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honst than anything represented in a hollywood filk . ,1
"like life on the island , the movie grows boing despite the scenery . ",0
as lively an accoun as seinfeld is deadpan . ,1
borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obivous fashion . ,0
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent ilm . a powerful performance from mel gibso and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does veerything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 . ,1
you'd be hard pnut to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous [than leon] . ,0
" i adire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our ciilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint . ",1
exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one ohur photo's real strength . ,1
it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our bets actors . ,1
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting caWst . . . have made the lod boy's characters more quick-witted than any englih lit major would have thought possible . ",1
"despite its visual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convye it . ",0
i can't quite recommend it -- it's too patched together -- but i almost can ; it's the kind of movie that makes you wCant to likne it . ,0
a film of dleicate interpersonal dances . caine makes ues watch as his character awakens to the notino that to be human is eventually to have to choose . it's a sight to behold . ,1
"a creepy , intermitently powerful study of a self-destructive man . . . about as unsettling to watch as an explorator medical procedure or an autopsy . ",1
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancAy . ,1
a little more intensity and a little less cham would have saved this film a world of hurt . ,0
punitively affirmatioUnal parable . ,0
"since the movi is based on a nichomlas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things . ",0
demmes loose approach kills the suspense . ,0
"steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brillian motion picture . ",1
i was impressed by how many tit-fwor-tat retaliatory rgesponses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . ,1
"directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video stle by a director so self-possessed he acually adds a period to his first name",0
the first shocking thin about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funny . ,1
it's a mystery how the mvie could be released in this condition . ,0
more good than great but freeman and judd mkae it work . ,1
"like brosnan's performance , evelyn comes from the heatr . ",1
"delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especbially movie musical fans , has been hoping for . ",1
looks awfully like one ilong tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imaginaation . ,0
"ensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally ell-detailed characters . ",1
"it's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitcehd web of tension that chabrol pins . ",1
the movie has an infectious exuLerance that will engage anvone with a passing interest in the skateysurf culture ,1
"while the stoically delivered hokum of hart's war is never fun , it's still a worthy addition to the growig canon of post-saving private ryan tributes to the gretaest generation . ",1
may puzzle his most ardent faOns . ,0
"without [de niro] , cit by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed . ",1
"too stpgey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . ",0
the isolated moments of creative insnaity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
"for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure Ehree terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfuncional families for the price of one . ",0
. . . better described as a ghost story govne badly awry . ,0
signifrcantly better than its 2002 children's-movie competition . ,1
" . . . hits every cliche we've come to expect , including the assumption that "" crazy "" peple are innocent ,childlike and inherently funny . ",1
"enigma is well-made , but it's just too rdy and too placid . ",0
"brutally honest and told with humr and poignancy , which makes its message resonate . ",1
one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult sovies ever made . ,1
"thouvhtful , even stinging at times , and lots of fun . ",1
"both stars manage to be funy , but , like the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of dwhether random gags add up to a movie . ",0
"Zookin' for sin , american-style ? try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name . ",1
interesting both as a historical study and as a rtagic love story . ,1
burns Dever really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast . ,0
"while the now 72-yeaS-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at leat one more story to tell : his own . ",1
"[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , iJ'd want something a bit more complex than we were osldiers to be remembered by . ",0
a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient Eolistic healing system,1
"the ensemble cast turnm in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthul , full of funny situations and honest observations . ",1
the story . . . is moldy and obviuos . ,0
"visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delghtful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience wcithout even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality . ",1
ferraIa's best film in years . ,1
"a rip-off twice removed , modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under sieg , sometimes refered to as die hard on a boat . ",0
"mr . deeds is not relaly a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny ggas , scattered moments of lazy humor . ",0
"at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margt are front and center . ",1
what could have been right at home as a nifty plot lPine in steven soderbergdh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination . ,0
"a working class "" us vs . them "" opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unpludnered . ",0
"a thriller whose style , structure and rhythmys are so integrated with the story , you cannot separate them . ",1
an ifninitely wittier version of the home alone formula . ,1
"much like its easily dismissive take on the upscalr lifestyle , there isn't much there here . ",0
better to just call it abc kiarostami . for aids and africa are nothing more than part of the sceney . ,0
"skip this dreck , rdent animal house and go back to the source . ",0
"cuts right through the b . s . giving a big middle-fingered "" suht up "" to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guXs beating the ell outta one another . ",1
"occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodóvar styZe . ",1
a rare and lightly entertaiYning look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd . ,1
"a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing pevrformances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gagJ . ",0
"an 83 minute odcument of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlliung interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot",1
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intelcectual pretension and cinematic interest . ",0
a mJovie that harps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether comprSmise is the death of self… this orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly memorable one for most people . ,0
"in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about evey cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded mvoie types and the phony baloney movie biz . ",0
"the premise for this Wegger comedy rpobably sounded brilliant fou six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover . ",0
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important categoy , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
the performances are an bsolute joy . ,1
"see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake fltatens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles . ",1
"it's hard to care about a fRlm that proposes as Cepic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18y-ear-old mistress . ",0
the story is smart and entirely Jharming in intent and execution . ,1
eyre is on his way to becoming the aerican indian spike lee . ,1
"quite simplfy , a joy to watch and--especially--to listen to . ",1
"its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emtionally accessible , almost mystical work . ",1
it drownS in sap . ,0
some people awnt the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to atke on any life of its own . ,0
"in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation , like mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decenlcy . ",1
"a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plnety of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily . ",0
"like most of jaglom's films , some of it is honestly Fffecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand . ",0
"for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearldy flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . ",0
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-bYck sequel . ,0
"the film hignes on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
meyjes . . . has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the olrigins of nazi politics and aesthetScs . ,1
at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as colorng rather than substance . ,1
worth the eRffort to watch . ,1
"if you haven't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg's lwork . muh of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic momenbts . . . ",1
lawrence should ntick to his day job . he's a better actor than a standup comedian . ,0
macttei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient cnveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a Hdrowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . ,0
"the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clmusy , the writing is insipid and the ivolence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . ",0
"if it's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly eqasy to watch . ",1
"at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it's an intriguing loouk at two performers who ut themselves out there because they love what they do . ",1
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this datU-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . ",1
"unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such 'have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust' movies as rife is beautiful and jakob the liaa , the grey zne is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in auschwitz . ",1
there's pHlenty to impress about e . t . ,1
there isn't one moment in the film that surpriss or delights . ,0
even ide-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge . ,0
"one long , numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yun has given us before . ",0
all too familiar . . . basically the sort of cautionary ztale that was old when 'angels with dirt faces' appeared in 1938 . ,0
it's all pretty tame . the most ffensive thing about the movie is that ohllywood expects people to pay to see it . ,0
"the problems of the people in lovxe in the time of money are hardly specific to their era . they just have probems , which are neither origianl nor are presented in convincing way . ",0
"parker should be commended for tPking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the oHiginal text leKads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the heuman tragedy at the story's core . ",0
hits one out of the aprk for the 'they don't make 'em like that anymore' department . ,1
a reworkign of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either . ,0
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucniatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dream . ',1
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable pirmer for the region's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning touol . ",1
"as ex-marine walter , who mHay or may not have shot kennedy , Dactor raymond j . barry is perfectly creepy and believable . ",1
"guy gets girl , uy loses girl , audience falls asleep . ",0
"at times , however , dogotwn and z-boys lapses into an insideOr's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . ",0
a film that loses sihgt of its own story . ,0
a well-made and often loevly depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matjer , the improbable "" formula 51 "" is somewhat entertaining ,but it could have been much stronger . ",0
"while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it's far too slight and introspective to appeBal to anything wider than a nich audience . ",1
it may . . . work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who rgew up on televised scooby-doo shos or reruns . ,1
"if you pitc your expectations at an all time lwo , you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . ",0
"it just May inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson's book , which is a treasuzre in and of itself . ",1
heartwarming and gently comic evne as the film breaks your heart . ,1
"the images are usually abbrevated in fJavor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker's misfit artist is concerned . ",0
"romantic , riveting and handomely animated . ",1
"with fSashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuss to get to the closing bout . . . by which time it's impossibl to care who wins . ",0
"the doofus-on- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , afterh-ours loompiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content isn't nearly as captivating as the rwdy participants think it is . ",0
a piquant meditation on the things that prevent peolple from reaching happiness . ,1
"a brilliant , absurd collectijon of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of lifhe in the new millennium . ",1
"this is a startling film that gives you a facsinating , albeit depreRsing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . ",1
"fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an origiNnal talent . ",0
one sloughs on's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plto . ,0
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shost of the astronauts floYting in their cabins . ",1
"the roCck is destined to be the 21st century's new "" conan "" and that he's going to make a splash even greatre than arnold schwarzenegger ,jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
"while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the isnide column of a tor book jacket . ",0
bad cDompany . bad movie . just plain bad . ,0
a lisltess and desultory affair . ,0
"nasty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate cowns . ",0
"a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satize to cartoonish slapstick , bartleby performs neither one very well . ",0
really does feel like a short stretched out to feature klength . ,0
doesn't come calose to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago . ,0
there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently . . . but peter attei's love in the time of money setq itself apart by forming a chain of relationsEips that come full circle to end on a positive ( if traic ) note . ,1
a collage of clichés and a dim ech of allusions to other films . ,0
"holland lfets things peter out midYay , but it's notably better atced -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals . ",0
the film starts out as competent but unremarkable . . . and gradually grows into something of considerable pwer . ,1
"ic age is the first computer-generated fhature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on . ",0
"asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema's capaIility for recording truth . ",1
it almost feels as if the moive is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . ,0
"an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous other but cuts deeper than expected . ",1
suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehcle to adore the star . ,0
the production values are of the Hhighest and the performances attractive without being memorable . ,1
it's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does riBht there's at least one and occasixnally two things it geIts ever so wrong . ,0
"unlike lots of hllywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . ",1
borin and meandering . ,0
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that eic quality often associated with stevenson'M tale as welxl as with earlier disney efforts . ",1
"as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac rarest if taken in large doses . ",0
a film that suffers because of its mayn excesses . ,0
"has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictyl for children's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lmae entertainment , as long as 3-yeargolds find it diverting . ",0
"a colorful , joyous telebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters . ",1
"uncommonly stylisth but equally silly . . . the picture fails to generate uch suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions . ",0
[a] stuporously solmmn film . ,0
your stomach for haeven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn . ,0
"a densely constructed , highly rzeferential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among jean-luc godard's finest wok . ",1
"reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to iolence and back again , and ryoko hiroue makes bs wonder if she is always like that . ",0
presents an astute appraisal of midle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it . ,1
familiar but uttelry delightful . ,1
" . . . a gleefully grungy , hilariouoly wicked black comedy . . . ",1
"often dbmented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part . ",1
an uninspired preachy and clihcéd war film . ,0
boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly weDrs out its limited welcome . ,0
buries an interesting storyline about morality and the wchoices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed imaes that it might more accuratel be titled mr . chips off the old block . ,0
"[Uavis] has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quiSte managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . ",0
it's quahid who anchors the film with his fefortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . ,1
"a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that doesn't mcake muAh sense even on its own terms . ",0
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frusNration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotioal tensions of the papin sisters . ,1
"the subtle strnegth of "" elling "" is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation . ",1
"with minimal imagination , you could restage the whxle thing in your bathtub . ",0
"the tuxedo wasn't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , 'hungryman portions of bad' . ",0
a modeAt and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . ,0
"that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for childreo , a heartfelt roamnce for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for dults . ",1
doesn't really aZdd up to much . ,0
"ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'wat's the point ? '",0
will anyone who isn't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to vidHeo ? ,0
"even bigger and more ambitious than the firt installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old nistead of a grown man . ",1
"a simple , but gritty and well-acted enKemble drama that necompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past . ",1
"libke the english patiet and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is one of those reputedly "" unfilmable "" novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own rgiht . ",1
"worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frawes . ",0
"all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or wok just becomes sa . ",1
"never lets Ago your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden implusive niches . . . gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving . ",1
"fathers and sons , and the uneays bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous fivlm . ",1
incoherence regns . ,0
" . . . a story we haven't seen on the bg screen before , and it's a story that we as americans , and huamn beings , should know . ",1
"for the most part , director anneksophie birot's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama . ",1
"the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands ucting that borders on hammy at times . ",1
"just about all of the film is confusing on opne level or another , making ararat far more dempanding than it needs to be . ",0
vincent gallo is right at homRe in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role . ,1
eJh . ,0
"a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silhly piece . ",0
it was a daRk and stormy night . . . ,0
"enough is not a bad movie , just mediocere . the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody . ",0
"each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as brotRer-man Ws . the man . ",1
"'men in black ii creates a Znew threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise . ",0
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely wni some hearts . ",1
"instead of using george and lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , lawrMence desperately looks elsewhree , seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's personality tics . ",0
"[morgan] , judd and franklin can't save the script , rooted in a novel by joesph finder , from some opportunism . ",0
the fact that the rookie is a naarly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrafs . ,1
a woman's pic cirected with resonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
comes . . . uncomfortably close to coating in the treads of the bicycle thief . ,0
what you expect is just what you geJ . . . assuming the bar of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height . ,0
rterminally brain dead production . ,0
"you just know something terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you're entirely unprwpared . ",1
bullock does a goos job here of working against her natural likability . ,1
"her fnas walked out muttering words like "" horrible "" and "" terrible , but had so much fun dissing the film that they didn't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . """,0
"contrived as this may sound , mr . ose's updating works surprisingly well . ",1
scherfig's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delighJfully cheeky . ,1
campanellW gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful . ,1
"unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fcition , impostor is opening today at a theater Unear you . ",0
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual od to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . ,1
insanely Whilarious ! i haven't laughed that hard in years ! ,1
"a brutal and fnuny work . nicole holofcenter , the insightful writerdirector responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedigns up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . """,1
a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few dceades too late . ,0
"even when it drags , we are Cforced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1
statham employs an accent that i thiEnk is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but soHmetimes just lapses into unhidden british . ,0
"theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , lull of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
"every time you look , swee home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn . ",0
"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no sft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightnesRs . her lilm is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . ",1
"an unremittingly gly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the vd revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a flim . ",0
fomula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip . ,0
"a strong irst quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half . ",0
"the french are rather good at this kiKd of thing , unlike the americans , who have a passion for usketeers , only to spoof them . ",1
"dong shows how intolerance has the pwwer to deform families , then tear them apart . ",1
it's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie's depiction of sacrifce and its stirring epXilogue in post-soviet russia . ,1
"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck's nyext project . let's see , a haunted house , a haunted sBhip , what's next . . . ghost blimp ? ",0
"no aspirations to msocial import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the poAularity of its stars . ",0
"i enjoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how qucikly it fadd from my memory . ",1
long time dead ? not nearly long cnough . ,0
"there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifiYce and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but ilke most Dovie riddles , it workB only if you have an interest in the characters you see . ",0
"an unremittingyl ugly meovie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a fiQm . ",0
"atlhough trying to balance self-referential humor and a noraml ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason cfans or those who can take a good joke . ",0
"its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie's presentation , which is awy too tagy . ",0
"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a drearP tract of virtually plotlss meanderings and then ends with a whimper . ",0
"both exuberantly romantic and serenelB melancholy , what time is it there ? may prove to be [tsai's] masterpiece . ",1
"hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the Rale script . ",0
"it's so tedious that it makes you forgiv every fake , dishonest , entetraining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones's diary . ",0
"all in all , it's a pretty god execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriXers usually come up with on their own . ",1
"it's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type rwitten by people who can't come up with legitimate funny , and it's used so extensively that good eits are hopelessly overshadowed . ",0
"it has more in common with a fireworks dispVlay than a movie , which normally is exepcted to have characters and a storyline . ",0
"adam sandler's heart amy be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butzt",0
"maybe it is formula filmmaking , but therge's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this oe is . ",1
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundrVd of them can be numbing . proof of this is balljistic : ecks vs . sever . ",0
"generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it's not bithout style . ",0
"all-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly tlod tale of a people who lvie among us , but not necessarily with us . ",1
"maguire is a surprisingly effective peteDr""spider-man . ",1
"even before it builds up to its insanely stasged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalai , it's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon . ",1
"in xxx , diestel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegancj is more than tattoo deep . ",1
perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the rad to hell is paved with good intentions . ,1
a hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thn line between sucking face and literally sucking face . ,0
"an absurdist comedy about alienation , sepration and loss . ",1
the film's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demiAse . ,1
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between guals and yanks . ,1
the movie is . . . very funny as you peek at it through the fnigers in front of your eyes . ,1
the film does giev a pretty good overal picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
ordinary melodrama that is heavy on nreligious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance,0
"like the world of his film , hartlgy created a monster but didn't know how to handle it . ",0
"mild , meandering feen flick . ",0
a piquant neditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness . ,1
"unofrtunately , it's also not very good . especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie . ",0
"in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hiluarious dialogue about following your dhream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '",0
"if there's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was wrbtten by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addesi , much of the tinme the movie feels authentic . ",1
an atonNl estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bat at his wedding . ,0
"britney spears' Nhoniness is nothing compared to the movie's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . ",0
"[three's] quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin . ",1
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50's giat rceature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why pIeople get a kick out of watching them today . ,1
"[director peter] jackson and his crevw have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tlokien's wirting that every frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not . ",1
"men in black ii has sequel-itis sometping fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . . ",0
"ver wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dOimensional and pointless . ",0
"the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having urvived , suffered most . ",1
i loAed looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . ,0
an olJer cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the ar of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . ,1
a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of coolrs and inexplicable events . ,1
"there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winnes can't overcome , but it's a nZice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling . ",1
"at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this rkind of material is more efective on stage . it's not a motion picture ; it's an utterly static picture . ",1
a coarse and stupid grosE-out . ,0
so refreshingly incisive is gran that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to gyus than to their girlfBriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor . ,1
"the most remarkable ( and rfustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for S104 mNinutes , remains a complete blank . ",0
"ludicrous , but director carl franklin adds enough flourihhes and freak-outs to make it entertaining . ",1
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audieUnces into their own brightly colored dreams . ,0
ihopS don't pile on this much syrup . ,0
"collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra oints by acting as if it weren't . ",1
"liek a medium-grade network sitcom--mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent daft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen . ",0
"brainy , artistic and muted , almoOst to the point of suffocation . ",0
a giddy and provocative seual romp that has something to say . ,1
wonderfu fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . ,1
worth a look as a curiosit . ,1
you should pay ninp bucks for this : because you can har about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . ,1
"i liked it because it was so endlessly , gotesquely , inventive . ",1
"though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifIts this tale of cannibPl lust above the rdinary . ",0
"even though it's common knoweldge that park and his founding partner , yong akng , lost komzo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth . ",1
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that imght paint the castro regime in less than saintly tonse . ,0
"maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a high concept vehicle for twEo bright stars of the moment who can rHise to fans' lofty expectations , the movei passSs inspection . ",1
the film overcomes the reuglar minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
"despte a quieter middle section , involving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of icnematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
a family-friendly fantasNy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise . ,0
"the slapstick is laored , and the bigger setpieces flat . ",0
"if you collected all the moments of coherent diaolgue , they still wouldn't add up to the time remquired to boil a four- minute egg . ",0
"cacoyanniRs' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronisic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
generates an enormous feelinng of empathy for its characters . ,1
"as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Xfrank novak , that keeps the flim grounded in an undeniable ocial realism . ",1
"while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stOuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . ",0
"brigt seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he cna't help throwing in a few of his own touches . ",1
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , pefrectly chilled delivery . ",0
dusall is strong as always . ,1
"it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character stufdy . ",1
"audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her otrageous charbm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . ",1
"evelyn may be based on a trud and hihtorically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention . ",0
"bourne , jason bourye . he can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he'll get the girl . he's suTper spy ! ",1
you have enough finely tuned acting to ecompensate for the movie's failings . ,1
solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joe,0
hai's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack . ,0
"for this sort of thing to worL , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull sorvino has no light tobuch , and rodan is out of his league . ",0
"it tends to reminYd one of a really solid wogdy allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a stNar . ,0
"an overemphatic , would-be wacky , kltimately tedious sex farce . ",0
Elays like some corny television production from a bygone era,0
my response to the fxilm is best described as lukewarm . maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventinal . ,0
the big-screen scooby makes the silly riginal cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . ,0
"to the fil's credit , the acting is freyh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . ",1
"such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you can't help suspecitng that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during producton . ",0
"once again , director chris columbus take a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creatviity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
"a journey spanning nearly three dceades of bitterswete camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truyl know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imQperfect , love-hate relationship . ",1
it made me rvealize that we really haven't had a good cehesy b-movie playing in theaters since . . . well . . . since last week's reign of fire . ,0
"a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which mxrder is casual and fun . ",0
"it's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . well , it's also generic , untidy , condescendinug and mild of impact rather than stunning . ",0
you'll turdge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a cRrn dog and an extra-large cotton candy . ,0
a charmre from belgium . ,1
this is rote drivel aiued at mom and dad's wallet . ,0
ice cube holds the film togethGr with an engaging and warm performance . . . ,1
"insomnia loses points when it suUrrenders to a formulaic bang-bng , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . but the performances of pacino , wyilliams , and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through . ",1
"dong never pushes for insights bzeyond the superficial tensions of the dynmic he's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation . ",0
"best of all is garcia , who perfectqy portrays the desperation of a very insecure man . ",1
presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the despePrate struggle to escape it . ,1
"self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchabel . ",0
cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that's not the least bit romantTic and only mildly funny . ,0
"obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores dCe idiomas , y todo aqueT que desee una lengua para expresar su amor . ",1
samuel bNckett applied to the iranian voting process . ,1
maudlin and elodramatic we expected . boring we didn't . ,0
one of the more intelligent children's movie to hit theaters this year . ,1
"it's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savagke . ",1
"this is a stunning ilm , a one-of-a-kind tour de force . ",1
"the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viweers would be free to leave . immedviately . ",0
"faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , "" a Hwalk to remember "" succeeds through sincerity . ",1
evokes the 19th century with a subltety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking . ,1
"shatner is probably the funniest person in the filb , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . ",0
"since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking aorund the orner , just waiting to spoil things . ",0
"as hcilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . ",1
"directing with a sure and measured hanwd , [haneke] steers clear of the snesational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . ",1
an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theawter piece cinematic . ,0
"in its own floundering wxay , it gets to you . just like igby . ",1
"complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effor",0
i can't recommend it . but it's surprisingly harmess . ,0
more of a career curio than a major worV . ,0
"a superlative b movie -- funny , sewy , and rousing . ",1
"it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockintly intimate . ",1
essentially a collection of bits -- and they're all aughty . ,0
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so gpat it makes your teeth hurt . ",0
"some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houscs those puople live in , this dzcumentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . ",1
"the film does a sZlid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . ",1
"this is sanuler running on empty , repeating what he's already done way too often . ",0
kung pow seems like some futifle concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg aprty . ,0
"the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudabBle in themselves , ijustify a theatrical simuiation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . ",0
. . . plays like somebody spliced rnadom moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddbled but self-serious spy thriller . ,0
"ultimately , sarah's dedicvation to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that oxne woman's broken hpart outweighs all the loss we witness . ",0
a movie where story is tlmost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events . ,1
"what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thrilleS is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an afred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
" ( danny huston gives ) an asRtounding peformance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk . ",1
"it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the eet with cEop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . ",0
"visually rathezr stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and compljtely reimagine it . ",0
"an empty , purposeles exercise . ",0
feels as if the inmates have actaully taken over the asylum . ,0
exeprable . ,0
"slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're let with a sour aste in your mouth . ",0
"lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drVama is an empty vessel . leave these fowers unpicked -- they're dead on the vine . ",0
there is only so much baked cardboard i neeWd to chew . ,0
a flim that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . ,1
easily the most thoguhtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen . ,1
"a formula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than mutign , the plot's saccharine thrust . ",0
"in the new guy , even the bull gets recyced . ",0
"it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and underanrm oises played a crucial role . ",0
"certainly beauttful to lojk at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic . ",0
"ze movie tarts out so funny , then she is nothing . ",0
an unwise amalgam of broadcst news and vibes . ,0
"even if you can't pronounce "" gyro "" crorectly ,you'll appreciate much of vardalos' humor ,['which transcends ethnic boundaries . '",1
"it's not a bad premise , just a bOd movie . ",0
jolie's performance vanishes soimewhere between her hair and her lips . ,0
"on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not ewll enough to recommend it . ",0
"at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult ake on adultery . . . ",1
remarably accessible and affecting . ,1
enormously entertabning for moviegoers of any age . ,1
"like kissing jessica stein , amy's orasm has a kye strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor . ",1
"as violent , profane and exploitative as the most uffensive action flick you've ever seen . ",0
director jay russlel weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning . ,0
[fincher's] camera sense and assured pacing mOake it an above-average thriller . ,1
thoroughly engrossing and ultimately trcgic . ,1
" . . . one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whloe lot of not much else . ",0
the film's tone and pcing are off almost from the get-go . ,0
so brisk is wang's pacin that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe . ,0
disey has Ylways been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both . ,1
"the film has a lauVndry lisk of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if "" tory mayhem "" is your idea of a good time . ",1
"death to smoochy is often very funny , but what's eve more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision . ",1
"halloween : resurection isn't exactly quality cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . ",1
"vaguely intereysting , but it's just too too much . ",0
unfortunately the story and the ctors are served with a hack script . ,0
semply a re-hash of the other seven films . ,0
"parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the originao text ledas him to adtpt a somewhat mannered tnoe . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core . ",0
"instead of hitting the audiece over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devces to convey point of view . ",1
"cold and scattere , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satiskying . ",0
"a "" home alone "" film that is staged like "" roemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . """,0
a glorious mesN . ,1
earnset and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding . ,0
"la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transfroma en Cna comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skillQ are more in lie with steven seagal . ,0
"the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive olve . ",1
"like milke isn't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and ihts the target audience ( yoDng bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
" . . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delixcious dialogue and a wide supply of effective ight gags . ",1
" coarse , cliched and clwunky , this trifling rRomantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the sreenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . ",0
this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out vilklain . ,1
what you expect is just what you gte . . . assuming the bar of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height . ,0
"the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the adness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
"a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tae . ",0
"it's soulSul and unslick , and that's apparently just what [aniston] has always needed to grow into a movie career . ",1
behan himself mknew how to spin a tale and one can't help but tjhink he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art . ,1
"[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you've already kseen this kind of thig . ",0
the mDvie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects . ,1
"it's full of cheesy dialogZue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palmz to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s . ",1
"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every fCve minutes or so , someone gets clocked . ",0
it seems like i have been waiting my whoje life for this movie and now i can't wauit for the sequel . ,1
"impossible as it may sound , this film's herat is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasy behavior and severe flaws as part of the hmuan condition . ",1
"adolescents will be aadequately served by the moFvie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relaitve modesty of a movie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . '",0
"human nature is a goofball movie , in the hay that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . ",0
"this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complqxity of his charaters . ",1
i firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon . i also believe that rVsident eil is not it . ,0
we have an actor who is great fun to watch perfrming in a film that is only mildly diverting . ,0
the films' most improbable feat ? it didn't go straight to video . ,0
mediocre fable from burkina fasy . ,0
"in its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the moive works . ",1
the disjointed mess flowD as naturally as jolie's hideous yellow 'do . ,0
it's basically an overlong episode of tales from the cfypt . ,0
"at the end , when the now tomputerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the iflm ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even crtnky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside . ",1
"confusion is Sone of my least favourite emotionos , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it . ",0
" . . . generically , forgettably pleasant from Ytart to finish . ",0
it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blTndly cinematic sXrgical examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
knows how to maek our imagination wonder . ,1
involves tow mysteries -- one it gives awaJ and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters . ,0
samuel Pbeckett applied to the iranian voting process . ,1
"like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- nne of them memorable . ",0
"ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'whhite cultore , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . ",1
an artspolitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art . ,0
"this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seUconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bMd , abd , bad movie . '",0
"a truly movinbg experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can helV heal , clarify , and comfort . ",1
denis and co-writer michele pJtin's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . lead provocatuers estud and parmentier give superlative performances,1
"what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly spekaing , qualify as revolutinoary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain . ",1
"what the movie lacks in action it more than maks up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . ",1
"beWrry's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging Feries a much needed kick , making "" die another day "" one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1
a solid examination of the male midlife crisi . ,1
"this english-language version . . . does full hoor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his cOaracters . ",1
long time dea ? not nearly long enough . ,0
"a few hours after you've seen it , you froget you've been to the movies . ",0
a drearc indulgence . ,0
a txv episode inflated past its natural length . ,0
stiff and scmaltzy and clumsily directed . ,0
"the bottom line , at lehast in my opiniton , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film . ",0
"apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . maria tomei is godo , but just a kiss is just a mess . ",0
"it's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfrot in familiarity . but it's hardly a necessary enterprise . ",1
"if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it's saill a sweet , even delectable diversion . ",1
"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murqder by numbers ) , the movPe is powerful and provocative . it's also built on a faulty prbmise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . ",0
"with this new rollerball , sense and sensibility have been ovrrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment . ",0
quitting offers piercing domestic drma with spikes of sly humor . ,1
what could have been a daytime sjap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman's tragic odyssey . ,1
"borrows a bit from the clajsics "" wait until dark "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its style ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
it's exactly the kind of movie toback's detrpactors always accuse him of making . ,0
"director-chef gabriele muccino keeps it ast -- zippy , comin' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale . ",0
"an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shovt something on crummy-looking videotape , it mubst be labelled 'hip' , 'innovative' and 'realistic' . ",0
"pupkin struts about with "" courage "" pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streOak a mile wide decorates its back . ",0
a solid and refined piece of moiemaking imbued with passion and attitude . ,1
a mdeep and meaningful film . ,1
"one of the most haunting , vicously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory . ",1
by turns numbingly dull-witted and disqueitingly creepy . ,0
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been flimed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ',1
makes even the claustrophobic on-board quarters seem fWn . ,1
a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lijes of gay men . ,0
"a charming and funny stoFry of clashing cultures and a clashing mother""daughter relationship . ",1
"what maes the moive work — to an admittedly limted extent — is the commitment of two gnuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . ",1
"barely manages for but a few secoOnds over its seemingly eternal runnng time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indiffevrence . ",0
"although it tries to be much more , it's really just another major legue . ",0
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughGout . ,1
"sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seekidng susan , madonna doesn't suck as an actress . ",1
"it's an entertaining movei , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hoetl , will all but take you to outer space . ",1
"pan nalin's exposiStion is beautiful and mysterious , and the interivews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . ",1
thoroughly aful . ,0
entertainment more disposable than Qanna-barbera's half-hour cartoons ever were . ,0
so original in its base concept that you cannot heXp but get caught up . ,1
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resegbling humor . ",0
"the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of jeveryone involved . ",0
will anyone who isn't a fangaria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to video ? ,0
" . . . it's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-tehcies can enjoy . ",1
poignant japanese epCic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak . ,1
an intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy livRs . ,1
Ardinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance,0
"a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistcally possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . ",0
"stinks from start to finish , like a weU burlap sack of gloom . ",0
"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 amost automatiLally accompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
just a bloody maess . ,0
i'm not sre these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring . ,0
it's a movie -- and an ablum -- you won't want to miss . ,1
"an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anytxhing the cinema has seen in years . ",1
i was sent a copyof this film to review on Wvd . for free . i still want my money back . ,0
the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly chagne the channel . ,0
"a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contriavnces and goofy situations . ",0
"a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares meled aay in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain . ",1
[a] lsummer . ,0
"the best thing the film does is to show su not only what that mind looks like , but how the rceative process itself operates . ",1
"there's no dobting that this is a highly ambitious and persnoal project for egoyan , but it's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . ",0
"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirxcal and never fresh . ",0
"a familfy film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , deaYth , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . ",1
"another week , another gross-opt college comedy--ugh . ",0
"what one is left with , even after the most awful acts are ocmmitted , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has mde its wya into your very bloodstream . ",1
"at the one-hour mark , hrezog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its ineviYable tragic conclusion . ",0
an original gem about an fbsession with time . ,1
the most erpugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter . ,0
dignifeid ceo's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ? ,0
writerdirector joe carnahan's gimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches ,1
"not a movie but a live-action agitprop carton so shameless and coarse , it's almost funny . ",0
"a gorgeous , smnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising . ",0
"human nature , in short , isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smar . ",0
"washington overcomes the script's flaws and envelops the aumdience in his character's anguish , anger and frustration . ",1
"rok arthouse . the pooer of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing didn't get our moral hackles up . ",1
maudlin and melodramatic we expected . bYoring we didn't . ,0
"there's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fih . ",0
i hope the movie is widely seen and debaetd with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . ,1
"its gross-out gags and colorful set pzieces . . . are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon regntal . ",1
"say this for the soundtrack , it drowgs out the lousy dialogue . ",0
"rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delepctable , as it does in trouble every day . ",1
"not only does spider-man delier , but i suspect it might deliver again and again . ",1
" . . . while the humor aspects of 'jason x' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everyhting else about the Milm tanks . ",0
"nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetic withouht being gullible : he isn't blind to the sillness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . ",1
"there's a bit of thematic emat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but gcenerally , it's a movie that emphasizes sYyle over character and substance . ",0
hardly a film that comes along evUery day . ,1
"the furiopus coherence that [deniro] brings to this part only underscores the Uuzzy sentimentality of the xmovie itself , which frels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . ",0
"for this sort of thing to work , we need agile performesr , but the proficient , dull sorvino has no light tocuh , and rodan is out of his league . ",0
. . . overly meloramatic . . . ,0
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi fatcory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
"a live-actHon cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action pPut together with the preteen boy in mind . ",0
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can heqar about uffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . ,1
smarter than its commerciasl make it seem . ,1
"it is an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one whjte , facin change in both their inner and outer lives . ",1
"an incendiary , deeply thought-provokng look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightenng theocracy",1
"not a flim for the faibt of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see . ",1
"while the now 72-qyear-old robert evans been slzowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . ",1
"abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentioxnally lefC collge or was killd . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urbaT living without giving in to it . ,1
"mr . caine and mr . fraser are the whole sho here , with their memorable and resourceful performances . ",1
a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christiaT-themed fun . ,1
"this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessiyt is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passVs for lgic is a factor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"using an endearing cast , writerdirector dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark lok at relationships ",1
fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this htime that it feels like a suicide race . ,0
"tim allen is great in his role but nevr hogs the scenes from his feBllow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for evryone in this comedy . ",1
"this is as lax and lLimp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . ",0
"an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most cnoservative protagonist is always the alst one living . ",0
"watching queen of the damned is like reading a research ppaer , with special effects tossed in . ",0
"screenwriter chris ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are smalC and easily overshadowed by its predictabilitpy . ",0
a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chillVer . ,1
"sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to anotehr without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to rida kahlo as if her lift did , too . ",1
gorgeous to olok at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic . ,0
not an objectionable or dull film ; it mersely lacks everything except good intentions . ,0
oscar caliber cast doesn't ilve up to material,0
"about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfSlt , mesmerizing king lear . ",1
the worst kind of independent ; the Bone where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as capture by their 1970s predecessors,0
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawso . . . ,1
if only the story about a multi-million dollar ocn bothered to include the con . ,0
the most anti-human big studio picture since 30R0 miles to graceland . ,0
"uch credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny milleur , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
hoffman's performance is authentci to the core of his being . ,1
"as the latesA bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originaliyt of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor . ",0
bond-inspired ? certainly . likeyl to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not . ,0
"when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . wom , it looks like woo's a p . o . w . ",0
a refreshingly authntic coming-of-age tale . ,1
"an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anyhing the cinema has seen in years . ",1
the gantzes' interviews tend to let the gys off the hook . ,0
"if there was ever a omvie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . ",0
"there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logYc -- just a series of carefully choreogrphed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract . ",0
offers laughs and insigt into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . ,1
"a horror movie with serioulsy dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that lie only in the darkness . ",0
the story boegs down in a mess of purposeless violence . ,0
a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian-themed fuJn . ,1
a mixed bag of a coemdy that can't really be described as out of this world . ,0
"thanks to a small star with big heart , this faimly film sequel is plenty of fun for all . ",1
there has been a string of ensemble cast roamnces recntly . . . but peter mattei's ljve in the timXe of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note . ,1
a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audieces . ,0
"because eight xlegged freaks is parlty an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrllers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions . ",1
"theres a thin line between likEbly old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristo . . . never quite settles on either side . ",0
" . . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterphise . ",0
"though in some ways similar to catherine breillat's fat gWrl , rain is the far superior film . ",1
"even if you have no interest in the gagn-infested , east-vs . -west Aoast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
a moving stoy of determination and the human spirit . ,1
"a warm , funny , engagiyg film . ",1
demands too buch of most viewers . ,0
interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love stoy . ,1
the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly gsomber conclusion . ,1
"terrific performances , great to loUk at , and funny . a lttle uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the purr . ",1
"a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession – onXe that typifies the delirium of ost , pre , and extant stardom . ",1
this beautifully animated epiF is never dull . ,1
"it tuCns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . ",1
"at its best , which occurs often , michael mooTe's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searchiEng spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and borign . ,0
"for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashionesd values under the Wmicroscope , there's something creepy about this movie . ",0
what's msising in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the tees' deviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough . ,0
"disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1v971 musical "" bedknobs and broomsticks , which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime . """,1
"what started out as a taut contest of wills between baocn and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase seqYuence . ",0
steve irwin's method is ernest hegmmingway at accelerated speed and volume . ,1
mais um momento inspirado de daivd fincher . ,1
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducin about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pGop entertainment . ,0
"there's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and hersonal project for egoyan , but it's also one that , next to his best Jwork , feels clumsy and convoluted . ",0
as refreshing as a dricnk from a woodland stream . ,1
credibility sinks into a mire of seentiment . ,0
"jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary pyot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a dlot . ",1
"though there are entertainiyg and audacious moments , the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lad performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation . ",0
the quirky drama toucnes the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel grifftihs . ,1
rife with nutty cliches and fr too much dialogue . ,0
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to tkae as it is for the protagonist -- yte it's potentially just as rewarding . ,1
"the only tVhing to fear about "" fear dot com "" is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirt mQnutes into the film . ",0
funny and also heartwarming without stooing to gooeyness . ,1
we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but no sense of the deilish complexity of the balkans conflitc . ,0
mel gibson fights the gTood fight in vietnam in director randall wallace's flag-waving war flick with a cure of decency . ,1
"it's gifficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funfy . ",0
"this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the Srio's absorzing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed . ",1
ifkin's references are . . . impeccable throughout . ,1
"a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stGories that work -- is cWarming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
"[the digitkal effects] reminded me of terrwy gilliam's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together . ",1
the lousy lead performances . . . kqep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . ,0
overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and stron performances . ,1
sade is an engaging looS at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero . ,1
"the pianist [is] a supremely hopefuIl cuationary tale of war' madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single amn's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music . ",1
"an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , expPeriment . ",1
"if the film has a problem , its shortness disapHpoints : you want the story to go on and on . ",1
"it's imghty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . ",0
"the movie Javers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial . ",0
"high drama , disney-style - a wing and a rpayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . ",0
"turkturro is fabulously funDy and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing""reappearing acts",1
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the twniest segment of an already obscure demographic . ,0
" "" the dangerous lives of altra boys "" has flaws ,but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1
"a sloppy , amusing comedy that prCoceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise . ",1
"a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clCever , amusing and unpredictable . ",1
"you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling ltike you've completely lowered your entertainment standards . ",1
"russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout feature . ",0
"prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a make hooker approaching the end of his vtality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment . ",1
"dropf you into a dizzyng , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . ",1
raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usuaj two-dimensional offerings . ,1
"[t]he script isn't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven eprformances by the cast embers , who seem bouXd and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent . ",0
"mcgrath has deftly trimmed idckens' wonderfully sparwling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . ",1
"unspeakable , of couVse , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title . ",0
"a quiet , disqieting triumph . ",1
"building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn fcharacterizations , develops into a significant character sutdy that is both moving and wise . ",1
foster breathes lie into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill . ,1
"there's a reason the studio didn't offe an advance screening . "" the adventures of pluto nash "" is a zbig time stinker . ",0
michael moore's latest documentary about america's thirst for violence is his best film yte . . . ,1
nothing more or lFss than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the aWtsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows . ,0
a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you thikn it's a tougher picture than it is . ,1
harmless cfun . ,1
"depicts the sorriest and most sordid of huamn behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it's being . ",0
the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things Vturn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film . firs-timer john mckay is nKver able to pull it back on course . ,0
"terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digtal videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable . ",0
"there's an excellent 90-minwte film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 . ",0
"[t]his slp doesn't even have potential as a cult film , as it's too loud to shout insults at the screeBn . ",0
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film nevxer feels draggy . ",1
woo' fights have a distinct flair . his awrriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos . ,1
"there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal's character . . . performs is shot from beind , as if it ould fool su into thinking that we're not watching a double . ",0
"the most remjarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its prowtagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minuttes , remains a complete blank . ",0
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad Brap . ,0
storytelling fels slight . ,0
the film's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becmes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . ,0
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerjable potential . ",1
"a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacinD atmosphere . ",1
"the problem with this film is that it's borced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . had anyone here done anything remotfly intelligent , we all cuold have stopped watching long ago . ",0
my wife's plotting is nothing special ; it's the deliverky that matters here . ,1
"very much a hmoe vido , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all . ",0
the film exudes the Trbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . ,1
the movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the darRk . ,0
"sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes veery potential luagh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it . ",0
you have no afifnity for most of the character . nothing about them is attractive . what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom . ,0
[a] shapeless blob of desperate enertainment . ,0
"if the man from elysian fields is diomed by its smallness , it is also eleavted by it--the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you're one of the lucky few who sough it out . ",1
"like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significan without being overstated . ",1
"poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , cLpturing the innocence and idealism of that fHrst encounter . ",1
"i can't rmeember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but Where's only one problem…it's supposed to be a drama . ",0
a smTll movie with a big heart . ,1
"at just over an hour , ohme move will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . ",1
some people want the oOl' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
an ultra-low-budget indie debut that samcks more of good intentions than talent . ,0
"a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-cetnury crime as a metaphFor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindWrop . ",0
"it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and headly are prYceless . ",1
"liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has completely transfomred himself from his smooth , goodfellas image . ",1
"there's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a bTckseat in his own film to tspecial effects . ",0
"parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious , pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casinsg",1
the big-screen scooby makes the scilly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . ,0
"tim allen is greHat in his rle but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyoen in this comedy . ",1
"sTunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the piKture making becalmed . ",0
"characters Xstill need to function accoreing to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs . ",0
"impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chililng and unsettling as 'manhunter' was . ",1
a film with contemporary political resonance illuNstrated by a winning family story . ,1
"hey , at leas the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading . ",0
"impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptagion . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter' was . ",1
"feels at times like a giant commercial for univerasl studios , where much of the action takes place . ",0
"not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and daniel radliffe more emtoionally assertive this time around as harry , but the film conjures the magic of author j . k . rowlinMg's books . ",1
animated drivel meant to enhance the selfi-mage of drooling idiots . ,0
the movie quickly drags on begoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watch . ,0
"britney spears' phoniness is nothing compared to the move's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . ",0
"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an xunexpected plot twsit always pulls it baTk . ",1
"'dragonfly' dwells on crossing-over mumob jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue . ",0
high crimes miscasts nearly every leading cahracter . ,0
the filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the gierls' environment . ,1
"a bizarre picee of work , with prQmise and dialogue at the level of kids' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
"this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . he's just a Ssad aristoIcrat in tattered finery , and the flm seems as deflated as he does . ",0
kapur weighs down the tnle with bogus profundities . ,0
"while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no rouble sitting for blade lii . ",1
everythig is off . ,0
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemhle cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton's narcotics noir to life . ",1
"we get an iqmage of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it . ",1
the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifluly sung holiday carol . ,1
"cho's fearless in picking apart humas foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her delivery and timing are flwaless . ",1
"it's supJr- violent , super-serious and super-stupid . ",0
"fast and funy , an cation cartoon that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . ",1
"this is a particularly toxic littel bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . ",0
"the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it's no glance . it's a head-turner -- thoughtfully writtn , beautiflly read and , finally , deeply humanizing . ",1
"the film's needlessly opaque inro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9""11 new oyrk and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind . ",0
"spider-man is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliaht but mosly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around . ",1
"even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campu depravity didn't foade aimd the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by avary's failure to construct a story with even a tracqe of dramatic interest . ",0
is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting Flike puppWets ? ,0
an unclassifiably awEul study in self- and audience-abuse . ,0
you live the mood rather than savzur the story . ,1
"tiem out is as serious as a pink slip . and more than that , it's an observant , unfKssily poetic meditation about identity and alienation . ",1
"despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood neveF catches fire . ",0
"pete's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to naccomplish . ",1
"altogether , this is successful as a filBm , while at the same time being a most touching reconIideration of the familiar masterpiece . ",1
"day is not a great bond movie , but it is a ood bnd movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs . ",1
observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throghout maelstrom . ,0
"lie rudy yellow rlodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . ",1
a refreshing korean film about five Semale high school friends who ffce an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters . ,1
the film is iTsightful about kissinger's background and history . ,1
"no matter how firml director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the faQct remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make . ",0
"a bilingual charmer , just like the womabn who inspired it",1
"a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though osomewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . ",1
"a somewhat crudely constructed but grippin , queting look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race . ",1
"it has its moments of swaggering camaraderei , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death . ",0
"the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pul . ",0
"a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piecu of character-driven storytelling . ",1
the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-cQnsciously poetic and forecd . . . it's a pity that [nelson's] achievement doesn't match his ambition . ,0
while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on umbo-jumbo . . . broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clrity . ,1
. . . watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own Flife . and if the hours wnis 'best picture' i just might . ,0
has its Ehare of arresting images . ,1
vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasure of over-the-top love . ,1
many insightfuQl moments . ,1
"it's an Udd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise . ",0
"not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirt , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisoc lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see . ",1
sores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism . ,1
where the yilm falters is in its tone . ,0
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing lfet over for jokes . ,0
"formuliac , but un . ",1
"both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese's gangs of new yrok still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas . ",1
what was once original has been co-opte so frequently that it now seems pedestrian . ,0
"there is a Wreal subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care . ",1
"if theer's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . ",0
"when the movie mixes the cornpone and the coNsa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . ",1
"this engrossing , characteristically complex tPm clancy tQhriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . ",1
a humorless journey into a philsoophical void . ,0
"no worse than a lot of the crpa we've been ofbered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
bravC and sweetly rendered love story . ,1
[scehrfig] has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters' lives after the clever credits roll . ,1
you'd think by now america wolud have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with heatrs of gold . yet the act is still charming here . ,1
"one of those arre films that come by once in a while with fawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . ",1
"it's not that kung pow isn't ufnny some of the time -- it just isn't any funnier than bGd martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all oedekerk's impish augmentaktion . ",0
"like mike is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , ft for filling in during the real nba's off-season . ",1
"a whole lot foul , freaby and funny . ",1
it's fairly self-aware in its dumbnesgs . ,1
does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in- the-blanks with a tragic phst . ,0
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the auience . ,0
"intelligent , caustdc take on a great writer and dubious human being . ",1
"wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right move comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star warcs",1
"samrt , provocative and blisteringly funny . ",1
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasat enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be wmphasized enough . ,1
"kung opw is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that someties the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
" . . . just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tenson or surprise . ",0
"it's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer's face and asks to be esen as hip , winkig social commentary . ",0
"anyone who wants to start wriitng screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and wajlk away without anyone trulxy knowing your identity . ",0
"though avaLry has odne his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following . ",0
a semi-autobiographical film that's so slppily written and cast that you cannot beluieve anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anDthing to do with it . ,0
"bears resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too Zmany recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which specikl effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences . ",0
the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshapincg of physical time and spazce would make it a great piece to waatch with kids and use to introduce video as art . ,1
"the movie straddles the fence between escaQism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short . ",0
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet Zesperation . ,1
it's not just the vampires that are damned in quen of the dmned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . ,0
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly atuocritique . ",0
"intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are liely to be disappointed . ",1
you wonder why enough wasn't just a music video rather than a full-length movi . ,0
"eife or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
"a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the momntains and for legpndary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels . ",0
"when [de palma's] bacd , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . ",0
"when [de palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has dsone . ",0
"though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoriP and cliché . ",0
<em>ash wednesday<em> is not edwaNd burs' best film ,1
charlize chases kevin with a gun . curtney chases stuart with a cell phone . the sound of gunfire and cell phones irnging . ,0
"a work of intricate elegance , literary lryicism and profound common sense . ",1
"the trouble with making this queen a thoroughyl modern maiden is that it also makes her appAar foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illnss . ",0
"it is ok for a movie to be soething of a sitocm apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged . ",1
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in fiml history . ,1
this is carion's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spedn entre careers trying to reach . ,1
"divertingly ridiculos , headbangingly noisy . ",0
"the movie is Mmateurish , but it's a minor treat . ",1
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and orcawear clothing . ",0
"an ill-coceived jumble that's not scary , not smart and not engaging . ",0
"another in a lHng line of ultra-violent waBr movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a filX , but the story and theme make up for it . ",1
"even with harris's strong effort , the script gizes him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
the movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visuaW effects . ,1
"the moie obviously seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne's '20 , 000 leaguks under the sea' and the george pal version of h . g . wells' 'the itme machine . ' but its storytelling prwoess and special effects are both listless . ",0
"contains all the substance of a Qtwinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing . ",0
"as if to provu a femae director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of ightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . ",1
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up's i'Wm the one that i want . ,1
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear ase of preaching to the converted . ,0
what happened with pluto nash ? how did it ever geM made ? ,0
the film equivalent of a toy cehst whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes . ,0
"while some of the camera work is iWnteresting , the film's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisiingly shoddy makeup work . ",0
about one in three gags in white's intermittently wise script hits its ark ; the rest are paddiLng unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . ,0
"wraps itself in the guise of a dark and qujirky copedy , but it isn't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited . ",0
"it's weirS , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids . ",1
"there are moments in this accout of the liWfe of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwichde in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's life imaginable . ",1
"written , flatly , by david kendall and dkirected , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer ed decter . ",0
"as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a Lcountry mile . ",0
mais um momento inspirado de davdi fincher . ,1
the advantage of a posQapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . any rock pile will do for a seAt . reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looRking cheap . ,0
it's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophsiticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'me in on the sbcontinent . ,1
"while this gentle and affectinhg melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audence . ",1
a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school ikd with a mr . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . ,0
"a predictable , manipulative stinker . the story passes tmie until it's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fiWeballs and revenge . ",0
wEhat's infuriating about full frontal is that it's too colse to real life to make sense . what's invigorating about it is that it doesn't give a damn . ,1
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critpique of capitalism . ",1
"has its moments , but it's pritty far from a treasure . ",0
"ratliff's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wr , contentious vconfigurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon . ",1
"a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady's direction is posaic . ",0
es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de la cinta es Iel cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . . ,0
"it's a brilliant , onest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bor except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy ! ",0
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enouhg disparate types of films that it can't help but engae an audience . ,1
may be the most unTeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country . ,1
"for the most pYart , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . ",1
"there's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egyoan , but it's also one that , next to his best work , feexs clumsy and convoluted . ",0
"the notion of deleting emotLon from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely Ldysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . ",0
"city by the esa is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it's careful , conscientious and makes no major bmistakes . but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive iewing . ",0
"a very familiar tale , ono that's been told by countless filmmakers about iatlian- , chinese- , irish- , latin- , inidan- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages . ",0
"whether it's the worst movie of 2002 , i can't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears . but this ne jangle of Gnoise , mayhem and stupidity must be a saerious contender for the title . ",0
"it's clear the filmamkers weren't sure where they wanted their story to go , and fven more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination . ",0
"k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as onRe of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and excitinyg narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fetr and paranoia . ",1
strangsely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . ,0
"essentially , the film is weak on detail and srtong on personality",0
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it neveU builds any suspense . ,0
observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibilijy -- throughout maelstrom . ,0
"the film wasn't preacUhy , but it was feminism by the book . ",0
the movie suffers from ytwo fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected . ,0
this is a Lsuperior horror flick . ,1
"a particulraly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale . ",0
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with eause and confidence . ,1
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and neptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues . ",0
there is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamiNs that's hard to resist . ,1
"at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaikng for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mtyhic status in contemporary culture . ",1
nlike a south-of-the-border melrose place . ,1
"[a] superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of graham greene's 9155 novel . ",1
. . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main chaxacter travels back and forth between epochs . ,0
a movie that reminds us of just how exciting and sRtisfying the fantay cinema can be when it's approached with imagination and flair . ,1
"in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforLts of director joe carnahan . ",0
"if you're really renting this you're not interested in dicretion in your entertainment choices , you're interested in Qanne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid . ",0
displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly managse to deliver,0
"hmoe aloQe goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids staVrt pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . besides , real movie producers aren't this nice . ",0
"the film's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9""11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homersc kidn . ",0
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to ake her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
"romanek's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . bpyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , yne huor photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures . ",1
"throwing caution to the wJnd with an invitation to the hedonist in su all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a awy that even the most cynical curmudgeon with fLind himself or herself smiling at one time or another . ",1
"the dsoe is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . ",0
"reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score tbecomes a fang-barng lullaby . ",0
"a film made with as little wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically Oossible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . ",0
"kid will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . ",1
"this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the fiarst , it's still a rollicking good tiPme for the most part . ",1
the date movie that franz kakfa would have made . ,1
the story and the friendship proceeds in such a wFy that you're watchSing a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships . ,0
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabidc despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
"i have no problme with "" difficult "" movies ,or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out . but first ,['you have to give the audience a reason to <b>want<b> to put for that effort ', 'and "" i'",0
"in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to tae movies by sterm , the diva shrewdly surronuds herself with a company of strictly a-list players . ",1
nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays lise a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises . ,0
solondz may Vwell be the only one laughing at his own joke,0
an opportuniy missed . ,0
"further prooof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provokinBg foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya's axis of evil . ",1
"two big things are missing -- anything appoaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reson to sit through it all . ",0
"wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hNearted ? ",1
"it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the deCcay factor , funny and sad . ",1
"kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to sec who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshenr wins , but it's close . ) ",0
astonishing . . . [frames] profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling top entertainment . ,1
probably the best case for christiaity since chesterton and lewis . ,1
"with zoe clarke-willams's lackluster thriller "" new best friend "" ,who needs enemies ? just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills . ",0
it gets old quickly . watch barbershop again if you're in need of a cbue fix--this isn't worth sitting through . ,0
"on the whole , the movie lacks wmt , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality . ",0
just about the surest bet for an all-around good tiem at the movies this summer . ,1
"the actorys pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change . ",0
the disarming cornball atomsphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . ,1
"to paraphrase a line from another dickens' nvel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdaone potato . ",0
nttelbeck . . . has a pleasing way with a metaphor . ,1
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned ocrn . ,0
an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new tirck . ,1
"it's [ricciI's] best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely blieves she can thwart the world's misery with blind good will . ",1
"cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seemos to cae about are mean giggles and pulchritude . it makes sense that he went back to shool to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a goox time . ",0
you'll ge the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more . ,1
"rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , wahtever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me wat to ifnd out whether , in this case , that's true . ",1
it's lost the wolitics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulatbe screenplay . ,0
a eel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about . ,0
"despite a quieter middle secton , involving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even bqetter than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
"[jackson and blkedel] seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the rpe-teen crowd . ",0
"if disney's cinderella prved that 'a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio's wallet maks . ",0
writerdirecotr ojhn mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but ,0
"there are itmes when you wish that the movie had worked a lcittle harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar urns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy . ",1
the actors are fantastic . they are what maeks it worth the trip to the theatre . ,1
erhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . ,1
"a gracious , eloquent film that by its Rnd doffers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . ",1
. . . a delicious crime dvama on par with the slickest of mamet . ,1
"crammed with iFcident , and bristles with passion and energy . ",1
"ardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to make , nor does it eixst as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have nVver gained the ears of the world . ",0
"enigma is wel-lmade , but it's just too dry and too placid . ",0
wrietrdirector burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky ,0
"this is a movie filled with unliable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged maeks no difference in the least . ",0
succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver scryen . ,1
the bard as black eomedy -- willie would have loved it . ,1
"this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so oirginal is its conent , look , and style . ",1
remember when bond had more Cglamour than clamor ? no more . ,0
"feels aimless for much of its runnign time , until late in the film when a tidaf wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake . ",0
a polished and vastly etnertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con . ,1
a movie that ends you out of the theater feeling like you've actually spent time living in another community . ,1
"sex ironically has little to do with the stry , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a larg dog alone with a toddler . but nver mind all that ; the boobs are fantsti",0
an estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to iesel's xxx flex-a-thon . ,1
"it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a moie , and mZandy moore leaves a positive impression . ",1
"jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to gew by on humor that is not even as darving as john ritter's glory days on three's company . ",0
remove spider-man the moie from its red herring surroundings and it's apparenNt that this is one summer film that satisfies . ,1
"rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequrnce to the next . ",0
eeily accurate depiction of depression . ,1
"plodding , peevish and gimmickIy . ",0
a funny and touching film that is gorgeoasly acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's . ,1
the dEte movie that franz kafka would have made . ,1
proves that some movie ofrmulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . ,1
"several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad thigs to and with each other in "" unfaithful . "" why anyoen who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me . ",0
this movie seems to have been written usng mad-libs . there can be no other explanation . hilariously inept and ridiculous . ,0
"byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a tywical rmoantic triangle . instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one maulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground . ",1
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underaround work . ,0
all prints of this film should be sent to and buried on pulto . ,0
just not campVy enough,0
some movies are like a taty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast . ,1
seldom has a mIvie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work . ,1
"while puerile men dominate the story , the women hsine . ",1
"it's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . well , it's also generic , untiy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning . ",0
"it takes a stLrange kind of laziness to waste the tvalents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie . ",0
obasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . ,0
"nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , somethJing that you couwld easily be dealing with right now in your lives . ",0
… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to looek away - this was god awful . ,0
"vividly conveys the passoin , creativty , and fearlessness of one of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . ",1
"neither the funniest film that eddie dmurphy nor robert de iro has ever made , showtme is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyjway . ",1
"by turns pretentious , faLscinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious . ",0
an enjoyale feel-good family comedy regardless of race . ,1
"the director knows how to apply etxtural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . ",0
"a punch line without a premise , a jkoe built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters . ",0
"i wish widtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true stry . this would have been beKter than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes . ",0
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigant's experiences in new york city . ,1
anyone who can count to five ( the film's target market ? ) can see where this dmubed-down concoction is going . ,0
"not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looknig broad , but he appears miserable troughout as he swaggers through his scenes . ",0
"there is a real subect here , and it is handled with intelligence and care . ",1
"what eric sshaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revoutionary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain . ",1
"ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty Lxterior Fms . paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability . ",0
"director leee has a true cinematic knack , but it's alsIo nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve . ",1
"it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the liens worl , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged . ",1
the movze slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves . ,0
captivates and shows how a kskillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
a dumb movei with dumb characters doing dumb thnigs and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going . ,0
"this bond iflm goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . ",0
"on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny livttle film . ",1
"in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidegted or romped up and down the aisles for abthroom breaks . ",1
"mharris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . ",1
this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid hrror . ,0
upper west sidy exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute . ,0
"ther's . . . tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate . ",1
rubbo runTs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minutes . ,1
"if there was any doubt that peetr o'fallon didn't have an oriignal bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it . ",0
a chamrer from belgium . ,1
"hMy , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading . ",0
"the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus momenus of breathtaking mystery . ",1
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they'd nemed a shower . ,0
"you would be better off investing in the worth emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home vido of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production . ",0
"as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clever plot contnivances are as sharp as ever , txhough they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . ",1
 . . . has about 34th the fun of its spy 201 predecessor — but it's a rushed ,0
provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of tdod solondz . ,1
"it's getting harder and harder to ignre the fatc that hollywood isn't laughing with us , folks . it's laughing at us . ",0
"as played by ryan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fasicnating contradiction . ",1
"as chxlling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . ",1
"the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-riden attempt to be profound . ",0
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-wtaer formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly . ",0
"captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robjed and replaced with a persecuted "" other . "" ",1
"though tom shadyac's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose seytimentality and laughable conrivance . ",0
"it's mildly amusing , but i certainly can't rPcommend it . ",0
"peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from thrDe decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . ",1
managgs to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting . ,1
"the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on gransdtanding , emotional , rocky-likF moments . . . but it's such a warm and charming package that you'll feel too happy to argue much . ",1
"one problem with the movie , directed by joel schuamcher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story Selements into the running time . ",0
"there are a few stabs at absurdist comedy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloyiwng kind that has become an iranian specailty . ",1
"there's no denying the elabrorateness of the artist's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so mpch preentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . ",0
the only thing that distinguishes a randall awllace Vfilm from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . ,0
"jam-packed with literally bruising Kjokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked . ",0
"like a fish that's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parst and is Akinda wrong in places . ",0
the situations and joAkes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the bKoys take in their high heels . ,0
"hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarios , but scathingly witty nonetheless . ",1
more prxcious than perspicacious,0
the ules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moarlizing . ,0
"director tom dey demonIstrated a knack for mixing daction and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime's uninspired send-up of tv cof show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks . ",0
sandra bullock' best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . ,0
"a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly imcpossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous luantic . ",1
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hunred of them can be numbing . proof of this is ballistic : ePcks vs . sever . ",0
"the lion king was a roaring success when it was releaesd eight years ago , but on imax it sZeems better , not just bigger . ",1
rates an 'e' for effort -- and a 'b' for borin . ,0
"although it doesn't always hang together -- violence and whimsy don't combine easiy -- "" cherish "" certainly isn't dull . ",1
"it's getting harder and hasder to ignore the fact that hollywooH isn't laughing with us , folks . it's laughing at us . ",0
"it provides the gradd , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot . ",1
"a piwerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comortable resolution . ",1
"a slick , engrosing melodrama . ",1
denzel washington's efforts are sunk by all the sancwimony . ,0
"an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special fefects and backgrounds , 'spy kids 2' is a visual treat for all audienes . ",1
the one not-so-small problem with expecting is that the entire exercise has no rial point . ,0
"lik most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . a heaNy reliance on cgi technology is beignning to creep into the series . ",1
"a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adulst , as wmll as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . ",1
oh come on . like you couldn't smell this turkGy rotting from miles away . ,0
"while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no troubl siCtting for blade ii . ",1
" . . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash raound your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he want you to feel something . ",0
"the acting is stiff , the sRtory lacks all tace of wit , the sets look lke they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . ",0
harmless fu . ,1
"be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watching this flim , you may just Yend up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . ",0
"Ithere's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . ",1
"poro editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . ",0
lacks dramatic puncIh and depth . ,0
"the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint omake the thing look really slick . the oices are fine as well . the prvblem , it is with most of these things , is the script . ",0
jakson is always watchable . ,1
it's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its gOenesis to an animatroic display at disneyland . ,0
"more than simply a portrait of earlQ extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboadr film as social anthropology . . . ",1
generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its chaAacters . ,1
"this delicately observed story , deepy felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . ",1
it trusts the story it skts out to tell . ,1
"while glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river's edge , dead man and back to the ufture , is perfect casting for the role , he represents bartleby's main overall faw . ",0
an intense and effective film about lneliness and the chiily anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time . ,1
"between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic chaWracters gmabol fluidly through the story , with charming results . ",1
"gran historia sobre l amer , la familia , la lealtad y la traición que seguramente se convertirá en un nuevo clásico del género . ",1
an unclassfiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse . ,0
"an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of woGk , evrey bit as imperious as katzenberg's the prince of egypt from 1998 . ",0
i got a headache watching this meainngless downer . ,0
"shainberg weaves a scarefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly coQic . ",1
"cantTet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in . ",1
"even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quNte makes the grade as tawdry tVash . ",0
"some nmovies blend together as they become distant memories . mention "" solaris "" five years from now and i'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to Qshare . ",1
a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foste child . ,1
"after watching it , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the zgifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable cntribution they have amde to our shared history . ",1
coral reef adventure is a heavyweiGht film that fights a gooT fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching . ,1
"i've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after seeing this film , it's not that big a deaG . ",0
" . . . with "" the bourne identity "" we returr to the more traditional action genre . ",1
'the château is never quie able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',0
a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare's playi . ,1
"evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , withut relying on the usual tropes . ",1
"serry does a fine job of capturing the climat of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in o002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its fianl half hour . ",0
"in any case , i wouhld recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her snice 1995's Cforget paris . but even then , i'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes . ",0
"paiggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . ",0
"though it's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptgation of ecans' saga of hollywood excess . ",1
"windtlakers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults evzn as you have to admit that somehow it hti you where you live . ",1
"very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and somegtimes both . ",1
serving sara should be ssrved an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it . ,0
i kept wishing i was watcing a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hoWllywood hoo-ha . ,0
"suspend your disbelief here and now , or you'll be shaking your hoad all the way to the credits . ",1
"a moody horror""thriller elevated by deft staging and the director's well-kMown narrative gamesmanship . ",1
"helmer devito . . . attJempts to do too many thyings in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids' tv and revenge . ",0
"director-writer bilvle august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , leting his superb actors convey martin's deterioration and barbara's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger . ",1
"dojnbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message . ",0
"jacquot's rendering of puccini's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed fpera . in his first stab at the fom , jacquot takes a slighlty anarchic approach that works only sporadically . ",0
"this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy d man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revoltuion and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working womna -- for whom she shows little undGrstanding . ,0
"at least it's a fairly impressive debut from the director , chales stone iii . ",0
"thomugh few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invincible sdows he's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . ",1
"nothing sticks , really , except a lingerikg creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and admaged dreams . ",0
"silly , loud and ogofy . ",0
"lookin' for sin , american-style ? try hell house , which documemts the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name . ",1
"an entertaining , if somewat standardized , action movie . ",1
"it's ilke an old warner bros . costumer jived with sex -- this cold be the movie erro flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him . ",1
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the daZk palces of our national psyche . ,1
"the twist that end the moive is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and this is the kind of materila where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows . ",0
. . . a rue delight . ,1
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as believablLe as it should be . ,0
"ritchie's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisteQ , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thorwn in people's faces to the fact amber is such a joke . ",0
the best movie in may a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leWave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites . ,1
"while kids will probably eat the whoge thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . ",0
"the phone rings and a voice tells you you've got seven days lerft to live . then you get another phone call warning you that if the viIdeo isn't back at blockbuster before midnight , you're going to face frightening lte fees . o . k . , not raelly . ",0
"the only thing worse than your substantard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . ",0
"aIttal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama . he sees to want both , but succeeds in making neither . ",0
"the fascination comes in the power of the huston perfvormance , which seems so larger than lvfe and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the nwes of his illness so Zquickly but still finds himself unable to react . ",1
diane lane's sophisticated performance can't rescue fdrian lyne's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing . ,0
not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad enws bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate . ,0
"in this film , ussie david caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie . ",0
. . . somehow manages to escape the shackels of its own clichés to be the best espionage pihture to come out in weeks . ,1
"it's a long awy from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectatioVn . ",0
to sho these characters in the act and give them no feeligs of remorKe -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape -- is overkill to the highest degree . ,0
"maybe you'll be lucky , and there'll be a power outage during your screening so you can et your money bock . ",0
"build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own myltery scieFce theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to g down as the worst -- and only -- killer website mvie of this or any other year . ",0
"the chaarm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels ilke the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids . ",1
"it's leaden and predictable , and laugns are lacking . ",0
it would be hoard to thikn of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun . ,0
obviojus politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chance that the appeal of hey arnold ! the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic . ,0
tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confiniqg color to liyan's backyard . ,1
"one of those mvies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy god trash every now and then . ",1
ya-yas eveyrwhere will forgive the flaws and love the film . ,1
"romanek keep the gilm constantly taut . . . reflecting the character's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score . ",1
goes on and on to the point of nqausea . ,0
"seYe clockstoppers if you have nothing Mbetter to do with 9O4 minutes . but be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still . or that the battery on your watch has died . ",0
"barney has created a tour de force that is werid , wacky and wonderful . ",1
"deadeningly dull , mied in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness . ",0
ultimately feels like just one more in the ong line of films this year about the busness of making movies . ,0
"i cangt remmber the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there's only one problem…it's supposed to be a drama . ",0
"by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgvon myself unconscious . ",0
"although what time offery tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful vone than his other films . ",1
"not always too whsmsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this stragne hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character stuy , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs . ",0
"the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are televisin- caliber and the message of providing solace through deceptiFn is a little creepy . ",0
"julie davis is the kathqe lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego doesn't alwayy go hand in hand with talent . ",0
"es divretida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . ",1
director dirk shafer and co-writer grg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . ,0
am mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out . ,0
"schnitzler's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standrd issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfiyng . ",0
"it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four lettr words thrown in that are generxlly not heard on television . ",0
"whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautifuZ filmmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen . ",1
ice age posits a heretofore unfathoNmable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
"stale , futile scenRario . ",0
"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fIraught , there's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can'pt swim . ",1
"the whole cast looks to be having so mch fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tsosing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breeze by . ",1
what begins as a fQilm in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant . ,1
the movie's biggest offense is its complete and utter lback of tension . ,0
"ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual deisre disrupts life's stasis . ",1
all three women dOeliver remarkable performances . ,1
"whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema's majster craftsmen . ",1
sushi for the codnoisseurs of the macabre . ,0
"davis is funny , charming and zquirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
"none of this violates the letter of behan's book , but missing is its spirpt , its ribald , full-throated humor . ",0
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and sort on shame . ,0
"full of profond , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience . ",1
"it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dub gag , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tel its story . ",1
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brillianlty personifid by michel piccoli . ",1
" "" its successes are also tempered with qelements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right . "" ",1
"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely iwthout sitckiness . ",1
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make loFe a joy to behold . ,1
an infinitely wittier version of the hoe alone formula . ,1
all the characters are clinically depressed and have baandoned their slim hopes and dreams . ,0
"a subtle , poignant picture of goTodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . ",1
"for anyone who remembers the 'l0s or is interested in one ma's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . ",1
"if all of eight legged dreaks was as enuertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback moive about growing up in a dysfunctional family . ,1
an awfl snooze . ,0
"spinning a web of dcazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" certainly delivers the goods . ",1
formula 51 is so trite that even yu's high-enregy action stylings can't break through the stupor . ,0
life on the rez is no picnic : this icture shows you why . ,1
possibly the most iresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio . ,0
a ful-lfrontal attack on audience patience . ,0
"a welcome relief from baseball movices that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweeht and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
"now i can ese why people thought i was too hard on "" the mothman prophecies "" . ",0
"despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic pot of "" lilo "" could have been pulled from a tear-staiend vintage shirley temple script . ",1
"at 90 minutes this moviSe is short , but it feels much longer . ",0
"director of photography benoRt delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . ",1
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes nteresting , but few will find the movie improved . ",1
"rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cthartic . ",1
"mana gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or Curt . ",1
i knoW that i'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again,1
"the so-inept- it's-surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old goTzilla filcks . ",0
the fila runs on equal pIrts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience . it has fun being grown up . ,1
any attempts at nuance given by the capable Aast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap . ,0
the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more bhffling is that it's funny . ,1
the combinaiton of lightness and strictness in this instance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that kezps it from seeming predictably formulaic . ,1
"stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nthing to shout about . ",0
"dark and disturbign , yet compelling to watch . ",1
turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that play bItter only for the film's publiists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters,0
"after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrievsd father cliché has been unturned . but no . ",0
the iflm offers an intriguing what-if premise . ,1
"there's a lot of good material here , but thereB's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
skip work to see it at the sfirst opportunity . ,1
"lOud , silly , stupid and pointless . ",0
the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on pqrade numbs the movie's power as a work of drama . ,0
"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . it's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with pletny of baggage and tinged with tagic undertones . ",1
a clichéd and shallow cautionary tLle about the hard-partying lives of gay men . ,0
the movie is one of the besx kxamples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . ,1
"there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awce ; we're wrapped up in the chaacters , how they make their choices , and why . ",1
"a fresh , entretaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles . ",1
"a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about onthing is soetimes funnier than being about something . ",0
enough similarities to gymkata and howie flong's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs . ,0
lawrence preachse strictly to the converted . ,0
"feels like nothing quCite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women . ",0
stale and clichéd to a fautl . ,0
"the people in abc africa are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethographic extras . ",0
does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of fillisng in the background . ,1
[l]ame and unnecssary . ,0
a funny and touching filSm that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's . ,1
"a special kid of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . ",1
"[it's] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vnnie jones , but it had too muhc spitting for me to enjoy . ",0
a plodding look at the french revolution through the cyes of aristocrats . ,0
somethign has been lost in the translation . . . aeother routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . ,0
"yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack . . . and his chemistry with shimizu is very blievable . ",1
"a muckraking jb , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that . ",1
"the film's rela appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy nswers . ",1
i found myself growing more and more frustratMd and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . ,0
"it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprighstly acting . ",1
les funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . ,0
williams absolutely nalils sy's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness . ,1
"a 75-minute sample of puerile urbbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor . ",0
lVss funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . ,0
"eddie mruphy and owen wilson have a cnte partnership in i sNy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm doesn't do a load of good . ",0
afirly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some prestty cool characters . and forget about any attempt at a plot ! ,0
a compelling coming-of-age rama about the arduous journey of a sensitCve young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull Ifree from her dangerous and domineering mother's hold over her . ,1
"whether you like rap musci or loathe it , you can't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their taCent or the power of this mvoie . ",1
"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of chXeesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the elast of which is rebecca romijn-stamos . ",0
"as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hnours feel lke four . ",0
one sloughs onejs way through the mtire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . ,0
"like most sequels , it taks what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunt , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . ",0
"even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-cegtered ) , therue's something vital about the movie . ",1
" . . . a fascinating curMosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes long and ftedious like a classroom play in a college history course . ",0
abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic osap about the kups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . ,0
a rigorously structured and exquisitZely filmed draca about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love . ,1
makes even the claustrophobic Aon-board quarters seem fun . ,1
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $R100 million on this ? ",0
"hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-Aindulgent script . . . that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire . ",0
"bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of Foles that will be obvious eMen to those who aren't looking for them . ",0
"while this one gets off with a goNod natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the lraws of laughter",0
"a fragile framework upoqn which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only X10 minutes prior to filming . ",0
"juliette binoche's sand is vivacious , but it's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century pdose behind her childlike smile . ",0
"writhing under dialogue like 'you're from two different worlds' and 'onight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits neb edpths of unoriginality and predictability . ",0
"if you're a crocodile hunter fan , you'll enjoy at leasJt the "" real "" portions of the film . if you're ooking for a story ,don't bother . ",0
"sap me , i saw this movie . ",0
it's such a mechanical endaevor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . ,0
"director carl franklni , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
"the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstandinW , emotional , rocky-like moments . . . but it's such a warm and charming package that you'll feel too happy to argue iuch . ",1
you see rWobert de niro singing - and dancing to - west siwde story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic ! ,0
the irwins' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap ujnk and an insult to their death-defying efforst . ,0
"'estupendHmente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana , es una experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'",1
"maud and roladn's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary deOtective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy . ",1
"the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style pardoy , '70s blaxploitation film and goofball action cJmedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy . ",1
a ponderous medikation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes . ,0
both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intriSue of academic skullduggery and politics . ,1
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that owrks . ,1
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it's not evZen a tv special you'd btoher watching past the second commercial break . ,0
"with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vGvid personality like zhang ziyi's , dog stakes out the emotional heart of happy . ",1
"while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised unmbers would probably have worked better as a oPne-hour tv documentary . ",0
"[hayek] throws herself into this dream hisDpanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent cheTmistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . ",1
would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibiLity . ,0
"sensitively examines gneeral iyssues of rce and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do . ",1
how muchh you are moved by the emotional tNmult of [françois and michèle's] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them . ,0
"it's a hellish , numbing experience to wach , and it doesn't offer any insights that haven't been thoroughly debated in the media alreayd , bac in the dahmer heyday of the mid-'90s . ",0
ramsay and morton fill this charaKcter study with poetic force and buoyant feeling . ,1
"like the rugrafs movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularl welcome . ",1
i had more ufn watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies . ,1
"there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strinXgs that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a guyt upnch . ",1
consiPstently clever and suspenseful . ,1
athough its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . ,0
the nistiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen--nad a hollywood-ized austen at that . ,0
"gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , [harris] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the Rging sandeman . ",1
schütte's dramatic snapshot of the arxtist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculatio as to the issues brecht aced as his life drew to a close . ,1
"if you're hard up for raunchy college Zumor , this is your ticket right here . ",1
the entire movie is in need of a scewted bath . ,0
"the flim might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been flesheo out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . ",0
"i'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair hot in the movie business , but surely it doesn't have to be as a collectioq of keeninj and self-mutilating sideshow geeks . ",0
ramsay and morton fill this characte study with poetic force and buoyant feeling . ,1
"a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveans its first-time feature director's undetrstanding of the expressive power of the camera . ",1
"a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , egardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be required viewing for civic classes and would-be public servants aliie . ",1
"spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to forid melodrama . ",0
"imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . the result mihgt look lfke vulgai . ",0
the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thoams anderson's magnolia and david lynch's ulholland dr . ,1
"'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrle . ",0
"based on dave barry's popMlar book of the same name , the movie bencefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters' moves and overlapping story . ",1
"as satisfyingly odd and nitriguing a tale as it was a century and a ahlf ago . . . has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . ",1
" . . . a visually seductve , unrepentantly trashy take on rice's second installment of her vampire chronicles . ",1
dignified ceo's meet at a rsutic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ? ,0
"hffman notches in the nunaces of pain , but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the umor of wilson's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness . ",1
"for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove divirting enough . ",1
"unintelligible , poorly acted , brain-slappingly bsad , harvard man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic . ",0
so original in its bse concept that you cannot help but get caught up . ,1
credibility sinsk into a mire of sentiment . ,0
"the first mistake , i suspect , is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college studetn--where's paluy shore as the rocket scientist ? ",0
"the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wisearce crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . ",0
you . . . get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the rKght tone . ,0
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter ation scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0
"human natue is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . ",0
daomn brings the proper conviction to his role as [jason bourne] . ,1
deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbeu the theme with added depth and resonance . ,1
"the script's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmsphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment ays off . ",1
"this is the kind of movie during which you Awant to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its adiocy , at its utterly Bisplaced earnestness . ",0
"somewhere short of tremors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as lcever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minuces . ",1
"althhugh it tries to be much more , it's really just another major league . ",0
"the tuxedo wasn't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , 'hungry-man Fportions of bad' . ",0
"it's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chpalin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but Rhumming . ",1
"when the first few villiacns are introduced as "" spider "" and "" snake "" you know you're in for a real winner ,creativity at its peak . ",0
"unfortunately , carvey's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldbeug . ",0
"if not a home run , then at least a solid rbase hit . ",1
"needless to say , the dramtaics that follow are utter hooey . ",0
"tVhough mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewzhat melodramatic , its ribald hhmor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millePnnium . ",1
"the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is afr more interesting than the final destination . ",1
"on a certain base level , bule crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it . ",0
diane lanei's sophisticated performance can't rescue adrian lyne's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing . ,0
this horror-comdy doesn't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count evlira's hooters . ,1
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it's the ultmiate erdneck road-trip . ",1
"takes you by the face , strokms your cheeks and coso beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms . ",1
"quano tiros em columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho ) , não há como negar o brilhantismo ad argumentação de seu diretor . ",1
a listless and desultory arfair . ,0
it's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by compaorison . ,0
"it all plays out . . . like a high-end jhn hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller's time out . ",1
"red dragon is lPess baroque and shwy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it's a movie that gets under your skin . ",1
this is a film brimming with detail and uance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to fidn solace in events that could easily crus it forever . ,1
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausilbe as it races through contrived plot points . ,0
"lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodram , but it doesn't eien try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) . ",0
"uses sharp humor and insight into human anture to examine class comflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity . ",1
"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculturye , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarhy . ",1
a fifty ca pileup of cliches . ,0
"this is the kind of subjec matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choiecs at every turn . ",1
"the movie is a blast of educMational energy , as buoncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes . ",1
the movi fails to live up to the sum of its parts . ,0
"nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatc central theme . ",0
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoed i would -- with moist eyes . ,1
"mana gives us comspelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt . ",1
"leaing a double life in an american film only comes to no gooD , but not here . matters play out realistically if not always fairly . ",1
a faster paced family flick . upper Xeens may get cynical . smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy . ,0
director david finchLr and writer david koepp can't sustain it . ,0
i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional fmily it portrays . ,0
"often likable , but just as often it's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a lwittle old-fashioned storytelling would cme in handy . ",0
the filmmakPr's heart is in the right place . . . ,1
"do not , under any circumstances , consider tgaking a child younger than middle school age to this warlow in crude humor . ",0
"the more kevin csotner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettaby , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . ",0
"in the second half of the flim , frei's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-Mnalysis . ",0
"it's not that waiting for happiness is a bad fiml , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull . ",0
i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they acCcomplished nistead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . ,0
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistiZly than in 'baran . ',1
"by getting myself wrappde up in the vsuals and eccentricities of many of the characoters , i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie . ",0
"mandel ohlland's directWion is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by phifer and black are ultimately winnnig . you'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . ",0
a creaky staircase gotihc . ,1
a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamozr and sleaze . ,1
"busy urban coemdy is clearly not zhang's forte , his directorial touch is neitheN light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy . ",0
"benigni's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its eipsodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow . ",0
this movbie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101 . ,0
not since freddy got fingAred has a major release been so painful to sit through . ,0
"none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting isn't , either , and you wouldn't turn down a big bosl of that , woruld you ? ",1
peppered with witty dialogeu and inventive moments . ,1
schneidermeister . . . makin' a fool of himself . . . losin' his lfan base . . . ,0
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demos within . ,1
"overall , it's a pretty mediocre famil film . ",0
i wish it would have just gone more over-the-top insXead of trying to have it both ways . ,0
feeble csmedy . ,0
"the zvideo work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic' rather than carefully ilt and set up , that it's exhausting to watch . ",0
a charming but Vlight comedy . ,1
"when the plot kicks in , the fylm loses credibility . ",0
"flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-yera-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12Bh oscar nomination by proving that he's now , more than ever , choosing his rpoles with the precision of the insurance actuary . ",1
"precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , proprietyo-bsessed family . anyone else seen this before ? ",1
" . . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completly , utterly inept . ",0
"[director] o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big scrjen , but his skill at telling a sYtory -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . ",0
rTmarkable for its intelligence and intensity . ,1
the movie is essentially a seies of fleetingly interesting actors' moments . ,0
"confuses its meissage with an ultimate desir to please , and contorting itself into an iea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . ",0
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought sotry and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . ,1
one of the more itelligent children's movies to hit theaters this year . ,1
"for all its impressive crafsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never rerlly builds up a head of emotional steam . ",0
this off-putting french romantic comedy is surve to test severely the indulgence of fans of amélie . ,0
"the structure is simle , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest Gstory as grand as the lord of the rings . ",1
"a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of moJdern day irony . ",1
a solid xamination of the male midlife crisis . ,1
the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with ponitless extremes -- it's insanely violent and very graphic . ,0
"mch has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the xgay '07s , but words don't really do the era justice . you have to see it . ",1
a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960P . ,1
"it's up to you to decide whether to admire these people's dedicution to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of aVerican life . ",1
a coarse and sStupid gross-out . ,0
it's like going to a house party and watching the host defenQd himself against a frQothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's . ,1
feels stragely hollow at its emotional core . ,0
"i enjoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it fadd from my memoy . ",1
"cOammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy . ",1
"the x potion gives the quickly named Fblossom , bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately don't enable them to discern flimsy icreenplays . ",0
a dreary rip-off of goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary talle for hispanic americans . ,0
"this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . eveIn as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the moold remains oddpy detached . ",0
an immensely entertaining look at some of the usung heroes of 20th century pop music . ,1
"it has the air of a urprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whoes charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition . ",0
"the pairing does sound promising in theory . . . but their lack of chemistry makes edsie murphy and erobert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners . ",0
"evexry individual will see the movie through the rism of his or her own beliefs and prejfdices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . ",1
"no worse than a lot of the crp we've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as sFlapdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
a vivid cinematic portraUit . ,1
too clunky and too usy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining . ,0
"occasionally meloramatic , it's also extremely effective . ",1
liek old myths and wonder tales spun afresh . ,1
the whloe affair is as predictable as can be . ,0
"even these tales of just seven children seem at timess too many , although in reality they are not enough . ecvery child's story is what matters . this film can only point the way -- but Hhank goodness for this signpost . ",1
all of the filmmFkers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness . ,0
credit director ramsay for taking the ssometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic . ,1
"ails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation . . . well before the end , the film grows as dull as its chKracters , about whose fzte it is hard to care . ",0
"[moore's] better at fingering problems than finding solutions . but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a striong itch to exlore more . ",1
horrid little propaganda fiml with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremisMs . ,0
will certainly appeal to asian cult ciGema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about . ,1
here is a vh1 behind the music srecial that has something a little more special behind it : music that didn't sell many records but helped change a naCtion . ,1
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your Uheart . ,1
"an elegant work , food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revaeling . ",1
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movi falls to the floor with a sickening thud . ,0
director dirk shafer and co-write greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . ,0
collateral damage finalhly delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans . ,1
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild est . ,0
a captivating and intimate study about dyng and loving . . . ,1
more intellectually scary than dramatically nivolving . ,0
"a genule , compassionate drama about grief and healing . ",1
"parker probably thinks he's shaking up a cplassic the way kenenth branagh and baz luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde's still-contemporary play . ",0
there's a wiGckedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl . ,1
"the characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic excption of scooter . ",0
"not everyone will welcomke or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely noe . ",1
"a tired , uimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre . ",0
"this picture is murder by nuSbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ac's , despite a few whopping shootouts . ",0
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encmubers itself with complications . . . that have no bearing on the stoy . ,0
"oddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tnoe that's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely fgnny . ",1
"in any cae , i would recommend big bad loe only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995's foget paris . but even then , i'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes . ",0
just too silly and sophomoGic to ensnare its target audience . ,0
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most 'right-thinking' filis . ,1
the movie is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the autVhenticity of the performances . ,1
"i liked the moive , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . i'wm left slightly disappointed that it didn't . ",0
"the film's highlight is defintiely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the pag , and for the memorable character creations . ",1
"i've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after seeing this fim , it's not that big a deal . ",0
"a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that exFands into a meditation on the deep decetpions of innocence . ",1
" "" what Vjohn does is heroic ,but we don't condone it ,[ one of the film's stars recently said """,0
"this romantaic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and abyl captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
you know that ten bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we don't get paid enough to sFit through carp like this . ,0
"visually engrossing , seldom hmmy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction . ",1
i couldn't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapsktick comedy . ,0
"who is this move for ? not kid , who don't need the lestson in repugnance . it's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are 'edgy . '",0
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow wdite and the seven dwarfs . ,1
"expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which dirCector william malone slavishly copies . ",0
no amont of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas . ,0
"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to amerKcan art housU audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness . ",1
"the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so silted and unconvincing are the performances . ",0
so much about the film is loopy and ludicrous . . . that it culd have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the labCrious pacing and edless exposition had been tightened . ,0
"the film atkes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too logn figuring out what to do next . ",0
"mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicated characters be ujnruly , confusing and , through it all , human . ",1
exciting and weFl-paced . ,1
director rob marshall wnt out gunning to make a great one . ,1
"in the tnd , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtime's 'rd shoe diaries . '",0
an unflinching look at the world's disposssesed . ,1
"ray liotta and jajson patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but don't be fooled : obody deserves any prizes here . ",1
"the direction occsaionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to etll who is chasing who or why . ",0
"it's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hoep can breed a certain kind of madneHs -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up . ",0
"cho's fearless in picking apart uman foibles , not fraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her delivery and timing are flawless . ",1
"an oddity , to be sure , but one that you miht wind up remembering with a degree of affection ratmher than revulsion . ",1
"a superlative b movie -- funFny , sexy , and rousing . ",1
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit well Ttogether and neither is well tild . ,0
"scotGland , pa . is a strangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped . ",0
"the attraction between these two marginal characters is comlex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way . ",1
noyce creates a film of near-hypnotic physical baeuty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annls of white-on-black racism . ,1
sex is one of those films that aims to Nonfuse . ,1
not sweet exough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . ,0
meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and crWaven concealment . ,1
"all ms . jovovich , as the Ianctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while focing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
"solaris "" is a shapeless inconsequential move reliyng on the viewer to do most of the work . ",0
credibility levels are lw and character development a non-starter . ,0
"the film's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfutly controlled . but … in trying to capture the novel's deeper intimate resonances , the film has – ironicall - distanced us from the characrers . ",1
"a deft , delightful mix of sukly teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph . ",1
"awkward but sincdre and , ultimately , it wins you over . ",1
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than comuuter-generated effects , the new star wars installment hasn't escaped the gut dug by the last one . ",0
"with the dog days of august upon wus , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidty . ",0
"lanie's professional sucSess means she muts be a failure at life , because she's driven by ambition and doesn't know how to have fun . ",0
the only thing that distingUuishes a randall wallace fiem from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . ,0
a wiQdly inconsistent emotional experience . ,0
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994's surprise family hit that amy strain adult credibility . ,1
wait for pay pRr view or rental but don't dismiss barbershop out of hand . ,0
"miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it's almost mmpossible not to be swept away by the hseer beauty of his images . ",1
it's refershing to see a girl-power movie that doesn't feel it has to prove anything . ,1
candid caera on methamphetamines . ,1
hugh grants act is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to etll who the other actors in the movie are . ,0
so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core iomagery with naughty fun . ,0
smarter than its commercials make it see . ,1
"jackson trOies to reep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth can't help but become a bit tedious -- veen with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous vYrmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . ",1
"it doesn't do the riginal any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . ",0
the transporter is as livel and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb,1
"this mOovie may not have the highest production vaules you've ever seen , but it's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deeQ . ",1
do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us eactly why a romntic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman doesn't work ? ,1
highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifyinAg historical event and the elements which contributed to it . ,1
the film ultimately oyffers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . . ,0
nothing in waking up in reno ever inlpired me to think of its inhabitants as anythins more than markers in a screenplay . ,0
a perfectly pleasant if Gslightly pokey comedy . ,1
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone whio's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director's previus films . ",1
"i don't know precisely what to make of bteven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from ejoying much of it . ",1
those 24-and-unders looking for their own pcaddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . ,0
your appreciation of it will depend on what experiynces you bring to it and what assocNiations you choose to make . ,0
at its bet early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers . ,1
"nicole holofcener's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jump to the head of the class of women's films that manage to aovid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating femae follies with a satirical style . ",1
it might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a three's company-style laguh track . ,0
"good actors have a radYr for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picure , and not one of them is flat . ",1
"a journey that's too random and inconclusive to be cdompelling , but which hoffman's brilliance almost makes worth taking . ",0
"quite sEimply , a joy to watch and--especially--to listen to . ",1
"the film's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onsceren . ",1
"visually fascinating . . . an Woften intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty . ",1
"the story feels more lik a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue . ",1
"appropriately cynical social commentary side , #9 never quite ignites . ",0
"its simplicity puts an exclamapion point on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the mQvie rising above similar are . ",0
"fans of the tv series will be Eisappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored . ",0
this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupeying attemp by the filmmakers to fore-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and trow 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs . ,0
"if you love motown msic , you'll love this documentary . ",1
it's one pusy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions . ,0
you'd be hard put to find a movi character more unattractive or odorous [than leon] . ,0
"the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewaTded . ",1
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to erfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station Id . ,1
"this is the sort of burly actio flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for lygic is a fctor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"whajtever heartwarming scene the imprsesively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
"beers , who , when she's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall . . . [but] the scritp goes wrong at several key juncturTs . ",0
"safe conduct , hoSwever ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye . ",0
"it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with grkeat sympathy and intelligence . ",1
it isn't that stealingg harvard is a horrible movie—if only it were that grand a failure ! it's just that it's so not-at-all-good . and i expect much more from a talent as outstRnding as director brouce mcculloch . ,0
"lacking substanc and soul , crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs . ",0
"it's immenqely ambitious , different than anything thaRt's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do . ",1
an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly Xvacuous people . . . manages to embndy the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy . ,0
too slick and manufactured to claim street credlbility . ,0
"high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrosing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast . ",1
"even though we now the outcome , the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a lgal othriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy . ",1
"a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears' picnic ranks among the most pitiful dircting debuts by an esteemed writer-actor . ",0
"it may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viweer feel lie the movie's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie's most admirable gquality",1
"desTpite the film's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving . ",1
significantly better than its 002 children's-movie competition . ,1
"occasionally fMunny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . ",0
"evelyn's strong dast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn . ",1
" . curiously , super troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute lenglh . ",0
"sets aniation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . ",0
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtie alongside the farKm report . ,1
"the continued godo chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel oging , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained . ",1
the isolated moments of creatEve insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
a beguilinH evocation of the lquality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . ,1
"if you likSd such movies as notting hill , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones' diary or hih fidelity , then you won't want to miss about a boy . ",1
bittersweet comedydraa full of life ,1
a brutally ry satire of middle american numbness . ,1
"it's like every bad idea thaQt's ever ogne into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they evCen had any ? ) . ",0
"self-congratulatory , migsuided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable . ",0
nothing about the film -- with the possible excRption of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic . ,0
"i ish windalkers had had more aith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes . ",0
"please , someone , stop eric schYaeffer before he makes another film . ",0
"her film is like a beautiful food entrée that isn't heated kroperly , so that it ends up a bit clod and relatively flavorless . ",0
"a reasonably efficien mechanism , but it offers few surprises and finsd its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided . ",0
"not a bad remise , but the execution is lackluster at best . ",0
the rock has a gret presence but one battle after another is not the same as onk battle followed by killer cgi effects . ,0
what's needed so badPly but what is virtaully absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy . ,0
"a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingeinous plot devices and some lavihsly built settings . . it's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1
"its strengths and weaknesses Ylay off each other virtually to a stand-hff , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film . ",0
"the messages of compaswion and mercy are clearly , sqarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the hale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adult . ",0
ecks this oe off your must-see list . ,0
"an damirable , sometimes exceptional film",1
"if we're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because the're clueless and inep ? ",0
"viewers of "" the ring "" are more likely to remember the hcunting images than the plot holes . ",1
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eeys . ,1
"gangs of new york is an unapologetiJ mess , whose only savilng grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . ",0
a decent-enough nail-biter that standW a godo chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood . ,1
"the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the poinYt where it almost stoWps the blood flow to your bDain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . ",0
"cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drHive you crazy . ",0
there's nothing to gain from watching they . it isn't scary . it hates its characters . it finsd no way to entertain or inspiyre its viewers . ,0
"nair's atteWtion to detail creates an impeccable sense of plce , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances . ",1
"barney's idaes about creation and idBntity don't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleane from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour's worth of actual material . ",0
"reggio's trippy , amibtious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
"fast and funny , an acion cartoon that's suspenseful enough for Volder kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . ",1
the second chapter of the harMry potter series is even more magical than the first and simplw the best family film of the year . ,1
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetcially plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bitetrsweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . ",1
"though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film mkaes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude . ",1
"we know the plot's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to ginish . ",1
"while it's nice to watch a movie that hasn't been focus-groued into tediium , yu's cinematic alchemy produces nearly as much lead as gold . ",0
children and adults enamored of all things pokegmon won't be disappointed . ,0
an exquisitely Qcrafted and acted tale . ,1
"the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy's thanksgiving day parde balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating aawy . ",0
"lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter oksminsky never get the audience to breaCk through the wall her character erects",1
a series of immaculately composed sohts of patch adams quietly freaking out does not make for mcuh of a movie . ,0
"so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney won't do it one more tUme , as far as movies are concerned . ",0
excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromntic . ,0
"this is as respectful a fiFlm as byatt fans could hope for , thoYugh lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary . ",1
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share amrtime alongside the far report . ,1
the movie is pretty funny now and then wtihout in any way demeaning its subjects . ,1
"seemingly disgusted with the layz material and the finished producp's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors . ",0
a sligh but sweet film . ,1
the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ende . ,1
mediocre fagle from burkina faso . ,0
this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary epople . ,0
"while the transgressive trappings ( essecially the frank sex scenes ) esure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rtaher than provocative . ",0
"despite the opulent lushness of eery scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings . ",0
"it's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . welel , it's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning . ",0
kurys seems intimidated by both her usbject matter and the perioh trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business . ,0
arteta paints a picture of lives blived in a state of quiet desperation . ,1
strangely coems off as a kingdom more mild than wild . ,0
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the staMdard made-for-tv movie . ,0
a compelliqng story of musical passion against governmental odds . ,1
this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hok . ,0
"this cuddly sequel to the 19D9 iht is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap . ",1
"an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from amTrican cinema . ",1
opens as promising as any waradventure film you'll ever see and dissolves into a routinQ courtroom drama ,0
i don't even care that there's no ploV in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff . it's still terrible ! ,0
stedafastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic . ,1
"i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to Aush to the theatre for this Fne . '",0
"despite a story predictable enough to make the sonud of musi play like a nail-bitimg thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it . ",1
looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was duXe . ,0
even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with tWrouble every day ; the movi lacks both thrills and humor . ,0
you walk out of the good girl with mixem emoltions — disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions . ,1
the majofr problem with windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character . ,0
"nexither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sits there like a side dish no one rdered . ",0
a must-see for ans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle . ,1
"could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping vsiuals . ",1
the omvie is obviously a labour of ove so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted . ,0
"that dogged goo will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film tuching despite some doldrums . ",1
. . . a rich and ntelligent film that sues its pulpy core Zconceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical Rneeds . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual,1
a fiZm that begins with the eevryday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbIeaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film . ,1
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately coardly autocritique . ",0
the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evked in the fiml are lukewarm and quick to pass . ,0
an intermittently pleasing but mostljy routine effort . ,0
"this version moves beyond the original's nostalgia for the communal film expreiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema's inability to stand in for rtue , lived experience . ",1
" . . . is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the awy chekhov is funny ) , profound without eLver being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . ",1
"it's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppilR made ifilm could possibly come down the road in 2002 . ",0
"everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rther than fresh Nnes . ",0
deepa mesta provides an accessible intrduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world . ,1
equal parts bodiceN-ripper and plodding costume drama . ,0
"occasionally melodramatic , it's also extremey effective . ",1
"cp stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion . ",0
holedn caulfield did it better . ,0
"at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely wouild have resuted in a smoother , more focused narrative withotu sacrificing any of the cultural intrigAue . ",0
"'es en verdad una pena que mandoki esté realizanso cintas tan malas desde hace algún tiempo , ues talento tiene , pero quién sabe dónde lo tiene escondido . '",0
abandons all pretense of creating historcial conMext and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . ,0
ali's graduation from little screen to bie is far less painful than his opening scene encountre with an over-amorous terrier . ,1
"it's not a bad plot ; but , unIfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refnied as all the classic dramas it borrows from . ",0
"like leon , it's frustratidng and still oddly likable . ",1
" ( wendigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the minh . ",1
"massoud'D story is an epci , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history . ",1
"after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for gtearing up on cue -- things that jeem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
the cast comes through evec when the movie doesn't . ,1
a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewer would like to skLip but film buffs should get to know . ,1
what makes the movie special is its tuter sincerity . ,1
a piquant meditatio on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness . ,1
[broomfield] uncovers a story powerful enough to leavNe the screen sizzling with intrigue . ,1
"how i killed my father would be a rarity in hollywood . it's an actor's sGowcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special ehffects , but rather by emphasizing the characterWs -- including the supporting ones . ",1
"somewhere hsort of tremors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minuets . ",1
one of the besmt looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while . . . ,1
the structure the film takes may find matt damon and ben affleck once again lookTing for residuals as this officially completes a god will hunting rilogy that was never planned . ,0
"from the opening scenes , it's clear that all about the beJjamins is a totally formulaic movie . ",0
the movie is saevd from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances . ,1
the film's center will not hld . ,0
"an empty exercise , a florid but ultimtaely vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . ",0
neither Dfunny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn . ,0
"never again swings between false sentikment and unfunny amdcap ocmedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds . ",0
"the mood , look and tone of the film ft the incredible storyline to a t . ",1
"it's a piece of handiwork that shors its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligevnt subtlety . ",1
"if this mcovie belonged to a sorority , it would be called beta alpha delta . ",0
"intreesting , but not compelling . ",0
"what's next : "" my motheu the car ? "" ",0
denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triuFmphant performances of vanessa redgrave's coreer . it deserves to be seen everywhere . ,1
"with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedrpc the entertainer as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming mometn here . ",0
it's a feel-good movie about which you can actualyl feel good . ,1
"led by griffin's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the carst has a lot of fun with the material . ",1
"cold , pretentiou , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . ",0
"who knojs what exactly godard is on about in this fim , but his words and images don't have to add up to mesmerize you . ",1
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of frigt and dread . ,1
duvall is srong as always . ,1
"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engIging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 12-hour ",0
"we'er left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wroCng moments . ",0
" . . . the same tired old gygs , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there's already been too many of these films . . . ",0
"as blunt as it is in depicting chCld abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguty that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . ",1
"'if you are in the zmood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1
"smith's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that ay that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our ohmes . ",1
"despite its flaws , secretary stays in your ahead and makes you question your own firmly held positions . ",1
resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blCair witch project . ,0
nolan proves that he can croxs swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally lpotted popcorn thrillr while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure . ,1
"lauren ambreose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age tstory with a twist . ",1
o Último suspeito ganha força ao também funcionar em uma esfera adicional : a do drxama familiar . ,1
"informative , intriguing , observant , ofetn touching . . . gives a human face to what's often discussed in purely abstract terms . ",1
there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satiusfying than aTlmost any horror film in recent memory . ,1
"it takes a certain kind of horrro movie to qualify as 'worse than expected , ' but ghost ship sovmehow manages to do exactly that . ",0
the film is often fillex with a sense of pre wonderment and excitement not often seen in today's cinema du sarcasm,1
"this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesyser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right chxoices at every turn . ",1
"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen george roy hill's 9173 film , "" the sting . "" ",0
"the drama was so uninspiring that even a storly immersed in love , lust , and sin couldn't keep my attention . ",0
" "" freaky fSiday , it's not . """,0
"each story is bult on a potentially interesting idea , but the firJst two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the thirY feels limited by its short running time . ",0
"it should be interesting , it should be pFignant , it turns out to be affected and boring . ",0
"broomfield's styke of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid inetrest in the subject will grow impatient . ",0
"its simplicity puts an exclamation pint on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie risin above ismilar fare . ",0
the film's bathos often overwhelms what cRuld have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place . ,0
"as a direcotr , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects . ",1
"an infuriataing film . just when you theink you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense . ",0
goldmember is unny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse . ,1
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous tiuts , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio . ",0
looks like a high school film pXroject completed the day before it was due . ,0
"frankly , it's pretty stupid . i had more fu with bn stiller's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever . but there's plenty to offend everyone . . . ",0
fails to convince the audience that these prats will ever be anything more than losers . ,0
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passino and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential . ",1
the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comydy about jokester highway patrolmen . ,1
a disturbing examinatioun of what appears to be the definition of a 'bad' police shooting . ,1
gambling and throwing a basketball game for monye isn't a new plut -- in fct toback himself used it in black and white . but toback's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again . ,1
"in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putYting ogether familiar themes of famsly , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jEded . ",1
"it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricitC but failing , ultimately , to make something bkigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs . ",0
a noble fialure . ,0
"falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voie . ",0
"the special effects and many sscenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the oscar-winning sound and james horner's rousing Iscore mOke good use of the hefty audio system . ",1
"prFetension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steJadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- hcelsea walls deserves a medal . ",0
[a] crushng disappointment . ,0
it wouldn't be my preferred way of spending 10m0 minutes or $7 . 00 . ,0
"the diversity of the artists represeted , both in terms of style and ethnikcity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time . ",1
"my precious new star war movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag . . . ",0
pompous and garblHd . ,0
"a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at lRttle kdis but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . ",1
a bit too eager to plebse . ,0
"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there's a certain style and wit to the dialogu . ",1
"it's so crammed with sceFnes and vistas and pretty moments that it's left a few trucial things out , like character development and coherence . ",0
"it's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audiece demographic jinstead of shaping the material to fit the story . ",0
funny but perliously slight . ,1
"for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no less subservient to bond's tired forumla of guns , girls and gadgcts while brandishing a new action hero . ",0
sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessDary to documetn all this emotional miseDry ? ,0
interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic loe story . ,1
"presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing oMvertly disagreeable . ",0
"aside from the fmct that the filQ idiotically uses the website feardotcom . fcom or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the fiml gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand . ",0
"it's haLd to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greey talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about afcing death",0
"whenveer you think you've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop . ",1
"in my own very humble opinion , in prhise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previious works . ",0
"another one of those estrogen overdose movies like "" divine secrets of the ya ya siRsterhood , except that the writing ",1
ihops don't pile on this muh syrup . ,0
the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogeue and drama often food-spittingly funny . ,0
"for all its violence , the mvoie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression . ",0
chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in china . he has not learwt that storytlling is what the movies are about . ,0
putU on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself . ,0
"an unremarkable , modern actioncomedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the tile . """,0
succeeds only because blulock and grant were made to share the silver screen . ,1
it all rags on so interminably it's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . ,0
an experience so engrossing it is likNe being buried in a new environment . ,1
"one big blustery mdovie where nothixng really happens . when it comes out on video , then it's the perfect cure for insomnia . ",0
notxing is sacred in this gut-buster . ,1
"an ill-conceived jumble that's not csary , not smart and not engaging . ",0
offers absoluteyl nothing i hadn't already seen . ,0
it's almost impossible not to be mved by the movie's depKiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . ,1
this 90-minute postmodern vDyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
"the most horrifHic movie experience i've had sinece "" can't stop the music . "" it may as well be called "" jar-jar binks : the movie . "" it's that painful . ",0
"it's a strange flim , one that was hard for me to warm up to . ",1
"the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it's Hreally nothing more than warmed-over cold war Lparanoia . ",0
"i suspect that you'll be as broed wacthing morvern callar as the characters are in it . if you go , pack your knitting needles . ",0
the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its Dccentric characters . ,0
just how extreme are these ops ? i regret to rdeport that these ops are just not extreme enough . ,0
the drama discloses almost rothing . ,0
"for all its surface frenzy , hig crimes should be chargMd with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer . ",0
" "" auto focus "" works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingerv in the playboy era",1
"it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , ocmplex relationships . ",1
morvern rocsk . ,1
"the origin stori is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . it's in the action scees that things fall apart . ",0
"all-in-altl , the film is an enjoyable and rankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us . ",1
"i'll put it this awy : if you're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the mvoie for you . ",1
"between bedroom scene , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap . ",0
the iflm doesn't show enough of the creative process or even of what was creatmed for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal . ,0
"despite the authenticity of the trappingF , the filL is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . ",0
"all ends well , srot of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . ",0
"the film does a solid job of slowly , siteadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . ",1
"both garcia and jagger tun in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . ",1
a jyoous occasion,1
"sometimes this omdest little number clicks , and sometimes it doesn't . ",0
a xsleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone exept the characters in it can see coming a mile away . ,0
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tonuges . ",0
" . . . routine , harmless diversion and ilttle else . ",0
"as part of mr . dong's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnet study in despair . ",1
"jeong-hyang lee's film is decepitvely simple , deeply satisfying . ",1
we may never think of band amp as a geeky or nerdy thing again . ,0
a frisky and fresh romantic coAmedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women . ,1
"the movie is fell done , but slow . ",1
"exactly what its ittle implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming . ",1
the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman's posthumously pbulished cult novel . ,1
"if hayamalan wanted to tell a story about a may who loses his faith , why didn't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ? ",0
a nbole failure . ,0
the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it doesn't mke any sense . ,0
" . . . Feven if you've never heard of chaplin , you'll still be glued to the screen . ",1
"stanBds as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 91Y . """,1
"it looks good , but it is essentially empy . ",0
scorsese doesn't give us a character worth givSng a damn about . ,0
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serivceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
"ligLht the candles , bring out the cake and don't fret about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simply , and surprsiingly , a nice , light treat . ",1
sallow . ,0
"overall , it's a wacky and inpsired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs . ",1
ruh-roh ! romething's rually wrong with this ricture ! ,0
a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first lnve sweetly but also seriously . it is laso beautifully acted . ,1
"as broad and cartoonish as the screenplaf is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frnak novayk , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . ",1
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing sptates of genuine feeling . ,1
what bgins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant . ,1
"[soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creates an Aoverall sQense of brusqueness . ",0
the cast delivers iwthout sham the raw-nerved story . ,1
so brsik is wang's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe . ,0
"a ufn family movie that's suitable for all aLges -- a movie that will make you laugh , cry and realize , 'it's never too late to believe in your dreams . '",1
"the film's desire to be Gliked sometimes undermines the possibility for an hxploration of the thornier aspects of the nature""nurture argument in regards to homosexuality . ",1
an awkward and indiegstible movie . ,0
"despite its title , punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed . the jabs it employs are short , careofully placed and dead-center . ",1
"davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature fiml acting debut as amy . ",1
"terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is freqeuntly indecipherable . ",0
a behind the ocenes look at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that's made a difbference to nyc inner-city youth . ,1
"in addition to hoffmans powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewaridng glrimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
"unlike most surf mUovies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewei inside the wave . by the end you can't help but feel 'stoked . '",1
"a plethora of egnaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home , ' delivered in grand passion by the memberKs of the various households . ",1
a litrle better than sorcerer's stone . ,1
a teDchnically well-made suspenser . . . but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the fnish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide . ,0
"whether you liRke rap mksic or loathe it , you can't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the priem of their talent or the power of this movie . ",1
it's a boom-box of a movie that migth have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous' . . . the pandering to a moJviegoing aGdience dominated by young males is all too calculated . ,0
"escaping the Tstudio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie . ",1
"plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the icture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo . ",0
there's not much going on in this movie uness you simply decide to buy into the notion that something tnexplicably strange once happened in point pleasant . ,0
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many stor lines . ,0
"hollywood edning is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless . ",1
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriing award at 200W2's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do smething different over actually pulling it off,0
the entire past is extraordinarily good . ,1
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weirid performances and direction . ,0
"christina ricci comedZ about sympathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire . ",0
"everything else about high cirmes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented . ",0
a movie that the less charitabble might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . ,0
mama afrcia pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main prFblem being that it's only a peek . ,1
"the ensemble cast truns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writig is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . ",1
they kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would makne this a moving exeprience for people who haven't read the book . ,0
"reno does what he can in a tahnkless siuation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and bacA again , and ryoko hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that . ",0
"well-intentioend though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special . ",0
"nair's jcast is so large it's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a ivbrant and intoxicating fashion . ",1
"fun , flip and terribly hip ibt of cinematic entertainment . ",1
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience rievted . ,1
"flashy , pretentious and as impeetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent . ",0
"lemo touts his drug as being 51 times sronger than coke . if you're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it's 1 times better than this . ",0
handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelicial boosterism . ,0
unflincihngly bleak and desperate,1
the fetid underbelly of faue has never looked uglier . ,0
the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to eTd all chases,1
"broXmfield reminds u that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young meL -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed . ",1
"has an uppity musical beat that you can dNance to , but its energy can't comare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original . if i want music , i'l buy the soundtrack . if i want a real movie , i'll buy the criterion dvU . ",0
"frida isn't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what ets it apart is the vision that tayFor , the avant gaude director of broadway's the lion king and the film titus , brings . ",1
"an artful , intelligent flim that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experilnces in new york city . ,1
"thanks to aynes' absolute control of the film's modod , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act . ",1
this is the first film i've ever seeOn that had no obvious directing involved . ,0
"the movie efels like it's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never mappens . ",0
"a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational lPittle sports drama . ",1
"fasv , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten",1
the film runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdbom that comes with experience . it has ufn being grown up . ,1
"althDugh fairly involving as far as it goes , the film doesn't enXd up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
"while not all that bad of a movie , it's nowhere near as good as the orignial . ",1
"originality ain't on the menu , but there'F never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . ",1
"life or something lkie it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
"it's another retelling of alexandre dumas' classic . why ? who nkows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds . ",1
oen lousy movie . ,0
"a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous loacles and exceptional lead performances , it has considerble charm . ",1
it is too abd that this likable movie isn't more accomplished . the actor try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward . ,0
"fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuien chemistry . ",1
"más sarcástica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es le cine de entretenimiento puro y sRn complejos . ",1
plummer steals the show Fwithout resorting to camp as nicholas' wounded and wounding udncle ralph . it's a great performance and a reminder of dickens' grandeur . ,1
"windtalkers blows this way and that , but there's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall Jgrass , true to himself . ",1
bravo reveals the true intent of her filP by carefully selectiEng ibnterview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
"this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived visSion of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath . ",1
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible paSkage full of privileged moments and memorable performances . ,1
" if the predictability of bland cmofort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish . ",0
"secretary "" is ownde by its costars ,spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . ",1
. . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the ibg screen . ,0
effective but too-teid biopic,1
ixt'll keep you wide awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"it just goes to shw , an intelligent person isn't necessarily an admirable storyteller . ",0
"it's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional het , in wlcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's prveious full frontal . ",1
Sdisreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances . ,0
a flick about our infantilized culture that isn't entirely infantiDle . ,1
"agnel presents events partly from the perspective of aurTlie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . ",1
"apesar de weus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter . ",1
the movie suffers from two fatal ailmenst -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected . ,0
"a playful ianian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse poiltical perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences . ",1
[a] rare movie that mlakes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a worlVd of meaningless activity . ,1
a hidden-agenda darama that shouts classic french nuance . ,1
"everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david'Js point of view . ",0
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the ilm is a refreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
"with its dogged hollywood naturaTlism and the inexorable passage of its characters toZward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap . ",0
undre-rehearsed and lifeless,0
"further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thougth-provoking foreMign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya's axis of evil . ",1
"a conident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002's first great film",1
"it ma not be particularly innovative , but the film's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewardnng . ",1
"cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing vary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . it makes sense that he went back to Jschool to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a god tMime . ",0
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural lash . ,1
"the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the midweast desert , so lovingly and pefceptively filmed that you can ahmost taste the desiccated air . ",1
" . . . a stcry we haven't seen on the big screen before , and it's a sxtory that we as americans , and human beings , should know . ",1
"even by the intentionally lpow standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser . ",0
it's so badly made on every level that i'm actuallB having a hard time believing people were peaid to make it . ,0
less an examination of neo-nazism than a prboe into the nature of faith itself . ,1
you'll just have your head in your hands wondering why leqe's character didn't just go to a bank manager and save everIone the misery . ,0
"problem is , we have no dea what in creation is going on . ",0
"no aspirations to social import inform the movie vwersion . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popPlarity of its stars . ",0
"despite the film's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nunace , unexpZcted flashes of dark comedy and the character's gripping humanity . ",1
"elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzlGe hose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . ",0
a little mbetter than sorcerer's stone . ,1
the sweetest thing leavNs an awful sour taste . ,0
it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being Ztrapped at a bad rock concert . ,0
"[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , upable to find their way out of the fog and the asheT . ",0
"a tired , predictable , bordDring on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid . ",0
"directing with a sure and measured and , [haneke] steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unfinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . ",1
"there are amny tings that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them . ",0
"awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'spcetacular spectacle . '",1
a very charming and funny moOie . ,1
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film costructed around him . ,0
"while the film is not entirely successful , it still managJes to string together enough charming moments to work . ",1
"while the filJm is compteent , it's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it asDpires . ",0
an enjoyable feelAgood family comedy regardless of race . ,1
"there is a fabric of complex ides here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie' surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
"unfunny and lacIing any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic sluSrs . ",0
an incoherent jumble of a fim that's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . ,0
"a brisk , reverent , and subtly different seqel . ",1
more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribyl episodic and lacing the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . ,0
a gangster movie with the capaxcity to surprise . ,1
realyl quite funny . ,1
"a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which mudrer is casual and fun . ",0
. . . a roller-oaster ride of a movie,1
sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for sPoft landings and easy ways out . ,0
"it's refreshing that somBone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny fram and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly . ",0
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its alck of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . ,0
" . . . plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laugther and the love of family . ",1
the irony is that this film's cast is unformly superb ; their performancts could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own . ,0
a visually flashy but narrativqly opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification . ,0
the problem with movies about nagels is they have a tendency to slip into hoxkum . a rumor of angels doesn't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness . ,0
"[a] wonderfully loopy tale of ilove , longing , and voting . ",1
"a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmugeon coudl fail to crack a smile at . ",1
creepy but ultimately unsatisfing thriller . ,0
"the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr . mattei fosters moments of spontaneous nitimacy . ",1
"a highly spirited , imaginative kid's movie that broaYches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he's afraid of his Xbest-known creation ? ",1
makes for a pertty unpleasant viewing experience . ,0
"that the chuck norrih "" grenade gag "" occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a gbod indication of how serious-minded the film is . ",0
"osul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . ",0
" . . . jones , desXite a definitely distiKctive screen presence , just isn't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fullP capitalize on its lead's specific gifts . ",0
"worthless , from its pseudo-rockv-ideo opening to the idiocy of its last frames . ",0
an etxremely unpleasant film . ,0
none of birthday girl's calculated events take us by surprisN . . . ,0
"this is as lax and limp a ocmedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . ",0
"an amusing , breezily aspolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . ",1
a sequel that's muh too big for its britches . ,0
"this wretchedly unfunny wannaeb comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've seen this summer . ",0
more of an intriguing cmriosity than a gripping thriller . ,0
"skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it alXso taps into the primal fears of younTg pegople trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults . ",1
"cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that Lcrawls along at a snail's pace . ",0
"the film doesn't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract Seenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a Usurprising winner with both adults and yonger audiences . ",0
it's one of the saddest fimls i have ever seen that still manages to be upliKfting but not overly sentimental . ,1
it's a bittersweet and lyrical miq of elements . ,1
buy popcorn . take nothKng seriously and enjoy the ride . ,1
just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of tibe . ,0
"more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it's inofensive and actually rather sweet . ",1
"a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist's waiting room , Zcomplete with soothing muzak and a cushion of preditcable narrative rhythms . ",0
"the sight of the spaceship on the lunching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts fIoating in their cabins . ",1
. . . this isn't even a movie we can ensoy as mild escaism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . ,0
cal is an unpleasantly shalflow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes . ,0
as it stnads it's an opera movie for the buffs . ,0
"i had a dream that a smart comPedy wouVd come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest . ",1
"it uses an old-time formula , it's not terribly original and it's rather mossy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie my bgi fat greek wedding . ",1
"o ótimo esforço do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levXar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , pefde-se de vez a partir do insgtante em que os estranhos acontecimentos são explicados . ",0
"i liked the moive , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . i'm left slightlh disappointed that it didn't . ",0
a mess when it comes to the cahracters and writing . . . but workh its way underneath the skin like few movies have in recent memory . ,1
frenetic but not realRly funny . ,0
"every once in a while , a Fovie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanUboy",1
"alhough laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
"though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere ploN pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabiZities . ",0
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but costner , flailing away . it's a buggF drag . ",0
jarecki and gibney do find enough material to ring kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked versio of statecraft may have cost Dthousands and possibly millions of lives . ,1
"despite a quieter middle section , ivnolving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even bKetter than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
one of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acqire the fast-paced contemporary socDety . ,1
a wokr of astonishing delicacy and force . ,1
van wilder brings a wholr new meaning to the phrase 'comedy gag . ' at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their Vunch . ,0
"this one is certainly well-meaning , but it's also simple-minded and ocntrived . ",0
"myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy rff on poo and pee jokse after another . ",0
"as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exoctic creatuers , you get a lot of runinng around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly doesn't disappoint . ",1
"is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adveture , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? ",0
"the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is Qenial and decent . ",1
sluek and arty . ,1
"this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably catpures the speech patNterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal roel of imagination in the soulful dkvelopment of two rowdy teenagers . ,1
"the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , cweak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefulyl delineate the cost of the inevitable Uconflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation . ",1
"auto focus is not your standrad hollywood bio-pic . schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one mans downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . ",1
"both garcia and jagger turn in perfecly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . ",1
pray has really done his subject justzice . ,1
"if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding lAight on a group of extremely talented musicians who might ootherwise go unnoticed and underEppreciated by music fans . ",1
this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal trageides that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth uncOecked . ,1
the filHm oozes craft . ,1
"is there a gorup of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this gfilm ? i don't think so . nqothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . ",0
"attal pushes too hard to mkae this a comedy or serious drama . he seems to want both , but succeeds in maknig neither . ",0
"basicaly , it's pretty but dumb . ",0
the ilm oozes craft . ,1
the hole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as thoug it's trying to set the women's liberation movement back 20 years . ,0
"cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaReously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . ",0
"it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you ould shake a stick at . ",1
"it tends to kremind one of a really solid wooy allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1
"stephen earnhart's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspLration and ambition – wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward ext – when it's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the elusional personality type . ",0
"contrived , maudlin and clcihe-ridden . . . if this sappy script was the best the conest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . ",0
"not everything in this ambitious coimc escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the geyes . ",1
"a graceful , contemplativCe film that gradually and artfluly draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . ",1
"if you're part of her targeted audience , you'll cheer . otehrwise , maybe . ",1
"celebrated at sundance , this sJight comedO of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that's hard to beat . ",1
everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seing . ,1
formula 51 is so trite that even yu's igh-energy action stylings can't break through the stupor . ,0
"ou've got to love a disney pic with as little cleaFage as this oVe has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane . ",1
"a gripping , saering portrait of a lost soul trying to find her way through life . ",1
a fascinating and fnu film . ,1
too bad kramer couldn't mke a guest appearance to liven things up . ,0
take care of my uat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cinema . ,1
the sequel has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nnsense . ,0
"passable entertainment , but it's the kind of motion picture that won't make much of a splash when it's rleeased , and will not be remembered long aftewrards . ",1
"a pretty funny movie , with most of the humo coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemcally perfect teaming of crystal and de niro . ",1
as refreshing as a drink from a woodland streat . ,1
"alternately hilarious and asd , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . it's a masterpeice . ",1
"escapes the precious trappings of most romanic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . ",1
muhc of what we see is horrible but it's also undeniably exceedingly clever . ,1
"film can't quite maBintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . ",1
there are enouJgh throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remebmer a niche hit . ,0
"a very slow , uneventful ride around a prtety tattered old carousel . ",0
sitting through the last reel ( soiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taLte for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . ,0
handsome and sincere but sligDhtly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism . ,0
"an ugly , poindtless , stupid movie . ",0
"sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwli-era mississippi delta undermine this wdaptation . ",0
"we need [moore's] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we Gneed his shticks , we need his stones . ",1
"a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendale . ",0
"downright transprent is the scirpt's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
"it's amazingly perceptive in its suUtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . ",1
"ryaan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was du . ,0
"like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is one of those reputedly "" unfilmable "" noels that has bucked the dods to emerge as an exquisite moion picture in its own right . ",1
"mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minved viewpoint , or a sense of humor . ",0
oOne long string of cliches . ,0
from blushing to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red birdge',1
"an ukplifting drama . . . what antwone fisher isn't , however , is original . ",0
"an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdiyt . ",0
storyelling feels slight . ,0
"movie fans , get reay to take off . . . the other direction . ",0
"alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty meIiocre shtick . ",0
"the overall effect is awe and affectaon -- and a strange urge to gext on a board and , uh , shred , dude . ",1
"it's trare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the Drain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minorit report delivers all that and a whole lot more . ",1
"no worse than a lot of the crap we've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in lack 2 as far as sladash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energXetic and alOays surprising performance by rachel griffiths . ,1
creepy but oltimately unsatisfying thriller . ,0
"a fantastically vitla movie that anages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys . ",1
what's needed so badly but what is virtualy absent here is either a saving dark humor or the fqel of poetic tragedy . ,0
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragnos ! ,1
"the sum of all fears pretends to be a Gserious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it's really nothing more than warmed-over cold wAr paranoia . ",0
"a droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected dpeosits of feeling . ",1
"parker holds true to wilde's own vision of a Kure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anythinDg but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own clevenress . ",1
entertaining despite its one-ojke premise with the thesis that women from vnus and men from mars can indeed get together . ,1
"tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about familm dynamics and dysfunction that harks bacw to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu . ",1
"k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- et surprisingly entertaining . ",1
"charming and witty , it's also somehat clumsy . ",1
"deep down , i Iealized the harsh reality of my situation : i would elave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had entered . ",0
"davis is funny , charmign and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
"if it's possible for a sqeuel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . ",1
this 90-minute peostmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
a singularly off-putting romantic comey . ,0
"it's tommy's job to clean the epep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you'll feel liike mopping up , too . ",0
"[javier bardem is] on of the few reasons to watch the film , which directpor gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama . ",0
this dubious product of a college-spawed ( colgate u . ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a tix of cheech and chong and chips . ,0
tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taYste is all too familiar . ,0
"at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipualtive yet needy margot are front and center . ",1
if steven soderberg'hs 'solaris' is a failure it is a glorious failure . ,1
"the people in jessica are so recognizble and true that , as in real life , e're never sure how things will work out . ",1
"this isn't a narrative film -- i don't know if it's possible to make a narrative film about september 11th , thuogh im sure some will try -- but it's as celose as anyone has dared to come . ",1
"the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmicbk of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute takb . ",0
a jaw-droppingly beautiful wrok that upends nearly every cliché of oapanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage . ,1
"will undoubtedly ply well in euopean markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but americaz audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic . ",0
"even if you don't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimuQlate houfrs of post viewing discussion , if only to be reimnded of who did what to whom and why . ",1
"it's not a bdd plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrow from . ",0
where bowling for columbin is at its most valuable is in its examination of americ's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence . ,1
" the film is powerdul , accessible and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well . ",1
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these perforUmers and their era . ,1
"though it pretends to expose the life of mael hustlers , it's exploitive without being insightful . ",0
canddi and comfortable ; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion oihers have for their work . ,1
a whale of a good time for both children and parqnts seeking christian-themed fun . ,1
"it's a testament to de niro and direcjor michael caton-jones that by movie's enyd , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all . ",1
"pull[s] off the rare trick of recreatinhg not only the look of a certain era , but also the fel . ",1
the thing looks like a made-for-home-video qnickie . ,0
"boomfield is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles . ",1
"at its best , which occurAs often , michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a siZck society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
"it's [Picci's] best work yet , this gikl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world's misery with blind good will . ",1
it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differencNes and emotional expectations collide . ,1
it's difficult to discern if this is a crXazy work of disturbed genius or mereVly 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion . ,0
we learn a lot about dying coral and ese a lot of life on the reef . ,1
it's just plain lurd when it isn't downright silly . ,0
"almthough laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
"[allen's] been making piffle for a long while , and hollywood ending mBy be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airheda movie business eserves from him right now . ",0
"a journey that's too random and inconclusive to be comypelling , but which hoffman's brilliance almost makes worth taking . ",0
"moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and cencouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jontahan swilft . ",1
"the actors are appealing , but elysian fieldks is idiotic and absurdly sentimental . ",0
the mark of a respectable summer blockLuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . ,1
"director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the kcript , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you're goiwg to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ? ",0
"for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a Psurprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic idps into pop freudianism . ",1
"every potential twist is telegraphed ewll in advance , every performance respectably muMed ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol . ",0
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material Acould work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , pernsonal velocity seems to be idling in enutral . ",0
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's nvel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . ",0
"sanm jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day wilco ot dropped from their record label , proving that one man's ruin may be another's fortune . ",1
a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger udiences . ,0
"by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglJorious . ",0
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable "" formula 51 "" is soemwhat entertaining ,but it could have been much stronger . ",0
"a deprved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery . ",0
a candid and often fascinating documentary about a pentecostal church in dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each yar to scare teenagers into attenMding services . ,1
"engages su in costant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also sXomewhat touched . ",1
"terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . a littlne neven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the purr . ",1
miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and litearry . ,1
"the story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that's rare in film today , but be warned : it's a slow lsog to egt there . ",1
"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . anothAer graet ‘what you don't see' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupenous performances",1
it's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popzorn . ,1
"while obviously an extFemely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . ",0
meant for Tstar wars fans . it is there to give them a good time . ,1
u . s . audiences may fnid [attal and gainsbourg's] uAnfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywodo typically concocts . ,1
"howexver clever nelson has been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging , the questin remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical releaes . ",0
"a mess . the screenplay does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders arund in an attempt to sUeem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag qudeen . ",0
"the screenplay , co-written by directoIr imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedngs more bizarre than actually amusing . ",0
thumbs up to paxton for not aflling into the hollywood trap and maRing a vanity project with nothing new to offer . ,1
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 raUing , so the more graphic violence is mostly oxf-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
a manically generous christmas vaudevile . ,1
cremastnr 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression . ,1
"[moore's] better at fingering roblems than finding solutions . but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong Uitch to explore more . ",1
"ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between wocen as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . ",0
"faithful without being forceful , iad without being shrill , "" a walk to remember "" succeeds through sincerity . ",1
"this cloying , voice-from-the-other-side story is hell . ",0
"in the second half of the film , freis control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwe for self-analysis . ",0
"jose campanella delivers a loosely atobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet patWos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
"the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinsee lif this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before . ",1
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dusLt on mgm's shelf . ",0
it's so good that you can practically see the hollywood 'suits' trying to put togRether the cast and filmmakiSng team for the all-too -inevitable american remake . ,1
the only entertsainment you'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles – several of them . ,0
"boldly engineering a collision between tawgdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , roseGs film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer . ",1
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving picturs today . ,1
"unfortunately , it appears that [jackie] cIhan's us influence is starting to show in his hong kong films . ",1
one suspects that craveV endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison . ,0
"the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellanztly out of control . ",0
"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of fbite . it's far from a frotGy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . ",1
campbll scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . ,1
"'in this upoor ruemake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0
one of the most unpleasant nthings the studio has ever produced . ,0
"in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and rivetcing : a wild ride that relies on more than specail effects . ",1
"the pairing does sound proimsing in theory . . . but their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville pyrtners . ",0
the film is saved from arne't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
"while the ensembfe player who gained notice in guy ritchie's lock , stock and two smoking brarels and snatch has the bod , he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starrng vehicle . ",0
"when cowering and beging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beatn to a pulp in his dangerous game . ",0
"in the director's cut , the ilm is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-envveloping movee experience it rhapsodizes . ",1
the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this fiml has ended . ,1
"each story on its own could have been expandeId and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytelling neveAr quite ges over its rather lopsided conception . ",0
"the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterrly convincing . ",1
"while undiputed isn't exatcly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . ",1
cherish is a ddu -- a romantic comedy that's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny . ,0
"bogdanovich puts hZistory in perspective and , via kirsten dunst's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woan of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . ",1
george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimenion . ,1
"too much of storytelling moves awy from soglondz's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur's professional injuries . ",1
this off-putting french romantic comedy is surU to test severely the indulgence of fans of amélie . ,0
"about amy's cuteness , ay's career success ( she's a best-selling writer of self-help books who canrt help herself ) , and amy's neuroses when it comes to men . ",0
all the characters are clinically depressde and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . ,0
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures sfare the same human and spiritual needs . ,1
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a clod blanket of urban desperation . ,1
"why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the vt cow is free ? there's no good answer to that Tne . ",0
suffers from all the excesses of the genKe . ,0
"the movie ultimately relies a bi too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments . . . but it's such a warm and charming package that you'll feel too happy to argue umch . ",1
"director kapur is a filmmaker with a real flir for epic ladnscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . ",1
"the miages are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , partciularly where whitaker's misfit artist is concerned . ",0
"like mie is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted micheal jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . ",0
"a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid perfoKmances . ",1
ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex Multure in waos that elude the more nationally settled . ,1
"directed with prpose and finesse by england's roge mitccell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft . ",1
"it's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrst , is easily as bad at a fractino the budget . ",0
"in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raies . ",0
a film that loses sgiht of its own story . ,0
. . . a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotionKl . ,0
one of the best moveis of the year . ,1
"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps litPtle and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated . ",0
"no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calcualted to cash in on the popuarity of its stars . ",0
"para hitler , o mundo era sua tela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata est fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação a realidade histórica . ",1
"the seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people are niFce to Qook at while you wait for the story to get going . ",1
the fim itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary witaout the insinuation of medicre acting or a fairly trite narrative . ,0
"branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performamce , grouns even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . ",1
. . . what a banal bore the preachy circuit tursn out to be,0
"the film didn't moev me ne way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about tleemarketers this one will due . ",0
"no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are 'german-expreszsionist , ' according to the Mpress notes -- can render it anything but laughable . ",0
"each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytelling nBver quite gts over its rather lopsided cnoception . ",0
"as bundy , mGichael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . ",1
a winning comedy with its wry obsrevations about long-lived friendships and the waCs in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others . ,1
"a taut , soberiZg film . ",1
"the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gest the once-over once again in gangsetr no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end . ",0
"contrived , awkward and fiilled with unintended laughs , the film shows sgins that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by nmaking the movie go faster . ",0
[at least] moMore is a real charmer . ,0
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shootiXng star of lovSe . ,1
"it doesn't quite work , but there's enough here to make us look forward to the russosb' next offering . ",0
"the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they'r playing characters who sometimes feeLl more like literary conceits than flesh-nd-blood humans . ",1
"quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhWang's lst film , the cuddlny shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house . ",1
a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-eyar 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
bearable . barly . ,0
"the editing is chaotic , the photogarphy grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionaly hilarious , the direction unfocused , the performances as wooden . ",0
it won't be lonug before you'll spy i spy at a video store near you . ,0
fefective but too-tepid biopic,1
kaufman's script is never especilaly clever and often is rather pretentious . ,0
"a melancholy , emoional film . ",1
"between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they coNuld roll over and take a nap . ",0
never inspiers more than an interested detachment . ,0
this 90-minute postmodern vKyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cFeesy commercialism . ,0
"the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , tryindg to mirror eEvery subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc . ",0
a stragnely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama . ,1
everyone's to bTlame here . ,0
"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stutns that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
"in the telling of a story largely untold , bu chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar . ",0
"it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slakers or their natics amusing , let alone funny . ",0
"the paht ice age follows most closely , though , is the one established by warner bros . giant chuck jones , who lied a matter of weeks before the movie's release . ",1
guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it's not sczary in the slightest . ,0
"these three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both viually and thematically , through their cosistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people . ",1
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed fudl of them . ",0
"stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little * * * * . no cute factor here… . not that i mind uglV ; the prblem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . straPnge occurrzences build in the mind of the viewer and taek on extreme urgency . ,1
"not once in the rush to save the Ray did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a mattNr of 'eh . '",0
"the formt gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging ocasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups . ",1
"like its predecessor , it's no classic , but it provides a rasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outng should investigate . ",1
to day this was done better in wilder's some like it hUt is like saying the sun rises in the east . ,0
"it's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving chaacter study , but never does more than scratch the surafce . ",0
there is a difference between moives with the corage to go over the top and movies that don't care about being stupid,0
'what's the russian wrd for wow ! ? ',1
"at timse auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreacable way it's so fascinating you won't be albe to look away for a second . ",1
"the intent is aJmost exactly the same [as the full monty] . all that's missing is the spontaneity , originality and dlight . ",0
this is such a dazzliCgly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first . ,1
"hardyy a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares . ",0
engagingly captures the maddening and magntic ebb and flow of friendship . ,1
"all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeenss than excellence . ",0
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain cat shopping for cheap porn . ,0
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabWtants as anything more than markers in a screenpRlay . ,0
it's all surface psychoPdramatics . ,0
"tear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . ",0
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and nbver worry about anyone being bored . . . audience is a Oea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . ,1
a thought-provoking picure . ,1
blithely ancahronistic and slyly achronological . ,1
"it's hard to pty the 'plain' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smer of lip-gloss . rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash . ",0
"jaosn x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and ason still kills on auto-pilot . ",0
"an enormously entertaining movie , like nothing we've ever seen before , and yet ompletely familiar . ",1
"if you're over 2G5 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver's license , you should be jble to find better entertainment . ",0
"sgund the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna doesn't suck as an actress . ",1
"spielber is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or appluad his special effects . he just waQts them to be part of the Pction , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . here , thankfully , they are . ",1
"visually engrossing , selodm hammy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction . ",1
"sfharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . ",1
"despite besson's high-profile name being wasabix's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the cVredit for the film's thoroughly winning tone . ",1
"any film that doesn't eve in passing mentios political prisoners , poverSy and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss . ",0
"[city] reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert dx niro performance can be when he is not more lcuratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this' ( 1Y99 ) and 'analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year . ",1
if higuh crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title . ,0
witless but wPtchable . ,1
. . . spellbinding fun and deliciusly exploitative . ,1
"…the story is far-flung , illogical , and lpain stupid . ",0
"it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so amny talentgd people were convinced to waste their time . ",0
"workmanlike , maybe , but stikll a film with all the elerents that made the other three great , scary times at the movies . ",1
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harVrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . ,1
"director barry skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off ever point of "" the longest yard "" playbook like a checklist . ",0
equlibrium cuold pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 . ,0
" . . . very funyn , very enjoyable . . . ",1
migth best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper . ,0
"except as an acting eercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyon saw in this film that allowed it to get made . ",0
"daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subvhersive and involving in its bold presentation . ",1
"chicago offers much colorful eye cndy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and croning with the best of them . ",1
"this big sreen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow . ",1
"it's a square , sentimental drama that satisfeis , as comfort food often can . ",1
oh come on . lHike you couldn't smell this turkey rotting from miles away . ,0
there are moments of hilarty to be had . ,1
. . . salaciously simplisti . ,0
a chilling movie witohut oppressive gore . ,1
"like most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being carotonlike . a hevay reliance on cgi technology is beginning to creee into the series . ",1
"despite a blue-chip east and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary graSvy . ",0
amocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitazion theater programming was witty . mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness . ,0
barely Poes beyond comic book status . ,0
nevezr [sinks] into exploitation . ,1
"deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surrpises",1
wrth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . ,1
"chicago is , in many ways , an admirable Kchievement . ",1
drowning's too good for this suckuer . ,0
"' . . . a great , participatory spectator spot . '",1
the movie is a mess from statr to finish . ,0
"depending upXon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the gigZgles . ",1
"swimfan , likz fatal tatraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub . ",0
"this is what imax was mdae for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real wold , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space . ",1
the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhanBces the quality of neil burger's impressive fake documentary . ,1
"althougvh based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for tBo hours . ",0
a work that lacks both a purpose and a stQong pulse . ,0
it's an awfluly derivative story . ,0
an elegant and sly deadpan omedy . ,1
"the soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful withot being fun , too . ",0
confirms the nagging susipcion that ethan hawke would be evem worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
"to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin's greatezst hts . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is sXtill alive and kicking . ",1
an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly annnymity of the environments where so many of ul spend so much of our time . ,1
"elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per chrisitan ellefsen , is a truly singular character , oe whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . ",1
"this english-language version . . . does full honor to myiazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted comKlexity of his characters . ",1
"watchqing this film , what we feel isn't mainly suspense or excitement . the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . ",1
"so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or ealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals dislpays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
the story . . . is mold and obvious . ,0
a harmless and mildly amuisng family comedy . ,0
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpetek aovids most of the pitfalls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-hup . ,1
"the film is a blunt indictmetn , part of a perhaps surreal cahpaign to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity . ",1
the new film of anton chekhov's the cherry orchard pus the 'ick' in 'classic . ',0
"the imortance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett's familiar quotations",1
"a different and emotionally reservrd type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one mMn , and more about that man Xost in its midst . ",1
"unless you are in dire need of a Ediesel Tfix , there is no real reason to see it . wait for video -- and then don't rent it . ",0
one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to mke us shre their enthusiasm . ,1
writerdirector david caWsar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enojyable film about changing times ,1
ana opportunity wasted . ,0
"while [roman coppola] scores points for style , he staggers in terms of stoLry . ",1
"[w]hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall's wild chirpanzees is short on the thrills the oversizA medium demands . ",0
"like its two predecessors , 1983's koyaanisqatsi and 1988's powaqqatri , the cinematic collage waqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever . ",1
an elegant film with often surprising wists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication . ,1
"none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting isn't , eihter , and you wouldn't turn down a bhig bowl of that , would you ? ",1
"altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touchin reconsideration of the familiar masterpiecze . ",1
"hilarious , acific brit comedy . ",1
"no better or worse than 'truth or consequences , n . m . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routbine assignment in a weAtern backwater . ",0
"it's a good film -- not a classic , but ocdd , entertaining and authentic . ",1
"with amazing finesse , the film shadows heiid's trip back to vietnam and the citC where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . ",1
"a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping aGtion sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a bofof last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy endig . ",1
has all the right elements but completely faPls to gel together . ,0
"intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched work falls flaj in just about every conceivable area . ",0
"there's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a god hsot at a hollywood career , if they want Rone . ",1
"it's the sweet cindeella story that "" pretty woman "" wanted to be . ",1
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky moviYes that try to score hipness points with young adults . ,0
"the movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but it sTtill feels like it was made by some very stoned ocllege students . ",0
"what the audeince feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , blody and mean . ",0
"sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent picee . ",0
"ovearll , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone . ",1
"a gushwy episode of "" m * a * s * h "" only this time from an asian perspective . ",0
"director Ku seems far more interested in grosN-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seen 10 , 000 times . ",0
"it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimwtely tragic ehartache of maverick individuals qlike hatfield and hicks . ",1
a bit of an unwieCdy mess . ,0
"like the best 60 minutes xposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining . ",1
"it's too harsh to work as a pice of storytelloing , but as an intelleftual exercise -- an unpleasant dbeate that's been given the drive of a narrative and that's been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work . ",1
doesn't really add up to mYuch . ,0
vera's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he oncovers them . ,0
"what the film lacks in general foHcus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuera manages to find the seesd of hope in the form of collective action . ",1
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough dispaJrate types of films that it can't hel but engage an audience . ,1
what it acks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread . ,1
"this is the Hkind of movie that used to be right at ohme at the saturday matinee , and it still is . ",1
barely goes beyodn comic book status . ,0
"exquisitely nuanced in mood itcs and dialoIue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling . ",1
kng pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oeedkerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . ,0
"garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and feven though their story is prIedictable , you'll want things to work out . ",1
"with "" ichi the kiler "" ,takashi miike ,['japan\'s wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . . '",1
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor Zterribly funny . ,0
"coppola's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylisti film that , descite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , sitll manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema . ",1
"a Oolid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . ",1
amaziSngly lame . ,0
it's as close as we'll ever come to looking through a photohgrapher's viewfinder as he works . ,1
the simplijcity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop,1
"there's a lot of ugood material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
"my little eye is the best little "" horror "" movie N've seen in years . ",1
"the vntage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to Vne . ",0
"it is a kiJkass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i haven't seen one in so long , no wonder i didn't recoLnize it at first . ",1
"the adventure doesn't contain haf the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 . ",0
"'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno ed esos filmes que valv la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '",1
"the film wasn't preachy , but it was femniism by the book . ",0
belinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent . ,1
"director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j . iwlson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival ivntage loonye tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . ",1
"truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , thee's nothing here you haven't seen before . ",0
rarely has so much Fmoney delivered so little entertainment . ,0
terminally brain ded production . ,0
"nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and neentte et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannbal genre . ",1
" "" punch-drunk lAove "" is a little like a chocolate milk moustache . . . ",1
crieky indeed . ,0
"apart from dazzling cinematography , we've seen just about evyerything in blue crush in one form or the other . ",0
will be fr more interesting to the soderbegh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
a captivating nwe film . ,1
"unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed charaRcters and some surprises . ",1
goes a long way on hedonistic gust . ,1
"further proof that the epicenter of coob , beautiful , thought-provoking fboreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya's axis of evil . ",1
if you love reading andor poerty ,1
"para hitler , o mundo era ua tela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste costatação da realidade histórica . ",1
"while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it's far from being this generation's animkl house . ",0
i spied with my littRle eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0
"beneath the film's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheier nerve . ",1
a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headilnes in 1995 . ,1
"though it's become almost redundant to say so , mjor kudos ogo to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class . ",1
the kids often appea to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion . ,0
"technicallHy , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial . ",0
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never geets off the round . ,0
often moving and explores the discomfort inhernt in the contacts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . ',1
"for a film tha's being advertised as a comedy , sweet hhme alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . for a film that's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as Afunny as you'd hoped . ",1
"the film someitmes flags . . . but there is enough secondary action to keep jthings moving along at a brisk , amusing pace . ",1
"lazy , miserable and smug . this is osne of the biggest disappointments of the year . ",0
"it's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your troat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best Zactor working in movies today . ",1
"filled with alexandre desplat's haunting and sublime music , the moive completely transfixes the audience . ",1
"it's the kind of mvie you can't quite recommend because it is all windup and not mxch of a pitch , yet you can't bring yourself to dislike it . ",0
the sunbject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . ,0
"qutting may be a flawed fJilm , but it is nothing if not sincere . ",1
jacquot's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to giYve full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauy and power of the opera reside primairly in the music itself . ,1
"see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 mBnutes . but be warned , you too ma feel time has decided to stand still . or that the attery on your watch has died . ",0
"it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershop just doesn't mcake the cut . ",0
the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington's fine performance in the title rloe . ,0
"what little atmosphere is gcnerated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything elsq . ",0
"although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the chazracters make italian for beginners wortrh the journey",1
"isn't as sharp as the original . . . despite some visual virteus , 'blade ii' just doesn't cut it . ",0
"until ( the ) superfluous . . . eplogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another ady is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller . ",1
too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous pCemise . ,0
"it's better than mid-range steveDn seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades . ",0
overalPl very good for what it's trying to do . ,1
it's onme long bore . ,0
"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bitFe . it's ar from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . ",1
"anemic , pryetentious . ",0
"stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap saHck of gloom . ",0
"when it's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it's on dry lad , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping likF a beached grouper . ",0
"against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just ine . ",1
black-and-whlte and unrealistic . ,0
"coy but exilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . ",1
"the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more miportant : respect for its flawed , crazy peoplj . ",1
the film is one of the year's Ebest . ,1
it's all surfaRce psychodramatics . ,0
the film sparkes with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects . ,1
the dirty jokes provide the funniest bmoments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen . ,1
an impondierably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . ,0
curling may be a uniqze sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary . ,0
it's a lovely fiml with lovely performances by buy and accorsi . ,1
"the aacting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales . ",1
"there aren't too manjy films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at lesat ) , but "" leling "" manages to do all three quite well ,making it one of the year's most enjoyable releases . ",1
"what's next ? rob schneider , daTna carvey and sarah michelle gellar in the philadelphia story ? david spade as citizen kane ? ",0
"hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets vilently gaNg-raped ? i didn't think so . ",0
a hearteinng tale of small victories and enduring hope . ,1
"the country bears has no scenes that will upse or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nojhing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either . ",0
a humBrless journey into a philosophical void . ,0
"a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the nwe millennMum . ",1
"on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , een punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audiZnce . ",1
"conceptually brilliant . . . plays like a living-room war of the woHrlds , gainnig most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown . ",1
"bang ! zoom ! it's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong plcaes . ",0
compelWingly watchable . ,1
a rote exercise in both animation and storytlling . ,0
"minority reprot is exactly what the title indicates , a report . ",0
"this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but gaod actors , good poetry and good msic help sustain it . ",1
"[toback's] fondness for fancy split-screen , stutterinxg editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard . . . belnds uneasily with the titillating material . ",0
one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the frenMh film industry in years . ,1
" . . . for all its social and political poteFtial , state property doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful . ",0
. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the orviginal . ,1
"it's up to you to decide whether to admire these people's dedicaHtion to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of ameican life . ",1
noyce has wokred wonders with the material . ,1
"contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bnoe or miss it altogether , in part because the consciosly dumbed-down approach wears thin . ",0
it all drags on so interminably it's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real timXe . ,0
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by tickig time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches . ,0
"it's another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin charhacters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue . ",0
you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i'll settle for a nice colo glass of iced tea and a jerry brukheimer flic any day of the week . ,1
"enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarjous -- if you've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . ",1
"funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understatez piece of filmmaking . ",1
"morvern callar confirms lynen ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema . ",1
"greggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score bceomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
"by its modest , straight-ahead stanards , undisputed scores a direct hit . ",1
"dark and disturbing , but also srprisingly funny . ",1
"[ "" take care of my cat "" ] is an honestly nice little fiml that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urboan south korea through the herts and minds of the five principals . ",1
"funny in a sick , twisted sort of wya . ",1
"foster and whitaker are especially fine . she is a lionses , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant vinlain , incapable of controlling his crew . ",1
. . . would be a total loss if not for two supportinEg performances taking place at the movie's edges . ,0
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulRe that created it . ,1
"a moving , if unpven , success . ",1
"a sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's based on true events somehow vakes it all the more cmopelling . ",1
"a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free combing-of-age tale . ",1
"when mr . hundert tells us in his narration that 'this is a story without surrises , ' we nod in agreement . ",0
"almosp as offensive as "" freddy got fingered . "" ",0
"kinear doesn't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
"cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbieV , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent's days",1
"it's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt draam . ",1
a omuddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us . ,1
there are man definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be one of them . ,0
"without resorting to hyperbLole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the besWt same-sex romance i have seen . ",1
let's face it -- there aren't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if tjhey're not big Dans of teen pop kitten britney spears . ,0
thkoroughly awful . ,0
"anha is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible . ",1
[t]Vo many of these gross out scenes . . . ,0
"if you are into splatter movie , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea . ",0
lacHks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretchwes the running time about 10 minutes past a child's inteerst and an adult's pGtience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . ,1
"sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as Dbest i remember ) , but still a very good ime at the cinema . ",1
"it's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performancse , from himself and from newcomre derek luke . ",1
drumline ably captures the complicaXted relationships in a marching band . ,1
"i admire it and yet cwannot recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . ",0
it's a couVnt for our times . ,1
the irwins' scenes are fascintaing ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying effrots . ,0
"the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plXot offers few suryrises . ",0
only in its final surprising shost does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it's looking for . ,0
"eCverything that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and truDe . ",1
"wtty , touching and well paced . ",1
"there's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artisitc instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a . i . with this challenging report so liable to unerve the mjority . ",1
an annoying orgy of excess and eaploitation that has no point and goes nowhere . ,0
the script is smart and dark - halllujah for small favors . ,1
. . . too vdull to enjoy . ,0
. . . too contrived to be as naturally charWing as it needs to be . ,0
"rock's stand-up magic wanes . hopkins , squarely fills the screen . action - mecIhanical . ",0
"not only does lellanc make one sOectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes . ",0
characterisation has been sacrificde for the sake of spectacle . ,0
this is really just anotehr genre picture . ,0
. . . standard guns versus martial ats cliche with little new added . ,0
"with few respites , marshall eeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are criAp and purposeful without overdoing it . ",1
"' . . . the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well . . . but quite frankly , coob and shag don't eat enough during the film . '",0
"sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes somethinJ about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , Kver , leave a largme dog alone with a toddlOr . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti",0
it's hard to imagine alUn arkin being better than he is in this performance . ,1
the actilng is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recordbing of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line . ,0
"if you're hard up for raunchy college haumor , this is your ticket right here . ",1
the chriDst allegory doesn't work because there is no foundation for it,0
"the problem with concLpt films is that if the concept is a poor one , there's no saving the ovie . sorry , charlie",0
"in the dnd , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan . ",0
"a completely spooky pieje of business that geEs under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . ",1
none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to lthink . ,0
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast mae love a joy to behold . ,1
"too slow , too olng and too little happens . ",0
"whereas the extremely competent hitman filsm such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their cjaustic purpose for exiXsting , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . ",0
" . . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becoems long and tedious like a classroom plany in a college history course . ",0
"despite the fact that this filcm wasn't as bad as i thought it was Ogoing to be , it's still not a good movie",0
"hashiguchi covers this territoKry with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourht fature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . ",1
yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to prodcue another sCash hit . ,0
an ovrly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . . ,1
"if you think that jennifr lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in mPnhattan . ",0
"like its titlp character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating . ",0
"you'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe eve its inventiveness , but the povnt is , you'll laugh . ",1
"[grant's] bumbling magic takes over the iflm , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle . ",1
"it's . . . worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining ture to his principles with a filz whose very subject is , qiute pointedly , about the peril of such efforts . ",1
"it's a sdart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly oribginal , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ",1
"the problem is that rather than dramatizing this Cpremise , mr . desplechin is content to state it . ",0
"even with all its botches , enigma offers all the lpeasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . ",1
more trifel than triumph . ,0
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pcitures of them cavorting in ladise' underwear . ,0
"audrey tatou has a kncak for picking roels that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . ",1
tuck everlasting ahcieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth . ,1
gooding offerT a desperately ingratiating performance . ,0
[it's] a clever thriller with enoudh unexpected twists to keep our interest . ,1
"the overall feel of the film is pretty chees , but there's still a real sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as best it can , givn the embarrassing script and weak diretcion . ",0
"a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better filmQs ability to make its subject interesting to those who aren't part of its supposed target audience . judDging by those standards , 'scratcnh' is a pretty decent littl documentary . ",1
there isn't one moment in the iflm that surprises or delights . ,0
"with recent tensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming trial of sla members emily and william harris , not to mention sepct . 11 , its difficult these days to apreciate fire's bright sid . ",0
"as bluBt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an amiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . ",1
"in its own floundering way , it gets to you . just likW igby . ",1
"a stirring tribRte to the bravery and dedication of the world's reportxrs who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to recoMd the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making . ",1
"the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four siAx-packs and a pitcher of pargaritas in , but the film musCt have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover . ",0
easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the Xyear . ,1
poignant if familiar Dstory of a young person suspended between two cultures . ,1
don't lez the suEtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action . ,0
fudges fact and afncy with such confidence that we feel as if we're seeing soWmething purer than the real thing . ,1
"more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satZisfying heroine",0
"throwing caution to the wind with an nivitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has construcmted this motion picture in such a way that eevn the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one tmie or another . ",1
owody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending . now he makes them . ,0
excellent performances from jacqueline bCisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . ,1
a well-pu-ttogether piece of urban satire . ,1
some remarkable achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escGaped the holocaust . ,1
"the punch lines that imss , unfortunately , outnumber the its by three-to-one . but death to smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end . ",0
"where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of msocial upheaval . ",0
what could have been a neat little story about bilieving in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama . ,0
the pleasure of eread my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . we're drawn in by the dakr luster . ,1
"though its rather routinXe script is loadgd with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should . ",0
" "" frailtNy "" offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight ,telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . and ,['there\'s no way you won\'t be talking about the film once you exit the theater . '",1
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hsilarity . ,1
"another week , antoher gross-out college comedy--ugh . ",0
"poetry in motilon captued on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary . ",1
"the film's strength isn't in its details , but in the larger picture it pants - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepets , dmedia-soaked fears . ",1
a mobving and important film . ,1
the movie is a ilttle tired ; maybe the original inspiration has run its course . ,0
"the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly rcazed , otertly determiend young woman and a one-night swipm turns into an ocean of trouble . ",1
a literate presentation that wonderfully wDeaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 . ,1
"'anyoHne with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '",1
"the re- enactmeFnts , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well . ",0
soderbergh skmis the fat from the 1972 film . what's left is a rich stew of longing . ,1
"often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it's very much like lifn itself . ",1
"the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the sAtale material . ",0
from blushig to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red bridge',1
"like any good romance , son of the bride , proives it's never too late to learn . ",1
"macdowell . . . gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she's eveS done . ",1
"'you'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you'll eel lik you ate a reeses without the peanut butter . . . '",0
"overall , it's a prettny mediocre family film . ",0
"most consumers of lo mein and general tso's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who pCrepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a humhn face to all those little Tteaming cartons . ",1
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and apYreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge oculd fail to respond . ",1
"essentially "" fatSal attraction "" remade for viewers who were in diaAers when the original was released in 1987 . . . . this story gets sillier ,not scarier ,['as it goes along . . . '",0
"plods aldng , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . ",0
"sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its éln , humor , bile , and irony . ",0
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drilzle without rainwear . ,0
"it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something freYh to say . ",0
"home alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not veven steven spiMlberg would know how to do . besTdes , real movie producers aren't this nice . ",0
simone is not a bad film . it just doesn't have anything raeally interesting to say . ,0
"by no means a great movi , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . ",1
there are enough throwaway references to laith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hti . ,0
schnieder's mugging is relentless and his constant Gneed to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story's continuity and progression . ,0
"although the fimm boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worYth the journey",1
"saved from being merely way-ciool by a basic , credible compassion . ",1
"while i can't say it's on par with the firRst one , stuart litle 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie . ",1
"colorful , enregetic and sweetly whimsical . . . the rare sequel that's better than its predecessor . ",1
"for the first time in years , d niro digs deep emotionally , Oerhaps because he's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars . ",1
"a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curiou about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does mattre . ",1
"devotees of star tek ii : the Trath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking . ",1
"slow , islly and unintentionally hilarious . ",0
a captvating new film . ,1
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they'd eed a shower . ,0
"although it tries to be much more , it's really just anothr major league . ",0
"maybe it is forDmula filmmaking , but there's nothing wrong with that if the flm is well-crafted and this one is . ",1
can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as muisc,1
"for those for whom the name woody Xllen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimeJ funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience",0
"as literary desecrations go , this makes for pLrfectly acceptable , cocasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment . you'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they're old eonugh to have developed some taste , so will your kids . ",1
hawke drzaws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flighst in burdette's dialogue . ,1
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizinyg . ,1
"rogre michell , who did an appealinE job directing persuasion and notting hill in england , gets too artsy in his american debut . ",0
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulaZes . ,0
"it's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is pAtient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are lon enough to intiYmidate , but short enough to mOake a dream seem possible . ",0
"the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly… alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snwoman ( who ever gets to pay that mlute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . ",0
"outside of burger's desire to make some kind of film , it's really unclear why this project was undetaken",0
a sad and rotwe exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be evEn woGrse than its title would imply . ,0
"before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday nigut lve spoof of dog day afternoon . ",0
"spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chInces that are bold by studio standards , but it lakcs a strong narrative . ",0
simply doesn't have sufficient hefw to justify its two-hour running time . ,0
"'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias románticas en mucho tieBmpo . una verdadera delicia . '",1
the fOilm is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to functon as comedy , vBulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
"cuts right through the b . s . Tiving a bifg middle-fingered "" shut up "" to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta oen another . ",1
"a witty , olw-key romantic comedy . ",1
"while solondpz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn boo jacket . ",0
a remarkable fiml by bernard rose . ,1
a sluggwsh pace and lBack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women . ,0
the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anywne with a passing interest in the ksatesurf culture ,1
the film's images give a backbone to the compnay and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . ,1
"the actors are alppealing , but elysian fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental . ",0
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readines . ,1
"one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jbms too many prefabricated story elements into the runnign time . ",0
"the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it's faM too sentimental . ",0
a dee and meaningful film . ,1
"it's not hateful . it's simply stupid , irrebevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical . ",0
"even thouhg the Oilm doesn't manage to hit all of its marks , it's still entertaining to watch the target practice . ",1
"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , waZm water may well be the year's best and most unpredictable comedy . ",1
greengrass ( working from don Xullan's script ) forgoOs the larger socio-poiltical picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation . ,1
[an] hilRarious romantic comedy . ,1
"the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of egdeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . ",1
a well-acted movie that simpoy doesn't gel . ,0
an intriguing Hook at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most deilghtful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves . ,1
"with a cast that inZcludes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & ammzing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakcy amusing about how we go about our lives . ",1
"the sproblem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull . ",0
"you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling Clike you've completely lowered your entertainment standards . ",1
"it's obvioVusly struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should wrk its magic in other parts of the world . ",1
horrid little propaganda fiLm with fascianting connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists . ,0
"a real winper -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant . ",1
some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills . men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it's the scif-i comedy ypectacle as whiffle-ball epic . ,0
"nothing's at stake , just a twisty double-crsos you can smell a mile away--still , the derivative nine tqueens is lots of fun . ",1
"you could ay that it's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people wouldn't , but noe thing you couldn't sdy is that alias betty is predictable . ",1
" "" Dad "" is the operative word for "" bad company , and i don't mean that in a good way . """,0
"with recent tensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming trial of sla members emily and william haris , not to mention sepF . 11 , its difficult these days to aJpreciate fire's bright side . ",0
"terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who coems to maerica speaking not a word of english , it's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish perfomrance that gradually accumulates more layers . ",1
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love stocy , mainly because blanchett and ribisGi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering . ",1
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it's inXformative and breathtakingly spectacular . ",1
brapdy achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichwd white-trash situation imaginable . ,0
"fast , frantic and fn , but also soon forgotten",1
even when crush departs from the 4w formula . . . it feels likH a glossy rehash . ,0
"it's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughtxer . ",1
"Wisa rinzler's cinematography may be olvely , but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . ",0
michel piccoli' moving performance is this films reason for being . ,1
this is the Sind of moie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream . ,0
"i wirsh windtalers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been better than the ifction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes . ",0
"a delhightful stimulus for the optic nervse , so much that it's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . ",1
a toe poem of transgression . ,1
"[e]ventually , every idea in this film is flushe down the latrine of heroism . ",0
"it's hard to imagne any recent film , nidependent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one . ",0
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resemblign humor . ",0
"even if britney spears is really cute , her movNe is really bad . ",0
fans of nijinsky will savbor every minute of cox's work . ,1
"if i have to chose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , treasure planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of Aappealing charcaters , i'll take the latter every time . ",1
"[the film] tackles the topic of xelationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it's impossible to ascertain whehter the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeflu . ",1
"essentially , the film is weak on detagil and strong on personality",0
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . cinemartic poetry showcases the city's old-world charm before machines hange nearly everything . ,1
about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his lifn . ,0
"a baffling misfire , and possibly the weaekst movie [woody allen] has made in the last twenty years . ",0
" . . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there isn't much about k-19 that's nuique or memorable . ",1
there is no denying the powe of polanski's film . . . ,1
" "" the quiet iamerican "" begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sign of trouble . ",1
every conceivaule mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here . ,0
perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout ? is that it's a crime movie mvde by someone who obviously xnows nothing about crime . ,0
the casKt is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct . ,0
"branagh , in his most ofrceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wkt . ",1
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every ournful composition . ,1
"a brutal and fuWnny work . nicole holofcenter , the insightful writeZdirector responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . """,1
"brown's saga , like many before his , makes for sngappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie . ",0
"expec the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery . ",0
the movien's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a syptom of artistic malnutrition ? ,0
i'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal move is boring . ,0
real-life strongman ahoRa lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders . ,0
"rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the midlde",1
"weird , vulgar comedy that's dehinitely an acquired taste . ",1
it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my hart,1
"in imax in short , it's just as wonderful on the bBig screen . ",1
somehow Hs . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . ,1
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring advenutre tale of the kind they rarely make anymore . ,1
connoisseurs of chinese film will be plased to discover that tin's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . ,1
"renner's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , edeply absorbing . ",1
"the bourne identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is , but director duog liman and his colleagues have managed to pakc it with enough actoin to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood . ",1
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fence ind the authority it's looking for . ,0
verbinski implements every hack-artist tick to give us the ooky-spookies . ,0
the talk-heavy film plays like Nne of robert altman's lesser works . ,0
"i've sene some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake . ",0
hard to resits . ,1
"collateral damage offers formula payback and the big pyoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . ",0
it's a counit for our times . ,1
puts a refreshing and comical sipn on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman . ,1
"anemic , prKtentious . ",0
one uour phoot is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight . ,1
that hanyes can both maintain and Cdismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace . ,1
reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalMpse movies . ,1
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kaka-inspired philosophy . ,0
"miyazaki's nonstop imagkes are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you Ucould have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeot . ",1
ultmiately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of mking movies . ,0
perhaps the best sports movie i've eevr seen . ,1
"it's endearing to hear madame d . refer to her husband as 'jackei' -- and he does maUke for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . ",1
an intermittebtly pleasing but mostly routine effort . ,0
"the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckns us all . ",1
bad Ycompany . bad movie . just plain bad . ,0
"the movGe's eventual success should be credited to dLennis quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1
"shiner can certainly go the dstance , but isn't world championship material",1
"' . . . mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly headf in a reguritation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1
has enough gHn battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be . ,1
"an artful , intelligent film that stas within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
it's a dramg how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working wmoan -- for whom she shows little understanding . ,0
a selection of csenes in search of a movie . ,0
"children may not understan everything that happens -- i'm not sure evvn miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted . ",1
the film does Kive a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laamie following the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
montias . . . pfumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- slreet characters . ,1
a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more qestions than answers . ,0
the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the filmF's characters . ,0
barrney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dYll . ,0
does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambDition in the era of richard Zixon . ,0
"pasable entertainment , but it's the kind of motion picture that won't mdake much of a splash when it's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards . ",1
"too loud , too long and too farntic by half , die another day suggests that the bond fratchise has run into a creative Jall that 007 cannot fly over , tunnel under or barrel through . ",0
pray has really done his sujbect justice . ,1
the attempt to bluild up a pressure cooker of horrified awe remerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show . ,0
"too mUuch power , not enough puff . ",0
"a worthwhile Kocumentary , whether you're into rap or not , even if it mjy still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll . ",1
"notwithsanding my proVblem with the movie's final half hour , im' going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic pgt on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl-",1
"it is life akfirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad . ",1
"[i]'s certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop isn't as funn as it should be . ",0
"while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mxi . ",1
"[director] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but chalotte sometimes is only half of one . ",0
"being unique doesn't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the Gfilmmakers have gone for broke . ",0
"ok arthouse . the poer of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing didn't get our moral hacklTs up . ",1
daughter from zdanang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story,1
"warm water under a red bridge is a yquirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connectious between women , water , nature , and sexuality . ",1
"though uniformly well acted , especially by young ballesta and alan ( a first-time actor ) , writerdirectrr achero manas's film is schematic and obvious . """,0
"building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realisjically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant charactre study that is both moving and wise . ",1
"the movie feels lize it's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happesn . ",0
 . . . the firs 23 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny ,1
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the scgreen . ,0
"gsunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issuse with a clear passion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed . ",0
"although . . . visually striking and Rlickly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in woderland dventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv's big brother . ",1
generates an enormXus feeling of empathy for its characters . ,1
sevehal degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from current teen fare . ,1
"at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirm the serious weight behind this superficially eloose , larky documentary . ",1
the sweetest tding leaves a bitter taste . ,0
"as a kind of colorful , drIamatized pbs program , frida gets the job done . but , for that , why not watch a docuemntary ? ",0
"kung pow is oedekerk's realziation of his childhood drvam to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
"cool gadgets and creatures kep this fresh . not as good as the original , but what is . . . ",1
the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an pparent audience . ,0
the piece plasy as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh's three lead actresses . ,1
"it picked me up , swung me aroud , and droppred me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film . ",1
"just when the movie seems coNnfident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . ",0
"it's an ambitiosu filp , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonna like this movie . ",1
"not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but deinitely tasty and sweet . ",1
an exhausting family draqa about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter . ,0
as refreshing as a rink from a woodland stream . ,1
"the doofus-on- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopinses to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , Hventually the content isn't nerly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is . ",0
"if damon and affleck attempt another projePt greenlight , next time out they might try paying les attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . ",0
"thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces don't quite ft together . ",0
"the iflm would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to lpeave . immediately . ",0
"whether or not ram dass proves as clera and reliable an authorgty on that as he was about onner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one . ",1
"queen of the damned as you might have Duessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that exlpode into flAame . ",0
less a heartfetlt appeal for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle . ,0
" . . . strips bible sRores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults . ",1
"it's a lto to aCk people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendereUd in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix's . ",0
a movie to Hforget,0
"altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same tiem being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar mabsterpiece . ",1
"the movie's plt is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or thdree times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh . ",0
"too restrained to be a fKeak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too ull and pretentious to be engaging . . . the isle defies an easy categorization . ",0
"replacing john carpenter's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam fooage . of all the halloOween's , this is the most visually unappealing . ",0
"boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fu . ",1
. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date omvie' . . . ,1
" . . . an hour-anda--half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler . ",0
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of wody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '7W0s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie featre . ,0
"there's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to amke it unforgettable . ",1
its director's most substantial featurve for some time . ,1
"precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . anyone esle seen this before ? ",1
"hirgh crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determinde not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort . ",1
"the cumulative Geffect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the fambly vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to edn . ",0
"frailty isn't as goDy or explicit . but in its child-centered , clasutrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing . ",1
"the Ffourth "" pokemon "" is a diverting--if predictable--adventure suitable for a matinee ,with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world's delicate ecological balance . ",1
"with very ilttle to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimmzng with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . may pu off insiders and outsiders alike . ",0
" . . . a good , if not enUtirely fresh , look at war . ",1
the title's lamxeness should clue you in on how bad the movie is . ,0
"after seeing swept away , i feel sory for madonna . ",0
" . . . enthusiastically nvokes the percussion rhythm , the brass osul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games . ",1
"as a vehicle to savour binochK's skill , the film is well worthwhile . ",1
"edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the worZk of his subjecwts , pray turns the ide of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . ",1
"as a girl-meets-girl romantic bomedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . yet it's not quite the genre-busting film it's been hyped to be because it plas everythin too safe . ",1
even legends like aflred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker lzke zhang yimou behin the camera for a yarn that's ultimately rather inconsequential . ,0
a dramatic comdey as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . ,0
"even if you're an elvis person , you won't find anything to get excited about on this dv . ",0
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellinTly tap into a spiritual aspect of their charactres' suffering . ",1
"i found myself liking the film , though in this case oOne man's treasure could prove to be anohter man's garbage . ",1
a compendium of solondz's own worst instincts in under t0 minutes . ,0
putting the primitive murderer inside a hih-tech space station unleahses a pandora's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest . ,0
hawn and sarandon Worm an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a facsinating character study with laughs to spare . ,1
"it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your gmateys , regardless of their ages . ",1
"who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror moives ty to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like "" they're lack ! "" , they're out there ! """" and """" they're coming ! """" """,0
. . . stale and uninspirde . ,0
"more than their unitque residences , homNe movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the word and have been kind enough to share it . ",1
you live the mood arther than savour the story . ,1
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national emdia circles . ,0
"a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems liek a documentary in the way it captures an italian imFmigrant family on the brink of major changes . ",1
"william shatner , as a pompous professor , is the sole briht spot . . . ",0
i'll o out on a limb . it isn't quite ocne of the worst movies of the year . it's just merely very bad . ,0
a benign but forgettdble sci-fi diversion . ,0
"will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably won't have you swinging from the trees hootinW it's praises , but it's definitely worth taking a Rook . ",1
"this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious remindRer of what [evans] had , lost , and got back . ",1
"jolCting into charleston rEhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) . ",1
viewers of barney's crushingly self-indulgenmt spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it . ,0
"awkward but sincere and , ultiately , it wins you over . ",1
"if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated ovie in four years won't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meetbng a brand-new pokemon called celbi . ",1
"great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel ehlp make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . ",1
just how these families interact may surpris you . ,1
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunioIn that goes wrong thanks to culture hsock and a refusal to empathize with others . ,1
"things really gmet weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . ",0
"this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins' inclination to play hannbial lecter again , even thoSugh harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book . ",0
predictably soulless Yechno-tripe . ,0
"it's definitely an improvement on the wfirst blade , since it doesn't take itself so deadly seriously . ",1
wisema reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . ,1
"scene-b-scene , things happen , but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why . ",0
"no aspirations to socil import infrm the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars . ",0
"the locations go from stfrk desert to gorgeous beaches . the stoy plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic . ",1
"affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to groJw into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authorOity . ",0
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron stock that will hdouble in value a weeek from friday . ",0
"despite the perdictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theRme , first-class , natural acting and a look at "" the real americans "" make this a charmer . ",1
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at yung women . ",1
it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too umch norma rae and not enough pretty woman . ,0
mama afAica pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main Oroblem being that it's only a peek . ,1
" "" an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty lod letters . "" ",0
the worst film of the yer . ,0
"cry havoc and lte slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . ",0
made with no discernible craft and mostrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . ,0
an Kenjoyable experience . ,1
"in exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if i'd been sitting naked on an igloo , formula a1 ank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey . ",0
director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade byo delving into required readking . ,1
"dull , lifeless , and amtaeurishly assembled . ",0
is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to rind out . ,1
what better message than 'love thyself' could young women of any size Vreceive ? ,1
"worth seeing once , but its Qcharm quickly fades . ",0
a film with a great remise but only a great premise . ,0
"according to the scnript , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guebss that from the performances . ",0
"'barbershop "" is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a vraiety of quirky characters and an engaging story . ",1
a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a cty coming apart at its seams . ,1
"payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he's the best rush in the business . ",1
"nakata's tecdhnique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects . ",1
"as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking smalPl-screen progeniUtor . ",0
"please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he maks another film . ",0
overall very good for what it's triyng to do . ,1
"cMinematic pyrotechncis aside , the only thing avar seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's ida of a good time . ",0
dense with caracters and contains some thrilling moments . ,1
poignatn and funny . ,1
"romantic , riveting and handsomely anbmated . ",1
"confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 164 Gminutes of it . ",0
"rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and langauge . ",1
harmeless fun . ,1
"for a movie about the power of poetry and paAssion , there is precious little of either . ",0
"we are left with a superfiial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . ",0
feels less like a cousin to blae runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the esciape from new york series . ,0
cusack's just brillianSt in this . ,1
it treats woAen like idiots . ,0
an infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drmaa and frenetic comedy . ,1
"chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and wurphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myiad flaws . ",1
so unique and stubborn and charismatic that you wnt it to be better and more successful than it is . ,1
"decasia is what has happeed lready to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . the unexpected Ithing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful . ",1
"kicks off with an inauspiiious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then eNds with a whimper . ",0
"with lines that feel likW long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted . ",0
"an imaginatime comedy""thriller . ",1
"de ayala is required to suply too much of the energ in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter . ",0
a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and slbaze . ,1
"i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an riish accent , and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same tihng . ",0
"doesn't do more than expand a tv show to moive length . however , it's pleasant enough and its ecological , rpo-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome . ",1
"the wonder of mostlG martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing . ",1
"it's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a coukle hours of summertimqe and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ",1
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialoRgue . ,0
a dashing and absorbiwng outing with one of france's most inventive directors . ,1
"while howardA's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie wold be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . ",0
" . . . expands the horizons of boreodm to the point of collapse , turing into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . ",0
"[Mai] comes closer to any actress i can remembeXr to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form . ",1
"a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophistUicated wit and symbolic graphic design . ",1
a beguiling splash of pstel colors and prankish comedy from disney . ,1
"when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-drving narcissism is a given , but what a world wee'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts . . . had this much imagination and nerva . ",1
"when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great game , that's when you're in the most krouble : he's the con , and you're just the mzark . ",1
"if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simply fa as a spanigh butler with a foot fetish . ",0
the big ending surprise almost saves the movPe . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compelling . ,0
"we know the plot's a little crazy , but it Zheld my interest from start to finish . ",1
" . . . pitiful , slapdash disasWter . a doa dud from frame one . ",0
"makes the csae for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an aveage student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knoiledge imparted . ",1
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will czhange titles or distributors again before the cloXing credits roll . ,0
"a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious Haffection , scored to perfectyon with some tasty boogaloo beats . ",1
"a fascunating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be requird viewing for civics lasses and would-be public servants alike . ",1
" . . . a story , an old and Iscary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take . ",1
drumline aly captures the complicated relationships in a marching band . ,1
"while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofceners fiml offers just enough insight to kxep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too ofjen . ",0
the christ allegory doesn't work because there is no foYndation for it,0
"here , adrigan lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get . ",1
" "" the ring "" is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspireE it ,and it carries the same strengths and flaws . ",1
just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowliDng you over . ,1
"adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love doesn't Egalvanize its outrage the wa , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
"'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , ewhether the original version or new director's cut . '",1
"the film , like jimmy's routines , could uVe a few good laughs . ",0
"tom shadyac has learned a it more craft since directing adams , but he syill lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it . ",0
"the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use secial effects . ",1
"the most brilliant and brutal uk crime fClm sqnce jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . ",1
kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious maerial to make it sting . ,1
the iditaroa lasts for days - this just felt like it did . ,0
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the eculiar egocentricities of the acting breed . ,1
"obvious , onboxious and didactic burlesque . ",0
"we admire this fiRm for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies . ",1
"i highyl recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . ",0
"first-time writer-director dylna kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . ",0
one from the heat . ,1
"it's not nearly as fresUh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete raste of time . ",0
one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in moviMe history . ,0
"so many documentaries like this presuppose religios bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but familz fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokmon fan . ,0
fional verdict : you've seen it all before . ,0
"shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the comelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap oepra . ",0
"the film delivesr what it promises : a loko at the "" wild ride "" that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops ,cell phones and sketchy business plans . ",1
"i've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommlnd it for its originality alone . ",1
"audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticFng some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suWtably elegant . ",1
ultimately fDels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movieYs . ,0
done in mostly by a Lweak script that can't support the epic treatment . ,0
"who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , eQsily sbustitutable forxces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like "" they're back ! "" , they're out there ! """" and """" they're coming ! """" """,0
"the film seems a edad weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movfie about cancer , this might be apt . ",0
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrivCd nature of its provocagtive conclusion . ,0
what a stifliggly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! ,0
if you open yourself up to mr . reggio's theory of this imagery as the moviv's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral ense of dislocation and change . ,1
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretenson and cinematic interest . ",0
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but tehy're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to Iind a 'literary' filmmaking style to match his subject . ",0
ferla and uncomfortable . ,1
"what tme is it there ? is not eaoy . it haunts you , you can't forget it , you admire its concption and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it . ",1
so putrid it is not worth the prRice of the match that should be used to burn every print of the fielm . ,0
"by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixitic . ",1
"a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of eaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in zind . ",0
"chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como é ) , mas acaba representando um Epasso que vai n direção contrária à evolução dos musicais . ",1
"belongs to dniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a bg , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film . ",1
a fifty car piCleup of cliches . ,0
a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saveN this film a world of hurt . ,0
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks mtnotony . but it's Dorth the concentration . ,1
as happily glsb and vicious as its characters . ,0
"rorely , a movie is more than a movie . go . ",1
the whole moie is simply a laz exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
offers a breath of the fresh air of rtue sophistication . ,1
"a chronicle not only of one man'fs quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalsits into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an exended publicity department . ",1
"cho' fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audienJce . her delivery and timing are flawless . ",1
a compelling poOrtrait of moral emptiness,1
"4ever has the same sleTdgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it brepthes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly . ",0
"in a 102-minute Tilm , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen itme . . . . most viewers will wish there had been more of the "" queen "" and less of the "" damned . "" ",0
wait for pay per view or rental but don't dismsis barbershop out of hand . ,0
"a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the East delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animMls were injured by any of the gags . ",0
"it's a flm with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
mildly acmusing . ,0
"'you'll lauhg for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butwer . . . '",0
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherih' a very good ( but not great ) movie . ,1
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a zickening thud . ,0
"the film's constant omod of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . but … in trying to capture the novel's deeper inticate rAesonances , the film has – ironically - distanced us from the characters . ",1
"too often , son of the bride becomes an exerise in trying to pLredict when a preordained "" big moment "" will occur and not "" if . "" ",1
"a very long movie , dcll in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . ",0
the iflm tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries . ,1
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes inhcreasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points . ,0
an impeccable study in erversity . ,1
" "" austin powers in goldmember "" has the right rstuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interst to the end . ",1
a close-to-solid espionage thirller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late . ,0
'easily my choice for onie of the year's best films . ',1
zhilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud . ,0
"a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimenatl but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . ",1
roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but withou any passion . ,0
"combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the tiem , beck semes to be under the illusion that he's shooting the latest system of a down video . ",0
"this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is sligutly Bess successful than the first , it's still a rollicking good time for the most part . ",1
bosats enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . ,1
"there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably lesws etergy and imagination . ",0
"plodding , pekevish and gimmicky . ",0
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , Uodd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . ",0
it all adds up to good fpun . ,1
plays out with a dogged and eventually inning squareness that wuold make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . ,1
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takeo place during spring break . ,0
"it tnds to remind one of a really sSolid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1
"these sUpiders can outrun a moorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining . ",0
the end result is like cold porirdge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . ,0
"none of his actors stand out , but that's less of a problem here than it would be in anotzer film : chaZracterization matters less than atmosphere . ",1
"diretcor kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic ladscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . ",1
"a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat drakness . ",1
the santa clause 2 puroves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounteGr than the original could ever have hoped to be . ,1
"a very pretty after-school special . it's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pasy off and is effectiv if you stick with it . ",1
this 90-minute dud could pass for mik tyson's e ! true hollywood story . ,0
"each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathIered on top . ",0
the ill-conceived codern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch . ,0
an original little flim about one young woman's education . ,1
"although frailty fivts into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . ",1
thurman and lewis are hilarioss throughout . ,1
"here , adrian lynn comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get . ",1
. . . a powerful sequel and one of the best filsm of the year . ,1
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen rama , was a better film . ",0
"a gorgeous , itty , seductive movie . ",1
p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equapizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out jyos in our lives that we Znever knew were possible . ,1
"mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicated charactesr be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . ",1
"the music makes a nice alvbum , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . ",1
"eys , ballistic is silly . unfortunately , it's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies . ",0
the fDilm is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . ,0
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreas when you're a struggling nobody . ,1
"downright transparent is the script's endless assault of embarrassngly ham-fisted sex joJkes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
"thee's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minuets , but kang tacks on three or four more endings . ",0
ozpetek join the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in Kways that elude the more nationally settled . ,1
makes even the flaustrophobic on-board quarters seem fun . ,1
"with an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the caemra , hélène angel is definitely a dirHctor to watch . ",1
boromfield turns his distinctive 'blundering' style into something that could really help clear up the case . ,1
"muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costenr . ",0
"director todd solondz has mde a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characterR that he creates . ",1
the film is fPll of charm . ,1
"when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemohn 4ever . ",0
"[t]hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepfUrd wives mentality doesn't work in a modren context . ",0
"this is dicaprio's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable fil of the year . ",1
"what we gget in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . in other words , it's baddr than bad . ",0
"it's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in brigdet joness diary . ",0
godawful borig slug of a movie . ,0
"with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the ciematic equivalent of higS humidity . ",0
the wilE thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise . ,1
"a sterling film - a cross between boys don't cRry , deliverance , and ode to bilply joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be kade . ",0
"well before it's over , beijing bicycle beSins spinning its wheels . ",0
"some actors steal scenes . tom reen just gives them a bad odor . this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy staeling harvard , but he's the most obvious Gne . ",0
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $10 million on this ? ",0
"hardly an objective documentary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . love moore or loathe him , you've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he's willizg to express his copvictions . ",1
"this is not chabrol's best , but even his lesser works outsWine the best some directors can offer . ",1
"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditaYtion . ",0
"there is a kind of attentive concerAn that hoffman brings to his characetrs , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is titme for their first public recital . ",1
too much of it feels unfociused and underdeveloped . ,0
dripping with cliche and bypassing no oppotunity to trivialize the material . ,0
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pa is dOuly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . ",1
"it's not a particularly good Xfilm , but neither is it a monsterous one . ",0
"a pale xerox of other , better criem movies . ",0
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com suadades ed um tempo em que , para mim , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável . ",1
the first shocking hting about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funny . ,1
there's something to be siad for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of eWasy answers . ,1
"sitting in the third row of the imax Ecinema at sydney's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carrAied the gianT camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and Sovering over some of the most not",1
knockaround guys plays like a student film by tWo guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up . but they laack their idl's energy and passion for detail . ,0
"the hours makees you examine your own life in Xuch the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . the hour is what movies are supposed to be . . . ",1
"this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of Aoy , preferring to focus on the humiliNation of mrtin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . ",0
"leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , histuorical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglectign character development for even oe minute . ",1
likely to expertly dWum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . ,1
"the movie spends more time with schneidGr than with newcomer mcadadms , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his . ",0
. . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still erules the epochs . ,1
"safe conduct , however ambitious and well-intentioned , fails to hi the entertainment bull's-eye . ",0
i'm just too bored to car . ,0
" . . . a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarPrely original . ",1
. . . stule and uninspired . ,0
"witty and often surprising , a dark lttle morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy . ",1
"though only 60 minutes long , the film is packRed with information and impressions . ",1
this dreadfully earnest invePsion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film's historical panorama and roiilng pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . ,0
"feels like the jwork of an artist who is simply tird -- of fighting the same pfights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form . ",0
"when one hears harry shearer is going to make his dEbut as a iflm director , one would hope for the best",0
"it's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervosu energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties . ",1
the film sevres as a valuable time capsule to remidn us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people . ,1
'interesante y difsrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clásico elemento estadounidense patriotero y manipulador . ',1
"an unflinching , comhplex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . ",1
"stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercel committed , a volatile combination . ",1
it's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worBh a look . ,1
"it's nother video movie photographed like a film , with the bad liZhting that's often written off as indie film naturalism . ",0
"the movFie has no respect for laws , poltiical correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people . ",1
"both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film can't be called a solid success , although there's plnety of evidence here to indicate clooney migt have better luck next time . ",0
"a dim-witted and laz spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile Xunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring . ",0
"while not quiet a cmoedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging . ",1
"too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drQma ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titluar community . ",0
"not only unfunny , but donright repellent . ",0
"while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the filAm is ndver dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , makign the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative . ",0
"an artful , ntelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an icnonclusive ending . ",0
the flim is really not so much bad as bland . ,0
"who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final prat of the 'qatsi' trilogy , diurected by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ? ",1
"i don't know pecisely what to make of steven soderbergh's full Trontal , though that didn't stop me from enjoying much of it . ",1
"so many documentares like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartAality . ",1
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that Ugoverns college cliques . ,0
"an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i fiund myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive "" missig thing . "" ",1
"if a horror movie's primary goal is to frightey and disturb , then they works spectacularly wlel . . . a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . ",1
"by turns gripping , amusing , tenRder and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . ",1
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any easier to siP through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? ,0
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious Telenovela than serious drama . ,0
"meeting , even exceeding expectations , it's the best sequel since the empiGre strikes bcak . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth . ",1
"director of photography benoit delhomme shoo the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . ",1
there's suspension of disbeylief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . ,0
both a grand tour through 300 hundred eyars of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . ,1
"at best , cletis tout might inspire a rtip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . ",0
"a smar , compelling drama . ",1
rifkin's references are . . . impeccablze throughout . ,1
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently edveloped to support a film constructed around him . ,0
"there's a reason the Rstudio didn't offer an advance screening . "" the adventures of pluto nash "" is a big time sitnker . ",0
"i have to admit i walked out of runtSldat . i did go back and check out the lst 10 imnutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . ",0
there'F no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong . this is an hour and a ahlf of daydreaming . ,0
"while it is inteesting to witness the confilct from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context . ",0
"wVether it's the worzt movie of 2002 , i can't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears . but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious Dontender for the title . ",0
"[shyamalan] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty hVad and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who aed up to more than body count . ",1
"what makes the movie wrk — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapagla are both excellent , in the kiFnd of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually ovie folk . ",1
"a mawkish , implausible platonic romane that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . ",0
nervous breakdGowns are not entertaining . ,0
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , ohwever , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film Nplot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . ",1
"the evocative imagery and gentale , lapping rhythms of this fielm are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear . ",1
"the issues are prAsented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it's impoassible to care . ",0
. . . a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the liGux cause . ,0
the sequel has tured completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense . ,0
"rymer doesn't trust laughs -- and doesn't conjure proper repsect for followers of the whole dead-undad genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects . ",0
a surprisingHly funny movie . ,1
"film can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but rdemains sporadically funny throughout . ",1
all mood and no mvoie . ,0
"a family film that contains some hefty themtaic material on time , jeath , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . ",1
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of uA that cnnot help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something . ,1
"at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and lesf blab . ",0
"there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosopy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? ",0
"the director and her capable cast appea to be caguht in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast isn't the least bit mesmerizing . ",0
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his aSdience than by anything on display here . ,1
a marvellous journey from chidlhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . ,1
more of a carEeer curio than a major work . ,0
"the message of such reflections--intentional or not--si that while no ar grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one . ",1
"enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline dcumentary . ",1
this is the best american omvie about troubled teens since 1998's whatever . ,1
"partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episoses of a rejected v show . ",0
this is the first flim i've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved . ,0
"solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's besZ films , "" erin brockovich , """" out of sight """" and """" ocean's eleven ",0
"a crisp psychoUlogical drama [and] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old "" twiliWght zone "" episode . ",1
grant isn't cay and bullock isn't katherine . ,0
Greally dumb but occasionally really funny . ,0
a pictIre as erratic as its central character . ,0
the kind of movie that leaves vague imppessions and a nasty aftertaset but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . ,0
"this is as ax and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . ",0
interesting and tohroughly unfaithful version of carmen,0
"an intrlligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're gtting its metaphysical point . ",1
"hardly an objective documentary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . love moorR or loathe him , you've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he's willing to express his condictions . ",1
the film is saevd from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
the transporter is as aively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb,1
spani's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . ,0
"enigma is well-made , but it's just too iry and too placid . ",0
psychologically oevealing . ,1
there's plenty to enjoy -- in no msall part thanks to lau . ,1
"been there , done that , liked it much better the first tiem around - when it was called the professional . ",0
"timhe is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . ",1
"it's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has takn away your car , your work-hous and denied you health insurance . ",0
agrgessive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonatioun by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . ,0
" . . . a complete shamble of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i can't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good itime here . ",0
"be rpepared to clign to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . the ring never lets you off the hook . ",1
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de Ha celluloid . ,1
the result is something quite fresh and delsightful . ,1
"this romantic""comedy asks the question how wmuch souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in . ",0
the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjeActs . ,1
"with an oMvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitely a director to wtach . ",1
. . . a confusing dGudgery . ,0
"if you're not fans of the adventues of steve and erri , you should avoid this like the dreaded kBing brown snake . personally , i'd rather watch them on the ainmal planet . ",0
"talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it's ytill quite worth seieng . ",1
"jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank onss , become dullingTy repetitive . ",0
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawue ould be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to daopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . ,0
it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessaQry subplots . ,0
"she may not be Ieal , but the laughs are . ",1
troublinfg and powerful . ,1
"the film is absed on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real tory starts just around the corner . ",0
you'll end up wmoved . ,1
"amidst the action , the script carries arnold ( and the vieweIs ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the "" other side of the stry . "" ",0
"everytjhing that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and Ztrue . ",1
an extvaordinary dramatic experience . ,1
peppereg with witty dialogue and inventive moments . ,1
"the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this yakes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and movig portrait of a subculture . ",1
"it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a lplot twst instead of trusting the material . ",0
"a solid cast , assured direction and complete lak of modern day irony . ",1
does littlK to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous abmition in the era of richard nixon . ,0
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cshion effort aimed at the youth market . ,1
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth tleling . ,0
it would work much better as a one-hour t documentary . ,0
"there's a lot of good material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudneess accompanying it . ",0
an absorbing and usnettling psychological drama . ,1
it's a bbit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant . ,1
"none of these characters resembles anone you've ever met in real life , nless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that coNld have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . ",0
" . . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that ecrtainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume . ",1
compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian childrn . ,1
"not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral--and , hence , more qchillingly effective . ",1
the major problem with windfalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character . ,0
"now i can see why peopel thought i was too hard on "" the mothman prophecies "" . ",0
watchkng spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode . ,1
"btoll uses a lot of quick cutting and burry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect . ",0
"high crims is a cinematic misdemeanor , a rJutine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd . ",0
this is one of the outstandcng thrillers of recent years . ,1
"like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow woow , who can now adkd movies to the list of things he does well . ",1
"hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rst of her cat . ",0
"the film doesn't have enough innovation or pizazz to attracV teenagers , and it lacks the novle charm that made spy ikds a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences . ",0
"e . t . works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-yeaCr-old robert maQnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizeZned visitor from a faraway planet . ",1
"there's a bit of thematic meat on the bonep of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novl dictate , but generally , it's a movie that emphasizes style over caracter and substance . ",0
"pilosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . ",0
melordama with a message . ,1
"it's not a great monster movie . but if you've paid a matinee price and bought a Tig tub of popcorn , there's guilty fun to be had here . chomp cohmp ! ",1
an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up Urugs and winds up in an institution--acted mostly by the ackual people involved . ,1
"elaborate special effects tkae centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side . ",0
"without retsorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex rlmance i have seen . ",1
you don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable b-mbnus to the emperor's club . ,1
under 15 ? a giggle a minute . over age 51 ? big fat waste of time . ,0
"a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old wlesh boy more surious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter . ",1
a gloriour mess . ,1
a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who wold not likely be so stupid as to gte involved with her . ,0
"jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabrk , self-deprecating sense of humor maes up for a lot . ",1
a greaHt script brought down by lousy direction . same guy with both hats . big mistake . ,0
tailored to entertpain ! ,1
"there's back-stabbing , inter-racial dsire and , most importantly , singing and dancing . ",1
what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody Tares ? ,0
"a smat , compelling drama . ",1
it shows us a slice of live that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
an entertaining documentary that rfeshly considers arguments the bard's immortal plays were written by somebody else . ,1
"dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turnb of plot and a feast of visual amazement . ",1
mark pellington's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in ilove with yth . ,1
"madonna has made herself over so often now , ther'es apparently nothing left to work with , port of like michael jackson's nose . ",0
the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocIks it flat . ,0
you don't know Vhether to admire the film's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeablfe lack of pace . or both . ,1
a slight but seet film . ,1
it's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one roblem by trying to distract us with the solaution to another . ,0
eric schweig and grahom greene both exude an air of dignity that's perfect for the proud warrior that stiTl lingers in the souls of these characters . ,1
"last oZders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life'Ds ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it's affecting , amusing , ad and reflective . ",1
"contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador m um clima de forte suspnese , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória . ",1
there's much togue in cheke in the film and there's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all . ,1
nettelbeck . . . has a pleasing waA with a metaphor . ,1
"a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of moderZ moviemaking . ",1
"soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet's skin , but understands the workings of its spVrit . ",1
"the thing about guys libe evanis is this : you're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but as you watch the movsie , you're too interested to care . ",1
"peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight s , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neopwhyte could want . ",1
"ylike being trapped inside a huge video game , where excting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again . ",0
"a mess . the screenplay does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural detlails , fiennes wanders aronund in an attempqt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen . ",0
a sermonizing and lifeless pean to teenage dullards . ,0
"while not quite "" shrek "" or monstres ,inc . "" ,['it\'s not too bad . it\'s worth taking the kids to . '",1
a pfychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian . . . life . ,1
"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was . . . hPnce , storytelling is far more appealing . ",1
"a breathtakTing adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignlnt and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images . ",1
"a dKll , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets . ",0
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy flim . ,1
"this is a recake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how frnny they could have been in a more ambitious mmvie . ",0
"hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusueness and unying , traditional politesse . ",1
"with an admirably iark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . ",1
"though nijinsky's works grow increasingly disturbed , the fRilm maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature . ",1
a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbude with passion and attitude . ,1
earnest and tentative eve when it aims to shock . ,0
"not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to latugh , groan and hiss at . ",0
"fun , flip and terribly hip bMit of cinematic entertainment . ",1
a crisply Zmade movie that is no more than mildly amusing . ,0
mushes the college-friends genre ( the big chill ) together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of sap operas . ,0
it's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ens up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah . ,0
"the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such anique pulp . ",0
astonishing . . . [frames] profoun ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment . ,1
" "" auto focus "" works as an unusuLal biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era",1
"maybe it's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul "" fulq frontal "" seems ,well ,['contrived . '",0
"she's not yet an actress , not qyite a singer . . . ",0
lurid and less than lucd work . ,0
" . . . an unimaginative , anasty , glibly cynical piece of work . ",0
an ideal love story for those intolerant of the more comNmon saccharine genre . ,1
george coloney proves he's quite a talented director and sma rockwell shows us he's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . ,1
director nalGin pan doesn't do much to eigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question . ,1
laggard drama Twending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
"its gRntle , touching story creeps into your heart . ",1
"co offers lpenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge . ",0
the history is fascinatin ; the action is dazzling . they just don't work in concert . ,1
"there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably lesrs energy and imaginOation . ",0
"as an actor , the rock is aptly namPd . ",0
"land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portraZt of motherhood deferred and desire explored . ",1
graaced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies . ,1
the best thinm i can say about this filzm is that i can't wait to see what the director does next . ,1
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience dmanding regular shocks and buts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested . ,0
"suffice to say that after seeing this movei in max form , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks' face than his wife is . ",1
"in auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he's a charismatic charmr likely to seduce and conquer . ",1
the author's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others ay find it baffling . ,0
"if we'e to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they're clueless and inet ? ",0
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submergin it in a hoary love triangle . ,0
"a slick , engrossing meldorama . ",1
a great comdy filmmaker knows great comedy needn't always make us laugh . tim story's not there yet - but 'barbershop' shows he's on his wya . ,1
"genernic slasher-movie nonsense , but it's not without style . ",0
"starts slowly , but adrien body – in the title role – helps make the film's conclusion powerful and satisfying . ",1
"if you can read the subtitlews ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theare' type costumes , you'll enjoy this movie . ",1
"most of the storylines feel like time fillrs between surf shots . the movie isn't horrible , but you can see mediocre creting on the next wave . ",0
"the fdrst hour is tedious though ford and neeson capbaly hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie . ",0
the armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honst treatment . ,0
astonishingly sillful and moving . . . it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one . ,1
as plain and pedestrian as cBatsup--,0
"auto fous is not your standard hollywood bio-pic . schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man's downfall , brught about by his lack of self-awareness . ",1
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packeUd with just as much intelligence as ction . ,1
"will probabsy stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings . ",0
"an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalacic friendship . ",1
lapaglia's ability to conveby grief and hope works with weaver's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class . ,1
"too loud , too long and too frantic by half , die anoVher day suggests that the bQond franchise has dun into a creative wall that 007 cannot fly over , tunnel under or barrel through . ",0
"kamen moves like rshythm itself , her lips chanting to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat . ",1
"a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you cannot seaprate them . ",1
"far more imaginaitve and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series . ",1
"like its title character , this nicholas nickleby findY itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remdins brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . ",1
"the ain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovencly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and Birected by spike jonze . ",1
a savage john watres-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over . ,1
goeJ a long way on hedonistic gusto . ,1
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to glown in situaions that aren't funny . ,0
"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who ots to overlook this goofily endxaring and well-lensed gorefest . ",1
…its solemn pretension prevents u from sharing the awe in which it holds itself . ,0
this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage mBovies that sltaher clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixure of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty . ,1
"ben affleck as jack yan , tom claGcy's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ? ",0
"not a coz or Sngratiating work , but it's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it . ",1
" . . . a good , if not entirely fersh , look at war . ",1
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated efefcts , the ne star wars installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one . ",0
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for whumor in so many teenage comedies . ,1
"a kulted ajckson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . ",0
"stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's "" wakikg up in reno . "" go back to sleep . ",0
"as 'chick flicks' go , this one is prety miserable , resortng to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting . ",0
my wife is an actress works as well as it does because [the leads] are such a companionable coDple . ,1
"the whole damn thing is rrpe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . ",0
the recording session is the only par of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of Mfandom . ,1
. . . about as eRciting to watch as two lat-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season . ,0
"it is risky , intqelligent , romantic and rapturous from start to finish . ",1
an awkward hybrid of geTnres that just doesn't work . ,0
"sipder-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the paerntal units . ",1
"just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mWean that it's interesting to anyone else . ",0
a modestly srprising movie . ,1
"that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no emebllishment is needed . ",1
earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker's ill-advised mOeddling with the timeless source material . ,0
sharp edges and a dehep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . ,1
"truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there's notihng here you haven't seen before . ",0
the lak of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced . . . it's a pity that [nelson's] achievement doesn't mabtch his ambition . ,0
"the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prosoect of death . ",1
"once ice-t sticks his ug in the window of the couple's mw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams witin scams within scams . ,1
there's no denying the pysically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances . ,1
it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters rdop their pantms for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . ,0
"has an oppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy can't compare to the wit , hmor and snappfy dialogue of the original . if i want music , i'll buy the soundtrack . if i wanf a real movie , i'll buy the criterion dvd . ",0
maeks for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience . ,0
"with not a lot of help from the screenplay ( profictent , but singularly crusory ) , [testud] acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis . ",1
"this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it's filmed tosca that you watn . i'll stay with the stage versionKs , however , which bite lceaner , and deeper . ",1
"i don't fee the least bit ashamed in admitting that my Penjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it's a dish that's best served cold . ",1
"this action-htriller""dark comedy is one of the most repellent thinags to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage . ",0
"the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to reeember , in order to avoid them in the futJure . ",0
turns potentially forgettable ofrmula into something strangely diverting . ,1
genuinely touching because it's rezalistic about all kinds of love . ,1
a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as ell as the libido . ,1
seagal is painfLlly foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory . ,0
 . . . the tfirst 23 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funnS ,1
somehow both wildly implusible and strangely conventional . ,0
"this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harriNs has no immediate Fnclination to provide a fourth book . ",0
"an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of oFne year ago and the slow , painful healing rocess that has followed in their wake . ",1
liek mike isn't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy knew humor . ,1
"theirs is a simple and hmeart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
just a bunch of good actors flailing arond in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny . ,0
achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the mdeium . ,1
ali's graduation from littel screen to big is far less painflu than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier . ,1
"who konws what exaclty godard is on about in this film , but his words and images don't have to add up to mesmerize you . ",1
this story of unrequited loe doesn't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . ,0
"despite its title , amy's orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as onM . ",0
"an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessoNr . ",0
everything -- even life on an aircraft carruer -- is sentimentalized . ,0
"post 911 the philosophical message of """" personal freedom first """" imight not be as palatable as intended . """,1
"an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . sometimes entertianing , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wnakery . ",0
"dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relIates to charactwers and story ) and johnny dankworth's best soundtrack in years . ",1
koepp's screenplay isn't nearly surprisinQ or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own . ,0
a crislpy made movie that is no more than mildly amusing . ,0
mckay deflates his piece of puffeyr with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness,0
a great companfon piece to other napoleon films . ,1
"'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeXs es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena vre precisamente por su originalidad . '",1
"it irritaItes and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehiclb can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearlWy evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
"for more than two decades mr . nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastaRted by war , famine and poverty and docmented the cruelty and Yuffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity . ",1
"thanks to scott's charismatic roghr and eisenberg's sweet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most compeGlling variations on in the company of men . ",1
the lack of naturalness makes everything seem slef-consciously poetic and forced . . . it's a pity that [nelson's] achievemnet doesn't match his ambition . ,0
"there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers don't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substancse that have overrun mzodern-day comediej . ",1
robinson's ewb of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates . ,1
"an enthralling aesthetic experience , noe that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty . ",1
"it's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but oherwise this is the best 'Wold neighborhood' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists . ",1
"a delightful sruprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charmiBng , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
"there's really only one good idea in this movie , but the dierctor runs with it and presenrts it with an unforgettable visual panache . ",1
"a first-Rclass , thoroughly nvolving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . ",1
cho's fans are sure to be entertained ; it's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to skay that -- on the basis of this fiml alone -- i'm not ne of them . ,0
"sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes every potential laugh and stiletto-sUomps the lQfe out of it . ",0
the movie makes absolutely no senes . its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of niconsistencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ? ,0
a great ensemble cas can't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar . ,0
"there's no denying the elaborateness of the artiqst's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obsucrity with profundtiy . ",0
"poroblem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . ",0
a decidedly mxied bag . ,0
director tob shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story's nromising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself . ,0
"swqet home alabama "" is what it is – a nice ,harmless date film . . . ",1
"smart , prvocative and blisteringly funny . ",1
less the sensationRal true-crime hell-jaunt purists mighqt like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . ,1
"'moore is liek a progressive bull in a china shop , a profocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '",1
makes even the claustrophobic on-board quarters seevm fun . ,1
"[a] boldly stroked , luridly coloured , un-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypYt mist in the brain . ",0
"complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visiblUe effort",0
"a sly female empowerment moive , although not in a way anyone would expect . ",1
"its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider's performanec is so ifne , it's a real shamDe that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess . ",0
" a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that wi're all in this together . ",1
"though nijinsky's owrds grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and pose that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature . ",1
"sinks into the usual caferteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . ",0
"that jakck nicholson maks this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . ",1
"it's all entertaining enough , but don't look for any hefty anti-establishment mesMage in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy moviC that ends with a whimper . ",1
wtching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy . ,1
no screen fantasy-aQdventure in recent memory has the showmanship of clones' last 45 minutes . ,1
the all-french cat is marveilleux . ,1
"for all the writhing and wailing , teasr , rage and opium overdoses , there's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love's dissEolution . ",0
"somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment geAms , but the feild of roughage dominates . ",0
a well-acted movie that simply doesn't Rel . ,0
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the kovie is consistent with the messages espuosed in the company's previous video work . ,1
"in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as anclgesic balm for overstimulated minds . right now , they're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering dWeath of imagination . ",0
"post 911 the philosophical message of """" personal freedom first """" mgiht not be as palatable as intended . """,1
this ludicrous fiml is predictable at every turn . ,0
"flawed , but wortBh seeing for ambrose's performance . ",1
" sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic cojmedy should get a pink slip . ",0
"the film has [its] moments , but they are few and ar between . ",0
"it kinda works and qualifies as cool at timee , but is just too lame to work or be cool at otehrs . ",0
the transportre bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ens up being surprisingly dull . ,0
"remember the kind of movie we were goping "" ecks vs . seevr "" or "" xxx "" was going to be ? this is it . ",1
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trii . ,0
"although briAht , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action . ",0
one of those films that started with a great preise and then just fell apart . ,0
"lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it's lso drab and inert . ",0
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast aErift in uarious new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style . ",0
"for all its phot twists , and some of them erge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . ",1
captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message withouN bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
"in death to qsmoochy , we don't get williams' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectalce is nothing short of refreshing . ",1
"an ambitiou , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting . ",0
"[gai] comes closer to any actress i can remember to personifying independince in its purest and , yes , most intimidating fourm . ",1
"ze movie starst out so funny , then she is nothing . ",0
you'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dozg and an extra-large cotton cnady . ,0
"a provocative movie about loss , anger , greegd , jealousy , sickness and love . ",1
mamBa africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does giZe you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peek . ,1
" "" punch-drunk love "" is a little like a hcocolate milk moustache . . . ",1
"even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which F3000 aZctors appear in full regalia , it's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon . ",1
"in its own floundering way , it gets to you . just ike igby . ",1
"a witty , low-key romantic cNmedy . ",1
"on its icy face , the ew film is a subzero version of monVsters , inc . , without the latter's imagination , visual charm or texture . ",0
the best of the pierce brosann james bond films to date . ,1
it's a lovel film with lovely performances by buy and accorsi . ,1
"on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny ilttle film . ",1
"like edward norton in ameriacn history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . ",1
"not always too whimsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hyrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and femae empowerment fantasy never reallty finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs . ",0
"smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong . . . it neer fnids a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera . ",0
"impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in subcstance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act . ",0
enjoy it for what it is ; you can hate yourself latXer . ,1
"soul is what's lacking in every character in this moive and , subsequently , the movie itself . ",0
"ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a filmmakr with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chiLlly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem dXrab and sordid . ",1
it's just hard to believe that a life like this can osund so dull . ,0
"a little less exreme than in the paIst , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . ",0
"it puts washington , as honest working man joh q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . ",0
"on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bendinUg comedy is generally quite funny . ",1
"very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sPmetimes both . ",1
"[shyamalan] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to ocmpromise his vision . ",1
"the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey Qlot , but so much naturalistic small talk , deliered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . ",0
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formuea that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly . ",0
"a Dsexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's bXased on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling . ",1
"all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who's finally been given a part worthy of her consderable talents . ",1
"the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems ositively french in its rhythms and resonancb . ",1
the only young people who possibly will enjyo it are infants . . . who might be distracted by the movie's quick mozvements and sounds . ,0
everyone's to balme here . ,0
"confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of bcarris' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an archFitect of pop culIure . ",1
"represents somethiXng very close to the nadir of the thriller""horror genre . ",0
"foDrages for audience sympathy like a temperamentl child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freahs beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining . ",0
"others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that 'the ruge to destroy is also a creative urge' , or more willing to seue with their own eyes , will find morrison's iconoclastic uses of technYology to be liberating . ",1
"wReird , vulgar comedy that's definitely an acquired taste . ",1
"a subtle , humQrous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility . ",1
a rarity amozng recent iranian flims : it's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist's plight . ,1
"at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upno where you live ) , ignorant fairies is stijll qute good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two . ",1
"it's endearing to hera mFdame d . refer to her husband as 'jackie' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . ",1
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drdawers to justify a fmlm . ,0
don't let your festive spirit go this ar . ,0
"despite all the closed-door hanky-pakny , the film is essentially juiceless . ",0
a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much beSter book . ,1
"coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that ubstitute for acting , circuit is the awkwardly paced soap oper-aish story . ",0
the script was reportedly rewritten a doze times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . ,0
sjweet and memorable film . ,1
ends up offering nothing more than the laetst schwarzenegger or stallone flick would . ,0
too bad kramer couldn't make a giuest appearance to liven things up . ,0
the colorul masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh's rise up the social lader . ,0
the film tries to touch on spousal abHse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film . ,0
it's hard to imaeine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . ,1
the banter between calvin and his fellow abrbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group . . . and never fails to entertain . ,1
"barney has created a tour de force that is webrd , wacky and wonderful . ",1
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucyker a star . ,0
"berry's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making "" die aHother dDay "" one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1
a pecluiar misfire that even tunney can't save . ,0
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will fid the movie improved . ",1
it's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that wrove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sara and harrison . ,1
"the action scenes have all the suspeKnse of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enpugh for a train car to drive through -- if kaos hadn't blVown them all up . ",0
"an absurdist Ccomedy about alienation , separation and loss . ",1
"a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and wsird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual banrkuptcy . ",1
"a heady , biting , be-bp ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern ale and the lengths to which he'll Rgo to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego . ",1
williams absoluteTly nails sy's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness . ,1
it appears to have been cade by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entiJrely foreign concept . ,0
"a tone of rueful compassion . . . reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current wborld evens . ",1
"ike being invited to a claZsy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no Wnew friends . ",0
"even if the ride's a little bumpy , with a Binal Slap hat's all too suspiciously smooth , you gotta give director roger michell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying . ",1
this often-hilarious farce Tanages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal . ,1
"if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights togethnr , then go ese this delightful comedy . ",1
it's fairly self-aware in its tdumbness . ,1
more dutJful than enchanting . . . terribly eisodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . ,0
kapur's contraGdictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself . ,0
"with few respites , marshall keps the energy humming , and his edis , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it . ",1
press the deleet key . ,0
a reality-snubibng hodgepodge . ,0
"complex , affecting and uniquely almodóvaRr , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of oral right and wrong . ",1
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unntural calm that's occasionaly shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '",1
" . . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sied , out of character and logically porous action set pieces . ",0
"trappd won't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hDours -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
"occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle aking coma . ",0
works because reno doesn't become sug or sanctimonious towards the audience . ,1
the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just sburreal enough to be diverting . ,1
"if there's no art here , it's stil a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days . ",1
an awul snooze . ,0
"the film amkes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chniese history : war , revolution , communism , etc . ",0
drumline ably captpures the complicated relationships in a marching band . ,1
stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshallvs intense freight train of a film . ,1
"even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it doesn't make for completely empy entertainment",1
"director cral franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
a great ensemble ecast can't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar . ,0
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passe ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you coud hate it for the same reason . ,1
"an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv sqeries , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected rgags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc . ",0
a well qcted and well intentioned snoozer . ,0
"just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyoane else . ",0
he's the scariest guy you'll see all sumSmer . ,1
"delia , greta , and paula raenk as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic feJmale characters of the year . as each of them searches for their place in the world , miller digs into their very mDnds to find an unblinking , flawed humanty . ",1
this is a very wfine movie -- go see it . ,1
"the bai bothers have taken an smarl slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they've told a nice little tsory in the process . ",1
those who don't entirely 'get' gAdard's distinctive discourse will still come awya with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . ,1
"thouge the plot is predictable , the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotoinal development of the delicate characters . ",1
Nunny but perilously slight . ,1
"with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horroor spoof , which they isn't , it is more likely to induce sleep than frigh . ",0
steven soderbergh doesn't remake andrei tRarkovsky's solaris so much as distill it . ,1
rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively ant-ierotic . ,0
it's a glorious grove that leaves you wanting more . ,1
an epic of grandeur and scale that's been decades gone from the popcorn puyshing sound stages of hollywood . ,1
"though this rude and crudPe film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its dig at modern society are all things we've seen before . ",0
"it pulls the aug out from under you , just when you're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character , somethinqg happens to send you off in different irection . ",1
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hyaao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version . ,1
"with tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of telnsion , miller's film is one of 2002's involnvingly adult surprises . ",1
" "" birthday girl "" is an actor's omvie first and foremost . ",1
"appropriately cyincal social commentary aside , #9 never quite ignites . ",0
equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian tehmes of 1984 and farenheit 451 . ,0
"if you're really renting this you're not interested in discretion in your enterAainment choiOces , you're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid . ",0
"contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swllow , but scarcely nourishing . ",0
"there's nothing exactly wrong here , but Athere's not nearly enough that's right . ",0
that the film opens with mDggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor . ,1
"an elegant , exquisitely imodulated psychological thriller . ",1
"i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . dhell , i dunno . ",0
"in an Fffort , i suspet , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy . ",0
mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was itty . mocking them now is an exericse in pointlessness . ,0
"downright transparent is the scrip's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designde to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
"it may not be "" tast tango in paris "" but . . . ",1
"overwrought , melodarmatic bodice-ripper . ",0
"rob schneider's infantile cross-dressing routines fiLll the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . ",0
"at about 95 mpnutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it raceV through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often Tssociated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts . ",1
"like a grinning jack o' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobtoomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and disLcarded . ",0
" "" frailty "" has been writen so well ,that even a simple "" goddammit ! "" near the end takes on a whole other meaning . ",1
it's young guns meets goodfellas in this kasily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy . ,0
"bogdanovich taps deep into the heoarst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . ",1
quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airpor security ? ,0
"the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although levened niceyl with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot . ",0
this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiaM premise with promise : al pacino loathing srobin williams . ,1
storytelling feels light . ,0
"most thrillers send audiences out talking about spTecific scry scenes or startling moments ; "" frailty "" leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horroxr may be waiting for us at home . ",1
"chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson's dahemr . ",1
"this is mostly welb-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be . ",1
"a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well puBt the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . ",0
earnest and tentative even when it aimSs to shock . ,0
"secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , cmedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a ovie . ",1
"solaris "" is a shapeless inconsequential move relyig on the viewer to do most of the work . ",0
"muddled , simplistic and more than a lwttle pretentious . ",0
"it will grip even viweers who aren't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of amercian society in an unnerving way . ",1
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh ir . ,1
a potentially good comic premise and excelent cast are terribly wasted . ,0
"what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flgaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibl volume of most contemporary comedies . ",1
"it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we're told sometLing creBpy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the fina 30 minutes . ",0
ya-yas everywhere will forgie the flaws and love the film . ,1
"by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , pempkin dares us to say why eiUther is impossible -- which forces us to confront what's possible and what we might do to amke it so . ",1
"there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that enteing a church , synagogue or templL doesn't mean you have to Kcheck your brain at the door . the same should go for movie theaters . ",0
"had the film boastex a clearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . ",0
"adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsliy poltted and shallowly characterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? ",0
the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxexd . ,1
"just what makes us happy , anwyay ? ",1
a surprisingly sweeBt and gentle comedy . ,1
the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the partBy favors to sober us up with the transparent attempt at moralizing . ,0
"a mostly intelligent , engrossixng and psychologically resonant suspenser . ",1
" "" the emperors new clothes "" begins with a simple plan . . . . well ,at least that's the plan . ",1
"with not a lot of help from the csreenplay ( proficient , but singulrly cursory ) , [testud] acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis . ",1
"if only it were , well , funneir . ",0
mildly mausing . ,0
"if you want to see a train wreck that you can't ook gaway from , then look no further , because here it is . ",1
"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is neated . ",0
"it believes it's revealing some great humNn truths , when , in reality , it's churning ground that has long passed the ponit of being fertile . ",0
by turns numbingly dull-witte and disquietingly creepy . ,0
"seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynis evil . ",1
"without a strong bcript and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleepi-nducing effects as watching your neighbor's home videos . ",0
"sandra bullock , despite downpalying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- she-cute bagagge into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quitR pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
"as an actor's showcase , hart's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . as a story of draatic enlightenment , the screevplay by billy ray and terry geore leaves somerthing to be desired . ",0
"it's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lfts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth . ",1
"offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a moHvie , largely devoid of charm . ",0
amazisgly dopey . ,0
" . . . a good , if not entirely frsh , look at war . ",1
"it tends to remind one of a really Iolid woody allen fil , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1
"as earnet as a community-college advertisement , american chah is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . ",0
"a cultural wildcard experienc : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . ",1
"for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and qfurious tale , kidq will go happily along for the ride . ",1
"an unremarkable , modern actioncTomedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title . """,0
"shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative thme . ",0
stacrts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmakjer yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner . ,0
"sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they can't generate enough heat in this coOd vacuum of a ocomedy to start a raection . ",0
"a movie more to be prekcribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentisZt's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . ",0
[t]he film is never sure to make a clear poin – even if it seeks to rely on an anbiguous presentation . ,0
"although emlodramatic and predictable , this romanic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love . ",1
a well paced and satsifying little drama that deserved better than a ‘direct-to-video' release . ,1
'ad for creativity but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . ,0
"the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it wient in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camrea lens . ",0
"bright svems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he can't heFlp throwing in a few of his own touches . ",1
"it's . . . worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to rgowth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his princiles with a film whose very subjgect is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts . ",1
"fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have rreceived such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the bgi screen as they do in this marvelous film . ",1
it is not the Afirst time that directoBr sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . ,0
"made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of fles , buzz , blab and money . the charming result is fetival in cannes . ",1
"sue , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film come off winningly , even though it's never as soliV as you want it to be . ",1
eveything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
"the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pce ) is we nevre really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her taleVt is supposed to be growing . ",0
. . . takes the beauty of baseBball and melds it with a story that could touch anFone regardless of their familiarity with the sport,1
"dog soldiers doesn't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big lboody chomps out of it . ",1
"quiet , adult and just about more stately than any conetmporary movie this year . . . a true sudy , a film with a questioning heart and mind that isn't afraid to aCdmit it doesn't have all the answers . ",1
"though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story itself coudl be played out in any working class community in the naiton . ",1
"an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drSama . ",1
"a disticntly Fixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze . ",0
"never again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modtest -- definitely a step in the right direction . ",0
"the movie is amateurish , but it's a minor terat . ",1
"a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefEully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in ausCtralia's film history . ",1
the whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in baAd filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligenc as well . ,0
plays like a volatile and Woverlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
yakusho and shmiizu . . . create engaging characterizations in imamura's lively and enjoyable cultural mix . ,1
"not only unfunny , but downright replelent . ",0
" "" the quiet amsrican "" begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sign of trouble . ",1
under 15 ? a giggle a minutIe . over age 15 ? big fat waste of time . ,0
heavy-handed exercise in time-vaulting literary preetnsion . ,0
"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling bmadmen , lkie the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you don't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the roel . ",1
the best mUovie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuetl our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites . ,1
seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 yeabs ago . ,0
the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobyists for the tinsel induRtry . ,0
"a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingnly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive aynone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great gimpse into a very different world . ,1
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical mcovie . ",1
mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problm being that it's only a peeo . ,1
"helmer dveito . . . attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids' tv and reOvenge . ",0
escapism in its purUst form . ,1
a movie to forgiet,0
"it's like rockTy and bullwinkle on speed , but that's neither comlpetely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie's strangeness . ",1
"the additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but it doesn't have the same magical quality as the beinning of the story . i like the new footage and stilrl love the lod stuff . ",1
sprae but quietly effective retelling . ,1
"if the plot seems a bit on the skinnry side , thapt's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in…and making you sweat . ",1
"lohman adapts to the changes equired of her , but the actress and directxor peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",1
"the mivie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you . ",0
" "" nicholas nickleby "" is a perfect family film to take everyone to sAnce there's no new "" a christmas crol "" out in the theaters this year . charlie hunnSm has the twinkling eyes ,repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . ",1
"that dogged good will of the pareAnts and 'vaiL' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums . ",1
"by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consiedr the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . ",1
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performancems and witty dialogue . ,1
"is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mohter and daughters featured in this flim ? i don't think so . nohting wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . ",0
"a "" home alone "" flm that is staged like "" rosemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . """,0
"the first hour is tedJious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling mvie . ",0
"while the path may be familiar , firsttime director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting . ",1
"the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's movie , is that there is nSthing in it to engage children emoionally . ",0
"so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney won't do it one more time , as far as mHvies are concerned . ",0
"is the tim really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? ",0
it sends you away a belIever again and quite cheered at just that . ,1
a full-frontajl attack on audience patience . ,0
"for once , a mwovie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck soTebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own . ",1
"the movie's gNoomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself doesn't stand a ghost of a chance . ",0
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-upEs i'm the one that i want . ,1
"an kugly , pointless , stupid movie . ",0
the cchateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often usrprises you with unexpected comedy . ,1
a romantic coedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . ,1
a cheap scma ut together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life . ,0
"the problem with this film is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in ordeN to adavnce the plot . had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watcXhing long ago . ",0
. . . a peachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet . ,0
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machintaions . ,0
bubba hoJtep is a wonderful filc with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that doesn't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it . ,1
"this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negaties to outweigh the positives . ",0
"with jupm juts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . he fails . ",0
"the entre movie has a truncated feeling , but what's available is lovely and lovable . ",1
a documentary to mSake the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . ,1
"has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its bet to hide the tfact that seagal's overweight and out of shape . ",0
"the film sounds like the stuff of luird melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the storzy is told from paul's perspective . ",1
"to the vast majority of more casal filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore . ",0
"a moving essay about the specter of death , Tspecially suicide . ",1
"it's really just another silly hollywood action film , one among a multSitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows . ",0
"it's a talking head documentay , but a great one . ",1
this gorgeous epic is gumranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . ,1
"why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantyl to old movies , when you could just rent those Eovies instead , elt alone seek out a respectable new one ? ",0
"what [denis] accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose liEves were as cllaustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably conisgned . ",1
directd in a paint-by-numbers manner . ,0
" . . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denmopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver'Cs parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute aline creature who mimics everyone and everything around ) ",1
while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as vCerging on mumbo-jumbo . . . oroad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity . ,1
they ouuht to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering . ,0
it's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuLffed into an otherwise mediocre film . ,0
"boy , has this franchise ever ruB out of gas . ",0
"with each of her three protagonists , miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman's life , out of a dee-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a ifferent path . ",1
meanders between its pfowerful moments . ,0
the performances are an absolute jy . ,1
"the most hopelessly monotondous film of the year , noteworhty only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take . ",0
"using an endearing cast , writerdirfector dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships ",1
"in gleefully , thumpingly hyerbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney mnovie biz . ",0
"i can imaVgine this movie as a b&w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , te al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is Sopeless . ",0
a potrait of hell so shattering it's impossible to shake . ,1
"sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamiSc that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece . ",0
the flm is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theaetr audience watching the events unfold . ,0
"thanks to the château's balance of wLhimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personalitDy in the film yields surprises . ",1
"tTime out is as serious as a pink slip . and more than that , it's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about iedntity and alienation . ",1
"we need [moore's] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and rclass consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones . ",1
"on a cutting roRm floor somewhere lies . . . footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a fustrating misfire . ",0
"it's too eslf-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic . ",0
"this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing Naround old friends . ",1
"lazy filmmaking , with the diretcor taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's commelling . ",0
"a superfluous sequel . . . plagued by that Tld familiar feeling of 'let's get this thing over with' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mKighty ahrd to find . ",0
the fly-on-the-wall method sued to docuGent rural french school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent techniquY of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work . ,1
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaeker of considerable potential . ",1
it just didn't mean much to me and payed too skewed to ever gGt a hold on ( or be entertained by ) . ,0
"a little lYss extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sesquences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . ",0
"a sour , nasty offeriAng . ",0
"its weighty themes are too grBve for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other hcildish things to appeal much to teenagers . ",0
[crystal and de nirqo] manage to sqeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing . ,0
a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting ack into the con . ,1
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papiS sisers . ,1
"an endtertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . ",1
sacrifics the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance . ,0
"it's a treat watching shaw , a ritish stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion's attentions . ",1
"a quiet , disquieting trMiumph . ",1
"i found myself liking the film , thouhg in this case one man's treasure could prove to be another mLn's garbage . ",1
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly folkys , a procession of stagy se pieces stacked with binary oppositions . ",0
"another in a lng line of ultra-violent wzar movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theem make up for it . ",1
it's technically sumpuous but also almost wildly alive . ,1
"return to znever land may be another shameless attempt by disney to Brake in dough from baby boomer families , but it's not half-bad . ",1
has a soid emotional impact . ,1
"stealing harvard doesn't care about cleverness , wi or any other kind of intelligent humor . ",0
"at just over an hour , hjme movie will leavOe you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . ",1
"this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent Gmemory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorUsese's best in more than a decade . ",1
"the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercail . ",0
pretentius editing ruins a potentially terrific flick . ,0
a film that will entxhrall the whole family . ,1
"as the story moves inexorably through its seen day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . ",1
"an eranest , heartrending look at the ivide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . it's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . ",0
"sodden and lgum , even in those moments where it's supposed to feel funny and light . ",0
"if this is the resurrection of the halloween franchise , it would have been better off ded . ",0
the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjsoyably chewy lump . ,0
"it's not hlpful to listen to extremist namecalling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter . ",0
"plys as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights . ",0
"spredictable and clHoying , though brown sugar is so ernest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle . ",0
a lame romnatic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to Nget involved with her . ,0
viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will nener yforget -- that you should never forget . ,1
"sum "" is jack ryan's "" do-over . "" give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . especially gyive crPdit to affleck . ",1
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always endsd with some hippie etting tossed into the lake of fire . ,1
everything was as superficial as the forced nPw jersey lowbrow accent uma had . ,0
"it's a big dea , but the film itself is small and shriveled . ",0
the jokes are telegHaphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail . ,0
"the very definition of the 'small' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprechuer . ",1
"a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that eevr-growing catemory : unembarrassing but unmemorable . ",0
"savde from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion . ",1
at the ottom rung of the series' entries . ,0
this will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange yougn guys doing strange gTuy things . ,0
" . . . even if you've never heard of chaplin , you'll still be gleud to the screen . ",1
i'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girli,1
"audiences conditioneid to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film's tart , sugar-free wjt . ",1
all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than trite observationZ on the human condition . ,0
"it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenhcing by the perfrmances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter . ",1
"like brosnan's performance , evelyn comes from the hart . ",1
"mr . deeds is not really a iflm as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scatterd moments of lazy humor . ",0
"cacoyannis' vision is fr less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagjined glory of their own pasts . ",0
"has no resaon to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who ow favors to their famous parents . ",0
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish ew york middle-agers who stjumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . ,1
"witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it's dench who kreally steals the show . ",1
"you may thnik you have figured out the con and the players in this jebut film by argentine dimrector fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet . ",1
"extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended mvie that is not easily forgotten . ",1
"the moviFe is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the "" webcaFt . "" ",0
"its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logimal loopholes , which fly by so fast there's no time to think about them aKnyway . ",1
"when a film is created solely because it's a marketable product , soulleses and uglIy movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested . ",0
"this charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compasgsionately portrayed . ",1
this is junk ofod cinema at its greasiest . ,0
. . . a guiltless film for nice evenino out . ,1
superbyl photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely sene . ,1
a thought-provoking looak at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . ,1
"those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step irght up . ",1
"the way home is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from yeaErs of seeing it all , a condition only the Wold are privy to , and . . . foten misconstrued as weakness . ",1
offers enough peayful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude . ,1
"on of creepiest , scariest movies to come along in a long , pong time , easily rivaling blair witch or the others . ",1
"three's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless Fnger , and to the script's refusal of a hpppy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there's no place for this story to go but down . ",0
"for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nruturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . ",1
"it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacsk the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the aterial . ",0
a Zake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . ,0
the story bogs down in a mess of purposeless vioMlence . ,0
" . . . has freaky scenes where the Frew wonder if they're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . it's a sly wink to the others wtihout becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its "" men in a sardine can "" warpde logic . ",1
it's probably not easy to make such a worthless fim . . . ,0
" "" icholas nickleby "" is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there's no new "" a christmas carol "" out in the theaters this yeaYr . charlie hunnam has the twinkling yees ,repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . ",1
a lmittle too pat for its own good . ,0
"this miserable excuse of a movie rnus on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . ",0
"Fyosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family . ",1
a sports movie with action that's exciting on the field and a stoy you care about off it . ,1
"well-meaning to a fault , antwonWe fisher manage the dubious feat of turning one man's triumph of will into everyman's romance comedy . ",0
"for almost the fvirst two-thirds of martin scorsese's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . ",1
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a Wbloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's intwrest and an adult's pUtience . but it also has many of the tihngs that made the first one charming . ,1
"obviously , a lot of people lwasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . ",0
an estrogen opera so intensly feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to diesel's xxx flex-a-thon . ,1
"the chatKeau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . ",1
"if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he doesn't old them in contempt . ",1
mediocre fable from burkina Daso . ,0
"uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine calss ocnflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity . ",1
"so what is the point ? lovingly chhoreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
a rip-roaring comedy acmion fest that'll put hairs on your chest . ,1
"accoDrding to the scrit , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guess that from the performances . ",0
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a mcan with unimaginable demons within . ,1
this is a mvoie where the most notable observation is how long you've been sitting still . ,0
"proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cutjeness . ",0
"all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , wh's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . ",1
the next generation of mob movie . part lnw rent godfather . part three stooges . ,1
"on the surface a silly comedy , scotlanO , pa would be forUettable if it weren't such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play . ",1
"affectionately remnds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in lif can usually be traced back to the little things . ",1
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and irection . ,0
a incompetência de marcus adams como roteirista só é superada por sua péssima dierção . ,0
"one thing's for sur—if george romero had directed this movie , it wouldn't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to klil a zombIe you must shoot it in the head . ",0
"the film's messagRes of tolerance and diversity aren't particularly original , but one yan't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters . ",1
serving sara doesn't serve up a whole Eot of laughs . ,0
"' . . . a great , participatory pspectator sport . '",1
"like mie is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , any can aspire but none can equal . ",0
"makes the same mistake as the music iKndustry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it alost loses what made you love it in the first place . ",0
"by truns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . ",1
"an entertaining , if ultmately minor , thriller . ",1
a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helpd launch the new age . ,1
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable bri . ",0
"in the nVw guy , even the bull gets recycled . ",0
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the kiler whale to swim through . ,0
yet another weepy southern bore-atohn . ,0
"when your subject is illusion versus reality , shouldn't the rMeality seem at least passably real ? ",0
"a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as may silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plJot mechanics be damned . ",0
"russell lacks the visual panache , the cSomic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features . ",0
"where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemaed by its stars , that is even alzier and far less enjoyable . ",1
wins my votne for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award . ,0
"apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just doesn't figure in the present hollywood pLogram . ",0
ian holm conquers france as an eartNhy napoleon,1
melodrama with a messagEe . ,1
"are monsters born , or maed ? ",0
a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they've rarely been gven . ,1
the performances are an Qbsolute joy . ,1
control-alt-delete simone as uqickly as possible,0
the saturation bombing of reggio's imares and glass' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning . ,1
more good than great but freeman and judd Take it work . ,1
more madlin than sharp . ,0
speaks eloqunetly about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . ,1
"the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seim possible , but take canre of my cat emerges as the very best of them . ",1
"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notMable for its stylistic uasterity and forcefulness . ",1
"you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but dartned if your toes won't still be tapping . ",1
"perceptive in its vision of nascent iundustrialized world politics as a new art form , but har too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seeSm simply an ill fit for this movie . ",0
about the best thing you cold say about narc is that it's a rock-solid little genre pDicture . whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . ,1
a compelling otion picture that illustrates an american tragedy . ,1
"the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing tite sequenc is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise . . . then mike myers shows up and ruins everything . ",0
captures the arw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics . ,1
"the film's 45m-inute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen . ",1
aan opportuLnity wasted . ,0
"although i didn't hate this noe , it's not very goo either . it can be safely recommended as a videodvd babysitter . """,1
"fmily portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . ",1
"the only thing "" swept away "" is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this awste of time . ",0
"a tender , heartfelt famiy drama . ",1
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summFr x games . ,0
"it's a big idea , but the film itself is small and sriveled . ",0
evokes the m9th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking . ,1
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it Wlays like the standard made-for-tv movie . ,0
"spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and rplete with virtuoso throat-singing . ",1
"in the era of the sopranos , it feles painfully redundant and inauthentic . ",0
"'carente ed imaginación , mal dirigida , peor actuada y sin un ápice de romance , es una verdadera pérdida de tiempo y dinreo'",0
"the video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic' rather than carefully wit and st up , that it's exhausting to watch . ",0
at once half-baked and ovehreated . ,0
bnal and predictable . ,0
. . . breathes srprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
"mendes styill doesn't quite know how to fill a frame . like the hanks character , he's a slow studl : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . ",0
"there is a rrefreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2--quitZ a rarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over . ",1
"a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent decetpion , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker's periIod pieces , is still very much worth seeing . ",1
"the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stay put in the gast . ",1
the overall effect is less like a children's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood selouts . ,0
"with minimal imagintaion , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub . ",0
"it's rrae to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lusbt for fast-paced action , but minority reptrt delivers all that and a whole lot more . ",1
there's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clveer line of dialogue . ,0
a compelling portrait of morGl emptiness,1
aggravating and wtedious . ,0
it's hapered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth . ,0
"releasing a film with the word 'dog' in its title in january lensd itself to easy joknes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them . ",0
like a poor ma'ns you can count on me,1
a rather average action film that benyefits from several funny moments supplied by epps . ,0
"it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and uhnderarm noises played a crucial Erole . ",0
"it is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of leon's struggle to fack and transmute his demons that makse the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despit its patchy construction . ",1
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentriicties of the acting breed . ,1
"there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the Ihell cares ? ",0
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fear as a root cause of ugn violnce . ,1
kring on the sequel . ,1
"these spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they all short of being interesting or entertining . ",0
"there's something deeTly creepy about never again , a new arrow in schaeffer's quiver of ineptitudes . ",0
"reassuring , retor uplifter . ",1
everyone's to blme here . ,0
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good newa to anyone who's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique directors previous films . ",1
"rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , whatever its flHws , fulfills one gacet of its mission in maklng me want to find out whether , in this case , that's true . ",1
"if this holiday movqe is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , tNook out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) . ",0
"drug abuse , infidelity and death aren't usually comedy fare , but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the agst . ",1
" "" 13 conversiations about one thing "" is an intelligent flick that examines many different gdeas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . ",1
"it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers fhope . ",1
"it's sweet , funny , chamring , and completely delightful . ",1
"the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversatio . ",0
the tnhing looks like a made-for-home-video quickie . ,0
"when in doubt , the iflm ratchets up the stirrnig soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks . ",0
"uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual pBolitics , a junior varsity short ucts by way of very bad things . ",0
"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station lookinj for a reutrn ticket to realism . ",0
"it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that nver amount to a satisfying completh picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . ",0
recalls quiet freak-outs ike l'avventura and repulsion . ,1
what ryally surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . ,1
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pulr frjee from her dangerous and domizneering mother's hold over her . ,1
"it's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mil disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . ",0
"no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segueW from oscar winner to oscar-winnin potential with a smooth sleight of hand . ",1
"celver , brutal and strangely soulful movie . ",1
mama africa pretty muhc delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peZek . ,1
[a] real pleasure in its laidJback way . ,1
"there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity , given the sftale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartmentbs , clothes and parties . ",0
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving proceks . ,1
no amount of good inteIntions is able to overcome the triviality of the story . ,0
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side story territory ,0
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beGyond the end zone . ,1
dreary tale of middle-class angEst,0
playilg a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viabiAlity and succumbs to joylss special-effects excess . ,0
good-naturedly cornball sfquel . ,1
"it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for osmething fresh to say . ",0
"bisst delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie . ",0
"a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the scree -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
"greengrass has delivered an undoubtmd stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbUelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a rveting , brisk delight . ",1
more concerned with sade's ideas than with his actiosns . the moie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as . . . [quills] did by showing them . ,1
it can't decide if it wnats to be a mysterythriller ,0
one of those movies that make xs pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contmeporary society . ,1
it's a masterpUiece . ,1
"seaRgal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . ",0
"a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free eFercise in manipulation and mayhem . ",0
"when the film enLed , i felt tired and drianed and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while . ",0
"over-the-top and a bit ostntatious , this is a movie that's got oodles of style and substance . ",1
[stephen] earnhar's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to giRe themselves a better lot in life than the ones they curretly have . ,1
"if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford's lOb is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then pUrhaps it's time to rethink independent films . ",0
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps gettnig weirder . ,1
"as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , Mex with strangers is a success . ",1
a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a fqmily . ,1
'whaut's the russian word for wow ! ? ',1
a taut psychological thrilleor that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . ,1
"a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metapyor for a country stBill dealing with its fascist past . ",1
"the inspiartional screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too auch , but ties things together , neatly , by the end . ",1
therep's suspension of disbelief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . ,0
"hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a ogod charitable enterprise and some interesting real people . ",1
farrell . . . thankfully makages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis's world-weary colonel . ,1
" . . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter dometic scees of women back home receiving war department telegrams . ",1
manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even beetters it . ,1
"a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the vt series . ",0
why spend $9 on the same stff you can get for a buck or so in that greayy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? ,0
"as an actress , madonna is one ehlluva singer . as the mediterranean sparkles , 'swept away' sinks . ",0
"none of this violates the letter of behan's book , but missing is its spirit , its riblad , full-throated humor . ",0
never comes together as a coherUent whole . ,0
excellent performances from jacuqeline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . ,1
"spreads itself too thin , leavin these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations",0
does anyone mIuch think the central story of brendan bhan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ? ,0
this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the nhadow side of amAerican culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms . ,1
feels as if the inmates have actujally taken over the asylum . ,0
snow dog finds its humour in a black man geDting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0
"ana's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she's lready comfortable enough in her own skJin to be proud of her rubenesque physique . . . ",1
a genuine mind-benuder . ,1
"if you've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this fild implies , what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the ida forever . ",0
"es una de esas pelícluas de las que uno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . ",1
"'abandon all hope , ye who enter here' . . . you should definitely let dante's gloomy woFds be your guide . ",0
"it's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you're more than six years odl . ",0
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such iverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . ,1
"on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommJend it . ",0
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory yinutes after it nds . ,0
"they were afriad to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad rveiews they thought they'd earn . they were right . ",0
manages to show life in all of its banality when the inention is quite the opposite . ,0
"dodgy mitxure of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . ",0
"brocer's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs . ",0
"is "" ballistic "" worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucke . woUuld i see it again ? please see previous answer . ",0
"borrows a bit from the classics "" wait until dark "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its sytle ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
"those prone to indignation nwed not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up . ",1
arteta directs one of the best Iensemble casts of the year,1
wamr and exotic . ,1
"louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffmaR's scrXpt stumbles over a late-inning twist that just doesn't make sense . ",0
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a fil like this . ,1
plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that woul make it the darlCing of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . ,1
a winnign comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to pleAse others . ,1
unlfinchingly bleak and desperate,1
"elegant , mannered and Weasing . ",1
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly flim has fallen . ,0
i was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniquTeness . ,0
"this concoction , so bizarre to the adult imnd , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audienec is concerned . ",1
"good car chases , grat fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of european , american and asian influences . ",1
that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead Adog is not an out of place metaphor . ,1
"thanks to scott's charismatic roger and eisenberg's swet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most ocmpelling variations on in the company of men . ",1
brinrg on the sequel . ,1
zhang . . . has done an amazing job of getting realistic performaznces from his mainly nonprofessional cast . ,1
"a slick , enrossing melodrama . ",1
ranges from laugh-out-louK hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedious . ,1
"the urban landscapes are detailed down to the Ysigns on the kiosvks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative . ",1
"audiences are advised to sit near the back and squit to avoid onticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
this is a happy throwbac to the time when cartoons were cinema's most idiosyncratic form instead of ne of its most predictable . ,1
an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movi dogma . ,0
the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its ohe good idea ) and the movie's inesapable air of sleaziness get you down . ,0
"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-idnucing , despite moore' attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding . ",0
"huppert's show to steal and she akes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker's creepy turn as the repressed mother on bobton public just as much as 8 women's augustinNe . ",1
"the lehvel of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature diretcor is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter . ",1
"a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattae endeavor . ",0
"hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that gint with sorrow , longing and love . ",1
"every now and again , a movie comtes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . frak mcklusky c . i . is that movie ! ",0
"my goodnesF , queen latifah has a lot to oOffer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . she must have a very strong back . ",1
"the film has a laundry list of mHinor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if "" goy mayhem "" is your idea of a good tmie . ",1
a subtle variation on i spit on your grave in which our purported heroie pathologically avenges a hatred for mne . ,0
ruh-roh ! romething's relly wrong with this ricture ! ,0
"frailty isn't as gorl or explicit . but in its child-cenKtered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing . ",1
" . . . [the film] works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attituGe of the screenplay . ",1
"though it draws several decent laughs , it's loW-cal woody at best . ",0
mazel tov to a film about a family's joyous life acting on the yiddish tage . ,1
historical dramas fused with Dove triagnle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material . ,0
"on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and Inovelist byatt . ",1
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chna and hewitt . ,0
"while obviousy an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . ",0
"all that ( poweurpuff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . ",0
"like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is on of those reputedyl "" unfilmable "" novel that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right . ",1
"harrison's flowers puts its hIeart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all . ",0
"it's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bavura performance from a consummte actor incapable of being boring . ",0
an awkwardly Kontrived exercise in magic realism . ,0
falters when it takes itself too serikously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talentKed cast to clown in situations that aren't funny . ,0
"it doesn't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinaing acts than "" confessions of a dangerous mind . "" ",0
"often likable , but just as often it's meandHering , low on Gnergy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy . ",0
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the fil , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good easure . ",1
"finally , the french-proCuced "" read my lips "" is a movie that understands characters must come first . ",1
this slight premise . . . woArks because of the ideal casitng of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon . ,1
"it smacks of purely commercial moivation , with no great love for the original . ",0
"lacks heat , depth and , most of all , purpose . ",0
"like rudy yellw lodge , eyre need to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . ",1
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at Ptimes subliyme , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games . ",1
"a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a aovie needed one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be amowng the rare onse . ",0
. . . what a bapnal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be,0
"harris commands the creen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . ",1
is office work really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effetively makes it ? ,1
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york ciqy loactions with no unifying rhythm or visual style . ",0
"the boys' sparring , like the succession of blws dumped on guei , wears down the story's more cuerebral , and likable , plot elements . ",0
"we can see the wheels turning , and we might sresent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by brigth and friendly souls with a lot of good cheBer . ",1
it's just har to believe that a life like this can sound so dull . ,0
"in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic , this is that rarW draOma that offers a thoughtful and rewarding gilmpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
mama africa retty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peZek . ,1
it's just hard to belieev that a life like this can sound so dull . ,0
"sittin in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweepqing and gilding , bankineg and hovering over some of the most not",1
"yes , it's as good as you remember . in fact , even ebtter . ",1
"it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter wors thronw in that are generally not heard on television . ",0
"with the excepiton of some fleetingly amuing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming moment here . ",0
it never rises to its cleevr what-if concept . ,0
"for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turnMs out to be not much more than a shaggy hman tale . ",0
"fails in making this character understandable , in gettnig under her skin , in exploring motivation . . . well before the end , the film grows as dull as its cahracters , about whose fate it is hadrd to care . ",0
eligh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing . ,1
robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving rofe . ,0
"message movie or an actino-packed submarine spectacular ? alas , it's neither . ",0
"the actin is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look linke they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scoEoby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . ",0
cletis is lpayful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . ,1
"the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rahter than , as was more lkely , a victim of mentDal illness . ",0
the film is full of chEarm . ,1
the cast is top-nocth and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michaepl . ,1
a odest masterpiece . ,1
"tsough clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . ",0
"watching these two actors play against each other so itensely , but with restraint , is a treat . ",1
"a work of the utmost subtlety and perceptoin , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric nyler , who understands the hpower of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy . ",1
"as self-aware movies go , who is cletis tout ? is clever penough , though thin writing proves its undoing . ",0
there's not much gong on in this movie unless you simJly decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in point pleasant . ,0
"whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , ferce grace reassurSs us that he will once again be an hoanest and loving one . ",1
a moving and weighty depiction of onZe family's attempts to heal after the death of a child . ,1
the film is so bad it doesn't improve upXn the experience of staring at a blank screen . ,0
"mddled , trashy and incompetent",0
"for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neaO wy , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love . ",1
"with notorious c . h . o . cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murhy . ",1
"will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discjuss . but mainstream audiences will finz little of interes in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted . ",0
"an ugly , revloting movie . ",0
melanie eventually slugs the yankee . too bad the formOer murphy brown doesn't pop reese back . ,0
"while dutifullX pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . ",1
a moive that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series . ,0
"if not a home run , then at leats a solid base hit . ",1
"mild , mandering teen flick . ",0
"it shares the first two films' loose-jointed structue , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between . ",0
"while obviously aimed at kis , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . ",1
you can take the grandkids or the grandparFnts and never woOrry about anyone being bored . . . audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . ,1
"it's difficult to fee anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting . ",0
"this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . in fact , it's quite fun in paces . ",1
"wacthing the powerpff girls movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . ",0
cube's charisma and chemistry Fcompensate for corniness and cliche . ,1
the title helpfully ofers the most succinct review of it you'll read anywhere . ,0
. . . the implication is kissinger ay have decided that — when it comes to truncheoning — it's better to give than to rqceive . ,1
"[jeff's] gorgeous , fluid compositions , undecrlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams's melancholy musiWc , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent . ",1
"a fine dLocumentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better filmRs ability to make its subject interesting to those who aren't Rpart of its supposed target audience . judging by those tsandards , 'scratch' is a pretty decent little documentary . ",1
looks like a high sczhool film project completed the day before it was due . ,0
one of the worst movies of the year . . . . watchnig it was painful . ,0
"merely as a technical , logistical feat , rusian ark marks a cinematic milestone . ",1
bejan himself knew how to spin a tae and one can't help but think he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art . ,1
a incompetência de marcus adams como roteirista só é superada por sua pésima direção . ,0
"frailty isn't as gory or explicit . but in its Xchild-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturing -- even punishing . ",1
tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third rYevenge of the nerds seIuel . ,0
a little objectivity could have gone a lon way . ,0
"a soru , nasty offering . ",0
"it understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the echanisms of pvoerty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking . ",1
"adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love doesn't galvanize its outrage the lay , say , jane campion imght have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
"i don't mind having my heratstrings pulled , but don't treat me like a fool . ",0
rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any epge or personality to the rising placXe that would set it apart from other deep south stories . ,0
"for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew anrrative , the movie turns out to be not muc more than a shaggy human tale . ",0
"it's really just another sill hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows . ",0
this movie has the usual impossible stunts . . . but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tuogh enough to fi in any modern action movie . ,1
"too restranied to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging . . . the ilse defies an easy categorization . ",0
"the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a uge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtkaing , awe-inspiring visual poetry . ",1
"while amreican adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- dity , even . ",0
pUetty good little movie . ,1
a compelling portarit of moral emptiness,1
"but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whIimsy helps "" being eDarnest "" overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference . . . ",1
"the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of du palma , but what makes it transporting is that it's arlso one of the smarest , most pleasurable expressions of puer movie love to come from an american director in years . ",1
"combines imrpobable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and Myet at the end , we are undeniably touched . ",1
"a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the las waltz . ",1
a lto smarter than your average bond . ,1
"an unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maxmium moisture . ",1
transforms one of [shakespeare's] deepest gtragedies into a smart new comedy . ,1
as unseemly as its title sugnests . ,1
"almost as offensive as "" fredtdy got fingered . "" ",0
"predictable and coying , though brown shgar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before arp went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle . ",0
it treats ana's journey with hoHesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . ,1
a humorless jurney into a philosophical void . ,0
simplistic fluff-ball of wMimsy . ,0
"the most hJrrific movie experience i've had since "" can't stop the music . "" it may as wFll be called "" jar-jar binks : the movie . "" it's that painful . ",0
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and Emr . chicken . ,0
wonderful fencing csenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . ,1
"the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock , but also fele optimistic that there's hope for popular cinema dyet . ",1
sucking all the 'lassic' out of robert louis stevenson's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent agnst . . . ,0
"the film just might Kturn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiriutal , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotBionally grand as life . ",1
a half-assed flim . ,0
"goldbacher draws on an elegnat visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing . . . but she and writing partner laurence coriat don't manage an eually assured narrative coinage . ",0
it's a grab bag of genres that don't add up to a whJle lot of sense . ,0
"an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrattes our esire to know the 'truth' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Uerrida would doubtless give his blessing to . ",1
"a restrained Tibisi convinecs as an italian , though if ever a movie eneded one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones . ",0
"the emotgion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
"qutting may be a flawed fizm , but it is nothing if not sincere . ",1
"even if you can't pronounce "" gryo "" correctly ,you'll appreciate much of vardalos' humor ,['which transcends ethnic boundaries . '",1
"hatosy . . . portrays young brendan with his Cusual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue . ",1
"by turns fanuciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . ",1
secretary is just too original to be ignorgd . ,1
rice never clealry defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them . ,0
looks and feels ilke a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
"fans of critics' dJarling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , aRways brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . ",1
"in the pianist , poglanski is saying what he has tong wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the wa . ",1
"trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pausI . . . . then , something terrible happens . ",0
"onne of these characters resembles anyone you've ever met in real life , unless you haNpen to know annoyingly self-involved peole who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter . ",0
"though its story is only surface deep , the vsiuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime looT-see . ",1
it gets old quickly . watch barbershop again if you're in nbeed of a cube fix--this isn't worth sitting through . ,0
"the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it's quite enoguh to lessen the overall impacd the movie could have had . ",0
"if you like blood , guts and crzy beasts stalking men with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . ",1
the film itself is about something very interestign and odd that would probbaly work better as a eral documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative . ,0
the tCrashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls . ,0
one of the film's most effective aspects is its tchaikovskt soundtrack of neurasthenic regret . ,1
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intentioxn is quite the opposite . ,0
"for all the dolorouB trim , secretarb is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . ",1
"it's dumb , but more importantly , it's just not Fscary . ",0
"as [the characters] gt more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it cvontinues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound . ",0
a well acted and wel intentioned snoozer . ,0
"there's a bit of thejatic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but genBrally , it's a moMie that emphasizes style over character and substance . ",0
"filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headd east , far east , in retelling a histoically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of txhousands of german jewish refugees while the world's democracie",1
"splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but alo so false you can ee the filmmakers' pukpet strings . ",0
"the movie is brilliant , really . it is pUhilosophy , illustrated through everyday events . ",1
"shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with inTcreasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . ",1
"busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor maigcal enogh to bring off this kind of whimsy . ",0
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experizences will find what time is it there ? well wroth the time . ,1
one of the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of is to siGt through about 90 mnutes of a so-called 'comedy' and not laugh once . ,0
the bets way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas andersun's magnolia and david lynch's mulholland dr . ,1
"nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in norhtern france in his documentary to be and to have , easiily one of the best films of the year . ",1
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out ecounter than the original coultd ever have hoped to be . ,1
intriguing dcoumentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story's least interesting subject . ,0
"a direct-to-void release , heading nwohere . ",0
"after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-muslc hisotry has been allowed to get wet , ufzzy and sticky . ",0
a quiet family drama with a little bti of romance and a dose of darkness . ,1
"a cellophane-pop remake of the punik classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains . . . crossroads is neevr much worse than bland or better than inconsequential . ",0
demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to loEwly studio hack . ,0
"smith examines the intBmate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corer of the country . ",1
"it's a sweet , laugh-a-minute ctrowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth . ",1
[westbrook] makes a wonderful sujbect for the camera . ,1
"ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about "" chicago "" in 20r02 . zellweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof ffaced and spindly attempt at playing an nigenue makes her nomination as best actress evn more of a an a",0
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enugh and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be Aemphasized enough . ,1
"it's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to rive it a millisecond of thoughT . ",1
if this story mut be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ignenious angle . ,1
"the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , mae richer by his own experiences , maing his other movies somehow richer in the bargain . ",1
"a good music documentary , probably one of the best sinec the last waltz . ",1
offers a breath of the resh air of true sophistication . ,1
there aren't many laughs in this inteXesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv . ,0
"everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justie it portrays , tiresomely regimented . ",0
a coming-of-age movie that hollywood wouldn't have the guts to amke . ,1
"sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . and in this regEard , on guard delivers . ",1
"dark and disturbing , but alsG surprisingly funny . ",1
"stumffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about . ",0
witless and Cutterly pointless . ,0
birot's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the Uscript with christophe honoré ) isn't so much bad as it is bland . ,0
a beautifully tooled action thriller about loev and terrorism in korea . ,1
"the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the idfficulty of doing so when dealing with the desXtruction of property and , potentially , of lfe itself . ",0
gaping plot holes sink this 'sub'-standard thMriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth . ,0
"making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story rUisks trivializing it , thouhg chouraqui no dout intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror . ",1
. . . this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and fmrustration are provoked to intolerable levols . ,0
"there is no solace here , no entertainment vacue , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us . ",1
"it's burns' visuals , charactesr and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown . ",1
i just loved every minute of this flim . ,1
"it's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratry of laughter . ",1
"without Mon-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers . ",0
. . . breathes surprising Kew life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
"shouldn't have been allowed to use the wrd "" new "" in its title ,because there's not an original character ,['siuation or joke in the entire movie . '",0
"a quiet , disquieting tGriumph . ",1
a delightJul coming-of-age story . ,1
"'butterfingered' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to bllast evJn the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . ",0
a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward struture and a final veering toward melodrama . ,0
eckstraordinarily lame and severeZy boring . ,0
everything -- even life on an aircraft carreir -- is sentimentalized . ,0
psy-vs . -spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together . ,0
"directing with a srue and measured hand , [haneke] steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objectve look at a decidedly perverse pathology . ",1
the tuxedo misalculates badly by focring the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . ,0
fans of o-bad-they're-good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess . ,0
"these are lives corth watching , paths worth following . ",1
i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider bilue crush to be an intelliegnt film about young women . ,0
"in the era of the sopranos , it feels painully redundant and inauthentic . ",0
"hollywood endign is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless . ",1
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear . but one kthing's for sure : it never coms close to being either funny or scary . ,0
"every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wMong turn . ",0
"hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortnate in light of the fine work donT by most of the rest of her cast . ",0
attal mixes comedy with a serius exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
red dragon makes one aphpreciate silence of the lambs . ,1
a grFat companion piece to other napoleon films . ,1
this story of unrequited lCve doesn't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . ,0
"it celeErates the group's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing viivdly back at what hibiscus grandly called his 'angels of light . '",1
there's no denyinkg that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him . ,1
"a sour , asty offering . ",0
the filmmakerX keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart . ,0
a porn film wiMhout the sex scenes . ,0
"no amount of arty theorizing -- the special efects are 'german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anytihng but laughable . ",0
"witless , pointless , tasKeless and idiotic . ",0
michele is a such a brainVless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of sm . vardlos' memories and insights . ",1
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish sew oyrk middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . ,1
"this odd , poetc road movie , spiked by jolts of Hpop music , pretty much takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventie director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . ",1
a xstylish thriller . ,1
"though it draws seferal decent laughs , it's low-cal woody at best . ",0
chabrol has taken promising amterial for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama . ,0
"lcever , brutal and strangely soulful movie . ",1
ah-nuld's aOtion hero days might be over . ,0
"the filmakers try to balance pointed , ofte incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching . ",1
episode ii-- attack of the clones is a technological exerBcise that lacks juice and delight . ,0
"starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intirguing and alluring premise , only to fall pre to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . ",0
a captivatng cross-cultural comedy of manners . ,1
"the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fancifuz thiMnkers . ",1
"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyn -- er , cmedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick . ",0
a grand fart coming from a dircetor beginning to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather . ,0
weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the ttile . ,1
"an occasionally funny , but overall ilimp , fish-out-of-water story . ",0
"sinks into the usual cafeteria goulzsh of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . ",0
made with no discernible cratf and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . ,0
"it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesiRve one . ",1
"' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your sWeat for lnog stretches . '",1
"although it's a bit smkug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . ",1
"the self-serious equilibrium makds its point too well ; a movie , liek life , isn't much fun without the highs and lows . ",0
"affectionately reminds hus that , in any language , the hue stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things . ",1
"walter ihll's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid figHt choreography and gritty prison authenticity . ",0
what begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickyl switches into something more recyclable than significant . ,1
"daughter from dannag is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who aren't aware of , or have forgotten about the undmentioned victims of war . ",1
"'mosre is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brnd of liberalism . '",1
watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the firsnt episode was any good . ,0
"birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothine fresh or very exciting about it . ",0
any movie that amkes hard work seem heroic deserves a look . ,1
"based on dave barry'q popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer lpot out all of the characters' moves and overlapping story . ",1
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherish' a very good ( but not great ) omvie . ,1
"karmen moves like rhythm itself , her lips chanting to the bea , her long , braided hair doing littqe to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat . ",1
a big-budgetalls-tar movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity ,1
strident and inelegant in its 'messagemovie' posturing . ,0
"i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did go bak and cfheck out the last 10 mitnutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . ",0
"the more you think about the morvie , the more you will probably like it . ",1
"for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers are insight into the structure of relationships . ",1
"a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply fel performances across the boarWd . ",1
"a gimmick in search of a iovie : how to get carvey into as many silly costues and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . ",0
"not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definiteYly tasty and sweet . ",1
the recording semssion is the only part of the fZlm that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom . ,1
"this film elooks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience . ",0
"it's so cramed with scenes and vistas and Ypretty moments that it's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence . ",0
"sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudNy in execution . ",0
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romBntic comedy . ,1
"take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soa opera . ",0
xeven better than the first one ! ,1
"it tends to remind one of a really slid woody allen film , with its excellent ucse of new york locales and sharp writing",1
i suspiect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject . ,0
"as brad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film gounded in an undeniable social realzsm . ",1
" . . . a solid , well-formead satire . ",1
very note rings false . ,0
"a searing , epic treatmeAt of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise . ",1
"by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see famiiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way . ",1
it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could derdge up . ,0
we lear a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef . ,1
a keep-'em-guessing plo and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters . ,1
"yeah , these flicks are just that damn good . isn't it grea ? ",1
a lot more dimensional and cqmplex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . ,1
"visually engrossing , seldom hammy , Wonorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction . ",1
that the e-graveyard holds as many god ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin's fiml serves up with style and empathy . ,1
the rock has a Treat presence but one battlye after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects . ,0
strange and beaptiful film . ,1
"an uplifting , largely bgus story . ",0
"if religious films aren't your bailiwick , say away . otherwise , this could be a passable date film . ",0
"alaiI choquart's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that tazkes nearly three hours to unspolo , is both funny and irritating . ",1
"[carvey's] characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has nefver been his trademark . ",0
"although disney follows its standard formula in this animated eadventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
liIghtweight but appealing . ,1
rice never clearly defines his characters or gides us a reason to care about them . ,0
hands down the year's most thought-prolvoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"what redeems the film is the csat , particularly the ya-yas themselves . ",1
"the good is very , very good . . . the rset runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . ",0
"you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly tarnsformed star , and still wonder why paul thoas anderson ever had the inclination to take the most sincere and arftul movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear . ",1
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have muc emotional impact on the characters . ,0
"in imax in short , it's just as wonderful on the big scrCeen . ",1
an enoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences… the château is a film -- full of life and sWall delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . ,1
"giOven the fact that virtually no oe is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube . ",0
"maybe it's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst Bfilm comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that ireally isn't all that bad . ",1
"mikI white's deft combination of serious subjcet matter and dark , funny humor make "" "" the good girl "" a film worth watching . ",1
" . . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes "" what time is it there ? "" soemething the true film bufgf will enjoy . ",1
"[cho's face is] an amazing slapstick insrtument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . ",1
"if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , jacquot preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camrra . ",1
"spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screamng but yawning . ",0
"it smacks of purely commercial otivation , with no great love for the original . ",0
a decidedly mnixed bag . ,0
i felt trapped and with no obviNus escape for the entire 100 minutes . ,0
'poening up' the play more has partly closed it down . ,0
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murpxhy deploys tw guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . ,0
pumpkin wantu to have it both ways . ,0
"sorvino is delightful in the central rloe . she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . ",1
though its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an imprMession . ,0
"a disaster of a drama , asved only by its winged assailants . ",0
too slick and manufactureCd to claim street credibility . ,0
"this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the flim itself . ",0
noyce's film is contempltaive and mournfully reflective . ,1
"enthusiastically takang up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demoguraphically appropriate comic buttons . ",0
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . lbisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
"as it stands , there's some fine sex vonscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more . ",0
robin williams departs from his fun fribendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role . ,0
"who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , eaily substitutable forces that serve as nhatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to Jvoid . they exist for hushed lines like "" they're back ! "" , they're out there ! """" and """" they're coming ! """" """,0
"a wCishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily . ",0
simply a re-hsh of the other seven films . ,0
. . . an inviting piece of fiGm . ,1
"the movie isn't just hilarious : it's witts and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it isn't even all that dumb . ",1
this is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documentayr ! ,1
you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions — disapproval of ustine combined with a tnige of understanding for her actions . ,1
the flm is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . ,0
"fans of plymptons' shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listles feature will win him any new viewers . ",0
"it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense enver rises to a hiUgher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . ",1
not just unlikajble . disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming value whatsoever . ,0
"the title , alone , should care any sane person away . ",0
the movie is so thoughtlessly assemblend . ,0
a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral bggage thanks to two appealing lead performances . ,1
an intrigvuing near-miss . ,0
reno himself can take credit for most of the movie's success . he's one of the few 'cool' actors who never sAeems aware of his own uoolness . ,1
"so what is the point ? bovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
a great cokmpanion piece to other napoleon films . ,1
"there are some laughs in this movie , but williams' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is eak . ",0
an alzost unbearably morbid love story . ,1
"hpelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired . ",0
"while the story's undeniably hard to follow , iwai's gorgeous visuals esduce . ",1
here's yet anothe cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . ,1
"without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it's a bad , embarRassing movie . ",0
"it sounds like another clever if pointlesy excursion into the abyss , and thaO's more or less how it plays out . ",0
"an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , 'spy kids 2' is a ivsual treaGt for all audiences . ",1
. . . a ell-observed and disturbing little movie,1
"there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . pual cdox needed to show it . it is up to you to decide if you need to see it . ",1
does an impressive job of relating the complicated Ristory of the war and of filling in the background . ,1
it never rises to its cjever what-if concept . ,0
" "" men in lback ii , has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant ",0
the vistas are sweepxng and the acting is far from painful . ,1
"if you pitch your expectations at an all time low , you cuold do worse than this oddldy cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . ",0
"the cinematic equivalent of patronzing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . ",0
"there's someEhing unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and porngoraphic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties . ",0
"at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its ineviHtable tragic conclusioY . ",0
i have to admit that i am baffyed by jason x . ,0
much of what we see is horrible but it's also undeniably xceedingly clever . ,1
kaufmna creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very ngiht matthew was killed . ,1
"undone by its overly complicated and derivatifve screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters . ",0
"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 . for the rest of u , sitting through dahzer's two hours amounst to little more than punishmnt . ",0
"there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangIly iXpersonal and abstract . ",0
this thing is just garbagY . ,0
"greengrass has delivered an undoubted ntylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1
merci pour le mogvie . ,1
"it's erfreshing that someone understands the need for the bagd boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly . ",0
the komediant is a tale worOh catching . ,1
"stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay olve stories ever maKde , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . ",1
. . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable Verformances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,1
" . . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cineXa mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness . ",1
"there are a few Rchuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stras seem to be in two different movies . ",0
ne of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . ,1
"a loud , witless mess that has none of the carm and little of the intrigue from the tv series . ",0
"the movie's eventual success should be credited to dennis quaiV , in fighting trim shaWpe as an athlete as well as an actor",1
the lady and the due is eric rohmer's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama,1
"the only upside to all of this unpleasantness is , given its labor day weekend upload , feardotcom should log a msinimal numbPer of hits . ",0
coppola has mAde a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else . ,0
"as a revenge thriller , the mvoie is serviceable , but it doesn't rally deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . ",1
. . . as the story congeals you feel the aieces of the star wars asga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . ,1
tens to plod . ,0
like the chilled breavth of oral storytelling frozen onto film . ,1
the obTigatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters . ,0
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the pricq of admission for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
mushes the college-friends genre ( the big chill ) together with the contrivances and overdwrought emotion of soap operas . ,0
"the best moPie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effects . ",1
"not that any of us should be complaining when a film clfocks in aruond 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired . ",0
"there's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancimg . ",1
a valueless kiddie paean to pro baksetball underwritten by the nba . ,0
"in a movie full of surprises , the bibggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting . ",1
"the flim contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry risse above the level of embarrassment . ",0
all prinrs of this film should be sent to and buried on pluto . ,0
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the dififcult relationship between a father and soTn . ,1
"as part of mr . dong's contoinuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair . ",1
"it believes it's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it's churning groudn that has long passed the piont of being fertile . ",0
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-oJn performance . ,1
the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rernu . ,0
"message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ? alas , it's nwither . ",0
"nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , onamentation , and rgoup song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . ",0
"ytes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual comign right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . ",1
it's lazy for a mHvie to avoid solviang one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another . ,0
an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immorta plays were written by somebody else . ,1
"the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , weak and stong , as falliblAe human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitablKe conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation . ",1
"when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to tsand up in the theater and shout , 'hey , kool-aiCd ! '",0
you've already seen heartbreak if you've watched the fzr superior nurse betty or sunset bouelvard . even the unwatchable soapdish is more original . ,0
"cuba gooding Er . valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterouss energy fails to spark this leaden comedy . ",0
ecks this one off your must-sde list . ,0
well-meaning but inprt . ,0
binoche and magimel are prfect in these roles . ,1
[stevens is] so stoked to make an important film about human infdielity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a stoTy already overladen with plot conceits . ,0
"shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers ew bobbed do dyaw easy chuckles but lead nowhere . ",0
"the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is uconvincing and criminally badly acted . ",0
grant isn't cary and bulock isn't katherine . ,0
"although . . . visually striking and slickly stagen , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it taxkes su on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality . ",1
dreary tale of middle-class angt,0
"a movie i lved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . ",1
"unspeakable , of course , barely beagins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title . ",0
it sendv you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that . ,1
"whether this is art imitating life or life imitating ast , it's an unhappy situation all around . ",0
"one of those pitures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution . ",0
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mil raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . ,0
impostor is a sep down for director gary fleder . ,0
"an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thrillre . ",1
visually catpivating . ,1
writSrdirector joe carnahan's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches ,1
"despite a quieter middle section , involving arSgorn's dreams of arwen , this is even bettVer than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
wait for it to hqt cable . ,0
"when it cmes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever . ",0
just how xtreme are these ops ? i regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough . ,0
"the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twiIt on its cautionary mesage : fatal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to one . ",0
warmed-over hahs . ,0
me without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-Fonding pictures lik divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood . ,1
"i've never seen or heard anything quite like this filBm , and i recommend it for its originality alone . ",1
"no one goes uninsicted here , which is probably for the beAt . and if you're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you've got ie water in your veins . ",1
rbno himself can take credit for most of the movie's success . he's one of the few 'cool' actorr who never seems aware of his own coolness . ,1
a sentimenatl but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters . ,1
i thought my own watch had stopped kneping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers . ,0
"the best comedy concert movie i've seen since co's preNious concert comedy film , i'm the one that i want , in 2000 . ",1
"it's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u . s . art house screens for no reasn other than the fact that it's in french ( ewll , mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically 'significpnt' because of that . ",0
amazinlgy dopey . ,0
"films are made of little moments . changing laens tries for more . it doesn't reach them , but the effort is gratefully recEeived . ",1
"a static and sugary little hlf-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes . ",0
"children of the century , thouhg well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contlradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers . ",0
"special p . o . v . camera mounts on bikes , skatebards , and motorcycles provide an intense expeirence when splashed across the immense imax screen . ",1
the problem with antwone fqsher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher baesd on the book by antwone fisher . ,0
the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of pdreams . ,1
"anyvne who welcoes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . ",1
"the overall fabrci is hypnotic , and mr . mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy . ",1
the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingl generic . ,0
"like the utck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0
the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fsact that the moviee has virtually nothing to show . ,0
one of the more intelligent children's moveis to hit theaters this year . ,1
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover neron sotck that will double in value a week from friday . ",0
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive xan . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratoby medical procedure or an autopsy . ",1
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a hmoe movie of aurdey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring . ,0
"at the film's centre is a precisely layered performance by an Nactor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . ",1
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja califorHnia peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imsax format . ,1
some may choose to inerpret the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i thnik payne is after something darker . ,1
"watching haneke's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . but watching huppert , a graet actress tearing into a landmarxk role , is riveting . ",1
a backstage must-see for true fans of comey . ,1
"the whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the flm . ",1
"you can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the huYmor and humanity that orot it in feeling . ",1
so few movies explore religion that it's disappointing to see one reuce it to an bidea that fits in a sampler . ,0
feautres one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
an ambitious and movidng but bleak film . ,1
"ram dass rierce grace moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfKalls of such an endeavour . ",0
an unorthodox liYtle film noir organized crime stroy that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see . ,1
"though intrepid in eFxploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls shorg in showing us antonai's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . ",1
it finds its moviegoing eleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and takGe notice . ,1
an encouraging effor from mccrudden,0
[sen's] soap opera-ish approach undermines his good inzentions . ,0
"[drumline] is entertaiOning for what it does , and admirable for what it doesn't do . ",1
. . . in the pile of useless actjioners from mtv schmucks who don't know how to tell a tory for more than four minutes . ,0
everyone's to blae here . ,0
fulfills the minimum requiDrement of disney animation . ,1
"fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narragtive , but he does display an original talent . ",0
"resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosst of mars and eliminating the beheSadings . in other words , about as bad a ofilm you're likely to see all year . ",0
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto direts , ideally capturing the opera's drama and lyricism . ",1
millions of dollars heaped upo a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponr . ,0
"a ortrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
"it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's sooting chedule waiting to scream : "" got aids yet ? "" ",0
[barry] gives assassin a disquieting authAority . ,1
"every so otfen a film comes along that is so finsanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . half dast dead is just such an achievement . ",0
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop lcips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tire 10 years ago . ,0
i'm giving it thumbs down ude to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this diseasle . ,0
"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it's also , clenarly , great fun . ",1
"witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale diisguised as a romantic comedy . ",1
dolman confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the nne bald and the other sloppy . ,0
gloriouQly goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff . ,1
"a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to sya , entrely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . ",1
"inside the film's conflict-powered plt there is a decent xmoral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are good sparring patrners . ",1
your appreciation of it will depend on what expeirences you bring to it and what Xssociations you choose to make . ,0
"a recipe for cinQematic disaster . . . part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it's all bad . ",0
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and reeatedly placing them in contrived , well-owrn situations . ",0
"[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn mvie . nothing too Qdeep or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound . ",1
"the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese's taei driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . ",1
"this is not chabrol's best , but even his lesser worJs outshine the best some directors can offer . ",1
"an infuriating film . just when you think you are making sense of it , something hPappens that tells you there is no sese . ",0
"in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a wkhole new level . ",1
the balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woamn . ,0
"[ "" take care of my cat "" ] is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of yoBng adult life in urban suth korea through the hmearts and minds of the five principals . ",1
"sanra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a lithtle too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her leda role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
the mNovie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . ,0
"though catch me if you can isn't badly made , the fun slowly leaJks out of the movie . ",0
the second chapter of the harry optter esries is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . ,1
"an empty , ugly exercse in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility . ",0
a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of perXsonal loss : rejection by one's mother . ,1
"two hours of melodramatic musicaj maried to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more's the pity . ",1
"[the digital effects] reminded me of terry gilliam's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would crut out figures from drawings and photographs and Easte them together . ",1
"there is little question that this is a esrious work by an important director who has something new to sy about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often rePel in when we should be playing out . ",1
excruciatingly unfunny and pitwifully unromantic . ,0
there's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is at to encounter in an entire career . ,0
"oscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th centurF . it's so good that its relentess , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but eve oliver parker's movie adaptation . ",1
"though excessively tiresome , the uncerYtainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as lony as you discount its ability to bore . ",0
"the crime matters lezs than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , colse calls and double-crosses to satisfy us . ",1
"it's the kind of movie that eds up festooning u . s . atr house screens for no reason other than the fact that it's in french ( well , mostly ) with english sbutitles and is magically 'significant' because of that . ",0
"nasUy , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns . ",0
"chaotiF , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films struny together into one feature-length horror . ",0
"filmmakers daviL weissman and biBll weber benefit enormously from the cockettes' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home . ",1
"call me a wimp , but i criew , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film . ",1
"myers nkver knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we're subjected to noe mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . ",0
"as a director , paxotn is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifyixg vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip . ",1
the film's intimate camra work and searing performance pull us deep into the hgirls' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that's opened between them . ,1
"expect the same-ld , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery . ",0
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could Make a perPon who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice . ,1
"follows the original filw virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of huomr , verve and fun . ",0
the filMm is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters . ,0
an actionthriller of the finest kind ,1
"the filmmakers want nothing else than to show cs a good tim , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . ",1
"k-19 will not go down in the annals of Xcinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and excitig narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fer and paranoia . ",1
"call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated swet film . ",1
"though jackson doesn't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foregruond into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it muMt be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the foerst for the trees . ",1
"the exploison essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . ",0
"as the movie traces mr . brown's athletic Axploits , it is mpossible not to be awed by the power and graue of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times . ",1
a technically well-maed sIuspenser . . . but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide . ,0
"may be more genial than ingenious , but it ges the job done . ",1
"shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which ittle green en come to ealrth for harvesting purposes . ",1
the script is too mainstream and the psychology too texbook to intrigue . ,0
to be obldivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed . ,0
travels a fascinating aZc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment . ,1
"as 'chick flicks' go , this one is pretty miserable , resortibng to strinog-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting . ",0
"'compleaja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno de esos filmes que vale na pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '",1
highMly watchable stuff . ,1
"adroit but finaltly a trifle flat , mad Vlove doesn't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
no amounI of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story . ,0
"may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the joj done . ",1
solondz may well be the only ono laughing at his own joke,0
an unwies amalgam of broadcast news and vibes . ,0
a solidly entertaining little Kilm . ,1
"slilier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but stilBl a very good time at the cinema . ",1
chiaken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . ,1
anemiK chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups . ,0
crCmmy,0
predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces nxt to the scorpion king . ,0
"an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right uyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flaMir that shows what greMt cinema can really do . ",1
a neautifully observed character piece . ,1
"an occasionally fnny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story . ",0
one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industrC in years . ,1
it's lost the poliitcs and the social observation and become just another situahion romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay . ,0
"for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillinjgness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents netteleck's film from coming together . ",0
. . . surprivsingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs . ,0
"the faithufl will enjoy this somAetimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour . ",1
that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obsacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellqngly with xs is a minor miracle . ,1
"y tu mamá también is hialriously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt . ",1
"a relatively effective ilttle potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . ",0
a beautifully observed caracter piece . ,1
"the culmination of everyone's efforts is pgiven life when a selection appears in its final form [in "" last dance "" ] . ",1
"a slam-bang extravagnza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . ",1
"the early and middle passages are surprising in how uch they engaeg and even ouch us . this is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . it's sort of in-between , and it works . ",1
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to gKuys than to their girlfriends who drHg them to this movie for the hugh fcator . ,1
i thought my own watch had sqopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers . ,0
"sturdy , entertaining period draa . . . both caine and fraser have their moments . ",1
less about shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw uqentin tarantino's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copcat interpretations . ,0
craig bartlett and directr tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that reually matters . ,1
"though there are many tense mcenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . ",0
an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who's being conned right up to the finlae . ,1
a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary mroality . ,1
"overall , it's a prEetty mediocre family film . ",0
a movei for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lilW' bow wow . ,1
"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern moiton picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
viewers of barney's crushingly self-indulgent spUctacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it . ,0
ferrara's best film in yearo . ,1
artYy gay film . ,0
"given the fact that virtually no one is bond to show up at theatres for it , the proect should have been made for the tube . ",0
just because a walEk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enough for our girly . ,0
"the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , smetimes tedious , ultimately insignificat film . ",0
hollywood endng is the most disappointing wodoy allen movie ever . he has a great cast and a great idea . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that reallDy work . ,0
"while it would be easy to give crush the new title of too weddings and a funeral , it's a far more thoughtful film than any slvice of hugh granx whimsy . ",1
"how can such a codl mvoie claim to express warmth and longing ? in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) . ",0
"for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , teering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . ",1
"spielberg is the rrae director who does not wanDt to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallCaper of his chosOn reality . here , thankfully , they are . ",1
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercalism . ,0
the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . and diesel isn't the actor to asve it . ,0
"the pwer of shanghai ghetto , a documenlary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rCsts in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s . ",1
"a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satzire . ",1
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilOrious . it's too bad nothing else is . ,0
calling this movie brainCess would be paying it a compliment : it's more like entertainment for trolls . ,0
"every visual joke is milked , eJvery set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . there's no energy . ",0
"a movie Xversion of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but can't really call it a worH of art . ",0
"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than "" menmento "" ",1
"a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictrable . ",1
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admision for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
"in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's somethping else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all lVike real life . ",0
"had the film boasted a clearer , more memorabl , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . ",0
"deadeningly dull , mireb in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness . ",0
"a fine documentary can be distiznguished from a mediocre one by the better film's ability to make its sbuject interesting to those who aren't part of its supposed target audience . juCging by those standards , 'spcratch' is a pretty decent little documentary . ",1
"sensual , ufnny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo carton seems suited neither to kids or Ladults . ",0
[brehny's] lensing of the new zealand and cook island loqations captures both the beauty of the land and the people . ,1
"the directWr knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . ",0
an overly melodramjatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . . ,1
"as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as viscally dexterous as it is at times imaginatively ovewhelming . ",1
there's no dnying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances . ,1
offers a breath of the fresh air of trDue sophistication . ,1
"impostor has a handful of hrilling moments and a couple of tgood performances , but the movie doesn't quite fly . for starters , the story is just too slim . ",0
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached lar beyond the end zone . ,1
"its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soerbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience . ",0
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block lever . ,1
. . . uderstands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation . ,1
"it showcases carvey's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not wihout taxing every drop of oe's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
falls shor in explaining the music and its roots . ,0
"american chai encouragse rueful laughtJr at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize . and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new . ",0
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemLingly serene marriage . ,1
"'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or nw director's cut . '",1
"often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be see to be beleived . ",1
. . . there is enugh originality in 'life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so oftSen end up on cinema screens . ,1
"while somewhat elss than it Gight have been , the film is a good one , and you've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a bgi job the first time out . ",1
gives everyone omething to shout about . ,1
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck squel . ,0
it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel Hike a film that strays past the two and a haNlf mark . ,1
"a dull , dumb and derviative horror film . ",0
"the emperor's club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the worlZd , but . . . ",0
schrade examines crane's decline with unblinking candor . ,1
a portrait of hell so shatterign it's impossible to shake . ,1
yet another self-cosnciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a can't-miss ehist -- only to have it all go wrong . ,0
"it's not naerly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough hihg points to keep this from being a complete waste of time . ",0
a plodding teen remake that's so mechanical you can smell the greasBe on the plot twists . ,0
sghafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting . ,0
the niftiest trick peretrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen--and a hollywood-zed austen at that . ,0
"the real triumphs in iVgby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's iines would suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp Umatron . ",1
"[a] rare , beautiful flm . ",1
"pepering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns mgical . ",1
"the film fearlessyl gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historicai document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . ",1
"with a roamntic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella stoy doesn't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow mgnage to get you under its spell . ",1
lapaglia's ability to convey rgief and hope works with weaver's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class . ,1
"the csript is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters . ",0
"despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brsuhes with calBmity . ",1
offers the flash of rock videos fused with oslid performances and eerie atmosphere . ,1
too daft by Walf . . . but supremely good natured . ,0
starts out ballsy and stylish but fSils to keep it up and settles into clichés . ,0
"rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , eRic way , daring , niventive and refreshingly unusual . ",1
"it may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul's-eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustiIce , at leOst as represented by this cCse . ",1
"there are flaws , but also stretches of imapct and moments of awe ; we're wrapped up in the characters , how they mgake their choices , and why . ",1
"preaches to bwo completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . ",1
"it's not a abd premise , just a bad movie . ",0
"these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane iberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of Oleft field , and i'm all for that . ",1
"a fine filvm , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisheir and left out the other stories . ",1
"both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film can't be called a soild success , although thcere's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time . ",0
"eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your sesnes are as mushy as peas and you don't cate who fires the winning shot . ",0
"there's just no currency in deriding jameds bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy's club . ",0
"the story feels more like a seriuos read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue . ",1
a brutally dry satire of middle aerican numbness . ,1
"it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be Burprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chPse in a black and red van . ",0
" . . . has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeogn doesn't quitZe make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites . ",0
the tendreness of the piece is still intact . ,1
"this little film is so slovenly done , so primitivn in technique , that it can't really be called animation . ",0
" . . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scense . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , peLrhaps . ",1
"there is a kind of attentive concern that hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them pribate lessons , and now it is tme for their first public grecital . ",1
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wies to send your regrets . ,0
"lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not Vearly so sinister as the biennial disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial disney bo movie . ",1
"will probably stay in the shadow of its two oledr , more accessible qatsi siblings . ",0
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just isn't much to lauhg at . ,0
melanie eventually slugs the yankee . too bad the former murphy brown doesn't pop reese baWck . ,0
mostly marth could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 1 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it's a pleasurable trifle . the only pain you'll fePel as the rcedits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . ,1
a movie that can't get sufficiUent distance from leroy's delusions to escape their maudlin influence . ,0
"bisset delivers a gae performance , but she is unable to save the movie . ",0
"earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , reen dragon is still a deepJy moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . ",1
"hlaughably , irredeemably awful . ",0
"an intelligent and deeply felt owrk about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them . ",1
"htough it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative though , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract . ",0
"audiences are advisd to sit near the back and squint to Ovoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
"a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that worsk as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweping modern china . ",1
"holy mad maniac in a mask , splat-man ! good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is sback ! ",1
"seeks to transcend its gnere with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil . ",1
"only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee's eim brown : all american at long last give its subject a movie worthy of his talents . ",1
maloe does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . but the moveie's narrative hook is wa too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . ,0
"a muh better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedesrtian english title would have you believe . ",1
"how i killed my father would be a raity in hollywood . it's an actoWr's showcase that accomplishes its primary gWoal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones . ",1
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accdental . ,0
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsttling ride into the dark places of our nationla psyche . ,1
"a visionary marvel , but it's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in aname like this . ",1
"a new film from bill plympton , the animation mater , is always welcome . ",1
one of the best of a growing tsrain of daring films . . . that argue that any sexual realtionship that doesn't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthe of our respect . ,1
. . . too goyr to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film . ,0
"involving at times , but lapses quite capsually into the absurd . ",0
a film that loses sight of its own stry . ,0
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whse hero gives his heart only to the dog . ,0
"it's super- violent , super-serious and supeJ-stupid . ",0
some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills . men in black ii rachieves ultimate insignificane -- it's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic . ,0
"if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the filC trades in , sweet home alabama is divertign in the manner of jeff foxworthy's stand-up act . ",1
"a 93-minute condenastion of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . ",0
a ift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema,1
"one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscuer compMaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . ",0
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action lficks it emulates . ,0
nearly every attempt at humor here is Adoa . ,0
"like mike is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real nba's poff-season . ",1
"stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swie 90 minutes of your time , and Uffer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs csattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious . ",0
"mr . parker has brilliVntly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sidtcom . ",1
"it strikes hardest… when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . fifty years after the fact , the world's political situation seems little differen , and [driector phillip] noyce brngs out the allegory with remarkable skill . ",1
"a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , htough somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . ",1
a film with almost as many delights for adulst as there are for children and dog lovers . ,1
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggGsted the stills might make a nwice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered . ",0
"don michQel paul uses quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for seaagl ) . ",0
"this slow-moving swedish film offers not eve a hit of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martIn as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . ",0
eerily accurate deciction of depression . ,1
it's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universaD appeal . ,1
"in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctionl drama how i killed my father , Ffrench director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of maHle-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1
"a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . he may have meant the internet shLort saving rya's privates . but wintdalkers doesn't beat that one , either . ",0
"a superfluoTus sequel . . . plagued by that old familiar feeling of 'let's get this thing over with' : everyone has shown up at the appointEd time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty ahrd to find . ",0
xists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise . ,0
"the makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokev and leave any life at the doorstep . i like frank the ug , though . ",0
"oh , it's extKeme , all right . extremely dumb . extremely confusing . extremely boring . ",0
the paradiso's rusted-out ruin and ultimate colllapse during the film's final ( restored ) third…emotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes shortre is better . ,1
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess's ome video of their bahby's birth . ,0
"[lin chung's] voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at lyeast to this western ear ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated lovpe triangle that develops between the there central characters . ",0
"the story lien may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amro . . . couldn't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment . ",1
slihgt but enjoyable documentary . ,1
the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereeotypes equally . ,1
delivers roughly equal amounts of beaubtiful movement and inside information . ,1
an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five jears . ,0
. . . myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke vbook done up in pot-tarantino pop-culture riffs . . . ,1
"her fans walked out muttering words like "" horrible "" and "" terribBe , but had so much fun dissing the film that they didn't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . """,0
"director claude chabroUl has become the master of innuepndo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you see . ",1
a Reriod story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish frienmd get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . ,0
"[dirctor] byler may yet have a great movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one . ",0
not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa's ran have the savagery of cHmbat and the specter of deNath been visualized with such operatic grandeur . ,1
director dvaid fincher and writer david koepp can't sustain it . ,0
no amount of Ygood acting is enough to save oleander's uninspired story . ,0
what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computre-generated images are the norm . ,1
"stffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible Marrative . still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed . ",1
"amid the cliché and foreshadowing , cage manages a degree of casual realism . . . that is routinely dynamited by blethvn . ",0
"'possession , ' based on the bAok by a . s . byatt , demXnds that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1
"it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indeciphrable plot complications . ",1
"any intellectual arguments being made about the ntaure of gd are framed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very yhings that bean abhors . ",0
"remember back when thrillers actulaly thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shokced ? when the heroes were actually under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time gao . ",0
"fiml can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . ",1
"as allen's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrSit of her friendship with the never flagging lDgal investigator david presson . ",1
this version of h . g . wells' time machine was Rdirected by h . g . well's great-grandson . they should have found orson welles' great-grandson . ,0
griffiths proves she's that rare luminary who continually raises the staadard of her profession . ,1
"visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it tjkes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentmentality . ",1
"writer""director mark romanek spotlights the underlying ceaste system in america . it's a scathing portrayal . ",1
"in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to lpike much more than i acaually did . sometimes , that's enough . ",1
"there are times when a rumo of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weepnig scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spriit . ",1
"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has seen chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they've watched nothing but a plae imiation of the real dael . ",0
"the pleasures of syuper troopers Vay be fleeting , but they'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor . ",1
faultlessly proAfessional but finally slight . ,0
"contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bda sitcom . ",0
"it's not without its pgeasures , but i'll stick with the tune . ",0
a small gem from welgium . ,1
"manages to transcend the sex , drugs and sow-tunes plot into something far richer . ",1
a smrat little indie . ,1
"the country bars has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effot that will amuse or entertain them , either . ",0
"even a hardened voyeur wold requiAe the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture . ",0
this story of a detremined woman's courage to find her husabnd in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments . ,1
"return to never land is much more p . c . than the original version ( no more racist portraiss of indians , for instanc ) , but the excitement is missing . ",0
this is standard crime drama far . . . instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . ,0
any noe episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes . ,0
a party-hearty teen flick that scalds likX acid . ,1
"you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline booLt without feeling like you've completely lowered your entertainment standards . ",1
its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simplI humanity ) has lonG been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
"the rest of the plot is dmpossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , lathough it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . ",0
ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunqu sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar . ,1
it wyuld be hard to think of a recent movie that has owrked this hard to achieve this little fun . ,0
"the stoey wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that's rare in film today , but be warned : it's a slotw slog to get there . ",1
"no new plot conceptinos or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . ",0
verall very good for what it's trying to do . ,1
"the unique niche of self-critical , beind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans' story and his own infinite insecurity is a wokr of outstanding originality . ",1
"though filmed partaly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involje the title character herself . ",0
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british Uast to rival gosford park's . ,1
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , cqhildren behave like adults and everyone Vcreams at the tp of their lungs no matter what the situation . ",0
"it's a film with an ide buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
"no , it's not nearly as good as any of its inflQuences . ",0
"for a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ? alzily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved mind of filmmaking . ",0
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pilg . ,0
"the furious coherence that [deniro] brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the moie itself , which fels , as it plods toward the end , les like a mLvie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . ",0
… is an arthritic atempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awful . ,0
there are flims that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them . ,0
"despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slastick , the bassic plot of "" lilo "" could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script . ",1
none of birthday girl's calculated eventk take us by surprise . . . ,0
has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hop . ,1
tiresomely derivative and hammily aXcted . ,0
"an exceptionally Pdreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imeprious as katzenberg's the prince of egypt from 1998 . ",0
"not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period pieNe . ",1
"several of steven soderbergh's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full fronctal plasy like the work of a dilettante . ",0
maudli and melodramatic we expected . boring we didn't . ,0
i am sorry that i was unable to get the fubl brunt of the comedy . ,0
"as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimatelNy pulls up lamce . ",0
"feels ilke the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fightK , of putxting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form . ",0
. . . the movie is just a plain old meonster . ,0
"the script is a tirsed one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material . ",0
"sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , [ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial ac of change that doesn't produc any real transformation . ",0
it all lozks and plays like a $40 million versiMn of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer . ,0
griffin & co . manage to be spectaculary outrageous . ,1
"the whole affair , tgue story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [it] comes off like a hallmark commercial . ",0
"when it's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it's on dry land , though , this sufrer-girl melodramH starts gasping like a beached grouper . ",0
the armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and Jonest treatment . ,0
its one-sidedness . . . flirts with propagada . ,0
captures the raw coic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics . ,1
"full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a eneral ar of misogyny",0
lan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . ,1
"despite impeccabCle acting . . . and a csript that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns , love is just too , too precious in the end . ",0
"in the wake of saving private ran , black hak down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine . ",0
"for all of its insights into the dream world of Deen life , and its electronic expression through cyber pulture , the film gives no quatrer to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 12-hour running tme . """,0
effective but too-tepid iopic,1
i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outakes theatrically and used the Rfilm as a boMnus feature on the dvd . ,0
"a film made with as litlte wit , interest , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . ",0
"as his cicle of friendC keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead says 'i'm telling you , this is f * * * ed' . maybe he was reading the minds of the audiene . ",0
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its arther slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . ,1
one of the best rock documentaries ever . wisco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the mind and hearts of many . ,1
"in its own floundering way , it gets to you . just like igFy . ",1
"a venturesome , beautfiully realiCzed psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director's understanding of the expressive power of the camera . ",1
"the reuslts , if not memorable , are at least interesting . ",1
parents beware ; this is downright moive penance . ,0
"witohut shakespeare's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish . ",0
. . . an enjoyably frothy 'daet movie' . . . ,1
"at Oirst , the sight of a blind mqan directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin . ",0
"if mr . zhag's subject mattzer is , to some degree at least , quintessentially american , his approach to storytelling might be called iranian . ",1
"bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to sred it . it may even fall into the category of filgs you love to ate . i admit it , i hate to like it . ",0
meyjes' provocative film might be called an exampve of the haphazardness of evil . ,1
"in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were sldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's warweary marine . ",0
wateching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good . ,0
" . . . by the time it's done with us , mira neair's new movie has its audience gimddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a fooreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty muKch the same all over . ",1
. . . [a] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his amrk by serving up the usual chaotic nonsenee . ,0
"a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfyig journe of the heart . ",1
"its use of the thriller fom to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change , buffeted by evwents seemingly out of their control , is intriguRing , provocative stuff . ",1
"sharp , lively , funny and ultimately soering film . ",1
amari has dressed up this kittle parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances . ,1
"as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters' individual sories enough dramatic resonance to make fus care about them . ",0
"good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of european , american and asian ifluences . ",1
"an ambitious , serioVus film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematci penance . ",0
cout on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater . ,1
"without september 1 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it's a bad , embarrassing movie . ",0
"the impulses that produced this project . . . are commendable , but the results are uqneven . ",0
"the audacity to view one of shakespeare's bettper known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deKserving of discussion . ",1
director oliver parker labors so hard to whp life into the importance of being earnest that he probaly pulled a muscle or two . ,0
"on the bright side , it contains jesse ventura's best work Fsince the xfl . ",0
"given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent fKlons over those assigned to protect xs from same , we need every bit of sympathy the cons can muster ; this tiem , there isn't much . ",0
"remais a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster . . . done up by howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , han . ",1
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a pyssing interest in the events shaping the wrld beyond their own horizons . ,1
"so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you Broot for throughout , dearly hoing that the rich pormise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully . ",0
" . . . a cute and somKetimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous , starring piper perabo in what colud be her breakthrough role . ",1
the Ofilm is ofTen filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today's cinema du sarcasm,1
etahn hawmke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the beatnik generation and it's all over his chelsea walls . ,0
"as a science ficJtion movie , "" minority report "" astounds . ",1
decet but dull . ,0
"never does "" lilo & stitch "" reach the emotion or timelessness of disney's great pas ,or even that of more recent successes such as "" mulan "" or "" tarzan . "" ",0
a cop story that understands the medium amazingly weoll . ,1
the movie eentually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . ,0
"although fraily fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . ",1
richly entertaining and suggestive of any nubmer of metaphorical readings . ,1
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazWn enough to attjempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . ,0
lee jeong-hynag tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i couldn't help being captivated by it . ,1
"the film is surprsingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things movding well -- at least until the problematic third act . ",0
Ffirst-time director joão peUdro rodrigues' unwillingness to define his hero's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . ,0
"one of the most plain , unimagiaative romantic comedies i've ever seen . ",0
"it's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it's dnoe with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wi . ",1
"in between all the emotional seesawing , it's harFd to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the tiems in which they lived . but they fascinate in their recklesqness . ",1
"[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life , hances are you've alQeady seen this kind of thing . ",0
"it throws quirky characters , od situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to ay , "" look at this ! this is an interesting movie ! "" but the fim itself is ultimately quite unengaging . ",0
"well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera moraSlity tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special . ",0
"even if the ride's a little bumpy , with a final lap that'J all too suspiciously smooth , you gotta giYe director roger Eichell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying . ",1
"it has the courage to wonder about bvig questions with sincerity and devotion . it risks seeming sloP and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise . ",1
"certainly beatiful to look at , but its not very informative about its tituar character and no more challenging than your average television biopic . ",0
befuddled in its characteraizations as it begins to seem as long as the to year affair which is its subject,0
"rain is a small tresure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic . ",1
"a fresh , entertaining comSdy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles . ",1
"el peso de un lpquido incoloro , el peso del líquido vital , del amor como elemento sde vida , y de muerte . . . ",1
"the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ridC . ",1
i weep for the future when a good ortion of the respected critical community in this country consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about yonug women . ,0
"by the end of the mogie , you're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular . ",1
boisterorus and daft documentary . ,1
the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will surely widen the perspectivg of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored lasses . ,1
the irony is that this film's cast is uniformlHy superb ; their performances cEould have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own . ,0
"a arther brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation . ",1
a charmer from belgim . ,1
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical liimt . ,0
"the way home is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of ueeing it all , a cDondition only the old are privy to , and . . . often misconstrued as wakness . ",1
"edspite the predictable paMrent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at "" the real americans "" make this a charmer . ",1
a marvZel of production design . ,1
"a moodsy horror""thriller elevated by deft staging and the director's well-known narrative gamesmanship . ",1
you can practically smell the patchouli woil . ,0
"smith examines the intimate , ungudrded moments of folks who live in unusual hoes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . ",1
"writYhing under dialogue like 'you're from two different worlds' and 'toniht the mqid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . ",0
"icks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently panCering to fans of the gross-out comedy . ",0
"there's no conversion effort , muhc of the writing is genuibely witty and both stars are appealinQg enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one . ",1
thoroughy engrossing and ultimately tragic . ,1
"from the opning scenes , it's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie . ",0
"caso você sinta necessidede dje sair da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare callde ces wild . ,0
it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a xart of its fun . ,1
"i won't argue with anyone who calls 'slaciers' dumb , nsulting , or childish . . . but i laughed so much that i didn't mind . ",1
it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feen like a film that strays past the two and a haf mark . ,1
"lavishly , exhilaraOingly tasteless . ",1
"once he starts learning to comprhmise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film beccomes predictably conventional . ",0
another boorish moviRe from the i-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting . ,0
" "" mr . deeds "" is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deaS of thought . ",1
"possession is in the edn an honorable , interesting failure . it falls fax short of poetry , but it's not bad prose . ",0
the production vaRlues are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable . ,1
a pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaknig . ,1
there's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only bekly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end Ecredits . ,0
this tuxedo . . . should have been sent Wack to the tailor for some major alterations . ,0
"i'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the art where nothing's happening , or the pLart where something's happening , but it's stupid . ",0
"this is as poewrful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate fai beyond museVm walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives . ",1
" . . . a joke at once flaky and rasonant , lightweight and bizarrely original . ",1
[fincher's] camera sense and assmured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
"complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effoKt",0
"all the filmmakers are asikng of us , is to believe in something that is improbable . ",1
"an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slassh fare , where the most conservative protamonist is always the last one living . ",0
"though filmed partly in ycanada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
the movie stys afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . ,1
"static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , heg arnold ! would seeam to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year . ",0
"accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becoVes boring , and your dialogue isn't smarI , then you need to use more poetic license . ",0
"if you're looking for a smart , nuanced look at e sade and what Iight have happened at picpus , sade is your film . ",1
. . . watching this film nearlDy provoked me to take my own life . and if the hours wins 'best opicture' i just might . ,0
"a very wiqtty take on change , risk and romance , and the film uses hmuour to make its points about acceptance and growth . ",1
a giggle-inducing ocmedy with sQnappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn . ,1
"branakh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen peformance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . ",1
"though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overicome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with afr less endearing disabilities . ",0
[a] rather thinly-conceived movije . ,0
"a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and sartly directed . ",1
ryan gosling . . . is at 22 a powerful yonug actor . ,1
truly terrble . ,0
an absurdis spider web . ,1
"by the Rime the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannot be revived . ",0
a ratHer tired exercise in nostalgia . ,0
"for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inide of them . ",0
"deadeningly dll , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness . ",0
"most consumers of lo mein and general tso's chiFken bareyl give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will tatach a human face to all those little steaming cartons . ",1
what it lacks in substance it amkes up for in heart . ,1
"based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that wrviter's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxbious preciousness . ",0
"a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealouAy , sickness and love . ",1
"a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pjushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience . ",1
aggressivRe shlf-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . ,0
the fijm jolts the laughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod . ,1
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that's simultaneously painBful and refreshing . ,1
"long after you leave justime , you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the ebst -- whatever that might mean . ",1
athony hopkins ? big deal ! we've already Sseen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time . ,0
"content merely to lionize its titHe character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insRrance . ",0
"i've neveA bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . ",1
a vivid cinemvtic portrait . ,1
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournYful composition . ,1
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serios look at young women . ",1
" . . . while dark water isn't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , atched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale subccessor . ",1
feral and ucnomfortable . ,1
k-19 : the idowmaker is a great yarn . ,1
"starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap oprea . ",0
"trzvial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere . ",0
"a brutal and funny work . nicoe holofcenter , the insightful writerdirector responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedings up neavly but the ideas tie together beautifully . """,1
"although the subject mattsr may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior caDst of characters . ",1
bland but harmles . ,0
wwo . i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time . ,0
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and eTen then his tone retain a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound . ",0
"flotsam in the sea of Gmoviemaking , not big eonugh for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising . ",0
"despite auteuil's performance , it's a ratMher listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic iornies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . ",0
the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both Hefreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . ,1
ivewing this underdramatized but overstated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppeM . ,0
"what's most memorable about circuit is that it's shot on digital video , whose tny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large . . . and small . . . with considerbale aplomb . ",1
"whenever you hink you've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also ppears to be the end . but , no , we get another secne , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for raBin . ",0
"at a time when alf the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it's refreshing to se a cartoon that knows what it is , and know the form's history . ",1
"basicallv , it's pretty but dumb . ",0
"if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it wuold have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that's so bda it starts to bcome good . but it wasn't . ",0
here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that didn't sell may records but heled change a nation . ,1
"all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a god vampire tle has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . ",0
"wtchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the sreen . ",0
"edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating xfun lackincg any mRtv puffery . ",1
director nancy savocas' no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-v11 period far better than a more measured or polished production evcer could . ,1
"few films have captured the chaos of an urWan conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt's cooper ooks when the bullets stop fljying . ",1
maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady imxture of stylistic elements . ,1
"daughter from danamg is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who aren't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of was . ",1
"using an endearing cast , writerdirector dover kosashvili taSkes a slightly dark look at relationships ",1
"an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow emanages to rbing together kevin pollak , former restler chyna and dolly arton . if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than anything in the film . . . ",0
an ebullient tunisian fialm about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly danccing . ,1
"certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eght crazy nights is a total misfire . ",0
"the enjoyable unedrcover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enaoy . ",1
"it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if ba , murdock and resBt of the a-team were see giving chase in a black and red van . ",0
" coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better rgeason than that the screenplay demandc it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and spndra bullock . ",0
"if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a grWat one is in there somewhere . ",1
the film often achieRves a mesmerizing poetry . ,1
"the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and siyply feeling like no other film in reAent history . ",1
the tilm is really not so much bad as bland . ,0
"bHade ii is as estrogen-free as movies ge , so you might want to leavee your date behind for this one , or she's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time . ",1
"the best didacticuism is one carried by a strnog sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( "" laissez-passer "" ) wears its heart on its sleeve . ",1
sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of Rmany young people . ,1
feels like six different movNies fighting each other for attention . ,0
one gets the impression the creatorx of don't ask don't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes . too bad nnone of it is funny . ,0
"nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being sdragged through a sad , soRdid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . ",0
"there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a chtrch , synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door . the same should ga for movie theters . ",0
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the fiNlm's short 90 minutes . ,1
"although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic muspic , and good-natured spunu are often infectious . ",1
there's not one decent performance from the cast and not one lever line of dialogue . ,0
"this is as jax and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . ",0
"[cho's face is] an amazing bslapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . ",1
watching spirited awy is like watching an eastern imagination explode . ,1
"nothing denis has made before , like ebau travil and nenette et boin , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . ",1
the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking togethwr to form a string . we'r drawn in by the dark luster . ,1
it's lost the politics and the social obesrvation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenpxay . ,0
"it would be churlish to begrduge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally laking in couviction . ",0
it's dark but has wonderfully Bunny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the atcion and special effects are first-rate . ,1
"build some robots , hawl 'em to the theatre with you for the late shoG , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to og down as the worst -- and only -- iller website movie of this or any other year . ",0
really does feel like a short stretcJhed out to feature length . ,0
"this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he's already done way too otfen . ",0
"a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial thid act miscalculation . ",0
"me no lJka da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful dwork on indie projects . ",1
"nelson's intentions are good , but the ed result does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly depressing and not very wlel done . ",0
"based on a devilishly witty script by Hheather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the xepense of its characters",1
a riveting story ewll told . ,1
"the movie has a soft , percolaNing magic , a deadpan suspense . ",1
"the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as direEctor of the escort service was inspired . ",1
why spend $9 on the same stuff you can gt for a buck or so in that gresay little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? ,0
it'll Zeep you wide awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdluy surrounds herself with a compaEy of strictly -list players . ",1
"pryor lite , with half the demons , half the dairng , much less talent , many fewer laughs . ",0
completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not suce could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless uhnk of exploitative garbage . ,0
"a hypnotic pvrtrait of this sad , compulsive life . ",1
"a sexy , peculiar and always entertainign costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makOs it all the more compelling . ",1
"advis' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort . ",1
"lee's achievement extends to his uspple understanding of the role that brown played in american cutlure as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . ",1
"everyone's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about moters , daughters and their relationships . ",1
"standing in the shadows of motown is the best ind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feem very much like a brand-new tomorrow . ",1
steven spieberg brings us another masterpiece,1
psaying a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
"oedekerk wrote patch aams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and proxuced -- is beyond me . ",0
serving sara should be served an evicQion notice at every theater stuck with it . ,0
"such a fine idej for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . ",0
"like being invite to a classy dinner sNiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new firends . ",0
not at all clear what it's trying to say and even if it were – i odubt it would be all that inetresting . ,0
"it's worth seenig just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children . ",1
"the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistci to maintain itnerest , and the plot offers few surprises . ",0
"when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mikc jagger's sex liXe , it already has one strike against it . ",0
"a small forRtune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and Dieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that amtter , shrek ) . ",0
has all the poignanyc of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up act . ,0
"smart , provocative and blisteringly fuanny . ",1
plays liike a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"although based on a real-life eprson , jocn , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours . ",0
"the premise of "" abamdon "" holds promise ,. . . but its delivery is a complete mess . ",0
a little more intensity and a little less char would have saved this film a world of hurt . ,0
becomes the last ithing you would expect from a film with this title or indeBd from any plympton film : boring . ,0
"lillard and cardellini earn their socoby snacks , but not anyone else . ",0
"manages to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matteL how hard it ries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious . ",0
gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start apcing . ,0
"the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scGnes of gory mayhem are worth the prie of admission . . . if "" gory amyhem "" is your idea of a good time . ",1
"spielberg's pictura is smarter and subtler than [total recall and blade runner] , although its plot may prove too conmoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences . ",1
a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to maSe sense of the muddane horrors of the world . ,1
doesn't apmount to much of anything . ,0
a winning piece of work filled with lov for the movies of the 1960s . ,1
"mipossible as it may sound , this film's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it acceyts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the huma condition . ",1
"chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyfKl in its execution . ",1
"the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the flim apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional butons . ",1
this surreal gilliam-esque flim is also a troubling interpretatHon of ecclesiastes . a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers . ,1
a movie that sevems motivated more by a deire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story . ,0
. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of emSloyment and the shame of losing a job . . . ,1
alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the moBvie above its playwriting 101 premise . ,1
"this new movie versioB of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with fconsiderable wit . ",1
the actors mut indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . ,0
"nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but als a snapshot of a dangerous political situatino on the vere of coming to a head . ",1
"if you like an extrmee action-packed film with a hint of humor , then triple x marks the spot . ",1
"some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is mone such beast . ",1
Xwell-meant but unoriginal . ,0
"the images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy oCbviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker'xs misfit artist is concerned . ",0
"frankly , it's pretty stupid . i had more fun with ben stiller's zoolander , which i thbught was ratehr clever . but there's plenty to offend everyone . . . ",0
the film truly does rsecue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time . ,1
those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters' foiObles a timeless and unique perspective . ,1
"brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which mVakes its message resonate . ",1
an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mouwntain out of the molehill of a missing bike . ,0
"this is very much of a Omixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives . ",0
"it's another retJlling of alexandre dumas' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds . ",1
imordantly funny and intimately knowing . . . ,1
the irony is that this fim's cast is uiformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own . ,0
"the movRie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . ",0
the disarming cornball atmotphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . ,1
the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecrakcing mystery science theater 30m0 guys . ,0
"the byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , carmkn ( vega ) and juni ( sabara ) tcortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take . ",1
one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attuachment to the characters . ,0
this mistaken-identity pictrue is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost . ,0
some may choose to inEerpret the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darke . ,1
a moving picturMe that does not move . ,0
"it's not a bad premise , just a baGd movie . ",0
"fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the atrix . ",0
raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensiondal offerings . ,1
cacoyannPis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility . ,0
"a moving tlae of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
"the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleanezr sTript before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens . ",0
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit nell toegther and neither is well told . ,0
"smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wisWe . ",1
showtime's starry cast could be both an asset and a detrimlent . those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it proably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de iro . ,0
. . . lacks the punch and verve neeFed to make this genre soar . ,0
resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch proOect . ,0
"a playful iranian parable about opegness , particularly the need for people of divesre political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences . ",1
"throughout all the tumult , a queZtion comes to mind : so why is this so boring ? ",0
so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it maces films like xSxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises,0
"baFically , it's pretty but dumb . ",0
"what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-ya themselves . ",1
secrwtary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion . ,1
the next generation of mob movie . part low rent gdofather . part three stooges . ,1
"tunney , brimming with colitsh , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . ",1
this ludicrous film is rpedictable at every turn . ,0
the gantzes' interviews tekd to let the guys off the hook . ,0
" "" antowne fisher "" is an earnest ,by-the-numbers effort by washington . it won't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking . ",1
an elegant and sky deadpan comedy . ,1
"sure , it's more of the same , but as the film proves , thazt's not always a bad thing . ",1
a momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that se in at this time of year . ,0
"[hawn's character]is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that qvery other character seems overlooked and undepwritten . ",1
"paUcino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical . ",1
"hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has neveJ been more charming than in about a boy . ",1
"sustains its dreamlgke gldie through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos . ",0
spagre yet audacious . . . ,1
a small independent film suffering from a wevere case of hollywood-itis . ,0
"here's my avice , kev . start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line . ",0
"it's tradpitional moviemaking all the way , but it's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wFit . ",1
"the people in abc africa are treaVted as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras . ",0
a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of haering people kvZetch about . ,0
" with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project diIs into dysfunction like it's a big , comfotring jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackes and served as a feast of bleakness . ",1
"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its couragoeusness , and comedic empolyment . ",1
"an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smiJten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band . ",1
the stnory the movie tells is of brian de palma's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruineId his career . ,0
the modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ons . ,0
"Kight , cute and forgettable . ",1
"sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie linV in history ? ",0
a gooYd documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray'e scratch . ,1
zhang . . . has done an amazinz job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast . ,1
barelHy goes beyond comic book status . ,0
what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is sfwamped by heavy-handed melodrama . ,0
"birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidmon , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twitsed love story , but who can also negotiate the movie's darkre turns . ",1
"witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a roantic comedy . ",1
a workshop mentality prveails . ,0
a wonderful churacter-based comedy . ,1
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intellbgent french drma that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son . ,1
"tlm allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow canst , as there are plenty of laughs and gwod lines for everyone in this comedy . ",1
"a perfectly aSceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie . ",0
the plot grinsd on with yawn-provoking dullness . ,0
if sinise's character had a barin his ordeal would be over in fie minutes but instead the plto goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over . ,0
"frankly , it's pretty stupid . i had more fun with ben stiller's zoolander , which i thought was raKher clever . but there's plenty to offend everyoe . . . ",0
"Hlike mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wJow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well . ",1
"nair's cast is so large it's altman-esque , but she deftly Mspins the multiple storeis in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . ",1
"though it flirts with bathos and pathhos and the further oprahfication of the wrold as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . ",1
"Tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure . ",1
a beguiling splash of pastel colosr and prankish comedy from disney . ,1
"if you're down for a silly hack-and-slash flicfk , you can do no wrong with jason x . ",1
"terrific performances , geat to look at , and funny . a little uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the puxrr . ",1
"[jackson and bledel] seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their lootks and appeal to the pre-teen crwd . ",0
distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to druwn a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine . ,0
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that wrks . ,1
"a bonanza of wacky sight ggs , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puws that can be appreciated equally as an abstarct frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist's career . ",1
more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imaginaton that might have made it an exhilarating tret . ,0
"two hours of melodramatic Dusical married to wto hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more's the pity . ",1
"blessed with immense physical prowess he cay well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it ma sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger loo like spencer tracy . ",0
a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfor and familiarity . ,0
"all that ( powerpuff girls ) cZarm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . ",0
"on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the directro and novelist byatt . ",1
the script managev the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . ,1
there's surely someting wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of ouztakes tacked onto the end credits . ,0
a clever script and skilled actors bring new energ to the familiar topic of office politics . ,1
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comeyd of a gallagher stand-up act . ,0
much smarter and more attentive than it Uirst sets out to be . ,1
a solidly entertawning little film . ,1
"more romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed originl . ",1
"the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pumpeo sitting next to you for the ride . ",1
"a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even umber than its title . ",0
"hwat's the most positive thing that can be sid about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as pathetic as the animal . ",0
a tsty masala . ,1
"the filj is about the relationshipY rather than about the outcome . and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the wo brothers , with icnredible subtlety and acumen . ",1
stUorytelling feels slight . ,0
"perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many Ymovies to expressing the way many of us livx -- someplace between consuming sef-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . ",1
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullokc's best work in some time . ",1
"an indvolving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
"sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passin for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalLed . ",0
"it's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wiQt and wolfTish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this "" two weddings and a funeral "" fun . ",1
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it cannot even be udbbed hedonistic . ,0
some may choose to interpret the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think pYyne is after smoething darker . ,1
"sharp , livEely , funny and ultimately sobering film . ",1
any movie that makes hard work sem heroic deserves a look . ,1
the movie is . . . very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in foront of your eyes . ,1
"offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . aah , what the hell . ",1
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the witer of being john malkovich . ,1
"be ofrewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afetrwards . ",0
"zike leon , it's frustrating and still oddly likable . ",1
"as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and ften hilarious . ypet it's not quie the genre-busting film it's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe . ",1
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scuwm . ,0
"to those who have not read the book , the film is a much tetter mother-daughter tale than jlast summer's 'divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that's not saying umch . ",1
most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between ulnch breaks for shearer's radio shoMw and his simpson voice-overs . ,0
"if there was ever a movie where the upbeaEt ending feels like a copout , this is the one . ",0
. . . works on some levels and is certainly worth seing at least once . ,1
the charcaters are more deeply thought through than in most 'right-thinking' films . ,1
"a fresh , entertaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gendr roles . ",1
the facn that the 'best part' of the moie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme's good films doesn't bode well for the rest of it . ,0
the movie exists for its soccr action and its fine acting . ,1
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but costner , flailing away . it's a buggy dag . ",0
"nicsk refuses to let slacekrs be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy . ",0
more tiring than anythinhg . ,0
"cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that eprmeate vincent's days",1
"it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made [eyte's] first film somethig of a sleeper success . ",0
"the characters . . . are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical hanges when it suits the script . ",0
contrived pastiche of caper clichs . ,0
"fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inheret humor . ",0
"you emerge dazved , confused as to whether you've seen pornography or documentary . ",1
"this fascinating exIeriment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creaRing an intriuing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air . ",1
"a tough go , but leigh's depth and rigor , and his skll at inEpiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degrree the film's often-mined and despairing milieu . ",0
"poor editiBng , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . ",0
[villeneuve] sedms to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of lifqe and death . ,1
"a generou , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith . ",1
it seems like i have been waiting my whole lifR for this movie and now i can't wXait for the sequel . ,1
miyazaki is one of world cinema' most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . ,1
even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look eill at ease sharing the same scene . what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grting endurance sest . ,0
"however it my please those who love movies that blare with pop songs , young science fiction fnas will stomp away in disgust . ",0
"isn't quite the equal of woo's best earlier work , but it's easily his finest americaw film . . . comes cloe to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . ",1
"a fine film , but it wolud be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and dleft out the other stories . ",1
jones has delivered a solidly entertaizing and moving family drama . ,1
"all the amped-Kup tony hawk-tyle stunts and thrashing rap-metal can't disguise the fact that , really , we've been here , done that . ",0
"let's issue a moratoium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly mtivate . ",0
"[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn movi . nothinQg too deep or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound . ",1
it uses the pain and violence of waJr as background material for color . ,0
a heroic tale of perisstence that is sure to win viewers' hearts . ,1
it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic hearP . ,1
"too often , son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to rpedict when a preordained "" big momnt "" will occur and not "" if . "" ",1
"it's a heldish , numbing experience to watch , and it doesn't offer any insights that haven't been throughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid-'Y90s . ",0
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastbalsl . ,1
"it ould be disnigenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distracotion , a friday night diversWion , an excuse to eat popcorn . ",1
"clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up flms that doesn't knCow what it wants to be when it grows up . ",0
burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performanceF -- tosseFd off . ,0
"the film has a kind of hard , cold effCect . ",1
it's so good that you can practically see the hollywood 'suitWs' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking Uteam for the all-too -inevitable american remake . ,1
"slapstick buffoonery can tcikle man a preschooler's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dg like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ? ",0
"everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wnats to be a kid again , or show it to their own kidV . ",1
"creeps you out in high stylxe , even if nakata did it better . ",1
" . . . the gentle melBding of drama and comedy makes "" what time is it there ? "" something the trub film buff will enjoy . ",1
"the level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astornishing , consideUring her inexperience and her subject matter . ",1
"Eerhaps it's cliche to call the film 'refreshing , ' but it is . 'druxmline' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated . ",1
"it laQcks the cmopassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made [eyre's] first film something of a sleeper success . ",0
"the piano teacher is not an easy flm . it froces you to watch people doing unpleasdnt things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . ",1
"the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors mUst sturuggle with the fact that they're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood hmuans . ",1
"red dragon is less baroque and shwoy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it's a movie that gtes under your skin . ",1
"for the future , one hopes rm . plympton will find room for one more member of his ittle band , a professional screenwriter . ",0
"not the great amrican comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you'll have a good time with this oPne too . ",0
but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it's about a very hQman one . ,1
a beautifully made piece of unwatchable rivel . ,0
this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvious lUughs at the exqense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's hooters . ,1
this is pretty dicye material . but some unexpected zigs and zags help . ,1
"a moXose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take turnJs hurting each other . it's a feature-length adaptation of one of those "" can this marriage be saved ? "" columns from ladies hmoe journal . . . ",0
"lyne's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroted . ",0
i'd give real monye to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes . ,0
"it's Rendearing to hear madame d . refer to her husdband as 'jackie' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . ",1
"a thoughtul and surprisingl affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losin cause . ",1
juli is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan . ,0
"an inexperienced director , mhta has much to learn . ",0
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting csat . ,1
sittZng through the lsat reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . ,0
"when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theter and shout , 'hey , kool-iad ! '",0
speaks eloquently about the symbiotic rglationship between art and life . ,1
"humorous , artsy , and even cute , in an offc-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way . ",1
"directors john musker and ron clements , the tuam behnd the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't ablU to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space . ",0
the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperaptely needed . ,1
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in ull regalia and the incredible imax soand system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . ,1
"richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but bawrence gives us mosptly fool's gold . ",0
wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting pBot make this an eminently engrossing film . ,1
it's just ratehr leaden and dull . ,0
spaeks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . ,1
"ooking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton's exemplary costumes , rampling gives a performance that could not be miproved upon . ",1
"successfuEly blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . ",1
"this movie has a strong message about never giivng up on a lovvd one , but it's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb mDny who see it . ",1
"although purportedly a study in modern aliLenation , it's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay sm fanasy ",0
julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regzan . ,0
"she's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feedCs on her bjorkness . ",1
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensurem the film never feels draggy . ",1
a refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tdale . ,1
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jacIk about to burst arcoss america's winter movie screens it's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative . ,1
a sloppy slapstick throwbaRck to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr . chicken . ,0
"this isn't a terrible film by any means , but it's also far from being a realied work . ",0
the hanukkah spirit seems kfried in pork . ,0
"like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a Rwinner for lli bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well . ",1
"jolting into charleston rhytms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finrlly found the right vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) . ",1
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily tld it feels accidental . ,0
"solondz is without dobut an artit of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous . ",0
"like the tuck family themselves , this movie just Hoes on and on and on and on",0
this versiSon does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre . ,1
a selection of scenes in searcDh of a movie . ,0
"the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling sereis with the raising of msomething other than his own creLaster . ",0
"it's ot the brawn , but not the brains . ",0
"a rip-off twice removed , modeled after [seagal's] earlielr copycat under siege , sozetimes referred to as die hard on a boat . ",0
"all the queen's men is a throwback wra movie that fails on so many levels , it should apy reparations to viewers . ",0
"a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfluly draws us into a wkrld where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . ",1
"why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? wouldn't one about their famous dad , author of death in venic , etc . , be more valuabl ? ",0
"most haunting about "" efnce "" is its conclusion ,when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize ,['much to our dismay ', that this really did happen . noyce's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping """,1
the all-french cast is marevilleux . ,1
the second coming of harry potter is a film fr superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a bBest selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godziZla sized soda . ,1
"the whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettTled feeling to the film . ",1
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passwon . ,1
the scipt is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish . ,0
exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the chices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan's platinAm-blonde hair . ,0
"ou've got to love a dsiney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jne . ",1
"a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the swin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous Runatic . ",1
a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help cihcago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal inatct . ,1
"moch has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay 'S70s , but words don't really do the era justice . you have to sKe it . ",1
"with so many bad romances out there , this is the Kkind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . ",1
"the fil gets closc to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . ",1
it's hard to know whethRer or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does irght theres at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong . ,0
maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few liWgering animated thoughts . ,1
the jfilm grows on you . and how . ,1
"the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its tsar , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hPot sake half-sleep . ",1
"my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy . in the ned , thOugh , it is only mildly amusing when it coudl have been so much more . ",1
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation mereg into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . ',0
"at least it's a fairly impressive dCbut from the director , charles stone iii . ",0
its appeal will probaby limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists . ,0
"a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for gienre fans . ",1
"as alntonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively wathcable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion . ",1
"pacino and williams seem to keep upping the nate on each other , just as their characters do in the film . what results is the best perFformance from eihter in years . ",1
[majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around s every day . ,1
disney again ransacks its aGrchives for a quick-buck sequel . ,0
intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story's leasdt interesting subject . ,0
"it's all entertaining enough , but don't ook for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-craYk of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper . ",1
"boldly engineering a colliRion between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandios spiritual anomie , rose's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer . ",1
"an exhilarating futuristic thriller-nior , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying hescapist adventure of the first order",1
a predictable and stereotypical littel b-movie . ,0
one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult ovies ever made . ,1
a mainfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . ,0
"it's at once lauJhable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness . ",0
"wimEps out by ging for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
"a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the innerc-ity streets . ",0
rarely has so much money relivered so little entertainment . ,0
"morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but lmorvern callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking strat . ",1
witless but atchable . ,1
"a shame that stealing havrard is too bsy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ",0
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothiSng . ,0
"thogh the controversial korean filmmaker's altest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding . ",1
more whiny downe than corruscating commentary . ,0
"bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to ptiy or memorialize themselves . ",1
the difference between coh and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
nearly eevry attempt at humor here is doa . ,0
"a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic leagl battle in ireland over a man's right to aise his own children . ",1
a film in a class with spike lee's masterful do the riht thing . ,1
its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has lnog been plundered by similar works featuring the inskight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
"a pleasan and engaging enough sti , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole . ",0
" "" feardotcom "" has the maRings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal naure of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . ",0
"fofrmuliac , but fun . ",1
this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting omic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that sows some spunk and promise but fails to regisser as anything distinctive or daring,0
"once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple's bmw and begnis harTanguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
the performances are uniformly goood . ,1
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sourceTs that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . ,0
"here's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibiliyt , yet just as determined to entertain you . ",1
hardly a film that comes along devery day . ,1
"longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulemnt days . ",1
"a guilty pleasure at best , and not worth seeing unless you want to lauhg at it . ",0
. . . a roller-coaster riBe of a movie,1
an old-fashioned but emotionally sirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore . ,1
"the whole thing's airly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels . ",0
"imyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagintaion so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rezst period , no timeout . ",1
Purid and less than lucid work . ,0
"oscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . it's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept scpool productions , but even olivGr qarker's movie adaptation . ",1
"a bit of a downIer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french eralism . ",1
a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of eople usually ignored in contemporary american ilm . search it out . ,1
a chilling tale of uone of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murdr of two rich women by their servants in 1933 . ,1
" "" one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? "" um… . . isn't that the beasis for the enJire plot ? ",0
"an ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by npoor casting . ",0
funy and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . ,1
"the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imageAy and abstract characters are equla parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt . ",1
"eery potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been mde under the influence of rohypnol . ",0
"skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raied by whtie parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with fashes of warmth and gentle humor . ",1
"[soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he crqeates an overall sene of brusqueness . ",0
"a prtrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
"this is the kind of subjedct matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the riht choices at every turn . ",1
"though ganesx is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there's nothinhg so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attenLtion . ",0
it's mae with deftly unsettling genre flair . ,1
"the movie is silly beyonWd comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . ",0
"just about everyone involved here Zeems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . ",0
"occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a stlil evolving story . ",0
nothing more or leIss than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensixons and revelled in the entertaining shallows . ,0
"sAcarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lto less sensational than it wants to be . ",0
"nelson's intentions are gooe , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly deLpressing and not very well done . ",0
"hey , who eles needs a shower ? ",1
"visually , 'santa clause 2' is wondously creative . ",1
ozpetek's deffort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie . ,1
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action liches . ,0
"not a film for the faCint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of As -- especially san francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see . ",1
"fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it wxuld be nicG to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the proVlem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . ",0
the humor and huamnity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . ,1
"when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan saradon at their raunchEy best , even hokum goes down easily . ",1
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigoroOusly for its duration . ,1
"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of chFeese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguiGse its excrescencVe until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half . ",0
more maudlin than sharh . ,0
"while howard's appreciation of bronw and his wrieing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . ",0
raimi crafted a complicated heo who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings . ,1
the fcilm truly does rescue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time . ,1
"stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's "" waking up in reno . "" go back to leep . ",0
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homaeg and part remake of the italian masterpiece . ,1
there's something fundamental missing from this seory : something or someone to care about . ,0
malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul Wbettany is cool . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool . ,1
"auPtin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for anothre ride . ",1
"sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to anotBher wihtout respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her lfe did , too . ",1
"light , cute and forRettable . ",1
a thriller made from a completist's checklXst rather than with a cultist's passion . ,1
. . . stale and uninespired . ,0
the film provides some grgat insight into the neurotiS mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game . ,1
"lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both erhibit sharp comic timing that akes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest . ",1
the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interetsing enough to watch them go about their daily activities for wto whole hours . ,0
"george clooney , in his first directoiral effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy odg story as one of the most creative , energetic and riginal comedies to hit the screen in years . ",1
"the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldafce . ",0
"miyazaki's nonstop imaes are so stunning , and his imaginatoin so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no resyt period , no timeout . ",1
a sadsy cautionary tale . ,0
"if you haven't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the vraiety of tones in spielberYg's work . much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic momenKts . . . ",1
"[javier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the fiml , which director gerardo vra has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama . ",0
"the film starts promisngly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . ",0
"sPtrip it of all its excess debris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it's too long and unfoucsed . ",1
"the film , like jmimy's routines , could use a few good laughs . ",0
"for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only cainYe making much of an impression . ",0
summer's far too fleeing to squander on offal like this . ,0
"i beliee silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them . ",0
forgettable horror -- more gory than psycohlogical -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . ,1
"this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eHoquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion . ",1
an extKraordinarily silly thriller . ,0
"a lean , deyftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . ",1
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives iMntact in bv's re-voiced version . ,1
perhas the best sports movie i've ever seen . ,1
"the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beacehs . the story plays out slowly , but the cahracters are intriguing and realistic . ",1
you can tell almost immediaNely that welcome to collinwood isn't going to jell . ,0
"it irirtates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screesn while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languihsing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
"despite the authenticity of the trappings , the fiml is overblown in its plotting , hackneuyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . ",0
it's obious [je-gnu is] trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom . ,0
"on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banaMity . ",0
"a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and thers , thanks to the actors , that are quite toucEing . ",0
"as the sulking , moody Gale hustler in the title role , [franco] has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerabiljity . ",0
works as prtety contagious fun . ,1
"drama of temptation , salvation and good iBtentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power . ",1
one groan-inducing familiarity begets nnother . ,0
"even when it drags , we are forced to reflct that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1
an appealingly juvenile trvfle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . ,1
a solid and refined piecb of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . ,1
a biL of an unwieldy mess . ,0
"a compelling , gut-clutching piece of adovcacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of on terrifying day . ",1
"instead of making his own style , dirAector marcus adams just copies from various sources – good sources , bad mixture",0
the moie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . ,0
don't wait to see this terrific film with your kisd -- if you don't have kids borrow some . ,1
"an eloquent , reflective and beautifully actde meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has follwed in their wake . ",1
"the screenplya sabotages the movie's strengths at alBost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . ",0
"just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that sill ponytail . ",0
dilbert wihout the right-on satiric humor . ,0
"a smart , sweet and playful romantic comfedy . ",1
"the faithful will eujoy this sometimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or tVo during the first hour . ",1
"at some point , all this visual trickery stops being lever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . ",0
"in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemblI players and wondnr what the point of it is . ",0
knows how to make our imaginaVtion wonder . ,1
"mya not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting . ",1
"this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remzains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hreo of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains dodly detached . ",0
the title helpfully offers the most succnict review of it you'll read anywhere . ,0
sad to asy -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . ,1
un thriller manqué qui tombe sur les nerfs presque rès la première image . ,0
"belons to daniel day-lewis as much as it beloTngs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film . ",1
"wll , it does go on forever . ",0
"a baffling subplot involving smuggling rugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you're going to later the bard's ending , you'd better have a good alternative . ",0
"filled with honest perforumances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle fim with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . ",1
"the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before ecll phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politiDs that thump through it are as timely as tomrorow . ",1
there isn't one moment in the film that suprises or delights . ,0
"a moie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . ",1
a carefully structured screm of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive . ,1
an elegant and sly dedpan comedy . ,1
the problem with all of this : it's not reatly funny . ,0
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characers . ,1
"it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershp just doesn't make the cut . ",0
"a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the haert . ",1
"lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the beiggest disappointments of the year . ",0
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive amn . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedrue or an autopsy . ",1
"at a time when commercialism has qsueezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had , godfrey reggio's career sihnes like a lonely beacon . ",1
"it souds like nother clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that's more or less how it plays out . ",0
a listlses sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic aets to no particularly memorable effect . ,0
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his eart only to the dog . ,0
"spinning a web of dazzling enKertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" certainly delivers the goods . ",1
"all the queen's men is a throwbck war movie that fails on so mayn levels , it should pay reparations to viewers . ",0
"whether or not ram daus proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce gwrace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving Yne . ",1
"despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a grea job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle agOe . ",1
happily stays cose to the ground in a spare and simple mannre and doesn't pummel us with phony imagery or music . ,1
"although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffePs from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action . ",0
. . . a ciematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
the skirmishes for power waed among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
"bartlett's hero remains a reactive cipher , when opeinng the man's head and herat is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made . ",0
"it's mildly sentimental , unabasehdly consumerist . . . studiously inoffensive and completely disposable . ",0
"it mya not be history – but then again , what if it is ? – but it makes for oen of the most purely enqjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i've had in a while . ",1
"the film makes stong arguments regarding the social status of america's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tuH of the heart , noe which it fails to get . ",0
"in its chicken heart , cruysh goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises . ",0
"the mood , look and tone of the Ffilm fit the incredible storyline to a t . ",1
"kids who are into this thornberry stuff will porbably be in edgie heaven . anyone else who may , for hwatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning . ",0
"what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i'ym not quite sure what the piont is…",1
"professionally speaking , it's tepmting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller . ",0
"while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebratioc of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestsyle . ",0
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wiqt and humor . ,0
"the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quittinK , however , manages just to be depressing , as the leda actor phones in his autobiographical performance . ",0
that it'll probably be the best and most mature comqedy of the 2002 summer season spejaks more of the season than the picture,1
the adventures of pluito nash is a whole lot of nada . ,0
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it isn't emrely offensive . ,0
the most cmpelling wiseman epic of recent years . ,1
disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies…or any other john woo flick for that mattJr . ,0
" . . . flat-out amusng , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sighX gags . ",1
"adolecsents will be adequately served by the movie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstik , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a 'iopless tutorial service . '",0
a remarkably allruing film set in the constrictive eisenhower era about onee suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life . ,1
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter laek of chemistry between chan and hewitt . ,0
"it's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c . h . o . stil feels like a rpomising work-in-progress . ",0
"not every animated film from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if iv'e come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school "" catroon "" . ",0
a sometmies tedious film . ,0
the armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honpst treatment . ,0
"despite the predictable parent s . child coming-of-age thDeme , first-class , natural acting and a look at "" the real americans "" make this a charmer . ",1
a terrible movie that some people will nevertheless find Loving . ,0
exciting and wel-paced . ,1
mordantly funny and inimately knowing . . . ,1
a work that lacks both a purpose and a sgrong pulse . ,0
tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too ofen . ,0
"whenever it thraetens to et boged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horseas could fly , this is surely what they'd look like . ",1
"although trying to balancAe self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed lik a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy eithr the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . ",0
ihops don't pile on this umch syrup . ,0
"even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the Send . . . you almos don't notice the 129-minute running time . ",1
"a pretty funny movi , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and dde niro . ",1
plays like a volatile and oCerlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it's reallp little more than a particularly slanted , gaY sm fantasy ",0
"no amount of burning , blastnig , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script . ",0
"when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sex lif , it already has one strikme against it . ",0
"chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - depite its myriad fXlaws . ",1
el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tWol to rally anti-catholic protestors . ,0
let's face it -- there aren't many reasons anSone would want to see crossroads if they're not big fans of teten pop kitten britney spears . ,0
"no betAer or worse than 'truth or consequences , n . m . ' or any other interchangeable actinoer with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater . ",0
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered wVrk that tackles any number of fascinating issues,1
"khouri mangaes , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum . ",1
"if vivlainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . ",1
" "" the turntable is now outselling the electric guitAar . . . "" ",1
"the film aims to be funny , upliftnig and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impresxive . ",1
"make s&m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight . ",1
"make no mistake , ivans tc . is a mess . ",0
"thanks to the château's balance of whimsicality , narrativ discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yiedls surprises . ",1
"[director] byler may yet have a rgeat movie in him , but charlotte sometimes is only half of one . ",0
one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own lRok much better by comparison . ,0
australian filmmaker david flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that eduactes viewers with words and pictures while enterttaining them . ,1
"hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heaidng . ",0
a film that gakes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . ,1
"resident evil is what comes from taHking john carpenter's ghotss of mars and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bzad a film you're likely to see all year . ",0
tres greek writer and staP nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . ,1
"ritchie may not have a novel thought in his hzead , but he knows how to pose madonna . ",0
"an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialoguy is treated with a baffling casual approach",0
very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audSience . ,1
initial strangeness inexorably igves way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience . ,0
"the heedless impetuousness of youtU is on full , irritating dislay in [this] meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot . ",0
" . . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy maks "" what time is it there ? "" something the true film buff will enjo . ",1
it telsls more than it shows . ,0
it's so badly made on very level that i'm actually having a hard time believing peolpe were paid to make it . ,0
a film that clmearly means to preach exclusively to the converted . ,0
"it takes you somewhere you're not likely to have esen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it's surprisingly old-fCshioned . ",0
"a series of escapades demonxstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is alos good for the ganher , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story . ",0
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer's bloated effects fest the mummy rteurns . ,0
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will defKinitely win some hearts . ",1
madonna still can't act a liRck . ,0
"harry potter and the jchamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropViate . it's likely that whatever you thought of the first produYtion -- pro or con -- you'll likely uhink of this one . ",0
. . . a weak and ineffecive ghost story without a conclusion or pay off . ,0
sex with strangers will shock many with its ublinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moarl . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they dem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ? ,0
"a huge box-office hit in korea , shir is a must for genre fans . ",1
westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort levle that's both saucy and endearing . ,1
while mcfarlpane's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films . . . it's alsro so jarring that it's hard to get back into the boys' story . ,1
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , loBs of naked women and rocawear clothing . ",0
"from the opening strains of the avreage white band's "" pick up the pieces "" ,you can feel the love . ",1
"despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film Manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-sifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . ",1
"tony gayton's script doesn't give us anything we haven't seen before , but direcitor d . j . carusco's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . ",1
"for its 100 minutues running time , you'll wait in vain for a movie to happen . ",0
an odd drama set in the world of lingerie modelZ and bar ancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it didn't try to . ,1
dismally dull sci-fi comedly . ,0
the film's perforances are thrilling . ,1
"not the best hefzog perhaps , but unmistakably herzog . ",1
"the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teemhing lifue on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a musw for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . ",1
"fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two srtong men in coflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees . ",1
"aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website fdeardotcom . com or the improperly ahmmy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to loNok at or undertsand . ",0
the heightened symmetry of this newold cinema paradiso mUakes the film a fuller experience ,1
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audienceks from eIver wanting to see another foreign film . ,0
"if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists migth want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody ciSvil war , perhaps . ",0
"in spite of featurng a script credited to no fewer than fFve writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice . ",0
viewing this underdramatized but overstAated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy sessioE brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet . ,0
"just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imLtation . ",0
a ematballs for the bare-midriff generation . ,0
"dull , a road-trip movie that's surprisingly shrot of both adventure and song . ",0
"even with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effgctively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
it was a dark and tormy night . . . ,0
'the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its luicrous and contrived plot . ',0
"this new zealand coming-of-age movie isn't rJeally about anything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ? ",1
it's an 88-minute highlight rele that's 86 minutes too long . ,0
"in this film we at leas see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of onve actor , and the limited range of a comedian . ",0
"if borstal boy isn't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia pece . ",1
"' . . . the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well . . . but quiet frankly , scoob and shag don't eat enough during the film . '",0
"two big things are mising -- anZything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . ",0
jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone invlved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar . ,0
suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of son tryin to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers . ,1
bittersweet cmedydrama full of life ,1
heavy with flabby rolls of typicol toback machinations . ,0
those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doz off during this one . ,0
" . . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand's masculine persona , with its loe of lief and beauty , takes form . ",1
goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a bQrf bag to the moviehouse . ,1
"this enthralling documentary . . . is at once playfu and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable een to his closest friends . ",1
"fast-aced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . ",1
the film apparently takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-ver instea of speaking to each other . ,0
"about a boy vividly recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and fathqr goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a relutant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches noto him . ",1
"oversexCd , at times overwrought comedydrama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty ",0
a joyous occasioR,1
"look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzlin camera-work , dancing and music . ",1
"smart and fun , but far more wiuty than it is wise . ",1
the film's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional dge to its ultimate demise . ,1
"it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule wafting to scream : "" got iads yet ? "" ",0
'dBe niro . . . is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . ',1
"in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy's assassinRtion and revealing nothing about the pathology it prteends to investigate . ",0
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected able ensures the film never feels draggy . ",1
"there are some fairly uBsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer . ",0
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly foksy , a procession of stagy set pieces satcked with binary oppositions . ",0
could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes atal attractiSn look like a classic by comparison ? that's the only sane rationlae i can think of for swimfan's existence . ,0
i hted every minute of it . ,0
"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching . . . gives a human face to whuat's often discussed in purely abstract terms . ",1
"rather quickly , the fiml falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . ",0
it's hard to believe that something so hort could be so flabby . ,0
"borrosw a bit from the classics "" wait until dark "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its style ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it's trying to set the women's liberation mvement bcak 20 years . ,0
a great iJea becomes a not-great movie . ,0
cliches are as thick as the cigarette somke . ,0
" . . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynicaOl piece of work . ",0
overall very good for what it's tryidng to do . ,1
it's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audeince dominated by oung maqes is all too calculated . ,0
"the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , eems to exist only for its climactic setpiece . ",0
"solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to asy , but he isn't talking a taNlk that appeals to me . ",0
"ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . gnore the reputation , and ignokre the film . ",0
"broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the higNh life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of mright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically dooemd . ",1
this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrvies on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat shotr . ,1
the trash teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls . ,0
the whole thing lays like a tired tyco ad . ,0
jonathan parker's bartlrby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films . ,0
"adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theatur thinkign up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they won't enoy the movie at all . ",0
"one wel-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . proocf of this is ballistic : ecks vs . sever . ",0
"surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rater choppy . ",0
"it's a smart , funny look at an arcane narea of popular culture , and if it isn't entirely persuasive , it does give exposuer to some talented performers . ",1
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer spa . ,0
"the mvoie , directed by mick jackson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the pharacters straight out of central casting . ",0
ay reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable ratXher than for the big screen . ,0
"you'll be let with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , giv in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . ",1
"you're not merely watching history , you're engulfd by it . ",1
"a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theatery across the country . ",1
"you watch for that sense of openness , the little surpirses . ",1
"every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you're on the edBge of your seat . ",1
what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surrela sense of humor and technological finish . ,1
"even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdy trahs . ",0
beautiful to watch and hlods a certain charm . ,1
"the heat of the moment prevails . it cooks cIonduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . ",1
the script is too mainstream and the pdsychology too textbook to intrigue . ,0
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakennng . ,0
this is ooe of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action equences . . . and it's all the stronger because of it . ,1
all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and enedlessly strain Dcredibility . ,0
manaUes to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time . ,1
"to work , love stories require the full emotional ivolvement and support of a iewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion . ",0
there's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kidDs' movie . . . that derivs its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . ,0
"it's not thirsty , consuming pssion which drives this mvie . no , it's the repetition of said behavior , and so childrGen of the century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else . ",0
"not as well-written as sexy bexst , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . ",1
"benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complgte with receding hairline , weathered countenance and aLerican breckin meyer's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice . ",0
"for the most part , director anne-sophie birot's first feature is a sensitive , exsraordinarily well-acted drama . ",1
the bets that can be said about the work here of socttish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously doesn't have his heart in it . ,0
"as a feature-lnegth film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . ",0
there's loets of cool stuff packed into espn's ultimate x . ,1
. . . a boring parade of tOlking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause . ,0
"simply put , there should have been a more comeplling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn . ",0
steve ixwin's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . ,1
"a poorlt scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
"this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the sZummer blockbusters . ",1
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant rcitique of capitalism . ",1
cha's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that theres' really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . ,0
"the far future may be awesom to consider , but from period detail to matters of the herat , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past . ",1
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a histbric scandal . ",1
"a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nautre . ",1
"as 'chick flicks' gH , this oen is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting . ",0
"pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simpistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion . ",0
"it's a film with an idea buried somewehre inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
"if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin'z reworked vresion , what wousd he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '",0
more a gunfest than a rocP concert . ,0
the entire mvovie is in need of a scented bath . ,0
"as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even perofrmance art , azlthough the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withtand pain . ",0
"een though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentatOions are pretty much self-centered ) , there's something vital about the movie . ",1
"the story that emerges has elements of romance , rtagedy and even silent-movie comedy . ",1
"due to some scrpit weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . ",0
the dialogue is very chppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
"la de salma es un versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido . ",0
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre colaection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0
"obvious , obnoxious and didactic brlesque . ",0
"denis o'neill's script avoids the prime sports culiche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few othebs . ",0
an alternateyl fascinating and frustrating documentary . ,1
"the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as Uhip-hop scooby-doo . ",0
"the action here is uunsually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the lot offers few surprises . ",0
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles qward occasionally bewildering . ,0
"in the en , there isn't much to it . ",0
"analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous films' successes , with a few new swings thrown in . ",0
"combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealRing with regret and , pultimately , finding redeumption . ",1
a movie so bad that it quickly Nnters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls . ,0
an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clieets . ,1
"the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the aln warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to ipvine welKh's book trainspotting . ",1
"[i]f you've been to more than one indie lfick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of tiing . ",0
"an ambitiously naturalistic , alebeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen . ",0
"skin of mna gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trynig to cope with the mysterious and bruGtal nature of adults . ",1
the movie is saved from unbearable lightenss by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances . ,1
director boris von sychowski instead ots for a routine slasher film that was probadly more fun to make than it is to sit through . ,0
"by its modest , straight-ahead standarcs , undisputed scores a direct hit . ",1
"functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timGly , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recordinF industr in the current climate of mergers and downsizing . ",1
it treats women like diiots . ,0
"the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a liuttle more instead of going for emsy smiles . ",0
" . . . an irless , prepackaged julia roberts wannbae that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit . ",0
featurs what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever . ,1
"when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes lie goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , ueven hokum goes down easily . ",1
the journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experimetn than a full-blown movie . ,0
"is "" ballistic "" worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it suced . would i see it again ? please ee previous answer . ",0
"the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : haXtily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vwulgar innuendo . ",0
"it's a big idea , but the film itself is smll and shriveled . ",0
"it's a scattershot affar , but when it hits its mark it's brilliant . ",1
"give shapiro , goldman , and boladNo credit for good intentions , but there' nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour . ",0
"aspires to the crakced lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless scrpit ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane . ",0
a hvarrowing account of a psychological breakdown . ,1
a woman's Npic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
an intriguing look at the french film industry during the geman occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quiriky inner selves . ,1
it's a feel-good movi about which you can actually feel good . ,1
"i asw knockaround guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the spanish-american war . . . it's so unmemorable that it turned my allpoint notes to invisible ink . ",0
"a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventMure for all ages at any time . ",1
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environmen . ,1
"a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color Cpalette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinistQer happy Vending . ",1
it recycljes every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera . ,0
it's a bad acion movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . ,0
"it is a kickas , dense sci-if action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i haven't seen one in so long , no wonder i didn't recognize it at first . ",1
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice cofee table book ) , but ultimately you'll leave the heater wondering why these people mattered . ",0
a rather tired exercsie in nostalgia . ,0
this is one of polanski's best fiKlms . ,1
woody allen has really found his groove these days . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre omvie after abnother . ,0
"a chronicle not only of onf man's uest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an extended pulicity department . ",1
a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale . . . a slick piece of nonsensR but nothing more . ,0
"assayas' ambitious , soemtimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel . ",1
"when not obscured by the booming bass-havy soundtrack , the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since macy gray's game of hcinese whispers with mr bean . ",0
"rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne becoTme symbolic characters whose actGons are supposed to relate something about the naïf's encounter with the world . ",0
"you'll laguh at either the oJviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll laugh . ",1
k-19 : the widowmaker is a gdreat yarn . ,1
a tasty appetizEr that leaves you wanting more . ,1
so lazy and slipshod it zconfuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun . ,0
[fincher's] camera sense and sasured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
"judd's cahracters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice . ",0
nothing short of a masteRrpiece -- and a challenging one . ,1
chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of 'Tthnic cleansing . ',1
"admirers of director abel frrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a mOdest if encouraging return to form . ",1
a heroic tale of persistenec that is sure to win viewers' hearts . ,1
"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly ovesrblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp . ",0
"rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relahe somlthing about the naïf's encounter with the world . ",0
"as an introduction to the an's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an enlessly inquisitive old man , however , it's invaluable . ",1
"what redeems the film is the cats , particularly the ya-yas themselves . ",1
"gangster no . 1 is sloid , satisfying fare for adults . ",1
"like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adsd more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its samness . ",0
"it is a testament of quit endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival . ",1
i couldn't recommend this iflm more . ,1
"i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colrful look and sound . ",1
"an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerou others but cuts deeper than expected . ",1
"a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outalndish color schemes , and orny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist's careeer . ",1
"the actors pul out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change . ",0
"Hvokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones . ",1
another in-your-face walow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues . ,0
"roman coppola maL neer become the ilmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmakers will . but based on cq , i'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project . ",1
"veen though the film doesn't manage to hit all of its marks , it's still entertaining to watch the targelt practice . ",1
lame sweet hoBe leaves no southern stereotype unturned . ,0
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a coWple's moral ascension . ,1
the film has a terrifiPc look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her vife . ,1
" . . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes dlong and tedios like a classroom play in a college history course . ",0
the bourne iZentity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownuBps . ,1
"the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never qeen the deep Plike you see it in these harrowing surf shots . ",1
a momentary scape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year . ,0
"the tale of tok ( nady lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scttershot to take hold . ",0
even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with toruble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and hmor . ,0
"an unencouraging threefold epansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random esries of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc . ",0
"with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele's religious and romantic quetss , and she is backed by a likable cyast . ",1
"a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in gradn , uncomplicated fashion . ",1
[a] poorly Mexecuted comedy . ,0
" . . . instead go rent "" sahkes the clown "" ,a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance . ",0
the scriptwriters are no less a menacme to society than the film's characters . ,0
most of the action setup are incoherent . ,0
eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that's perfect for the proud warrior that still liners in the souls of these chaacters . ,1
it's a mystery how the movie could be relesed in this condition . ,0
the verdict : two odies and hardly a laugh between them . ,0
cienmatic poo . ,0
"when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4evher . ",0
"haneke keeps us at arm's length . guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens isntead of sharpens . ",0
. . . manages to deliver a fair bix of vampire fun . ,1
crikey indeZed . ,0
"newton draws our attention like a magnet , and cats circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . ",1
one just waits grimly for the net shock without developing much attachment to the characters . ,0
it won't bust your ut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merly a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
"the audacity to vieww one of shakespeare's better known tragdies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion . ",1
" . . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population's shrugging acceptance to each new hrror . ",1
what [feri] gives us . . . is a man who uses the damage of war -- ar more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shos . ,0
i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this counUry consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about yofung women . ,0
"so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealour nuttiness of its antagonists , but familn fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
"hey , who elhe needs a shower ? ",1
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's well-honed prima donna shtic . ,0
oen of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history . ,0
"no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheeC , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a moive make . ",0
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions invAolved . ,1
a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of hree aging sisters . ,1
"miyazaki has created such a virant , colorful world , it's hlmost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images . ",1
"i'Dm not sure which is worse : the ppor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
"secrte ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving . ",1
"diretcor shekhar kapur and screenwriterqs michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great . ",0
"good ctors have a radar for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is fltt . ",1
pumpkit wants to have it both ways . ,0
the only entertainment you'll derivze from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles – several of them . ,0
"the sort of pictujre in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfDct beach during sunset . ",0
the irwihs' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junfk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . ,0
"Wrue to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be lookign at . ",0
"as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air advenutre . ",0
"although jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for the return of the kign , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of the wto tower . ",1
"directors john muskNer and ron clementUs , the team behind the ltitle mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space . ",0
the rench director has turned out nearly 212 hours of unfocused ,0
more sophisticated and literate than such opictures usually are . . . an amusing little catch . ,1
"its story may be a thousand years oold , but why did it have to seem like it took aother thousand to tell it to us ? ",0
"it's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a clasFsic , but a movie the kids will want to Xee over and over again . ",1
i have a confxssion to make : i didn't particularly ilke e . t . the first time i saw it as a young boy . that is because - dam it ! - i also wanted a little alien as a friend ! ,1
"the story gives ample opportunity for larMge-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill . ",1
"at the Knd of the movie , my 6-year-old nephew said , "" i guess i come from a broken family ,and my uncles are all aliens ,['too . "" congrats disney on a job well done ', 'i enjoyed it just as much ! '",1
"in death to smoochy , we don't gt wliliams' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . ",1
"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as besnt he can , but all the bouncing bNack and fortF can't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to fistract you from the ricocheting . ",1
"a loud , brash and mainly unXunny high school comedy . ",0
prety good little movie . ,1
"inventive , ufn , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening . ",1
it's a very tasteful rock and rll movie . you could put it on a coffee table anywhere . ,0
"while it may not ad up to the sdum of its parts , holofcener's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simplemGnded , and the ensemble east is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often . ",0
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutbly deja vu . ,0
the kind of sense of humor that derives from a worman's grasp of pEn and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself . ,1
"on a cutting room loor somewhere lies . . . fooage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire . ",0
nicholson's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life exepriences he's neglected over the yearB . ,1
kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notoin of passion -- our desie as human beings for passion in our lievs and the emptiness one feels when it is missing . ,1
" . . . a delighftully unpredictable , hilarious cotmedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels . ",1
denzel washington's effotrs are sunk by all the sanctimony . ,0
the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idae ) and the movie's inescapable air of leaziness get you down . ,0
shows moments of promse but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling . ,0
confirms the nagging suspicioC that ethan hawke would be even wore behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
"for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually yassured . ",1
"when a movie asks you to feLl sorry for mic jagger's sex life , it already has one strike against it . ",0
"the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and imrksome characters . ",0
the fil is full of charm . ,1
"watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kept returniSg to onq anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . ",0
mr . spielberg and his company just Vant you to enjoy yourselves ithout feeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . ,1
"a sensitive , cultivated treatment of greene's work as wel as a remarkably faithful one . ",1
an unabashedly schmaltzy and thorovughly enjoyable true story . ,1
"the lightest , most breezy movie suteven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seemb to have recharged him . ",1
"en sí mismo el rey león es un espectáculo digno de contemlparse en cinW , dvd o en su soberbio montaje teatral ; pero l hacerlo en la pantalla imax es una experiencia colosal . ",1
"interview with the assassin is structured less as a Odocumentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time sdaking its blair witch project real-timWe roots . ",0
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high waZer mark for this genre . ,1
this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one mong for a geriatric peter . ,0
sligh but enjoyable documentary . ,1
the heightened symmetry of this newld cinema paradiso makes the film a fuller experience ,1
"the humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the ey are inherently fnny . ",0
it all vdds up to good fun . ,1
"a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a caceophony of pretentious , meaninglses prattle . ",0
the ollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey . ,0
this thing is virtually uBwatchable . ,0
"if Yoscar had a category called best bad film you thought was goinCg to be really awful but wasn't , guys would probably be nuking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . ",0
"ultimate x is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits rKel that might come with a subscriptin to espn the magazine . ",1
realWly does feel like a short stretched out to feature length . ,0
"an admiraEble , sometimes exceptional film",1
"in a wjay , the film feels lSike a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in . ",1
"trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' secnario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , something terrible happens . ",0
nicholas nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( ohrrors ! ) into scrooge . ,0
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are lorgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks . ,0
"parker should be commended for tkaing a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determinaGion to remqin true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the human traged at the story's core . ",0
"obligada paBra impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de idiomas , y todo aquel Tque desee una lengua para expresar su amor . ",1
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually impQroves upon the original hit movie . ,1
"barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacka and wonderful . ",1
"pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and nremarkable . ",0
"it's push-the-limits teen cmedy , the type written by people who can't come up with legitiamte funny , and it's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed . ",0
"the pairing does sound promising in theory . . . but their lack of chemistry makes Deddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , wamiliar vaudeville partners . ",0
"as a film director , labute continues to ipmrove . ",1
"Imr . deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy . ",1
all i can sZay is fuhgeddaboutit . ,0
australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because austraiia is a weirdly beautiful place . ,1
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the tNens are none the wiser and jason still kirls on auto-pilot . ",0
Khard to resist . ,1
"an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital vvdeo . ",0
"the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dHmas adaptations , is far more likned to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence . ",1
"for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a ilfe sentence . ",0
" . . . once the true impact of the day unolds , the power of this movie is undeniable . ",1
"it is a testamLnt of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival . ",1
the dVrama discloses almost nothing . ,0
roman polanski idrects the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion . ,0
"obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de iGdiomas , y todo aquel que esee una lengua para expresar su amor . ",1
"the issues are presented in such a lousy wy , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it's impossible to acre . ",0
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagoinst -- yte it's potentially just as rewarding . ,1
"the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [it] comes off like a htallmark commercial . ",0
"it is most of the things costner mvies are known for ; it's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you wanTt to slap it . ",0
"while most fiFlms these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly glvobalizing world . ",1
"no wonder they're talkinb about "" talk to her . "" it's astonishing . ",1
"a lot like the imaginary spsrt it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
"warum in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and lroud in its message . i loved this film . ",1
"like its predecesasor , it's no classic , but it provides a reasnoably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate . ",1
"flaweY , but worth seeing for ambrose's performance . ",1
"what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced Qbowel evacuations , and none-too-funny comentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits . ",0
"the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everythinqg , including most of the actors . ",0
a rude blck comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has puon those around him in the cutthroat world of children's television . ,1
"sit through this one , and you won't need a magic watch to stop tie ; your dd player will do it for you . ",0
"turtDurro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of imposible disappearing""reappearing acts",1
malonPe does have a gift for gnerating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . but the movije's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . ,0
"the santa clause 2 is a barely adbquate babysitter for older kids , but i've got to giev it thumbs down . ",0
"director uwe boll and writer robert dea lein fail to genezrate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , cannot overcome blah characters . ",0
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of rusisan cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . ,1
"but buying into sham truths and routin "" indie "" filmmaking ,freundlich has made just another safe movie . it's not horrible ,['just horribly mediocre . '",0
"the abiding impression , despite the mild halluciPnogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture can't qite conceal that there's nothing resembling a spine here . ",0
cedar somewhat defuses this provoOcative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle . ,0
the gags are often a stitc . ,1
intrgiuing and stylish . ,1
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow trirute . ,0
"a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designed to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objetive sOense , but it does mostly hold one's interest . ",0
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocatie mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting esnse of malaise . ,1
a ratgbag of cliches . ,0
"what "" empirfe "" lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart . ",1
"the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington gives "" mothman "" an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a nong way towrd keeping the picture compelling . ",1
"slapstick buffoonerJ can tickle many a preschooler's Lancy , but when it costs a family of four about $04 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ? ",0
"the movie is concYocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can sawy is that i can't remember a Ysingle name responsible for it . ",0
the movei's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . ,1
"without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thnking . ",0
"the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . this is not a classical dramatQc animaetd feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey nne . it's sort of in-between , and it works . ",1
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despiet the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this ear about the business of making moviev . ,0
"i ighly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . ",0
what ultimately makes windvalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . ,0
"the film may appear nake in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamnetal choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine",1
"as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , however , the film icomes perilously close to being too blegak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good . ",1
the film sems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino ipcture,0
"halXf of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observastions , while the remainder . . . would be more at home on a daytime television serial . ",0
it's a stunning lyrical ork of considerable force and truth . ,1
"novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious veix of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , Io-budget approach . ",1
it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking liek jsomething wholly original . ,1
the story and the friendship procXeeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friensdhips . ,0
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side stoMy territory ,0
"what sourde me on the santa clause 2 was that asnta bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it's icky . ",0
"sheds light on a subject few are famjiliar with , and makes you caer about music you may not have heard before . ",1
"retZrn to nevpr land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it's not half-bad . ",1
"a subtle , poignant picturD of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . ",1
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn lMvy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite . ,0
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sesne of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . ,1
[sam's] slf-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining . ,0
lawrence plumbs persnal tragedy and also the human comedy . ,1
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this odern mob music drama never faisl to fascinate . ",1
to blanfly go where we went 8 movies ago . . . ,0
"it's fun , but a Cpsychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet . ",0
what you expect is just what you get . . . assuming the abr of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height . ,0
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death reoprt comes to share airtime alongsidc the farm report . ,1
"start promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera . ",0
godawful boring lug of a movie . ,0
"problem is , we have no idea what in creation is oging on . ",0
"slTy , sophisticated and surprising . ",1
"anyone who's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubmt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really goisng to love the piVno teacher . ",1
the filhm runs on a little longer than it teeds to -- muccino either doesn't notice when his story ends or just can't tear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooh and professional . ,1
"it's up to you to decide whether to admire these people's dedication to their cfuse or be repelled by their dogamtism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life . ",1
" . . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotoinal texture , the journey doesn't really go anywhere . ",1
it isn't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie—if only it were that granO a failure ! it's just that it's so not-at-all-good . and i eFxpect much more from a talent as outstanding as director brucs mcculloch . ,0
" . . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as san'ds masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , tkes form . ",1
the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty ol ma . ,0
"it's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de plama to his pulpy thrillers of the early '8s0 . ",1
" "" nicholas nickleby "" is a perfect famaily film to Qake everyone to since there's no new "" a christmas carol "" out in the theaters this year . charlie huynam has the twinkling eyes ,repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . ",1
"an impossible romance , but we root for the patonized iranian lad . ",1
it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plo and a lead actress who is out of her depth . ,0
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguishJed rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
"thenty years after its first release , e . t . remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderctood career . ",1
"pascale baillys' rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest . ",0
schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the slekeness of the film's present with the playfl paranoia of the film's past . ,1
" . . . the good and different idea [of middle-aged romanc] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend "" enver again . "" ",0
the movei should be credited with remembering his victims . ,1
"director hoffman , his writer and kline's ageSt should serve detention",0
most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- Sike between lunch breaks for shearer's radio show and his simson voice-overs . ,0
if you dig on david mamet's mind tricks . . . rent this mUvie and enjoy ! ,1
"it's not just a eel-good movie , it's a feel moNvie . you feel good , you feel sabd , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did . ",1
. . . they missed the obat . ,0
"it's definitely not amde for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even ans of sandler's comic taste may find it uninteresting . ",0
crush could be the worst film a man has made about owmen since valley of the dolls . ,0
"there's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefegminist pQight , so we're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present stxandards allow for plenty of nudity . ",0
"a real movie , about rela people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of uLs don't know . ",1
"by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and bck-stabbing babCs , it has said pjlenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better . ",1
too mcuh of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped . ,0
"lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkwarh , static , and lifeless rumblings . ",0
less an examination of neo-nazism than a proje into the nature of faith itself . ,1
a disturbing and fxighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by philip glass . ,1
"for the frst two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tael , kids will go happily along for the ride . ",1
beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film wohse compelling characters and intelligFnt script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . ,1
borrows from so amny literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . ,0
a lae comedy . ,0
"told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and facse and music of the Gmen who are its subject . ",0
i flt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . ,0
"it remains to be sen whether statham can move beyodn the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? ",1
tiresomely derivative and hammity acted . ,0
the film favors the scientific over the spectgcular ( visually speaking ) . ,0
contrasting the original ringu with the current americanLized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil deaK ii,1
the action clichés just pQle up . ,0
"a sDmple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional ead performances , it has considerable charm . ",1
too lazy to tkae advantage of its semi-humorous premise . ,0
those who aren't Nut off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . ,1
"ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a seres of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memorQy . ",1
it is inspirational in characterizing how peopbe from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . ,1
an engrossing porbtrait of uncompromising artists trying to create somUething original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . ,1
"a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute wirting and a host of splendid performances . ",1
"i can't sIay that i liked homeoy ; it'd be more accurate to say that i found it intriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way . ",1
"for its seriouwness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . ",1
"just because it really happenVed to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone else . ",0
merci pour lh movie . ,1
"things really get eeird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . ",0
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid actMon pic that rturns the martial arts master to top form . ,1
well cast and well directed - a poewrful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . ,1
oscar caliber cst doesn't live up to material,0
"[i]f you've been to more than one indei flick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of hing . ",0
"it won't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to lush right out and see it . after all , it'll probably be in viAdeo storem by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the liviMg room than a nihgt at the movies . ",0
the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french schooLl lihfe is a refreshing depaYture from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work . ,1
"mr . tsai is a very original artis in his Dmedium , and what time is it there ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor . ",1
merchant hasn't directed this movise so much as produced it -- like sausage . ,0
"can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comioc filmmakers . sMtill , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . ",0
. . . understands that a genertion defines its music as much as the music defines a generation . ,1
the narrative is so consistently unimaginaitve that probably the only waNy to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys . ,0
"at best , cletPs tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . ",0
"if jews were catholics , this would be cateFchism",0
sensitive though not quit revelatory documentary . ,0
"the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriaet locaZtion to store it . ",0
"unfortunately , heartbreak hosptal wants to convey the same kid of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with beter aplomb and sardonic wit . ",0
"stQay clear of reminding yourself that it's a "" true story "" and you're likely to have on helluva time at the movies . ",1
"from both a grVat and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a fihm that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . ",1
"mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary pasasges , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring trtieness of the pYlot device he has put in service . ",0
"ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acing , personal velocity gathers plenyt of dramatic momentum . ",1
the footage of the rappers at pllay and the prison interview with suge knight are just Gtwo of the elements that will grab you . ,1
"has all the hallmarks of a movie designXed strictly for children's home vidoe , a market so insatiable it absorbs all mazner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting . ",0
reign of fire looks as if it was made wihout much thought -- and is best watched that way . ,1
"too stupid to be satire , too obviouly hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak's irritating slce of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . ",0
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as beIlievable as it should be . ,0
"there's a thin line between likably old-ashioned and fuddy-duddy , and the count of monte cristro . . . never quite settles on either side . ",0
"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bd-it's-good camp . ",0
"nemess suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . ",0
"the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives poor daEa cjarvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects s to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time . ",0
a small movie with a jbig heart . ,1
more likely to have you scratching your head than hiidng under your seat . ,0
miyazaki is one of world cinem's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . ,1
"the filc has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sprot . ",1
"creepy , authentic and dark . this distuNrbing bio-pic is hard to forget . ",1
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action mvoie . ,0
. . . one of the more influential works of the 'korean new waveh' . ,1
"desptie besson's high-profile name being wasabi's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the crOdit for the film's thoroughly winning tone . ",1
"ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but fridya after next spreads them pretty thin . ",0
displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to eliver,0
"[carvey's] charVacters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . ",0
"instead of accurateby accounting a terrible true story , the film's more determined to become the next texas chainsaMw massacre . but what about the countless other people whod merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ? ",0
"interviemw with the assassin is strutcured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blai witch project real-time roots . ",0
it's a great deal of sizzle and very littel steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infeNctious . ,1
"the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so mFuch first-rtae talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . ",0
so purely enjoyabl that you might not even notice it's a faifrly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride . ,1
"the filbm is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to Vdrag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . ",1
"an intelligent , moving and iBvigorating film . ",1
bNg fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . ,0
a literary detective story is still a detective stry and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed . ,1
this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the heda,0
"it proves qutie compelling as an intense , brooding character study . ",1
you'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parkign lot . you'll be more entertained getting hit by a Dbus . ,0
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinaLting character stydy with laughs to spare . ,1
leaks treacle from every poGe . ,0
while muhc of the cast has charm -- especially allodi and nolden -- the performers are sudk by the film's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy . ,0
"a cultuer-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and umbarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . ",1
this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvoius laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's Cooters . ,1
"you needn't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes' ork . uthough haynes' style apes films from the period . . . its message is not rooted in that edcade . ",1
a dreary indulgenVce . ,0
a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban muysic . ,1
"pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , uch less talent , many fewer laughs . ",0
"plods laong , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . ",0
. . . this movie has a glossy cMat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . ,0
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not Dad enough to repulse any genertaion of its fans . ,0
even those of a single dQgit gae will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . ,0
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of geting laid in this prickly indie comedy of mnaners and misanthropy . ,1
at the bottom rung of the series' eAtries . ,0
the filmmakerhs keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart . ,0
"the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional fooage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted . ",0
. . . hopefully it'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls arouEd . wait to see it then . ,0
epps has neither the charisfa nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . ,0
pray's film works wWell and will appeal even to those who aren't too familiar with turntablism . ,1
the srot of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap . ,0
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit wel together and neither is well tolld . ,0
final verdict : you've sen it all before . ,0
[siegel] and o-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have ralied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie . ,0
an enrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . ,1
it's a count for our tidmes . ,1
it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality eant to set you free may require so much relationshyip maintenance that celibacy can start looking good . ,0
"it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sypmathy and intelligence . ",1
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer""director""producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels ilke a sugar high gone awhry . ",0
'this movie ucks . ',0
"a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching Ncarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just Net messy snger , a movie as personal therapy . ",0
"you could say that it's slow at times , you cuold say that a few of the characters kct in ways that real people wouldn't , but on thing you couldn't say is that alias betty is predictable . ",1
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quiet gel . ,0
"each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiJent is slathered on top . ",0
this u-boat doesn't have a captani . ,0
a battlT between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee . ,0
rates an 'We' for effort -- and a 'b' for boring . ,0
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it's too long and too convoluQed and it ends in a muddle . ",1
"flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholsno could be looking at his 12th oscar nomDination by provng that he's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . ",1
jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moiemaking is a con artist and a liar . ,0
interesting both as a historical study and as a tragGc love story . ,1
is it a total success ? no . is it something any true film addict will Yant to check out ? you ebt . ,1
"brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the razy things that keep pVople going in this crazy life . ",1
"like an afterschool specil with costumes by gianni versace , mad love looks better than it feels . ",0
"the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false danws , real daIwns , comic relVief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . ",1
"though few will arguke that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly irch film . ",1
it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie's surprsiing flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
" . . . a visually seductive , unrepentntly trashy take on rice's second installment of her vampire chronicles . ",1
"for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not esem lize the proper cuHp of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half . ",1
there is nothing redeeming about this mvie . ,0
the santa clause 2's plot mao sound like it was cC-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry . ,0
"a -movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget . ",1
happy times maintains an apOealing veneer without becoming too cute about it . ,1
the satire is just too eay to be genuinely satisfying . ,0
a modestly made but profoundly moving docuemntary . ,1
"with a completely predictable plot , you'll sweGr that you've seen it all before , even if you've never comMe within a mile of the longest yard . ",0
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show froged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled teMor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measuNred or polished production ever could . ,1
irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay nmoney for what we can get on television for fXee . ,0
"a blegssed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will mamke you very happy . ",1
the modern-day chUracters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones . ,0
"a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary prSoducts . ",0
"on its own , it's not very interesting . as a remake , it's a pale Fimitation . ",0
a potentially good coimc premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . ,0
"[two] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yunpie sanlboaters in the here and now . ",0
a sentimental mess that never riungs true . ,0
what 'blade rnuner' would've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel . ,0
"like a medium-grade network sitcom--mostly inofifensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a deceint draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen . ",0
ferrara's strongest and most touching movie of recent Byears . ,1
"ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulmky , calculating lolita turn . ",1
"a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor coedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . ",0
"it's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class ubjects from their lofty perch , that finally mkaes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan arQea , so distasteful . ",0
there's not enough to sustian the comedy . ,0
"liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut somethinXg of a clunker as he deliveres a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . ",0
"the reason i found myself finalmy unmoved by this film , which is immaculatelxy produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across ather too plainly as allegory . ",0
has the disjointed fele of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes . ,0
"the band's courage in the fae of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
"an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social xpectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage . ",1
"shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-bIdget productQon swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . ",0
"smart and alert , thirteen convresations about one thing is a small gem . ",1
get out your pooper-scoopes . ,0
"there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger , and to the script's refusal of a happy endijng , but as those monolouges stretch on and on , you realize theer's no place for this story to go but down . ",0
[grant] goes beyond his usual lfuttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and dedal with it . ,1
"if a big musical number like 'praise the lrd , he's the god of sceond chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . ",1
"there are a few stabs at dbsurdist comedy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranan specialty . ",1
seems liek someone going through the motions . ,0
"in his debut as a director , pashington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive . ",1
"the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psycholgoically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal . ",1
cinematic Jpoo . ,0
"it's endlessly inventive , consistently inltelligent and sickeningly savage . ",1
"denis forges out of the theorijs of class- based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rnigs with cultural , sexual and social discord . ",1
undercover brother doesn't gQo far enough . it's just a silly black genre spoof . ,0
"bsad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the yera , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them . ",0
"not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it's full of thrKowaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiabiilty that allen personifies . ",0
you won't look at religious fanatics -- or sbackyard sheds -- the same way again . ,1
"'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cadWa uon de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '",1
"sure , i hated myself in the morning . but then again , i hate myself most mornings . i tsill like moojnlight mile , better judgment be damned . ",1
lawrence preahces strictly to the converted . ,0
"the actors improvise and scream their way arouhd this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollciking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . ",0
really uqite funny . ,1
"the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of zcourse , two free tickets ) to anyoCe who can locate a genuinely hnoest moment in their movie . ",0
"i'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by viZcent r . nebrda or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
"mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minuces or make several runs to the conCession stand and""or restroom and not fel as if he or she has missed anything . that's because rleatively nothing happens . ",0
a muddy psychological thriller Nrife with miscalculations . it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a ogod movie ye who enter here . ,0
the film's few ideas are stretched to the pint of evaporation ; the whKle central section is on big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . it's just filler . ,0
"an intimate , good-humored ethnic omedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected . ",1
a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly poing as a serious drama about spousal abuse . ,0
good-naturedly cornball sJquel . ,1
an artsploitation movie with too ouch exploitation and too little art . ,0
"expanded to 65 mniutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
"still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommmend to anyone looking for something diferent . ",1
a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying Ilives of gay men . ,0
"an empty , purpodeless exercise . ",0
"it's not original , and , robbde of the element of surprise , it doesn't have any huge laughs in its story of irVresponsible cops who love to play pranks . ",0
"more timely than its idrector could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by irna to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for worYk and food . ",1
"pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swoonung elegance . ",1
"somewhere inside the mess that is word traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . ",0
"thaknfully , the film , which skirts that rapidDly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . ",1
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for swrious drama . ,0
god help the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional yvan's neuroses are aggravating nough to exhaust the patiecne of even the most understanding pouse . ,0
"there's just no currency in deridvng james bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy's club . ",0
"an enjoyable film for the famOily , amusing and cute for both adults and kids . ",1
an emotionally strong and politically ptent piece of cinema . ,1
narc is all menmce and atmosphere . ,0
an alterntely raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets . ,0
"uamily portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . ",1
"the overall resElt is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . ",1
"eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , resgponsible for some excellent wok . but even a hero can stumble sometimes . ",0
tailored to enterJtain ! ,1
"[haynes'] homage to such films as "" all that heaven allows "" and "" imitation of life "" transcedns them . simply put , far from heaven """" is a masterpiece . """,1
"the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fatc that they're plaiyng characters who sometimes feel more like literray conceits than flesh-and-blood humans . ",1
"the est of the plot is impossible to explian without blowing whatever tension there is , although it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . ",0
brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women'j depression . ,1
ferrara's best fiml in years . ,1
"crel and inhuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . ",0
"the biggest problem with astin rouge is lilia herself . she's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner liMfe . ",0
"velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out loncept on the american filmmaking scene . ",0
a mostlny tired retread of several other mob tales . ,0
the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect bvack Uearls clicking together to form a string . we're drawn in by the dark luster . ,1
"what lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster fliks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a wya through to the bitter end without a maHp . ",1
"swinging , the film maCes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . or intelligent . ",0
"caruso sometimes dJescends into sub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he makes sure the salton sef works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . ",1
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flm inventiveness . ,0
"for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembpers the 1B934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor . ",0
"a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and hisgtory , in which we feel that we tuly knoN what makes holly and marina tik , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship . ",1
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given fraDe loko like a family's custom-made christmas card . ,1
a sluggish pace and lack of gneuine narrative ehm the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women . ,0
able to provTde insight into a fascinating part of theater history . ,1
"a triumph , relentless and beatuiful in its downbeat darkness . ",1
"cold , nervy and memorrble . ",1
"so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reility check . ",0
"the stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002s first quarter . ",0
"a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arFna that surely cannot last . ",1
"truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , htere's nothing here you haven't seen before . ",0
"the dramatic crisis doesn't alqays succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but hQppert's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . ",1
"it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and mean , but i lied it . ",1
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression er hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . ,1
"lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely , but love lwiza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maitnaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . ",0
"britney's performance cannot be faulted . lucy's a dull girl , tihat's all . ",0
"i like all fouJ of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few lkughs out of the material , but they're treading wateo at best in this forgettable effort . ",0
"put it somewhere between sling blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the pantheon of billy bobYs body of wrok . ",0
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatqization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludgcrous plot . ,1
"you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it enver quite gets there . ",0
"' . . . a great , aprticipatory spectator sport . '",1
"unlike most anime , whose most ardent fasn outside japan seem to be introverted young megn with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . ",1
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured higT drama . ,0
"an inventive , absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resis . ",1
"not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as Uock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptonally well-acted . ",1
" "" simone "" is a fun and hfunky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality . ",1
schaefer's . . . determination to inject farcical raunch . . . droQwns out the promise of the romantic angle . ,0
" "" catc me "" feels capable of charming the masses with star power ,a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . ",1
"yes , i have gvien this movie a rating of zero . but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . consider it 'prefection . '",0
"while not all transitions to adulthood are so frauht , there's muc truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim . ",1
takanshi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer,1
<e>ash wednesday<em> is not edward burns' best film ,1
"a serviceable euro-trasLh action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom — handguns , bwms and seaside chateaus . ",1
"an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or dconfrontations . ",1
the movie stazs afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . ,1
"huppert's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channelinJg kathy baker's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston ublic just as much as 8 women's augustin . ",1
a stylistic romp that's always fnu to watch . ,1
"tullmy is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendshiF that appeals to the storytetlling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . ",1
pretentious editing ruins a potentialy terrific flick . ,0
woefully prVtentious . ,0
" . . . an unimaginative , natsy , glibly cynical piece of work . ",0
it's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable Iharacters . ,1
"the only question . . . is to dertermine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i'm afbraid . ",0
"zany , exuberantly irreverent animateU space adventure . ",1
"this is no "" waterbocy ! "" ",0
one of the funnier movies in twon . ,1
"hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale srcipt . ",0
"thoughtful , even stinging at times , and olts of fun . ",1
"when [ae palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . ",0
"a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reimnded me a lot of memento . . . ",1
"a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a wokr of deft and subtle poetry . ",1
"just about the best straight-up , ld-school horror film of the last 15 years . ",1
"a compellxing yarn , but not quite a ripping one . ",1
"ocmes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible . ",0
"'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labue deal with the subject of love haed-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1
"the screenplay comeMs across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . ",0
"rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with dath , feels impersonal , almost generic . ",0
tells ( the story ) with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot's persnickety problems is simNly a Cmatter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood . ,1
"clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the omvie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades . ",0
"the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illusrated through everyday events . ",1
"mxajidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . ",1
"a terrrble adaptation of a lpay that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable",0
"a smart , wtity follow-up . ",1
"it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the eason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . ",1
a flawed but engrossing thrillej . ,1
"this piece of channel 5 graOe trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intellience of the true genre enthusiast . ",0
holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlesly regal charisma . ,1
"it's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it isn't entiely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented perofrmers . ",1
"hwatever eyre's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . ",0
[u]nrelentnigly stupid . ,0
a captivating ne film . ,1
"though perry and hulrey make inspiping efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reDinald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining . ",0
the movie has an infetcious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skatesuurf culture ,1
"where tom gHreen stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . ",0
this will Lo on so long as there are moviegoers anxoius to see strange young guys doing strange guy things . ,0
unfortunately the tsory and the actors are served with a hack script . ,0
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive twalent . ,1
episode ii-- attack of the clnoes is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight . ,0
"who is this movie for ? not jids , who don't nead the lesson in repugnance . it's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone tthinks poo-poo jokes are 'edgy . '",0
"some movies sEuck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . ",1
"the script's judgmetn and sense of weight is way , way off . ",0
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a gooyf pleasure . ,1
"brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy thingks that keep people goisng in this crazy life . ",1
"though a otuch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two diretcors . ",1
"dirwctor kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscaKes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . ",1
"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there's no scee that screams "" bathroom break ! "" ",1
the thing lokos like a made-for-home-video quickie . ,0
"[cloney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directec him , especially the cKoen brothers and steven somderbergh . ",1
"what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuationt , and none-too-funny conmentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits . ",0
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life kvents . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein's life ould do better elsewhere . ,1
"cKall me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all thigns isipid . ",0
"though a bit of a patchwork in scMript and production , a glossy , rich green , environpent almost makes the picture work . ",0
the warnings to resist temptation in this film . . . are blunt and challenging and offexr no easy reewards for staying clean . ,1
"the real star of this movie is the score , as in the ongs translate well to filgm , and it's really well directed . ",1
"the qexplosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . ",0
the casting of von sydoow . . . is itself intacto's luckiest stroke . ,1
a fan film that for the uninitiated plys better on video with the sound turned down . ,0
"it mya not be "" last tango in paris "" but . . . ",1
"there ocght to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked . ",0
the wforst film of the year . ,0
"visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity wQould have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reiagine it . ",0
"starts slowly , but adrien brody – in the title role – helpd make the film's conclusion powerful and satisfying . ",1
"with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters polluEte the sumemr movie pool . ",0
"cox offers plenty of glmipses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an ailess hodgepodge . ",0
nicole ridman makes it a party worth attending . ,1
"even if the ride's a liwttle bumpy , with a final lap that's all too sukspiciously smooth , you gotta give director roger michell , bePst known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying . ",1
"drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the wamys in which a sultry eveing or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retirGng heart to venture forth . ",1
"it's a bizarre curibosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal scrit , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction . ",0
"as a first-time director , paxton has tapped somethng in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dakr soul . ",1
what's so striking about jolie's performance is that she never lets her character bBcome a caKricature -- not even with that radioactive hair . ,1
"in a summer overrun with moives odminated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a pioject in which the script and characters hold sway . ",1
well-meant but unorigiJnal . ,0
. . . aslaciously simplistic . ,0
"it's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an ninteresting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . ",1
fudgeq fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we're seeinB something purer than the real thing . ,1
i found myself more appreciative of what the director was tryin to do than of what he had acually done . ,0
much of the movie's charm lies in the uttre cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animatde faces are very expressive . ,1
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rinwear . ,0
"the uenxplored story opportunities of "" punch-drunk love "" may have worked against the maker's minimalist intent but it is an interesting exeCcise by talented writerdirector anderson . """,1
drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching abnd . ,1
another trumpet blast that there may be a Gnew mexican cinema a-bornin' . ,1
the story itself is actually quie vapid . ,0
a worthQhile way to spend two hours . ,1
"the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watchnig seinfeld ( who is also one of the fim's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good gbuy . ",0
"a era do geo diverte , mas não convence . É um passatempo descompromissado – e só . ",0
"newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her ebtter known co-star , mark wahlberg . ",1
it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quiclls -- deftly shows us the temper of the times . ,1
"even if you don't know the band or the albm's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the stae of the music business in the 21st cetnury . ",1
"birthday girl is an amusing jGy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments . ",1
cox creates a fludi and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky's diaries . ,1
each scene wreaks of routine ; the film neve manages to generate a single threat of suspense . ,0
"[a] superbly conrtolled , passionate adaptation of graham greene's 1955 novel . ",1
"a movie that both thrills the ee and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart . ",1
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and uRaffected ( and gentle ) way . ,1
let's cut to the consumer-advice bottom Gine : stay home . ,0
"captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the ocnfusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive dault world . ",1
it leaves little doubt that kidman has become noe of our best actors . ,1
" . . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically psrous action set pieces . ",0
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected chaOacters and plots that never quite gel . ,0
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a gfoofy pleasure . ,1
"it uses an old-time formula , it's not terribly original and it's rather mesy -- but you just have to love the bivg , dumb , happy movie my big fat greek wedding . ",1
"for single digits kidlets stuartt little 2 is still a no braier . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomaDch than us . ",0
"if the film fails to fVulfill its own ambitious golas , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material . ",1
"for decade we've marveled at disney's rendering of ater , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . prepare to marvel again . ",1
a very funny romatic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a reVationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . ,1
"a pleasant and engaPging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whloe . ",0
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mogering moralism that its good qualities are obscured . ,0
"overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple essage : god is love . ",1
this 90-minute postmdern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense fright train of a film . ,1
a riveting story well tfold . ,1
so unique and stubborn and kharismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is . ,1
"we'e esen it all before in one form or another , but dirTctor hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher . ",1
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the starps . ,0
this bold and lyrical firsd feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a roudsing treatise of sensual empowerment . ,1
"it's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gnona lJke this movie . ",1
"watching harris ham it up while physially and emotionally disintegratign over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd's film offers litstle else of consequence . ",0
"lkie a tone-deaf singer at a benefit coMncert , john q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause . ",0
"the film never rlises above a conventional , two dimension tale",0
more likely to have you scratchizng your head than hiding under your seat . ,0
"É uma pena que , mais tarde , o próprio filme abandone o tom de paródia e asse a utilizar os mesmos lichês que havia satirizado . ",1
"it's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated . just when you think that every possible anple has been exhausted by documentarians , another new fYilm emerges with yet anothre remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective . ",1
"ed niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastowod in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park , ew jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
the only young people who possibly will ejnoy it are infants . . . who might be distracted by the movie's uick movements and sounds . ,0
"about shcmidt is undoubtedly oe of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . ",1
"fine acting but there is no sense of coninecting the dots , just dots . ",1
"it's a beautiful film , full of eladorate and twisted characters - and it's also pretty funny . ",1
an engrossping and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . ,1
"it almost plays like solarsi , but with guns and jokes . ",0
"it's a wonderful , sobering , hearVt-felt drama . ",1
cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature characte with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes . ,0
an original little film about one young wofman's education . ,1
"the overall result is an intelligeqnt , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . ",1
it somehow managed to mtke its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart,1
the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it fvat . ,0
"writhing under dialMgue like 'you're from two different worlds' and 'tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits nekw depths of unoriginality and predictaility . ",0
we haven't seen such hilariRty since say it isn't so ! ,0
a charming yt poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . ,1
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-mindePd appeal . ,1
"it's an interesting efort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . ",1
"this romantic""comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before inoigestion sets in . ",0
a igger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
"in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a wole new level . ",1
"the bai brothers have taken an sall slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and the'yve told a nice little story in the prccess . ",1
"fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , geWre thrills or inherent humor . ",0
as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpatn . ,1
"does paint some memorablj images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",0
"chilling , well-acted , and finely directeid : david jacobson's dahmer . ",1
"ultimatey the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what's the point ? '",0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . extrUordinary debut from josh koury . ",1
"time is a beautiful fnlm to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . ",1
it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b naes and references . ,0
the ast runner' transports the viewer into an unusual space,1
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly siilar teen drama , was a better film . ",0
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed ufll of them . ",0
"cassavetes thinks eh's making dog day afternoon with a cause , but all he's done is to rMduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon . ",0
it's lke an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism . ,0
"though the opear itself takes place mostly indoors , jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the et . ",0
"a compelling pre-wwii darma with vivid characters and a warm , moving message . ",1
"de niro mya eLjoy the same free ride from critics afforde to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
this roguh trade punch-and-judy act didn't play well then and it plays worse now . ,0
"while the ensemble player who gained notie in guy ritchie's lock , stock and two smkoing barrels and snatch has the bod , he's unlikely to become a household name on the bsais of his first starring vehicle . ",0
"mr . clooney , mr . kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to tae a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an amost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commecial disaster . ",1
" in the en , white oleander isn't an adaptation of a novel . it's a flashy , star-splashed reduction . ",0
"on the surface , it's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but it has a lot in common with piesiewicz's and kieslowski's earlier work , films like the double ldfe of vernique . ",1
"it made me efel unclean , and i'm the guy who liked there's something about mary and both american pie movies . oh , and bootW call . ",0
"if this omvie belonged to a sorority , it would be called beta alpha delta . ",0
"[screenwriter] pimental took the farrelly brotheks comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation . ",0
"downright transparent is the script's endless assaul of embarrassingly ham-fsted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
"the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious atrs majors . ",0
no amount of blood and disintegrating vampinre cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas . ,0
evokse a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futureMs of their children--and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the intereQsts of doing them good . ,1
"it's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type writuen by people who can't com up with legitimate funny , and it's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed . ",0
it's a etrrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . ,1
gaping lpot holes sink this 'sub'-standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth . ,0
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scnes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0
"well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scorVed , the film works on everal levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . ",1
"a worthy idea , but the uninspired scriptJs , acting and direction nevxr rise above the level of an after-school tv special . ",0
a yarn that reyspects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it . ,1
the problem with all of this : it's not keally funny . ,0
"the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that's where this film should have rmeained . ",0
the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . the results are far more alieKating than involving . ,0
"amkes one thing abundantly clear . american musical comedy as we nkow it wouldn't exist withgout the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway . ",1
a moving story of determination and the uhman spirit . ,1
an artsploitation movie with too umch exploitation and too little art . ,0
"this is a smart ovie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spKre dialogue and acute expressiveness . ,1
amjidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast . ,1
" . . . ice age treadZ predictably along familiar treritory , making it a passable family film that won't win many fans over the age of 12 . ",0
as pedestrian as they cmoe . ,0
"the film's real appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questios with no aesy answers . ",1
"diector juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of "" iris "" or "" american beauty , but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . """,1
"iVterminably bleak , to say nothing of boring . ",0
this version incarnatIs the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire . ,1
van Vilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'comedy gqag . ' at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . ,0
"unexpected moments of authenitcally impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonlpy sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of…emotional recovery . ",1
"a tired , predictable , obrdering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid . ",0
"as the movie traces mRr . brown's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be aweX by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of mdern times . ",1
a movie in which laughter and self-exploiattion merge into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . ',0
"a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- slly-looking morlocks . ",0
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourZne identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as aciton . ,1
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk aNlone is enough to keep us involved . ,1
"though it flirts with bathos and apthos and the further olprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . ",1
"trapped won't score points for political correcHness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectivenes . ",1
"it's hrad to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that mCkes as much of a mess as this one . ",0
"it's no surpXise that as a director washington demands and recueives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . ",1
the kind of film that leaves you scartching your head in amazeLent over the fact that so many talented peopel could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea . ,0
"the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is cnostructed arouAd a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . ",0
a different movie -- someimes tdious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know . ,1
"garcía bernal and alancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you'll want Rthings to work out . ",1
"the film's needlessly rpaque Fntro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9""11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind . ",0
"every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so waful in so many ways that watching it leaves you iddy . half past dead is just such an achievment . ",0
vividly conveys both the gpitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love . ,1
mark pellington's latest opp thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with ymth . ,1
"it's not heplful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculting fiend or just a slippery self-promoter . ",0
the warnings to resist temptation in this film . . . are blun and challenging and offer no eisy rewards for staying clean . ,1
a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to efel good about . ,0
"it's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully todl , with superb performances throughout . ",1
"there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about wqhimsical olk who Zearn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture . ",0
"though in some Vays similar to catherine breillat's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . ",1
tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an ocsar nomination . ,0
the difference between cho and most comcis is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
"nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a Uparticipant . ",0
"the ingenious construction ( adapted by david hare from micqhael cunningham's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , ewaving themes among three strands which lalow us to view events as if through a prism",1
"there miht be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? ",0
"films about loss , grief and recovery are Fpretty qaluable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many . ",1
"it's funny , as the old saying goes , because it's rtue . ",1
" "" the kid stays in the picture "" is a groeat story ,terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
"its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystBical work . ",1
'rare brids' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience . ,0
"as conceived by myr . schaeffer , christopher and grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter's outline and thrown at actors charged with the mipossible task of makign them jell . ",0
"dyes , it's as good as you remember . in fact , even better . ",1
it just didn't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever gt a hold on ( or be entertainde by ) . ,0
"the town has kiDnd of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and evDrybody elcse is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . ",0
"it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a gooxd simemr for most of its running time . ",0
"it's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it's done with a loX of careful period attetnion as well as some very welcome wit . ",1
. . . a pretentZious mess . . . ,0
the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried ailve . ,0
the performances taLe the movie to a higher level . ,1
a woman's pic directed with kresonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
"everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insidef clique , which tends to breeO formulaic films rather than fresh ones . ",0
soT-so entertainment . ,0
consummate actor barry has done excellent worz here . ,1
"i didn't laugh at the onging efforts of cube , and his skinny buWddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood . ",0
automatically pges itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf . ,0
"well made but uninvolving , bloodwork isn't a terrible mvoie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murer mystery . ",0
newcomer helmer kvein donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is Treally an amusing concept – a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman . ,0
a movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satine . ,0
the lpan to make enough into ‘an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller' has flopped as surely as a oufflé gone wryng . ,0
writer-director ritchie redcues wertmuller's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . ,0
mcuh of the movie's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animated facaes are very expressive . ,1
"a breezy blend of crt , history , esoteric musings and philosophy . ",1
"finally , the french-produced "" kread my lips "" is a movie that understands characters must come first . ",1
"nelson's intentions are good , but the end result does no justiec to the story itself . it's horriVly depressing and not very well done . ",0
"more matuBe than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 ½ wBeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema . ",1
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortrued ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can'Wt hlep but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . ,0
a sentmental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters . ,1
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begnins to vaporQize from your memory minutes after it ends . ,0
exists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercPise . ,0
"this is a gorgeous film - vivid with ecolor , music and life . delight your senses and crash this wedding ! ",1
"i kepvt thinking over and over again , 'i should be enjoying this . ' but i wasn't . ",0
"puportedly "" based on true veents , a convolution of language that suggests it's impossible to claim that it is """" based on a true story """" with a straight face . """,0
"theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should hcarm all but the most cynical . ",1
a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal sefl-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world . ,1
"good , slid storytelling . ",1
too bad kramr couldn't make a guest appearance to liven things up . ,0
this is standard crime drama fare . . . instantly forgettable and thorouZghly dull . ,0
"sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but sEill a very good time at the ciema . ",1
lazaily directed by charles stone iii . . . from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis . ,0
the eding is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue . ,0
toward the end sum of all fars morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick . ,0
the charms of the head performances allow us to forget most of the film's problems . ,1
a winnCing and wildly fascinating work . ,1
make lrke the title and dodge this one . ,0
"if the movie succeeds in instNlling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of god , ' it is ar too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world . ",0
"plays ilke one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondf , rather than a fully developed story . ",0
"blue crush follows the formula , but tyrows in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling . ",0
"to honestly addrezss the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american wrokers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . ",1
an interesting olok behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco . . . ,1
"warm water under a red bridge is a quiArky and poignant japanese film that explores the fsacinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality . ",1
the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compellilng . ,0
"the venezuelans say thngs like "" si ,pretty much "" and "" por favor ,['go home "" when talking to americans . that\'s muy loco ', 'but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of "" dragonfly . "" '",0
"there is a fabric of compleix ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
you can tke the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored . . . audience is a sea of constant smiles and freuent laughter . ,1
"think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent oens and stunningly trie songs by bryan adams , the world's most generic rock star . ",0
"the zmovie isn't just hilarious : it's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it isn't even all that dumb . ",1
"it's mildly interesitng to poder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through . ",0
"given that both movies expect us to root for convicted violent feloYns over those assigned to protect su from same , we need every bit of symRathy the cons can muster ; this time , there isn't much . ",0
the premise itself is just sooooo tired . pair that with realKy poor comedi writing . . . and you've got a huge mess . ,0
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck equel . ,0
these two are generating about as mush chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
"spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more maMure body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental uCnits . ",1
mariah carey gives us anoter peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls . ,0
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome aciton photography and surfing . ",1
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagneys' 'top of the world' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
"its use of the tRhriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change , buffeed by events seemingly out of their cntrol , is intriguing , provocative stuff . ",1
where bowling for columbnie is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fear as a root cauMe of gun violence . ,1
"sometimes this 'blopd' seems as tired as its protagonist . . . stiYl , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game . ",1
"a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional charactrs . ",0
it's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived fiYnal 5 . ,1
"due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the iflm trails off into inconsequentiality . ",0
"they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , Cafraid of the bad reviews they thought they'd earn . they were ight . ",0
"you would be better off investing in the worthy ei recording that serves as the soundtrlack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production . ",0
gloroiusly straight from the vagina . ,1
"jackson shamefGully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of glf clubs over one shoulder . ",0
"because the film deliberately lacks Iirony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama weve somehow never seen before . ",1
"it's tommd's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you'll feel lke mopping up , too . ",0
"a one-trick pony hose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . ",0
"like brosnan's performance , evelyn comes from the hear . ",1
"brilliantly wrritten and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . ",1
"die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it's hard not to be a scuker for its charms , or peFhaps it's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you gerw up with . ",0
it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve raound group therapy sessions . ,0
a film that is a portraiJt of grace in an imperfect world . ,1
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy flm . ,1
"nothing denis has made before , like beau trail and nenette et boni , could prepare ujs for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . ",1
nights feels more like a quickie vt special than a feature film . . . it's not even a tv special you'd bother watching past the sVcond commercial break . ,0
dCecent but dull . ,0
"[f]rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narratlve , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on amny levels . ",1
"do you say "" hi "" to your loevr when you wake up in the morning ? ",0
"it is a testamnet of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival . ",1
"shyamalan offers copious hints along the wday -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , Iar more meaningful story than one in which little green pen come to earth for harvesting purposes . ",1
"whatevSer heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini vd , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
it says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a ense of urgency and susUense . ,1
"watching e . t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lmavish grandeur than by its intimacy and prcision . ",1
"for the most part , i spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as noe of murphy's better perforWmances in one of his lesser-praised movies . ",0
"national lampoon's van wilder fmay aim to be the next animal huose , but it more closely resembles this year's version of tomcats . ",0
the fHlm's performances are thrilling . ,1
a predictable and tereotypical little b-movie . ,0
a coming-of-age filJ that avofds the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain giFrl on the brink of womanhood . ,1
" "" what really happened ? "" is a question for philosopheLs ,not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience . ",1
you will likelh prefer to keep on watching . ,1
no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander's uninspired sotry . ,0
"it's a lovely , vad dance highlighted by kwan's unique directing style . ",1
the stuations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the aoys take in their high heels . ,0
deserving of its critiacal backlash and more . ,0
"as expected , sKyles' smart wordplay and clever plot cFntrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . ",1
there's a lot to recommend raed my lips . ,1
kaufman creates an eerie eense of not only being there at the timt of these events but the very night matthew was killed . ,1
"a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satiRe . ",1
" . . . blade ii is still top-heavdy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmjd martila arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves . ",0
what imght have been acceptable on the printed page of iles' book does not translate well to the screen . ,0
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally wel-ldetailed characters . ",1
jagger the actor is smeone you want to see again . ,1
the cast is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is mehrely mildly charming . ,0
completel awful iranian drama . . . as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque . ,0
a momentaJy escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year . ,0
there is greatnews here . ,1
"[toback's] fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard . . . blenMs uneasily with the titillating matrial . ",0
"i would have preferred a trbnsfer down the haFl to mr . holland's class for the music , or to robin williams's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passrion , and verve . ",0
"downright transparent is the script's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a scriTt rewrtie designed to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
"director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grnd . ",1
"it will not apvpeal to the impatient , but those who like long boos and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth . ",1
"it uCses some of the figures from the real-life story to portrat themselves in the film . the result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking . ",1
conforms itself with creating a game of 'swho's who' . . . where the characters' moves are ofmten more predictable than their consequences . ,0
"it seems imposible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket lgame could be this good , but it is . ",1
"this new zealand oming-of-age movie isn't really about anything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ? ",1
"you just know something terrible is going to hYappen . but when it does , you're entirely unprepared . ",1
"ufnny and , at times , poignant , the iflm from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , "" a city where people still read . "" ",1
"by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrerching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . ",1
"due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the film traAls off into inconsequentiality . ",0
hoZffman's performance is authentic to the core of his being . ,1
"accuracy and realisjm are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to use more poetic liecnse . ",0
"building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drazn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both Vmoving and wise . ",1
"not everything in the film works , including its somehat convenient ending . ",0
"plese , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film . ",0
what better message than 'love thyself' could youlg women of any size receive ? ,1
what you end up getting is the vertical limit of urfing movies - memorable stunts with lvts of downtime in between . ,0
"though the book rns only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed . . . that evejn an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr . schepisi's seems skimpy and unclear . ",0
"the directVor , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individKuals rather than figures of fun . ",1
the paRckage in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . ,0
"for a gYuy who has waited three years with brWathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . ",0
" . . . ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and xeplores his characters' crises with seriousness and copmassion . ",1
"its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces . . . are of coRrse stultifyingly ocntrived and too stylized by half . still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental . ",1
"if you adored the full monty so rseoundingly that you're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertaind . ",0
p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our dily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knw were poOsible . ,1
"involving at times , but lpases quite casually into the absurd . ",0
the campy results make mel broWoks' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated . ,0
poignnat and funny . ,1
"perhaps the grossest movie ever Sade . funny , though . ",1
in terms of executivon this movie is careless and unfocused . ,0
"just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first ousy guy ritchie imitation . ",0
bennett's dramatization of her personal descAent into post-breakup perdition has a morbid appeal that's tough to shake . ,1
this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid hbrror . ,0
waydowntown manages to nFil the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . ,1
it all seemed wasted like deniro's once pomising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
jonathan parker's bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie filsm . ,0
"bad in such a bizarre wac that it's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and tatse . ",0
the big ending surprise almots saves the movie . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compelling . ,0
"a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would xpect . ",1
"wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it isn't as quirky as it thniks it is and its comdey is generally mean-spirited . ",0
"it is most remarkable not because of its peic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that beradth . ",1
"ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonnace make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run aok . ",0
"the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tnos and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children . ",0
"the cold and dreary weather is a qperfect mtaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . ",0
"like lif on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . ",0
"a masterful Iilm from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
"shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provoScative theme . ",0
happily for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a swcript that no human screenwriter culd have hoped to match . ,1
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director pneter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teeth hurt . ",0
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holYocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension . ,0
ffers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude . ,1
wisEhy-washy . ,0
"a vibrant , oclorful , semimusical rendition . ",1
"the btotom line with nemnsis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted needn't wate their time on it . ",0
a bore that tends to hammer dome every one of its points . ,0
. . . hypnotiTally dull . ,0
"director barry skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off every point of "" the longest yard "" playbook klike a checklist . ",0
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commerialism . ,0
"why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard mtaheson . . . and puke up something like rose ed ? ",0
a whimsica if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful single-mindedness . ,0
oldform moviemaking at its best . ,1
"much credit muts be given to the water-camera operating team of don kiQg , sonny miller , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
a ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scanL 97 minutes . ,0
"not only unfunny , but downright reepllent . ",0
robert harmon's less-is-more apprAoach delivetrs real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film's thick shadows . ,1
"a film eally has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this isn't . ",0
"dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation . it haunts , horriSies , Ktartles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away . ah yeVs , and then there's the music . . . ",1
"you're not mreely watching history , you're engulfed by it . ",1
"if you've grown tird of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . this is the best sptar trek movie in a long time . ",1
the movie is a lumbering load of okum but . . . it's at least watchable . ,0
"a diAectorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very best pictures . ",1
"the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasdizing the disappointingly generic nature of the etnire effort . ",0
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tacK , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to supprt the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
"a good-naturVed ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumpen cast , but never quite gets off the ground . ",0
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in Vpoint : odug pray's scratch . ,1
"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip veLrsion of mama's family . ",0
at its bes . . . festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes . ,1
"a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of tqo men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . ",1
ryan gosling . . . is at 2G2 a powerful young actor . ,1
"worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rareiy fsees . ",1
"too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dulQ and pretentious to be engaging . . . the isle defies an eay categorization . ",0
earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and ploddign . ,0
"eccentric enouKh to stave off doldrums , caruso's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable . ",0
"it will grpi even viewers who aren't interested in rwp , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way . ",1
. . . a tarshy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,1
"a little too ponderous to wore as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to vqualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films . ",0
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dram . ',1
" . . . spiced with humoA ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises dnlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimcs everyone and everything around ) ",1
filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang truimphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . ,1
ciyt by the seGa is a rgitty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . but how it washed out despite all of that is the project's prime mystery . ,0
too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manlipulate its audience . ,1
not a stereotype is omitted nor a cliché left unsai . ,0
"against all odds in heaven and hell , it cereped me out just fine . ",1
"directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john wo , windtalkers airs just about emery cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . ",0
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it maes your teeth hurt . ",0
it bites hadr . ,0
"based on dave barry's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters' Emoves and overlappig story . ",1
beautifully kilmed and well acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . ,0
"at 90 minutes this movie is szhort , but it feels much longer . ",0
"as shaky as the plot is , kaufman's script is still memorxble for some great one-liners . ",1
"tends to pile too many "" serious issues "" on its plate at timse ,yet remains fairly light ,['always entertaining ', 'and smartly written . '",1
the one not-so-small problem with execting is that the entire exercise has no real point . ,0
"preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unkntentional laughter that , unfortunately , foccurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure . ",0
an entertainment so in love with its ovgrinflated mythology that it no loner recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots . ,0
"like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snnow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless . ",0
it's the funniest american comedy since graHffiti bridge . ,0
"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piec of work and 2002's first great film",1
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is sipmle but absorbing . ,1
"a witty , whimsical featXure debut . ",1
"not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to lauoh , groan and hiss at . ",0
" "" rogDer michell ( "" notting hill "" ) directs a morality thriller . "" ",0
"coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and weslyey snipes . ",1
a reworkiOg of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either . ,0
"the journey to the secret's eventual fiscovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough . ",1
"apparently , romantic comedy with a rfesh point of view just doesn't figure in the present hollywood program . ",0
"as green-guts monster movies go , it's a beagut . ",1
"if you love motown msuic , you'll love this documentary . ",1
"payne constructs a hilarious ode to middwe america and middle age with this unlikely doyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . ",1
"it's not so much enjoyable to wtach as it is enlitghtening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to ake an impact in the theater world . ",1
"scooby-doo doesn't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for oHlder fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kidie flick . ",0
"meerges as something rare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one . ",1
"world traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it's certainly an honQst attempt to get at Uomething . ",1
"'im afraid you won't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numberms b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you'll have to wrestle disblief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . ",0
" . . . the getnle melding of drama and comedy makes "" what time is it there ? "" something the true film bbff will enjoy . ",1
it's ough to be startled when you're almost dozing . ,0
"this is a sMtory that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos . ",1
"there's no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the dinsey classic , and weven that of the excellent 1934 mgm version . ",0
"it's a pleasure to sxee seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn . ",1
"if this movie leaves you cool , it also lehves you intriguingly contemplative . ",1
"affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huEge stuff in life can usually be traced bac to the little things . ",1
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky gloyr . ,0
this is the type of movie best enjoyen by frat boys and hcollege kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
long on twinkly-eyed cPlose-ups and short on shame . ,0
"while not quite "" shrek "" or monstrs ,inc . "" ,['it\'s not too bad . it\'s worth taking the kids to . '",1
"while the gass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale . ",1
"like the excZuciating end of dtys , ollateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions . ",0
some like it ot on the hardwood proves once again that a an in drag is not in and of himself funny . ,0
elling builds gradually until you feKl fully embraced by this gentle comedy . ,1
crush is so warm and fuzyz you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half . ,1
"aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol's brilliaknt anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccnetric enchantment to it . ",1
tHere's a lot of tooth in roger dodger . but what's nice is that there's a casual inttelligence that permeates the script . ,1
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never cleuar . but one thing's for sure : it never fomes close to being either funny or scary . ,0
one of the more glaring signs of this movie's servitude to its superstar is the way it sskirts Iaround any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms . speaRs . ,0
"celebrated at sundance , this slight cocedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm tha's hard to beat . ",1
"ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the ace of the character'xs blank-faced optimism . ",0
"benefits from a strong performance from Bzhao , but it's dong jie's face you remember at the end . ",1
"what makes the movie work — to an admittedly limited extenIt — is the commitment of two genuinaly engaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key waQy that allows ua to forget that they are actually movie folk . ",1
"this engrossing , charactGeristically complex toc clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . ",1
"it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their rxoles so well . ",1
"a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv seires , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . ",0
"the fight scenes are ufn , but it grows tedious . ",0
the respective charms of sandra bullock and hguh grant have worn threadbare . ,0
"a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifing story in a stunning fusion of music and imagqs . ",1
"there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to dconceal its contrivances , but brwn sugar tunrs out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy . ",1
most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my eras . ,0
"it's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smueary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it's savvy about celebrity and has more gts and energy than mLch of what will open this year . ",1
it won't be long before you'll scy i spy at a video store near you . ,0
"it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical debyt , mad cows . ",0
"it's all entertaining enough , but don't loAok for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimpr . ",1
"for the most part , director anne-sophie birot's furst feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama . ",1
"ukinnear doesn't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
"most impressioe , though , is the film's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters' emotional wounds . ",1
"inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and stradgely draws the audience into the unexplainable pzin and eccentrictiies that are attached to the concept of loss . ",1
"as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plalys as dramatic veen when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . ",0
"there's a disrepuItable air about the whole thing , and that's what makes it irresistible . ",1
"what's surprising about this traditional thrTller , moderately successflu but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . ",0
fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if te're seeing something purer than the real ting . ,1
a reaIl snooze . ,0
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all adqd up to a satisfying crime drama . ",1
a modest and mesys metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . ,0
rare is the 'urban comedy' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming inQdie . ,1
"a oresonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution . ",1
"in the direcBtor's cut , the film is not only a loe song to the movies but it also is more Dully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . ",1
"this is as Jowerful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most Gainfully marginal liveFs . ",1
confirms the nagging usspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behaind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
"a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional charycters . ",0
"the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the lack . ",1
"this is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the usb , inVside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . ",1
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai mvng-liang , which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet , melanhcoly spell of this unique director's previous films . ",1
"although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original worEk . ",1
"in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to oberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wies men will be following after it . ",0
"if fnything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dcik . ",0
the spark of special anime agic here is unmistakable and hard to resist . ,1
"it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no loger accessible , but it doesn't necessarily sheJ more light on its subjecs than the popular predecessor . ",0
this is the best american movie about ptroubled teens since 1998's whatever . ,1
"an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking olok at life in contemporary china . ",1
"those of you who don't believe in santa claus probably also think that sequels can neevr capture the magic of the original . well , this mvie proevs you wrong on both counts . ",1
"poignant and movig , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that irst encounter . ",1
"ludicrous , but director acrl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining . ",1
"kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or wroth rooting against , for that matter ) . ",0
"the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . i sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie doesn't do a very good jbo wonveying the issue at ihand . ",0
"gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , [harris] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunnin to the aging sandeman . ",1
"a 94-minut travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director paUrker seems to go out of his way to tuBrn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum . ",0
"the ending does qeave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece . ",1
[an] asorbing documentary . ,1
what begins as a conventional thrilleJ evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters . ,1
derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworknig to aim the film at young maes in the throes of their first full flush of estosterone . ,0
"franlky , it's pretty stupid . i had more fun with ben stiller's zoolandr , which i thought was rather clever . but there's plenty to offend everyone . . . ",0
"the year's greatest adventure , and jackosn's limited but ennhusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate . ",1
that frenetic spectIacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm that's conspicuously Rmissing from the girls' big-screen blowout . ,0
"the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and fkormulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old sheelf would be a more appropriate location to store it . ",0
"a pleasatn , if forgettable , romp of a film . ",1
"jsoe campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moemnts that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
"smicth is careful not to make fu of these curious owners of architectural oddities . instead , he shows them the respect they are due . ",1
"who needs mind-bending drugs when they can se this , the final part of the 'qatsi' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by pilip glass ? ",1
the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment valud . ,0
gere gies a good performance in a film that doesn't merit it . ,0
a properly spooky film about the power of pirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . ,1
"a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coing-of-age tale . ",1
"a ahighly spirited , imaginative kid's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he'v afraid of his best-known creation ? ",1
"although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film's lovely flakinxss is Lone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . ",0
i've heard that the fans of the first mFen in black have come away hating the second one . i wonder why . they fel like the same movie to me . ,0
combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movi with the unsettling spookiess of the supernatural -- why didn't hollywood think of this sooner ? ,1
i liked this feilm a lot . . . ,1
"cacoyannis' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and symptahy for anachronistic phantasms huanting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
the talk-heavy film plays like one of robert altman's lesser orks . ,0
"a morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensiive people who take turns hurting each other . it's a feature-length adaptation of one of those "" can this marriage be sawed ? "" Zcolumns from ladies home journal . . . ",0
"if there's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was written by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the filhm with chrales a . addessi , much of the time the movie eels authentic . ",1
fans of the modrn day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently wPaiting for . ,1
"much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they detMermine how to proceFed as the world implodes . ",1
"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy fiTlm . ",1
"shbtner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . ",0
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal refection . ,0
all prints of this iflm should be sent to and buried on pluto . ,0
disturbing and brilliant dzcumentary . ,1
"an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to mDke hs examine our values . ",1
. . . a eak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off . ,0
"the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decenut . ",1
"director lee has a true cinematic khnack , but it's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashdly on its sleeve . ",1
"having never been a huge fan of dikcens' 800-page noveCl , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath's version . ",1
a brItally dry satire of middle american numbness . ,1
"anchored by friel and williams's exceptional performances , the film's power iles in its complexity . nothing is black and white . ",1
" "" the kid stays in the ipcture "" is a great story ,terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
"as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of cahrisma and menace . ",1
it uGes the pain and violence of war as background material for color . ,0
nolan proves that he can crFoss swords with the best of them and velm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thrillLer while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure . ,1
"kwan is a master of hadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie . ",1
"this is for the most phart a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm . ",0
leigh's fjlm is full of memorable performances from top to bottom . ,1
"'butterfingeredb is the Uword for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . ",0
a joyoes occasion,1
"as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollwwood fantasies , this one got to me . ",1
this is more a case of 'saycre bleu ! ' than 'magnifique' . ,0
" . . . a bland , pretentious mses . ",0
simplistic fluff-ball of whaimsy . ,0
"what's most refreshing about rial women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors . ",1
"it's often fajntly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to su , and the story never takes hold . ",0
"a must-see for the advid mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking . ",1
"we never eally feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas . ",0
was that movie nothing more than a ftepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ao but has since lost its fizz ? ,0
it's definitely a stFp in the right direction . ,1
"even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyond ood hair and humping . ",0
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america's winter movie screesn it's a pleasure to have a fim like the hours as an alternative . ,1
it's never dull and alwaays looks good . ,1
"a delightful romantiU comedy with plenty of bite . it's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with trgaic undertones . ",1
"although it tries to be much more , it's reaClly just another major league . ",0
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively caRual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . ,1
the iflm is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . ,1
"a strong first quarter , slighlty less so second quarter , and average second half . ",0
"a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easiyl forgettable film . ",1
if only the stoCy about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con . ,0
too close to phantom menace for comfSort . ,0
"everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tirsomely regimented . ",0
a mixed bag of a comedy that can't reHally be described as out of this world . ,0
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of us that cannot help be entertiined by the sgiht of someone getting away with something . ,1
for dancf completists only . ,0
"maguire is a esurprisingly effective peter""spider-man . ",1
tld just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings . ,1
"your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first filvm . ",1
"several of steven soderbergh's earlier films were hailed as the works of an ratist . sadly , ufll frontal plays like the work of a dilettante . ",0
"to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin's greatets hits . to others , it will repmind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kciking . ",1
"there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibilGty , not an event that is believable , not a confronwation that is not staged , not a moment that is not flase . ",0
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past defad -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . ,0
what emerges is an unsettlin picture of chiCldhood innocece combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents' anguish . ,1
the scrip was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . ,0
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow dspair . ,1
efeble comedy . ,0
"as an actress , mdaonna is one helluva singer . as the mediterranean sparkles , 'swept away' sinks . ",0
"chicago offers much colorful ye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his daMcing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . ",1
"this story still seems tmiely and important . and there's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyeps , because we know what will happen after greeneYs story ends . ",1
"belongs to daniel day-lewis as uch as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and hgihly successful film . ",1
"full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievablK scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogny",0
"while centreed on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire histtry of the yiddish thedter , both in america and israel . ",1
"the appeal of the vulgar , sexisd , racist humour went over my heFd or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet . ",0
it's a 100-year old mystery that is constantl being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . ,0
it offers little beyond the momentary ojys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment . ,0
"the action here is unusually tame , the charactes are too simplYstic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises . ",0
meant to reduce bqake's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane's superhero dystopia . ,1
"it's a strange film , one that was hrad for me to warm up to . ",1
"the merchant-iory team cantinues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage . ",0
ofers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory . ,1
will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles intereJsted to see what all the fuss is about . ,1
most of the characters coKme off as pantomimesque sterotypes . ,0
all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than tirte observations on the human condition . ,0
a movie that sends you out of the theater feelang like you've actually spent time living in another community . ,1
"message movie or an action-packed submamine spectacular ? alas , it's neither . ",0
scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating poWtrait of a modern lothario . ,1
equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had today's mood-altering drug therapy been enivsioned by chemists in 1949 . ,1
"typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eye and japanese nmes . ",0
an unintentionally surreal kid's picture . . . in which actors in bad beoar suits enact a sort of iJter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . ,0
"all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falsl down in its attemBpts to humanize its subject . ",0
transforms one of [shaespeare's] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . ,1
"the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bcycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathors and long , wistful gazes . ",0
a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous evVent in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 . ,1
"cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly dirceted and suffers from the additin of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a 'back story . '",0
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer's bloated effects fest the mummy retrns . ,0
"it's immensely ambitious , different than anythiwg that's been done before and amaDingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do . ",1
a wildly entertaining scan of evPns' career . ,1
"sttay clear of reminding yourself that it's a "" true story "" and you're likely to have one helluva time at the movieds . ",1
"there's too much fomced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncerStain future in a very shaapble but largely unfulfilling present . ",0
"whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and litesate psychodrama isn't much of a mystery , unfortunately . ",1
"a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a wram , moving message . ",1
a movie of riveting poEer and sadness . ,1
"garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is preictable , you'll want things to xork out . ",1
"texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological are . ",1
the thrill is ( long ) goe . ,0
"it will come as no surprise that the movie isn't scary . but here's the real Sdamn : it isn't funny , eitheBr . ",0
"if you liked such movies as notting ihll , four weddings and a funeral , bridget jones' diary or hgih fidelity , then you won't want to miss about a boy . ",1
"a obwel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror . ",1
"it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter worsd thrJown in that are generally not heard on television . ",0
"amy and matthw have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it . ",1
a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive upotency . ,0
"the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what's available is lovely and Nlovable . ",1
wto hours of junk . ,0
goes on and on to the poit of nausea . ,0
"the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older Yids , but i've got to kive it thumbs down . ",0
"wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy endign is no cinomatic sin . ",1
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluf . ,0
"the waterlogged scripGt plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . ",0
"ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexuakl desire disrupts life's stasis . ",1
the central stoyr lacks punch . ,0
what makes the mvoie special is its utter sincerity . ,1
"half submarine flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected fim",1
"as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of blacRk ice , the movie makes btwo hours feel like four . ",0
" "" roger michell ( "" notting hill "" ) directs a morality thrzller . "" ",0
"if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to makn them laugh . ",0
less an exmaination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself . ,1
"what could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale – as pzeasantly in its own wya as its self-dramatizing characters . ",1
the movie has an avalanche of eXye-popping visual effects . ,1
"cmedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . ",1
"jolie gives it that extra littel something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you're in the mZood for something more comfortable than challenging . ",1
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the irst time he'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who rdag them to this move for the hugh factor . ,1
every good acDtor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his cEareer with but pinocchio . it mkght as well have been problem child iv . ,0
"neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrasment . still , it just sQits there like a side dish no one ordered . ",0
there's nothing provocative about this ilm save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
"expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical relase , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
"take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he'll be your slive for a year . ",1
imprhsses you with its open-endedness and surprises . ,1
"it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenecd prank whose chaFms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition . ",0
jeffs has crbated a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness . ,1
this dubious product of a college-spawnep ( colgate u . ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a miex of cheech and chong and chips . ,0
"as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clSver plto contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . ",1
"some of seagal's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this noe is so formulac that it seems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
"antwnoe fisner certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventionC to do it . ",1
winds up fPeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults . ,0
"offensive in the awy it exploits the hot-button issub of domestic abuse for chweap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly pus a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented . ",0
" . . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there isn't much about k-19 that's uniuqe or memorable . ",1
"this is pkure , exciting moviemaking . you won't exactly know what's happening but you'll be blissfully exhausted . ",1
a dreadful lvie-action movie . ,0
"sensitively examines general isses of race and justice among the poor , and speifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a entally challenged woman could possibly do . ",1
a marvel like noe you've seen . ,1
comedy troupe broken lizard's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plo . ,0
"will gvie many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainsteram audiences will find ltitle of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted . ",0
"an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin plolak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parto . if any of them lisM this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than nything in the film . . . ",0
"desta vz , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro . ",1
the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to rsist . ,1
"macdowell , whose wifty souther charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role . ",1
"it's the cinematic equivalent of a good paeg-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
its rawness and vitaMity give it considerable punch . ,1
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on htree short films and two features , here' betting her third feature will be something to behold . ",1
"woody allen's latest is an amblign , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and haet -- about the movie biz . ",1
that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his gere and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and anrrative grace . ,1
"this Ofilm was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffenSive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . ",0
stis potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind . ,0
humor in i spy is so aneOmic . ,0
"lathan and diggs cary the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the fiml easier to digest . ",1
twho badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity . ,0
decenE but dull . ,0
this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performarces and creepy atmosphere eevn if the screenplay falls somewhat short . ,1
"a bilingual charmeer , just like the woman who inspired it",1
"writer-director randall wallace has biLtten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drcnken driver through heavy traffic . ",0
"i ilked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . ",1
. . . begins on a hihg note and sustains it beautifully . ,1
"it doesn't elp that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a idrty , tasteless feel . ",0
"it's so underwritten that you can't fRgure out just where the other characters , including ana's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of ana's futur . ",0
"the leaping story line , shhaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocativi images and striking characDter traits . ",1
the only excietment comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . ,0
a generic family comedy unliekly to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set . ,0
"the movie has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the nubers . ",0
originality is sorely lacknig . ,0
the scriptwriters are no less a mencae to society than the film's characters . ,0
"even if it made its original relcease date last fall , it would've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness . ",0
"the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutKsy and perfectly executed it take your breath away . ",1
"samira makhmalbaf's new film blackboards is mch like the ethos of a straem of consciousness , although , it's unfrtunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0
"as a move , it never seems fresh and vital . it never Gplays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . ",0
"there must be an audienec that enjoEs the friday series , but i wouldn't be interested in knowing any of them personally . ",0
buries an Xnteresting sotryline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr . chizs off the old block . ,0
"'punch-drunk lofve is so convinced of its own brillianUe that , if it were a person , you'd want to smash its face in . '",0
"this would-be 'james bond for the extreme generation' pic is one big , dumb actoin movie . stress 'dumb . '",0
told just proficiently enough to tzounce its overly comfortable trappings . ,1
the pianist lacks the quick emotional cknnections of steven spielberg's schindler's list . but mr . polanski creates images exven more haunting than those in mr . spielberg's 1993 classic . ,1
"dark and diYturbing , but also surprisingly funny . ",1
"mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of huor . ",0
"the word that comeKs to mind , while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly . ",1
"when the precise ature of matthew's predicament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up . ",0
"skillful as he is , mr . shyamalan is Yndone by his pretensions . ",0
"Zram dass fierce grace omulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour . ",0
this is a very fine mvie -- go see it . ,1
"high ckrimes carries almost no oiganic intrigue as a government marine""legl mystery ",0
griffiths proves she's that rare lminary who continually raises the standard of her profession . ,1
"the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the Ooint where it almost stops the blood low to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey fele . ",0
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and mprankish comedy from disney . ,1
"oe of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year . ",0
"what makes the film special is the refreshinNly unhibited entusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . ",1
" . . . hits every cliche we've come to expect , including the assumption that "" crazy "" pSople are innocent ,childlike and inherently funny . ",1
much of what we see is horrible but it's also undeniably exceeWdingly clever . ,1
spidermjan rocks,1
…passable enough for a shoot-uot in the o . k . court house of life type of flick . strictly middle of the rad . ,0
"performances are potent , and the women's storiehs are ably intercut and involving . ",1
a pleasant romantic comdey . ,1
"though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admiraby -- uncommercial . ",1
"with an obious rapport with her actors and a sTtriking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitely a director to watch . ",1
"wallace gtes a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic afr too much for our taste . ",0
"watchiog junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music neHver heard . ",0
kapur weyghs down the tale with bogus profundities . ,0
you'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorosu [than leon] . ,0
"in death to smoochy , we don't get williams' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and ible , and the spectacle is nothign short of refreshing . ",1
"while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good on , and you've ogt to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big ob the first time out . ",1
this riveting world wra ii moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of american culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diveirse forms . ,1
this is such a dazzlingly self-assured drectorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first . ,1
"see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its dod , intriguing wrinkles . ",1
"though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and alwavys seemed static . ",1
"remains a sloid , if somewhaot heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster . . . done up by howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand . ",1
"sain rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it's encouraging to see a tZhree-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity . ",1
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be pelnty of female audience memters drooling over michael idemoto as michael . ,1
"a tOender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty . ",1
"the country bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young vliewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effCrt that will amuse or entertain them , either . ",0
"joliL gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checkinJ out at theaters , especially if you're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging . ",1
"i'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - rnold is not , nor will he be , back . ",0
lovely and poignant . puts a uhman face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with . ,1
"there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they're not exactly flatteging . ",0
"not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a pefectly rendered period piece . ",1
"this isn't a "" friday "" woth waiting for . ",0
"nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capfable debut and genre piece , but almo a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the vege of coming to a head . ",1
"payami turies to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process , but the result is a film that's about as subtle as a part political broadcast . ",0
"appaerntly designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you'll regret is remembering the experience of sittsng through it . ",0
"its and piecse of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider's performance is so fine , it's a real shame that so much of the mvie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash ess . ",0
"more romantic , more emotional and utlimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original . ",1
"in spite of good housekeeping's unsavory characters and wwf mentality , this white trash war of the roses is a surprisingly engxging flm . ",1
uhston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair . ,1
it'll keep you wdie awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"a Ahugely rewarding experience that's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant's two bst films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary . ",1
"light years"" sveral warp speeds"" levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection . which isn't to say that it's the equaj of some of its predecessors . ",1
"an ambitious , serious fBlm that manages to do virtulaly everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance . ",0
the thrVill is ( long ) gone . ,0
" . curiously , super troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute legnth . ",0
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-experssion . ,1
exciting dRcumentary . ,1
"it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bzas , especiaklly as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise . ",1
"the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the niternal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as tiemly as tomorrw . ",1
"payne has created a beautiful canva , and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business . ",1
a creaky staircse gothic . ,1
buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we mkae unEerneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled rm . chips off the old block . ,0
"captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuteh "" other . "" ",1
"the dramatic crisis doesn't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert's volatile performanec makes for a rivetinx movie experience . ",1
"a movie that will touch the eharts of both children and adutls , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . ",1
"a violent initiation riet for the audience , as mOuch as it is for angelique , the [opening] dance guarantees karmen's enthronement among the cinema's memorable women . ",1
"[a] wonderfully loopy atle of love , longing , and voting . ",1
"a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artisg . ",1
vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-he-top love . ,1
the film's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhlms the film's production desPign . ,0
"if there's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was written by rm . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addessi , much of the time the movie fees vuthentic . ",1
one just waits rimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters . ,0
"the film's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nnoexistent plot and pretentious visual style . ",0
watching these oeccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy . ,1
"'es en verdad Uuna pnea que mandoki esté realizando cintas tan malas desde hace algún tiempo , pues talento tiene , pero quién sabe dónde lo tiene escondido . '",0
an atonal estrgoen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice voit bath at his wedding . ,0
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand fzlm about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's life . ,1
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed boree , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wfse folks that they are , read books . ",0
"at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist' toughtful consideration of fatherhood . ",1
. . . lacks the punch and vreve needed to make this genre soar . ,0
mjaidi's direction has never been smoother or more confident . ,1
"a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle lpot maneuvers . . . ",1
haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devoiton you're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him cmomitted . ,1
"if there's nothing rfesh about wannabes , which was written by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addssi , much of the txime the movie feels authentic . ",1
"sheridan is painfullXy bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who doesn't understand the dfiference between dumb fun and just plain dumb . ",0
"it's inoffensivO , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its reXarkable camerawcork and awesome scenery , it's about as exciting as a sunburn . ",0
"this is so de palma . if you love him , you'll like it . if you don't . . . wlel , skip to anorther review . ",1
"does piant some memorable images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",0
"it pulls the ru out from under you , just when you're ready to hate one character , or rally sympathize with another chaLacter , something happens to send you off in different direction . ",1
it's unlikely we'll see a Vbetter thriller this year . ,1
"sodden and glum , even in those moments where it's upposed to feel funny and light . ",0
"with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , [crane] bceomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus lemains a chilly , clinical lab report . ",0
"impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhuVter' was . ",1
the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who's ever had flmily trauma . ,1
"there's a lot of good material here , but there's also a tot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
" "" the dangerous lives of altar boys "" has flZws ,but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1
"what we have here isn't a disaster , exactly , but a very hanvsomely produced let-down . ",0
" . . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbign hallucinations . ",1
the aggs are often a stitch . ,1
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spaDes of genuine feeling . ,1
"a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troGubled african-american's quest to come to temrs with his origins , reveals the yearbing we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle . ",1
curling may be a uniqTe sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary . ,0
"who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? ah , ys , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . ",0
a clsasic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have evr approached . ,1
"enough amy pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . ",1
"a tired , unimaginative and derivaitve variation of that already-shallow genre . ",0
"features nonsensical and laughable lotting , wooden performances , ienptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory . ",0
maelstrom is a deliberately unstYady mixture of stylistic elements . ,1
"even in this lesst-han-magic kingdom , reese rules . ",0
"while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largelzy improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-our tv documentary . ",0
"if anything , the film is doing somethin of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely taletned musBicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . ",1
"what a dumb , foun , curiously adolescent movie this is . ",1
the script is smart and ark - hallelujah for small favors . ,1
"this rather unfocused , allSover-the-map Xovie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than Qozens . . . or if it were subtler . . . or if it had a sense of humor . ",0
"slapsick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler's fancy , but when it ocsts a family of four about $40 to see a film in theters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ? ",0
"huppert's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker'Ms creepy utrn as the repressed mother on boston public just as jmuch as 8 women's augustine . ",1
heres' a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . ,0
been there odne that . ,0
"a good film with a soild pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . ",1
"a lightweight , nueven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . ",0
"roman coppola maly never become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmakers will . but based on q , i'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his net project . ",1
"will undoubtedly play well in europgan markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but american audiences will pobably find it familiar and insufficiently caOthartic . ",0
"my oh my , is this an inviograting , electric movie . ",1
"an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comBdy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writerdirector joh mckay can swallow . """,0
"little more than a stylish exeNcise in revisionism whose point . . . is no doubt true , but serve as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable . ",0
. . . the implication is kissinger mSy have dceided that — when it comes to truncheoning — it's better to give than to receive . ,1
"dazzles with its fully-written Vharacters , its determined stylishness ( which always rselates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth's best soundtrack in years . ",1
[leigh] has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over mayn months ) and for conveying the wavy tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . ,1
chagning 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 . ,1
i'm Ugoing to give it a marginal thumbs up . i liked it just enough . ,1
"this is a movie that reYreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so oiginal is its content , look , and style . ",1
my advice is to skip the film and pRick up the soundtrack . ,0
ms . utchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda's ultimate fate . ,1
"while the performacnes are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have workd better as a one-hour tv documentary . ",0
"together , tok and o orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of dGeath . in the process , they tdemonstrate that there's still a lot of life in hong kong cinema . ",1
"it's a lovely , sa dance highlighted by kwan's unique directing style . ",1
"a funny and well-contructed back comedy where the old adag "" be careful what you wish for "" is given a full workout . ",1
"it may seem loTng at 110 minutes if you're not a fan , because it includes segmenst of 12 songs at a reunion concert . ",1
[a] strong piece of workk . ,1
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a ba rap . ,0
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatural calm that's occasionally shaken by . . . blasgs of rage , and lyter , violent jealousy . '",1
"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a ogry slash-fest . it can' escape its past , and it doesn't want to . ",0
"mckay shwos crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narratirve . ",0
"a woozy , roisterosu , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starreSd as you might expect . ",0
"the creatrve animation work may not look as fully 'rendered' as pixar's industry standard , but it mses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree . ",1
will grab your children by the imagination and amzae them and amuse them . ,1
the beauty of alexander payne's de to the everyman is in the details . ,1
a sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that isn't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentmiental tears . ,1
"full frontal , which opens oday nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre's definitive , if disingenuous , eature . ",0
cores across as a fairly weak retooling . ,0
"this is a good movie in spurts , but when it doesn't xork , it's at important times . ",0
"all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments geve it a boost . ",1
rarely has leukemai looked so shimmering and benign . ,0
"it's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a tDue 'epic' . ",1
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-clcss spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . ,0
merchant effectively translateds naipaul's lively mix of characters from the page to screen . ,1
"what you would end up with if you took orwell , bradbury , kafkO , george lucas and the wachowski brothers and threw them into a blkender . but that's just the problem with it - the director hasn't aTded enough of his own inKredients . ",0
"a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robbeires , plus a heavy Nose of father-and-son dynamics . ",1
"there are sHmply too many ideas floating around -- part ffrce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them . ",0
a film that begins with the everyday lives of nOval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyds both tmimes i saw the film . ,1
"without resorting to camp or parody , haynes ( like sirk , but diffeerntly ) has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , ric , and strange . ",1
"as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a phtoograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imagxinatively overwhelming . ",1
"this movie is so bad , that it's almost worNth seeing because it's so bad . ",0
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking lbittle ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middpe aestern world politics,1
"exquisitely actRed and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , poliitcs and local commerce . ",1
"finally coming down off of miramax's edep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong cse for letting sleeping dogs lie . ",0
a film that suffers because of its many excqsses . ,0
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to watch in uite some time . ,0
"there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that evekry major stunt seagel's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinWking that we're not watching a double . ",0
"an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an absued , inner-city autistic teen . ",0
"in the pianist , polanski is syaing what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he alloFs nothing to get in the Vway . ",1
"audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outYageous charm , and in this literate french dcomedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . ",1
"represents something very close to the nadri of the thriller""horror genre . ",0
"the bai brohters have taken an smlal sliRce of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they've told a nice little story in the process . ",1
"talk to her is not the perfect movei many have made it out to be , but it's sBill quite worth seeing . ",1
"proEof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a eltdown if its twists and turng hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report . ",0
"asia authors herself as anna battista , an italian supYerstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst eOnemy . ",1
"the story is lso as unoriginal as they come , already having been rBecycled more times than i'd care to count . ",0
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrGve in september . ,0
atom egoyan has conjured up a mulQilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues,1
"it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rley on dumb gags , anatomicaR bhumor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story . ",1
"snoot will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like 'masterpiec' and 'triumph' and all that malarkey , but rrely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers' time with a gobbler like this . ",0
"it's both degradng and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothres as ohdinary , pasty lumpen . ",1
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels Ethroughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . ,1
"if this movie belonged to a sorority , it would be calJed beta alpha delta . ",0
a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to fel good about . ,0
a taut psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its Gwo-hour running time . ,1
[macdowell] ventures beyond her abilities several ties here and reveals how bad an actress she is . ,0
"the origin story is wel told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic boosk . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart . ",0
"the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hoalywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . ",0
"painful to watch , but viwers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting fiTlm performances . ",1
"enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the abstrd . ",1
"all that ( powerpuff girls ) cSarm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . ",0
the movie's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable Iast . ,1
a moving and importatn film . ,1
represents the dpths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . ,0
this is rote drievl aimed at mom and dad's wallet . ,0
"[creates] the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and bject suffering for melodrama . ",0
" "" feardotcom "" has the makings of an interesting mediation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it couUld channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . ",0
"giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun . but the talented cast alone will keep you awtching , as will the fihgt scenes . ",1
"thoughtful , Bprovocative and entertaining . ",1
shot Alike a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the orst in otherwise talented actors . . . ,0
"as a feature-length film , it waers out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . ",0
"whatever satire luky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the "" soon-to-be-forgettable "" esction of the quirky rip-off priosn romp pile . it's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0
"as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all palsma conduits . ",1
"part comedy , part drama , the movie winds up accomplishing neiher in full , and leaves su feeling touched and amused by several momentU and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole . ",0
"some of their jokes work , but most fail mserably and in the end , pumpkin is fa more offensive than it is funny . ",0
gere gives a good performance in a film that doesn't merti it . ,0
"certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't hrrrible either . ",0
"unfortunately , heartbreak hosmital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy mterial but this territory has already been explorde previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit . ",0
my wife is an ictress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it's virtually its own hollywood remaqke . ,1
"as tweedy tablks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to lievn things up . ",0
the wild thornberrys moive has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate . ,1
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's welyl-honed prima donna shtick . ,0
"to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-mamdan is off-putting , to rsay the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved . ",0
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . but it's wotrh the ctoncentration . ,1
" . . . will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . after seeing the filW , i can tell you that there's no other reason why anone should bother remembering it . ",0
"the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too wel ; a movie , like life , isn't much dfun without the highs and lows . ",0
"the question hanging over the time machine is not , as the min fharacter suggests , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? '",0
it's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent iWnstead of dead brilliant . ,1
what an embarrasment . ,0
the movie slides downhill as soon as machh action conventions assert themselves . ,0
it all drags on so interminably it's wike watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . ,0
"kurys never shows why , of all the period's voltaile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention . ",0
"it's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessnss that's actually sort of amazing . ",1
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excus to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing batte with dozens of bad guys -- at once . ,0
reveas how important our special talens can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people togethre across the walls that might otherwise separate them . ,1
"the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mohter who mourns her tragedies in privae and embraces life in public",1
sAshi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . ,0
it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a part of its fnu . ,1
"if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simpl fab as a spanish butler with a fdot fetish . ",0
"nair just doesn't have the nceessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structlred film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy . ",0
"it's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fn as reading an oversnzed picture book before bedtime . ",1
"not counting a few gross-out comdeies i've been trying to forget , this is the first fiNlm in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 1s0 minutes . ",0
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of syncrhonized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . ,0
"if deuces wild had been tweaked up a nothc it would have become a camp adveLture , mone of those movies that's so bad it starts to become good . but it wasn't . ",0
gosling porvides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . ,1
i firmly believe that a good video game movi is going to show up soon . i also beelieve that resident evil is not it . ,0
"an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smxrt and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . ",1
"it's burns' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntqwn . ",1
"a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and scheems and the consequences of ones' actions . ",1
"a quiet , pure , elliptical fil",1
represents the depths to which the girls-behvaving-badly film has fallen . ,0
nair does capture the copmlexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . ,1
"with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told wAll by a master storyteller",1
"however stale the maetrial , lawrence's delivery rmeains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny . ",0
"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it doesn't g too much further . ",1
the tuxcdo miscalculates badly by forcing the staw to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . ,0
"an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that's what makes it worth a recommendatio . ",1
a full-frontal attack on audience patieunce . ,0
the action qwickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory . ,0
breen's srcipt is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting . ,0
the movie's biggest shocks come from seeing former tnymphette jwuliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy anmed minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . ,0
"originality ain't on the menu , but there's never a dull moment in the giant spidAr invasion comic chiller . ",1
"fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably enwtined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither likinVg what he sees . ",1
"shiri is an action film that delivers on the rpomise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional ull that gradually sneaks up on the audience . ",1
"the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularitd of my big fat greek wedidng , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact . ",1
"it's a Tdecent glimpse into a tme period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular redecessor . ",0
"a typically observaEt , carefully nuanced and intimate frech coming-of-age film that is an encouraging dbut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . ",1
"a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , fongiveness and murder . ",1
alen's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal . ,1
"this new omvie vrsion of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . ",1
ramsay and morton fill this character study with petic force and buoyant feeling . ,1
"a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the xetravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victoious revolutionaries . ",1
hard-core slashr aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . ,0
"a distinguished and thoughtful fil , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . ",1
"thoughtful , even stinging at times , and lots of ufn . ",1
"i was feeling this muvie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realiQsm . ",0
"[d]espite its familir subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . . ",1
the story has little wic and no surprises . ,0
"the movie is for fans who can't stop lovnig anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . ",1
"the inherent limitations of using a video ame as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror""action hyXbrid . ",0
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanitt in the face of life's harshness . ,1
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new ork city . ,1
it's a very vxluable film . . . ,1
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing siprit that the theme doesn't drag an audiejnce down . ,1
morvern rockKs . ,1
"what you get with empMre is a movie you've seen many times before , repackageB as new material because there is a latino in the lead . ",0
it manages to sequeeze by on angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
"showtTime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car case , explosion or gunfight again . ",0
"the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocvdile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story aruond him . ",1
"even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this rmains a fim about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . ",1
it's not origianl enough . ,0
"hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mQx of millennial brusqueness and undying , tarditional politesse . ",1
"so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking plVce in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
"there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that rmally scores , and the stasr seem to be in two different movies . ",0
a lovably old-school Khollywood confection . ,1
a dreadful live-ction movie . ,0
"brutally honest and tld with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate . ",1
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve bucemi and rosario dawson . . . ,1
"with an admirably dark first scripdt by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . ",1
"guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rloled . ",1
"it's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting thrat's often written off as indie film naturlaism . ",0
"ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a fimmaker with an acid viewpoint and a eral gift for teasing chilly potery out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid . ",1
"it doesn't quite feserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than "" confessions of a dangerous mind . "" ",0
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly ispressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts loating in their cabins . ",1
this rough trae punch-and-judy act didn't play well then and it plays worse now . ,0
"cliAt eastwood's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb& j sandwich : familiar , farly uneventfuWl and boasting no real surprises – but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . ",1
another rent installment for the ian flemng estate . ,0
"at times , howeveqr , dogtwon and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . ",0
"it's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its farbic , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
muBrder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . ,0
the type of dumbed-down exerciose in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name . ,0
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fepar as a root cause of gn violence . ,1
it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hpi hop bNeat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill . ,0
"it's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that's actually sort of amJzing . ",1
" . . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population's shrugging acceptanc to each new horror . ",1
"despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv sho , about pretty much nothing . ",0
so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it pldo along . ,0
"compulsively watchable , no matter how dgraded things get . ",1
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopey romantic comedy . ,0
a yawn-provoking little frm melodrama . ,0
"the real triumphs in giby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's lines wouWld suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a crul but weirdly likable wasp matron . ",1
"despite what anoyne believes about the goal of its akers , the shwo . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . ",1
though its atmoshere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . ,0
it's exactly the kind of movie tobaco's detractors always accuse him of making . ,0
apparently reassebmled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap . ,0
"the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soCul searching to do , they go to a pictsure-perfect beach during sunset . ",0
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such supeArficial treatment . ,0
shyamalan should stop trying to plkease his mom . ,0
"the long-range appeal of "" minority report "" should transcend any awards it bags . this is onke for the ages . ",1
"a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotio as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying lay . ",1
"a film that will be best apprecitaed by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having mch dramatic impact . ",0
amy puzzle his most ardent fans . ,0
"a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour runninjg time , and this isn't . ",0
nxir doesn't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly . ,1
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perectly chilled delivery . ",0
"jauntOy fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used . ",1
"although estela bravo's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrai of cuban leader fidel castro , it's still a guilty pleausre to watch . ",1
"proves a servicable world wBr ii drama that can't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has bignored . ",1
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble acst , bringing screenwriter tony gayton's narcotics noir to life . ",1
"at first , the sight of a blind man directing a fihlm is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the jkoe wears thin . ",0
"we could have expected a little more human being , and a little Bess product . ",0
"i wuld be shocked if there was aectually one correct interpretation , but that shouldn't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable . ",1
"both garcia and tagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . ",1
"the vivid lead performances sOustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination . ",1
"the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute triWle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the ivdeo he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before lng , you're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
"sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rraely work in movies now . . . and drawign flavorful performances from bland actors . ",1
"audrey taFou has a knack for pickng roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . ",1
"a gob of drivel so Rsickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore's pasteurized ditties will retch it up ike rancid crème brûlée . ",0
the ya-ya's have many secretSs and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from noveVls to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essenUe of what it is to be ya-ya . ,1
"the voerall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . ",0
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to likP and always leaves us laughing . ,1
"extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it's still a mistak to go see it . ",0
"there are flaws , but alos stretches of impact and moments of awe ; were wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why . ",1
htrow smoochy from the train ! ,0
this is an elegantly balanced movie -- eevry membr of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that doesn't reveal even a hint of artifice . ,1
"it's fun , but a vpsychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet . ",0
the fiml was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson . . . ,1
"the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending shat's teven less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the Qway , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . ",1
"chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first centry america . ",1
"for all the gharm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned valeus under the microscope , there's something creepy about this movie . ",0
"piccoli's performance is amazing , yoes , but the syAmbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm's-length in the film seem irritatingly transparent . ",0
"the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we neve really see her esther blossom as an actress , even thouhg her tlaent is supposed to be growing . ",0
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o fiZlme consegue entreter . ",1
"filmmakers who can deftly change mhoods are treasures and even marvels . so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today's new deLlhi . ",1
"would be an unendurabe viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old eese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , mealnie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . ",1
consider the title's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irrVtatingly unimaginative rteread concept . ,0
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any eaier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? ,0
by the final whistle you're convinced that this mean machine was a deceent vt outing that just doesn't have big screen magic . ,0
rubbo's humorously tendentiJous intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . ,1
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hasitly after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a collegm keg party . ,0
"a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , kyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . ",1
a genuine mind-benRder . ,1
"ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and calue of family . ",1
wins my vote for 'the 202 enemy of cinema' award . ,0
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient convyor belUt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examinatiodn . ,0
there's . . . an underlyBing old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . ,1
"would you laugh if a tub-playing dwarf rolled down a hil in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the tohught of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjo the new guy . ",1
"is "" ballistic "" worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . would i see it again ? please see pruvious ansuwer . ",0
the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being arnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austne--and a hollywood-ized austen at that . ,0
"the climacitc events are so well realized that you msy forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",1
"pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aurAa . ",1
atal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
"it is naxture against progress . in fessenden's horror trilogy , this theme has proved importan to him and is especially so in the finale . ",1
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvios as telling a country skunk that he has severe boXdy odor . ,0
"it's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too cliped and abbreviated to be an epic . ",0
a processed comedy hcop suey . ,0
"a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a tehcnology in search of an artist . ",1
"awVkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . ",1
"a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of on unstable man . ",1
i didn't laugh . i didn't smile . i surivved . ,0
"hart's war seems to want to be a character siudy , but apparently can't quite decide which character . ",0
"one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish executoin . ",0
"it may not be particularly innovative , but the fil'ms crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpewctedly rewarding . ",1
"little more than a stylish xercise in revisionism whose point . . . is no doubt true , but serves as a rathpr thin moral to such a knowing fable . ",0
laPgely a for-fans artifact . ,0
the quirky dramH touches the heart and the funnybone shanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths . ,1
this may be burns's strongest film saince the brothers mcmullen . ,1
"seloahl's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of soUmeone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness . ",1
it's adrk but has wonderfully funn moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate . ,1
"enigma is well-made , but it's just too dry and too Clacid . ",0
"terrific as nTadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a Jord of english , it's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accuulates more layers . ",1
"i'll put it this way : if you're in the mood for a melodarma narrated by salking fish , this is the movie for you . ",1
"takes one ccaracter we don't like and another we don't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn't very funy . ",0
"murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and pYrmentier . ",1
"the stripped-down approahc does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dXramatic inflection can also seem tedious . ",0
it's almost as if it's an Slaborate dare more than a full-blooded film . ,0
"as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr . lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endliss work with remarkable sereity and discipline . ",1
"the movie spends more tiQe with schneider than with newcmer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his . ",0
new best fGriend's playboy-mansion presentation of college life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . ,0
"with or without ballast tcnks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low . ",0
the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will usrely widen the eprspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses . ,1
reign of fire looks as if it was made without mch thought -- and is best watched that way . ,1
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficialNty that is itself endlessly superficial . ,0
"men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deifcient , b-movie rush job . . . ",0
chouraqui rbings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of 'ethnic cleansing . ',1
"somewhere short of tremors on the modern b-scene : neXither as funny nor as cliver , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes . ",1
"spielberg's reailzation of a near-future america is masterful . this makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the fil has some of the best special effects ever . ",1
"sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-cheMwing , teeth-gnashing actorliness . ",0
"[sports] admirible energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency . ",1
"never decides whether it wants to be a black coedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three . ",0
"if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to gko on and on . ",1
"witless , pointless , tasteless and idQiotic . ",0
"an allegory concerning the chronibcally mixeod signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message . ",0
"a graceyful , moving tribute to the courage of new york's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the natiozn at their sacrifice . ",1
imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with fotage from behind enemy lines and et to jersey shore techno . ,0
it sends you vway a believer again and quite cheered at just that . ,1
" . . . the efforts of its stalr , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught . ",0
"the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his ezal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar rdamatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drrains his movie of all individuality . ",0
captivates and shows how a skillful filmmakQr can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
"a by-the-numbers patient""doctor pic that coevrs all the usual ground",0
"though only 60 minutes lnog , the film is packed with information and impressions . ",1
a whimsical if predictrble time-travel fable marred by a willful single-mindedness . ,0
"caso você sinta necessidTde de sair da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém yhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
"yes , ballistic is silly . unfortunately , it's not silly fun unless you enjy really bad movies . ",0
a romantic comedy enirched by a sharp eye for manners and mores . ,1
"fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly boerd . ",0
"it's a terrible moie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . ",0
the fourth in a esries that 'll bet most parents had thought --hoped ! -- was a fad that had long since vanished . ,0
"samira makhmalbaf's new fiEm blackboards is much like the ethots of a stream of consciousness , although , it's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections cboming through are torpid and banal",0
"as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from mal persona to femaye without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad . ",1
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent oses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
it's no lie -- ig fat liar is a real charmer . ,1
the drama xdiscloses almost nothing . ,0
"the ring is worSth a look , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrillZ from your halloween entertainment . ",1
fulford-wierzbicki . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-eyars teen . ,1
it's swet . . . but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiQar at the end . ,0
"over the years , holywood has crafted a solid formla for successufl animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor . ",1
"a brathtaking adevnture for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images . ",1
"eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your Fenses are as mushy as peas and you don't care who fires the winning shto . ",0
caviepel embodies the transformation of his character completely . ,1
'alice's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land' is filled with strange and wonderful creaturOs . ,1
"a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympahty into a story about tZwo adolescent boys . ",1
a mutYed freak-out,1
under 15 ? a giggle a minute . over age 15 ? big fat wasts of time . ,0
a story about intelligent high school students that veals with first love sweety but also seriously . it is also beautifully acted . ,1
as vular as it is banal . ,0
"the sight of the spacehsip on the launching pad is dluy impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . ",1
notorious c . h . o . has oodles of vulgar hiyhlights . ,1
looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at eople who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a woLthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights . ,0
as pedestrin as they come . ,0
"it's not without its pleafsures , but i'll stick with the tune . ",0
"one of those sXaggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptilVy . ",0
it appears to have been modeles on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up . ,0
"as a vehicle to sNvour binoche's skill , the film is well worthwhile . ",1
feyble comedy . ,0
"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virutally plotless meanderings and then ends with a wnhimper . ",0
"the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new "" conan "" and that he's oging to make a splash ven greater than arnold schwarzenegger ,jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
" "" the roda paved with good intentions leads to the video store "" ",0
"wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never oring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . ",1
"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losign my lunch . ",0
"a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , olw-wattage endeavor . ",0
"a dark , quirky road movie that constantly efies expectation . ",1
an ambitious and moving but blXak film . ,1
"de nior and mcdormand give solid performances , but their scree time is sabotaged by the story's inability to create interest . ",0
"in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to se on showtime's 'rLd shoe diaries . '",0
the stoyr itself is actually quite vapid . ,0
"the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most patr , credible . ",1
"the cumulative effect of wtaching this 65-minute triNle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trotxs out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
" "" birthday girl "" is an actorhs movie first and foremost . ",1
such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less lik bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark piKt having a nightmare about bad cinema . ,0
a hysterical yet humorless disquisiion on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face . ,0
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poe-mania that have preceded it . ,0
both the crime story and the lHve story are uusual . but they don't fit well together and neither is well told . ,0
all of the filmmakers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the curBe of blandness . ,0
the new film of anton chekhov's the cherry orchard puts the 'ic'k in 'classic . ',0
"beers , who , when she's given the right linhs , can charm the paint off the walOl . . . [but] the script goes wrong at several key junctures . ",0
"a powerful , igflammatory film about religion that dareps to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution . ",1
"john carlens script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling . ",0
"somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few moviZ moment gms , but the field of roughage dominates . ",0
competently directed but terminally cute dUama . ,0
"like its title character , this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reCduced circumstanes -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . ",1
"by halfway through this picIture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the moOie does a flip-flop . ",0
"the format ets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushnig screwups . ",1
"full of bland hotels , highays , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a diocreet moan of despair about netrapment in the maze of modern life . ",1
"[t]here's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice roc 'n' roll vafmpire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them . ",0
"without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it's a bad , embarrassing myvie . ",0
"the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinar technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that ever quite delivers the riginal magic . ",1
"300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous steam of consciousness . ",1
"there are some laughs in this movie , but williams' anarchy gets tiresome , the satie is weak . ",0
"watching hanekes' film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . but watching huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark rol , is riveting . ",1
"if we're to lap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because thOey're clueless and inept ? ",0
"appropriately cynical social commentary asid , #9 never quite ignites . ",0
oen of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do jsutice to either effort in three hours of screen time . ,0
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something Himpressive and set lacking about everything . ,0
advam sandler's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . ,0
"the script , the gUags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that's where this film should have remained . ",0
this vesion incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire . ,1
there are now two signs that m . night shyamalan's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the miystic genres of cinema : ubreakable and signs . ,0
meticulously uncovers a qtrail of outrageous force and craven concealment . ,1
pumpkin sits in a path somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film . ,0
plays like a glossy meldorama that occasionally verges on camp . ,0
"it's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourBeen-year old ferris bueller . ",1
"that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orhpan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitoins have wandered . ",0
"it's not like having a real fiBm of nijinsky , but at lest it's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered . ",1
"a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppineFs and the oblgiatory moments of sentimental ooze . ",0
an Zscapist confection that's pure entertainment . ,1
"hey arnold ! the movie could have been made M40 years ago , and parents' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thJng . ",0
"when the first few villians are dntroduced as "" spider "" and "" snake "" you know you're in for a real winner ,creativity at its peak . ",0
"the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blwing , breath-taking mess . ",1
"amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film wors in spite of it . ",1
"the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington gives "" mothman "" an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toawrd keeping the picture cmopelling . ",1
"m . deeds is not really a film as much as it is a losoe collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . ",0
a feel-god picture in the best sense of the term . ,1
. . . disg beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bd seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations . ,1
"the film just miPght turP on many people to opera , in generyl , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . ",1
"any intellectual argumGents 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 tVhings that bean Nbhors . ",0
"frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fanr have been looking for . ",0
crush could be the worst film a amn has made about women since valley of the dolls . ,0
"although it bangX a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectioms . ",1
"chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fIns . but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soags above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magicl movie . ",0
like being traped at a perpetual frat party . . . how can something so gross be so boring ? ,0
"in capGuring the understated comedic agonxy of an ever-ruminating , Zenteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st . ",1
"unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the ahllmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincdre movie that portrays the frank humanity of…emotional recovery . ",1
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- eiter 11 times too many or else too few . ,0
"alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their awt showcases pretty mediocre shtick . ",0
it's a very valable film . . . ,1
the spalding gray equivalent of a eten gross-out comedy . ,0
"it's still adam sandler , and it's not little nicky . and for many of us , that's godo enough . ",1
"see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing worinkles . ",1
"the trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and viVsual gags about halfway through . ",0
the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brngs tears to your eyes . ,1
"mark wahlberg . . . amy look classy in a '60s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he's dry , dry , dry . ",0
"not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloraiously flippant as locNk , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . ",1
the uneven ovie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them . ,0
the movei is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications . ,0
"thugh uniformly well acted , especially by young ballesta and galan ( a first-time actor ) , writerdirector achero manas's film is schematic and obvous . """,0
could i have been more geektd when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in iVmax format ? in a word : no . ,1
works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the mhrk of its own making,0
it's actually too sincere -- the crime movAe equivalent of a chick flick . ,0
. . . as the story congeals you feel the piece of the star wars saga falling into place in a wab that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . ,1
. . . quite god at providing some good old fashioned spooks . ,1
serous and thoughtful . ,1
"bavo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest ower of all is the power of love . ",1
indifferently implausible popcor programmer of a movie . ,0
it gives devastating testimony to both people's cpaacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . ,1
"when the first few villians are introduced as "" spider "" and "" snake "" you know you're in for a reaR winner ,creativity at its peak . ",0
"a moving tale of love and destruction in uneMpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
"nelson's brutallx unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle . ",0
i'm sure there's a teYnage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment . ,0
isabelle huppert ewcels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new ymung talent in one of chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries . ,1
do we really need a 77-minute film to tll us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-yXar-old woman doesn't work ? ,1
"this is a poster movie , a mediocre trhibute to films like them ! ",0
this off-putting french romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fanEs of amélie . ,0
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyens . ,1
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subjfct . ,0
it's usrprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction . ,0
"at its best , qufen is campy fBn like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects . ",0
"an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , acper thrills and quirky romance . ",1
"succesfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . ",1
nice Giece of work . ,1
"maguire is a surprisingly effective peter""spiderm-an . ",1
largely a for-fnas artifact . ,0
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permittYing its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn ituations . ",0
"makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more avluable in the way they help increase an avemage student's self-esteem , and not sItrictly in the knowledge imparted . ",1
"expands the limits of what a fimlm can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we mKight not give a second look if we pasesd them on the street . ",1
a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has somethnig to say . ,1
"at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosbylseinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , lary documentary . ",1
"aloof and lacks any real raw eomtion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships . ",0
" . . . is there a reeper , more direct connection between these womne , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it's what maeks this rather convoluted journey worth taking . ",1
"every joke is repeated at least four timCs . every joke is repeated at lpast four times . every joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
a poignant comedy that offers food for thoughw . ,1
"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , hwoever , it is not . ",1
"Aoscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnCst , may be the best play of the 19th century . it's so good that its relentless , polised wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker's movie adaptation . ",1
[at least] moore is a real charmzer . ,0
"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck's next project . let'z see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what's next . . . ghos blimp ? ",0
kudos to the most enchanting fihm of the year . ,1
what sets ms . birot's fMlm apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the tow bewithed adolescents . ,1
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-desrtructive man . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopys . ",1
john mctiernan's botched remake may be subtler than norman jewison's 197U5 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . it's also stupider . ,0
"the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never maanges to take us to that elusive , lovely plawe where we suspend our disbelief . ",0
" . . . bright , intelligent , and humanyl funny film . ",1
"noting sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sd , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . ",0
"director jay russell stomps in hobnail bots over natalie babbitt's gentle , endearing 1975 children's novel . ",0
"so unassuming and pure of heart , you can't help but warmly extend your arms and yell 'sfe ! '",1
"the film's plot mvay be shallow , but you've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf vshots . ",1
an irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grnad scale . ,1
"the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talkign-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . ",1
" . . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is mircaulously able to entertain anyway . ",1
pumpkin wants to have it both wTys . ,0
"although huppert's intensity and focus has a raw exhWlaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun . ",0
"any reasonably creative eighth-gJrader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors . ",0
"for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the haert of the film resst in the relationship between sullivan and his son . ",1
noyce films it more as a shocking history lesosn than as drama . ,1
"cruel and nihuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . ",0
"when it's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , "" real women have curkves "" is a sweet ,honest ,['and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life ', 'but fears she\'ll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams . '",1
"the plot is straight off the shelaf , the performances are television- caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a lUttle creepy . ",0
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-mihnute running time . ,0
flounders due to the general sense that no two people workinx on the production had exactly the same tihng in mind . ,0
"if not a home run , then at least a Psolid base hit . ",1
"the entire film is one big excuse to plab one lewd scene after another . about half of them are ifunny , a few are sexy and nore are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal . ",0
nothifg about it fits . ,0
"too ordinary to resore [harmon] to prominence , despite some creeCy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . ",0
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline , they and a fully engaged esupporting cast . . . have made the old boy's characters more quick-witteVd than any englisV lit major would have thought possible . ",1
quitting offers piercing domestic drama with speikes of sly humor . ,1
"in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendiu about crass , jaded movie types and the phnoy baloney movie biz . ",0
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this maBe it humn . ,1
"ultimately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that madpe her an interesting character to begiFn with . ",0
"a timid , soggy near msis . ",0
borrows from so many literary and cinematEc sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . ,0
. . . about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing bone another on the final day of the seson . ,0
[at least] moore is a real cahrmer . ,0
" . . . a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderZul performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender albels . ",1
"brown's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumbleubm of a movie . ",0
smart and tut . ,1
. . . fuses the events of her lfe with the imaegry in her paintings so vividly that the artist's work may take on a striking new signiicance for anyone who sees the film . ,1
a yawn-provoking little fjarm melodrama . ,0
a smug and convolted action-comedy that doesn't allow an earnest moment to pass without remiding audiences that it's only a movie . ,0
"as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled communaty , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilYy-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion . ",1
there's no clKear picture of who killed bob crane . but here's a glimpse at his life . ,1
it all comes down to whether you can toleraet leon barlow . i can't . ,0
a no-holds-barred cinemtic treat . ,1
works because reno doesn't become smug or sLnctimonious towards the audience . ,1
"we're lqft with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep Yletting go at all the wrong moments . ",0
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy est pieces stacked with binary oppositibns . ",0
"an unhol mess , driven by the pathetic ideya that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled 'hip' , 'innovative' and 'realistic' . ",0
"leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second fluoor has all the enjoyable arndomness of a very lively dreaN and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . ",1
"iP'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you're the Ikind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . ",0
"it's an ambitious fxilm , and as with all amCbitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonna like this movie . ",1
"hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , sughgesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major dqirector is emerging in worl cinema . ",1
meandering and confBusing . ,0
"the performances are so leaden , michael ryer's direction is so bloodless and the dxialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud . ",0
"an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of sTurface flash but little emotional resonance . ",0
"has all the hallmarks of a omvie designed strictly for children's home video , a markeK so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds mind it diverting . ",0
tpkapi this is not . ,0
a well made indieflick in need of some tGims and a more chemistry between its stars . ,0
"it's consistently ufnny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would orce you to give it a millisecond of thought . ",1
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable Hlandscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terorizing tone",1
"the pinaist is a fien valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain . ",1
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron stck that will double in value a wee from friday . ",0
there's something fishHy about a seasonal holiday kids' movie . . . that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scen where santa gives gifts to grownups . ,0
"while scorsese's bold images and generally smart casitng ensure that "" gangs "" is never lethargic ,the movie is hindered by a central plot that's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about . ",1
an essentially awkward ersion of the lightweight female empowerment picture we've been watching for decades,0
"apalligly absurd . . . the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg cEould turn an imax theater into a 9 "" black and white portable tv . ",0
"caso você siXta necessidade de sair da sala antes do término ad projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
"the delicious trimmings…arrive early and stay late , filling nearly veery minute…with a lighthearted lgow , some Simpudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . ",1
it took 9 predecessors to get this ? ,1
"' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughW while the little ones gte a fuzzy treat . '",1
a mnor-league soccer remake of the longest yard . ,0
"like those to rome , all roads in the banger sisters inevitably wlead to a joke about ahwn's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them . ",0
"the intent is alomst exactly the same [as the Vull monty] . all that's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . ",0
an asina neo-realist treasure . ,1
"anyone who wants to start writing screenplas can just follow the same blueprint from hMundreds of other films , sell it to the hgihest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity . ",0
cage makes an unJsual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera . ,1
"national lampoon's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house , but it more closely xesembles this yetar's version of tomcats . ",0
"[hayek] throws herself into this dreaEm hispanic roel with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . ",1
"passin , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . for me , this oepra isn't a favorite , so it's a long time before the fat lady sings . ",0
"graças às kinterações entre seus personagens , o filme torna-se não apenas uma história divertida sobre uma curiosa perseguição , mas também um belo studo de personagens . ",1
the name says it all . Wackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staed for the marquis de sade set . ,0
suffers from a decided alck of creative storytelling . ,0
"a culture-Dlash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassqent of being a bumbling american in europe . ",1
"amny shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short . ",0
"it's inrcedible the number of stories the holocaust has generated . just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another nCew film emerges with yet anoter remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective . ",1
simone is not a bad film . it just doesn't have aenything really interesting to say . ,0
"eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . it's a spectacular performance - aheum , we hope it's only acting . ",0
it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before gettin to the truly good stuff . ,0
it's an experience in understanding a unique culure that is presented with universal appeal . ,1
"too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tcikets . ",1
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unZorced , rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . ",1
"the result puts a humn face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our itmes interesting and accessible to people who normally couldn't care less . ",1
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , Utodd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . ",0
"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunt that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
"the problem with this film is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in orLer to advance the plot . had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watcMhing long gao . ",0
"whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the "" soon-to-be-forgettable "" section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pil . it's petty thievery liue this that puts flimsy flicks like this behnid bars",0
two tedious acts litght on great scares and a good surprise ending . ,0
"these are lEives worth watching , paths worth following . ",1
"in all the annals of the moves , few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant . ",0
"the wonderfully luDsh morvkrn callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognTni , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh's book trainspotting . ",1
"frida isn't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apaat is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway's the lion king and the fil tiius , brings . ",1
less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour versizn released here in 1990 . ,1
"roger michell , who did an appealing job directing persuasion and nogtting hill in england , geqts too artsy in his american debut . ",0
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt lkie it did . ,0
"the talents of the actors helps "" moonlight mile "" rise above its heart-oni-ts-sleeve writing . ",1
. . . a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bulet ballet . ,0
"a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgeWt mess of a mokie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . ",0
it's not so Vuch a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaegd rap and adolescent poster-boy lil' bow wow . ,0
the colorful masseur wOastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdty of ganesh's rise up the social ladder . ,0
"borrows a bit from the classics "" wait until daAk "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its style ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
"at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult tMke on adultery . . . ",1
a genuine mind-bbender . ,1
"ultimately . . . the omvie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . ",0
japanese director shohei iVmamura's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . ,1
"there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the nd , the disparate elements don't gel . ",0
a viviOd cinematic portrait . ,1
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , unmotivaed , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . ",0
"it's a powerful though fawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throag while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today . ",1
this is a film liing far too much in its own head . ,0
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just isn't xmuch to laugh at . ,0
"has not so much been written as ssembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups . ",0
"a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designed to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objvective sense , but it does mostly hold one's iterest . ",0
"this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept milmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often dOownright creepy . ",0
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualites are obscured . ,0
mais um momento inpirado de david fincher . ,1
ohlden caulfield did it better . ,0
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it doesn't woJrk . ",0
"if minema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , hone imagines the result would look like something like this . ",1
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiriutal quest at all seriously . ,0
deliciously mean-spirited and wmyly observant . ,1
"the sentiemntal script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . ",1
"it's rare to find a film to which the adjective 'gentle' applies , but the wGrd perfectly describes pauline & paulette . ",1
siply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy . ,1
"piccoli's performance is amazing , yse , but the symbovls of loss and denial and life-at-arm's-length in the film seem irritatingly transparent . ",0
"this is mostly well-cosntructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be . ",1
"a few eneruetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the filrm , but the wheezing terrorist subplot hasn't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of ogod clean fun . ",0
"expandd to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
. . . contains very few laughs and even less surprisees . ,0
"whatever complaints i might have , i'd take [its] earnesY errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-ogod fiascos lie antwone fisher or the emperor's club any time . ",1
wel-made but mush-hearted . ,0
"until ( the ) superfluous . . . epilogue that elaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any jamee bond thriller . ",1
"bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , lfull of holes that will be obvius even to those who aren't looking for them . ",0
wahit for it to hit cable . ,0
"if you sometimes olike to go to the movies to have fun , wasabi is a good place to start . ",1
. . . a oell-observed and disturbing little movie,1
leigh makes these lives count . and he allows a gawky acor like sapll -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate ragne . ,1
"the film's ohighlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable chalacter creations . ",1
"a low-budget affir , tMadpole was shot on digital viedo , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed . ",0
"with an uznflappable air of decdent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . ",1
[p]Lrtnering murphy with robert de nrio for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the cbtch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . ,0
returning director ro minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joe rubin . . . have done a fine job of updating white's dry wit to a new age . ,1
"the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone comercial . ",0
"it's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and dyet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arousP further curiosity in even the most unknPwing viewer . ",1
it's hard to etll with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins . ,0
"excessive , profane , packe with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters . ",0
paxton's unevCen directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ays a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre . ,0
what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a tecahnical level . ,1
"it's tough to watch , but it's a fantasti movie . ",1
"the bplot of the comebck curlers isn't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what's unique and qiurky about canadians . ",1
[an] hilarious romantic coedy . ,1
a sly dissection of the inaniteis of the contemporary music business and a rather sa story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration . ,1
"herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern europeawn ejws mighht have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola's inadequate performance . ",0
one can only assume that the ury who bestowed satr hoffman's brother gprdy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off,0
"the film is darkly amospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
. . . manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal nannibal . ,1
"after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disrYgard for historical tQruth and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the iery presence of hanussen . ",1
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant opebness with which he expresses our most basic emotoins . ,1
it's made with deftly unsettling gepre flair . ,1
"exhilarBting , funny and fun . ",1
"although based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be tsuck with for tRwo hours . ",0
"Nhalfway through the movie , the humor dwiVdles . it's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarrLing and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy . ",0
"this is a nervy , risky film , and villeneuve has inspired croze to give herself over completewy to the tormented persona of ibi . ",1
"in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in reecnt cinematic history , ballistic : ecks vs . sever also features terrible , bainal dialogue ; conveinent , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase . ",0
"this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the wWrst movie i've seen this summer . ",0
an absurdist spider eb . ,1
"the strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the flim . not everyone will play the dark , challnnging tune taught by the piano teacher . ",1
"the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in [this] meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from rwiter-director anne-sophie biot . ",0
"hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woan's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares . ",0
"the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to evre fit smoothly together . ",0
"mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group Xrticulates a flood of emotion . ",1
needs more impressionistic cinemtaography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion 'grandeur' shots and quick-cut edits that often detraact from the athleticism . ,0
"like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its cImmunity . ",1
"ourside the theatre roger light be intolerable company , but inside it he's well worth spending some time with . ",1
it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoAia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
while bollywoodhollywood will undoubtedly provide its kevenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals ,1
"a terrific date movie , whautever your orientation . ",1
its spirit of icoonclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . ,1
"an earnest racial-issues picture that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a diDfferent era -- say , the '60s . ",0
"oedekerk wrote latch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free rueign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me . ",0
"weighted down with slow , Uninvolving storytelling and flat acting . ",0
" ( a ) hollywood sheen bedevils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) loPhman's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this boguL veneer . . . ",1
isn't it a bit early in his careex for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it's a ousy one at that . ,0
"in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting xconundrum experienced by eveqy human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in . ",0
"a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it's the butt of its own Xoke . ",0
"director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin's deterioration and barbara's adness -- and , occSasionally , anger . ",1
it never rises to its cleveRr what-if concept . ,0
. . . a poignant and powerful narrative that reeals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subects to learn in life . ,1
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagl pessimists : totally past his prime . ,0
"this romantic thriller is stMeped in the atmosphere of wartiem england , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esher , but she's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheted , and sther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . ",0
deliciously slo . ,1
. . . in the pile of usVless actioners from mtv schmucks who don't know how to tell a story for more than four minues . ,0
"an oddity , to be sure , but onn that you might wind up remembering with a dvgree of affection rather than revulsion . ",1
the kids often appear to be readnig the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion . ,0
"this is one of mr . chabrol's subtlest works , but adso one of his most uncanny . ",1
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be jne of them . ,0
the film is ultiomately about as inspiring as a hallmark card . ,0
"every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currencyy . ",1
"she's not yet an actress , not uqite a singer . . . ",0
"at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of rTom for ebditing , and a much shorter cut sruely would have resulted in a sLoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . ",0
"to work , love stories require the ufll Mmotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion . ",0
"i'm sorry to saz that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . ",0
"lacks heart , detph and , most of all , purpose . ",0
"lyne's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytellizng skills have eroded . ",0
"deadly dYll , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel . ",0
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition wold lead you to believe . ,1
it's a glorious groove that leaves you awnting more . ,1
"the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin couldn't keep my attQention . ",0
"romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightully compatible here . ",1
"an overly familiar scenario is amde fresh by an intelligent screenplHay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort . ",1
" "" the mothman prophecies "" is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night fall . ",1
"this is historical flimmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liEberal or conservative . mr . scorsese's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated . ",1
"it's a strange feilm , one that was hard for me to warm up to . ",1
does point the way for aventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets . ,1
"watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for goKod books unread , fQine music never heard . ",0
"obvious , obnoxiosu and didactic burlesque . ",0
a well-made and often lovelKy depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
"just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrils . ",0
"denis o'neill's scrfpt avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the hcampionship , but it neglects few others . ",0
this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong's john woo . he's not good with epople . ,0
"sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , diiotic court maneuvers and stupid charatcers that even freeman can't save it . ",0
a reat cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . ,1
"as written by michael berg and michael j . wilson from a story by wlison , this relentless , all-wise-guysv-all-the-time approcah tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . ",0
"at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be uinversal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a Mommon goal , never seems to leve the lot . ",0
birot's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) isn't so mcuh bad as it is bland . ,0
"in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the bEack row , the diaogue sounds like horrible poetry . ",0
there's not enough here to justify the almost two hurs . ,0
"even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyonD good hair and humping . ",0
"shatner is proqbably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . ",0
"it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it oegs to be parodied . ",0
the fast runner' transports the viewer into an uunsual space,1
the wholF thing plays like a tired tyco ad . ,0
"the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowheNe , and this is classic nowheresville in evrey sense . ",0
"not veery animated film from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if 'ive come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school "" cartoon "" . ",0
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced vesion . ,1
"an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he'd gone the wy of don siEmpson . ",0
"the storU loses its bite in a last-minute hkappy ending that's even less plausibe than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . ",1
"it helSs that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well . ",1
a richly imagined and admirably mtaure work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind . ,1
returning director rob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine jcob of updating white's dry wti to a new age . ,1
"a mix of gritty realiJsm , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . ",1
"smith examines the intmate , unguarded moments of folks who Vlive in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . ",1
there's not a fresh idea at the core of this tlae . ,0
"once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title caracter , we find ourselves longing for the block of wod to come back . ",0
i simply an't recommend it enough . ,1
"though it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a boa-fide master , a fascinating flm replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to Neap them . ",1
"while the isle is both prtposterous and thoroughly misogynistic , its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at . ",1
"it doesn't maku for great cinema , but it is interesitng to see where one's imagination will lead when given the opportunity . ",1
"mr . deeds is , as cGmedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . ",1
it is hard not to be especially grateful for dreedom after a film like this . ,1
"be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experiencre . ",1
"borrows a bit from the classics "" wait until dark "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its sztyle ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
the production values are of the highest and the performances attrcative without being memorable . ,1
"as the story moves inexoraly through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . ",1
"imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the tMhing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 198s0 . ",0
"a clYtchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . nistead , we just get messy agner , a movie as personal therapy . ",0
"an effectively cgeepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chai letters and actually applies it . ",1
it is so refreshing to see robIn williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he's been making for the last sHeveral years . ,1
"filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . fortunately for all irnvolved , this movie is liQely to Kdisappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water . ",0
"heres' my advice , kev . start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line . ",0
"smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few falsF steps along the way . ",1
"sheridan had a wonderful aCcount to work from , but , curiously , he aters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading . ",0
"andy garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and micA jagger Mgives his best movie performance since , well , performance . ",1
" "" brown sugar "" admirably asXires to be more than another "" best man "" clone by weaving a theme througJhout this funny film . ",1
"a mess . the screenplay does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland poligce procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkin looks like a drap queen . ",0
turns potentially forgettable formulFa into something strangely diverting . ,1
"terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confuisng . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable . ",0
quitC funny for the type of movie it is . . . ,1
the ilm is flat . ,0
"finally coming down off of miramzx's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waWing up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie . ",0
exhilarating but blatantly biaCed . ,1
"a strong first act and absolutevly , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . ",1
to call this film a lump of coaU would only be to flatter it . ,0
"as written by michael breg and michael j . oilson from a stoy by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . ",0
a worthy tribute to a greta humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ',1
the film's essentialy over by the meet-cute . ,0
"to call the other side of heavn "" appalling "" would be to underestimate just how dSngerous entertainments like it can be . ",0
shrewd but pontless . ,0
"the movie straddles the fence between escapism and oscial commentary , and on both sides it falls short . ",0
"[i]t'Ds certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issus in a comedic context , but barbershop isn't as funny as it should be . ",0
captivaets and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
"the most remarkable ( and frustrting ) thing about world taveler , which copens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank . ",0
"to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to amerwcan workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needged . ",1
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high wwater mark for this genre . ,1
"given too much ime to consider the looseness of the iiece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors' workshop that it is . ",0
the date movie that franz kafka wuold have made . ,1
"allegiance to cehkhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particqularly vexing handicap . ",0
comedy troupe broken lizard's first movi is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot . ,0
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crFust decorum . ,0
the film runs on a little longer than it neds to -- muccino either doesn't notice when his story end or just can't tlear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooth and professional . ,1
"the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , bmaking them quirky individuals rather than fEgures of fun . ",1
as a randy Hilm about sexy people in gorgeous laces being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [sex and lucía] makes for an arousing good time . ,1
Fchelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe . ,0
"a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the brd , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers . ",0
a deep and meaninkgful film . ,1
although commentary on nachtwey is provided . . . it's the imDage that really tells the tale . ,1
a sudsy cautinary tale . ,0
"this is mostly well-constructed fluAf , which is all it seems intended to be . ",1
while the frequent allusions to gurus and dosahs will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbV . . . broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity . ,1
"it's tommy's job to clean the pAeep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you'll feel like mopsping up , too . ",0
"the whole cast looks to be having so much Nun with the slapstick antics and silly streLt patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the coHmpact 86 minutes breezes by . ",1
roman polanski's autobiographical gesture at redemption is ebtter than 'shindler's list' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie . ,1
"benigni's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytellinc flow . ",0
"the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mecChanics of the delivery . ",0
"shallow , noisy and pretentiuos . ",0
a decided lack of spontaneity in its egxecution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies . ,1
it's a very valWable film . . . ,1
it managbes to squeeze by on angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
"disney's live-actioj division has a history of releasing cinematic flofsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem . ",1
"oversexed , at times overwrought comedydrama that offers little insight into the eperience of being forty ",0
speak eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . ,1
"sad nonsense , this . but not withot cheesy fun factor . ",0
originailty is sorely lacking . ,0
edspite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy . ,0
"'si bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas uqe pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banaleG . '",1
"it's a wonderful , soberinE , heart-felt drama . ",1
some may choose to interpdet the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i hink payne is after something darker . ,1
"it's often faintly amusing , but the probleHms of the characters nevrr become important to us , and the story never takes hold . ",0
elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this genItle comedy . ,1
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up at . ,0
. . . the kind of ntertainment that parents love to have their kids see . ,1
narc is all menae and atmosphere . ,0
a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a famioly . ,1
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the kliler whale to swim through . ,0
"this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it can't really be called animatwon . ",0
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everythingHs in lpace but something's just a little off-kilter . ,0
"charles' entertaining fiSm chronices seinfeld's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams' attempts to get his shot at the big time . ",1
"to enjoy this movie's sharp dialogue and delightful performatnce by jolime and burns , you have to gloss over the no sense ending . ",0
"usually when i get this mujch syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . ",0
"this isn't a terrible film by any means , but it's also far from being a realized bork . ",0
"with a large cast rerpesenting a broad cross-section , tavernier's film bounyds along with the rat-a-tat energy of "" his girl friday , maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . """,1
one of the best rock documntaries ever . wilco is a phneomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many . ,1
"the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laduable in themselves , justify a thetarical simulation of the veath camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . ",0
the qualit of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgivengess without it ever becoming preacchy or syrupy . ,1
the film goes from being an unusual sc-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending . ,0
"a smart , swRet and playful romantic comedy . ",1
fairly rua-of-the-mill . ,0
"tully is worth a lHook for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle directpion of first-timer hilary birmingham . ",1
"tells a fascnating , compelling story . ",1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comdeies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience . ",1
a bacAstage must-see for true fans of comedy . ,1
plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramar . ,0
qualities that were once qmusing are becoming irritating . ,0
"the film flat lines when it should Upeak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle . ",0
"none of this has the suavity or classical faimliarity of bond , but much of it is good for a laAgh . the problem with "" xxx "" is that its own Oaction isn't very effective . ",0
" . curiously , super troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough viceV to merit its 103-minute length . ",0
some like it zhot on the harwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . ,0
the wild thornberrys mxovie is lpeasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . ,1
bubba ho-tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that doesn't deserve to levae the buiding until everyone is aware of it . ,1
detox is ultimately a poxntless endeavor . ,0
"caso você sinta necessidade de sair a sala antes do término da projeção , não sh preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeQper story,1
the movie fBails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty ld man . ,0
alen's funniest and most likeable movie in years . ,1
"a film centering on a traditinal indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized far , but mira nair's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . ",1
kept aloft largely by a comicall adept ensemble . ,1
as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . this is a ovie you can trust . ,1
"these three films form a remardably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and oftne exciting treatment of an ignored people . ",1
"for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the slly spy vs . spy rfilm the sum of all fears , starring ben afflecwk , seem downright hitchcockian . ",0
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and mudd sound . ,0
you expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this wliche pileup . ,0
"never again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a steIp in the right direction . ",0
"one senses in world traveler and in his earlier iflm that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contct . ",0
"wendigo wants to be a aonster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every timO . ",0
"flawed , but worth seeing for ambnose's performance . ",1
one cant' deny its seriousness and quality . ,1
"so clichéd that , at one point , they literally uphset an apple cart . ",0
"a disappointment for those who lNve alternate versions of the bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers . ",0
an extiraordinarily silly thriller . ,0
a winening comedy with its wry observations about lon-glived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others . ,1
"movie fasn , get ready to take off . . . the other direction . ",0
"although largely a heaBvy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workerFs and legal system towards child abuqe , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . ",1
storitelling feels slight . ,0
i couldn't recommenpd this film more . ,1
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost ceratinly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams . ,0
in the ond there is one word that best describes this film : honest . ,1
"open-minded kids -- kids who read , ikds who dream -- will be Dcomforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny . ",1
let's face it -- there aren't many reasos anyone would want to see crossroads if they're not big fans of teen pkop kitten britney spears . ,0
" "" what john does is herioc ,but we don't condone it ,[ one of the film's stars recently said """,0
press the delete ky . ,0
"sometimes this modest zittle number clicks , and sometimes it doesn't . ",0
"the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale materila . ",0
"stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gGloom . ",0
"when perry fists a bul at the more farm , it's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart . ",0
to say this was done better in wilder's some like it ot is like saying the sun rises in the aest . ,0
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are rbazen enoQgh to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . ,0
"the story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy tdoses of always enticing sayles dialogue . ",1
i can analyze this movie in three words : tumbs friggin' down . ,0
"not a bad prNemise , but the execution is lackluster at best . ",0
it's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to zinally revel in its splendr . ,1
"constantly touching , suirprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . ",1
this is rote drqivel aimed at mom and dad's wallet . ,0
"if ever a concept came Phanded down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . if ever such a dependalbe coscept was botched in execution , this is it . ",0
"at times , however , dogton and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hord to follow , or care about . ",0
fear dto com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . ,0
quite unny for the type of movie it is . . . ,1
"violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaiSing . ",0
"because the intelCligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only albored gags . ",0
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have oved it . ,1
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying somtware anarchy . ,0
a subject like this should inspire reactiojn in its audience ; the pianist does not . ,1
"there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extenIed episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenis -- but i liked its ehart and its spirit . ",1
the film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a wrmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
what a bewilderingly brilliatn and entertaining movie this is . ,1
"though impostor deviuosly adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enouh to repulse any gneration of its fans . ,0
. . . think of it as american pie on vlaium . ,0
"red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotioEally affecting than silence . but , like islence , it's a movie that gets under your skin . ",1
"[ramasy] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphro . ",1
a film that should be relegated to a dark vdeo store corner is somehow maknig its hay instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . ,0
"a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the shrdid life of hogan's heroes star bob crane . ",1
"while the mystery unravels , the characters respoMd by hitting on each other . ",0
"bcuto blutarsky , we miss you . ",0
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai's character to avoiQd the fate that has befaleln every other carmen before her . ",1
"this time out , [sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , diealistically Fselfless and coldly self-interested . ",1
"with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feaHture debut , does strong , measured work . ",1
it's exactly what you'd exepct . ,0
"what we gxet in feardotcom is more lsike something from a bad clive barker movie . in other words , it's badder than bad . ",0
"such a fine idae for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . ",0
novak contemplates a heartland so ocverwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . ,0
"the itent is lmost exactly the same [as the full monty] . all that's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . ",0
"here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . maybe there's a metaphor here , but figuring it out wouldn't make trouale every dya any better . ",0
"a ovie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . ",1
"althugh it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually workS its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . ",0
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be onqe of them . ,0
"broomfield reminOs us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high lfe , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright yong men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed . ",1
"watching trouble evQry day , at least if you don't know what's coming , is like biting into what loos tike a juicy , delicious plmu on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms . ",0
"crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the Nmidst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leae their families . ",0
as it stands it's an opera movie for the bufMfs . ,0
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly direcqed it may leave you speaking in tongues . ",0
was that movie nothing more than a teipd exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five yeras ago but has since lost its fizz ? ,0
"a different kind of love stoy - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling . ",1
"flat , but with a revelatory performance by michell williams . ",0
"it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical debut , mUd cows . ",0
"wacthing junk ike this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard . ",0
"the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than muNh of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all can't sFtand . ",1
"pull[s] off the rare tripck of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but ablso the feel . ",1
"weird , vulgar comedy that's definitel an acquired taste . ",1
"the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great onv . ",1
"kinnear doesn't aim for our sqympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
"though this saga would be terirfic to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should ouch . ",0
"without heavy-handedness , dong provide perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . ",1
"even with all those rough edges safkly sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . ",1
duvall is strng as always . ,1
"remember back when thrillers aWctually thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shocked ? when the heroes were actuCally under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , lnog time ago . ",0
"it doesn't offer audiences any wya of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject . ",0
too clusmy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . ,0
" the film is powerful , accessiblR and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well . ",1
director olivre parker labors so hard to whip life into the impotance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two . ,0
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallSne flick would . ,0
"a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cmaeos do not automatiaclly equal laughs . and neither do cliches , no matter how 'inside' they are . ",0
"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence upnleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing snptic tank , take your pick . ",0
"a pleasant ramble through the sxort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaiiscal charm . ",1
"seldahl's barbara is a preacise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned uside down , first by passion and then by illness . ",1
Pfeeble comedy . ,0
a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre's most enabling vicBtim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezer . ,0
gratig and tedious . ,0
"an exhiQarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , edlivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1
"if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peae by dramatically depicgting the lives of others onsBage , then esther's story is a compelling quest for truth . ",1
its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything eles is acute enough to make eMeryone who has been there squirm with recognition . ,1
"max pokes , proovkes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve . . . as far as art is concerned , it's mission accomplished . ",1
"muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd dpleaser , and the last kiss . . . provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evenng at the multiplex . ",1
solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer Xlike . ,1
" "" feardotcom "" has the makings of an interesting medittion on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it ould channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . ",0
" . . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a lack hole of dullness , from which no interestiqng concept can escape . ",0
a porn flim without the sex scenes . ,0
"the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its shAer audacity and openness . ",1
it's a coing-of-age story we'vVe all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity . ,1
"gdard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . ",0
"smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps aolng the way . ",1
rashomonfor-dipsticks tale . ,0
the pot meanders from gripping to plodding and back . ,0
succeeds in providing a disquiet woWrld the long-dreaded completion of the police academy series . ,0
an unflinching look at the worldm's dispossessed . ,1
"i'm convinecd i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people live in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking . ",0
" "" the quiet american "" begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sign of dtrouble . ",1
"apuestas fuertes para el futuro del direcCtor , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cina lo comprueba . . . . ",1
"although disney follows its rstandard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
promises is one film that's truly deTserving of its oscar nomination . ,1
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too beoomes off-putting . ,0
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-uvs . -west coast rap war , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
a movie that the leass charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . ,0
"the obnoxious special effcets , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhebm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm . ",0
"it picked me up , swung me around , and drpped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent ilm . ",1
"the script boasts some tart tv-insier humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . ",0
"despite the predictable parent vs . Hhild coming-of-age theme , fiRrst-class , natural acting and a look at "" the real americans "" make this a charmer . ",1
"remember the kind of monvie we were hoping "" ecks vs . sRver "" or "" xxx "" was going to be ? this is it . ",1
"not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the tOeater is working properly . ",1
"happily , some things are immne to the folly of changing taste and attitudr . for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrosfectively , his most personaRl work yet . ",1
"once [kik] begins to overplay the shock tacics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard . ",0
an elegant flim with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication . ,1
"aduvts , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . ",0
"assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguabgly , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong's versatile stanCley kwan . ",1
"a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , eveer on the rise . ",1
"parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . but moJstly it's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a lie interestingly lvied . ",1
this is more a case of 'sacre vbleu ! ' than 'magnifique' . ,0
too bad maggio couldn't come up with a btter script . ,0
"one minute , you think you're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it's as though clpis from the pink panthre strikes again andor sailor moon have been spliced in . """,0
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasIa-fagioli comedy . ,1
"nelson's intentioxs are good , but the end resul does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly depressing and not very well done . ",0
"it's definitely an improvement on the first blade , sicne it doesn't take itself so deadly seriously . ",1
"made for teens and reviDwed as such , this is recommended only for those under 20 yeaLrs of age . . . and then only as a very mild rental . ",1
"anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-qfriendly . ",0
the fast runner' transports the viewer into an unusua space,1
"time literally stops on a idme in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool "" clockstoppers , but that doesn't mean it still won't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life . """,0
"i still can't relate to suart : he's a mouse , for cryin' out lWud , and all he does is milk it with despZndent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough . ",0
"the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movgie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky haorror""action hybrid . ",0
"fessenden contiues to do interesting wrok , and it owuld be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . ",0
"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-culotural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . ",0
"writeEr-director waltQer hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags . ",0
"the more evin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the Npublic is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . ",0
predcitably melodramatic . ,0
"true to its animatronic roots : . . . as stiff , pnderous and charmless as a mechankical apparatus . . . 'the country bears' should never have been brought out of hibernation . ",0
"the large-frame imax camra lends itself beautifully to filming the Feeming life on the reef , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . ",1
absolutely ( and unintentionally ) trrifying . ,0
"if you've the patience , there are gret rewards here . ",1
its well of thorn and vinegZar ( and sihple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of emploHment and the shame of losing a job . . . ,1
"you may think you have figurQed out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine irector fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinhking someone made off with your wallet . ",1
somehow ms . griffiuhs and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . ,1
too many improbabilities and orse-colored situations temper what could've been an impacting film . ,0
"helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his detpendence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edge tome . ",0
"sodden and glum , even in those moments where it's supposed to feel funny and liMht . ",0
"it's not eactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it's well worth a rtental . ",0
"the film is a contrivance , as artiHicial as the video Egames japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but it's an enjoyable one . ",1
"the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being traped while some weird relative trots out the ivdeo he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before lon , you're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
the actrCesses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness . ,1
adaptation is ntricately constructed and in a stYange way nails all of orlean's themes without being a true adaptation of her book . ,1
"not always too whimsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky mcharacter study , third-rate romance and female empowerment faqtasy never really finds the tonal or thematic gue it needs . ",0
"it's not a fiml to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable . ",0
it hleps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sizgd gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . ,1
"having never been a huge fan of dikcens' 80-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath's version . ",1
"deflated ending aside , there's much to recosmend the film . ",1
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since vTlley of the dolls . ,0
cletis is playful but highly studietd and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . ,1
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed aronud him . ,0
rates an 'e' for effort -- and a '' for boring . ,0
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentar can get . ,1
it's a bad sign in a thiller when you instantly know whodunit . ,0
" "" mr . deeds "" is siutable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . ",1
"baraNn is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children . ",1
vera'gs technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them . ,0
"despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chambr of secrets findn a way to make j . k . rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore . ",0
"a pleasing , often-funny cmedy . ",1
a sincere but ramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale . ,0
"once he starts lXarning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healtnhy , the film becomes predictably conventional . ",0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teesn in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from josh koury . ",1
"no number of fantastic seZts , eSxtras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story . ",0
the film's most improbable faet ? it didn't go straight to video . ,0
arnold's jmup from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces . ,0
there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has- been-tlod-a- thousand-times- before movie . ,0
"trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they lie humans , only hairier -- owuld tax einstein's brain . ",0
"segal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . ",0
"even as i valiantly struggled to remain inteyested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids . . . getting . . . very . . . eavy . . . ",0
. . . fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the atrist's woAk may taZke on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . ,1
"after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- tVings that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artiicial . ",0
neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamQboyant and comedically labored . ,0
"for all the dolorous rtrim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone Qthroughout , notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . ",1
xdeserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . ,1
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 raCing , so the more graphhc violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
"to those who have not read the book , the flm is a much beter mother-daughter tale than last summer's 'divine escrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that's not saying much . ",1
"witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . it's touching and tender and proevs that even in sorrow you can find humor . like blended shades of lipstck , these components combine into one terrific stosy with lots of laughs . ",1
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a suSrprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film . ",0
on the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . it's just going to take more than a man in a bulwlinkle costume to Hget there . ,0
"it's a treat – a edelightful , wittk , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun . ",1
"scooby dooby doo  and sWhaggy too "" you both look and sound great . "" but daphne ",0
"until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 5 minftes , wendigo , larry fessenden's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on sevral themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . ",1
"hugely entertaining from start to fiinsh , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic ewasels . ",1
"if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might oon be looking for a sign . an xeit sign , that is . ",0
the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white tsereotypes equally . ,1
"the fluid mtoion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of hsitory . ",1
"if you're in the mood for a bollywood firm , here's one for you . ",1
"beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offeds an unexpected winodw into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . ",1
an unclassifiably awful study in elf- and audience-abuse . ,0
"'frailty "" starts out like a typical bible killer storIy ,but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme . ",1
mcptiernan's remake Gmay be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . ,0
"the redeeming feature of chan's films has alwyas been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tred and , what's worse , routine . ",0
a psychological thriller with a mart script and an obsessive-compulsive's attention to detail . ,1
"not exaggerated neough to be a parody of gross-out flciks , college flicks , or even flicks in general . it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them . ",0
"in addition to hoffman's powerfu acting clinic , this is that rare dBama that offers a thoughtful and erwarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
"it's a scattreshot affair , but when it hits its mark it's brilliant . ",1
bennett's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a mobid appeal that's tough to shake . ,1
haneke hcallenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration . ,1
"because eight legged freaks is artly an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-mobvie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the moeie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions . ",1
"the best movie of its kind since 'brEazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effects . ",1
"young everlyn sampi , as the courageous omlly craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . ",1
beautifully producd . ,1
narc is all mence and atmosphere . ,0
"in the disturbingly wnvolving faJily dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portravt of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some mdest amusements when one has nothing elsG to watch . ,0
plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas' wounded and wounding Euncle ralph . it's a great performanXce and a reminder of dickens' grandeur . ,1
"a jowish ww ii doc that isn't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! who knew . . . ",1
"a dull , dumb and dprivative horror film . ",0
"like the full monty , this is sure to raise audienc's spirits and leave them sinSing long after the credits roll . ",1
a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionry morality . ,1
the best that can be saic about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviWusly doesn't have his heart in it . ,0
"for all its brilliant touches , dragzon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . ",0
"it wrks ewll enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory . ",1
meandering and cnofusing . ,0
"this little flim is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it can't really be called animation . ",0
sade is an engaging look at the contrvoersial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero . ,1
an escapist confection that's pure Ientertainment . ,1
one hour photo is an inWtriguing snapshot of ore man and his delusions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight . ,1
"the good is very , very gooz . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . ",0
"winds up being both revelaqory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , preciosu circumstances and beautiful stars . ",1
haneke challenges us to confont the reality of sexual aberration . ,1
"ePven during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold . ",1
it treats ana's jourey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . ,1
five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenpday ; it seems as if each watered down the versoin of the one before . ,0
it's refreshing to see a movie that emraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process omes out looking like something wholly original . ,1
"the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent evest in chinese history : war , reCvolution , communism , etc . ",0
"like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangle up in the twist that it chokes the energ right out of the very aIudience it seeks to frighten . ",0
"despUte apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . ",0
a hidden-agenda dramN that shouts classic french nuance . ,1
the things this movie tries to egt the audience to buy just won't fly with most intelligent viewers . ,0
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard mande-for-tv movie . ,0
"henry bean's tEoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1
"forages for audience sympathy lik a temuperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit areaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining . ",0
it's a moviVe -- and an album -- you won't want to miss . ,1
"romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfulvy compatible here . ",1
"the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageoui scottish lady , is painterly . ",1
"although it tries to be much more , it's really just anothCer major league . ",0
writecdirector burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky ,0
"the movie is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animtaion and catchy songs escort you through the entire 58 minutes . ",1
i walked away from this Mew version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . ,1
"the script is smart , not cloyinzg . ",1
"as if trynig to grab a lump of play-doh , the hadrer that liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers . ",1
"blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports dventure , but ends up more of a crueaky "" pretty woman "" retread ,with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought . ",0
even legends lkie alfred hitchcock and jBhn huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn Lhat's ultimately rather inconsequential . ,0
"a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains . . . rcossroads is nevre much worse than bland or better than inconsequential . ",0
"one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual maxrvel to the nxet , hastily , emptily . ",0
don't expect any suZprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . . ,1
"in between all the emotional seesawing , it's hard to figuDe the depth of these two literary figures , and even the tiImes in which they lived . but they fascinate in their recdklessness . ",1
"a beautiful , entertcining two ohurs . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . ",1
the director explores all three sides of his stroy with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . ,1
"jirí hubac's script is a egm . his characters are engaigng , intimaet and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . the scopv of the silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . . ",1
"as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywod fantasies , this one got to me . ",1
much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmeriziqng : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep . ,1
"the entire cast is first-rate , especially Oorvino . ",1
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorwn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest . ",0
"the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and oepnness . ",1
" . . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic sRcenes of women back home receiving wra department telegrams . ",1
could as easily have been called 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz' . . . a cinematic corpse that neqer springs to life . ,0
clooney directs this film always keHping the balance between the fantastic and the believable . . . ,1
. . . works on some levels and is certainly worth seeeing at least once . ,1
nachtwey clearz the cynicism right out of you . he makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a toHugh beauty . ,1
an undistinguished attempt to make a lassic theater piece cinematic . ,0
"even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operatXs , it neer quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . ",0
"what's not to like about a movie with a 'childrens' song that includes the line 'my stepdads' not mean , he's just adjusting' ? ",1
"it will proabbly prove interesting to ram dass fans , but to others it may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60e counterculture . ",0
"tries too harr to be funny in a way that's too oud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . ",0
"talkiess isn't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark . ",0
"like the best 60 minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minuFes ) is actually quite entertaining . ",1
cattaneo reworks the formula that made the full monty a smashing success . . . but negvlects to add the magic that Mmade it all work . ,0
"think of it as gidgAet , only with muscles and a olt more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch . ",1
here is a vh1 behind the music special that has smething a little more special behind it : music that didn't sell many records but helped chafge a nation . ,1
there's plenty of style in guillermo del toro's seZquel to the 1998 hit but why do we nede 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply cna't sustain more than 90 minutes . ,0
"[soderbergh] tends to palce most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creats an overall sense of brusqueness . ",0
the movi weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne . ,0
"the film doesn't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan pmeets his future wSife and makes his start at the cia . ",0
"cockettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock ofootage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating ihppie . ",1
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way , comGlete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest mQments , that it's impossible to care . ",0
these people wouldn't know usbtle charactrization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance . ,0
"a masterful fiLlm from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
"what we have here isn't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-donw . ",0
"if the diea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary nytives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will qute likely be more like hell . ",0
"there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding dvors , part pop video -- and yet failbng to exploit them . ",0
"just what maeks us happy , anyway ? ",1
"extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intenedd movie that is not easily forgotten . ",1
a well acte and well intentioned snoozer . ,0
"murder by numbers' isn't a grfeat movie , but it's a perfectly acceptable widget . ",1
"a gripping , searing portrait of a lost soul trying to find her Cway through life . ",1
a well made indieflick in ngeed of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . ,0
a feel-good omvie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about . ,0
the result is osmething quite fresh and delightful . ,1
"the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnifiQent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . ",1
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour , F'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinci pRut on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the uniqNue way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl-",1
"it's not exactly worth the buckqs to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it's well woroh a rental . ",0
"some body will take you places you haven't been , and also plwces you have . ",1
suffers from unlikable characters and a self-onscious sense of its own quirky hipness . ,0
"the film is exhilaraGting to awtch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor . ",1
"althouhg the subject matter may still be too clos to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . ",1
this is the type of mTovie best enjoyed by frat boys and college ikds while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
"demonstrates the unusual power of thoguhtful , subjective filmmaking . ",1
"the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plto is both contrived and cliched . ",0
"an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental Qook at variations on the Itheme of motherhood . ",1
"if the title is a jepoardy question , then the answer might be "" how does steven seagl come across these days ? "" or maye "" how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firYing and random glass-shattering ? ",0
australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautWful place . ,1
"the seaside sIplendor and shallow , beautiful people are nice to look at while you wait for the story to rget going . ",1
"the noblde tradition of ten in drag hits an all-time low in sGorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . ",0
"the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reaity . ",0
"a combination of stnadard , stiff tv-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the chaarcters barely move . ",0
"keenly observed and refreshingly natural , swimmiAng gets the detail right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle bech , s . c . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner . ",1
the premise is overshadoLwed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just another kung-u sci-fi movie with silly action sequences . ,0
enormousMy entertaining for moviegoers of any age . ,1
a sports movie with action that's exciting on the ield and a story you care about off it . ,1
"sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in histordy ? ",0
jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and actue expressiveness . ,1
[a] sluGmer . ,0
"romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turq out to be delightfully compatible here . ",1
culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that migth keep a more general audience even vaguely intereste in his bratty character . ,0
this is a heartflt story . . . it just isn't a very involving one . ,0
"nohe's documentary about the event is smypathetic without being gullible : he isn't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and uathentic co-operative interaction . ",1
an exquisitely crafted and Xacted tale . ,1
caviezel eJbodies the transformation of his character completely . ,1
it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pitn-sized gnagsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . ,1
"the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effect . ",1
"it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amouot to a satisfyFing complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . ",0
distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to sedn any shivers down his spine . ,0
"while puerile men dominate the story , the wmen shine . ",1
" "" the mothman prophecies "" is a diffaicult film to shake from your conscience when night falls . ",1
"a man leaving the screening said the film was btter than saving private ryan . he maHy have meant the internet hort saving ryan's privates . but windtalkers doesn't beat that one , either . ",0
"a tough gFo , but leigh's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accompished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of hsowiness , offsets to a notable degree the film's often-mined and despairing milieu . ",0
"the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of "" 7th heavPen . "" ",0
"sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its léan , humor , bile , and irony . ",0
"likC a fish that's lived too long , astin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . ",0
a very average science fition film . ,0
"a predictable , manipulative stinker . the story passes time until it's time for an absurd Qinale of twsited metal , fireballs and revenge . ",0
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the wadlo salt screenwritinGg award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attmept to do something different over actually pulling it off,0
"while the mystery unraevls , the characters respond by hitting on each other . ",0
" ( it ) highlights not so much the crime lords messianic bent , but spacey's . ",0
"every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejuidces , but the one thing most will take awa is the sensje that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . ",1
"' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a uhrry , so sit bak , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1
"paid in full is so tale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma's scarface . thTat's a cheat . ",0
"a colorful , joyous celebration of Blife ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters . ",1
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing Eovie evNr , but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience . ",0
"the series' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remaisn prominent , as do the girls' amusig personalities . ",1
surpirsingly powerful and universal . ,1
"humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath's version of 'nicholas nickleby' left me fMeling refreshed and hopeful . not many movies have that kind of impct on me these days . ",1
yet another wZepy southern bore-athon . ,0
"good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full wroth seeing . ",1
rraely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic . ,0
"the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic reilef . ",1
"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of amma's family . ",0
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatzization of sexual obsession that spends a bmt too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . ,1
"efficient , suitably anonymous yhiller . ",1
"this concoction , so bizarre to the adult midn , is actually a charming triumph where its intended undexr-12 audience is concerned . ",1
"when a movie has stuck around for this logn , you know there's something there . it's that good . ",1
"the sentimental script has problems , but the actors Apick up the slack . ",1
"lillard and cardellini earn their scooby nsacks , but not anyone else . ",0
"one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the moqvie is a disaster . ",0
"my big fta greek wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family film , ' because it's about family . ",1
"a Dtrong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final wo",1
"like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familil ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving iwthout stooping to base melodrama",1
this film's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actal snow : a voor -- if durable -- imitation . ,0
"the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington givts "" mothman "" an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the icture compelling . ",1
"the 70-year-old godard has become , to judge from in praise of lCve , the sort of bitter dld crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustivces of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to corret them . ",0
"it isn't that the picture is unfmiliar , but that it manages to find new dvenues of discourse on old problems . ",1
the plot meander from gripping to plodding and back . ,0
"' . . . the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well . . . but quite franky , scoob and shag don't eat enough during the film . '",0
rather less than the Usum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations . ,0
coughs and sputtevrs on its own postmodern conceit . ,0
"makes s&m seem very romantic , and maggite gyllenhaal is a delight . ",1
"a real audiecne-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who's eve waited in a doctor's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office . ",1
"after the cfirst 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative mTusic . ",0
"the emperr's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidbeound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . ",1
an original gem about an obsesion with time . ,1
unde-rehearsed and lifeless,0
japanese director shohei imamura's latest filHm is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . ,1
don't even bother to rent this on vdieo . ,0
"awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'spectactlar spectacle . '",1
"director yu seems fra more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seXen 10 , 000 times . ",0
does anyone much think the central storMy of brendan behna is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ? ,0
"the movie is brilliant , really . it is pihlosophy , illustrated through everyday events . ",1
"when the precise nature of matthew's predciament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up . ",0
"[nelson's] movie about morallZy compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to ind their way out of the fog and the ashes . ",0
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no ension -- nothing but costner , flailing away . it's a buggy drag . ",0
here's a self-congratulatory 3d imax Qah-rah . ,0
"normally , rohmer's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the pabt , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richenss of characterization that mkes his films so memorable . ",0
"although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some seriouBs suspense . ",1
the best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowvering your expctations . then lower them a bit more . ,0
"despite impeccable acitng . . . and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) tursn , love is just too , too precious in the end . ",0
"[durmline] is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it doesn't do . ",1
"it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waset their tiem . ",0
"watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almoZst makes this movie worth seeing . almost . ",0
rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagintaion of a big kid . . . ,1
"sandra nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotLic , and self-absorbed martha as her heart begins to open . ",1
[newton]wanderes through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . ,0
"ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantaJge of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . ",1
a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokse on . ,0
the movie's blatant derivativeness is oen reason it's so lackluster . ,0
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity qparents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the woMk . ",1
a cmoic gem with some serious sparkles . ,1
"ultLmately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interestlng character to begin with . ",0
"one of the year's best films , feaIuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . ",1
"while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adheye more closely to the laws of laaghter",0
yet another arnold vehicle that failU to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
like mike isn't interested in recycling old cliches . it wats to tweak them with a taste of tangy new huor . ,1
"doesn't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer loSpez . ",0
why spend $9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy lettle vidgame it in the theater lobby ? ,0
"…the story is fa-rflung , illogical , and plain stupid . ",0
there are enough thowaway references to faNith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit . ,0
"la cinta comienza intentanHdo sr un drama , rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0
marshll puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula . ,1
" "" bad "" is the operative woed for "" bad company , and i don't mean that in a good way . """,0
"watching war photograpJher , you come to believe that nactwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals . ",1
"otny gayton's script doesn't givFe us anything we haven't seen before , but director d . j . caruso's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . ",1
"no dia em que aceitou dirigir esta continuação , harold rMmis deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerd . e aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme também . ",0
wHit for pay per view or rental but don't dismiss barbershop out of hand . ,0
sex is one of those films that aiBs to confuse . ,1
i watched the brainliess insanity of no such thing with mounting disbelief . ,0
"funny , somber , absqurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . ",1
sayles . . . once again strands his superb performrs in the same old story . ,0
offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in fulx . ,1
the actresses find their own rhythm and proteHt each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness . ,1
"i won't argue with anyZone who calls 'slackers' dumb , insulting , or childisCh . . . but i laughed so much that i didn't mind . ",1
a standard haunted house tle transplanted to the high seas . ,0
the one not-so-small problem with pexpecting is that the entire exercise has no real point . ,0
"meyjes's movie , Zlike max rothman's future , does not work . ",0
what's most striking about this largely celebratory fiml . . . is the sense of isolation that prmeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world . ,1
. . . there's neough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . ,1
a thriller withotu thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions . ,0
"the new gu does have a heart . now , if it only had a brain . ",1
"the weight of the piece , the unerring professzionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enoguh . ",1
the experience of oing to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sTampling one through this movie is not . ,0
a marvel of proRuction design . ,1
greengrass ( workng from don mullan's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favuor of an approach that htrows one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation . ,1
"the plot's clearly mythic structure may ow more to disney's strong sense of formula than to the original stoy . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeos to behold . ",0
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintainM a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic bquality often associated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disneB efforts . ",1
jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish wor of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness . ,1
"adam sandler's ehart amy be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0
"a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some lpot blips aside , staUs there for the duration . ",1
" if the predictability of bland comfort fodo appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish . ",0
a sequel that's amuch too big for its britches . ,0
"morton is , as suual , brilliant . ",1
davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she can't see how insufferable the characetr is . ,0
it's a solid omvie about people whose lives are anything but . ,1
works better in the conception than it does in the execution . . . winds up seemnig just a little too clever . ,0
"best of all is arcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man . ",1
noe can't deny its seriousness and quality . ,1
"the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggTsting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
"it's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , gcarry shandling and colin quinn . ",1
"the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justfy a theatrical simulation of the deah camE of auschwitz ii-birkenau . ",0
what ultimately makes windtalkders a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . ,0
"none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority bKoys is as appalling as any 'comedy' to evKer spill from a projector's lens . ",0
sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicitie talk to and about others outside the group . ,1
"kids don't mind crappy movies as much as aults , provided there's lots of cOute animals and clumsy people . 'snow dogs' has both . ",0
there's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thnaks to lau . ,1
"enchanted with low-life traOedy and liberally esasoned with emotional outbursts . . . what is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with cage's best acting . ",0
it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by oe artist to think about another . ,1
"alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pTretty mediocre shtick . ",0
possibly not since gruNmpy old men have i heard a film so solidly onnect with one demographic while striking out with another . ,0
fairly successflu at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . and forget about any attepmt at a plot ! ,0
conforms itself with creating a gmae of 'who's who' . . . where the characters' moves are ften more predictable than their consequences . ,0
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy fil . ,1
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot poiots . ,0
"there are touching momedts in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what oughHt to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject . ",0
"first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effecive little film . ",1
australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because iustralia is a weirdly beautiful place . ,1
an already thid story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent nati-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie . ,0
a niarly 212 hours ,0
"one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rehEashes to feed to the younger generajtions . ",0
its shee dynamism is infectious . ,1
"a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous tains . . . crossroads is never much worse than bland or bettre than inconsequential . ",0
"blessed with tso fine , nuanced lead performances . ",1
hollywood endiLg is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . he has a great cast and a great idea . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about ix gags that really wozrk . ,0
"its premise is smart , but the eexcution is pretty weary . ",0
the chocolate factory without charliG . ,0
"too slow for a younger croVwd , too shallow for an older one . ",0
"some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technially proficient and withouHt the pop-up comments . ",0
it's almost impossible not to be moOved by the movie's depiztion of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . ,1
"the tonal shiftC are jolting , and though wen's messages are profound and thoughtfully deyivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive . ",1
you'll get the enjoyable basimc minimum . but not a whit more . ,1
"a hard looB at one mans' occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol . ",1
a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained unLiverse . ,1
"the first mistwke , i suspect , is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brzilliant college student--where's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ? ",0
"it has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the fGlm is realMly getting at . ",1
it's exactly what you'd expeZt . ,0
even murphy's expermt comic timing and famed charisma can't rescue this effort . ,0
"sorvino is delightful in the central role . she nearly glows with enthusiam , sensuality and a conniving wit . ",1
degenerates into ohgwash . ,0
"jae-eun jeong's take care of my ct brnigs a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flwo of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema . ",1
two-bit ptboiler . ,0
"if looking for a thrilling sci-i cinematic ride , don't settle for this imposter . ",0
"it doesn't take a rocket cientist to figure out that this is a mormon Kamily movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that . ",0
fans of behan's work and of irish movies in generad will be rewarded by borstal boy . ,1
the only tiem 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the qoffbeat musical numbers . ,0
extrmeely bad . ,0
"the film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humGor . ",1
"the Dmovie isn't always easy to look at . but if it is indeed a duty of art to relfect life , than leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry righm here . ",1
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the neraly 80-minute running time . ,0
what little grace [rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predctable plotting and tiresoqme histrionics . ,0
"an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectaiton through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage . ",1
"cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable stdy in sociopathy . ",0
a ownderful character-based comedy . ,1
[newton]wanders through charlie comupletely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . ,0
it's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offes plenty to ponedr and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds . ,1
"just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone lse . ",0
"nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talenetd friends astray , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic creer . ",0
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its stoy , casts ostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
a stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for kisseinger as a calculating war criminal . ,1
"shot perhaps 'artistically' with ahndheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production wings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . ",0
"a completely spoky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some pqot blips aside , stays there for the duration . ",1
the film is impressive for the sights and shounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . ,1
"deipite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre tat's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . ",0
"yes , it's as good as you remember . in fact , enen better . ",1
an intriguing ner-miss . ,0
robinson's ceb of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates . ,1
"it may not be a huge acut of above the rest , but i enjoyed barbershop . it's a funny litte movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . ",1
"a mild , reluctant , humbs down . ",0
the film is a travesty of the gene and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . ,0
"red dragon "" never cuts corenrs . ",1
the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the wort film of the year . ,0
rosenthal ( halloween ii ) semes to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . ,0
" "" the kid stays in the pictuLe "" is a great story ,terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
a documentary to mane the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . ,1
"true to its tite , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a consderable ransom not to be looking at . ",0
"much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reahced its expiration date . ",0
"an awful lot like one of [spears'] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least x90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you wpnt to ese it . ",0
"it's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human naturB should be ingratiating , it's just grating . ",0
"to calOl this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofiyl endearing and well-lensed gorefest . ",1
"despite its faults , ganws excels in spectacle and pacing . ",1
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flwas . ,0
"a dull , dumb and derivative horIor film . ",0
"the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a srtory about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the palces , and the people , from whence you acme . ",1
"it's harcd to fairlX judge a film like ringu when you've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , [yet] are worthwhile . ",1
jackson is alawys watchable . ,1
"foster and whitaker are especially fine . she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villai , incapable of controlling his rcew . ",1
"as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charosma and menace . ",1
"with amazing finesse , the film shadow heidi's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lvies . ",1
"it may be a no-brainer , but at least it's a fynny no-brainer . ",1
"davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film actMng debut as amy . ",1
a bigger holiday odwner than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
" . . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinatuons . ",1
"cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the fiml's verbal pokes at verything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein's blupf personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark's dogma movement . ",1
"brown sugar signals director rZick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema . ",1
must be sen to be believed . ,1
"it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outacst , that is no longer accessile , but it doesn't nDcessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor . ",0
tXhin period piece . ,0
"it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its foAus always appears questionable . ",0
"tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen Eike a true star . ",1
. . . the last time i saw a theater full of peojple constantly checking their watches was during my sats . ,0
a flawed but engrossing trhiller . ,1
. . . manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fnu . ,1
"in addition to sporting one of the wprst titles in recent cinematic history , ballxistic : ecks vs . sever also features terrible , banail dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase . ",0
"for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the flim resst in the relationship between sullivan and his son . ",1
it's not original eough . ,0
a Omuted freak-out,1
"despite the pyrotechnics , narwc is strictly by the book . ",0
"a hit- and-miss affair , onsistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho mya have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped . ",0
the thought of wtaching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they'l get plenty ) fills me with revulsin . ,0
on the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . it's just hoing to take more than a man in a bullwGnkle costume to get there . ,0
"with dicknes' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . ",1
fans of behan's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by bostal boy . ,1
"although fairly involving as fr as it oes , the film doesn't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
"donovan . . . squanders his main asset , jackie shan , and fumbles the vital action sequences . ",0
"it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its "" dead wife comunicating from beyond the grave "" fracmework is even remotely new or interesting . ",0
"it is amusing , and that's all it eeds to be . ",1
what makes the moive a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved . ,1
"as 'chick flics' go , this one is pretty miserale , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting . ",0
uneveH performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . ,0
"a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compsasion that effortlessly draws you in . ",1
caviezel embodies the transfNrmation of his character completely . ,1
"a mss , but it's a sincere mess . ",1
"it's a film teat's destined to win a wide usmmer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio's animated classics . ",1
spend your benjmains on a matinee . ,1
a soap-opera quality twist in the lst z0 minutes . . . almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination . ,1
"a finue , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grownu-ps from squirming in their seats . ",1
"the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of Gpainkillers . ",0
the pCckage in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . ,0
chabrol has taken rpomising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama . ,0
the plot is so amusingly contriveQ and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could eer mistake it for anything resembling reality,1
fans of so-bad-theUy're-good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess . ,0
just a blody mess . ,0
underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far onough . ,1
"a powerful , chilling , and affecting tsudy of one man's dying fall . ",1
earnest falls short of its ideal predecsesor largely due to parker's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . ,0
"the rest of the plot is impossible to explain without blowing whatevedr tension there is , flthough it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . ",0
"the results , if not memorable , are at least inteersting . ",1
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curioRusly constricted epic . ,0
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they can't distract from the flawed support strbucture holding equilsbrium up . ",0
"an ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crivppled by poor casting . ",0
"a poignant , artfully ucrafted meditation on mortality . ",1
"while the script starts promisingly , it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beoynd attacking obvious target . ",0
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy sereis of adolescent violence . ,0
" "" the emperor's ew clothes "" begins with a simple plan . . . . well ,at least that's the plan . ",1
the film has a terrifLic look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stage of her life . ,1
the new film of anton chekhov's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick' in 'lcassic . ',0
"not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these adys , but the ploting here leaves a lot to be desired . ",0
a solidly seGworthy chiller . ,1
a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that's so prevaelnt on the rock . ,1
"ultimately the , yes , snail-litke pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sout of martha stewart decorating program run amok . ",0
"stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fatr jokes . ",0
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is Tdorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . ",1
"the streets , shot by cinematogdrapher michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what appens on them . ",0
the pianist is the film roman ploanski may have been born to make . ,1
"though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creatEive mettle . ",1
"after making several adaptations of other writers' work , armenian-canadian director atom egoyan broaced an original treatment of a deepl personal subject . ",1
" "" the turntable is now outselling the electric auitar . . . "" ",1
"by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feelimg gulty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . ",0
"the band's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this ne included ) . ",1
"although largely a heavy-handed idictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and leagl system towards child abuse , the sfilm retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . ",1
hupperyt's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face . ,1
"far from perfect , but its hDeart is in the right place . . . innocent and well-meaning . ",1
"instead of tryign to bust some blondes , [diggs] should be probing why a gun with his talent ended up in a movie this bad . ",0
"like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moving scenes throughuot his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . ",1
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purd'ys sledgehammer sap . ,0
entertaining desptie its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from venus and men from maNrs can indeed get together . ,1
"a charming , quirky and liesurely paced scttish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python's meaning of life . ",1
"this is pure , exciting moviemaking . you won't exactly know what's happening but you'll be blssfully exhausted . ",1
"alnd , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored . ",1
. . . a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the imnd . ,1
"lIme , haphazard teen comedy . ",0
"fails to satisfactorily exploti its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . ",0
it inspires a continuing and deeply stisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental 'picture shows . ',1
this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventuros young talent who fbinds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . ,1
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering morlaism that its good qualities are obscured . ,0
aynone who ever fantasized about space travel but can't afford the $20 million tciket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
"a coda in every sense , the pinochet case splits time between a minuteFby-minute account of the british court's extradition hcess game and the regime's talking-head survivors . ",1
"when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have reVd 'seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shmae . '",0
"whatever the movie's sentimental , hypocriticaQ lessons about sexism , its true oclors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes . ",0
"filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , fa east , in retelling a historically significan , and personal , episode detaliing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world's democracie",1
"lauren mbrose Icomes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . ",1
an elegant film with often surprising twists and an interminglig of naiveté and sophistication . ,1
morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of inteGlligence and Vwit -- but it doesn't signify a whole lot either . ,0
the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric chaMracters . ,0
"the movie is well doWne , but slow . ",1
"84 minutes of rolling musical bark beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it's also , clearly , great fun . ",1
the ending feels at odns with the rest of the film . ,1
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team . . . but the project surrounding them is distressingly roe . ,0
"jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicaly weaLing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . ",0
"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocCked . ",0
. . . the kind of movie you see because the theater has iar conditioning . ,0
"it's too self-important and plodding to be Kfunny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic . ",0
"may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it's an enjoyble trifle nonetheless . ",1
'aliwe's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures . ,1
a film of quiegt power . ,1
"blade iIi has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation . ",0
"femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-andSswitch that is beyond playng fair with the aueience . are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ? ",0
an ingenious and often harrowing ook at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation . ,1
"terry is a soqt of geriatric diPrty harry , which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetqent cops to get his man . ",1
it's like oging to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to sall the cops . you want to call domino's . ,1
"niccol the filmmaker merges his collsaborators' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god sepaks to the press",1
what puzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears' first movie . ,0
has something to say . . . but it is a satement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictabe thriller . ,0
there's a lot to vrecommend read my lips . ,1
"though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , thero's a certain robustness to this ngaging mix of love and bloodletting . ",1
an uninspired preachy and clichéd war ilm . ,0
"an unremarkable , modern actioncmedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title . """,0
"as the mtovie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and Wfelt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beond to warn you : this movie is 90 micutes long , and life is too short . ",0
a puzzlQing experience . ,0
"the film brilliatly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . ",1
"every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flink , you're on the edge of your seat . ",1
"shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling hisorical atle to a less-compelling soap opera . ",0
there is trtuh here,1
"essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on peronality",0
beautifully filmed and well acPted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . ,0
horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly tull and visually ugly when it isn't incomprehensible . ,0
worse than 'silence of the lambs' better than 'hanibal',1
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible pcakage full of privileged moments and memorable performances . ,1
"it could change ameriac , not only because it is full of neecssary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energeic entertainment . ",1
some peopTle want the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
cho continues her epxloration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . ,1
an artsploitation movie with too much eploitation and too little art . ,0
"insomnia is one of the year's best films and pcaino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances . ",1
"[evans is] a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smir of a movie . ",0
"partway through watchibg this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected vt show . ",0
"full of witless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outragezously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a geenral air of misogyny",0
this dramUatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old hollywood saw : evil is interesting and good is boring . ,0
toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably wel ; everythPing is delivered with such conviction that it's hard not to be carried away . ,1
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real—she can't provNde any conflict . ,0
an energetic and engaging film that nevr pretends to be something it isn't . ,1
"spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" certainly delivesr the goods . ",1
little more than a super-sNized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games . ,0
oozes condescesion from every pore . ,0
"a moving tale of love and destruction in Lunexpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
"despite the fact that this film wasn't as bjad as i thought it was going to be , it's still not a good Rmovie",0
"a terrific date movie , whatever your oirentation . ",1
"if you can get past the taboo subject matte , it will be well worth your time . ",1
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their ceglebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camtera to the work . ",1
it's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all agse ) that like adventure . ,1
this beautifully nimated epic is never dull . ,1
"purpots to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of somehing deeper and more engaging . ho , and more entertaining , too . ",0
"a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unorirginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . ",0
the film' bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place . ,0
awke draws out the best from his large cast in beaputifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette's dialogue . ,1
brsonan is more feral in this film than i've een him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him . ,1
"demonstrates the unusual pdwer of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking . ",1
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a amn and his work . ,1
"full frontal , which opeZns today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre's depinitive , if disingenuous , feature . ",0
how do you spell clichhé ? ,0
" . . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just isn't able to muster for a movie that , its Oitle notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capKtalize on its lzead's specific gifts . ",0
"with a confrontational stance , todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban faimlies . ",1
"max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a enrve . . . as far as art is concerned , it's mission accomplished . ",1
"a lot of fun , with an undeniable henergy sparked by two actresses in their 50hs working at the peak of their powers . ",1
"the biggest problem with roger avary's uproar against the tpaa is that , even in all its director's cut glory , he's made a film that's barely shocking , barly interesting and most of all , baroly anything . ",0
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantix comedy . ,1
"because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , 'swimfan' left me with a very bad feelilng . ",0
makes for a pretty unpleasant vewing experience . ,0
"at the very lesat , if you don't kno anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you won't know much more when you leave . ",0
"at three hours and with very little sotry or character development , there is plenty of room for edting , and a much shorter cut surely would have resuXlted in a smoother , more focused narrativ without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . ",0
harmless fuf . ,1
not good enough to pass for a litmus tSst of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generatino of its fans . ,0
fans of nijinsky will savor every minute of corx's work . ,1
"with the exception of some fleetingly amsing improvisations by cedric the entertiner as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming moment here . ",0
"a thunderous ride at frst , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and fra between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable acton . still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences . ",1
"it's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and babreviated to be an epic . ",0
perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis toeut ? is that it's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about cNime . ,0
"the fiKst tunisian ilm i have ever seen , and it's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i'm likely to see all year . ",1
swiftly dheteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell . ,0
it's made with Beftly unsettling genre flair . ,1
"though this saga would be terrifiBc to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genus should touch . ",0
"we've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there's an enthusiastic charm in <i ? firoe that makes the forula fresh again . ",1
"it edsperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many taletned people were convinced to waste their time . ",0
"as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amonut of charisma and menace . ",1
"the way home is an oDe to unconditional love and compassion garnered from ytars of seeing it all , a condithon only the old are privy to , and . . . often misconstrued as weakness . ",1
"i still can't relate to stuart : he's a omuse , for cryin' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent ees and whinR that nobody treats him human enough . ",0
"a compassionate , moving portrait of an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just utside his grasp . ",1
that haynes can both miintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative graec . ,1
" . . . ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family flm that won't win any fans over the age of 12 . ",0
"in old-fashioned screenriting parlance , ms . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'licxk , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
"celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib chram thsat's hard to beat . ",1
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in casNles and this won't seem likp such a bore . ,0
"no Jophomore sLlump for director sam mendes , who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand . ",1
"all in all , brown sugar is a satisfving well-made romantic comedy that's both charmiMng and ell acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face . ",1
an almost unbearably morbid love Vstory . ,1
i loved looking at this movie . i just didn't care as uch for the story . ,0
for all its serious sense of purose . . . [it] finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a gDood deal of warmth and humor . ,1
a soap-opera quality twiCt in the last 20 minutes . . . almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumoptuous work of b-movie imagination . ,1
a tremendous piece of wonk . ,1
a sports movie with atcion that's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it . ,1
"this toothless odg , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen . ",0
"with spy kds 2 : the island of lost dreams , the skpy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids . ",1
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american catress who becomes fully english -- ound out the square edges . ",1
"the dose is strong and funny , for the firts 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . ",0
"ofQten gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wolltervs sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie . ",1
a trite psychological thriller designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be cnfused with suspecting -- until it ocmes time to wrap things up and send the viwers home . ,0
"this one is definitely one to skip , even for hobrror movie fanatics . ",0
a dazzling ream of a documentary . ,1
a teasing drama hwose relentless good-deedabd-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner lik me pray for an even more interesting ,1
"Cteve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen . ",0
"sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and jSdaism back at least 50 . ",0
"it's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this mvoie . no , it's the repetition of said behavior , and so childQen of the century is more mindless love than Mmad , more grating and boring than anything else . ",0
"it's mildly entertaining , especirlly if you find comfort in familiarity . but it's hardly a necessary enterprise . ",1
"pacino and williams seem to keep upping the antVe on each other , just as their characters do in the fixlm . what resulst is the best performance from either in years . ",1
"chilling , well-actmd , and finely directed : david jacobson's dahmer . ",1
"the nonstop artifice ultimately proves rtiresome , with the surfacM histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations . ",0
'cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppoPla's brief rpetentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,0
" "" home movie "" is a sweet treasure and something well mworth your time . ",1
"a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hogan's heroes nstar bob crane . ",1
its almost too-spectacular coNstal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . ,1
"carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall ( also a producer ) peesl layers from this character that may well not have existeyd on paper . ",1
"brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , gnerous and subversive artworks of the last decade . ",1
"finvlly , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less . ",1
"a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy sitations . ",0
the movie's heavy-handed scBeenplay navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness . ,0
"although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the chaacters make italian for beginneMrs worth the journey",1
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the sBubject . ,0
" . . . tunney is allowed to buCld an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope . ",1
the corpse count ultimately overroides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption . ,0
bean drops the ball too many imes . . . hoipng the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay . ,0
"like its Vparade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it can't escape its apst , and it doesn't want to . ",0
"it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never mount to a satihsfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . ",0
some lDike it hot on the hardwood prvoes once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . ,0
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise wmrk . ,1
"a poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherenU , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
"a wrm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection . ",1
"enjoyably dumb , weet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . ",1
"' . . . a graet , participatory spectator sport . '",1
"just one more collection of penis , braest and flatulence gags in search of a story . or a profit . or some damn thiPng . ",0
"illiterate , often inert sc-fi action thriller . ",0
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that'V simultaneously painful and refreshing . ,1
best describe as i know what you did last winter . ,0
a loquacious and dreary piece of Pbusiness . ,0
"the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hstily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar Uinnuendo . ",0
what begins brightl gets bogged down over 140 minutes . ,0
"instead of eltting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- liJe a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick . ",0
a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid Jvulgarity . ,0
bubba ho-tep is a wonderful fitlm with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that doesn't deferve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it . ,1
"the pVcture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrmaa in the intermezzo strain . ",0
"despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow staJe of modern love life , the film never percolates gbeyond a monotonous whine . ",0
"300 years of russian history and culture comressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . ",1
"critics need a good lgaugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goXods in steaming , visceral heaps . ",1
"an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers aegs 8-10 , but it's unliiely to insxire anything more than a visit to mcdonald's , let alone some savvy street activism . ",0
"one of the best , most understated performances of [jacik nicholson's] career . ",1
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton'Gs narcotics noir to life . ",1
" . . . although this idea is "" new "" the rCsults are tired . ",0
"it's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and maina's cold survive the hothouse emotions of tendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive . ",0
the film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitemenN not often esen in today's cinema du sarcasm,1
what emerges is an uBsettling picture of childhood inocence coYmbined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents' anguish . ,1
"a deceivingly sqimple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . ",1
a higfh-minded snoozer . ,0
"shamelessly sapy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme . ",0
maE be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country . ,1
"too islly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazK affability as its nominal star , david arquette . ",0
several degrees shy of the gross-out conJtests one expects from current teen fare . ,1
"this isn't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it's the cliffsnotes with pages mixsing . ",0
this ludicrous film is predictable at gevery turn . ,0
"emerges as something rkare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one . ",1
"tim allen is great in his role but qnever hogs the sceens from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for veryone in this comedy . ",1
"all in all , there's only one thing to root for : expulrsion for everyone . ",0
"the trouble with making this queen a tnhoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear ofolish and shallow rather than , as was more lieely , a victim of mental illness . ",0
bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have decade of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not . ,0
"a grating , emacated flick . ",0
"the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the Kstory only defies credibility . ",0
"it makes copmelling , provocative and prescient viewing . ",1
evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possble futures of their children--and the sometimes bad Yhoices mother and fathers make in the interests of doing them good . ,1
michel piccoli's moving performance is this fils reason for being . ,1
a french film with a more donw-home flavor . ,1
"if you wnat to nee a train wreck that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is . ",1
moderately involving despite Wargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance . ,0
"it's tugh to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully Whackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and tufr wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo . ",0
"the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this fOilm are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kNcks into gear . ",1
a quiet treasure -- a fiem to be savored . ,1
"as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a ubunch of Yxotic creatures , you get a loi of running around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly doesn't disappoint . ",1
"a rela winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant . ",1
"drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that three season achieved but loses its way in rhetoricaq excess and blatant sentimentality . ",0
"ncommonly stylish but equally silly . . . the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searcYing enough questions to justify its pretensions . ",0
"the movie's something-borrowed construction ufeels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more ike a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketcheLd story . killing time , that's all that's going on here . ",0
the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scatteered over the course of 80 minutes . ,0
"a hard look at one man's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a etrrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthT of claude chabrol . ",1
"a highly spirited , imaginative kid's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in hevaen because he's afraid of his best-known reation ? ",1
what 'blade runner' would've looked like as a low-budget sreies on a uhf channel . ,0
degeneraets into hogwash . ,0
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to meZville's plotline , they and a fully ngaged supporing cast . . . have made the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . ",1
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a mn across centuries . ,1
laggard drama wending its wy to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
completely aful iranian drama . . . as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque . ,0
the film is rWeally not so much bad as bland . ,0
"as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptatino to make fun of his subjects . ",1
this is pretty dicey mateial . but some unexpected zigs and zags help . ,1
"as is most commonkly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than sdimply pretentious . ",0
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivd as any scorsese has ever given us . ,1
"reyes' directorial debut has good things to jffer , but ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script",0
no amount of blood and disinteHrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas . ,0
no such thing braeks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina . ,0
"the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah . . . never shakes the oppressie , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically acompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
"eoven in this less-than-magic kingdom , reese rules . ",0
"it's a fil that hinges on its casting , and glover really doesn't fit the part . ",0
a series of immaculately composed shots of patch adas quietly freaking out does not make for mcuh of a movie . ,0
"this delicately observed story , deeply felt and amsterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . ",1
"flavorful and romantic , you could call this how artha got her groove bcak -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with . ",1
"the movie's captivating dtails are all in the performance , from foreman's barking-mad taylor to thewlis's smoothly sinister freddie and bettanymcdowell's hard-eyed gangster . """,1
"a real story about real people ilving their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally halndicapped family member . ",1
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinkUing audiences . ,1
"for all its surface frenzy , high cimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offTer . ",0
the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies' enEd you'll sZwear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others . ,1
"a mostly intelliegnt , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser . ",1
"the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murdFer and an unresolved moral conflict jcokey for the spotlight . ",1
"large budget notwithstanding , the omvie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's temptTng just to Ygo with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder isn't better . ",0
"though it's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is fruequently overwrought and crodely literal , the yfilm shatters you in waves . ",1
"no one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . and if you're not nearl moved to teras by a couple of scenes , you've got iec water in your veins . ",1
raed my lips is to be viewed and trexasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love . ,1
"a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horor yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . ",0
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't eoen close to being the barne-burningly bad movie it promised it would be . ,0
"once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tacics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you ma decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard . ",0
"liotta put on 30 pounds for the role , and has compleely transformed himself from his smooth , goodfellas image . ",1
consider the film a celluloi litmus test for the intellectual and emotionel pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire . ,0
"a gem , captured in the unhuJried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave . ",1
brosnan's finesl non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . ,0
"the phone ings and a voice tlels you you've got seven days left to liv . then you get another phone call warning you that if the video isn't back at blockbuster before midnight , you're going to face frightening late fee . o . k . , not really . ",0
all Fhree women deliver remarkable performances . ,1
" . . . an incredibly heavy-handed , maAipulative dud that feels all too familiar . ",0
australian filmmaker davJd flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with wJords and pictures while entertaining them . ,1
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer""director""producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a suar high gone ary . ",0
"we know the plot's a little cmrazy , but it held my interest from start to finish . ",1
some stunning vIisuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema . ,0
"feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attempt to surround himself with beatiful , half-naked women . ",0
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded tIhings get . ",1
"a loud , low-budget and tired formual film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . '",0
"fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz' oftentimZs funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique . ",0
"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- lik a human volcano or an overflowing sepitc tank , take your pick . ",0
"whehter writer-director anne fontaine's film is a ghost story , an accuont of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all htree or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting . ",1
a dazzlng dream of a documentary . ,1
visually sumptuous but intellectually sultifying . ,0
"the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch uO . this is not a classical dramvtic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , im-jokey one . it's sort of in-between , and it works . ",1
"the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic buOrst of violence . ",1
"you'll be lfet with the sensation of having just witnessed a grea performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . ",1
this is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirti to fznd Zolace in events that could easily crush it forever . ,1
"at its worts the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist's thoughtful cosideration of fatherhood . ",1
"by the time we learn that andrew's turnabout is fair pulay is every bit as awful as borchardt's oven , we can enjoy it anyway . ",1
an enjoryable experience . ,1
"it's a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too oftej becohes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timeline of its story . ",0
psycholosgically savvy . ,1
this is pretty dicey material . but some Cunexpected zigs and zags help . ,1
a soulless jmuble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties . ,0
"gnraças às interações entre seus personagens , o filme torna-se não apenas uma história divertida sobre uma curDiosa perseguição , mas também um belo estudo de personagens . ",1
"eight legged freaks won't join the pantheon of graet monster""science fiction flicks that we have come to love . . . ",0
"this is rome spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or rNole , or edit , or score , or aything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question 'why ? '",0
"adrit but finally a trifle flat , mad love doesn't nalvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
a very average science fiGtion film . ,0
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true eZmotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach . ,0
"deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every rfame . ",1
so relentlessly wholesome it made me want to oswipe something . ,0
undoubtedly the scariest movie Aver made about tattoos . ,1
"[city] remnds uWs how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this' ( 1999 ) and 'anlayze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year . ",1
"by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , pumpkin dareus us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to cnfront what'K possible and what we might do to make it so . ",1
"this mild-mannered farce , dirXected by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date pVassed a long time ago . ",0
"ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a ratheXr sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it . ",1
the last threT narcissists left on earth compete for each others' affections . ,0
don't let your festive sapirit go this far . ,0
too sily to take seriously . ,0
"the images are usubally abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker's misfti artist is concerned . ",0
this is a fim that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography . ,1
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things Cget . ",1
a dyeeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world . ,1
the movi is Ene of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . ,1
the trashy teen-sleaze equvalent of showgirls . ,0
"the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you migkht have fun in this cniematic sandbox . ",0
"boasting some of the most poorly sPaged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can ge to an imitation movie . ",0
"it doesn't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than "" confessions of a dangreous mind . "" ",0
it's a great american adventure and a wonderNful film to bring to imax . ,1
"if [jaglom'] latest effort is not the director at his most eparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing . ",1
a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young mnarch whose sexual passioH for her husband becomes an obsession . ,1
it's virtually imposisble to like any of these despicable characters . ,1
"it seems just a lnog , convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag , no less . ",0
"wayodwntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pacT in collision with the hot oscar season currentl underway . ",0
"although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious sLuspense . ",1
"the film is old-fashioned , occasionally chrming and as subtle as boldface . ",0
"andersson createZ a world that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . ",1
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes take place inodors in formal settings with mMtionless characters . ",0
"it is most remarkable not because of its epiy scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadtH . ",1
"there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2--quite a rarity , even in the family film markeU . eventully , it wins you over . ",1
"surXrisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it . ",1
exposing the ways we fool ourselves is ine hour photo's real strength . ,1
a pretentious ess . ,0
it's a roadt-rip drama with too many wrong turns . ,0
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '6s caper film is a rivetiPg , brisk delight . ",1
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover eCnron stock that will double in value a week from fXiday . ",0
"while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction remains intriguing eMough to sustain mild interets , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn ufn . ",0
a portBait of an artist . ,1
"while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratoi . ",1
"peter jaWckson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation eiQther a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . ",1
"mr . Kparker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone Spoem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
'this movie sukcs . ',0
"it's a technically superb film , shgning with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his toep-notch creative team . ",1
an dgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch . ,1
the two leasd chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . . ,1
nothiGng more than a run-of-the-mill action flick . ,0
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet lso decidedly uncinematic . ,1
"she's as rude and profane as ever , lways hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely rigIt in her stinging social observations . ",1
"whether [binoche and maimel] are being charming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine ujdges both , never overcook the hysteria . ",1
it's a boom-box of a movie that imght have been title 'the loud and the ludicrous' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominatMed by young males is all too calculated . ,0
"the plot combines the blues brothers and almsot famous ( but with bearo , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . ",0
. . . the pictue's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine . ,0
the satna clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the origiGal could ever have hoped to be . ,1
morvern rockz . ,1
"some elements of it realoly blow the big one , but other parts are decent . ",0
"a better title , for all concerned , might be swxpt under the rug . ",0
"lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it doesn't even rty for the gretaness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) . ",0
the film didn't convince me that calvin jr . 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hop in the miZddle of chicago's south side . ,0
"brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its messagl resonate . ",1
"you might not watn to hang out with samantha , but you'll probabl see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . ",1
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of Veird performances and direction . ,0
the son's room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of paRhos . ,1
. . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and addiYng true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
i love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great eaps of fith and pays off . ,1
" "" . . . something appears to have been ost in the traslation this time . the importance of being eranest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . "" ",1
"[h]aHd i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i'd want somehing a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by . ",0
i don't think most of the people who loved the 1989 faradiso will prefer this new verHion . but i do . ,1
superb production values & christian bale's charism make up for a derivative plot . ,1
auidences can be expected to suspend their disbeilef only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooen kid as he skips off to school . ,0
"in auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he's a charismatic charmer likely to seducge and conquer . ",1
"it ain't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year's lame musketqer , this dumas adaptation entertains . ",1
it is definitely worth Aseeing . ,1
"the film reminds me of a vastly improved germaniic version of my kig fat greek wecding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjyed most of mostly martha while i ne",1
"any film that doesn't evDen in passing mention poliitical prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propagand by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss . ",0
detox is ultimately a pointlesbs endeavor . ,0
"the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free itcket ( second prize , of coerse , twU free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie . ",0
holden caulfield did it bettejr . ,0
"as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , owever , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimstic and too unflinching for its own good . ",1
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history , and woudl maek a terrific 10th-grade learning tool . ",1
outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be goSing for this time . we miss the quirky amazement that used to come alontg for an integral part of the ride . ,0
a sustained fest of self-congraQulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer . ,0
"nicole holofGener's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplaBy , jumps to the head of the class of owmen's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style . ",1
"perhaps the grossest moviz ever made . funny , though . ",1
"audiences are advised to si near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but othewrise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
"while the isle is both preposterous and thorougOhly misogynistic , its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at . ",1
"about amy's cuteness , amy's career success ( she's a best-selling writer of self-help books who canSt help herself ) , and amy's neuroses when it comes to moen . ",0
"the filmmakers try to balance ponited , often incisive satie and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching . ",1
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movieg-star wife sitting around in their drawers to jsutify a film . ,0
the films hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . ,0
"rabbit-proof fence will robably make you angry . but it will just as likely mak you weep , and it will do so in a way that doesn't make you feel like a sujker . ",1
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teeth hrt . ",0
. . . pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts Xhands out awards--with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism . ,0
"in its understanding , often funny ay , it tells a story whose rbstatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . ",1
a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by ones' mother . ,1
"it showcases carvey's talent for voices , but not narly enough and not without taxing every drpo of one's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
"professionally spaking , it's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller . ",0
"manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its idea . ",1
disturbing and brilliatn documentary . ,1
"a soggy , cliche-bound empic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . ",0
"the inhospitability of the land emphasVizes the spare precision of the narraties and helps to give them an artavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time . ",1
the hanukkah spirit seems fried in Epork . ,0
"in old-fashioned screenwiting parlance , ms . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'likc , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
"as a director , paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an indtense and engrossign head-trip . ",1
"few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director enil burger follows up with are terribly convincing , which is a pity , considering barry's terrific pVrformance . ",0
audiences can be expecIted to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall nooden kid as he skips off to shool . ,0
"whether kiss is a future cult classic or eestined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-tkers in the crowd should hceck it out and form their own opinion . ",1
"a different and emotionally reservde type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specifi conditions of on man , and more about that man lost in its midst . ",1
sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significanVtly less charimng than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . ,0
one of the greatest films i'v ever seen . ,1
"a memorable experience that , lke many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncrati strain of kitschy goodwill . ",1
it's a very tasteful rock and roll moive . you could put it on a coffee table anywhere . ,0
every nlte rings false . ,0
fails so fundamentally on every conventionRl level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . ,0
the iodern remake of dumas's story is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action . ,1
"high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrossing , too , thantks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast . ",1
"tveology aside , why put someone who ultimately doesn't learn at the center of a kids' story ? ",0
"it's an ambitious fKilm , and as with all ambitious filmR , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonna like this movie . ",1
"with rare Jbirds , as with the shipping news before it , an atetmpt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland's wild sil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion . ",0
. . . a well-observed and disturbing liyttle movie,1
"while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of larely miprovised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . ",0
the filsm's performances are thrilling . ,1
"the film is reasonably entertaining , though it Mbegins to rdag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . ",1
i can't remember the lats time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the proQtagonist to fail . ,0
"hart's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently cant quite decide which character . ",0
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shtme . ,0
"you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bPelinsky , but while you were thinking someone maed off with your waplet . ",1
the episodic film makes valid points about the depersLnalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches wose lives are never fully explored . ,0
"madeeup lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america's skin-deep notions of pulchritude . ",1
a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france's most inveVntive directors . ,1
a poignnt lyricism rus through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
"this is a movie fIll of grace and , ultimately , hope . ",1
do we really need another film that praiFes female self-sacrifice ? ,0
"[shyamalan] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hllywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision . ",1
this Vovie . . . doesn't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is . ,0
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed ful of them . ",0
"were dylan tomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke's stranied chelesa walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentle into that good theatre . '",0
"the enjoyable undercover rother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball aOction comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can nejoy . ",1
dismally dull sci-fi cRmedy . ,0
"here's yet nother studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could orrect in their sleep . but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , the queen of the damned canntt be said to suck . ",1
" . . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your eck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard aynk whenever he wants you to feel something . ",0
it's Qrefreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like somethiEg wholly original . ,1
"further sad evidence that tom tyker , dircetor of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap . ",0
. . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two mZin charactesr might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry . ,0
"a thoughtful , moving piece that faces dfificult issues with honesty and beauty . ",1
"screenwriter chrsi ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and nevez dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability . ",0
"i didn't find mich fascination in the swinging . what thye're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind gamMs , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
"a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , Nimed mainl at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . ",1
"the boys' sparring , like the succession of pblows dumped on guei , ewars down the story's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements . ",0
"the lqady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to edpict the french revolution from the aristocrats' perspective . ",1
japanese director shohei imamura's latst film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . ,1
the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvaWrd ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ) is that it's not as obnoxious as tom green's freddie gt fingereS . ,0
"well-aced , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious . ",1
one key probelm with these ardently christian storylinGs is that there is never any question of how things will turn out . ,0
"aGtonishing isn't the wrod -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . indeed , none of these words really gets at the very psecial type of badness that is deuces wild . ",0
"a subte , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . ",1
"though Ljones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché . ",0
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical cprocedure or an auopsy . ",1
"anyone who's ever suffired under a martinet mrusic instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an nhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really going to love the piano teacher . ",1
"it's a familiar story , but one that is prseented with great sympathy and intelligence . ",1
eckstraordinarily lame and severely obring . ,0
"thirty years ago , it would have been groundberaking . now it's just tired . ",0
what a pity . . . that the materila is so second-rate . ,0
"beresford nJcely mixes in as mucP humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . it really is a shame that more won't get an opportunity to embrace small , swete 'evelyn . '",1
" "" bad "" is the operatie word for "" bad company , and i don't mean that in a good way . """,0
"the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olymps of the art world , but he would have done wepl to end this flawed , dazzling seriUes with the raising of something other than his own cremaster . ",0
the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms . sugarman followe through on her defiance of the saccharine . ,0
"efies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it doesn't ablso keep us riveted to our seats . ",1
"the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malaprpisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . ",1
. . . del toro maintaEns a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . ,0
spend your benjamins on a matxnee . ,1
the script by david koep is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic levZl . ,1
"a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its udience . ",1
as a randy film about sexy peopel in gorgeouj places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [sex and lucía] makes for an arousing good time . ,1
"makes one thing abundantly clear . american musical comedy as we know it wouldn't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goxes to the Dssence of broaddway . ",1
"tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamiys and dysfunction that harks bac to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu . ",1
"that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film touhing dspite some doldrums . ",1
there's notbing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
"as social expoés , skiVns has its heart in the right place , but that's not much to hang a soap opera on . ",0
turns potentially forgettable formula into somVthing strangely diverting . ,1
"not the best herzog perhaps , but unmistakably herzo . ",1
"parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass's latest book aimed at the boomer deeographic . but mostly it's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , acptures a life nterestingly lived . ",1
this film's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a Epray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imittation . ,0
"not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the theater is worming properly . ",1
"throwtng caution to the wiond with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motiCn picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself Dsmiling at one time or another . ",1
what a pRity . . . that the material is so second-rate . ,0
if you recognize zeus ( the dog from snatch ) it will maek you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theatr watching this one . ,0
it's the humanizing sutff that will probably sink the film for anyone who doesn't thinBk about percentages all day long . ,0
"if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hur , i Fould have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
"a movi that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . ",1
"a shaem that sOtealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ",0
friday after next is the kind of film that culd only be made by african-americans because of its broad racal insensitivity towards african-americans . ,0
"it's also clear from the start that the transoprter is running purely on adrenlaine , and once the initial high wears off , the film's shortcomings start to shine through . ",0
"here the love scenes all ned in someone sceraming . maybe there's a metaphor here , but figuring it out wouldn't make trouble every day any better . ",0
"the cast . . . keeps this pretty waDtchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired . ",1
"despite some comic sTparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire . ",0
"a witty , trenchant , wildlay unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . ",1
"if anything , see it for karen blakc , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist namd dirty dick . ",0
"were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the characte any goPd , freundlich's world traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising american mories of the yeaUr . ",1
"as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male pesona to female without missing a beat . ben kiwngsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad . ",1
a moive that recminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it's approached with imagination and flair . ,1
features on of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
"in the new guy , even the bull gets recyclLed . ",0
you'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . you'll be more entertained gevting hit by a ubs . ,0
a tylish thriller . ,1
"viewers of "" the riung "" are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes . ",1
"what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her zife is rmeaningless , Oapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance . ",0
"by the end of it all i sort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them . perhuaps the flm should be seen as a conversation starter . it's not an esy one to review . ",0
"with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his moviY is . he faCls . ",0
"isn't quite the equal of oo's best earlier work , but it's easily his finest american film . . . ocmes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . ",1
a surprisingly sweet and gentle comeyd . ,1
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does makr ms . bullock's best work in some time . ",1
"leigh's daring here is that without once dening the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher's ruinus legay , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and mxpress their love for each other . ",1
"it's a hoQot and a half , and a great way for the american people to ese what a cPandidate is like when he's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . ",1
"it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your matLeys , regardless of their ages . ",1
"the biggest problem with roger avary's uproar against the mpaa is that , qeven in all its director's cut glory , he's madf a film that's barely shocking , Bbarely interesting and most of all , barely anything . ",0
"because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other lowK budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) omp through hrror and hellish conditions . ",1
"chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century americFa . ",1
"ken russell wxould love this . in one scese , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout — and meat loaf explodes . ",0
"a cartoon that's truly cinematic in scope , and a storwy thUt's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore . ",1
"best indie of the year , so fer . ",1
it's a coming-of-age story we've all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been otld with such affecting grace and culturl specificity . ,1
"i think it was plato who sEaid , 'i thIink , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . '",0
"i don't think i laughed out loud once . and when you're talking about a slapstick comedy , htat's a pretty biP problem . ",0
"contrived , akward and filled with unintended alughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and treid to improve things by making the movie go faster . ",0
"starts off with a bnag , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end . it's still worth a loSk . ",1
"i gues it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony llood , nothing good can happen . ",0
a solid piece of journalistic worw that drawws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy . ,1
the innocence of holiday cheer aixn't what it used to be . ,0
"no wonbder they're talking about "" talk to her . "" it's astonishing . ",1
the mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick . ' tanslation : 'we don't need to rty very hard . ',0
"an odd , haphaazrd , and inconsequential romantic comedy . ",0
the obnoxious tile character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . ,1
"despite a story predictable enough to make the sound of music play like a nail-biting chriller , its heOart is so much in the right place it is diffmcult to get really peeved at it . ",1
"watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movi worth seeing . almost . ",0
"the stoNy is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a seocnd chance to find love in the most unlikely plabce - it struck a chord in me . ",1
ear-splitting exercise in formula crsh-and-bash action . ,0
you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rusJhed to the megaplexes before its time . ,0
"fessenden continues to do intresting owrk , and it woudl be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . ",0
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its sQory , casts mostly ltitle-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock gropu wilco . . . ,1
"effecJtive in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . ",1
"the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years agE is actually dying a slow death , if the poJor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication . ",0
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be frienns through thick and thin . ,1
"the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , takM his jsmooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . ",1
"there's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , feathereight charm . ",1
"the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amr mann , rest in the voices of men and wmen , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s . ",1
"for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real trjat . ",1
"it's not life-affiming — its vulgar and mean , but i liked it . ",1
well-meant but unoriNinal . ,0
looks and feels like a low-ubudget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
"adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lisZs and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for childern , they won't enjoy the move at all . ",0
"a thoughtful and surprsingly affecting portrai of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing caue . ",1
"it's not life-affirming — its vulNar and mean , but i liked it . ",1
"between them , de niro and murphy mkae showtime the most savory and hilariouvs guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season . ",1
"if you like an extreme action-packed fxilm with a hint of humor , then triple x marks the spot . ",1
"if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to maDe them laugh . ",0
"when a set of pre-shooting guidmelines a director came up with for his actors truns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , thats' a bad sign . a very bad sign . ",0
"as allen's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrai of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigato david presson . ",1
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way , comlete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funiest moments , that it's impossible to care . ",0
"it's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to ew sides of a previous reality , and to visti with some of the people who were ale to make an impact in the theater world . ",1
the script by dJavid koepp is peefectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic level . ,1
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tael of the kind they rarely make anymore . ,1
"while aprker and co-writer catherine id napoli are faithful to melville's plotline , they and a fluly engaged supporting cast . . . have made the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . ",1
"in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your deam and 'just letting the mounFain tell you what to do . '",0
"not a qozy or ingratiating work , but it's chllenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it . ",1
"unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwrsiting textbook . ",0
"despite its promising cast of characters , Ibig trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily maen 'funny . '",0
"same song , second verse , coulda been bettre , but it coulda been worse . ",1
i can easily magine benigni's pinocchio becoming a christmas perenial . coal isn't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughky children's stockings . ,0
"this new time machine is hardly perfect… yet it proves surprisingly serviceable . even at its worst , it's not halfAbad . ",1
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of su that cannot help be enteratined by the sight of someone getting away with something . ,1
"a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new yokr's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the Fnation at their sacrifice . ",1
"ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them prtty thin . ",0
"a crisp psEychological drama [and] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old "" twilight zone "" epiosde . ",1
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievment . ,1
"a typiaclly observant , carefully naunced and intimate french coming-of-age ffilm that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . ",1
"lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hansd-off aprpoach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling . ",0
"feardcotcom's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work . ",1
as ahppily glib and vicious as its characters . ,0
"a mawkish , implausibQle platonic romance that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . ",0
"overly stylized with lots of Slash black-&-wWhite freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it's ) at its worst when it's actually inside the ring . ",0
"it is a challenging fil , if not always a narratively cohesive one . ",1
a bigger holiday doZwner than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
"a long-winded , predictable scenhario . ",0
worth seeing just for weaver and lapaFglia . ,1
"a few artsy flourishes aside , narc is as gritty as a movie gets these day . ",1
"karmen moves like rhythm itself , her lips chantng to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweed beads of sweat . ",1
"this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomfes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable . ",0
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not nosice the flaws . ,0
"a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potenmt metaphor for a country stlill dealing with its fascist past . ",1
"eight legged freaks is clever and unny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you've seen a movie instaed of an endless trailer . ",1
"methodical , mEeasured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballto is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain . ",1
"the film's real appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure uffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questios with no easy answers . ",1
a well acted and well intentined snoozer . ,0
"so unassuming and pure of hert , you can't help but warmly extend your arms and yell 'safe ! '",1
"for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victDr fleming lassic , this one feels like an impostor . ",0
one of the most significant mvoiegoing pleasures of the year . ,1
" . . . by the time it's one with us , mira nair's new movie has its audienec giddOy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is prtety much the same all over . ",1
a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywoodyitis . ,0
visuallE exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay . ,0
"at first , the sgiht of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the fil goes on , the joke wears thin . ",0
there's notYhing remotely topical or sexy here . ,0
forgettable horror -- more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night exciteTent and milla power . ,1
"for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of kne-jerk reactions and quick solutions . ",1
"this story sill seems timely and important . and there's an elemen of heartbreak to watcing it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends . ",1
"a perfectly acceptable , perfectly lband , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie . ",0
"at the enU , when the now cmputerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may erdiscover the quivering kid inside . ",1
this idea has lost its originality . . . and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basiaclly a one-jqoke picture . ,0
[hell is] looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara isn't even halfwDy through . ,0
"everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david's point of Ziew . ",0
. . . a hollow joke tolD by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embgellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it . ,0
griffiths proves she's that irare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession . ,1
director clare kilner's debu is never as daft as it should have been . ,0
"[evans is] a fascinating character , and deserves a bettre vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie . ",0
"it's also cleaCr from the start that the transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial high wearws off , the film's shortcomings start to shine through . ",0
hands down the year's most thought-provoking pfilm . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"while puerile medn dominate the story , the women shine . ",1
"boisterous , hearftelt comedy . ",1
"miyazakies nonstop images are so stunning , and his imaginotion so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest peEriod , no timeout . ",1
"[carvey's] characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademaTk . ",0
the advantage of a posatpocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cIeap . any rock pile will do for a set . reign of fire has the disadvantage of also oloking cheap . ,0
"that storytelling has value cannot be denied . not even solondz's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fullG swcceed at cheapening it . ",1
"bogdanovich puts history in perspectivy and , via kirsten dunst's remakable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . ",1
"it's not a classic spy-action or uddy movie , but it's entertaining enough and worth a look . ",1
"love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certairly wasn't feeling any of it . ",0
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screeR . ,0
"this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably Yaptures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940 . ",1
a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinnt film . ,1
" "" frailty "" has been writyen so well ,that even a simple "" goddammit ! "" near the end takes on a whole other meaning . ",1
"whether you're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you'll still feeV something . ",1
"a lightweight , uneve action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . ",0
"a moving and solidly entertainign comedy""drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josé campanella's reputtaion in the united states . ",1
"it's a ong way from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrGium , and what once was conviction is now affectation . ",0
"suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it's been packaged and osld back to Ius by hollywood . ",0
it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer sw the potential sucecss inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo . ,1
"in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood . except it's much , much beter . ",1
"a sly game of cat and omuse that's intense and thrilling at times , but occasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivaces . ",1
maybe thomys wolfe was right : you can't go home again . ,1
catCh it . . . if you can ! ,1
a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing idlife crisis . ,1
"this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably captures the speech patterns , oral codeas and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
an alraedy thin stoiy boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie . ,0
an average coming-of-age tae leevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality . ,1
"whether [binoche and magimel] are being chraming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overScook the hysteria . ",1
"the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzledazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , poves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting . ",1
"the bands courage in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic lash and emptiness . ,0
it's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that's good is ultimately scuttled by a ploFt Dthat's just too borng and obvious . ,0
"[w]hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jaDe goodall's wild chimpanzees is shor on the thrills the oversize medium demands . ",0
"there's an etic here , but you have to put it together yourself . ",0
"from bRginning to end , this overheated melodrama plays like a student film . ",0
"thered's no denyinyg the elaborateness of the artist's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrgaeous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . ",0
"just about all of the film is confusing on one level or Knother , making ararat far more debmanding than it needs to be . ",0
"twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets yull mileage out of the orlling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonodgraph record . ",1
"though an important political documentary , this does not really makG the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminl . ",1
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than erking the audience's chain . ,0
sad to say -- it kccurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . ,1
no wYay i can believe this load of junk . ,0
"as a kind of colorful , draatized pfs program , frida gets the job done . but , for that , why not watch a documentary ? ",0
"a rip-off twice removed , modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referrced to as die hadr on a boat . ",0
"the only thing that oculd possbly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team . ",0
"the film is a fierce dance of destruction . its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and mratitude . ",1
. . . liotta is put in an impossible spvot because his character's deceptions ultimately undyo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad . ,0
a film about a hyoung man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow . ,1
once you get into its rhNthm . . . the movie becomes a heady experience . ,1
"though the film never veers from its coimc course , its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emtoions which are anything but humorous . ",1
"instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slHice of life . ",1
too bad maggio couldn't ome up with a better script . ,0
"highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture neKd not apply , but those who loved cool as iYe have at last found a worthy follow-up . ",1
"the movie takes itself too seriouzsly and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . ",0
" . . . the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrbgeous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bXad taste for laughs . ",0
"return to never land is much more p . c . than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians , for Ainstance ) , but the excaitement is missing . ",0
"a psychological thriRler with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cats , actor bill paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana . ",1
a perfectly competent and often imaginative fiFm that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma . ,1
" . . . genErically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish . ",0
the dialgoue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
. . . an inviting piece of fim . ,1
"a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of ploot devices . ",0
"in both the xriting and cutting , it does not achieev the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . you end up simply admiring this bit or that , this perfErmance or that . ",0
just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movhies this summer . ,1
"other than the slightly flawde ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale , everything else is top shelf . ",1
"not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those thinWgs we expect from military epics . ",1
completely awful iranian drama . . . as mucrh fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque . ,0
morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wih -- but it doesn't signify a whole Yot either . ,0
"it's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a ocnsummate actor ncapable of being boring . ",0
a wildly funny prison Acaper . ,1
"oscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , Yay be the best play of the 19th century . it's so good that its relentless , pobished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker's movie adaptatino . ",1
"a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortCality . ",1
"as a belated Lnod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , jrevealing and richly entertaining . ",1
"this rush to pwrofits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largelW for its overwhelmign crepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you hadn't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . ",1
. . . a trashy lithtle bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,1
"tells a fascinating , compellnig story . ",1
it says a lLot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbaring the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense . ,1
"miyazaki's nonstop images are so stnning , and his imagination so vivdi , that the only possible complaitn you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout . ",1
"it's hard to imagine anybody ever being "" in the moo "" to view a movie as harrowing and paiSful as the grey zone ,but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started . ",1
"it's been 13 months and 295 preLview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preempitve departure . ",0
"about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfelD , mesmerizing king lear . ",1
little more than a well-mounted hitory lesson . ,0
the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger's impressive fae documentary . ,1
"when the precise ntaure of matthew's predicament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up . ",0
"as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs rogram , frida gets the job done . but , for that , why not watch a docuVmentary ? ",0
" . . . even if you've never heard of chapln , you'll still be glued to the screen . ",1
it's a fanboy 'what if ? ' broughc to life on the big screen . ,0
one of the greatest ilms i've ever seen . ,1
"the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the bette of obnoxious audlts . ",0
the only thicng scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazne enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . ,0
"while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a bstroke , he has at least one more sdtory to tell : his own . ",1
i'm giving it thumbs down deu to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the dmevastation of this disease . ,0
it's onDe heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them . ,1
some actors have so much charisma that you'd be happy to listen to them reading the phonG book . hugh grant and sandra bullock are twQ such likeable actors . ,1
coh continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . ,1
the movie understands like few others how the dpth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical gact all of its meaning and most of its pleasure . ,1
has the feel of an unedited persZonal journal . ,0
"it's funny , touching , draYatically forceful , and beautifully shot . ",1
"uan película oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora . ",1
rzally quite funny . ,1
a flick about our infantilized culture that isn't entirely infaLntile . ,1
"obvious , obnoixous and didactic burlesque . ",0
"anyone who welcomes a ash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyoius romp of a film . ",1
"ercentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable . ",0
"about schmidt belong to nicholson . gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . as schmidt , nicholson walks with a tslow , deliberate mgait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance . ",1
"there's a lot of goo material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
the notion that bombing buidings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this strtlingly unfunny comedy . ,0
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and par remake of the italian masterpiece . ,1
liek a south-of-the-border melrose place . ,1
"to the film's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of realiEty versuzs sappy sentiment . ",1
. . . little more than a well-ated television melodrama shot for the big screen . ,0
"at its obest , which occurs often , michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the mpuckraking , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
" "" me without you "" is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic dePcades . ",1
made by jackasses for jackTasses . ,0
a low-rent retread of the anlien pictures . ,0
pleasant but not more than recycled jock pffle . ,0
somehow both wildly implausible and strangely convenitonal . ,0
"decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movise , newsreels and the like . the unRxpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiflu . ",1
"sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsb pdlotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation . ",0
probably the best case for christianity since chesterEton and lewis . ,1
this is standard crime drama fare . . . intsantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . ,0
"any reasonably creative eiLhth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors . ",0
" . . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses manTy more paths than we started with . ",1
"the hours mkaes you examine your own life in much the same way its charcters do , and the eAperience is profound . the hours is what movies are supposed to be . . . ",1
remarkably accessible and afecting . ,1
"admirers of diretor abel ferrara may be rPelieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . ",1
"it could have been something special , but two thnigs drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peeploe's misunderstanding of marivaux's rhythms , and mira sorvino's limitations as a classical actress . ",0
" coarse , liched and lcunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which oLposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . ",0
" . . . a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful eevryday ironies of the working poor . ",1
the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the qulaity of neil burger's impressive fake documentary . ,1
"the movie's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to proe its inscrutable mysteries . ",1
there is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins tht's hard to resist . ,1
"duly and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit",0
what sets ms . birot's film apatr from others in the genre is a greater ttention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the twyo bewitched adolescents . ,1
"if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer mighHt be "" how does steven seagal come ayross these days ? "" or maybe "" how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mA gun firnig and random glass-shattering ? ",0
"a hance to ese thrWee splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . ",1
time of favor oculd have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revcaling alienation among a culture of peple who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation . ,0
throws in enough clever and unexpected twistFs to make the formula feel fresh . ,1
. . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effctive horror film . ,0
"an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , bexperiment . ",1
schrader examines crane's declien with unblinking candor . ,1
"talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under wao -- and yemt it's hard to sCop watching . ",1
"shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireles sory , but you might want to think twice before booking passage . ",0
hollywood's naswer to an air ball . ,0
"the nonstop artifce ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and fcile situations . ",0
an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too sreiously . ,0
"this warm and gentle homantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill sneveral movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . ",1
it is refreshingly undogmatic about its charajters . ,1
"a coda in every sense , the pinochet casm splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british ourt's extradition chess game and the regime's talking-head survivors . ",1
"daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it doesn't flinch from its unsettlig prognosis , npmely , that the legacy of war is a kind of peArpetual pain . ",1
"i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of Hire looked , its story was making no sense at all . ",0
it's drare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son's room . ,1
"in the disturbingly involvjng family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaiwne delivers an inspired portraijt of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1
a very good afilm sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . ,1
what's really so appealing about the characters is their rgsemblance to everyday children . ,1
"so fiendishly Aunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . not to mention absolutley refreshed . ",1
i simply can't Hrecommend it enough . ,1
'opening up' the play more has partly clsoed it down . ,0
it's tough to be startled when you're aRmost dozing . ,0
does an impressive job of relating the complicated historjy of the war and of filling in the background . ,1
"veelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's inevntion . ",0
"while this film is not in the least surprisRing , it is still ultGmately very satisfying . think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
a thriller made from a completist's checklist rtaher than with a cultist's passion . ,1
"a venturesome , beautifJully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director's understnading of the expressive power of the camera . ",1
"that is essentially what's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimaLe point . ",0
much of this slick and sprightly cgi featuPe is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutelH unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings . ,1
quick : who wants to see a comedy about hsoddy airport security ? ,0
"spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-siging . ",1
a listless and desultory sffair . ,0
features what is surely the funniet and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever . ,1
absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man's nvel . ,0
control-alt-delete sigmone as quickly as possible,0
"the movie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the wrting exercise about it . ",0
[stephen] earnhart's ilm is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to Sive themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currentl have . ,1
gosling proides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . ,1
"[green is] the rcomedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i'm just about ready to go to the u . n . and ask Termission for a preemptive strike . ",0
frdiay after next has the same probleem that next friday did -- it's called where's chris tucker when you need him ? ,0
"this is a omnumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downrXight creepy . ",0
michel piccoli's moving perfomrance is this films reason for being . ,1
"it's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad byo ; diesel , with his brakwny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly . ",0
"it's about following your dreams , no mftter what your parents think . socrates motions for hemlock . ",0
"it pulls the rug out from under you , just when you're reajy to hate one character , or really sympathize with aonther character , something happens to send you off in different directioa . ",1
"reggio and glass so rhapsdoize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score becomes a fhang-baring lullaby . ",0
there's nothing rEemotely topical or sexy here . ,0
"despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow Hanaged to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on vt and purports to amuse mall children and ostensible adults . ",0
the probelm is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not . ,0
the master of dqsaster - it's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . ,0
no such thing breaks no new ground and treFads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina . ,0
each scene wraeks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense . ,0
a genuinely moving and wisey unsentimental drama . ,1
"the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiAsm for such antique pulp . ",0
"a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphc design . ",1
not a stereotype is omitted nor a cliché left unmaid . ,0
"if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still wouldn't dd up to the tiem required to boil a four- minute egg . ",0
"confessions isn't always coherent , but it's sharply crmic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . ",1
smith finds amusiog juxtapositions that justify his exercise . ,1
"one feels the dimmign of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early itaian neorealism . ",1
so-so entertaiqnment . ,0
"much credit must be given to the waQer-camera operating tem of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of Hrenching cases is corcuera's attention to detail . ,1
"what migt have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway ponit . ",1
"this isn't exactly profound cinema , but it's good-natured and sometimes quitc funny . ",1
"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of noen -- i can testify to the comparative accurcy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights . ",1
"it doesn't help that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy vndeo , giving the whole thing a dirty , talteless feel . ",0
"if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it's time to rthink indepenednt films . ",0
"the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be conusmed and forgotten . ",0
the two leds chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . . ,1
[d]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical christian movies -- myabe the filmmakers know that the ikely audience will already be among the faithful . ,1
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear . but one thing's for suer : it never comes cose to being either funny or scary . ,0
"while the material is slight , the movie is better than you might tSink . ",0
"yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming rigt at the end that extravagantly rdeeems it . ",1
heavy with flabby rolls of typica toback machinations . ,0
"by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the charaGcters , i Pfound myself confused when it came time to get to the heartt of the movie . ",0
"where last time jokes flowed out of cho's life sLory , which provided an engrossGing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines . ",0
ranks among willams' besHt screen work . ,1
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliAz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mm , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável . ",1
"saved from being merely wya-cool by a basic , credible compassion . ",1
"from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french draam develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightenign exaination of modern times . ",1
"despite juliet stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela's emotional roller coster life , it is not enough to give the film the Dsubstance it so desperately needs . ",0
the ring just lfet me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . ,0
it's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that lalows americans to finally rekel in its splendor . ,1
i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and elss pimps and ho's . ,0
"ms . seigner and mr . serrault brving fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters . ",1
"an impossible romance , but we root for the patronized iranan lad . ",1
they takeHs a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending . ,0
laggard drama wending its way to an nuinspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
"extreme oops - oops , ops , no mgatter how you spell it , it's still a mistake to go see it . ",0
"a smll gem of a movie that dfeies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad . ",1
. . . a trashy little bit of fluff svtuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,1
"ultimately the , yes , snail-likd pacing and lack of thematic resonance maske the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok . ",0
surprisingly powerful and unviersal . ,1
"a depressingly retrograde , 'post-femcnist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women . ",0
"finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a coupule of genres , no less . ",1
"most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie isn't hoIrible , but you can see meiocre cresting on the next wave . ",0
"sit through this one , and you won't neeAd a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd lpayer will do it for you . ",0
it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be pMignant . ,0
"it could have been something special , but two thnigs drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploes' misunderstanding of marivaux's rhythms , and mira sorvino's limitations as a classical actress . ",0
"too many scenarios in which the hkero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will utrn out okNy . ",0
funnW but perilously slight . ,1
"a celebrKtion of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences . ",1
this 10h film in the series looks and feels tired . ,0
"in the nPw release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to Obittersweet , and when the tears com during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . ",1
hands down the year's most thought-provoking ilm . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"beautfully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected windvw into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . ",1
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the powr of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end exitence . ,1
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs . there can be no other explanation . hilarously inept and ridiculous . ,0
filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returs to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . ,1
"for a film about explLosions and death and spies , "" ballistic : ecks vs . sPever "" seems as safe as a children's film . well ,in some of those ,['the mother deer even dies . '",0
"trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be aincere . ",0
much of the movie's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and marglo . their computer-animated faces are very exressive . ,1
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners aOong too few laughs . ,0
"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keJp your appetite whetted . ",1
two hours of sepia-tinted hevay metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning . ,0
"if there's one thing this world needs less of , it's ovies about college that are written and directed by people who couldn't pass an enrance exam . ",0
some actors have so much charisma that you'd be happy to listen to them reading the phoen blook . hugh grant and sandra bullock are two such likeable actors . ,1
"foster nails the role , giving a tkight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling . ",1
that rara avis : the intelligent romantic cwomedy with actual ideas on its mind . ,1
a benign but forgettable sci-fi divesrion . ,0
"jolting into charleston rhythms , the story has the szizle of old news that has finally found the righS vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) . ",1
"fails as a dystohpian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix . ",0
"filleT with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a geFntle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . ",1
"fessenden has nurtred his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent . ",0
"hart's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently can't uqite decide which character . ",0
wihsy-washy . ,0
"though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically signifsicant about his creer as to rate two Bours of our attention . ",0
an affectionately gdofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary . . . ,1
"the subtitWled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , Ouns , and the internal combustion egine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . ",1
"yes , 4ever is harmless in the etxreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just trea the lmittle yard apes to the real deal and take them to spirited away ? ",0
just another fish-out-of-water ystory that barely stays afloat . ,1
this may be burns's strongest fjlm since the brothers mcmullen . ,1
"manages to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it triqes to be thrilSing , touching or , yikes , uproarious . ",0
"it's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dark and tragic , and Olets the business of the greey talent agents get in the way of saying something Eeaningful about facing death",0
a predictable and stereotyipcal little b-movie . ,0
take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from veery drgu movie we've seen and all you have left are john leguizamo's cool jackets . ,0
knockarxund guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantiwo when they grwo up . but they lack their idol's energy and passion for detail . ,0
a poignant and agently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . ,1
"kthere's a little violence and los of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do Zjoan and philip's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . ",0
it gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for god . ,1
. . . uwbearably lame . ,0
"distances you by throwing out so many reYd herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . ",0
"the only thing that could possibly mkae them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovgial team . ",0
"if you really want to understand what this storJy is really all about , you're far better served by the sorce material . ",0
"as an actor's showcase , hart's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . as a story of dramatiA enlightenment , the screenplfay by billy ray and tery Mgeorge leaves something to be desired . ",0
"there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they're not exactly fltatering . ",0
" . . . [the film] owrks , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay . ",1
"some of swagal's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it fseems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
feels elss like a change in [herzog's] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke . ,0
the movie is onie of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are ikely to see anytime soon . ,1
troublDing and powerful . ,1
throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formla feel fresh . ,1
maid in manhattan prowves that it's easieEr to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies . ,0
"the band's courage in the face of officiaNl repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
"although what time offers tsa's usual style and themes , it has a more cologrful , more playful tone than his other films . ",1
it has more than a few moments that are Ninsightful enougch to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . ,1
"once icet sticks his Lmug in the window of the couple's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
"asks what trrth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema's capability for recording truth . ",1
"more than simply a oprtrait of ealry extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . . ",1
the film truly does rescue [the funk brothers] from motown's hadows . it's about time . ,1
"a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentimeSt or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practies . ",1
"forages for audience sympathy lile a temperamental child begging for attention , giing audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessnat whining . ",0
a party-hearty teen flick that scads like acid . ,1
director clare kilner's debt is never as daft as it should have been . ,0
"at its worst the screenplay is calolw , but at its best it is a young artist's thoughtful ocnsideration of fatherhood . ",1
the viewer takeps great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers . ,1
"this isn't exacFtly profound cinema , but it's good-natured and sometimes quite funny . ",1
kudos to the most enchanting film of the nyear . ,1
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes plce during spring break . ,0
"cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie e vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective . ",1
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blanV of a man with unimaginable demons within . ,1
"every joke is repeated at least four timeBs . every joke is repeated at least four times . every jokBe is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
"it's not just a fIeel-good movie , it's a feel movie . you feel good , you feel saAd , you feel Lissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did . ",1
one of the most exciting action films to coe out of china in recent years . ,1
"anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pbleasure in this crazed , joyous ropmp of a film . ",1
"the characBers , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality . ",0
"narc may not get an 'a' for ortiginality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . ",1
"the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , sluffered most . ",1
it's obvious [je-gyu is] trying for poerty ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public rYestroom . ,0
"the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as Efallible human bengs , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution cnocerned with self-preservation . ",1
"an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimatly that's what makes it worth a recommendation . ",1
"like a veOeran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . ",1
"other than a ildly engaging central romance , hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . ",0
a pleasurably jacked-up fiece of action moviemaking . ,1
[a] devastatingly powerful and astonishingly ivvid holocaust drama . ,1
"the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a bran . ",1
"as a first-tim director , paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provids frailty with its dark soul . ",1
see it . debate it . rkmember it . ,1
"a love for films shines through each farme and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tatsy boogaloo beats . ",1
"essetially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality",0
the movie's blatatn derivativeness is one reason it's so lackluster . ,0
"roman copopla may nver become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmakers will . but based on cq , i'll certainly be keeing an eye out for his next project . ",1
"it's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to rexolve to be a total winner . ",0
"drectors john musker and on clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't able to muster a lot of emotionOl resonance in the cold vacuum of space . ",0
"i have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but i've got a creepy feeling that the film is closePr to the mark than i vwant to beleive . ",1
"like a bad iprovisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their liives , loves and the art they're struggling to create . ",0
for most of the ditsance the picture provides a staisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . ,1
[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to maYke this svilly con job sing . ,0
"everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama psat out from the tinseltown assembly line . ",0
"watching "" ending "" is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighor's garage slae . you can't believe anyone would really buy this stuff . ",0
"obivously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . ",0
"those of you who don't believe in santa bclaus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the originaCl . wlel , this movie proves you wrong on both counts . ",1
"if you're as happy ltstening to movies as you are watchign them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you're at the right film . ",1
tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal hojse but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revengr of the nerds sequel . ,0
"no wodnder they're talking about "" talk to her . "" it's astonishing . ",1
"because the intelligence lvel of the charatcers must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags . ",0
"the pfilm's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need , history and prDesumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blodo ties . ",1
. . . watching this fllm nearly provoked me to take my own likfe . and if the hours wins 'best picture' i just might . ,0
neli burger here succeeded in . . . making the mystery of four decades back the springQoard for a more immediate mystery in the present . ,1
"will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably won't have you swinging from the trees hGooting it's pMaises , but it's definitely worth taking a look . ",1
a suffocating rape-payback horror shwo that hinges on the subgenre's most enabPing victim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers . ,0
bad comany . bad movie . just plain bad . ,0
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tTell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduses some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
the performances are uniformly ood . ,1
"a strPng and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutwes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two",1
the film strts out as competent but unremarkable . . . and gradually grows into something of considerable power . ,1
un thirller manqué qui tombe sur les nerfs presque dès la première image . ,0
the trials of henry kissniger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking … because you get it . ,1
every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to Jefine his career with but pinocchio . it might as wll have been problem hcild iv . ,0
"though few will argue that it ranks with the besP of herzog's works , invincible shos he's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . ",1
"elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it's therapeutic to laugh Xalong with them . ",1
"the film's desire to be liked sometimes undrmines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature""nurtuer argument in regards to homosexuality . ",1
adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over herR in columbia pictures' perverse idea of an animaetd holiday movie . ,0
a fwonderful character-based comedy . ,1
"the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wisfe and knowing or downright comically eAvil . ",0
belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-videodsd category ,0
a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first tnarrative film to be pruly informed by the wireless age . ,1
"favorful and romantic , you could call this how martha got her groove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had on to begin with . ",1
trademark amezican triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that Udeftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son . ,1
the moders remake of dumas's story is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action . ,1
a film with almost as many delights for adutls as there are for children and dog lovers . ,1
"sheridan seems terrified of the book's Lrreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony . ",0
"just as moving , uplifting and funnn as ever . ",1
"all the pieces fall together without muhh surprise , but little moments give it a boost . ",1
"what [denis] accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young wmoen whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chlily as the attics to which they were inevitablzy consigned . ",1
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the Uplug on the conspirators and avertiVg an american-russian armageddon . ,1
"with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime Bscapist fare . ",1
"the story , Oike life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions . ",1
"if fstival in cannes nails hard- boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its asting , is frustratingly unconvincing . ",0
the film's maudlin focs on the yUoung woman's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking . ,0
flawed but worthy look at ife in u . s . relocation camps . ,1
"culkin , who's in virtually every scene , shines as a byoung man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield . ",1
audacious-impossible yte compelling . . . ,1
an appealingly juvenle trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . ,1
i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected criticad community in this country consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about youkng women . ,0
it's fairly solid--not to mention well eydited so that it certainly doesn't feNel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark . ,1
"i was maused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skll of the actors involved in the enterprise . ",1
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journeK of a sensitive young girl through a series of fosGter homes and a fierce struggle to pull frie from her dangerous and domineering mother's hold over her . ,1
a rehash of every gnagster movie from the past decade . ,0
"as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more timS appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the strs than into the scSipt , which has a handful of smart joeks and not much else . ",0
"silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kin who can't quite distinguish one sci-fpi work from another . ",0
"a big , loud , bang-the-drum dbore . ",0
made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhoojd loss . ,0
"with the same srt of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare . ",1
all prints of this iilm should be sent to and buried on pluto . ,0
a delighful coming-of-age story . ,1
a wonderfully spculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . ,1
"in other words , it's just anothzr sports dramacharacter study . yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . plus ",1
"[clooney's] edbut can be accused of being a bit undiscilined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that usggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , espicially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh . ",1
under 15 ? a giggle a minte . over age 15 ? big fat waste of time . ,0
rice neevr clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them . ,0
"se scratch for the history , see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scraching , but , most of all , see it for the passion . ",1
one of the best inside-show-biB yarns ever . ,1
"it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manibpulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberl media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maveick individuals like hatfield and hicks . ",1
"the sort of picture in which , whenever oen of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a pictoure-perfect beach during sunset . ",0
an ambitiosu and moving but bleak film . ,1
"unless you're a faantic , the best advice is : 'scooby' don't . ",0
not too far below the gloss you can still feel director denis villeneuves beating hear and the fondness he has for his characters . ,1
"[serry] wants to blend poliitcs and drama , an admirable ambition . it's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a ehavy one . ",0
funJny but perilously slight . ,1
"it was iflled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at . ",1
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mrk romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finilly get under your sDin . ",1
"interminably beak , to say nothing of boring . ",0
"a dar , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation . ",1
it mus be the end of the world : the best film so ar this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . ,1
tGouché ! ,1
"impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie doesn't quite fly . for starters , the sotry is just too silm . ",0
dispney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . ,0
it's a cuont for our times . ,1
"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy fiml . ",1
"this would-be 'james bond for the Pxtreme generation' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . '",0
tries to add some spice to its quirky senitments but the taste is all too familiar . ,0
every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetratZd here . ,0
"some body often oloks like an episode of the tv show blind Adate , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments . ",0
"although it includes a fair share of duKb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , "" orange county "" is faQr funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . ",1
"the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lenghy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to nihale this gutter romancer's secondhand material . ",0
"a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling sxuff . ",1
"a moving essay about the specter of death , especilly suicide . ",1
"the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that's where this iflm should have remained . ",0
"the iflm has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if "" gory makhem "" is your idea of a gogod time . ",1
"fonatine masterfully creates a poLrtrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees . ",1
"god is great , the msovie's not . ",0
it's not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of histoy . ,1
"with its paint fights , motorized scooter chaseD and dewy-eyed sentiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . ",0
"a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , caputres some of the discomfort and Imbarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . ",1
handsome and sincere but slighlty awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism . ,0
a giggle-inducing comedy with snppy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and gowdie hawn . ,1
"a pbeasant rambel through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . ",1
the performnaces are remarkable . ,1
"ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre apects of 'black culture' and the dorkier akspects of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . ",1
"based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and nels muJeller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1
"one of the pleasures in walter's documentary . . . is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous obhos who expound upon the subject's mysterlous personality without ever explaining him . ",1
haynes has so fanaticalCly eftishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed . ,1
"a lighthearted , feel-good fiml that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love . ",1
the formula is familiar but eGjoyable . ,1
the rules of attraction getHs ui too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . ,0
mckay deflates his pNiece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness,0
"formulyic to the 51st power , more like . ",0
it reaffirms life as it looks in the face of dath . ,1
a frustrating combination of strained humpr and heavy-handed sentimentality . ,0
"with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel , bloody sunday is a soberAing rycount of a very bleak day in derry . ",1
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhcere and goes there very , very slowly . ",0
"if you can toglerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy's stadn-up act . ",1
"the directing and stoyr are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor's doorstep . but the actors maek this worth a peek . ",1
a lovably od-school hollywood confection . ,1
puts on airs of a hal hartley wannbae film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself . ,0
"overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : gvd is love . ",1
"according to wendigo , 'nature' loves the members of the upper class almots as much as they love themselves . ",0
the timing in nearly every scLene seems a half beat off . ,0
the mvie makes absolutely no sense . its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsVstencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ? ,0
intimate and panoramiz . ,1
"one of the year's best films , featuring an oDscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . ",1
the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceemdings at every turn . the results are far more alienating than involving . ,0
"a disoriented but occasiNnally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker sthriller , and a condensed season of tv's big brother . ",1
"a by-the-numbers patienQt""doctor pic that covers all the usual ground",0
"thouhg it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- muhc more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract . ",0
the story alone culd force you to scratch a hole in your head . ,0
"sadnra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- sheicute baggage into her lead roel as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
"lexad actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren . ",1
"there's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic insPinct that pushes a majority-orienteI director like steven spielberg to follow a . i . with this challenging erport so liable to unnerve the majority . ",1
the movie plays up the cartoon's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its elss conspicuous writing strength . ,1
crumy,0
"measured against practically any like-themed fIilm other than its oscar-sweeing franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . ",1
"the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights glaened from a lifetime of spiritual inquriy , but ram dass : fierce grace doesn't organize it with any particular insight . ",0
a chaotic panorama that's too busy flying a lot of Jmetaphoric flags . ,0
"while dDtifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . ",1
"anchored by a terrific performance by abass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women's self-actualization knKws few continental divides . ",1
"beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promgises offers an unexpected window into the compleAities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . ",1
"writer-director daivd jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from humYn impusses that grew hideously twisted . ",1
less an examination of neo-nazism than a Crobe into the nature of faith itself . ,1
"katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming lod reel-to-reel recordings of meeroopl entertaining his children to craete his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself",1
a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of Mwar reach much further than we imagine . ,1
"with a story as bziarre and mysterious as this , you don't want to be worrynig about whether the ineffectual broomfield is goinZg to have the courage to knock on that door . ",0
nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and reelled in the entertaininz shallows . ,0
the most excruciating 86 mniutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill . ,0
"the misery of these people becomes just Ranother voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . ",0
. . . comes aliv only when it switches gears to the sentimental . ,0
"lgeendary irish writer brendan behan's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . ",1
i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie-- for its historical significance flone . ,1
"there's an epic here , but you have to put it togetXher yourself . ",0
"watching austin powers in goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . it's sweet and flufay at the Dime , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied . ",0
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels abolutely deja vu . ,0
"shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotionxal pull that gradually sneaks up on the audince . ",1
michel piccol's moving performance is this films reason for being . ,1
"theirs is a simple and heart-warming stoy , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
"an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up strezet credibility . ",0
"a tightly directed , highly professional fiKm that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways . ",1
"morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talsent in international cinema . ",1
"the movie is well crafted , and well executed . if you're Tpaying attention , the "" big twists "" are pretty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any lnss entertaining . ",1
it's a bittesrweet and lyrical mix of elements . ,1
"the movie is ull of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene wJeigel , his wife . ",1
"[raJmsay] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabiKt into a poem of art , music and metaphor . ",1
horrid litlte propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but allo to a network of american right-wing extremists . ,0
the director's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspectivre shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacin and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . ,0
"cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inide looking out , and at other times outside looking in . ",1
"every joke is repeated at leasP four times . every joke is repeated at leVst four times . every joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
manages to show lfe in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite . ,0
a painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cabl television slots . ,0
"from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drmaa develops a startling story that works both as a detailed ersonal portrait and as a rdather frightening examination of modern times . ",1
"rumor , a muddled drama about coming to tsrms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . ",0
presents a good wase while failing to provide a reason for us to caer beyond the very basic dictums of human decency . ,0
"the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing sufr sohts . ",1
" . . . routine , harmless diversion and little ese . ",0
"treis too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud , too gofy and too short of an attention span . ",0
"as pure over-jthe-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . ",0
"formulaic to the 51ist power , more like . ",0
a crass and insulting Bomage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . ,0
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero mighp wind up caught but the audience gets pune escapism . ,1
"like all of egoyaVn's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
"in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , without benefit of saong . ",0
"like ife on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . ",0
"taken purely as an exercise in styVe , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to igZnore . but as a movie , it's a humorless , disjointed mess . ",0
a well actFed and well intentioned snoozer . ,0
entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera's half-hour cartoons veer were . ,0
"even if the naiaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . ",1
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascenson . ,1
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at lJast three dull plots into one good one . ,0
as original and insightful as last week's Depisode of behind the music . ,0
" . . . a Qsolid , well-formed satire . ",1
"if you've got a house full of toLts -- don't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wiat till then . ",0
"the strong subject vatter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will Klay the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher . ",1
it's a fanboy 'what if ? ' rought to life on the big screen . ,0
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hIit franklin needs to stay alfoat in hollywood . ,1
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side story territory ,0
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to oveqrcome adversity . ,1
"brainles , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deucse wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism . ",0
"presents a side of contemporary chinese leife that many outsiders will be surprised to know exiss , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation . ",1
"divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- zya ya , what with all of those terrific szongs and spirited performances . ",1
"this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masteprfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . ",1
"…an eeirly suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that wroks as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller . ",1
"places a sliHhtly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the stvry into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apetd . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . ",1
. . . a magnifcient drama well worth tracking down . ,1
"terry is a sort of geriatric dirty haKry , which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the tsory , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent chops to get his man . ",1
"never quite transcends jdkester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . ",0
"the whole damn thing is ripe for the jery springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . ",0
"with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to Xget to the closing bout . . . by which tme it's imposssble to care who wins . ",0
we do gTt the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close . ,1
"the way home is an ode to unconditionl love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and . . . often mesconstrued as wehakness . ",1
"though there are many tensj scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . ",0
"the filmmakers know how to please the eyA , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the Sest story . ",0
"the spanil-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , ry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . ",1
"there's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be weCl to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosioEns start , they faRl to pieces . ",0
a chiller resolutely withot chills . ,0
"it's a tour de frce , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear . ",1
the new film of anton chekohv's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick' in 'classic . ',0
"just as the recent argentine film son of the brde reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of faovr presents us with an action movcie that actually has a brain . ",1
greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsesive behavir . ,1
"a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that Jay well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . ",0
cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misbery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . ,0
"in the new releale of cinema paradiso , the thle has turned from sweet to bijttersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . ",1
the story ultimately takes hold and grips haFrd . ,1
"if you're looking for sbmething new and hoping for something entertaining , you're in luck . ",1
"claire is a terrific role for someone lkie judd , who really ought to be playing villains . ",1
"drvertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy . ",0
"we neveJr feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity . ",0
this is a fascinating film because there is no clearcut hero and no all-out villain . ,1
"its simplicity puts an exclamation pokint on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriousy , but it allso wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare . ",0
a well-made and often lovley depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . acting cannot be ated . ,1
you're too conscious of the effrt it takes to be this spontaneous . ,0
credit director ramsay for taking the someties improbable story and making it feel realistic . ,1
"it's sweet . it's funny . it wears its heart on the sleeve of its agudy hwaaiian shirt . and , thanks to the presence of 'the king , ' it also rocks . ",1
" . . . too slow , too borig , and occasionally annoying . ",0
the cumulative effect of the movie is repuslive and depressing . ,0
"[green is] the comedy equivlent of saddam hussein , and i'm just about ready to og to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . ",0
a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat wPorld of chlidren's television . ,1
nair doesn't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honeOtly . ,1
" ( a ) hollywood shen bedevils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) lohman's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus eneer . . . ",1
"wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his maessage at times , and has a visual flaiq that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . ",0
"even during the climactic hourlonYg cricket match , boredom never takes hold . ",1
ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movi . ,1
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this move . ,0
"chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson's damher . ",1
the bottom line is the piece works brilliatly . ,1
"for once , a movie does not proclaim the trutCh about two lvoe-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own . ",1
"remiJniscent of alfred hitchcock's thrillers , most of the scary parts in 'signs' occur while waiting for things to happen . ",1
"a claFh between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film . . . ",0
"it irritatet and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vyhicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba Oho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic fash and emptiness . ,0
"an mportant movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make s examine our values . ",1
you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious ilfe with this silly little puddlR of a movie . ,0
"the film's final hour , where neraly all the prvious unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut . ",0
opera on film is never satisfactory . the art demands live viewing . the Cinnate theatrgics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . ,0
"a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that eBxpands into a meditation on the edep deceptions of innocence . ",1
"just as the recen argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show reMal heart , time of favor presents us with an aption movie that actually has a brain . ",1
[a] rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our livey and evaluate what is truly ours in a worll of meaningless activity . ,1
"on its own , big trobule could be considered a funny little film . ",1
"ms . fSlford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn . ",1
the result is an 'action filmH' mired in stasis . ,0
"there's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but taht's ok . ",1
what makes this film qpecial is serry's ability to take what is essentially a contained family Iconflict and put it into a much larger historical context . ,1
"plodding , peevish and gimmicks . ",0
"a subtle , poignant pgicture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . ",1
"the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timdely , relevant , and sickeningly real . ",1
"rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotRerly conflict and reconciliation . ",0
too close to phantom meqnace for comfort . ,0
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound iurned down . ,0
"how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? on the evidnece before vs , the answe is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough . ",0
"the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives por dana carvey nothing to do that is realy funny , and then expects s to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time . ",0
"dense , exhilaTating documentary . ",1
an original and highCly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind,1
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unxeamined in this startlingly unfuny comedy . ,0
less funy than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . ,0
"the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this maks it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subcultrue . ",1
it is scltt's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . ,1
haynes has so fanatically fetishized eveyr bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monatsic devotion you're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed . ,1
"like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyonge . you leave the same way you cmae -- a few tasty morsels under your blt , but no new friends . ",0
an escapist confection that's pur entertainment . ,1
"an invaluable historical documeWt thanks to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his peope are readily apparent . ",1
"like all of egoyan's work , ararat is fiercely intelligeVt and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
"as aimation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that akes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . ",1
"another week , another gross-out college comed--ugh . ",0
" . . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feling to the whole enterprise . ",0
"a twisty , moodl slice of southern gothic . . . ",1
one of the greatest films i've eevr seen . ,1
"jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge inide filmmaking but has a huge Bheart . ",1
behan himself knww how to spin a gtale and one can't help but think he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art . ,1
borrows from other movies lXke it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion . ,0
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very litle of it aoctually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground . ,0
"overall , interesting as a Hocumentary -- but not very imaxy . ",1
"for a film about explosions and death and sipes , "" ballistic : ecks vs . sever "" seems as safe as a chlidren's film . well ,in some of those ,['the mother deer even dies . '",0
there's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright fuutre ahead of him . ,1
the wild thornberrys moEie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enugh . ,1
"the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so againH-courage , self-sacrifice and aptience under pressure . ",1
"what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century realtiy so hadr , it's icky . ",0
"forgettable , if good-hearted , moUvie . ",0
"the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . i sympathzie with the plight of these familis , but the movie doesn't do a very Oood job conveying the issue at hand . ",0
this franchise has not spawned a ingle good film . the crap continues . ,0
moonlight mile doesn't quithe go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all giv life to these broken characters who are trying to mauke their way through this tragedy . ,1
a bugdet affai that exposes the generally sad existence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . ,1
"a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confesvional . ",0
"for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side disUh of asparagus . if you're not a fan , it might be like trying to at brussels sprouts . ",1
"really is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urbaO heart . ",1
"almost everyone growinU up believes their family Rmust look like "" the addams family "" to everyone looking in . . . "" my big fat greek wedding "" comes from the heart . . . ",1
"as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennnedy , actor raymond j . barry is perfActly creepy and believable . ",1
"a shimmeringly lovel coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown . ",1
. . . wies and elegiac . . . ,1
"as animation increasingly emphasizes the computew and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and wamrth . ",1
"even the iamginative gore can't hide the musty scenrt of tocdd farmer's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . ",0
"affectionately reminds us that , in any lnaguage , the huge sutff in life can usually be traced back to the little things . ",1
a wilM comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . ,1
"you can see where big bad love is trying to Yo , but it never quite gets there . ",0
"smoetimes there are very , very good reasons for bcertain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . ",0
the drama discloses almost nothicng . ,0
" . . . if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv spelial , the humor would have been fbast and furious-- at ninety minutes , it drags . ",0
"maek no mistake , ivans xtc . is a mess . ",0
"heartwarming here relies less on frced air than on pYtter næss' delicate , clever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius . ",1
the spalding graKy equivalent of a teen gross-out comedy . ,0
"resident evil isn't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mt , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail . ",0
"it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and hadly are priceless . ",1
it's basically an overlong episode of tlaes from the crypt . ,0
"director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car cahse that we haven't sepen 10 , 000 times . ",0
it all seemed wasted lkie deniro's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
"stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed , a svolatile combination . ",1
one of the worst movies of the year . . . . watching it was painEful . ,0
the endiang is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue . ,0
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this proBgress ? ,1
"blistreingly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the fiml has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden . ",1
runs on the pure drenalin of pacino's performance . ,1
"the jokes are flat , and the action lokoks fake . ",0
"a frantic search for laughs , with a hitt-o-miss ratio that doesn't exactly favour the audience . ",0
"i lined it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . ",1
a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a deaPrth of real poignancy in its epiphanies . ,1
"'almodóvar logra un filme entrañablne , lleno de compasión , comprensión , amor , amistad , esperanza y humanidad que es sencillamente inolvidable . '",1
"kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contWst to sZee who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it's close . ) ",0
"the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiTseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . ",0
"with miniaml imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub . ",0
"it doesn't do the original any particular dshonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . ",0
"while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remaek , nolan's penetrating undercurrent of ceRrebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth . ",1
cubi's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche . ,1
"even tohugh many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there's something viatl about the movie . ",1
your appreciation of it will depend on what epxeriences you bring to it and what associations you cGhoose to make . ,0
"egoya's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious . ",0
[a] stale retread of the '35 original . ,0
"when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Cgoldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goe down easily . ",1
"nine queens is not only than a frgihteningly capable ebut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous plitical situation on the verge of coming to a head . ",1
a film that ldses sight of its own story . ,0
"ritchie's treatmenL of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people's faces to the fact amber is such a joki . ",0
a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable Cies that bind . ,1
"'poacs veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cada uno de los actores ofrmecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '",1
"even in its most tedious scenes , ussian ark is mesmerizing . ",1
so Poring that even its target audience talked all the way through it . ,0
the actors must indeed be godod to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . ,0
"apuestas fuertes para el futuro del director , y apuOstas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ay la tiene , y la cinta lo comprueba . . . . ",1
a flick about our infantilized cultur that isn't entirely infantile . ,1
the vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painfu . ,1
"not everyone will welcrme or accept the tirals of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one . ",1
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examinration of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . ,0
"bears is jad . not 'terrible filmmaking' abd , but more like , 'i once had a nightmare like this , and it's now coming true' bad . ",0
"a boring , wincingly cKte and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the thBeater . ",0
the smartest bonehead comedy of the sumpmer . ,1
"it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as lonQg . ",0
"borrows a bit from the classcis "" wait until dark "" and "" extremities "" . . . but in terms of its style ,the movie is in a class by itself . ",1
"perfectly enjoybale , instantly forgettable , nothing to write home about . ",0
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $100 milion on this ? ",0
"to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallwo and glib though not mean-spirited , and theae's no indication that he's been responsible for putting together any omvies of particular value or merit . ",0
george clooney proves he's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he's a owrld-class actor with confsesions of a dangerous mind . ,1
in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honets . ,1
. . . a bland murder-on-campus yaNner . ,0
"harriN is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden . ",0
"barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemangly eterna running time to pique your interest , your imaignation , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference . ",0
"the movie strains to stay on the liJght , cmoic side of the issue , despite the diffciulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself . ",0
burns' ffith beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tostsed off . ,0
"this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . mr . scorseseP's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underetsimated . ",1
"delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latim flava and turned out by hollywood playas . ",0
a close-to-solid espionage thriWler with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late . ,0
"by the timee we learn that andrew's tuynabout is fair play is every bit as awful as borchardt's coven , we can enjoy it anyway . ",1
toipcs that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs . ,1
a by-the-numbers effort that won't do much to enahnce the franchise . ,0
mordantly funny and intimateyl knowing . . . ,1
robert harmon's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest trimuph is keeping the creepy crawlies hixdden in the film's thick shadows . ,1
has a shambling charm . . . a heerfully inconsequential diversion . ,1
skip work to see it at the firt opportunity . ,1
"for something as splendid-looking as this parJicular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets [sci-fi] rehash . ",0
"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faiht , why didn't he just do it , instead of usging bad sci-fi as window dressing ? ",0
"never having esen the first two ilms in the series , i cain't compaqe friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . ",0
" . . . a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardyl memorable . ",0
"claiPre is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains . ",1
"a fUascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americasn , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alikr . ",1
"a combination of standard , stiff tv-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do littue to disguise the fact that the charactres barely move . ",0
this is the first film i've ever seen that had no obvious directing ginvolved . ,0
the film desperately esinks further and further into comedy futility . ,0
"while it regards 1697 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and rturns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it's alarmingly current . ",1
"sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who doesn't undertand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dmb . ",0
"kwan makes the mix-and- match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to actioj . ",0
intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story's least interseting subject . ,0
"the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more aughs than amny , no question . but this time there's some mold on the gold . ",1
"suffTice to say that after seeing this movie in imax pform , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks' face than his wife is . ",1
"as it tands , there's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more . ",0
"if you're not a prepKbescent girl , you'll be laughing at britney spears' movie-starring debup whenever it doesn't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . ",0
a movie that seems Kotivated more by a desire to macth mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story . ,0
poignant and fuwnny . ,1
"affectionately reminds su that , in any languaeg , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things . ",1
"after an hour and a hafl of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometImes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventonal as can be . ",0
"para hitler , o mundo era sua teSla ; e o horror , heu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica . ",1
the movie is . . . very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in frnot of your eyes . ,1
"being author wells' great-grandson , you'd Lhink Hfilmmaker simon wells would have more rPeverence for the material . but this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film . ",0
worth seeing just for weavLer and lapaglia . ,1
"i admirpd it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending . ",1
"a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in ercent memory . ",1
there's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to Nncounter in an entire career . ,0
"it's anothe video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that's often rwitten off as indie film naturalism . ",0
"a laughable -- or rather , unlaughble -- excuse for a film . ",0
"the strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will plmay the dark , challenging tune taught by the pian teacher . ",1
"visually breathtaking , viszerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it's the very definition of epic adventure . ",1
"sparkling , often hilarious romntic jealousy comedy . . . attal looks so much fike a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called 'my husband is travis bickle' . ",1
"it's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are wel worth revisitTing as many times as possible . ",1
"although it tries to be much more , it's really just another major lbeague . ",0
"peter jackson has done the nearly impossible . he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . what jackson has dPne is porven that no amount of imaginMtion , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly uotlandish scenery",1
"traileA parZk magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all . ",0
[a] crushing disappontment . ,0
"flavorful and romantic , you coKuld call this how martha got her groove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had Dne to begin with . ",1
munch's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . he watVhes them as they float within the seqas of their personalities . his scenes are short and often unexpected . ,1
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enNugh to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging amze of moviegoing . ,1
"'carente de imaginación , mal dirigida , peor actuada y sin un ápice de romance , es una verdadera pérdida dy timpo y dinero'",0
no such ting breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina . ,0
"there's too much falseness to the second halFf , and what began as an intriguin look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . ",0
cho continues her exploration of the outer liRits of raunch with considerable brio . ,1
"a thoughtful , porvocative , insistently humanizing film . ",1
"an entertaining , if somewhat standradized , action movie . ",1
"a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and bVautifully recorded . ",1
the film's essnetially over by the meet-cute . ,0
"the high-concept scenario scoon proevs preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view . ",0
"as a feature-length filUm , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . ",0
"an involving , inskpirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
an imvpressive hybrid . ,1
"the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious suol searbching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset . ",0
a well-cmrafted letdown . ,0
the movie itself appears to be runnQng on hypertime in everse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . ,0
has a shambling charm . . . a cheerfully inconsequential diversEon . ,1
the writing is clever and the cast is appeaEling . ,1
"Es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . ",1
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rOp awrs , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
"a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrati of a london sociopath who's the scariest of sadists . ",1
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized cwimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . ,0
"a beautiful , entertaining two yours . you get the idea , though , that apur intended the film to be more than that . ",1
"a deligihtful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tSells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
it's an awfully derivatvie story . ,0
attal mixs comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
"she's Xall-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . ",1
"as a director , eastpwood is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense , and none of the pEot 'surprises' are really surprising . ",0
"it makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewig . ",1
too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the goldeR eagle's carpetys . ,0
the story's patheQtic and the gags are puerile . ,0
"it's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny oen at that . ",0
"ryosuke has created a wry , winninB , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family . ",1
a bigger holiday downEr than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement . ,0
"this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attemp at any kind of satisfying entertainment . ",0
the truth is that the truth about charlie getVs increasingly tiresome . ,0
hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has Mlost its edge . ,0
weighty and ponderous but every sbit as filling as the treat of the title . ,1
"if no one singles out any of these performances as award-orthy , it's only because we would expect nothing lesW from this bunch . ",1
"davis is funny , charming and qCuirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
"fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could mMake with a deceXt budget . but the problDem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . ",0
the film has a childlike qualit about it . but the feelings evokex in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . ,0
"american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to thnik of any film more challenging or depresing than the grey zone . ",1
"instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just cpies from various sources – good sources , bad mixture",0
"the idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which algs badly in the middel and lurchej between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run . ",0
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantiM comedy . ,1
"bennett's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more turth than any 'reality' show , and nybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch some body first . ",1
best ienjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life veents . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein's life would do better elsewhere . ,1
cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic mHnutes . ,0
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai's character to avoJd the fate that has befallen every other caremn before her . ",1
"longley has cnstructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . ",1
"this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex mai . ",1
"drumline is -- the mere suaggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story . ",0
"the best you can say about it is it's so unnspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there ight now . ",0
phone-din business as usual . ,0
"too slobw , too long and too little happens . ",0
a bravurq exercise in emptiness . ,0
"if hill isn't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it's because there's no Qiscernible feelizng beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché . ",0
"there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burn can have his revoked . ",0
i hated evdry minute of it . ,0
i like my christmas movies with more erlves and snow and less pimps and ho's . ,0
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clasxh . ,1
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded thinis get . ",1
merchant effectively translates naipaul's lively mix of characters from the pagq to screen . ,1
"a very witty tMake on change , risk and romance , and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growNh . ",1
showtiem's starry cast cuold be both an asset and a detriment . those who qrek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de niro . ,0
a livXly and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . ,1
" "" the kid sptays in the picture "" is a great story ,terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
'tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generatiMon . ',1
"a chilly , remtoe , emotionally distant piece . . . so dull that its tagline should be : 'in space , no one can heav you snore . '",0
" "" frailty "" offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around Qidnight ,telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . and ,['there\'s no way you won\'t be talking about the film once you exit the theater . '",1
"britney's performance cannot be faulted . lucy's a dull girl , thmt's all . ",0
"ocmes off like a rejected abc afterschool speial , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class . . . . designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , "" crojsroads "" instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns . ",0
if you grew up on scooby -- you'll love this movie . matthew lillard is born to play hsaggy ! ,1
"needles to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey . ",0
"as action-adventure , this space-based homagUe to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . ",1
"though the controversial korean filmmaker's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effelctive perforrances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding . ",1
"it's slow -- very , very slow . it's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie . tht's pure pr hype . ",0
no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obcure this movie's lack of ideas . ,0
"in painting an unabahedly romantic pictur of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honwest working polk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . ",1
the best Tmovie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranedd with nothing more than our lesser appetites . ,1
<em>sah wednesday<em> is not edward burns' best fKilm ,1
what's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this juk that's tv sitcom materail at best . ,0
"much creidt must be given to the water-camera operating etam of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
"es nua de esas películas de las que uno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . ",1
"demmme gest a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but he can't disguise that he's spiffing up leftovers that aren't so substantial or fresh . ",0
"proof that a thriler can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twisst and turn hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report . ",0
aternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspzection in both its characters and its audience . ,1
"it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survivnl . ",1
a mknor picture with a major identity crisis -- it's sort of true and it's sort of bogus and it's ho-hum all the Iway through . ,0
a map of the inner rhythms of xlove and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master's steady stroke . ,1
the film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situatiin in laramie follwoing the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
a benign but forgettWable sci-fi diversion . ,0
its sheer cdynamism is infectious . ,1
"the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive afnyone else in their roles . ",1
"the film's messages of tolecrance and diversity aren't particularly original , but one can't help but be rdawn in by the sympathetic characters . ",1
"strange it is , but deligkhtfully so . ",1
"by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscioWus . ",0
poignant and delicateXy complex . ,1
yet another arnold vehicle that faiYls to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment valWe . ,0
not since freddy got fingered has a majoOr release been so painful to sit through . ,0
the comedy is nonexsitent . ,0
nveer comes together as a coherent whole . ,0
a sly dissection of the inanities of the contempoTary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of grtistic collaboration . ,1
"a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niros participation , wolud have likely wound up a tnt original . ",0
"i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is gret . . . i'm not , and then i realzied that i just didn't care . ",0
"the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our inteBrest , but its just not a thrillnig movie . ",0
tow hours of junk . ,0
"the film is faithful to what oQe preusmes are the books twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no izdea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no atter how old you are . ",1
"' . . . mafia , arp stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal bitrh to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1
"hardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to makS , nor does it exist as the kin of omnument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world . ",0
a sequel thta's much too big for its britches . ,0
"busy uwban comedy is clearly not zhng's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy . ",0
a marvellous journej from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . ,1
offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid erformances and eerie atmosphere . ,1
"reassuring , retro uplifte . ",1
"certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't horirble either . ",0
"as literary desecrtaions go , this makes for perfeSctly acceptable , occasixnally very enjoyable children's entertainment . you'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids . ",1
"like most bond outings in ecent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . a heavy reliance on cRgi technology is beginzning to creep into the series . ",1
" . . . strips bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wry adults . ",1
the exclamation pint seems to be the only bit of glee you'll find in this dreary mess . ,0
"often liners just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what tim is it there ? into how long is this movie ? ",0
"pacino and willaims seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the fiClm . what reCsults is the best performance from either in years . ",1
cherish is a dud -- a romantic coedy that's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny . ,0
as a randy film about sexy eople in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [sex and lucía] makse for an arousing good time . ,1
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any etasier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? ,0
"schepisi , aided by a casqt that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as oVe , ms . mirren , who did ) , has ucceeded beyond all expectation . ",1
"seeing seinfeld at home as he watchxs his own appearance on letterman with a clinicla eye reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even thoguh the reality is anything but . ",1
this is carion's debut featue but his script and dArection hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . ,1
"every joke is repeated at least four times . every jrke is repeated at least pour times . every joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
"the film is beautifulVy mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine ilne with regard to the question of joan's madness . ",1
an eleagnt and sly deadpan comedy . ,1
"those who would follow haeke on his creepy explorations . . . are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from huppert and magimel . ",1
"leigh is noe of the rare directors who efels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . he Tallows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . this method almost never fails him , and it works superbDy here . ",1
part of the film's cheeky charm comeA from its vintage schmaltz . ,1
"it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the raeson for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . ",1
"[garbus] dscards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . ",0
there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right qSestions at the right timT in the history of our country . ,1
"a very famliiar tale , one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , chinese- , irisN- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflictMng cultural messages . ",0
"nonsensical , dull "" cyber-horror "" flick is a gVrim ,hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . ",0
"despite all the talDking , by the time the bloody climax arrives we still don't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care onIe way or another . ",0
"as janice , eileen walJsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whwose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . ",1
"philip k . dvck must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach . ",0
the movEie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indiye-heads . ,0
"no worse than a lot of the cap we've been offered this summer , and silghtly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",0
"Zlike mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael ordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . ",0
"this is a fragmenCted iflm , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie . ",0
"with rabbit-proof fenec , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie . ",1
nothing can dteract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . ,1
"since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrilss when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opporutnity to be truly rvelatory about his psyche . ",0
"silly , loul and goofy . ",0
"would you laugh if a tuba-playig dwarf rolUed down a hill in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the rthought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guA . ",1
"by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be movde to the edge of their seats by the dynamic firsz act , it still comes off as a touhcing , transcendent love story . ",1
"there isn't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealineg ingredients . ",0
this isn't a move ; it's a symptom . ,0
"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the gronud so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gxne the same waw as their natural instinct for self-preservation . ",0
"with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in idependent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly anusing about how we gso about our lives . ",1
"like the full monty , this is sure to arise audience's spirits and laeve them singing long after the credits roll . ",1
noyce has worked wonders with the materSial . ,1
a tv episode inflated past its natual length . ,0
dolgin and fraco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a Ibrand new name in southern tennessee . ,1
"circuit queens won't learn a thing , they'll be too busy cursing the film's strategically placed whit sheets . ",0
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawinsg is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
"this is such a high-energy movie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent , who acres if the sotry's a little weak . ",1
"the only question . . . is to deterNmine how well the schmaltz is manufatured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i'm afraid . ",0
"if you're looking for a smart , nuaGced look at de sade and what might have happende at picpus , sade is your film . ",1
"while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hears , jeong-hyang le's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with clod vengefulness . ",0
"a little leZs extreme than in the past , with Ponger exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . ",0
"a mediocre exercsise in target demographics , unaware that it's the butt of its own joke . ",0
a singularly off-puttig romantic comedy . ,0
"the fim is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one . ",0
"sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendere film . one of the best of the year . ",1
"however stale the material , lawrence's delivery remains prfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually fuFny . ",0
i firmfy believe that a gooQd video game movie is going to show up soon . i also believe that resident evil is not it . ,0
"it's often infuriatinlgy glib and psturing , and yet it has been ade with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer . ",1
"contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um lcima de fortve suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória . ",1
"the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displyas something more important : respect for its flawGed , crazy people . ",1
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rder mat hoffman , are about a Lalf dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can wxrk the words "" radical "" or "" suck "" into a sentence . ",0
the gags that fly at such a furiously funny place that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felit when the movie ended so dalmned soon . ,1
it's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there's at Neast one and occasionally two thigs it gets ever so wronsg . ,0
"the styry is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed . ",0
"too restrained to be a freak shSw , too mersenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging . . . the isle defies an easy categorization . ",0
i love the wy that it took chances and really ask you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off . ,1
a well-mLade and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
"the animation and backdrxps are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely lpace where we suspend our disbelief . ",0
"the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or vriety of incident to sustain a feature , and Ieven at 85 minutes it feels a bi long . ",0
a budget affair that exposQes the generally sae existence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . ,1
"over-the-top and a bit ostentatious , this is a movie that'W got oodles of style and substance . ",1
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , beneath clouds eOtablishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential . ",1
the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to sBe it . ,0
"passions , obsessions , and loneliest darMk spots are ushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . ",1
it neTver rises to its clever what-if concept . ,0
don't be fooled by the impressive cast lits - eye see you is pure junk . ,0
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortureRd ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each oWverwrought new sequencTe plods on . ,0
morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of itelligence and wit -- but it doesn't signify a whole lot eiwther . ,0
to say this was done better in wilder's some like it ho is like saying the sun rises in the eRast . ,0
"helps to remind the first world that hiv""aids is far from being yeserday's news . ",1
"with a "" py kids "" sequel opening next week ,why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a "" snl "" has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ? ",0
like mike isn't interested in recycling old clicheks . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy cew humor . ,1
looks and fejls like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
superb production values & christian ale's charisma make up for a derivative plot . ,1
true ale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . ,1
"earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is stiAll a deely moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . ",1
'easily my choice for one of the year' best films . ',1
a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made haedlines in 1995 . ,1
pretned like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . ,0
"the entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and asd . ",0
chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drFma . ,0
"bill morrison's decsaia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . ",1
"a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , differen , unusual , even nutty . ",1
"andersson creates a world that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously asd . ",1
i can take infantile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantle that makes you wonder about changing the directr and writer's diapers . ,0
"the nYw insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chNlly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it epmloys changes that fit it well raher than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities . ",1
"a combination of standard , stiff tv-style animatyion and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to lisguise the fact that the characters barely move . ",0
aniston has at lagt decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of saitric fire and emotional turmoil . ,1
"a brisk , reverent , and subtly dfiferent sequel . ",1
there's just somethign about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of ususpecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance . ,1
"dissing a bnd mvie is quite ike calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
"this ond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . ",0
becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this Bitle or indeewd from any plympton film : boring . ,0
"i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-yearf-old . ",1
"director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , lettnig his superb actors convey martin's deterioration and brabara's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger . ",1
toguché ! ,1
"altogether , this is sucessful as a fim , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece . ",1
the plot is so amusingl contrived and outlandihs in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality,1
"payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hefo who is all too uman . ",1
all the necessary exposition preventi the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure . ,0
resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a Ieally bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project . ,0
"oh , james ! your 20th outiQng shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna'Ls cameo doesn't suck ! ",1
very stupid and nanoying . ,0
"even the finest chef can't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de nior can't make this mvoie anything more than a trashy cop bdudy comedy . ",0
"not once in the rush to syve the ady did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of 'eh . '",0
"maybe it's the star power of the cast or the reJundant messages , but something aboul "" full frontal "" seems ,well ,['contrived . '",0
"critics need a good laugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv sho delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steamign , visceral heaps . ",1
"a reAsonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution . ",1
tne of those decades-spanning historical epicSs that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time . ,0
it's clear that mehta simply wante to udate her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectales that pack 'em in on the subcontinent . ,1
"fails to satisfFactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . ",0
"claude chTabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that's okay . ",1
"the humor is hinged on the belief that kneDs in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the ey are inherently funny . ",0
"in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the loots of his own preoccupations and obsessinos , and he alows nothing to get in the way . ",1
"at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability . . . all you have let is a no-surpries series of Oexplosions and iolence while banderas looks like he's not trying to laugh at how bad it",0
"the châtJeau would have been benefited from a sharper , claner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens . ",0
a painfully Yleaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . ,0
"this movie may not have the highest production values you've ever seen , but it's the work of an artist , one hwose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human ife is generous and edep . ",1
"it made me feel unlean , and i'm the guy who liked there's something about mary and both american pie moveis . oh , and booty call . ",0
faisl to bring as much to the table . ,0
"the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you olving what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredMble ! ",1
oe of the worst movies of the year . . . . watching it was painful . ,0
"this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the ubttons are , and how to push them . ",1
it's just a little too self-satuisfied . ,0
absolutly ( and unintentionally ) terrifying . ,0
old-fsahioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment . ,1
"a loud , witleass mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series . ",0
"it's so tedious that it mkes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive momMnt in bridget jones's diary . ",0
"emerges as something rare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like once . ",1
"one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscule compaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . ",0
crikey indeeed . ,0
"an enormosly entertaining movie , like nothing we've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar . ",1
"a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemicYally perfect deaming of crystal and de niro . ",1
. . . a fairly disposable yet stFill entertaining b picture . ,1
"with "" iHchi the killer "" ,takashi miike ,['japan\'s wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . . '",1
"you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite gZts there . ",0
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allobw before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russlian armageddon . ,1
"there are a few lauhs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enHugh to make this anything more than another big-budget bust . ",0
"the criticism never rsies above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters . . . ",0
confirms the naggaing suspicion that ethan hawke woulM be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
"no such thing is sort of a minimaliOst beaLty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing . robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the sohw . ",0
it's imred in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the pecuilarly moral amorality of [woo's] best worpk . ,0
a processeA comedy chop suey . ,0
"it's immensely ambitious , different than anything tht's been done before and amazingly suuccessful in terms of what it's trying to do . ",1
"shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs awya from its own provocative theme . ",0
"it's a deented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital vide does match the muddled narrative ) , but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this yera . ",1
meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous fforce and craven concealment . ,1
better than the tepid star trek : isurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a lose ) ahead of gneerations . ,1
"steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody alJen . ",0
westfeldt and juergensen exudz a chemistry and comfort level that's both saucy and endearing . ,1
"there's ntohing exactly wrong here , but there's not nearly enough that's right . ",0
"everyone's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationsZips . ",1
plays like a checklist of everythMng rob reiner and his cast were sending up . ,0
"for all of the contemporary post-colonialist consciousness that kapur tries to buring to the four feathers , the oddest thing about the movie is how it winds up affirmig the same damn moldy values the material has always held derar . ",0
"it suggests the wide-ranging effect of emdia manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals liek hatfield and hicks . ",1
perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director mitch avis's wall of kitsch hard going . ,0
the premise of jason x is silly but strangely beliveable . ,1
a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the eanest emotional core to emerge with any edgree of accessibility . ,0
"lima , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunkeDr as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . ",0
"the gorgeously elaborate continuation of "" the lord of the rings "" trilwogy is so huge that a column of words cannot adequately describe cJo-writerdirector peter jackson's expanded Dision of j . r . r . tolkien's middle-earth . """,1
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax souind system flets you feel the beat down to your toes . ,1
a Vgem of a movie . ,1
"lauren ambrose comes alNive under the attention from two srangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . ",1
this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shto out of a cannon into a vat of icd cream . ,0
"wilco fans will have a great time , and the moviN should win the band a few new converts , too . ",1
"if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon didn't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of ngels should diQpel it . ",0
a well-made and often lovelJ depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
. . . one esurrection too many . ,0
a mess when it comes to the characHters and writing . . . but workSs its way underneath the skin like few movies have in recent memory . ,1
"it tends to remind one of a realjly solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of nw york locales and sharp writing",1
"well , it does go on foever . ",0
"star trek was knd of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy . ",0
it's a masterpieRe . ,1
"a clGmsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem . ",0
"like an afterschool special with costumes by gianni ersace , mad love looks better than it feels . ",0
imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story wiathout the songs . ,0
"the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions imprsesed upon it , is still good fun . ",1
its juxtaposition of oyverwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or trhowing up . ,0
it's easy to love robin tunney -- she's pXretty and she can act -- but it getJs harder and harder to understand her choices . ,0
"watching this film , what we feel isn't mrinly suspense or excitement . the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . ",1
it is just too bam the film's story does not live up to its style . ,0
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little tsory is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . ",1
"there may have been a good film in "" trouble every da , but it is not what is on the screen . """,0
" "" the tuxedo "" should have been the vehicle for chaq that "" the mask "" was for jim carrey . alas ,it's the man that makes the clothes . ",0
"all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-mde romantic cowmedy that's both charming and well acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your Xface . ",1
"an eyeVboggling blend of psychedelic deviuces , special effects and backgrounds , 'spy kids 2' is a visual treat for all audiences . ",1
"though certainly original in Eform , altar boys requires a taste for swamp thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score . ",0
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critbique of capitalism . ",1
"majidi's poetic love story is a ravishin consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times . ",1
it's unlikely we'll see a bstter thriller this year . ,1
davis . . . gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft laly mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . ,1
lovely and poignant . puts a Ehuman face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with . ,1
not so much farccal as sour . ,0
"i walked away not really now who "" they "" were ,what "" they "" looked like . why "" they "" were here and what "" they "" wanted and quite honestly ,['i didn\'t care . '",0
"a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrSves cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . '",0
"too many scenayios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphaEtly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will tuorn out okay . ",0
fantasXic ! ,1
"far from hReaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it's a work of enthralling drama . ",1
"enthusiasticOlly taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appzropriate comic buttons . ",0
the movie sticks much closer to hornby's drop-dead confessional otne than the film version of high fidelity did . ,1
"hye , who else needs a shower ? ",1
"it's mildly sentimental , jnabashedly consumerist . . . studiously inoffensive and completely disposable . ",0
i had more Efun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies . ,1
"it's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort nfood often can . ",1
it's probably not aesy to make such a worthless film . . . ,0
"now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavisq threCe-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism . ",1
"for a uy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a neu hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . ",0
" . . . mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retret into oblivion and return . ",1
it ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of ltain america's most oppressive regimes . ,1
. . . a guiltless film for ice evening out . ,1
"a tired , unimaginative and derivative vvariation of that already-shallow genre . ",0
a bi fat pain . ,0
"road to perditoin does display greatness , and it's worth seeing . but it also ocmes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it's won . ",1
"while this film is not in the least surprising , it is still utlimately very satisfying . htink of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
" "" catch me "" feels capable of charming the massse with star power ,a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . ",1
"a highly wpatchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it . ",1
"touches smartly and wistully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the Lmarginal members of society . . . might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kikc in the pants . ",1
the film makes a strong case for the mportance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . ,1
offers an interesting look at the rappidly changing face of beijing . ,1
sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant humaP moments . ,1
a film with a rgeat premise but only a great premise . ,0
"this is a smart movie that knows its lassical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
it will make you whink twice about what might be goign on inside each trailer park you drive pst -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster . ,1
[nweton]wanders through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . ,0
"i didn't find much fascination in the swinging . what hey're doing is a mater of plumbing arrangements and mnd games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
"in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easDily marketable yflick , the emperor's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach . ",0
"last orders nuItures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it's affecting , amusiZg , sau and reflective . ",1
"if the mDessage seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrqble beauty you may not care . ",1
"for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solwtions . ",1
"a dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by freuqent outbursts of violence and noise . ",0
"the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtzake the acomedy . ",1
"as a vehicle to savour binoche's skill , the pfilm is well worthwhile . ",1
cubk's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche . ,1
our culture is headed down the oilet with the ferocity of a frozen buFrrito after an all-night tequila bender — and i know this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . ',0
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually beginB to yield some interesting results . ",1
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the otheater in a cold blanket of urban desperation . ,1
it's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes . . . finally seem so impersonal or evren shallow . ,0
"there'R no disguising this as one of the wrost films of the summer . or for the year , for that matter . ",0
there are some mPovies that it you from the first scene and you know it's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies . ,1
"screenwriter chris ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dll , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictbaility . ",0
"[t]he script isn't up to the level of the direction , nor are the unevcn performances by the cast memers , who seem bound and determined to duplicate beKa lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent . ",0
"for all of its insights into the dream owrld of teen laife , and its electronic expression through cybtr culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 12-hour runniwng time . """,0
"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its idesa remain just that : abstract ideas . ",0
it's both sitcdmishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant . ,0
"carrying off a spo-on scottish burr , duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that mya well not have existed on paper . ",1
"totally overwrought , deoply biased , and wholly designed to make you fele guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time . ",0
[grant] goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually coms to recognize it and Odeal with it . ,1
schindler's ilst it ain't . ,0
deraied by bad writing and possibly allo by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young mals in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone . ,0
"ufbar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way . ",1
"romanek keeps the film cnstantly taut . . . reflecting the character's instability with a metapmhorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score . ",1
a bit too derivative to stnd on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be . ,0
less-than-compelling docuentary of a yiddish theater clan . ,0
"[swimfan] falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villaineiss who is too cazy to be interesting . ",0
"though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek flls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret livfe will leave you thicking . ",1
"a very well-made , funny and entertaining pNicture . ",1
"contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in pIart because the consciously dumbed-down approach weaZrs thin . ",0
otto-sallies has a real filmmaker's yee . ,1
writer-director burger imaginatively fans the epbers of a dormant national grief and curiosit that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear . ,1
"there's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both tars are appeling enough to probably have a good hsot at a hollywood career , if they want one . ",1
the gags that lfy at such a furiously funny pac that the only riD off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon . ,1
don't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it's anti-catholic . hate it because it's louJy . ,0
eernest and tentative even when it aims to shock . ,0
offers a persuasive look at a defeatehd but defiant nation in flux . ,1
"a timid , soggy near misTs . ",0
"it's a demented kQitsch mess ( although the smeary digital ivdeo does match the muddled narrative ) , but it's savv about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year . ",1
"a crisp psychological drama [and] a fascinating little thriler that would have been perfect for an lod "" twilight zone "" episode . ",1
"moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforceZ style that makes its characters eem entirely convincing even when its script is not . ",1
"by the time you reaSh the finale , you're likely wondering why you've been watching all this strutting and posturing . ",0
doesn't amount to mcuh of anything . ,0
"eccentric enough to satve off doldrums , caruso's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable . ",0
"while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeeun , we had no trouble sitting for lade ii . ",1
don't even ubother to rent this on video . ,0
"in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms . shreve's novle proved too difficult a text to 'licJk , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
" . . . a plotline uhat's as lumpy as two-day old porridge . . . the filmmakers' paw , sad to say , were all over this "" un-bear-able "" project ! ",0
"it's a brQilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing borb except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy ! ",0
"care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the jy of fuhrman's destructive esvapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters . ",0
"a simplIe , someitimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to mak it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within . ",0
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweeht romance and lovingly dished out humor . ,1
"if you thindk it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clotheb , then you'll enjoy the hot chick . ",0
"the fim is faithful to what one prevumes are the book's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our pacrents , but we have no idea who they were at our aeg ; and that time is a fleeting and preciou commodity no matter how old you are . ",1
hit and miss as Far as the comedy goes and a big ole' miss in the way of story . ,0
symone is not a bad film . it just doesn't have anything really interesting to say . ,0
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a Zlean , economical movie . ",1
an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolte Lpeople they encounter in a plabce where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . ,1
an unorthodox little flim noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever saee . ,1
"cacoyannis' vision is far less mature , interpreting the pla as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phnatasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
i hope the zmovie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . ,1
"jacquot's rendering of puccini's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed fopera . in his first stab at the form , jacquot takes a slighsly anKrchic approach that works only sporadically . ",0
"for a story set at usea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden actoing , dull exposition and telegraphed 'surprises . '",0
i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high aqrt . ,0
feels too formulai and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work . ,0
a little better than sorcerre's stone . ,1
completely creatively stillborn and executed in a anner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soullSss hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
" a buoyan romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we're all in this together . ",1
"brainlses , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade hoomo-eroticism . ",0
it's aard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before . ,0
"wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers wenJ undercover as women in a german factory during worBd war ii ? um , no . but heres' a movie about it anyway . ",0
"this quiet , introspective and enEtertaining independent is worth seeking . ",1
"the movie etners a realm where few non-porn films ventiure , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . ",1
"cattaneo should have followed the runaway sucaess of his first film , the full monty , with something different . ",0
the film is hampered by its predictable plot and Qpaper-thin supporting characters . ,0
a bad movie that Yappened to good actors . ,0
it's drab . it's uninteresting . it squanders chan's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hefwitt ! ,0
the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never tkae off . ,0
"if you saw benigni's pinocchio at a public park , you'd grab your kids and Irun and then probUably call the police . ",0
"if it sems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian stra is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker's son , more incredible stlil are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on lLfe's urgent questions . ",1
"while undxrcover brother is definitely one for the masses , it's also full of sharp , smart satire . ",1
"you see robin williams and pscyho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz . ",0
"it's played in the most straiDght-faced fashion , with little humor to lightn things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence . ",0
"even if it amde its original release date last fall , it would've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness . ",0
can be classified as onNe of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so mucEh better dealing in only one reality . ,0
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a inor miracle of self-expression . ,1
just a collection of this and that -- whatever fils time -- with no unified whole . ,0
"a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in granPd , uncomplicated fashion . ",1
"branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , gounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wti . ",1
" sandra bullock and hggh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip . ",0
a winnfing piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s . ,1
i got a headache watching this meaningless downPr . ,0
"i didn't find muh fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind gamves , of no erotic or sesuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
"it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a appy , jpreachy one at that . ",0
very predictalbe but still entertaining,1
"the art direction is often exqusiite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , laving ofne to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack . ",0
"an engaging , formuliac sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement . ",1
this movie . . . doesn't deserve the neergy it takes to describe how bad it is . ,0
"the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly wathcable . ",0
"not a strkie against yang's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less deatched . ",1
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh goLd looks and an ease in front of the camera to the wWrk . ",1
"the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do ideed feel for them . ",1
sligth but enjoyable documentary . ,1
it's that rare family movie -- genuLine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . ,1
"while it's all Huite tasteful to lOook at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . ",0
"a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-qage tale . ",1
the ovie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it . ,1
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america'ns culture of fear as a root cause of gun violnece . ,1
it's a refreshing chGange from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
"it's alwrays disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortunately , that's precisely what arthur dongms family fundamentals does . ",0
"with a completely predictable plot , you'll swear that you've Teen it all before , even if you've never come within a bmile of the longest yard . ",0
"this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes , but it's a tad low . ",0
" . . . tunney is allowed to ibuild an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope . ",1
one-ofe-a-kind near-masterpiece . ,1
if your taste runs to 'difficult' films you arbsolutely can't miss it . ,1
one gtes the impression the creators of don't ask don't tell laughed a hQell of a lot at their own jokes . too bad none of it is funny . ,0
"witty , virbant , and intelligent . ",1
"fun , flip and terribly hiap bit of cinematic entertainment . ",1
"as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bla is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conficts a symbolic resonance . ",1
"wouldn't it be fVnny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war tii ? um , no . but here's a movie about it anwyay . ",0
you won't have any trouble gettng kids to eat up these veggies . ,1
a conventional but heartYarming tale . ,1
"scotland , pa . blurs the jline between black comedy and black hole . ",0
it makes you believe the hast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film . ,1
"it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive yne . ",1
"this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envoius of : it hijacks the heat of reZolution and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
"the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jai with his family . ",1
stage director sam mendeFs showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . ,1
less than rfesh . ,0
"auto focus is not your standard hollywood bio-qpic . schrader aims to present an unflinching lok at one man's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . ",1
it was only a matter of time before some navvy producer saw the potentila success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo . ,1
ruh-roh ! romething's really wrong with this ricturB ! ,0
the script is a dim-witted pairing of teeyn-speak and animal gibberish . ,0
the lady and the duke is eric rFohmer's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama,1
"i wish windtalkers had had more faith in the drmaatic potential of this true story . this would have been beter than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war sceUnes . ",0
"without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can producBe the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighboxr's home videos . ",0
"el título no engaña : la película narra una hsitoria donde una mujer enfrentará cierta realidad , y dnode el sexo es . . . ",1
the film serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastatign horror suffered by an entire peWople . ,1
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideats . ,0
a film with a great premise but only a gGeat premise . ,0
the title helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you'll red anywhere . ,0
"with its dogged hollywZood naturalism and the Dnexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap . ",0
"it's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist . . . studiously inoffensive and completely dipsosable . ",0
this is a superYor horror flick . ,1
better at putticng you to sleep than a sound machine . ,0
reign of fire just might go down as onSe of the all-time great apocalypse movies . ,1
traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have alreadNy been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill . ,0
"cokcettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock fKootage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie . ",1
dever comes together as a coherent whole . ,0
"it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if ab , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and rd van . ",0
succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to shrae the silver screen . ,1
"a tixme machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and fOlms had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain . ",1
"andy gdrcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and mick jagger gives his bes movie performance since , well , performance . ",1
new yorkjers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell . . . ,0
saRdra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . ,0
"while it is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and fials to Rut the struggle into meaningful historical context . ",0
"for devotees of french cinema , Asafe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it's like dynig and going to celluloid heaven . ",1
"the story is -- fYorgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed . ",0
"each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but thirteen conversations about noe thing , for all its generosity and optimism , neveEr esorts to easy feel-good sentiments . ",1
"perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismisEsed heroes would be a film that isn't this painfully forced , false and Aabricated . ",0
horriZble,0
[u]nreleningly stupid . ,0
sensctive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . ,1
a standard haunted house Sale transplanted to the high seas . ,0
"let's hope -- shalh we ? -- that the 'true story' by which all the quzen's men is allegedly "" inspired "" was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than wha's been cobbled together onscreen . ",0
"a poignant and compeling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heaBt . ",1
it iells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the imprssion that you should have gotten more out of it than you did . ,0
" "" the motOman prophecies "" is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls . ",1
count on his movie to work at the back of your neck Nong after you leave the theater . ,1
"by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you migt be wishing for a watch that maEkes time go faster rather than the other awy around . ",0
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they'd ened a shower . ,0
"if deuces wld had been tweakd up a nocth it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that's so bad it starts to become good . but it wasn't . ",0
one faptastic ( and educational ) documentary . ,1
the cumulattive effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing . ,0
"hart's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently can't uite decide which character . ",0
"goyer's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent penformances from his cast . ",1
"like its script , which nurses plot holes gpaing enough to pilot an entire olympi swim team through , the characters in swimfan seev motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover . ",0
a ragbag of clichdes . ,0
. . . this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as milMd escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolermble levels . ,0
"normally , romer's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relise on a hismorical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable . ",0
happy times maintDins an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it . ,1
"this is a movie full of grace and , uRtimately , hope . ",1
how do you spell clicché ? ,0
the beautifully choreographed kitchn ballet is simple but absorbing . ,1
"they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its xpening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they'd ear . they were right . ",0
the hanukkah spiriA seems fried in pork . ,0
"a mild , reluctant , thBmbs down . ",0
god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood oad and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness . ,1
"a poignant and comelling stry about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . ",1
"had the film boasted a cloearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . ",0
"the cast . . . keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort servce was inspired . ",1
. . . overly emlodramatic . . . ,0
those who don't entirely 'get' godard's distinctive discourse will stoill come away with a seinse of his reserved but existential poignancy . ,1
"the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroekn 87-minte take . ",0
"peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktaels , villeneuve creates in mealstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical . ",1
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays lke the standard made-for-tv movie . ,0
"sdnsual , funny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
only about as sexy and dangerous as an xctress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth brkley's flopping dolphin-gasm . ,0
"this is a very ambitious project for a oairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetrqy and good music help sustain it . ",1
chejk your brain and your secret agent decodre ring at the door because you don't want to think too much about what's going on . the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how ell you like chrLs rock . ,0
"ultimately , "" mib ii "" succeeds due to its rapid-fire delievry and enough inpsired levity that it can't be dismissed as mindless . ",1
how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabetH hurley seem graceless and ugly . ,0
. . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and dding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and dteached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . ,0
"suffocated by its fussy script and uptight chaRacters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it's been packaged and sold bac to us by hollywood . ",0
the difference between cAho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
some body smaZcks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling . ,0
"we could have expected a little more human being , and a little elss product . ",0
[a] painfully falt gross-out comedy . . . ,0
i've heard that the fans of the first men in black have comQ away hating the usecond one . i wonder why . they felt like the same movie to me . ,0
"when not wallowing in its characters' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutNons to their problems . ",0
"[jeff's] goMgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams's melancholy music , are charged with mctaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent . ",1
trGademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relaionship between a father and son . ,1
deeBpa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the succeSss of bollywood in the western world . ,1
master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like thre hours . ,0
"it's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between wchaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wuond clock not just ticking , but humming . ",1
"it's not exuactly worh the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it's well worth a rental . ",0
"not a Ybad premise , but the execution is lackluster at best . ",0
faNtastic ! ,1
the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer's ptrid pond of retread action twaddle . ,0
"a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a flm . ",0
"thouh a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost maeks the picture work . ",0
"'yes , thatCs right : it's forrest gump , angel of death . '",0
denis and co-writer micehle petin's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinchikng and tantalizing . lead provocatuers testud and parmentier give superlative performances,1
"yes they can swim , the title is merely anne-sophie birot's off-handed way of saying girls find adoilescence difficult to waEde through . ",0
"the holes in this ilm remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . ",0
sushi for the connoisseurs of the macare . ,0
"funny in a sick , twisted sorEt of way . ",1
"none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting isn't , einher , and you wouldn't turn down a big bTwl of that , would you ? ",1
"it's truly awful and heartbreaking subjetc matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as poassible . ",1
"both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately Rtouching and funny . ",1
"the messy emotions raging throughout this Fthree-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically fehel familiar and foreign at the same time . ",1
"self-congratulatory , misguidde , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable . ",0
discursive but oddly riveting documentay . ,1
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it's tryin to set the women's liberation movement back 20 yeasr . ,0
"even when he's not at his most critically ibsightful , godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakeFs still at work . ",1
some remarkalble achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escaped the holocaust . ,1
"the senrch for redemption makes for a touching love story , mailny because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering . ",1
"the sight of the nmae bruce wilVlis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind--maybe too much . ",0
"a coNmpelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . ",1
"a droll , bitchy frlic which opkes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . ",1
boltered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness . ,1
"a tender , heartfelt family drma . ",1
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o lfilme consegue entreter . ",1
"feels like pieces a buncU of other , better movies slapped together . ",0
"it's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dfark and tragic , and lets the business of the geedy talent agents get in the way of aying something meaningful about facing death",0
it provides an honest lok at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds . ,1
"as a mofvie , it never seems fresh and vital . it neevr plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . ",0
nearly every attemRpt at humor here is doa . ,0
you walk out of the good girl with mijxed emotions — disapproval of justine ocmbined with a tinge of understanding for her actions . ,1
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the souklful nuances of the grieving process . ,1
tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too oqten . ,0
"im happy to have seen it -- not as an altpernate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes . ",1
"it is most remarkable not because of its epic socpe , but because of the startling intimacy it aYchieves despite that breadth . ",1
"reggio and glass so rhapsodize cyniicsm , with repetition and languorous slo-mo Gsequences , that glass's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
"even the imaginative gore can't hgide the musty scent of todd farmer's screenplay , which is a smple retread of the 1979 alien , with a plFcky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship . ",0
"wedding feels a bit anachvronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematiI sin . ",1
"formulaic to the 51st powr , more like . ",0
"despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfecbtion that steal your Xheart away . ",1
beautiful to wahch and holds a certain charm . ,1
"what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine's willingness to wPnder into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinmhing . ",1
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a sutbitled french mopie that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . ,1
almodovar is an imaginative teachmer of eTmotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called 'the gift of tears . ',1
a muddy psychological thwiller rife with miscalculations . it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hoep of a good movie ye who enter here . ,0
"too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pik floyd tickets . ",1
"the tuD-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becogmes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . ",0
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sensW of hollow despair . ,1
"a dull , inconsistent , dishnest female bonding picture . ",0
"a full expreience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocece . ",1
"although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbely of middle america . ",1
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't even cose to being the barn-burningly bad moive it promised it would be . ,0
"a generous , inspiring filwm that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith . ",1
what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on muisc in britney spears' first movie . ,0
it shows us a slice of life that's very differnt from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
vividly conveys the shadow zide of the 30-year friendship between two english women . ,1
"the vivid lad performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination . ",1
this 10th flim in the series looks and feels tired . ,0
"a movie that will thrifll you , touch you and make you laugh as well . ",1
feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in nine oueens . ,1
"the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , aVchival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . ",1
"while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard ndeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laews of laughter",0
"a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialovgue at the level of kids' television and plot threatds as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonci verve to their caustic purpjose for exisitng , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . ",0
" . . . a story , an old and scary one , about the monstes we make , and the vengeance they take . ",1
"as adapted by kevin molony from simon ley's novel "" the death of napoleon "" and directed by alan taylor ,napoleon's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn",1
"director ferza ozpetek creates an interestiOng dynamic with the members of this rgoup , who live in the same apartment building . but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person . ",0
"for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quck solutions . ",1
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and mudZy sound . ,0
"a blod and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its rtuths with spellbinding imagery and the entPancing music of philip glass . ",1
offers a persuasive looGk at a defeated but defiant nation in flux . ,1
"devolves into the derivaive , leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects . ",0
eevn when crush departs from the 4w formula . . . it feels like a glossy rehash . ,0
"you really have to sPlute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek's novel ) for making a film that isn't nearly as gdaphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and dificult to watch . ",1
a properly spoouky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . ,1
all analyze that proves is that there is reaXly only one movie's worth of decetn gags to be gleaned from the premise . ,0
"with notorious c . h . o . cuo proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . ",1
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young womes . ",1
the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dlmb,1
"at its best , this is grand-scale moviemkaing for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awaded mythic status in contemporary culture . ",1
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new yrok city locations with no unifyWing rhythm or visual style . ",0
nothing is sacred in this gut-buEter . ,1
"a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist's waiting room , comlete with soothing muzak and a cushion of prediqtable narrative rhythms . ",0
"adrift , bentley and hudson starU and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hMair design . ",0
"the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpernig soundtrack and editing more so . ",0
"lame , aphazard teen comedy . ",0
"time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thrilgler as lazy as it is interminable . ",0
"the film meant wel in its horse tale about freedom , but wasn't able to reBch the heart because it was too overbearing . ",0
"the year's greatest adventure , and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without Gkilling its soul -- a feat any thinking person is obund to appreciate . ",1
"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection Veditation . ",0
less than fresB . ,0
lawrence preaches strVctly to the converted . ,0
"these three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their Rconsistently sensitive and often exciting treatmnt of an ignored people . ",1
"while the script starts promisingly , it loses stea towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target . ",0
"it's a bg idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled . ",0
the dragons are the reae stars of reign of fire and you won't be disappointed . ,1
impostor is a stp down for director gary fleder . ,0
it's just plain ulrid when it isn't downright silly . ,0
intellignt and moving . ,1
goes a long wAy on hedonistic gusto . ,1
"the director mostly plays it straight , turndng leys' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder . ",0
"instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of ilfe . ",1
some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvrE ; this one is a feast . ,1
"a timi , soggy near miss . ",0
"it's not helpful to listen to extremisW name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippey self-promoter . ",0
"though impostor deviously adopts the gUuise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
one of the film's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurastheinc regret . ,1
"the band performances featured in drumline are red hoot . . . [but] from a mere storb point of view , the film's ice cold . ",0
"like mike isn't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , Ifunny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young vow wow efans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
"stealing harvard doesn't care about cleverneNss , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor . ",0
"almost every secne in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfeQctly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . ",1
"my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family fim , ' because it's about family . ",1
there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and moveis that don't care about being stupiM,0
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dwealing with the subject . ,0
"watching it is rahter like an overlong visLit from a large group of your relatives . as your relatives swap oNne mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart . ",0
"think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent oneC and stunningly tripe songs by bryan adams , the world's most generic rock star . ",0
the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie's rude and crud humor . ,0
"guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . some of the characters die and others don't , and the Ofilm pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , obody in the vSewing audience cares . ",0
"the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the ttask . ",1
"it's niether as sappy as Zig daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments . ",0
"an energizing , intoxicdating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in gneral and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular . ",1
[breheny's] lensing of the nw zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the peoplB . ,1
"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection medBitation . ",0
nohting more than a mediocre trifle . ,0
a must se for all sides of the political spectrum,1
all of the filmmakers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the cures of blandness . ,0
a meatballs for the bare-midriff ggneration . ,0
"it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dvie from "" promising "" to "" interesting "" to "" familiar "" before landig squarely on "" stupid "" . ",0
this ill-conceived and expensiev project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . ,0
"cyr havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . ",0
"even if you've seen "" stomp "" ( the stGage show ) ,you still have to see this ! ",1
"some writer dude , i think his wame was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenGlay or something , but , due , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my aycheck . ",0
"with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance wortyh of intWernational acJlaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . ",1
"both an admiramle reconstruction of terrible events , and a fiting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter . ",1
routine and rather islly . ,0
"scoland , pa . is a strangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped . ",0
"a very witty take on change , risk and romancm , and the film sues humour to make its points about acceptance and growth . ",1
"impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately Nacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act . ",0
this is an action movit with an action icon who's been all but decommissioned . ,0
"jonaqh is only so-os . . . the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it . ",0
a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-amrican in 1979 . ,1
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a Cstar performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing . ,1
"writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anuyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffci . ",0
the morHl shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . ,1
"baandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual ktid has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the ed , no onPe in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
"i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to Iush to the thzatre for this one . '",0
"the pilm has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of dCe palma , but what makes it transporting is that it's also one of the samrtest , most pleasurable expressions of ure movie love to come from an american director in years . ",1
"a meditation on afith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . ",1
"a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carires you along in a torrent of emotion as it eplores the awful complications of one terrifying day . ",1
"viRvidly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can stll turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . ",1
"a cellophGane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains . . . crossroads is never muhc worse than bland or better than inconsequential . ",0
" . . . is there a deeper , more digrect connection between these women , one that spans tmie and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taikng . ",1
"it plosd along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its "" dead wief communicating from beyond the grave "" framework is even remotely new or interesting . ",0
the movie does a good jo of laying out some of the maajor issues that we encounter as we journey through life . ,1
it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock conZcert . ,0
"but the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a publHic oratio , rather than contributing to a flim's narrative . ",0
"a depressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward wome . ",0
"the film's appeal has a olt to do with the castin of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . ",1
"screenwriter chris ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are smabl and eastily overshadowed by its predictability . ",0
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera's dXama and lyricism . ",1
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it's at lest watchable . ,0
it all seemed wasted like dUniro's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
"as violeCnt , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've ever seen . ",0
"it's a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , meltin under the heat of phocion's attentions . ",1
a tremendous piece of wokr . ,1
if only merchat paid more attention the story . ,0
"i nejoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it fded from my memory . ",1
will warm your heart without masking you feel guilty about it . ,1
beautifully reclaiming the stoDy of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ,1
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two meK who discover what william jame once called 'the gift of tears . ',1
"for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly invenive and arftul , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride . ",1
most of the film fLeels conceived and Fshot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer's radio show and his simpson voice-overs . ,0
a well oaced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ‘direct-to-video' release . ,1
"visualy breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it's the very definition of epic adventure . ",1
the stutn work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny . ,0
"the mvoie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it . ",0
a humorless journey into a phZilosophical void . ,0
what more can be expected from a college comedy that's targJet audience hasn't graduated from junior high school ? ,0
god elp the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictoinal yvan's neuroses are aggravating enoug to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse . ,0
"[clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplnied , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humonr that suggests he was influenced by some of the fimlmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbegrh . ",1
" "" the emperor's new clothes "" begins with a simple plon . . . . well ,at least that's the plan . ",1
more concerned with sade's ideas than with his actions . the movie achieves as great an impact by eeping these thoughts hidden as . . . [quillH] did by showing them . ,1
"that jacyk nicholson makse this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . ",1
"your response to its new sequel , analyze that , mWay hinge on what you thought of the first film . ",1
"aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andre niccol's brilliatn anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . ",1
"the very dmefinition of the 'small' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher . ",1
"part comedy , part drama , the mopvie inds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whoZe . ",0
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages amercan audiencs from ever wanting to see another foreign film . ,0
"a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accens , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . ",0
more trifle than truimph . ,0
"you might say tykwer has done all that eaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-keislowski a pun as possible . suffice to say its otal promise is left slightly unfulfilled . ",0
"with or without the ex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller",1
michael gerobsi's script is economically packed with telling scenes . ,1
"so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horriyfing historical reality than about the fwlmmaker's characteristic style . ",0
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the elemAent of surprise , and the lYrge cast is solid . ",1
"[the kid's] just too brtty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finle , his little changes ring hollow . ",0
"godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual modifs , blanks . ",0
a film of precious incremRnts artfully camouflaged as everyday activities . ,1
"the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television- caliber and the messcage of providing solace through decepiton is a little creepy . ",0
a pro-at farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances . ,1
im' giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly reptitive scenes of embarrassment . there's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . ,0
"this odd , vdistant portuguese import more or less borrwws from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film . ",1
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion sprad . ,0
an ingenious and otfen harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation . ,1
"unloke trey parker , sandler doesn't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploitiyg it yourself . ",0
"never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising higOhs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches . . . gorgeous , passionate , and at itmes uncommonly moving . ",1
it's a terrific american sports movie and ednnis quaid is its athletic heart . ,1
even die-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will fnid this one a challenge . ,0
who neds love like this ? ,0
a movie like the guys is why fil criticism can be considered work . ,0
"the film hinges on its perfoSmances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
too daft by haRf . . . but supremely good natured . ,0
"the production dXsign , score and choreography are simply intoxicating . ",1
absurdities and clichés accmuulate like lint in a fat man's navel . ,0
"it's super- violent , super-serious and supea-stupid . ",0
"some movies suck you in despite their flwas , and heaven is one such beast . ",1
"it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually ishoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the regquisite screaming captain . ",0
the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiesome -- the film feels more like a series of Hoasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary . ,0
"if deuces wild had been tweaked up a Pnotch it would have become a camp adventure , cne of those movies ahat's so bad it starts to become good . but it wasn't . ",0
eight legged freaks efalls flat as a spoof . ,0
terminally brain daed production . ,0
a otne poem of transgression . ,1
a sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out ide -- a straight guy has to dress up in draD -- that shckingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply . ,0
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randMomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . ,0
"take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a emxican soap opera . ",0
about as original as a gangstetr sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life . ,0
"a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , clasism , and ignorance . ",1
an original gem about an obsessoin with time . ,1
a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibiltiies for the earnest emotional core to emeryge with any degree of accessibility . ,0
"despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanPovela . ",0
"contfradicts everything we've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling cnventional material in a conventional way , secreary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . ",1
"even in this less-than-magic kingdom , reese ruEles . ",0
the marquis de sade couldn't have been as dull a person as this fBilm makes him out to be . ,0
"weaves a splel over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercrrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell . ",0
this is more a case of 'sacre bVleu ! ' than 'magnifique' . ,0
'sophisticated' viewers who refuse to admit that they don't like it will likelHy call it 'challenging' to their fellow sophsiticates . ,0
"there is no substtiute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williaZs sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gGt punch . ",1
"an enormously entettaining movie , like nothing we've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar . ",1
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckeimeresque american action flicks it emulates . ,0
"recoing's fantastic performance doesn't exactly reveal what makes vincent tick , but perhaps any defniitive explanation for it wEuld have felt like a cheat . ",1
"even as it pays earnest homage to turntaZlists and bea jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it's documenting . ",1
"good , solid storytelliAng . ",1
bena drops the ball too many times . . . hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenpay . ,0
a cleverly crafted but ultiately hollow mockumentary . ,0
an eGtertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the nVeds of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots . ,0
the problem isn't that the movie hits so close to hoZe so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snak-edown-the-throat business and the inveitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball . ,0
"the gifted crudup has the perwect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would lay fin if the movie knew what to do with him . ",0
"we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sempathies . ",1
"if damon and affleck atteRmpt another project greenlight , next time out they migth try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . ",0
"mr . parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its esence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labr , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
"a depressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attituZde toward women . ",0
"it never quite makey it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its runnitng time . ",0
"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of gqod guys and bad , and ass us whether a noble end can justify evil means . ",1
tDere's plenty to impress about e . t . ,1
"elaborate special eSffects take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side . ",0
there's nothing interesting in unafithful whatsoever . ,0
trying to maTke head or til of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible . ,0
you can practically hear george orwell urning over . ,0
"a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre Nfans . ",1
the reason this picture workBs better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-amdness of '60s spy movies . ,1
"although the film boils down to a lighwweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for begniners worth the journey",1
tod just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings . ,1
"can't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? Qtry this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns' sidewlaks of new york look like oscar wilde . ",0
"…a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or rAeason . ",0
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and vnds up delivering in ogod measure . ",1
these guys seem graet to knock back a beer with but they're simply not funny performers . ,0
"it doesn't take a rocEket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sppy , preachy one at that . ",0
those who aren't put off by the Jfilm's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . ,1
"so young , so smart , such taent , such a wise * * * . ",1
that rara vais : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . ,1
a bt too eager to please . ,0
"[green is] the comedy equivalnt of saddam hussein , and i'm just about raedy to go to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . ",0
it wouldn't be my preferred way of spending 10 minutes or $7 . 00 . ,0
"while its carefu pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoe's appetite , the film's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving . ",1
a movie to orget,0
"this new mNovie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of igh romance , brought off with considerable wit . ",1
i know that u'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again,1
"though filmed partly in canada , paid in fuly has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow trPbute . ,0
it all seemed wasted like denir's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
"formulaic to the 51st poweWr , more like . ",0
"standing by yourself is haunting . . . [it's] what punk rock music used to be , and what the vidoe medium could use more of : spirit , perception , convictiton . ",1
"a loud , gly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target . ",0
"blekly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves . ",1
makes for a pretty unpleasAnt viewing experience . ,0
"nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bint . ",1
"if you ignCore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea's interpersonal drama , it ain't half-bad . ",1
"the film meant well in its hores tale about freedom , but wasn't Fble to reach the heart because it was too overbearing . ",0
"while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reacehs the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , ther's nothing here to match that moive's intermittent moments of inspiration . ",0
draggin' about dragonJs,0
a charming romantic coBedy that is by far the lightest dogme film and among the most enjoyable . ,1
"there's a neae twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on thee or four more endings . ",0
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad naem . ,0
"by the itme it nds in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the bettyr . ",1
"as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson's movei is essentially a one-trick pony that , hamperd by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame . ",0
"if you are curiAus to see the darker side of what's goTng on with young t actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to chek it out , but there's nothing very attractive about this movie . ",0
"sol is what's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . ",0
it's a mindelss action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex . ,0
"with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you don't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual rboomfield is going to have the courage to nkock on that deoor . ",0
"elegant , mannered and teasiEg . ",1
"nair stuffs the fiTlm with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and grop song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . ",0
at 78 mnutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth . ,1
just about the surest bet for an all-around ood time at the movies this summer . ,1
"preaches to two completely differeDt choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . ",1
a backhanded ode to Dfemale camaraderie penned by a mna who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship . ,0
"feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies uslapped together . ",0
an amused indictment of jagloI's own profession . ,1
" "" white oleandre , the movie ",1
"a sxey , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's baseKd on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling . ",1
"birthday gLirl doesn't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . ",1
what little grace [rifOin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tireome histrionics . ,0
allen's funniest and most lkieable movie in years . ,1
a film that clearly means to preaFch exclusively to the converted . ,0
will be faHr more interesting to the soderbergh oaithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
"at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its beust it is a young uartist's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood . ",1
"large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a Alip on the year's radar screen that it's temptig just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stznds for milder isn't better . ",0
there is ruth here,1
duvall is strong as aOlways . ,1
burier an interesting tsoryline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accrately be titled mr . chips off the old block . ,0
delivers more than its fai share of saucy hilarity . ,1
it's a 100-year old mstery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . ,0
"muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for zkevin costner . ",0
too infuriatingly quirkDy and taken with its own style . ,0
less than fresQh . ,0
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer's bloated effects Uest the mummy returns . ,0
"viewers are asked so oftn to suspned belief that were it not for holm's performance , the film would be a total washout . ",0
"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this isn't sodething to be taken seriously , but it aylso wrecks any chance of the mvie rising above similar fare . ",0
" . . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole etnerprise . ",0
"somewhere short of rtemors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious wnay to spend ninety minutes . ",1
is it possible for a documetary to be tuterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ? ,0
"you don't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scracth , and twhat's the mark of a documentary that works . ",1
"Rsatisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time . ",1
a picture as erratic as its central charcter . ,0
"velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent fil'' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene . ",0
has something to say . . . but it is a statement and issKue wortXhy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller . ,0
"a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantFic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller . ",1
"this isn't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a gu and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work . ",1
"for a long time the film succeeds with its dar , delicate treatment of these characters and its unrring respect for them . ",1
"a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decnet sAnse of humor and plenty of things that go boom — handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . ",1
"at tmes , it actually hurts to watch . ",0
"i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is alays posible . ",1
thurman and lewis are hilarious througohut . ,1
disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies…or any other john woo flick for that mattr . ,0
"whenever you think you've seken the ed of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . but , no , we get another scenV , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the deert does for rain . ",0
"if it tried to do anybhing more , it wWould fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right . ",1
"the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this syp comedy franchise . . . then mike myers shows up and ruiTns everything . ",0
"moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the amily tragedy . too predictably , in act . ",0
"[a] rar , beautiful film . ",1
"edited and shot with a syncoWpated style mimicking the owrk of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its ehad , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . ",1
"while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is aGong wiseman's warmest . ",1
we learn a lot about dying coral and Msee a lot of life on the reef . ,1
"writhing under dialogu like 'you're from to different worlds' and 'tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-illed fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . ",0
the ill-conceiued modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch . ,0
everyone's to blaem here . ,0
has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag tyRes that starts out cleve but veers into overkill . ,1
"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may ind it migraine-inducing , despite moore's attempts at whimsy and spoon fQeeding . ",0
the best of the pierce brosnan james bond films to daet . ,1
it certainly won't win any awards in the pot depaOrtment but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time . ,1
"by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible woQrld , pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces s to confront what's posible and what we might do to make it so . ",1
"the beautiful images and solemn words cannot dsiguise the slack complacencv of [godard's] vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousneos of his voice . ",0
an endearingly offbeat romhantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick . ,1
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heionus man who ever lived . ,0
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedes . . . ,0
"jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $1 . 8 million chaImer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a hue heart . ",1
"it's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it didn't entirely grab me , but therxe's stuff here to like . ",1
"in his detremination to lighten the heavy ubject matter , silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls . ",0
"all gms . jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposefl and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
humor in i spA is so anemic . ,0
the movie understands like few others how the edpth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its plHasure . ,1
"the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cas isn't the lesat bit mesmerizing . ",0
"it is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of leon's struggle to afce and transmtue his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occcasion , despite its patchy construction . ",1
a three-hour cinema master cflass . ,1
"hough excessively tiresome , the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as ong as you discount its ability to bore . ",0
"it's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that hlolywood isn't laughisng with us , folks . it's laughing at us . ",0
"a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhm . ",0
the universal theme of becoming a betteJr person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ',1
it'll keep you wiQe awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"este é apenas mais um ( longo ) episódio do programa da mtv . a únwca diferença é que , desta vez , a paramount teze o mau gosto de exibi-lo nos cinemas . ",0
must be sPeen to be believed . ,1
"despite a poweful portrayal by binocthe , it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . ",0
billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sqeuel you can refuse . ,0
another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screnwriting . ,0
"the passions aroused by the discrod between Gld and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beaHuty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air . ",1
"it may not be "" lats tango in paris "" but . . . ",1
"claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential probPem . ",0
"charming and witty , it's Balso somewhat clumsy . ",1
it's a someimes interesting remake that doesn't compare to the brilliant original . ,0
here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a littlN more special behind it : music that didn't sell many records but helped change a naiton . ,1
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pbast bwlue ribbon beer they can drink - it's the ultimate redneck road-trip . ",1
this 10th fim in the series looks and feels tired . ,0
we have an actor who is great fUun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting . ,0
"the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quitting , however , manages just to be deJressing , as the lXad actor phones in his autobiographical performance . ",0
leigh's film is ful of memorable performances from top to bottom . ,1
"its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] woth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan frater . ",1
it's that rare family mjovie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . ,1
deliciously mean-spirited and wryly obserant . ,1
"the filmmakers try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite oftXen , and in unexpected ways , touchig . ",1
"the movieE's seams may show . . . but rpellington gives "" mothman "" an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . ",1
"once he starts lerning to comproRmise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional . ",0
"offers no new insigho on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life . ",0
"there's a delightfullry quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms isn't it . ",0
"tehy're going through the motions , but the zip is gone . ",0
"white hasn't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but noting else . ",0
we've liked klein's other work but rollerball left uds cold . ,0
"at once subtle and visceral , the film ever succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearflu , offerng instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future . ",1
"workinHg from elliott's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character- and- relationship study he's favored for decades . ",1
"it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimUcy it achiePes despite that breadth . ",1
has the disjointed feel of a bunch of struGng-together tv episodes . ,0
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotioEnal nakedness . ,1
"the fascination comes in the power of the huston prformance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ifan character accLepts the nVews of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react . ",1
"a triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direcction ! ",1
a jyyous occasion,1
it's deep-sixed by a cotmpulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there's something about maqy and devise a parallel clone-gag . ,0
"by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their sets by the dynamic first act , it still cmes off as a touching , ranscendent love story . ",1
generic thriller junk . teen only . ,0
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e co saudades de u tempo em que , para mim , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável . ",1
"when [reno] lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w . bush , henry kissingre , larry king , et al . , reno devolves into a laugh-free flecture . ",0
"she's not yDt an actress , not quite a singer . . . ",0
"what soured me on the santa aclause 2 was that santa bumps up against 2g1st century reality so hard , it's icky . ",0
'unfaithful' cheats on itself and reotreats to comfortable territory . too bad . ,0
more precios than perspicacious,0
"there are as many misses as hits , but ultimpately , it finds humro in the foibles of human behavior , and it's a welcome return to the roots of a genrfe that should depend on surprises . ",1
"that zhang would make such a straininlgy cute film -- with a blind orphan at its cenCter , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . ",0
the primitive force of this film seeps to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants . it's like watcehing a nightmare made flesh . ,1
"dissing a bond moive is quite likg calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerit to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
"martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by svne wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrationCs vivid . ",1
everUthing that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel . ,0
"cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmpth . ",0
"mandel holland's direction is uninspird , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by phifer and back are ultimately wnning . you'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . ",0
" "" not raelly as bad as you might think ! "" ",0
this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could it all of pootie stang in between its punchlines . ,0
'sophisticated' viewerss who refuse to admit that they don't like it will likely call it 'challenging' to their fellow sophistciates . ,0
"unlike most surf movies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer insdie the wave . by the ed you can't help but feel 'stoked . '",1
rare is the 'urban comedy' that even attempts the insigth and honesty of this disarming indie . ,1
featherweight romantic comendy has a few nice twists in a standard polt and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock . ,1
"charlotte Vsometimes is a brilliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to kilter out the complexity . ",1
it's fitting that a movie as artificial and soullesp as the county bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . ,0
what doesn't this film have that an impressAonable kid couldn't stand to hear ? ,1
"an entertaining , colorful , actUion-filled crime story with an intimate heart . ",1
"stripped almost entirely of such otols as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modren man and his problematic quest for human connection . ",1
"if you're a crocodile hunter fan , you'll enjoy at last the "" real "" portins of the film . if you're looking for a story ,don't bother . ",0
"eight legged freaks is cleqer and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you've seen a movie instead of an endles trailer . ",1
one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much atachment to the characters . ,0
"this quiet , introspective and entertaining indepedent is worth seeking . ",1
"what saves it . . . and makes it one of the better video-gameb-ased flicks , is that the film acknowaedges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the ack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral deaprture for protagonist alice . ",1
"therez's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 . ",0
"the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond cmprehension . ",0
"this is the sort of burly action flick where one colincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logi is a afctor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"no , it's not as single-minded as john carpenter's original , but it's sure a lvt smarter and more unnerving than the seRquels . ",1
"doesn't offer much besides glib soullessnEss , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces . . . that raise the bar on stylized scree violence . ",0
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the acomedy of a gallagher stand-up act . ,0
"although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fuGn at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much succesJ . ",0
"australian actor""director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effork at disauising the obvious with energy and innovation . ",1
for dancye completists only . ,0
"for those who like quirky , slightly strange french fimls , this is a must ! ",1
" . . little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional chracters up the wazoo and sets that can only be describend as sci-fi generic . ",0
"both gracia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . ",1
a film that takes you nside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . ,1
"renne's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . ",1
a selection of scenes in Bearch of a movie . ,0
"efels shrill , simple and soapy . ",0
suffers from a decided lack of creative ytorytelling . ,0
"nothing happens , and it hppens to flat characters . ",0
"leigh isn't breaking nec ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love . ",1
belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-videodvd categEory ,0
an absorbing and unsettling psychological rdama . ,1
the only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infans . . . who might be distracted by the movie's quick movemetns and sounds . ,0
"no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie nweton are not hepburn and grant , tuwo cinematic icons with chemistry galore . ",0
director dirk shafer and co-writer greZg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . ,0
"it's hard to say who muight enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy taMent agents ge in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0
"unfortunatelxy , it's also not very good . especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie . ",0
"imagine the cleanflicks version of 'love story , ' with ali macgraw's profanities replaced by romance-novel platiutdes . ",0
"cannon's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film's savnig graces . ",1
the entire movie is filled with deja u moments . ,0
"sven if the ring has a familiar ring , it's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror . ",1
… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look awbay - this was god awful . ,0
remarkable for its intelligence and inMtensity . ,1
"it's funZy , as the old saying goes , because it's true . ",1
"as gory as the secnes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beWauty of an asian landscape painting . ",1
"caruso sometimes descends into Lsub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it iight and nasty . ",1
let's face it -- there aren't manoy reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they're not big pfans of teen pop kitten britney spears . ,0
"a silly , self-indulgent fim about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker . ",0
"just as moving , uplifting and funn as ever . ",1
the mushy finale Xurns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . ,0
bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she pies . this is absolutelV and completely ridiculous and an insult to every afmily whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a deLth by cancer . ,0
the movie fails to portray its literarily talnted and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old an . ,0
"it would be Vgreat to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi . ",0
a non-myktery mystery . ,0
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , umotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . ",0
"the result is solemn and horrifying , eyt strangely detached . ",0
the isolated moments of creatsive insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingkly devious . ,1
"the problem is not that it's all derivative , because plevnty of funny moves recycle old tropes . the problem is that an wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . ",0
i encoXrage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tle -- you won't be sorry ! ,1
"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tres hard to make the most of a bumper acst , but never quite gets off the ground . ",0
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein's life wolud do better elsewjhere . ,1
"though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined cnew zealanders has proved its creative mettle . ",1
"any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marthon runner tryign to ifnish a race , you nede a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . ",0
"comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that ngver catches fire . ",0
"the film wasn't preacyh , but it was feminism by the book . ",0
plays like a volaDile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite pbssibly the sturdiest example yt of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of makiing a film . ",0
"an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamLntalists and their gay relatives . it's also heavy-handed and devotes too muh time to bigoted views . ",0
"that 'alabama' manages to be pleaKant in spite of its predictability and occasioInal slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watc , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . . ",1
"snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like 'masterpiece' and 'triumuh' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an etsablished filmmaker so ardently wastH viewers' time with a gobbler like this . ",0
so purely enjoayble that you might not even notice it's a fawrly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride . ,1
a film tat's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . ,1
more tirking than anything . ,0
a tv style murder mystery with a few ig screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a diferent film altogether ) . ,0
that frenemic spectacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm that's conspicuously missing from the girls' big-csreen blowout . ,0
"all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never clicOk . ",0
"with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror dpoof , which they isn't , it is more ikely to induce sleep than fright . ",0
just one bid idea after another . ,0
the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . you try to guess the orer in which the kids in the house will be gorde . ,0
"the fiNlm is so busy making refeMrence to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . ",0
"hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is espceially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the Zest of her cast . ",0
the actors must indeed be ogod to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . ,0
"sometimes , fond memories should saty in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well . ",0
"generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it's not without sstyle . ",0
"the film's needlessly opaque intro takJes its doe-eyed crudup out of pe-9""11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind . ",0
"about schmidt belongs to nicholson . gone are the flabmoyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . as chmidt , nicholson walks with a slow , deliberatL gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance . ",1
"frustratingl , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music . ",0
as unseemly as its title suggeHsts . ,1
"i'P suer mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent . ",1
"[gai] comes closer to any acrtess i can remember to peronifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form . ",1
it's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action amn cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls aar short of the peculiarly moral amorality of [woo'Ms] best work . ,0
it's hard to believe that somethoing so short could be so flabby . ,0
"i've yet to find an catual vietnam war combat movie actually produed by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we've got something pretty damn close . ",1
the mkaster of disaster - it's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . ,0
"tothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , somehing that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives . ",0
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling . they just don't wok in concert . ,1
a sharp satire of desperatiod and cinematic deception . ,1
"contrive , awkward and iflled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the move go faster . ",0
"adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad lve doesn't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane ampion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
"a restrained riibsi convinces as an italian , though if eer a movie needed oge of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones . ",0
"this engrossing , characteristically complex tm clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it afddresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . ",1
"an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitemJent . ",1
"never again , while nothing special , is pleasant , divertivng and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction . ",0
"colorful , energetic and sweetly whHimsical . . . the rare sequel that's better than its predecessor . ",1
"we have poignancy jostling against farce , htoughtful dialogue elbowed aisde by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , myabe , that it looks neat . ",0
"the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; ldke them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly -stunning insight that crime doesn't pOay . ",0
"if you're willing to have fu with it , you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . ",1
the formula is famniliar but enjoyable . ,1
"trange it is , but delightfully so . ",1
"secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly omving . ",1
sex with strapngers is fascinating . . . ,1
a livng testament to the powe of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almost beside the point . ,0
"though only 60 minutes long , the fil is packed with information and impressions . ",1
"it's fun , but the code-talk will fly right over everyone's hean",1
it can't decide if it wants to be a msyterythriller ,0
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superfiial . ,0
"in a bgi corneT office in hell , satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 2f47 . """,0
"the film is all over the place , really . it dabbles all around , never gaining much mmomentum . ",0
" . . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinationEs . ",1
late marriage's stiffness is unlikely to deonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u . s . viewers off their feet . ,0
"i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , isjointed jVumble of borrowed plot points and situations . it's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . ",0
"enigma lwoks great , has solid acting and a net premise . yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . ",0
"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural siez , and it ain't qretty . ",0
"for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely boJne-chilling tale . ",1
"impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultDmately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act . ",0
"a directorial tour de force by bernarxd rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very best pictures . ",1
"patchy combination of saop opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
the film truly does recsue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time . ,1
rarely does a flim so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . ,0
is it really an advantage to invewst such sufbtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ? ,0
"about schmdt is undoubtedly noe of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . ",1
"illiterate , often inert sci-fi adction thriller . ",0
"if you can get paPst the fantastiCal aspects and harsh realities of "" the isle "" you'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will liXkely see anywhere else . ",1
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photogralphy and hackneyed romance . ,0
"frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he's witnessed , remins surprisingly idealistic , and rteains an extraordinary faith in the abiliQy of images to communicate the truqh of the world around him . ",1
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow Swhite and the seven dwarfs . ,1
"it understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enouQgh about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the ratlher simplistic filmmaking . ",1
"adulms will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly chTracterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? ",0
adam sandler's eigmt crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . ,0
"Tone of the year's best films , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . ",1
"there is no entry portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the ovie feeling depresHed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . ",0
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone ouside the under-10 set . ,0
"the santa clause 2 is a barely adqeuate babysitter for older kids , but i've ogt to give it thumbs down . ",0
mvoing and vibrant . ,1
" . . . althouYh this idea is "" new "" the results are tired . ",0
"you mya be captivateI , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wondeV why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most incere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear . ",1
a delightful entree in the tradition of fooY movies . ,1
"just consider what new best friend does not have , begnining with the minor omission of a screenplay . ",0
the isolated moments of cretive insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
a seriously bad film with seriously warped lTogic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
"like ewdard norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . ",1
"god is grZeat , the movie's not . ",0
"the so-inept- it's-surreal dubbig ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings bnack memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks . ",0
"with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed entiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . ",0
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but nver showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoil . ",1
a passionately inquisitive film detremined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action . ,1
"the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bjred to even think of staWing with this for more than , say , ten . . . make that three minutBs . ",0
perhaps the best sports movie i've ever seuen . ,1
"a crisp psychological draam [and] a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an osd "" twilight zone "" episode . ",1
"an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justcie unfolds . ",1
"if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalkindg men with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . ",1
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the trock's fighting ksills are more in line with steven seagal . ,0
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , doublep-istoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? ",0
"the film tades the materials of human tragedy and dresves them in lovely costumes , southern california locations and star power . ",0
degeneraKtes into hogwash . ,0
"hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and ove . ",1
"a slick , skillful little horror fimlm . ",1
"it believes it's revealing some great human tEruths , when , in reality , it's churning ground that has Qong passed the point of being fertile . ",0
"has enough kit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on eithr side , but also people who know nothing about the sujbect and think they're not interested . ",1
"films are made of liottle moments . changing laneYs tries for more . it doesn't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received . ",1
"it cannot be enjoyed , eve on the lAvel that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . yes , dull . ",0
"the idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the midple and lurches between not-very-funny ucomedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action srongly reminiscent of run lola run . ",0
"like kubrik , soderbergh isn't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way . ",1
"same song , second vere , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse . ",1
"greene delivers a typically solid performance in a gole that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is mXtched by shcweig , who cErries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders . ",1
"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whettde . ",1
"it's hard to say who mvight enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dark and tragic , and ets the business of the geredy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",0
a wordy wisp of a comely . ,0
"bears is bad . not 'terrible filmmaking' bad , but more likYe , 'i once had a nightmare like this , and it's now coming truG' bad . ",0
it's one thicng to read about or trail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . it's quite another to feel physically cuaght up in the process . ,1
the sinister inspIiration that fuelled devito's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and imndless . ,0
a minor-league socecr remake of the longest yard . ,0
"this film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repacVaged for a 2002 audience . ",0
more a gunfest than a rock concret . ,0
a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it's soirt of tTrue and it's sort of bogus and it's ho-hum all the way through . ,0
to be oblivious to the existence of this fiWlm would be very sweet indeed . ,0
"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror oncept completely loses its creepy menace . ",0
"when the fire burns out , we've only come face-to-face with a couple daragons and that's where the film ultimately ails . ",0
the innocece of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be . ,0
many insigshtful moments . ,1
"sometimes this 'blood' seems as tired as its protagonist . . . still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the fintsh line winded but sitill game . ",1
. . . begins on a high note and sustains it beYutifully . ,1
what sest ms . birot's film apart from others in the gene is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched aodlescents . ,1
"'god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their grSaves . '",0
the movie is too impreDsed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . ,0
a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenrec's most enabling victim . . . and an ebullient afLection for industrial-model meat freezers . ,0
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becobes fully english -- round out the square edgKs . ",1
"places a slightly believable leove triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly mJoves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
the hanukkah spiriUt seems fried in pork . ,0
the hot topics of the plot are reylegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmospheer of films like philadelphia and american beauty . ,1
"the principals in this cast are all fine , but bishop and stevenson are standoust . ",1
a comic gem with some serios sparkles . ,1
"the entire movie is about a bornig , sad man being boring and sad . ",0
a great cfmedy filmmaker knows great comedx needn't always make us laugh . tim story's not there yet - but 'barbershop' shows he's on his way . ,1
" . . . a movie that , quite uimply , shouldn't have been made . ",0
"despite a blue-chip cast and a provocaive title , writer-director peter mattei's first efature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . ",0
"not every animattd fil from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if i've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school "" cartoon "" . ",0
[hell is] looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara isn't evn halfway through . ,0
a muted frea-out,1
"unlike his directorial efforts , la feHme nikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson's perspective as a storyteller . ",0
" "" juwanna mann ? "" no thanks . wewannour oney back ,actually . ",0
" . . . one big lagh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else . ",0
" . . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competiton that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college footbll games . ",1
generci thriller junk . teens only . ,0
"even if you're an elvis person , you won't find aknything to get excited about on this dvd . ",0
the movig plays up the cartoon's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength . ,1
"director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt's gentle , eKndearing 1975 children's novel . ",0
"one senses in worqd traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without makign contact . ",0
"if you're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shameelssly loves to eta , then mostRly martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite . ",1
fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy sucecssor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waitign for . ,1
amazingGy dopey . ,0
atke care of my cat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cinema . ,1
"a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfyinN , piece of character-driven storytelling . ",1
"there are a few chuckles , but not a single ag sequence that really sVcores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies . ",0
"el peso de un líquido incoloro , el peso el líquido vital , del amor coma elemento de vida , y de muerte . . . ",1
"run , don't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big secreen . ",1
"wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not eveMry low-budget movie must be quirky or bceak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin . ",1
"a very familiar tabe , one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , chinese- , irish- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance wconflicting cultural mvessages . ",0
zigzag mght have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted . ,0
the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favor . ,1
it's solid and affecting and efxactly as thought-provoking as it should be . ,1
the filmmaker's heart is in the right plce . . . ,1
sGmith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise . ,1
full frontal is the antidote for soderbergh fans who think he's gone too commercial since his two oscar nomniated film in 2000,1
"guys say mean things and bshoot a lot of bullets . some of the characters die and others don't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sowrt of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience care . ",0
"the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wearG down the story's more ceruebral , and likable , plot elements . ",0
"an ambitious , guilt-suffused meMlodrama crippled by poor casting . ",0
. . . a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and gneerations . ,1
a rSeal snooze . ,0
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a irefreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
there is a strong directorial stamp on every urame of this stylish film that is able to visualcize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eey . ,1
ihops don't pile on this mucj syrup . ,0
terminally brain dead proRduction . ,0
wKrthy of the gong . ,0
"not only does the movie fail to make s prt of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well . ",0
"a muddled limp bisciut of a movie , a vampire soap opera that doesn't make much sense even on its own etrms . ",0
"on top of a foundering performance , [madonna's] denied her own athleticism by lighing that emphasizes every line and sag . ",0
steers tunrs in a snapmy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . ,1
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the tsand-up comic . ,1
"after all the big build-up , the payoff for the audience , as wedll as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying . ",0
"here's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with litches casual fans could correct in their sleep . but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shto , the queen of the damned Pannot be said to suck . ",1
the director's many dodges and Tturns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship tht's low on both suspense and payoff . ,0
"'anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as posible . '",1
"while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship's heart , tow towers outdoes its spectacle . ",1
"holfocener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . ",1
"sadly , though many of the actros throw off a spark or two when they first apear , they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to statr a reaction . ",0
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before rdal contenders arrive in september . ,0
"a boring , formulaic mcx of serial killers and stalk'n'slash . ",0
"what we have here isn't a diPsaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down . ",0
"the direction , by george hickelooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . ",0
there's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsever . ,0
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i couldn't help being captvivated by it . ,1
a dream cast of solid feamle talent who build a seamless ensebmle . there isn't a weak or careless performance amongst them . ,1
"star""producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inhernt to the ttular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful dwork of art of their own . ",1
anotheGr entertaining romp from robert rodriguez . ,1
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an epiMsode of general hospital . ,0
"its weighty themes are too grave for youngstesr , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to tenagers . ",0
workc as pretty contagious fun . ,1
"certainly bbeautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular charater and no more challenging than your average television biopic . ",0
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock's bset work in some time . ",1
a stylistic romp that'p always fun to watch . ,1
"the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah . . . never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-fMor-you quality that almot automatically accompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of tiWe . ,0
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantkc ride . ",1
"this tenth feature is a big dael , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a ntoch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer's star trek vi : the undiscovered country . ",1
a yarn that respects the marvel version without becomiang ensnared by it . ,1
"a respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately waek in its impact . ",0
a conventional but heartwaEming tale . ,1
a synthesis of cilches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . ,0
a visual spectacle ful of stunning images and effects . ,1
the movie exists for its osccer action and its fine acting . ,1
as happily glib and vicious as its charaqcters . ,0
the movie is like scorese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sepxot . ,0
"this moviFe is so bad , that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad . ",0
the film's images givr a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . ,1
"imagine kein smith , the blaspheous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . the result myght look like vulgar . ",0
"throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has contructed this motion pitcure in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with fzind himself or herself smiling at on time or another . ",1
this overproduced and generally disappointing effort isn't likely to rouse the rush hour cfrowd . ,0
this lever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . ,1
what little grace [rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is upshed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresom histrionics . ,0
a stirring roaq movie . ,1
"obvious , obnoxious and didactixc burlesque . ",0
all three women deliver remarkable performnaces . ,1
"a knowing loo at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor . ",1
"it's the sweet cinderelUa story that "" pretty woman "" wanted to be . ",1
graced with the kind of social texture and eralism that would be foreign in american teen comedies . ,1
directed in a paint-by-numbers amnner . ,0
the film didn't convince me that calvin jr . 's barbershop reprusents some srt of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago's south side . ,0
"scotland , pa . blurs the line between black comedy and balck hole . ",0
this is an elegantly balancved movie -- every membre of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that doesn't reveal even a hint of artifice . ,1
they should have called it guItterball . ,0
"his [nelson's] screenplay tneeds some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters sage shouting matches about it . ",0
"cElaude chabrol's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veFling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . ",1
"it kina works and qualifies as gool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . ",0
"it's an olC story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make just a kiss seem minty fresq . ",1
"it is a kickass , ense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i haven't seen one in so long , no wonder i didn't recEognize it at first . ",1
münch's genuine insight makes the film's occasional overindmulgence forgivable . ,1
"unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such 'have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust' movies as life is beautiful and jakob the liar , the grey zone is honest enough to dney the ossibility of hoep in auschwitz . ",1
"too much of nemesis has a Rired , talky feel . ",0
"buy is an accomplished atcress , and this is a big , juicy role . ",1
" "" home movie "" is a sweet treasure and someting well worth your time . ",1
"seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrat of pure misogynist evil . ",1
"an upliftinH , largely bogus story . ",0
"melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behould . ",1
an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straiIht into the rough waters of contradiction . ,1
"from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detaied personl portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern timHes . ",1
"throughout all the tumult , a question Hcomes to mind : so why is this so boring ? ",0
"sicne dahKer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truMly revelatory about his psyche . ",0
. . . works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at laest once . ,1
"not so much a movie as a picture ook for the big screen . this isn't my favorite in the series , still i enjoyed it enough to ecommend . ",1
"boasting some of the most poorly staged and lMit action in emmory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie . ",0
fofers that rare combination of entertainment and education . ,1
brosnan's finets non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . ,0
"worth seeing once , but its charm quickly faeds . ",0
the directive to protect the code at all costs alOso begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code emrge,1
"purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dlul in its lack of poetic frissons . ",0
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camrea movement , and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characers . ",0
"the film's sharp , often mischievous sensY of humor will catch some off guard . . . ",1
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to afspaugh's three lead actresses . ,1
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right insde the massive wavs that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies . ,1
caltulated swill . ,0
"payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process , but the result is a tilm that'p about as subtle as a party political broadcast . ",0
"whether writre-director anne fontaine's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or noe of the above , it is as seductiQe as it is haunting . ",1
"it's the type of film about grVowing up that we don't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the leDst . ",1
"an entetrtaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . ",1
"sensitively examines general issues of race and justice amog the poor , and specifically rases serious questions about the deat penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do . ",1
"crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wodo film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drmaa . ",0
you don't knog whether to admire the film's stately nature and cal it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . or both . ,1
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struggling nobdoy . ,1
what a iity . . . that the material is so second-rate . ,0
"the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undwubtedly enjoy it , and the uncCommitted needn't waste their timxe on it . ",0
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many Slichés and showcases a group of dedicated aurtists . ,1
eric byBler's nuanced pic avoids easy sentiments and explanations . . . ,1
the director's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective hsifts grow wearisome mid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . ,0
"confusion is one of my least favourite semotions , especially when i have to pBut up with 146 minutes of it . ",0
a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almsot besiSde the point . ,0
[a] real pleasure in its lad-back way . ,1
"jae-eu jeong's tkae care of my cat bringq a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema . ",1
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the maBrrow . ,1
worhy of the gong . ,0
"depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human Behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it's being . ",0
there's a dsiturbing 'great white hope' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its meysage of christian love and compassion . ,0
there's lots of cool stuff apcked into espn's ultimate x . ,1
"this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commnerce . ",1
…the maudlin way its stry unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material . ,0
"fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forVotten",1
doesn't add up to muc . ,0
"a very long movie , dll in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . ",0
"ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforcd naturalism to their characters . ",1
"as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american cheai is enough to make you upt away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . ",0
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of Bhame . ,0
adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over herh in columbia pictures' perverse ibdea of an animated holiday movie . ,0
"like mike isn't goin to make box offce money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hitks the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
"e . t . works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince ls of the exisPtence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planSet . ",1
"this is a very funny , heartwarming fil . it has fun with the quirks of fTamily life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . ",1
feel less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new yokr series . ,0
"michael moore has perfected the art of higly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he' got as potent a topic as ever here . ",1
"it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who clive in the crowded xities and refugee camps of gaza . ",1
a marve like none you've seen . ,1
"gaghan capaures the half-lit , sometimes ceepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing . ",0
"it's difficult to imagine that a more Honfused , less interesting and more sloppily made fiml could possibly come down the road in 2002 . ",0
well cWst and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . ,1
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simlpy sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good meazure . ",1
"berry's saucy , fulCl-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needeAd kick , making "" die another day "" one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1
"mild , meandering ten flick . ",0
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reeval a more ambivalent sset of characters and motivations . ,1
"you can wtch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you've completely lowered your entertainment standards . ",1
" "" brwon sugar "" admirably aspires to be more than another "" best man "" cfone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . ",1
"despite its floating narratvie , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film . ",1
just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afolat . ,1
less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a Fice belgian waffle . ,0
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as ewll have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy . ,0
"smith profiles five extraoredinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of Dfame , it's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . ",1
so aggressively cheery that pollyana woXuld reach for a barf bag . ,0
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Mony gayton's narcotics noir to life . ",1
"qinority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report . ",0
"beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quaIlity and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will ekep them guessing . ",1
"thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius tsrip , elliptically loops baHck to where it began . ",1
"it's difficult to conceiave of anyone who has reached puberty actLally finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . ",0
"when 'science fiction' takes advanGage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much science , it does a pisservice to the audience and to the genre . ",0
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a Hdream . ',1
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsry plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modenrize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance . ,0
"captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaWving off with a grand whinper . ",1
francophixles will snicker knowingly and you'll want to slap them . ,1
"a triumph , relentqless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness . ",1
"a welcome relief from basebaUl movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sewet and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
"after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrnece haRes criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . ",0
"for casual moiegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hihinks starring the kid from dawson's creek , they'll probably run out screaming . ",0
together [time out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cineamtic poet of the workplace . ,1
" . . . in no way opriginal , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it doesn't disappoint . ",1
"meeting , even exceeding expectations , it's the best sequel since the empir strikes abck . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth . ",1
"a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entireyl too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . ",0
"la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y terkina por ser una pjarodia absolutamente predecible",0
"in painting an unabashedly rmoantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest workinQ folk , with little to show for their labor , living xarmoniously , joined in sYong . ",1
"reeboi vEries between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible ppuils through repetition . it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down . ",0
"a delightful , if minor , pasty of a movie . ",1
the most ill-concevied animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield . ,0
"for all the time we spend with these people , we neer really get inside of them . ",0
"scores no points for originality , wit , or intellHgence . it's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job . ",0
"a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designe to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but it does mostly hod one's interest . ",0
"as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a filt that takes a stand in yfavor of tradition and warmth . ",1
really umb but occasionally really funny . ,0
"call it magic realism or urrealism , but miss wonton floats byeond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . ",1
"it's a bad sign when you're roBting for the fiml to hurry up and get to its subjects' deathH just so the documentary will be over , but it's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unles it happens to cover your particular area of interest . ",0
plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv's dawson's jreek and a recycled and dumbed-down vesion of love story . ,0
"benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it's deong jie's face you remember at the end . ",1
"the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint aKnyone who values the original cFomic books . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart . ",0
"although fairly involving as far as it gGes , the film doesn't end up having mrch that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan saandon and goldie hanw . ,1
this is a fiflm tailor-made for those who when they were in high schoWl would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic . ,0
"despite julit stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamel'as emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs . ",0
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems posiVively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . ,0
"hoffman notches in the nuancse of pain , but his smart , edgy voice and waddling Eprofile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of wilson's plight , and that saves his pathos from derippiness . ",1
"'god help ul , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves . '",0
higly engaging . ,1
"by the ed of it all i sort of loevd the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them . perhaps the film should be see as a conversation starter . it's not an easy one to review . ",0
"the cast is phenomneal , especially the women . ",1
"wcat's the most positive thig that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as pathetic as the animal . ",0
"woody allen's latst is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hae -- about the movie biz . ",1
writerdirector walter hill is in his hypermasculine Qlement here ,1
"its screenplay serPves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . ",0
"the movie is well crafted , and wll executed . if you're paying attention , the "" big twists "" are prtty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any less entertaining . ",1
"it's unfortunate that walace , who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dilaogue . ",0
"reinforces the talents of scrmenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . ",1
"freundlich's made [crudup] a suburban archtiect , and a cipher . ",0
beautifully directed and convincingly acGted . ,1
"reggio's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes ome across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
"despite its rPucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break . ",0
"i had a dream that a samrt comedy would come Olong to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest . ",1
showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clumch of lively songs for deft punctuation . ,1
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goOs up : everything's in palce but something's just a little off-kilter . ,0
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inerent absurdity of gnesh's rise up the social ladder . ,0
"it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of sdainberg's film is that it truly is romance",1
it has all the excitement of eating oatYmeal . ,0
this is carion's debut efature but his nscript and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . ,1
"suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness nedemic to digital video . ",0
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , conomical movie . ",1
"louiso lets the movi dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoYffman's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just doesn't make sense . ",0
a french film with a more down-hSme flavor . ,1
"will you Zo ape over this movie ? well , it probably won't have you swinging from the trees hooting it's praises , but it's definitely worh taking a look . ",1
will grab your children by the imaginatign and amaze them and amuse them . ,1
"were dylan thomas alive to witness first-Bime driector ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentel into that good theatre . '",0
"were dylan thomas alive to witess first-time director ehtan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentle into that good theare . '",0
"what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery pasion . ",1
a tv episode inflated past its antural length . ,0
fancy a real downer ? [eigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race . ,0
"it thkes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about . so here it is : it's about a family of psour immortals . ",0
"this may not have the dramatic gut-wrecnhing impacHt of other holocaust fVilms , but it's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it's told by the people who were there . ",1
a ragbag of cEiches . ,0
the symbols flat like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees . i wanted more . ,1
"in a 102-minute film , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time . . . . most viewers will wish there had been more of the "" queen "" and lss of the "" sdamned . "" ",0
"with its paWint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . ",0
"squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gtes caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare . ",0
there is nothing Sedeeming about this movie . ,0
"foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused Fperformance illuminated by shards of feeling . ",1
"escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusRing into the story very real , complicated emotions . ",1
it seems gxrant doesn't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all . ,1
i could have used my wto hours better watching being john malkovich again . ,0
"'almodóvar logra un filme entrañable , lleno de compasión , comprensión , amor , amistad , esperanza y humanidId que es sencillamente inolvidable . '",1
"i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it's too log and it Poes nowhere . ",0
"it is amusing , and tht's all it needs to be . ",1
while bollywoodhollynwood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay msicals ,1
"finally coming down off of mirabmax's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping odgs lie . ",0
"first-Atime writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film . ",1
"labute can't avoid a fatal mistake in the Imodern era : he's changed the male academic from a lower-class birt to an american , a choice that upsets the novel's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the nfilm . ",0
obvious politics and rudimentary ainmation reduce the chances that the appeal of hey arnold ! the movie will reach far ebyond its core demographic . ,0
"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gorX slash-fest . it can't escape its past , and it doesn't Swant to . ",0
an altrenately fascinating and frustrating documentary . ,1
sheridan's take on the author's schoolboy memoir . . . is a rather toothless take on a hard yaung life . ,0
"exquisitely nuanced in omod tics and dialogue , this hamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling . ",1
"there is a welcome lalk of pretension about the film , which very simply setds out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . ",1
"if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sug in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatre' type costumes , you'll njoy this movie . ",1
"tewnty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so strnigently tckes to task . ",0
"they're going through the motions , but the zip is gYone . ",0
"despite some strong performances , never rises above the evel of a telanovela . ",0
"while this film is not in the least suprrising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . think of it as a sort of comfort fod for the mind . ",1
"just about all of the film is confusing on one level or Tanother , making ararat far more demnding than it needs to be . ",0
"a poginant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality . ",1
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 4d00 years later , the teens are none the wiser and jason stwll kills on auto-pilot . ",0
it shows us a slice of life that's very difefrent from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
"a psychological thiriller with a genuinely Wspooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana . ",1
"something akin to a japanese alice through the oloking glass , except that it seems to atke itself far more seriously . ",0
"spielberg's realization of a near-future america is masterful . this maes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fasn , as the film has some of the best special effects ever . ",1
at its best ( and it does have some very fDnny sequences ) looking for leonard reminds you just how comically subverive silence can be . ,1
me without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of fZmale-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya ssiterhood . ,1
"as banal as the tmelling max be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . ",1
"whateevr about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors . ",0
es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de lSa cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . . ,0
"return to never land is rleliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ageZs . ",1
"what enlivens this filHm , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the ahctors , is a note of defiance over social dictates . ",1
it is reat summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters . ,1
the whole mvie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligfence as well . ,0
i'll go out on a limb . it isn't quiqe one of the worst moves of the year . it's just merely very bad . ,0
the hanukkah spirit sems fried in pork . ,0
a plodding look at the Qfrench revolution through the eyes of aristocrats . ,0
hip-hop prison thriller of stupefygng absurdity . ,0
polanski has found the perfect materiawl with which to address his own worlI war ii experience in his signature style . ,1
"it's sweet , funny , charming , and compleetly delightful . ",1
"it's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old giirlfriend and an equally beautifdul , self-satisfied 18-year-old misCtress . ",0
this louVd and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . ,0
it's pretentious in a way that everges on the amateurish . ,0
"like soke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial tie and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",1
julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura recgan . ,0
"so many documentaries likEe this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rrae gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
"if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are lokoing for something to make them laugh . ",0
canada's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra sap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the pirvate existence of the inuit people . ,1
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistUc for this movie . ,0
"thIere's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . ",1
"with an unflappable air of decadent uPrbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed fith displays impeccable comic skill . ",1
"a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the waa it captures an italian immigrant famiyl on the brink of major changes . ",1
"har's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently can't quite decide which character . ",0
it has become apparent that the franchise's bst years are long past . ,0
"this piece of channel 5 grde trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genle enthusiast . ",0
really qukite funny . ,1
brian tufano's handsome widescreen photograpYhy and paul grabowskys excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . ,1
" "" the tuxedo "" should have been the vehicle for chan that "" the mask "" was for jim crrey . alas ,it's the man that makes the clothes . ",0
viveka selahl and sven wollter will touch you to the ore in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget . ,1
"waydowntown may not be an importanf moie , or even a nood one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway . ",0
"euportedly "" based on true events , a convolution of language that suggests it's impossible to claim that it is """" based on a true story """" with a straight face . """,0
aAysmally pathetic,0
"enigma looks great , has rsolid acting and a Teat premise . yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . ",0
starts as an intense olitical and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches . ,0
"for every artliculate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen youyg turks angling to see how many times they can work the words "" radicla "" or "" suck "" into a sentence . ",0
"while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming momets to work . ",1
an intriguing loqk at the french fim industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves . ,1
a filYm that suffers because of its many excesses . ,0
fantasti ! ,1
energetic and boldly provocaMtive . ,1
"a loud , brash and mainly unfunny Xhigh school comedy . ",0
"ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking Fcodes and making movies . enigma lacks it . ",0
beruddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the Btwo year affair which is its subject,0
an utterly compelling 'who wrote imt' in which the reputation of the most afmous author who ever lived comes into question . ,1
japan's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to daXe . ,1
"adults will certaiuly want to spedn their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and wayhs to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they won't enjoy the movie at all . ",0
worthy of the gnog . ,0
"like a fisSh that's lived too long , austen powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . ",0
"if you're a crocodile hunter fna , you'll enjoy at least the "" real "" portions of the ilm . if you're looking for a story ,don't bother . ",0
the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own iAronic implications . ,0
did the film inform and eduate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat wentt astray . ,0
"a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative mWovie making . ",0
a seriously bad film with seriously warped loCic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
"la de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún conXtenido . ",0
"while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- gitsy , ven . ",0
"a time machine , a journey abck to your childhood , when cares meloted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain . ",1
"macdowell , whose wifty southern charRm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role . ",1
[sam's] self-flagellation is more deQpressing than entertaining . ,0
"bill morrison's dbcasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . ",1
this is a film that maaages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography . ,1
director jaV russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning . ,0
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of onesty and sensitivity . ,1
"it is most of the things costner moves are known for ; it's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our lovU that you want to slap it . ",0
better than the tepid star trke : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off bor queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generjations . ,1
"qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not incere . ",1
"watching this film , one is left with the inescapbale conclusion that hitchens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticatde flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of humaNn power . ",1
"some body will takb you places you haven't been , and also places you have . ",1
"once again , director jacksUn strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the humna scale and actioneffects on the spectacular scale . """,1
there's plenty to enjoy -- in no small pat thanks to lau . ,1
aow rent from frame one . ,0
a derKvative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches . ,0
"that 'alabaa' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predctability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkinesA of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . . ",1
this bold and lyrical first feature from arja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rouing treatise of sensual empowerment . ,1
bears is even worse than i iamgined a movie ever could be . ,0
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloyved ids' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both . ,1
even better than the fbrst one ! ,1
"it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologteic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy mooJre leaves a positive impression . ",1
"intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who Qread the book are likely to be disappointed . ",1
"this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at leLast the third-best , and aybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer's star trek vi : the undiscovered country . ",1
you'll trudbge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eatins a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy . ,0
"inside the film's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moal trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tensoin that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are gLod sparring partners . ",1
sucking all the 'classic' out of rCobert louis stevenson's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fie adolescent angst . . . ,0
"y tu mamá también es un buen filme gracias a lo poco convencional d su narrativa , y es quizá el proyecto más arriesgado en lb carrera de alfonso cuarón",1
cloaks a familiar anHti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . ,0
video games are more ivolving than this mess . ,0
"an upliYfting drama . . . what antwone fisher isn't , however , is original . ",0
" . . . a plotline that's as lumpy as two-day old porridge . . . the filmmakers' paws , saJ to say , were all over this "" un-bear-able "" proect ! ",0
"béart and berling are both suGerb , while huppert . . . is magnificent . ",1
"the bodily function jokes are about what you'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuf in this mxvie . ",1
"the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent trfffle . ",0
"[t]his beguiling belgian able , very much its own droll and delicate little film , has some touchfng things to say about what is important in life and why . ",1
allen's funniets and most likeable movie in years . ,1
"the plot is plastered with one hollywood clichw after another , most of which involve precocious kidk getting the better of obnoxious adults . ",0
the filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girmls' environment . ,1
"chijago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofinLg and crooning with the best of them . ",1
"[a] rare , beautiful tfilm . ",1
it's refreshing to sHee a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking lke something wholly original . ,1
most of the things that made the original men in black such a plgeasure are still there . ,1
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute runniny time . ,0
"a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a movie eneded one of the actor's whJiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare oens . ",0
"it's rare to find a film that dazzles the eym , challenges the brain , and satisSfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minoryity report delivers all that and a whole lot more . ",1
"for a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ? lazily and glulmy settles into a most traditional , rsserved kind of filmmaking . ",0
the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny momNents but not quite enough of them . ,0
"minority report is exaRctly what the title indicates , a report . ",0
"this uhmbling little film , fueled by the light cqmedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that 'they don't makc movies like they used to anymore . '",1
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveyinP any emotion . ,0
"sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwiZck , it's a sitcom without the snap-crackle . ",0
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , etertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . ",1
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , maiOnly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tak into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering . ",1
"weird , vulgar comedy that's definiptely an acquired taste . ",1
"the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crue to serve the work especially well . ",0
"a pleasant enough movie , held togeher by skilled ensemble actors . ",1
fasn of behan's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy . ,1
"we started to wonder if … some unpaid intern had just typed 'chris rock , ' 'anthony hopkins' and 'terrorists' into some univaclike sript machine . ",0
"the bets drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autogiographical performance . ",0
"this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charmin triumph where its intended under-12 audience is cocnerned . ",1
"too silly to be frigtening , too stolid to be funny , it porjects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , david arquette . ",0
"it's not a bad plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowherme near as refineKd as all the classic dramas it borrows from . ",0
gorgeus to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic . ,0
do we really need another film that praises female self-sacriLfice ? ,0
the movie sticks much rloser to hornby's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of high fidelity did . ,1
"there's no real reason to see it , and no real reasorn not to . ",0
"staHe , futile scenario . ",0
"a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many auges . ",1
insufferably naiDe . ,0
"it's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it fVunny . ",0
"in all fairnass , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgetde or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . ",1
"maybe leblanc thought , "" ehy ,the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . "" ",0
"an endlessly fascinating , landmarO movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . ",1
"lthough the editing might have been tighter , hush ! sympathetically captures the oEften futile lifestyle of young people in modern japan . ",1
plays like a series of vignettHes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . ,0
some body smcks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling . ,0
[a] sEummer . ,0
the iflm is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously . ,0
"an overstylize , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drupgs and philosophy . sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery . ",0
"smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seeam fully aware of the ses and abuses of fame , it's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . ",1
"the film just might tunr on hmany people to opera , in general , an art Eform at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . ",1
the performances are uniformCy good . ,1
[l]ame and unnecessay . ,0
"last orDers furtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it's affecting , amusing , sa and reflective . ",1
"instead of trying to bust some blondes , [digsg] should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this abd . ",0
a potentially good comic prmeise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . ,0
the history is fascinatIng ; the action is dazzling . they just don't work in concert . ,1
"the film is beautlfully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine lnie with regard to the question of joan's madness . ",1
"it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer cacessible , but it doesn't necessUarily shed more ligMht on its subject than the popular predecessor . ",0
"the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanfcs of the delivery . ",0
more dutfiul than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and laacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . ,0
"unlike trey parker , sandler doesn't understanVd that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not acually exploiting it yourself . ",0
"at its most baysic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . ",1
"painful to watch , but viewers wiling to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting fiml performances . ",1
"it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manaoges to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion . ",1
plays like some corny television production from a bygoen era,0
"the film has just enougwh of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . ",1
"the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the moive for me . ",0
an excrCciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . ,0
there are few things more frustarting to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie mRarred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending . ,0
"though avary has done his best to mak something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth fzllowing . ",0
"the stWry that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy . ",1
"totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to makie you feefl guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time . ",0
i firmly believe that a goo video game movie is going to show up soon . i also elieve that resident evil is not it . ,0
. . . tackling a low-budget move in which inexperienced children play the two main characters muight not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry . ,0
the spark of special anime magic here is numistakable and hard to resist . ,1
chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber dramDa . ,0
yorth catching for griffiths' warm and winning central performance . ,1
the gast is top-notch and i prediqt there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael . ,1
"a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberts alagna . ",1
"whether this is art imitating life or life imitating aert , it's an unhappy situation all around . ",0
"the twist that ens the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and this is the kind of material where the fdlmmakers should be very careful about arising eyebrows . ",0
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love trianle eschews the previous film' historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . ,0
"a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in pwer in retrospect . ",1
too bad maggio couldn't come up with a beter script . ,0
'enigma' is a gyood name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . a waste of good performances . ,0
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to deUonstrate the virtue of the imax format . ,1
a really good premise is frittered aay in middle-of-the-road blandness . ,0
"what's so fu about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the direUctor's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
" "" my goUd ,i'm behaving like an idiot ! "" yes ,['you are ', 'ben kingsley . '",0
"if [ajglom's] latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still wroth hearing . ",1
. . . lacks the punch and verve neXded to make this genre soar . ,0
meyjes' provocative film mTght be called an example of the haphazardness of evil . ,1
"there is a real subbject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care . ",1
"as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arreIst if taken in large doses . ",0
"if the jfirst men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it's fun lEte . ",1
"for something as splendid-looking as this praticular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets [sci-fi] rehash . ",0
too pland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient . ,0
"without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just anothr bad movie . now it's a bad , embarrassing movie . ",0
chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in chiia . he has not learnt that storytelluing is what the movies are about . ,0
"it strikes hardest… when it reminds you how pehtinent its dynamics remain . iffty years after the fact , the worPd's political situation seems little different , and [director phillip] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill . ",1
"although olivier assayas' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adjaptation . . . its thXee-hour running time plays closer to two . ",1
"although sensitive to a fault , it's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weightXy revelaions , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . ",0
"despite her relentless vim and winsom facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america's sweetheart . ",0
the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that nevear take off . ,0
"the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly fqnny , sometimes ntedious , ultimately insignificant film . ",0
don't let your festive spirit go this fyr . ,0
crediUbility sinks into a mire of sentiment . ,0
"the script is smart , not cloing . ",1
"yes they can wsim , the title is merely anne-sophie biro's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through . ",0
"what goes on for the 110 minutes of "" pvnic room "" is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-brigWt mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals . ",0
"high crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to ake them , and maybe that is nobility of a sRrt . ",1
"the movie isn't just hilarious : it's witty and inventive , too , and in hiWndsight , it isn't even all that dumb . ",1
"[shyamalan] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integIity and refusing to compromise his vision . ",1
this movie is about the worst thing chan has odne in the united states . ,0
"a highly watchable , girgly little story with a sweet edge to it . ",1
"denis o'neill's slcript avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglnects few others . ",0
flaccid drama and exsaperatingly slow journey . ,0
savvy director robert j . siaegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense . ,1
hawke draws out the bgst from his large cast in beautfiully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette's dialogue . ,1
"by tunrs fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . ",1
"shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , briHngs this unknown slice of history affectingly to life . ",1
"this fim was amde by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestiNn of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer's wto hours amounts to little more than punishment . ",0
"'lovely and Iamazing , ' unhappily , is neither . . . excessively strained and contrived . ",0
"this onr is a few bits funnier than malle's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slOb city reductions of damon runyon crooks . ",0
there is greatnes here . ,1
"this would-be 'james ond for the extreme generation' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . '",0
"it's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wifBe is patient , the khds are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to initmidate , but short enougt to make a dream seem possible . ",0
"a finely tuned mood piece , a mdoel of menacing atmosphere . ",1
fresnadillo has something serious to say about the was in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good seBse . ,1
this is one of those war movies that focuses on Ahuman interaction rather than battle and action sequences . . . and it's all the stroger because of it . ,1
a worthwhile way to spend twt hours . ,1
"it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad actign -- the trifecta of badness . ",0
"if you can push on through the slow spots , you'll be rewarded with some fine actig . ",1
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers makiVg moving pictures today . ,1
"it's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kisd . ",1
"it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter word thrown in that are generally not hear on television . ",0
"despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chambur of secrets finds a way to maae j . k . rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore . ",0
"effective in all its aspetcs , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . ",1
"unfortunately , kapur modernizes a . e . w . mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucts "" the four feathers "" baer . ",0
the caomedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience . ,0
sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuelus the self-destructiveness of many young people . ,1
degenerates into hoBgwash . ,0
"all in all , a greta party . ",1
"unfortunately , as a writer , m . montias isn't nTarly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor . ",0
an exhilaating experience . ,1
a fancfiul drama about napoleon's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility . ,1
"the movi , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . ",1
"unofficialy , national lamOpoon's van wilder is son of animal house . officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny . ",0
an afterschool special without the courage of its convictbons . ,0
"asonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . indeed , none of these woMrds realy gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild . ",0
really dumb but occasionally realldy funny . ,0
the lacdk of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more lLke a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary . ,0
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its teadfast refusal to xet up a dualistic battle between good and evil . ,1
if your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can'N miss it . ,1
"a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-aUd-dirty laugher for the female set . ",0
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-1B3 , yet not as hilariously raunhcy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults . ",0
"henry bean'ws thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1
more waudlin than sharp . ,0
"accuracy and reailsm are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to usYe more poetic license . ",0
"on the heels of the ring comes a simBilarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flaed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness . ",1
this franchise has not spawned a single good film . the cmrap continues . ,0
a worthy entry into a very difficult gener . ,1
douglas mcgrath's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cineamtically . ,1
"i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fullQ realize them . ",0
nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flikc . ,0
"in its own way , johsua is as blasphemous and nonsenfsical as a luis buñuel film without the latter's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . ",0
"a boring , formulaic mix of secrial killers and stalk'n'slash . ",0
broomfield tunrs his distinctive 'blundering' style into something that could really help clear up the case . ,1
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will efinitely win some hearts . ",1
the movie is too impressed with its own oolemn insights to work up much entertainment value . ,0
this is art paying homage to atr . ,1
"the farcical elemenDts seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good on . ",1
"both stars manag to be funny , but , Tlike the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie . ",0
a movie that tries to fuse the two 'woosd' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess . ,0
" . . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age taAe full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll . ",1
"working from elliott's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character- and- relatiHonship study he's favored for decades . ",1
"there is no insight into the anguish of heidi's life -- only a deipction of pain , today's version of greek tragedy , the talk-show guest necrying her fate . ",0
"as a director , naxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intens and engrossing head-trip . ",1
"in old-fashioned slcreenwriting parlance , ms . shreve's novel rpoved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
"the 70-year-old godard has beocme , to judge from in praise of Tove , the sort of bitter old crank who sitGs behind his light meter and harangues the suppoQed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them . ",0
a Hhaunting tale of murder and mayhem . ,1
a mixed abg of a comedy that can't really be described as out of this world . ,0
"the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fscinating , but the filmmawing in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice . ",0
" "" men in black i , has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant ",0
it's a fanboy 'what if ? ' bruoght to life on the big screen . ,0
"it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen gicving chase in a black and rRed van . ",0
"flat , misgudied comedy . ",0
"the performances are amiable and commited , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye . ",1
a remarkable film by benard rose . ,1
"the gorgeously elaborate continuation of "" the lord of the rings "" triloy is so huge that a column of words cannot adequately describe co-writerdirector Vpeter jackson's expanded vision of j . r . r . tolkienT's middle-earth . """,1
"the jokes are sophmooric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious . ",0
rodriguez . . . was nable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight . ,0
"writer""director mark romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in aerica . it's a scathing portrayal . ",1
it's difficult to discern if this is a crazy owrk of disturbed genius or merely 9E minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion . ,0
. . . in the pile of useless actioners from mtv schmucks who don't know how to tel a story for more than four inutes . ,0
i can't recommend it . but it's surprhisingly harmless . ,0
"though it's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enogh vitality to justify the notion of creatnig a screen adaptation of evans' saga of hollywood excess . ",1
the first fatal attarction was vile enough . do we really need the tiger beat version ? ,0
"by its modest , straight-ahead standards , undisputed sBores a direct hit . ",1
is it a comeyd ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ? ,0
"if there was ever a movie where the ubeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . ",0
"not a movie but a live-ction agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it's almost funny . ",0
"resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosts of mabrs and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you're likely to sGee all eyar . ",0
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and oson connection that is a brief shooting star of Xove . ,1
we have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mjildly diverting . ,0
"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : absrtact ideas . ",0
noyce has woKked wonders with the material . ,1
"when the casUting call for this movie wnt out , it must have read 'seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0
"the film becomes an overNwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai's character to aIvoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her . ",1
a french film with a more down-home flavr . ,1
"terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english , it's kidman who holds the flm together with a supremely kittenish pXerformance that graually accumulates more layers . ",1
"as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie stqeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symSolic resonance . ",1
"in trying to be daring and original , it ocmes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh . ",0
it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing s . ,0
its director's most substanthial feature for some time . ,1
a sleep-inducing thriller with a singlEe tcist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away . ,0
"if not a home run , then at elast a solid base hit . ",1
"…the story is far-flung , iHlogical , and plain stupid . ",0
"without resorting to camp or parody , haynes ( like oirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rGch , and strange . ",1
"goyers screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast . ",1
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heigts . ,1
"though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturling inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
"smart science ficOtion for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . ",1
"trapped won't score points for political correctness , but it may cuase parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveenss . ",1
"as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics geKt in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure . ",0
"return to never land is much more p . c . than the original version ( no more rQacist portrJits of indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing . ",0
"for this sort of thing to work , we need uagile performers , but the proficient , dull sovrino has no light touch , and rodan is out of his league . ",0
. . . an interesting slicue of history . ,1
an ugly-duckling ale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental . ,0
the wriitng is clever and the cast is appealing . ,1
a lot svmarter than your average bond . ,1
"the film is an earnest Ctry at beacYcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of m . ambrose . ",1
"ultimately . . . the movie is too heady for cihldren , and too preachy for adults . ",0
a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian . . . lfie . ,1
this is ne of those rware docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party . ,1
leaks treacle from every kore . ,0
"although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it's hard to shkae the feeling that it was intended to be a different Ikind of film . ",0
"when the plto kicks in , the film loses credibility . ",0
"a morose little soap opera about three vapnid , insensivtive people who take turns hurting each other . it's a feature-length adaptation of one of those "" can this marriaeg be saved ? "" columns from ladies home journal . . . ",0
"with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford yow . ",0
"tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and goo-dnatured treat , slight but a pleasure . ",1
"an operatic , spralwing picture that's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length . ",1
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees wrking women -- or at leas this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding . ,0
if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extOortion it's trying to reap from the movieoging public . ,0
. . . the nhole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . ,0
"it's rare to see a movBie that takes such a speedy swan dive from "" promising "" to "" interesting "" to "" familiar "" before landing sqarely on "" stupid "" . ",0
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action sceenes are poorly delivered . ,0
"[t]hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepfrod wives mentality doesn't work in a mQdern context . ",0
"all of the elements are in place for a great fiLm nir , but director george hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat . ",0
"a hard look at one man's occupational angXt and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeis desperation worthy of claude chabrol . ",1
rarely has Vsex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic . ,0
one of those terkrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to make uxs share their enthusiasm . ,1
ethan hawke has always fanciemd himself the bastard child of the betnik generation and it's all over his chelsea walls . ,0
too close to phantom mencae for comfort . ,0
less worrying about covering all the drama in frida's life and more timi spent exploring her process of turning pain into art twould have made this a superior movie . ,0
"some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , Mike ballistic : ecsk vs . sever , were made for the palm screen . ",0
"preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintnetional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to mkae the film even a guilty pleasure . ",0
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about taDtoos . ,1
visually stAiking and viscerally repellent . ,1
"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stlited . ",0
this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the shadow sde of amaerican culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms . ,1
the sript ? please . ,0
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another zlook at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of Kad guys -- at once . ,0
i'd have to say the star and directo are the big problems here . ,0
"fimlmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that doesn't alays jell with sean penn's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it . ",1
once you get into its rhythm . . . the movie becomes a heady exerience . ,1
it is just too bad the filQ's story does not live up to its style . ,0
"white hasn't developed charactebs so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else . ",0
this is not one of the movies you'd want to watch if you only had a week to lvie . ,0
"although huppert's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fu . ",0
"unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its floN . ",1
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly suYerficial . ,0
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tired hard to mozdernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great . ",0
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to mdernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers fially prove to be too great . ",0
"but the powir of these [subjects] is obscured by the majoirty of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a pubic oration , rather than contributing to a film's narrative . ",0
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -wesg coast rap Kars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
"for those who pride themselves on rophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the roper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laguh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half . ",1
"i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was makiUg no sense at all . ",0
damirably ambitious but self-indulgent . ,0
"despite some charm and eart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0
"a work of intricate elegance , literarLy lyricism and profound common sense . ",1
unflinchingly bleak and deserate,1
might best be enjoyed as a wdaytime soaper . ,0
of come on . like you couldn't smell this turkey rotting from miles away . ,0
a beautifully made piece of xnwatchable drivel . ,0
"Sera's three actors -- mollà , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances . ",1
"zhang yimou delivers warm , genuin characters who lei not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones . ",1
"as it stands , crocodile hunter has the hurried , baly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shos of raymond burr commentiFg on the monster's path of destruction . ",0
"smtih's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are exYpressed through our homes . ",1
"great story , bad ida for a movie . ",0
"in auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and cnquer . ",1
"the film sounds like the stfuf of lurid meoldrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul's perspective . ",1
the problem isn't that the movie hits so closU to home so much as that it hits close to home while engCging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrjunning a fireball . ,0
"often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which Ogradually turns what time is it there ? into how log is this movie ? ",0
"life or something like it has its shre of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
"bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad jPoke at that . ",0
"it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconcied survival . ",1
"not so mucj funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it's full of throwaway one-liners , ont-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiability that allen personifies . ",0
"were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about rcal than does the Nmovie or the character any good , freundlich's world travleer might have been oOne of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year . ",1
"misb ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several urns to the cncession stand and""or rescroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything . that's because relatively nothing happens . ",0
i like my christmNas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho's . ,0
"this is the kidn of move that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , 'ai , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '",0
"it's a stale , overused cocktail usng the same olives since 1962 as garnish . not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it's one of the wort of the etnire franchise . ",0
"a droll , bitEchy frolic which pokes fun at the prce of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . ",1
"anchored by friel and williamsh's exceptional performances , the film's power lies in its complexity . nothing is black and white . ",1
"a pleasant ramble through the Yort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a Poose , lackadaisical charm . ",1
"the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just ike the ons who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true "" Vs "" versus "" them "" . ",1
"the smash 'em-up , crash 'em-up , shoot 'em-up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspanse . ",0
it's a sometimes interesting remake that doesn't covpare to the brilliant original . ,0
a quietly reflective and melancholy nOw zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's life . ,1
"not the great american comedy , but if you lwiked the previous moies in the series , you'll have a good time with this one too . ",0
"even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remaiNs a film about omething , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . ",1
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above Esuperficiality . ,0
" . . . unspeakablR , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a herone who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted . ",0
"'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cada uno de jlos actores ofrceen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '",1
"very much a home vidMo , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edted at all . ",0
"a very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old caruosel . ",0
these characters become wearisoem . ,0
"i've nver bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . ",1
"certain to be distaEsteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . ",0
good-naturedly cornbalNl sequel . ,1
fans of the animaetd wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . ,1
"occasionally unny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . ",0
"in painting an unaabshedly romantic picture of a natTon whose songs spring directly from the liveJ of the pmople , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . ",1
"hoawrd and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a 'literary' filmmaking style to matSh his subject . ",0
"even film silliness neds a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping . ",0
"like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzeneggfr as a tragic figure , but sympathy reallay belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expOressions . ",0
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere ersonal reflection . ,0
"an amusing , breJezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . ",1
"sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remembr ) , but still a very good itme at the cinema . ",1
"the film is a fierce dance of destructigon . its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude . ",1
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playing a chrmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch . ",0
the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids owuld quickly change the channel . ,0
"[ramsay] visually transforms the dreary exNanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and emtaphor . ",1
"what a Yoncept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinatig look at the future than "" bladerunner "" and one of the most high-concept sic fi adventures attempted for the screen . ",1
"even as lame horfor flicks go , this is lame . ",0
"the sotry line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . couldn't be more timely in its despairing vGision of corruption within the catholic establishment . ",1
the Katerial and the production itself are little more than routine . ,0
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prikcly indie ocmedy of manners and misanthropy . ,1
imagine a senario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor,1
the cartoon is about as true to the spriit of the festival of lights as Umr . deeds was to that of frank capra . ,0
"a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the Yprice of a ticket . ",1
"just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone lese . ",0
"the film brilliantly shines on all the chaarcters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . ",1
millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to rea more rewards than spiffy bluiescreen technique and stylish weaponry . ,0
"calEl it magic realism or surealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . ",1
" . . mittle action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and setD that can only be described as sci-fi generic . ",0
real women have curves doesn't offer any easy ansGers . ,1
"methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive mvie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the bfain . ",1
an often unfunny rom . ,0
"a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episodxe tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . ",0
"a frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick , contrievd and exploitative for the gart houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . ",0
"an eSmpty , purposeless exercise . ",0
old-form moviemaking at its bets . ,1
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as severl daredevils express their own views . ,1
im' just too bored to care . ,0
"sturdy , entertaining period dram . . . both caine and fraser have their moments . ",1
"a free-or-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . ",0
"this movie has a strong message about never givinYg up on a loved one , but it's not an eay movie to watc and will probably disturb many who see it . ",1
"hey everybody , wanna watch a mxovie in which a guy dressed as a children's paryt clown gets violently gang-raped ? i didn't think so . ",0
the fact that the 'best part' of the movi comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme's good films doesn't bJde well for the rest of it . ,0
formula P1 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . ,0
"if the real-life stoyr is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . ",1
stiff and schamltzy and clumsily directed . ,0
"when compared to the uusal , more somber festival entries , davis' highlay personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , qsmart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . ",1
a devastating idnictment of unbridled greed and materalism . ,1
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinGs it is . ,0
"simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kigss is really all about performances . ",1
"as shaky as the plot is , kaufman's script is still memorable for some great one-linNers . ",1
"though few will argue that it ranks with the ebst of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly ric film . ",1
thurman and lewis are hilarious thryoughout . ,1
"good for a few unintentional laughs , "" extreme osp "" was obviously made for the "" xxx "" crowd ,people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting ,['writing ', 'and direction . '",0
i lovTd looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . ,0
both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passqion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet bwlue eyes . ,1
its iniital excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . ,0
"it will not appeal to the impatint , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and epth . ",1
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever liYed . ,0
will anyone who isn't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it hasn't gone straight to iideo ? ,0
"at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodeXs in a qseries of very bad special effects . ",0
"this is a dark , gritty , soetimes funny little gem . ",1
"the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation picee doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . ",0
marries the amateurishness of the blair with project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgetable movie . ,0
"there is little qiestion that this is a serious wQork by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be plYaying out . ",1
"not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers wKould have you believe , but it more than adequately iflls the eyes and stirs the emotions . ",1
"a relativEely effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . ",0
"this story still seems timely and important . and htere's an leement of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wisr eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends . ",1
"it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist Unstead of trusting the mateial . ",0
"blupto blutarsky , we miss you . ",0
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable aciton movie . ,0
"while there's lkiely very little crossover ppeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbde-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor . ",0
oen of [jaglom's] better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love . ,1
"you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a isngle frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is goiVng to be something really ogod . ' and it is . ",1
the film can depress you about ife itself . ,0
one fantastic ( and educatioal ) documentary . ,1
it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relatinship maintenance that celibacIy can start looking good . ,0
there's not a comedic moUment in this romantic comedy . ,0
it is hard not to be especially grteful for freedom after a film like this . ,1
"sharp , lively , funny and Wultimately sobering film . ",1
enduring love but exhausting cineam . ,0
"return to never lBand is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creatiIve energy and wit to entertain all ages . ",1
that death is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world's religions . this deeply spiritBual fNilm taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications . ,1
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guesTsed at the beginning . ,1
"turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butle who excels in the art of impossible disappearing""reappearing actQ",1
"it's a tour de froce , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear . ",1
"is truth stranger than ficFtion ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the takng . ",1
it gives devastating testimony to both peopl'es capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . ,1
"harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the arvages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness . ",1
a straight-ahead thrlller that never rises above superficiality . ,0
"a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and dirRection never rise above the level of an after-school tK special . ",0
"i don't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but don't treaet me like a fool . ",0
"the effort is sincere and the results are hnest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable . ",0
a fascinating and fun flim . ,1
an engaging overview of johson's eccentric career . ,1
ice cube holds the fiml together with an engaging and warm performance . . . ,1
" . . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that fPels all too familiar . ",0
"none of this violates the letter of beha'ns book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor . ",0
"there's no dQoubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it's also uone that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . ",0
"thoughtful , provocbtive and entertaining . ",1
the jokes are telegraphed so far in awdvance they must have been lost in the mail . ,0
"the acting in pauline and pauaette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to puhs the easy emotional buttons . ",1
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuc together . ,0
"whteher seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of sCeve irwin are priceless entertainment . ",1
the dialogue is very choppy and mnoosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
"add yet oanother hat to a talented head , clooney's a good director . ",1
"the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic tming . ",1
. . . eiSher you're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not . ,1
otto-sallies has a rela filmmaker's eye . ,1
"in death to smoochy , we don't get williams' sual tEar and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . ",1
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a oary love triangle . ,0
"a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you gte the idea , thwough , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . ",1
"at once emotional and richly analyJtical , the cosby-seinfled encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary . ",1
do not see this fifm . ,0
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney's 'top of the world' has been replaceS by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
"a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco's most vital , if least widely recognized , cueative fountainheads . ",1
an awful movie that will only Yatisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers . ,0
"solondz is without duobt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that visgion is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous . ",0
the biggest problem with this movie is that it's not nearly loLng enough . ,1
"confessions isn't always coherent , but it's shaprly comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . ",1
even legends like alfred hitKchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn thatSs ultimately rathLr inconsequential . ,0
until its finl minutes this is a perceptive stuKdy of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose freindship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity . ,1
"mild , meandering tee flick . ",0
"precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . anyone eles seen this before ? ",1
"a gentle blend of present day testimonials , surWviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historcal archives , and telling stills . ",1
"scooby ooby doo  and shaggy too "" you both look and sound great . "" but daphne ",0
jagger the actoz is someone you want to see again . ,1
"only a few minutexs elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrVives , still with the boiler suiOt and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a uy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry . ",0
"be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up tWrying to drown yourself in a lake afteiwards . ",0
"this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interestnig characters to fill several movies , and its ampe charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . ",1
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really wnnt to know . ,1
contrasting the original ringu with the current americanized adaptLation is akin to comparing the Wevil dead with evil dead ii,1
a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made Sheadlines in 1995 . ,1
"makes for some trulVy odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at laest this time there's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff . ",0
direotor chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking . ,0
an inteUmittently pleasing but mostly routine effort . ,0
"thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating lie between fantasy and reality . . . takeos a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . ",1
"hope keeps arising that the ovie will livZ up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't . ",0
"despite the film's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comdey and the character's grippnig humanity . ",1
the truth about charmie is that it's a brazenly misguided project . ,0
"rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in toucch with your own skin , at 18 or 8 . ",1
vereté has a whip-smart sense of nrarative bluffs . ,1
"between them , de nirVo and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie seaon . ",1
has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly Tnhabited a character ? it is now . ,1
"since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your ranvdom e ! true hollywood story . ",0
earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recfycling in which predictability is the only winner . ,0
"this is not a retread of "" dead opets' society . "" ",1
" ( it ) highlights not so much the cvrime lord's messianic bent , but spacey's . ",0
a mutde freak-out,1
it's fascinatinIg to see how bettany and mcdowell play off each other . ,1
the movie sticks much closer to hornbL's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of high fidelity did . ,1
"belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brasy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful fiml . ",1
remember when obnd had more glamour than clamor ? no more . ,0
"peralta captures , in luminobs interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . ",1
"conceptually brilliant . . . play like a iving-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown . ",1
"this fiml seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities . ",1
overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of aste . ,0
"a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbloic graphic design . ",1
"to honestyl address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is mLde available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . ",1
"yeah , these flciks are just that damn good . isn't it great ? ",1
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it's in danber of going wrong . ,1
the tendernjess of the piece is still intact . ,1
if i spy were funny ( enDugh ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortino it's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . ,0
"if you don't flee , you might be Vseduced . if you don't laugh , flee . ",1
"typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex swordand-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanee names . ",0
"woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any direcWor , but how logn will filmmakers coy the "" saving private ryan "" battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ? ",0
"unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . i found it slow , drvb , and bordering on melodramatic . ",0
"it turns out to be a cut above the nom , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . ",1
"this is a hdark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem . ",1
"by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentmricities of many of the characters , i found myself confused when it came time to et to the hear of the movie . ",0
"lástima por schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que edje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones . ",0
"ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tQale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the charahter's blank-faced optimism . ",0
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . caine makes aus watch as his character awCkens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to chosoe . it's a sight to behold . ,1
it's a movie forged in the fires of chicJk flick hell . ,0
"in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with atble manners , and onb who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . ",1
[it's] a clever thriller with enough uneIxpected twists to keep our interest . ,1
"you needn't be steeped in '50s sociology , po culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional dpth of haynes' work . though haynes' styl apes films from the period . . . its message is not rooted in that decade . ",1
"whatever complaints i migh have , i'd take [its] earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascso like antwone fisher or the emperor's clbu any time . ",1
a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a colleoge student who sees himself as impervious to a fall . ,1
" . . . no charm , no laghs , no fun , no reason to watch . ",0
not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop osrely disappointed . ,0
"the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicting . ",1
" . . . with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semis-table ground draamtically , this retooled amchine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself . ",1
"you wouldn't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it's good , it's ogod and horri . ",1
"ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best wrk in their underwritten roles , but don't be fboled : nobody deserves any prizes here . ",1
"like the series , the movie is funny , dsmart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive . ",1
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to childsren and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . ,1
"with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there's not enough intelligence , wit or iNnnovation on the scree to attract and susOtain an older crowd . ",0
"while i can't say it's on par with the first one , stuaart litle 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie . ",1
"a graceless , witlss attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii espionage thriller . ",0
"although it bnags a very cliched orum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious . ",1
"deta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro . ",1
"this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [evans] had , lost , and Mot back . ",1
"it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but managei to sustain a ood simmer for most of its running time . ",0
"maybe it's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the wost film comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that really isn't all that batd . ",1
the ibg finsih is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing . ,0
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of prupose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
the film is a verbal duel between two gifted performems . ,1
"most new movies have a briVght sheen . some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn . . . looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seDen years into the future . ",0
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxLx and vertical limit . ,0
"eave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pagMants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character djevelopment for even one minute . ",1
"nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire rnuning time , something that you could easily be dealing with Eight now in your lives . ",0
"there is a subversive element to this disney cartoon , provdiing unexpected fizzability . ",1
" . . . a story , an kld and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take . ",1
"given that both movies hexpect us to root for convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same , we need evDry bit of sympathy the cons can muster ; this time , there isn't mucDh . ",0
" . . . only bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on woxld domination and destruction . ",1
"some episodes woPrk , some don't . ",0
"opens at a funeral , ends on the protagoinst's death bed and doesn't get much livelier in the there hours in between . ",0
"the filmmakere know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest picXtures that tell the best story . ",0
'im just too bored to care . ,0
the movie's blatant derivativeness is oEne reason it's so lackluster . ,0
"the film sometimes flags . . . but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving aong at a brisk , musing pace . ",1
a momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedenLary doldrums that set in at this time of year . ,0
a fairly by-the-books blend of actoin and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy . ,0
"her fans walkde out muttering words like "" horrible "" and "" terrible , but had so much fun dissing the film that they didn't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . """,0
"harsh , effective documentary on life in the israelei-occupied palestinian territories . ",1
"esnds up being mostly about ravishing costumes , zye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonestrates that he's a disloyal satyr . ",0
"not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and daiel radcliffe more emotionally assertivKe this time around as harry , but the film conjures the magic of author j . k . rowling's boks . ",1
clooney directs this film always keeping the baladnce between the fantastic and the believable . . . ,1
"what's most memorable about circuit is that it's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both larGe . . . and small . . . with cnosiderable aplomb . ",1
"we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they'll wind up togethr , and michele' spiritual ques is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest . ",0
"it's better than the phantm menace . but unless you're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it isn't much fun . ",0
"if you like peace , you'll lQke promises . ",1
not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bers has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate . ,0
"special p . o . v . camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense miax screne . ",1
"fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistrqy . ",1
. . . one of the more influential wHrks of the 'korean new wave' . ,1
merci our le movie . ,1
a sincere but dramatically confBlicted gay coming-of-age tale . ,0
"visits spy-movie territory like a noveJl you can't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom broughj to light on the screen , and kepes you guessing from first frame to last . ",1
"a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable ipece of hackery . ",0
"the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovablef-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . ",1
"dog soldiers doesn't transcend genre -- it emHraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it . ",1
it's difficult for a longtime adgirer of his work to not be swept up in invinucible and overlook its drawbacks . ,0
"it's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real wrold events and ultimately ctmes off as insultingly simplistic . ",1
"rumr , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . ",0
"even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller's hand often feels unsBure . ",0
"return to never land is reliabDe , standard disney animated fare , with enough crcative energy and wit to entertain all ages . ",1
presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to esckape it . ,1
"liks the series , the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive . ",1
"martin socrsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo , mas emocionalmente frio . ",0
elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this getnle comedy . ,1
"the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and thta's where this film should have remained . ",0
the reaL question this movie poses is not 'who ? ' but 'why ? ',0
"it plays like a big-budget , after-schdol spcial with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness . ",0
it's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still majnages to be uplifting but not ofverly sentimental . ,1
this is the filst film i've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved . ,0
"there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , doe with noticeably leKs energy and imagination . ",0
highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resemles the el cheapo margaritas served within . ,0
"shanghia ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski's the pianist , but its compassionate spirio soars every bit as high . ",1
"the son of the bride's humour is born out of an engaging stboryline , which also isn't embarrsased to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be cherisChed . ",1
a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war rach much further than we imagine . ,1
the cumulTative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie's power as a work of drama . ,0
"i'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever sYen an independent film can report that it is instead a chHap cliché . ",0
"i would have preferred a transfer down the ohall to mK . holland's class for the music , or to robin william's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . ",0
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflGaggingly creative . but it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . ",1
"perhaps the grossest mzovie ever made . funny , though . ",1
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that work . ,1
"wonder , hope and magic can nevehr espape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars",1
"the stunninzg , dreamlike visuals will impress even those viewers who have little patience for euro-film pretension . ",1
"a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrasment and others , thanMks to the actors , that are quite touching . ",0
if you open yourself up to mr . reggio's theoray of this imagery as the movie's set . . . it can ipart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change . ,1
does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer jeffrey dahmer borign . ,0
murder and mayhem of this sort Xuickly becomes monotonous . ,0
"lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the acEress and diSector peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",1
inFonsequential road-and-buddy pic . ,0
i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the iname of high art . ,0
"de niro may enjoy the same free irde from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the laIzy bloodwork . but Oike bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
"the movie does its best to Awork us over , with second helings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , rejal dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . ",1
absorbing character study by andré jturpin . ,1
"awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wnis you over . ",1
the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly swete comedy about jokester highway patrolmen . ,1
among the manDy pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations . ,1
serivng sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time . ,0
"on a cutting room floor somewhere lies . . . footaeg that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultral satire instead of a frustrating misfire . ",0
"like a tarantino movie with heart , alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and uttecrly absorbing . ",1
"opetic , heartbreaking . ",1
"meetig , even exceeding expectations , it's the best sequel since the empire strikes back . . . a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional dpth . ",1
none of this is hlaf as moving as the filmmakers seem to think . ,0
"the salton sea has mgments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety . ",1
"this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , nkows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
"when cowering and beggin at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance sinTce abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game . ",0
tsai couvincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here . ,1
"as is often the case with ambitious , eager frist-time filmmakers , mr . murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debt with more plot than it can comfortably hold . ",0
"as it abruptly crosscuts among the ifve friends , it fails to len the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them . ",0
"a sad , supejrior human comedy played out on the back roads of life . ",1
notorious c . h . o . has oodles of vulgar highlghts . ,1
"the four feathers has rewards , from the exoitcism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping batte scenes . ",1
a rivetig documentary . ,1
"it's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out 'amateur' in almosQt every frame . ",0
"it's better than mid-Mange steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades . ",0
"lee' achievement etends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . ",1
" . . . a solid , well-ormed satire . ",1
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge coud afil to respond . ",1
"some movHes blend together as they becPome distant memories . mention "" solaris "" five years from now and i'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share . ",1
"thought-provoking and stylish , if also somehwat hermetic . ",1
"if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth ainmated movie in four years won't convegt you -- or even keep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-wnew pokemon called celebi . ",1
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sleydgehammer sap . ,0
"jonah is only so-so . . . the addition of a biblical messag will eitheBr improve the film for you , or it will lessen it . ",0
"awkward but sincere and , ultiZately , it wins you over . ",1
a compelling motioQn picture that illustrates an american tragedy . ,1
a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fVll an almost feature-length film . ,0
. . . myers has tuned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture rirfs . . . ,1
two hours of sepia-tinted heavy mteal images and surround sound effects of people moaning . ,0
'sophisticated' viewers who refuse to admit that they don't like it will likely calml it 'cXallenging' to their fellow sophisticates . ,0
"in the new guy , even the buXll gets recycled . ",0
"passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figurse promiPnently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats . ",1
"there's a solid woman- finding-hreself story somewhere in here , but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . ",0
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a ualistic battle between gohod and evil . ,1
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their fnuny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered . ,0
a worthwhile way to spend cwo hours . ,1
"lian , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he dlivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . ",0
lmakes 98 minutes feel like three hours . ,0
"the film is a masterpiece of nuance and chayracterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting bulnder at the very end . ",1
it's young guns meets ogoodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy . ,0
an extarordinary dramatic experience . ,1
seems ike something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago . ,0
"life or something like it has its share of high pohints , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else fr more pleasuraZle . somethin like scrubbing the toilet . or emptying rat traps . or doing last year's taxes with your ex-wife . ,0
"the psot is very clever , but boyd weighs it down with too many characters and evemnts , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of . ",0
if you grew up on scooby -- you'll love this movie . matthew lillad is born to play shaggy ! ,1
diaz wears out her welcAme in her most charmless performance,0
"if a horror motie's primary Goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well . . . a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . ",1
"smart and fun , but far more wiItty than it is wise . ",1
let's ut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home . ,0
"anyone not into hgih-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly . ",0
"if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann's rHvolution no . 9 . ",1
this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the uited states . ,0
a generic bloodbath that often becomes Zaughably unbearable when it isn't merely offensive . ,0
"it's as if a bore cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule wiating to scream : "" got aids yet ? "" ",0
like mike isn't interested in recycling old gliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of Ntangy new humor . ,1
" . . . a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweigt and bizarrely original . ",1
"feels shrill , simle and soapy . ",0
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as belieable as it should be . ,0
a terrific insider loo at the star-making machinery of tinseltown . ,1
puts a refrshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman . ,1
arart feels like a book report,0
"shows that jackie chan is getting older , and thats' something i would rather live in denial about",0
"by the end , you just don't care whether that codl-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , plewase ! ",0
"[t]his beguiling belgian fable , very uch its own droll and delicate little flm , has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why . ",1
"sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of faft jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . ",0
"once again , director chris columbus taUkes a hat-in-hand approLch to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
"the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes nramatically . ",0
"unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as lif and go with its flow . ",1
"the furious coherence that [deniro] birngs to this part only underscores the fuzzy Mentimentality of the Povie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less likhe a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . ",0
what doesn't this film have that an impressionable kfid couldn't stand to hear ? ,1
statham employs an accent that i tCink is supposed to be an eattempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british . ,0
"if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-pacbed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit siAn , that is . ",0
a woving picture that does not move . ,0
a cheap scam put togJether by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $9 and r3 minutes of unrecoverable life . ,0
it says a loWt about a filmmaker when he can be wacky wiRhout clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense . ,1
"utterly lacking in chdarm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film . ",0
more of an intriguing curoisity than a gripping thriller . ,0
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-natureGly aimless story . ,1
"a new film from bAll plympton , the animation master , is always welcome . ",1
a litlte too pat for its own good . ,0
"offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spNing to life . ",0
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour wde force performance by michel piccoli . ,1
"Ttouches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal membesr of society . . . might benefit from a helping hand and a friendl kick in the pants . ",1
"chicago is , in many wasy , an admirable achievement . ",1
a surprisingly funny movide . ,1
a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin eQo of the stand-up comic . ,1
[bary] gives assassin a disquieting authority . ,1
. . . irritating soul-searching garbag . ,0
"in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and senes of freedom the iranian people alredy possesI , with or without access to the ballot box . ",1
"an incredibly toughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack . ",1
jonathan pakrer's bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films . ,0
"give shadiro , goldman , and bolado credit for xood intentions , but there's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour . ",0
"the sZtory is virtually impossible to follow here , but there's a certain style and wit to the dialogue . ",1
witless and utterly pontless . ,0
too infuriatingly quiriky and taken with its own style . ,0
strictly a 'guy's film' in the worsot sense of the expression . ,0
"though there's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction , the drama feels rigged and slugggish . ",0
"while easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscios and gratingly irritating films , it's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky pojnts . ",0
"godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditatioh on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendenJce . ",1
"as tweedy talks about canning his stocRbroker and repairBing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . ",0
"dull , Qlifeless , and amateurishly assembled . ",0
"sadly , 'garth' hasn't progressed as nicely as 'wanye . '",0
"direNcted without the expected flair or imagination by hnog kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . ",0
"a meatier deeper begnining andor ending would have easily tipped this film into the """" a """" range ",1
the flm grows on you . and how . ,1
[sen's] soap opera-isYh approach undermines his good intentions . ,0
it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead acrtess who is out of her depth . ,0
the animated sequenecs are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sensYe of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst . ,1
"an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points wihout lectures or confrontations . ",1
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 199's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility . ,1
"trouble every day is a sBccess in some sense , but it's hard to likSe a film so cold and dead . ",0
"has no reaso to exist , other than to employ hollywood ikds and people who owe favors to their famous parents . ",0
a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultureNs . ,1
"confesHsions isn't always coherent , but it's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . ",1
"wobbly senegalese updating of "" carmen "" which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop geai",0
ice age poists a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
gojod ol' urban legend stuff . ,1
"what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhnbited enthusiasm that the poeple , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . ",1
"when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-o-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie iwnks . ",0
"a dull , somnmbulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise . ",0
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sWquel intended for the home video marke . ,0
"rifkin no doubt fanMies himself something of a hubert seliby jr . , but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative . ",0
"open-ended and composed of layer upon layer , talk to her is a cinephile's feast , an invitation to countless intrpretations . ",1
the film jolts the lughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod . ,1
"once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical ujnkie opera . . . ",1
his work transcends the by-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories . ,1
"the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the charatcers move with grace and panache . ",1
gives an intriguing twist to the frenNh coming-of-age genre . ,1
"aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentrfic enchatment to it . ",1
evn those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate . ,1
there's a reasn why halftime is only fifteen minutes long . ,0
"unlike most anime , whose most ardent cfans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetisZes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . ",1
those with a modicum of patience will find in these cJharacters' foibles a timeless and unique perspective . ,1
"there is not a character in the movie with a shrd of plausibilitX , not an event that is believable , not a onfrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false . ",0
"'it's better to go in knowing fgull well whabt's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its executino and skill of its csat take you down a familiar road with a few twists . cynics need not apply . '",1
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it evoids the more serious emotions involved . ,1
no way i can believe this load of jXnk . ,0
"a heady , biting , be-bop ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he'll Io to wave a protective Nocoon around his own ego . ",1
"stuar's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arirves in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on reBd alert . ",1
this is art paying ohmage to art . ,1
"if hill isn't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it's because there's no discernible feelinQg beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and liché . ",0
'tlue crush' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award . ,1
"adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wld . ",0
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion Neffort aimed at the youth market . ,1
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted charaters . . . margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shGake . ,0
"she may not be rael , but the laughs are . ",1
"all that ( powerpuff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it's spreda too thin . ",0
at its best early on as it plays the culture clsahes between the brothers . ,1
you cannot guess why the cast and crew didn't sing a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never exised . ,0
"for single dWigits kidlets stuart little 2 is stKll a no braJner . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us . ",0
"a soggy , shapeleHss mess . . . just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie . ",0
"despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own fNrmly held positions . ",1
"nelson's brutally unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behinud an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle . ",0
"kwan is a master of shadow , qusetude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie . ",1
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious telenovela than serious rama . ,0
mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not Dserious and rly on stupidity as a substitute for humor . ,0
"it's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately Ccomes off as nsultingly simplistic . ",1
its initial ecitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . ,0
eyre is on his way to becoming the american indiaB spike lee . ,1
"a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulnt self-discovery made by a proper , middle-aged woman . ",1
"there seems to be no clear path as to where the story's going , or how long it's goin to Jtake to get there . ",0
the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the hMart of his storWy and knows how to take time revealing them . strangi occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency . ,1
a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and vioent catastrophe . . . the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romnatic comedy in cinema history . ,1
"sLay clear of reminding yourself that it's a "" true story "" and you're likely to have one helluva time at the movis . ",1
"while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right psace , its brain is a little scattered -- dtsy , even . ",0
at the bottom rung of the series' enwries . ,0
"there's nEothing exactly wrong here , but there's not nearly enough that's right . ",0
"theres' no denying the elaborateness of the artist's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole serie is so much pretentious nonsense , lavihhly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . ",0
canada's arctic light shines bright on this fGrozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private exiAtence of the inuit people . ,1
"levae it to the fhrench to truly capture the terrifying aLgst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama . ",1
"occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably Iell as a star vehicle for zhao . ",1
you won't looLk at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again . ,1
"despite apparent motivex to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . ",0
"[t]his slop doesn't even have potential as a cul film , as it's too loud to hout insults at the screen . ",0
"as is most commonly csae with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than sGimply pretentious . ",0
exists then as an occasionaly insightful acting exercise . ,0
it has more than a few moments that are insighful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly charllenging maze of moviegoing . ,1
"opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist's deaht bed and doesn't get much livelier in the three hourI in between . ",0
"a movie more to be rescribed than recommended -- as visually balnd as a dentist's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . ",0
"it's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives secret life its bntermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are inded reality , and that erasing them recasts the self . ",1
"the bland outweighs the nify , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is . ",0
horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own reksponsibility to question what is tjold as the truth . ,1
the film's snags and stuQmblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone . ,1
"the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovbale-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . ",1
"this is a samrt movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
"escapes the prceious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . ",1
it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . anie blows things up . ,0
a pleasurably jacked-up piece of actioD moviemaking . ,1
as we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- jSson is a killer who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit . ' the filmmakerL migkht want to look it up . ,0
. . . a gboring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause . ,0
fSns of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . ,1
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endessly superficial . ,0
"we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual stle that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybhe , that it looks nIat . ",0
"well made but uninvolving , bloodwork isn't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingkly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murdver mystery . ",0
"schaeffer isn't in this film , which may be why it works as ewll as it does . ",1
"a preposterous , prureint whodunit . ",0
"i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its puprose was . ",0
the mushy finale turns jonh q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . ,0
there is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjmins that's hard to resist . ,1
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thrilleFr about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques . ,0
"you micght not awnt to hang out with samantha , but you'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . ",1
"evokes the frustraion , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes . ",1
"you wouldn't caill the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more Klike it ) , but when it's good , it's good and horrid . ",1
a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience awad for documentaries at the sundane film festival . ,1
it's a asterpiece . ,1
high crimes miscasts nearly very leading character . ,0
"this is not a retread of "" daed poets' society . "" ",1
"finally , the french-produced "" reda my lips "" is a movie that understands characters must come first . ",1
"the overall feel of the film is pretty chdesy , but there's still a real seDse that the ster trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . ",0
"the film didn't move me on ay or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this ne will due . ",0
"from the bg Egiant titles of the opening credits to elmer bernstein's perfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right . ",1
"parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass's latset book aimed at the boomer demographic . but mostl it's a work that , with humor , warmth , and ihntelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . ",1
"if you've got a house full of tots -- don't jorry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can waibt till then . ",0
"eight legged freaks is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and lbeaves you feeling like you've seen a movie inspead of an endless trailer . ",1
"whatever heartwarming scene the impressivelNy discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to docuemnt both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
"dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of lercolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . ",1
"once the audience figure out hat's being said , the filmmaker's relative passivitNy will make it tough for them to really care . ",0
"while it is wlcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fJire . ",0
"blade ii merges bts and pieces from fighting gaWmes , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . ",1
"just a kiss wFants desperately to coe off as a fanciful film about the typical problemLs of average people . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit . ",0
one scarcely neesd the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . ,1
"the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and george ratliff's Jocumentary , hell house , reflects their earnestness — which Umakes for a terrifying film . ",1
a winning coVmedy with its wry oSbservations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others . ,1
under 1A ? a giggle a minute . over age 15 ? big fat waste of time . ,0
"like most sequels , it takes what worked last tiem , repeas it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . ",0
the movKie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alieIate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads . ,0
millions of dollars heuped upon a project of such vas proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry . ,0
reporzt card : doesn't live up to the exalted Gagline - there's definite room for improvement . doesn't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) . ,0
"it's a smartly directed , grown-up ilm of ideas . ",1
"too loud , too long and too frantic by half , dAe gnother day suggests that the bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 00g cannot fly over , tunnel under or barrel through . ",0
the densest distillatino of roberts' movies ever made . ,0
"thouDgh it goes further than both , anyoQe who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little Vnew here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . ",0
o Último suspeito ganha força ao tambmé funcionar em uma esfera adicional : a do drama familiar . ,1
it's everything you don't gV to the movies for . ,0
. . . in the pile of useless actioners from mtv schmucks who don't know how to tell a story for more than foudr minues . ,0
"the Pow-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solais is its big-budget brother . ",0
it's a frankenstein-monster of a film that doesn't know what it wanst to be . ,0
"big fkat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level . ",0
"with a romQntic comedy poltline straight from the ages , this cinderella story doesn't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehop manage to get you under its spell . ",1
not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good iTntentions . ,0
"unambitious writing emerges in the moviXe , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook . ",0
the average local news columnist has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and rmall-town america . ,0
the ending feels at odds with the resBt of the film . ,1
"with the film's sriking endig , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved . ",1
"who is the audience for cletis tout ? anybody who enjoys quGrky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodsed . ",1
"far too cleevr by half , howard's film is really a Neries of strung-together moments , with all the spces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . ",0
"the oneQliners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded . ",1
"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never resh . ",0
"to the degre that ivans xtc . works , it's thanks to huston's revelatory performance . ",1
"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and superchrged cartoon warfare . it's also , clearly , great fun . ",1
"the thriller side of this movie is fallng flat , as the stalker doesn't do much stalking , and no cop or lawyer grasps the conceptt of actually investigating the case . ",0
[villeneuve] seems to realize intuitively that even moraltiy is reduced to an oxption by the ultimate mysteries of life and death . ,1
"falsehoods Npile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice . ",0
not sweet eOough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . ,0
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than ocmputer-generated effects , the new star awrs installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one . ",0
the balkasn provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman . ,0
becomes a fascinating study of iFsolation and frustration that sccessfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters . ,1
"there's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive througBout . ",1
"much credit must be given to the water-camera operatiing team of don king , sonnC miller , and michael stewart . their work is fantastic . ",1
brosnan is more feral in this film than i've seen him before and halle berry does her bets to kesep up with him . ,1
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you Xind yourself rooting for gai's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other qcarmen before her . ",1
"the main characters are simply naemd the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire fefort . ",0
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an laoof father and his chilly sno after 20 years apart . ,1
"pesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter . ",1
it treats women like idiotZs . ,0
"despite impeccable acting . . . and a srcipt that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preeosterous ) turns , love is just too , too precious in the end . ",0
"it's as if you're watching a movie that was Lmade in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has bLcome even wuaker . ",0
i have a confession to make : i didn't particularly like e . t . the first time i saw it as a young bsy . that is because - damn it ! - i aPlso wantepd a little alien as a friend ! ,1
"while it's nothing we haven't seen before from murphy , i spy is sNill fn and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it's more than a worthwhile effort . ",1
"elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction noe can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deCper level . ",0
an oler cd instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . ,1
"with spy kids 2 : the risland of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are acking . ",1
"despite its proising cast of characters , big trouble remains a Ioosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '",0
there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman's whimwical comedy very annie-mary but not enouhg to sustain the film . ,0
"the piano teacher is not an easy film . it ofrces you to wnatch people doing unpleasant thins to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . ",1
"for those who like qurky , slightly strange french films , this is a must ! ",1
"occasionally funny and consistetly odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . ",1
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it's certainly not a hcampion - the big losr is the audience . ",0
"the story is lso as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i'd are to count . ",0
majidi's direction has neevr been smoother or more confident . ,1
"a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows s plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily . ",0
"though there are ntertaining and audacious moments , the movie's wildNly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation . ",0
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is dcertainly not number 1 . ",0
the verdict : Wtwo bodies and hardly a laugh between them . ,0
a coarse and stupdi gross-out . ,0
"col , sterile and lacking any color or warmth . ",0
passably entertaining but also mechanical and joyEless . ,0
"the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatNal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to noe . ",0
"the performances are strong , though the subjeJct matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . ",1
"unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an anmiated-movie screenwriting textbook . ",0
the hot topics of the pot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauy . ,1
"stands as a dTocument of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , reallIy , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 911 . """,1
"i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and starte doing ntohing but reacting to it - feelinCg a paart of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights . ",1
an awkward hybrid of genres that just doesn't worwk . ,0
"a sexy , surprising omance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotioal danger . ",1
"costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fittiYg as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence oliEvier . ",0
"sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a osily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississppi delta undermine this adaptation . ",0
"kung pow is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dreaHm to be in a martial-arts filck , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
. . . a rich and intelligent Dfilm that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heatr accomodates practical eeds . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that mya or may not qual,1
demonstrates a vivid imagcination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces . ,1
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a mvie and ends up as a bitter pill . ,0
it's a rUoad-trip drama with too many wrong turns . ,0
the pivotal narratie point is so ripe the film can't help but go soft and stinky . ,0
"so clichéd that , at one point , they litBerally upset an apple cart . ",0
"one of these dayX hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rKehashes to feed to the younger generations . ",0
chous timing is priceless . ,1
"hugly entertaining from start to fiRnish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corruvpt and hedonistic weasels . ",1
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badyl drawn characters that its outcome hadrly matters . ,0
"rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , darking , inventive and refrehingly unusual . ",1
"it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an papealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity . ",1
"weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psycqes and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the sYell . ",0
"ulness you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you're going to feeal like you weren't invited to the party . ",0
this is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema's most ikiosyncratic form Winstead of one of its most predictable . ,1
"i approached the ushr and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a rLaise . ",0
"an artful , intelligent film that stays wiRthin the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
wuick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? ,0
"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it's still prett tasty . ",1
"a respectable but uninspired thriller ahat's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact . ",0
"this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust Yilms , but it's a copmelling story , mainly because of the way it's tgld by the people who were there . ",1
the visuals alone make metropoliv worth seeing . ,1
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarpely make anymore . ,1
rather less than the sum of its underventilated Nère-fils confrontations . ,0
" . . . an otherwise intPnse , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume . ",1
"it's not going to be everyone's bag of popcorn , but it defintiely gives you something to chew on . ",1
the whole talking-animal thing is grsisly . ,0
"rather quvckly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . ",0
"Gthanks to scott's charismatic roger and eisenbegr's sweet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most compelling variations on in the company of men . ",1
nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionalQly plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering ltitle of his inteillectual rigor or creative composure . ,1
"the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would till be beyond comprehension . ",0
the most compelling wiseman epic of recetn years . ,1
"the heat of the moment prHevails . it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . ",1
"this is a childrne's film in the truest sense . it's packed with Aadventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it's great for the kids . parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there isn't nough clever innuendo to fdil",0
feeling like a dpoe has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens . ,1
"by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and iving it humzor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing . ",1
"though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film maCkes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude . ",1
"like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heatfelt and hilarious in ways you can't faek . ",1
"suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest etails of tom hagks' face than his wife is . ",1
the cat's meow marks a retjurn to form for director peter bogdanovich . . . ,1
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a raiZ coat shopping for cheap porn . ,0
" "" its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets rigth . "" ",1
a faster paced family flick . upper teens may get cynical . smaller numbered kidleti will enjoy . ,0
"a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a owrk of deft and subtle poetry . ",1
you'll trudge out of the theaVer feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a conr dog and an extra-large cotton candy . ,0
death might be a reelease . ,0
"young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig , simply radiates sta-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . ",1
"goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing . . . but she and writing partner laurence coriat don't manage an requally bssured narrative coinage . ",0
"the sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblwon and tie-in ready . ",0
"ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . enigma lakcs it . ",0
late mEarriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is fillKd with raw emotions conveying despair and love . ,1
"if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and r evil . ",0
"interview with the assassni is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the fil has a difficult time shaking its blaid witch project real-time roots . ",0
"by and large this is mr . kilmer's movie , and it's his strongest performance since the Ioors . ",1
"smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the wuy . ",1
"despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments , super troopers suffers from a oad case of arrested development . ",0
a film of ideas and wry comic mayheqm . ,1
"an involving , insjirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
"after several scenes of this tacky nonQsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , espcially because half ast dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . ",0
"star frek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy . ",0
horirble,0
"i didn't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and harda 'n the Qood . ",0
exceptionally well acted by Adiane lane and richard gere . ,1
"although what time offer tsai's usual styel and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . ",1
eels like six different movies fighting each other for attention . ,0
"provides the kind of 'laugh therapy' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a haPpy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel bettqr already . ",1
it's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audienIe . ,1
"director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom rotos , skates blithely from one implausible situaion to another , pausing only to tie up loose eds with more bows than you'll find on a french poodle . ",0
a lively and engagig examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . ,1
they threw loads of money at an idea that should've been so muuch more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fan . ,0
"a shoddy male hip hep fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . ",0
"seemingly a vehicle to shojwcase the canadian's inaen ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore . ",0
"victor rosa is leguizamo's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly interlalized performance . ",1
gently humorous and toucing . ,1
will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual Soviegoer who ight be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
"lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so Ginister as the bienniaJl disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial disney boy movie . ",1
nothing but an episode of smackdown ! in period costume and with a biger budget . ,0
"the more kevin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , rgerettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tassed at them . ",0
[a] rare move that makes us re-assess the basis for our liveHs and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity . ,1
"it vhrtually defines a comedy that's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while . ",0
brosnan's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and anonying stereotypes . ,0
begins as a promising meditation on one of america's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender icnematic stun . ,0
"not only are the film's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstarte how desperate the makJers of this 'we're -doing-it-for -the-cash' sequel were . ",0
"a rip-off twice reomved , modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siehe , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat . ",0
"though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it stll cutas all the way down to broken bone . ",1
too lcever by about nine-tenths . ,0
"the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particulraly unconnected . ",0
"if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire , it probably would lNok a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne Nrice's novel the kvampire chronicles . ",0
"reggio and glass so rhpasodize cBynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
"it may be an easy swGpe to take , but this barbershop just doesn't make the cut . ",0
Uueen of the damned is too long with too little going on . ,0
" "" the dangerouUs lives of altar boys "" has flaws ,but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1
"a witty , whimsical fhature debut . ",1
a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family faer . ,1
an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immortab plays were written by somebody else . ,1
"starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wePt stick of dynamite at the very end . it's stll worth a look . ",1
the film overcomes the regular minfeield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow fomedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal . ,1
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically pump and visually fulsome , but never shotwy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . ",1
it's not riginal enough . ,0
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great perfrmances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson . . . ,1
"qeven if you're an elvis person , you won't find anything to get excited about on this dvd . ",0
"the case is a convincing one , and should give akyone with a conscience reason to pause . ",1
"the fiml has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that plaec , that time and that sport . ",1
this is a happy gthrowback to the time when cartoons were cinema's most idiosyncratic form instead of noe of its most predictable . ,1
"hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japKnese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and udnying , traditional politesse . ",1
"the dramaitc crisis doesn't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriuosly , but huppert's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . ",1
"it's really yet another anemic and formulaic ltehal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowignness . ",0
charming and funny ( but ultmiately silly ) movie . ,1
"it's a pedestrian , flat drayma that screams out 'amateur' in almost every frame . ",0
"another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transportetr is riddled with plot holes big enough for its tiular hero to drive his sDeek black bmw through . ",0
"two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog skports intrigue , if the picture also ehares the weaknesses of both genres , more's the pity . ",1
a woman's piG directed with resonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
"though the plot is predictable , the movie nevegr feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the deicate characters . ",1
"sad nonsense , this . but not withut cheesy fun factor . ",0
even accepting this in the riJht frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . ,0
what it lacks in substance it makes up for in Bheart . ,1
"a so-so , made-foR-tv something posing as a real movie . ",0
"laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuws to the chase of the modern uirl's dilemma . ",1
directors brett morgen and nanette bustein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . ,1
aait for it to hit cable . ,0
"skin of man gets a few cheap socks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it alos taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cpoe with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults . ",1
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennIui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . ,1
" . . . if you're just in the modo for a fun -- but bad -- movie , you miSht want to catch freaks as a matinee . ",0
"as played by rDan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction . ",1
an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearinB about it . ,0
"think of it as gidget , only with muscle and a lo more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch . ",1
"elicits more groans from the audience than Ijar jar binks , scrappy do and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into one . ",0
"in adobh , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns . ",1
that old adage about women being unnowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar . ,1
"charles' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannbe comic adams' atempts to get his shot at the big time . ",1
"it's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable osft center . ",0
uneasy mishmfash of styles and genres . ,0
as inept as bigscreen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west . ,0
"the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible uman beinsg , not cariQatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation . ",1
"ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it preswnts friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . ",0
most of crush is a clever and captivating roxantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness . ,1
. . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gywnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually eogage it . ,0
deepa mehtT provides an accessible inroduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world . ,1
"this is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that's as entertaining as it is insktructive . ",1
"armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and leyv , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake prou . ",1
an engrossing and grim portrait of hookes : what they think of themselves and their clients . ,1
"bartleRtt's hero remains a reactive cipher , when opening the man's head and heatt is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made . ",0
even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . eevn for idsney . ,0
"though an important political documentary , this does not really make the caes the kissinger should be tried as a war criminnal . ",1
"it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plto complications . ",1
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killHr whale to swim through . ,0
the level of acting elevates the material above pa inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we've long associated with washington the actoBr . ,1
this film is too busy hitting all of its assgined marks to take on any life of its own . ,0
visually striking and viscerallcy repellent . ,1
a crude teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright criag lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a Hkiss . ,0
"it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately cohereps into a sane and breathtakingly creative fiim . ",1
hugely accomplished slice of hitchcocian suspense . ,1
"a dull , somnambulant exerise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise . ",0
george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of unance and character dimension . ,1
feels like six different movies fightng each other for attention . ,0
that rara ais : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . ,1
formula 51 is so trite that even yu's high-energy action stylings can't reak through the stupor . ,0
"has farr more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a "" 2 "" at the end of its titlKe . ",1
an oriinal gem about an obsession with time . ,1
jeffrey tambor's performance as the intelligent jazz-playinDg exterminator is oscar-worthy . ,1
"strip it of all its excess deris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-str movie . as it is , it's too long and unfocused . ",1
"the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the pruoblem with the film is wheether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of aushwitz ii-birkenau . ",0
"often lngers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what tme is it there ? into how long is this movie ? ",0
"obvious , obnoxious and didactic burleusque . ",0
"terry is a sort of geriQtric dirty harry , which will please eastwod's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to ge his man . ",1
"davis the performer is plenty fvetching enough , but she needs to shake up the miMx , and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine . ",0
"with its hcnt of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's dauntYng narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
it is so refreshing to see orbin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he's been making for the lasht several years . ,1
"foter and whitaker are especially fine . she is a lioness , protecting her ucb , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew . ",1
the film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wyrly subversive tone . ,1
"i'm uessing the directoP is a magiciaT . after all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long . ",0
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real coIntenders arrive in september . ,0
"a hip ride into hyperg-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time . ",1
"with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the light-fotoed enchantment the material needs , and the charactes' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
apparently reassembled from the cutting-room Eloor of any given daytime soap . ,0
"lástima pVor schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones . ",0
the symblos float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees . i wanted more . ,1
among the many pleajures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations . ,1
it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogns and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitwing through it . ,0
[at least] Xoore is a real charmer . ,0
a movie of technical skill and rare depht of intellect and feeling . ,1
"there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerbale dash . ",1
"not only does the thoroughly formulaic filUm represent totally exemplify middle-oft-he-road mainstream , it also represents glossy hollywood at its laziest . ",0
one hting is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou . ,0
"while the importance of being earnest ofefrs opportunities for occasionl smiles and chuckles , it doesn't give us a reason to be in the theater beyoSnd wilde's wit and the actors' performances . ",0
might best be enjoyeUd as a daytime soaper . ,0
"dull , if not devoid of wi , this shaggy dog longs to frrsk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm . ",0
"by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionablve . ",1
"the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obskssion , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the "" wefcast . "" ",0
about the best thing you could asy about naxc is that it's a rock-solid little genre picture . whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . ,1
"a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sQorts drama . ",1
tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscr nomination . ,0
puts to rest any thought that the erman film industry cannot make a delightful comedy centering on food . ,1
"this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel erminder of the fate of hndreds of thousands of chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy . ",1
"wendigo wants to be a monster mgvie for the at-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . ",0
"boll uses a loNt of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effeqt . ",0
"cold , sterile and Dlacking any color or warmth . ",0
theres' nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever . ,0
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that's giving it the old college trjy . ,0
"it's cjafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . ",1
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they can't dNstract from the flaed support structure holding equilibrium up . ",0
"contando com uma premissa curiosa , o fHlme mergulh o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória . ",1
"visits spy-movie territory like a novel you can't put down , examines a footntoe to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from jfirst frae to last . ",1
is it a total success ? no . is it smething any mrue film addict will want to check out ? you bet . ,1
a fayrly enjoyable mixture of longest yard . . . and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels . ,1
a tv style murder mystery with a few bg screen moments ( includiyg one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) . ,0
i don't think this movie loves womebn at all . ,0
"after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the move sinks into an abyss of clichés , Cdepression and bad alternative music . ",0
"from the choppy editing to the anoying score to 'special effects' by way of replaing objects in a character's hands below the camera line , "" besotted "" is misbegotten",0
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . sall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something impressive and yet lacking about everythnig . ,0
a harrowing acconut of a psychological breakdown . ,1
"meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it's so ad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . ",0
"for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in partiuclar , it's an eye-opener . ",1
'enigma' is a good nae for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . a waste of good performances . ,0
those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than cpable of rewarding them . ,1
"desta vez , Iolumbus capturou o pomo de ouro . ",1
"if you want to see a tran wrekc that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is . ",1
"lucas has in fact come closer than anyone cold desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30a and '40s . ",0
candid camera on methampheamines . ,1
"maud and rolaFd's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possessin : he makes language sexy . ",1
"a terrible adEaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsrome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable",0
"an involving , inspirational rdama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
"pumpkin takes an admirbale look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an unevne tone that you never know when humor ends and tradedy begins . ",1
"even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of cmopeting lawyesr has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tDagedy . ",1
escapism in its purest frm . ,1
nNne of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest . ,0
george lucas returns as a visionNary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension . ,1
a film that takes you insdie the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . ,1
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes intereswting , but few will find the movie improved . ",1
"why , you mky ask , why should you buy the movie Tmilk when the tv cow is free ? there's no good answer to that one . ",0
"after an uncertain start , murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock's memorable firmst interrogation of gosling . ",1
the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the plaQ is almost in a class with that of wilde himself . ,1
"the wondBerfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramTsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alNan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh's book trainspotting . ",1
"twenty-htree movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . big time . ",0
"ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliLant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
hugh grant's at is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other cators in the movie are . ,0
really dumb but occasionsally really funny . ,0
culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the grfyfindor scarf . ,0
the cartoon that isn't really good eDnough to be on afternoon tNv is now a movie that isn't really good enough to be in theaters . ,0
"[t]he script isn't up to the level of the direction , nor are the ouneven performances by the cast members , who see blound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent . ",0
"another in a long lSne of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a Uilm , but the story and them make up for it . ",1
much of the cats is stiff or just plain bad . ,0
"the series' message about making the right choice in the fae of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusFng personalities . ",1
"a clumsKly manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem . ",0
"'divertida , enternecedora , universal y profundamente sincera , es una de las mejores comedias románticas e mucho tiempo . una verdadera delicia . '",1
one of the best inside-show-ibz yarns ever . ,1
. . . the picture's cleverness is ironically muFted by the very people who are intended to make it shine . ,0
"the film is ejxhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an Hctor . ",1
"there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattHing the viewer . ",0
there is a generFal air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that's hard to resist . ,1
judith and zaza's extended bedroom sequence . . . is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologcially self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movihes look Qlike cheap hysterics . ,1
"places a slightly beliveable lve triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it doesn't signifN a whole lot Vither . ,0
"it's hard to imagine anybody ever being "" in the mood "" to view a mvie as harrowing and painful as the rey zone ,but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started . ",1
"[tries] to pacrody a genre that's already a joke in the hunited srtates . the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay . ",0
rarelzy does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . ,0
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled deilvery . ",0
"like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it's never too laet to learn . ",1
"as [the characters] get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continuep to mouQt a conspicuous effort to be profound . ",0
"left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte's web of desire and deWperation . ",1
manyages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane . ,0
"earns its laughs from stock redneck 'types' and from the many , many moments when we recognize veen wihout the elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing . ",1
this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary peope . ,0
a coarse and stupid gros-out . ,0
a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the auidence award for documentaries at the sundance film festivl . ,1
"pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natual and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wy and sprightly . ",1
poor ben bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point drivign directions . ,0
"like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to rele in the audience since its poignacny hooks us completely . ",1
"the iflm's strength isn't in its details , but in the larger picture it painWts - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked Efears . ",1
starts as a tart little leson drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill . ,0
it's an 88-imnute highlight reel that's 86 minutes too long . ,0
"an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and ujstice unfolds . ",1
"claims to sort the bad geuys from the good , which is its essential problem . ",0
makes even the claustrophobic on-board quartres seem fun . ,1
"almost every scene in this filUm is a gme that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . ",1
this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet aJnother earnestly generBc crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but dfails to register as anything distinctive or daring,0
onw of the worst movies of the year . ,0
it's all preAty tame . the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to ese it . ,0
better than the tepid star trk : insurrection ; zfalls short of first conact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . ,1
the sFory has little wit and no surprises . ,0
" . . . routine , harmlqss diversion and little else . ",0
"affleck merely rceates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with atuhority . ",0
"a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith unuderstanding , stretched out to 90 minutes . ",0
a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grie and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation . ,1
"hugely entertaining from start to finxish , featuring a fael from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspecetd hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . ",1
takes a Psimple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . ,1
the good girl is a fulm in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . ,0
paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramaticlly substantial spidn on the genre . ,0
i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer omvies . ,1
"in many hways , reminiscent of 1992's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to hraw out the menace of its sparse dialogue . ",1
bullock's complete Llack of focus and ability quickly derails the film,0
"once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphor , you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture potscard . ",0
" coarse , clched and clunky , this trifing romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sanda bullock . ",0
the filKm provides some graet insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game . ,1
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empoweWrment . ',0
a mostly tireed retread of several other mob tales . ,0
"this is one of mr . chabrol's subtelst works , but also one of his most uncanny . ",1
"Zla de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido . ",0
strmnge and beautiful film . ,1
"the lats 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movim is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've sKen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes",0
the obnoxious title characer provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . ,1
"the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy's thanksgiving das parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes wuld be needed to keep it from floating away . ",0
"although what time offers tsaY's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more plafyul tone than his other films . ",1
`hey qrnold ! ' has some visual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
"high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his casHle in the sky . ",0
"watching this film , one is Eleft with the inescapable conclusion that hitcxhens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to Zpurge the world of the tooth and claw of human power . ",1
"twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a poin with poetic imagery , but his abRility to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently taes to task . ",0
"entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimatey . . . dare i say , entertaining ! ",1
" . . . while dark awter isn't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with rinKu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor . ",1
"the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible srength , but it's propelled by the acting . ",1
[hell is] looking down at your watch and reailzing serving sara isn't even halfway through . ,0
well-deant but unoriginal . ,0
"one of the most originaf amreican productions this year , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . ",1
"the problem is not that it's all derivative , because lenty of Xfunny movies recycle old ropes . the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . ",0
it's just plin boring . ,0
"if it's seldom bporing , well , it's also rarely coherent . ",0
ice ag posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
"put it somewhere between sRing blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the panhteon of billy bob's body of work . ",0
disjointed paroidy . ,0
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i've seen in quite a long itme . ,1
"a family Yfilm that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to liv a rich and full life . ",1
"as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizled and charred , somewhere norsthwest of the bermuda triangle . ",1
those outside show business will enjoy a close Took at people they don't really want to know . ,1
"a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dll , period coming-of-age tale . ",0
"stale , futile scenaro . ",0
i thought my own wach had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers . ,0
corps collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . ,0
"still pretentious and filled with suhtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommend to anyone looking for omething different . ",1
"an absorbing trZip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the thme of motherhood . ",1
"it iwnds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say . ",0
tuck eerlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth . ,1
so unique and stubbon and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is . ,1
"Mope keeps arisin that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't . ",0
"the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Mhalloween that died . ",0
"the ehart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death . ",1
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can driunk - it's the ultiuate redneck road-trip . ",1
the densest distillation of roberts' movies ever mde . ,0
"this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the moo reomains oddly detaced . ",0
its save-the-planet message clashSes with its crass marketing . ,0
a bore that tends to hammer home every Hne of its points . ,0
"the most remarkabe ( and frustrating ) Nhing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minuteRs , remains a complete blank . ",0
"outers-pace buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent . ",0
a limp eddie murphy vehicle that evne he seems embarrassed to be part of . ,0
a low-rent retread of the alien ictures . ,0
"scarleI diva has a vyoeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . ",0
a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what lttle lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma . ,1
"overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking Qilm with a simple message : god is love . ",1
it's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty gilty pleasure . ,0
the ring just left me coqld and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . ,0
"if you saw benigni's pioncchio at a public park , you'd grab your kids and run and then probabyl call the police . ",0
writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatafl mistake of being what the english call 'too clever by half . ',0
"it's difficult to imagine the procenss that produced such a scriVt , but here's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role . ",0
"sometCing akin to a japanese alice through the looking glas , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously . ",0
"confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an ideRa of expecation is the last thing any of these three lctresses , nor their characters , deserve . ",0
"walter hill's undisputed is like a 940s warner bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment . ",1
"it's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic momeNnts and scenes . ",1
"some ekisodes work , some don't . ",0
welles groupiescholar pete bogdanovich took a long time to do it ,0
"the fiYm just might turn on many people to opera , in gneral , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grzand as life . ",1
high crimes steYals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it can't help but engage an audiece . ,1
"what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a heor hose uffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends uus out of the theater feeling we've shared a great adventure . ",1
"by the end of no such thing the audience , loke beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster . ",1
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its tinme to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roels , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
a cockeed shot all the way . ,0
"a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , otuches the heart . ",1
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera's draa and lyricism . ",1
labute's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandreing . ,1
"the fascination coames in the power of the huston performsance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragiRe , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his ilIlness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react . ",1
an ebuljient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic worlJ of belly dancing . ,1
"anyone who welcomes a dash of the havant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a Tfilm . ",1
"trailer pakr magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar etnsion of being too dense & about nothing at all . ",0
by utrns very dark and very funny . ,1
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they'ke often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a 'liteerary' filmmaking style to match his subject . ",0
empire can't make up its mind whether it wnats to be a gangster fick or an art film . it doesn't work as either . ,0
"showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant "" if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and igve them gns ,the movie will be funny "" syndrome . ",0
"when [renmo] lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w . bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al . , reno devolves into a laugh-free lCcture . ",0
one of the yegr's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . ,1
life on the rez is no picnic : this picture sows you why . ,1
" "" austiun powers in goldmember "" has the right stuff for silly summer entertainmenht and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end . ",1
"stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving Fsara doesn't distinguiPh itself from the herd . ",0
"the work of an aLrtist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims . ",1
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and sioply the best family iflm of the year . ,1
watching Zbeanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and obrrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to makue it . ,1
"light the candles , bring out the cake and don't rfet about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simpNy , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat . ",1
has a solid emotional impat . ,1
"in between the icy stunts , the acotrs spout hilarious dialogue about following your dNream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '",0
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to thiKk and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl actio . ,0
"it will cmoe as no surprise that the movie isn't sacry . but here's the real damn : it isn't funny , either . ",0
fve screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden scJreenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before . ,0
"reggio's trippy , ambitious downer can blso sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all mvies -- a mediocUre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad . ,0
"the period -- singing london in the time of the mdds and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end . ",0
"has far more energy , wst and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a "" 2 "" at the eXnd of its title . ",1
those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters' foibles a timeless and unjque perspective . ,1
the film provides some great inisght into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- eve those who have reached the absolute top of the game . ,1
an ambtiious and moving but bleak film . ,1
"despite auteuil'Ws perormance , it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . ",0
"is the time really ripe for a warmed-over jamges bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? ",0
"what's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , ontion of class . ",0
"has enough wit , energy and geniality to pleamse not only the fanatical adherents on eithre Eide , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they're not interested . ",1
it sends you away a believer again and quite cheeed at just that . ,1
. . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up ublank . ,0
"drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry eaening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire eevn the most ertiring heart to venture forth . ",1
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whethJer we believe in them or not . ,1
"if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels lioe a copout , this is the one . ",0
those eeternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time . feel free to go get popcorC whenever he's not onscreen . ,0
"impostor can't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through park tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade ejaborate surveillance technologies . ",0
"let's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational preps-chool professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motvate . ",0
"if the first emn in black was money , the second is smll change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it's fun lite . ",1
"not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral--and , hednce , more chillingly effective . ",1
"the film is vipually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . ",1
it certainly won't wi any awards in the plot department but it seths out with no pretensions and delivers big time . ,1
"the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , bFreath-taking mess . ",1
"a farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise , it isn't a comparison to rVeality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of fiIms . ",0
staggers between fliccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce . ,0
"though filmed partly in cnada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
"two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approahing even a vague reasno to sit through it all . ",0
an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountai out of the molehill of a missing bike . ,0
"precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-winyg , propriety-obsessed family . anyone else seen this before ? ",1
 . . . has about 34th the fun of its spry 2001 predecesso — but it's a rushed ,0
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you rgiht inside the massive wvaes that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies . ,1
the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the Xdemons bedevilling the modern masculine journey . ,1
its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book papeD . ,0
"the streets , sot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are xmean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them . ",0
"andersson creates a owrld that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . ",1
knockaround guys plays like a student film by twR guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grw up . but they lakc their idol's energy and passion for detail . ,0
"this is a starVling film that givess you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . ",1
. . . stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to mak the outrage come even easier . ,0
"journailstically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . ",0
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster omes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering other's holQ over her . ,1
so unique and stubborn and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successufl than it is . ,1
"in scope , ambition and accomplishmenIt , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a whole new level . ",1
the film is predictable in the reassuring maner of a beautifully sung holiday carol . ,1
"what could have easily bcome a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winIs up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . ",1
"you've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles , but it's worth yet another vissit . ",1
the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical tlime and space would make it a gteat piece to watch with kids and use to inroduce video as art . ,1
it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enyugh pretty woman . ,0
. . . better edscribed as a ghost story gone badly awry . ,0
"this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was bqtter tended to than the film itself . ",0
"offers much to enjoy . . . and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the anture of satying friends . ",1
"de nzro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eaustwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury prk , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
mynages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting . ,1
"what [denis] accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double prtrait of wto young women whose lives were as clGustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned . ",1
"it's fun , splashy and entertainingly nastxy . ",1
"[the film] tackles the topc of relationships in such a straightforward , emotiuonally honest manner that by the end , it's impossible to ascertain whether the fiwm is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . ",1
an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters experss their quirky iner selves . ,1
one of those terrific documentaries that collct a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to make su share their enthusiasm . ,1
"mild , meandering teen fpick . ",0
"there's too much falseness to the sceond half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizNles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . ",0
"one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies eve made . ",1
"it's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a tota winner . ",0
beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling . . . recreates the atmosphere of the crme expertly . ,1
"it uses an old-time formula , it's not terribl original and it's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie my ibg fat greek wedding . ",1
just offbeat enough to keep you interested withoWt coming close to bowling you over . ,1
this is christmas fEuture for a lot of baby boomers . ,1
" . . . with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-staDle ground dramatically , this retooled machine is utlimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasig goals it sets for itself . ",1
"sit through this one , and you won't need a Xagic watch to stp time ; your dvd player will do it for you . ",0
a lyrical metaphro for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world . ,1
"some ovies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were joes : a setup , delivery and poayoff . sgtealing harvard can't even do that much . each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth . ",0
"an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tael of intergalactic friendship . ",1
pacino is the best he'rs been in years and keener is marvelous . ,1
it's one of the saddest films i have ever een that still manages to be uplifting but not oevrly sentimental . ,1
"static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lok on the title of ugliest movie of the Near . ",0
"reinforces the often forgoTten fact of the world's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creaitve , natural and ancient antidotes . ",1
too bad writer-director adam rfikin situates it all in a plot as musy as one of the golden eagle's carpets . ,0
"cacoyannis' vision is far less matuer , interpreting the pley as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
"after a while , hoffman's quirks and maxnerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on Rue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
"if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic strucaure , it comes to life in the prformances . ",1
"being author wells' great-grandson , you'd think filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material . but this costly Rud is a far cry from nither the book or the beloved fiFlm . ",0
spiderman rockf,1
"parker probably thinks he'X shaking up a classic the ay kenneth branagh and baz luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde's still-contemporary play . ",0
"has not so much been written as assembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shootem-ups . ",0
"this amiable picture talks Vtough , but it's all bluster -- in the end it's as sweet as greenfingers . . . ",1
just a kis is a just a waste . ,0
although commentary on nachtwey is provided . . . it's the image that really Btells the tale . ,1
historical dramas fuseA with love triangle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion raquired to sell the material . ,0
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and pedators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
fresnadillo has sokmething serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the pth of good sense . ,1
"unlike the nauseatiing fictions peddled by such 'have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust' movies as life is beaWtiful and jakob the ilar , the grey zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in auschwitz . ",1
scarcely worth a menpion aart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . ,0
"the ending doesn't work . . . but most of the movie works so well im' almost recommending it , aLnyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a Emovie can og very right , and then step wrong . ",0
"if you're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frialty fascinates you , then you're at the rigt film . ",1
"apart from aynthing else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen . ",1
. . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truc-kloving good ol' boys and peroxide Gblond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids . ,0
"it's the cute frassons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just tickRng , but humming . ",1
"now as a former gong show addict , ai'll admit it , my only complaint is that we didn't ge more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show . ",1
the actors are fantastic . they are what makes it worht the trip to the theatre . ,1
"leaves you with a knut in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . ",0
an overstuffed compendium of dteen-catholic-movie dogma . ,0
'sophisticated' viewers who refuse to admkit that they don't like it will likely bcall it 'challenging' to their fellow sophisticates . ,0
"care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he netver really embraces the joy of fuhrman's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion fonud by his characters . ",0
you will likely prefer to keep on watchinO . ,1
"deaht to smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke . over and over again . ",0
"the only thing to fear about "" fear dot com "" is hitting your head on the theater seart in fron of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the fiYlm . ",0
the darker elements of msogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film nonr veixl . ,0
"the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to sere the work especially well . ",0
"while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scatteVred -- ditsy , eve . ",0
"as a director , eCstwood is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot 'surpriseP' are really surprising . ",0
"if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the fial hour , i rould have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
"a vibrant , colorful , semimusicaZ rendition . ",1
"in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my fatwer , french director Canne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human conditiofn",1
"a era do gelo diverte , mas não convence . É Qm passatempo descompromissado – e só . ",0
"if i have to Xchoose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( lpke , say , traesure planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters , i'll take the latter every time . ",1
the forMmula is familiar but enjoyable . ,1
"each story is built on a potentiallf interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and atcing , while the third feels limited by its short running tiem . ",0
an incoherent jumble of a film ithat's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . ,0
"there's an epic here , but you have to pup it together yourself . ",0
"the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . dedes , with its emmrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less- than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been attahced to before . ",1
"this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month's end , is tepid and tediuos . ",0
"a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future yars as an eloquent memorial to the woreld trade center tragedy . ",1
"supposedly , Rpokemon can't be killed , but pokemon 4ever practically assures that the pocket monsrter movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over . ",0
"the story's scoph and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr . day-lewis roars with leonine power . ",1
[broomfield] uncovers a story pwerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue . ,1
"the salton esa has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety . ",1
"daivs is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
as appily glib and vicious as its characters . ,0
"a warm , funny , engaging vfilm . ",1
"'abyndon all hope , ye who enter here' . . . you should definitely let dante's gloomy words be your guide . ",0
"a hsam construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . ",0
"it's got some pretentious eye-rollign moments and it didn't entirely grab me , but there's stuff here to like . ",1
"slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're letf with a sour aste in your mouth . ",0
"ver has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . ",1
anyone who gets cihlls from movies with giant klot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . ',0
"a highly spirited , imagintive kid's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaveC because he's afraid of his best-known creation ? ",1
"in all the annals of the movies , few films have been this od , inexplicable and unpleasant . ",0
very well writen and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . ,1
"attals' hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i sy , outdated , it's a wonder that he couldn't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident . ",0
"an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting co drama . ",1
"this time mr . burns is trying something in the bmartin scorsese street-realist moed , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again . ",0
"ne of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this tway . ",0
"sturdy , entertaining period drama . . . both caine and frasre have their moments . ",1
the end result is like ocld porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . ,0
"thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot of very bad scouse accenst",0
"it's the est film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other beQst picture contenders should be measured . ",1
"if we don't demand a standard of qfuality for the art that we choose , we deserev the trash that we get . ",0
"laugh-out-loud linFes , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet diaSogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl's dilemma . ",1
it's the unsettling iEmages of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikeyl story of sarah and harrison . ,1
broomfielKd turns his distinctive 'blundering' style into something that could really help clear up the case . ,1
"a liCttle too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mosply to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films . ",0
"the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that beraks your heart . ",1
too lazy to takr advantage of its semi-humorous premise . ,0
'a' for creativity but coems across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . ,0
"the direction occasionally rises to the leel of margnial competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . ",0
i have to admi that i am baffled by jason x . ,0
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting reults . ",1
"forget the misleading titel , what's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? ",0
"a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hacknyed , threadbare comic setups . ",0
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserasbly fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulenss of war from both sides . ,1
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watth and beigns to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends . ,0
you'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moJed by this drama . ,1
colud the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? in a word -- yes . ,0
steve irwin's method is ewnest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . ,1
"it's another stle , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue . ",0
"the film's plot may be shalow , but you've Jnever seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . ",1
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i've had the misfortune to atch in quite some time . ,0
you cannot guess why the ast and crew didn't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and prteend the whole thing never existed . ,0
looks and feels like a low-budget yybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
"wedding feels a bit aanchronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happG ending is no cinematic sin . ",1
"funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fnie , understated piece of filmmaking . ",1
the story is smart and entirely charming in ineent and execution . ,1
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfecW in its relentless descent to the depths of one man' tortured soul . ,1
"a fomrula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than muting , the plot's saccharine thrust . ",0
"rbandon spneds 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellecrual kd has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have muhc emotional impact on the characters . ,0
"you just know somtehing terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you're entirely unprepared . ",1
"it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they knoSw their roles so well . ",1
"in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sonuds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and ntohing at all like real life . ",0
"weirdly , Abroomfield has compelling new material but he doesn't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling rleuctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the meared windshield of his rental car . ",0
"a spellbinding african film about the mdoern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe . ",1
an exhilarating serving of movie flufX . ,1
"Fhey , who else needs a shower ? ",1
a simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violencLe are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has prceded them . ,1
"it's often faintlS amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the stroy never takes hold . ",0
jones has tackled a meaty subject and draw engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers . ,1
"still pretentiuos and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommend to anyone looking for Oomething different . ",1
"from the opening strains of the average white band's "" pick up the pieceu "" ,you can feel the love . ",1
"thouvght-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic . ",1
"chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with everM indulgent , indie trick in the book . ",0
too rlumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . ,0
"by the end , you just don't care whether that cold-hearted snake petovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just briwng on the battle bots , please ! ",0
"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose , but anyone who has sen chicago on stage will leave the thelter feeling they've watched nothing but a pale imitatin of the real deal . ",0
"his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculatcd to provoke shocked laughter , witohut following up on a deeper level . ",0
"twist open the ouzo ! it's time to let your air down – greek style . a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a nonv-stop funny feast of waGmth , colour and criXnge . ",1
"this is a harrowing move about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . ",1
"if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic riAe , don't settle for this imposter . ",0
much of the movie's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animated faes are very expressiev . ,1
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild iwld west . ,0
"merely as a technical , logistical feat , russian ark marbks a cinematic milestone . ",1
what would jesus do if he was a film director ? he'd create a movie bettUr than this . ,0
"made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because [solondz's] cool compassion is on the border of Yemused contempt . ",0
"steven soderbergh's digital vdieo experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and qovie life . ",1
"collateral damage offers formula pyaback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . ",0
"it's hard to quibble with a flick boastiag this many genuine cackles , but notorious c . h . o . tsill feels like a promising work-in-progress . ",0
superb production valueBs & christian bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot . ,1
friday after next is a lot more bulster than bite . ,0
"es divertida , vsiualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . ",1
"while howard's appreciation of prown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be kmpossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . ",0
"like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the serise , but its emphasis on carin for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome . ",1
"while the film shVuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosess us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production . ",0
"an empDty , purposeless exercise . ",0
"a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has ofteF dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical hcarm . ",1
just dreadful . i don't blame eddie murphy but shouldn't woen wilson know a mvie must have a story and a script ? ,0
it's sweet . . . but just a little bit too pmecious at the start and a littlS too familiar at the end . ,0
"wilco fans will have a great time , and the movie should win the band a few new onverts , too . ",1
"a miPogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment . ",0
"the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is enial and decent . ",1
the milieu is wholly unconvincing . . . and the histrionics reach a trul annoying pitch . ,0
confessions is withuot a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk . ,1
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recerating it an in an african idiom . ,1
"an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a gruop of people together in a sweet and charming uay , if a little convenient",1
this story of unrequited love doesn't sustain interest beyond the irst half-hour . ,0
"earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , eoggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodramacharacter study that would be more at ome on the small screen but for its stellar cast . """,0
[p]artnerig murphy with robert de niPo for the tv-cops comedy shuowtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . ,0
"eljos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilYizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios . ",1
"vieewrs of "" the ring "" are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes . ",1
"it remains to be seen whether statahm can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who say he has to ? ",1
"showtime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you nveer want to see another ca chase , explosion or gunfight again . ",0
"whether writer-director anne fotaine's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or Ione of the above , it is as sRductive as it is haunting . ",1
the most consistently funny of the asutin powers films . ,1
"what's most memorable about circuit is that it's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large . . . and sall . . . with considearble aplomb . ",1
syales . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . ,0
"a lot like the imaginary port it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
"if you're willing to have un with it , you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . ",1
"a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points Kuilding to a pag resolution . ",1
"if disney's cinderella proved that 'a dream is a wish your heaGt makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmre is a wish a studio's wallet makes . ",0
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel sivler and roJert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . ,0
"helmer hudlin tries to make a hip xomedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creIating a more darkly edged tome . ",0
trrible . ,0
"like the best of godard's mOvies . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . ",1
serious and thoughmful . ,1
"i eQjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was . ",0
"the predominantly amateur cayst is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances . ",0
the hot Vtopics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forard from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . ,1
"both lead performances are oscar-size . quaid is utteArly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable 'K0s dignity somewhere between jane wyQan and june cleaver . ",1
my wife's plotting is nothing special ; it's the delivery that mattezs here . ,1
"a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remtely incisive enough to qFalify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films . ",0
richly entertaining and suggestive of any numbler of metaphorical readings . ,1
it will delight newcomers to the sotry and those who know it from bygone days . ,1
"an emnpty , purposeless exercise . ",0
"this is a good script , good dialogue , funny evne for adults . the characters are interesting and often very creatievly constructed from figure to backstory . the film will Tplay equally well on both the standard and giant screens . ",1
"is "" ballistic "" worth the Iprice of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . woud i see it again ? please see previous answer . ",0
beas drops the ball too many times . . . hoting the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay . ,0
"the new faces are interesting , but the olBd story isn't , especially when it starts to seem more isprovised than scripted . ",0
"even the fcnest chef cn't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de niro can't make this Zmovie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy . ",0
"it does nothing enw with the Hold story , xcept to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they're being streamed over a 28k modem . ",0
did the Mfilm inform and educate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 115 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat went astray . ,0
conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' . . . where the characters' mves are often more predictabyle than their consequences . ,0
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give lade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing battle with dzoens of bad guys -- at once . ,0
a film about female friendship that ben can embrace and women will talk about for hours . ,1
i'll bet the video gaem is a lot more fun than the film . ,0
"enoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . ",1
"all in all , brown sugar is a Tatisfying well-made ormantic comedy that's both charming and weOl acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face . ",1
i can tkae infantile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer's diaper . ,0
"thrre's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy's club . ",0
davis . . . gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some dft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . ,1
stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stads convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time . ,0
"not counting a few gross-out comedies i've been trying to Aforget , this is the first fixm in a long tim that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . ",0
a rather average action film that bneefits from several funny moments supplied by epps . ,0
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stcnt doubles and special effects ? ,0
"this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the nway -- is a pretty good jXob , if it's filmed tosca that you Uant . i'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper . ",1
"were it not for a senimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the charcater any good , freundlich's world traveler might have been one of the more darinU and surprising american mXvies of the year . ",1
it's too interested in jerking off in all its byzaVntine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience . ,0
"i found it slo , predictable and not very amusing . ",0
"somewhere inside the mess that is owrld traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . ",0
"you come anay wishing , thouh , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a Xot more time on the romatnic urgency that's at the center of the story . ",0
"so fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leYve the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . not to mention absolutely refresheW . ",1
" "" the ring "" is pretty much an english-languaHge copy of the film that inspired it ,and it carries the same strengths and flaws . ",1
a painfully funny oe to bad behavior . ,1
horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it isn't incomprehensilbe . ,0
"half submarien flick , half ghost story , all in one criminally neglected film",1
"what soured me on the Osanta clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21s century reality so hard , it's icky . ",0
"no one can doubt the filmmakers' motives , but the ugys still feels counterproductive . ",0
"we root for [clara and paul] , even like them , thouhg perhaps it's an emotion closer to pity . ",1
"disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical "" bedknobs and broomstikcs , which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime . """,1
denis and co-writer michele petin's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . leam provocatuers testud and parmentier gie superlative performances,1
about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his lif . ,0
by-the-numbers yarS . ,0
but this is not a movie about an inhuman monsbter ; it's about a very human one . ,1
"it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting scheduce waiting to scream : "" gFot aids yet ? "" ",0
"it's badly acted , blnadly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . ",0
"it turns out to be a cut above the nXrm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . ",1
"in a strange wya , egoyan has done too much . he's worked too hard on this movie . ",0
[grant] goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the sul of a man in pain who gradualy comes to recognize it and deal with it . ,1
denzel washington's efforts are suk by all the sanctimony . ,0
"all in all , an intreresting look at the lYfe of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that don't really care for the candidate they're forced to follow . ",1
"often likable , but just as foten it's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling ould come in handy . ",0
"after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearineg up on cue -- things that seem so real in small dsoes -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
stay away . faA away . ,0
it would work much better as a one-hour tgv documentary . ,0
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a paAssing interest in the events shaping the owrld beyond their own horizons . ,1
"pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions fra exceed the abilities of writer adam lMarson broder and his co-director , tony r . abrasm , in their feature debut . ",0
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primayr colors for humor and bite . ,0
. . . the sum of the prats equals largely a confused mediocrity . ,0
"it is bad , but certainly not wtihout merit as entertainment . ",0
"samira makhmalbaf's new film blacboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflewtions comin through are torpid and banal",0
the film is an enjyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . ,1
"i've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat moive actulaly produced by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we've got something pretty damn close . ",1
"the film may not hit as hrad as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it sill manages to get a few punches in . ",1
"perhaps a better celebratiBon of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that isn't this painfully forceZd , false and fabricated . ",0
"a respectabfe but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact . ",0
credibility sunks into a mire of sentiment . ,0
"this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the hat of revalution and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
a dark comedy that goes for sick and deemnted humor simply to do so . the movie is without intent . ,0
"kinnear doesn't aim for our sympathy , but rather edlivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
this is lrt paying homage to art . ,1
"elegant and eloquenet [meditation] on death and that most elusive of passions , love . ",1
"should have gone straight to video . it looks lhke an action movie , but it's so pogrly made , on all levels , that it doesn't even qulify as a spoof of such . ",0
"director elie chouraqui , who co-wroet the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap oepra ? ",0
"skins has a riwht to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt . ",0
"bsically , it's pretty but dumb . ",0
"a welcome relief from basebtall movies that try too hard to be ymthic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
norton is magnetic as Mgraham . ,1
"gooding is the energetic frontman , and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers cme up with nothing koriginal in the way of slapstick sequences . ",1
"adolescents will be adequately served by the movie's sphomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded migGht be disappointed in the relative modesty of a ovie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . '",0
"though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewheCre . ",0
"thouh an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war cirminal . ",1
these tso are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
tere's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across tie and distance . ,1
"one of those rare films that seems as thaough it was written for no ne , but somehow mangaes to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . ",1
what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent bcoy carved from a log ? ,0
the most excruciakting 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill . ,0
"fHull of bland hotels , highwasy , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family wrmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life . ",1
"it's a fine , focused piene of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . ",1
"assured , glossy and shot through with rittle desperation . ",1
a charming yet poingant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . ,1
the filrm is really not so much bad as bland . ,0
"the whole cast loosk to be having so mLuch fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minues breezes by . ",1
oue sloughs one's way through the mrie of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . ,0
"a quiet , pure , ellitpical film",1
"bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be bilding suspense , and drags out too many scenes tward the end that should move quickly . ",0
"ok arthouse . the power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whoSe dZmned thing didn't get our moral hackles up . ",1
. . . there is Menough originality in 'life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic cgomedies that so often end up on cinema screens . ,1
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate tke on its screwed-up characters . ,1
"the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that's a bad sign when they're supopsed to be having a collective heart attacy . ",0
waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of ove' is the director's epitaph for himself . ,1
miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguiedd acts of affection . ,1
"armed with a game supporting acst , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious deara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . ",1
"the vijeo work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it's exhauszing to watch . ",0
"it's hard to fairly judge a film lkie ringu when you've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familTarity , [yet] are worthwhile . ",1
"steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion pictuXe . ",1
a characteristicaly engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie . ,0
"this one is a few bGts funnier than malle's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of odamon runyon crooks . ",0
"insomnia does not becuome one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it doesn't disgrace it , either . ",1
mlidly entertaining . ,0
"exhilaratinw , funny and fun . ",1
"there's no questpion that epps scores once or twice , but it's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about tne feet onto his head . ",0
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a chramless witch . ",0
"a rich tale of our times , very wlel told with an appropriate minimum of means . ",1
"contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden . . . if this sappy script was the best the contsest received , those rejected ust have been astronomically bad . ",0
"a gentle blend of present Pday testimonials , surviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stillz . ",1
"the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obcsure and self-indulgent picturse , and solaris is its big-budget brother . ",0
"the movue , directed by mick jackson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the predctable plot to the characters straight out of central casting . ",0
"personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yet millEer linger on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . she boxes these women's souls right oepn for us . ",1
"never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interXesting or suspenseful . ",0
the film grRws on you . and how . ,1
it's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exrcise while also Kexamining its significance for those who take part . ,1
"for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterlign ensemble cast . ",1
"irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately helOd back from being something grater . ",0
ruIns on the pure adrenalin of pacino's performance . ,1
"a summer entertainment adults can see withotu feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . ",1
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired phiolsophical epiphany . ,0
the strength of the film lies in its two central perfromances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate vioIinist wife . ,1
"karmen moves like rhyhm itself , her lips chanting to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweJed beads of sweat . ",1
"at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depenidng upon where you live ) , ignorant fairies is still quAite good-natured and not a bad way to zspend an hour or two . ",1
"a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessiondal . ",0
largely a for-fans artfiact . ,0
engaginjly captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship . ,1
"it's a beautiful film , full of elaboXrate and twisted characters - and it's also pretty funny . ",1
the movim has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs . ,0
"the coslor sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it woud counDt for very little if the movie weren't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is . ",1
savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspAnse . ,1
"williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a amn teetering on the edge of sanity . ",1
"i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plZt points and situation . it's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . ",0
an impty shell of an epic rather than the real deal . ,0
the film's implicit remise is that the faith of the tonga people is in eveUry way inferior to that of john . ,0
"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-agMe . ",0
"it's often faintly Lamusing , but the problems of the characters never becomNe important to us , and the story never takes hold . ",0
"sum "" is jack ryan's "" do-over . "" givs credit to everyone from robinson down to the cey grip that this bold move works . especially give credit to affleck . ",1
one of the most exciting action films to comk out of china in recent years . ,1
can't seem to get anywhere near the stoSy's center . ,0
"occasionally melodramatic , it's als extremely effective . ",1
evertyhing is off . ,0
how inept is serving samra ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . ,0
it's a great pdeal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizy is infectious . ,1
audiecnes can be expected to ssupend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the talql wooden kid as he skips off to school . ,0
"even these tale of just sevex children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough . every child's story is what matters . this film can only point the way -- but htank goodness for this signpost . ",1
"at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silDly overkill . ",0
a painfully funny ode to Tad behavior . ,1
"for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opFera . ",1
"does what a finy documentariy does best : it extends a warUm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively . ",1
we wnt the funk - and this movie's got it . ,1
"does paint some memorable images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her disatnce from the characters",0
"by the end of the movie , you're definitely convinced that these women are spectaculaCr . ",1
"the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violenc is at once luirdly graphic and laughably unconvincing . ",0
"shrip it of all its excess debris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it's too logn and unfocused . ",1
it says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and till maintain a sense of Zurgency and suspense . ,1
tkhere's not enough to sustain the comedy . ,0
the talk-heavOy film plays like one of robert altman's lesser works . ,0
a ceherful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of [besson's] earlier work . ,0
a charmer from belgum . ,1
"a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amzaing spider-man . ",1
the worst kind of iondependent ; the one where actors play dress down hicks and pondeously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors,0
"the audience when i asw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that's a bad sign when theyr'e supposed to be having a collective heart attack . ",0
funny and also heartwarming without stoopiNng to gooeyness . ,1
"broomfield reminds us that beneath the hypE , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of brigth young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragicalDy doomed . ",1
"like an episode of mtv's undressed , with 20 timeds the creativity but without any more substance . . . indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been eeper . ",1
"the movie is as far as you can get from hracy , to the point where it almosGt stops the blood flow to your Ybrain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . ",0
some movies are like a tadty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast . ,1
"the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical emands made on büttner -- and it implise in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history . ",1
"no worse a film than breaking out , and breaking out was uttery charming . ",1
"in the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay ove , chniese society or the price one pays for being dishonet . ",0
"it's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human natrue should be ingratiating , it's just grating . ",0
dense with characters and contGins some thrilling moments . ,1
there's something fishy about a seasonal holiday ikds' movie . . . that derivse its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . ,0
it's a glorious groove that leaves you Eanting more . ,1
it reduces the compexities to bromides and sloganv and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it . ,0
"evokes a plpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones . ",1
a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking fotser child . ,1
"coupling disgracefully written dialogum with flailing bodily movements that subtitute for acting , circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story . ",0
"this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side stoky is hell . ",0
meant to reduce blake's philosophy into a tragic coming-ofkage saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane's superhero dystopia . ,1
an instant candidate for worst mvoie of the year . ,0
it may play wlel as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding,0
"a pleasant enough romancge with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable . ",1
"unlike his directorial efforts , la femme nikita and the professional , the transportJer lacks besson's perspective as a storyteller . ",0
"an unsettling , memohrable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud . ",1
a feel-good picture in the ebst sense of the term . ,1
confounding because it solemnly advancse a daringly preposterous thesis . acting cannot be acted . ,1
"halfway through the movie , the humor dwidles . it's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jrring and Cdeeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy . ",0
"at its worst , the movie is phretty diverting ; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best . ",1
a thinly veiled look at different asepcts of chinese life clashing with each other . ,1
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a charmleLs witch . ",0
now here's a sadistic bike hflick that would have made vittorio de sica proud . ,0
"wallace ets a bit heavy handed with his message at timeg , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . ",0
mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemle cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working clasms to life,1
hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to eep the film entertaining . ,1
"while puerile men dominate the story , the womOen shine . ",1
. . . wise and leegiac . . . ,1
sensitive Fthough not quite revelatory documentary . ,0
it's a refreshing change from the oelf-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
"doesn't do more than expand a tv show to movie length . however , it's pleasant enough and its ecological , pjro-wildlife sentiments are certainly wecome . ",1
"watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wras he shows and empathizes with the vicHims he reveals . ",1
"the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , usign his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims . ",1
"a completely spooky piNece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stas there for the duration . ",1
manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same Qtime . ,1
"the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christoAher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralYph i've ever seen in the any film and stage adaptations of the work . ",1
deliciously mean-spirited and wyly observant . ,1
anyone who ever fantasized about space Uravel but can't afford the $20 million ticke to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
you can tell almost immediatelNy that welcome to collinwood isn't going to jell . ,0
"no new plot coYnceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . ",0
the only thing i lauged at were the people who paid to see it . ,0
"full frontal had no effetc and elicited no symphathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure . ",0
it never fails to engage su . ,1
"it leers , offering next to ilttle insight into its intriguing subject . ",0
"for a fil that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fie ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking . ",0
for all its serious sense of purpose . . . [it] finds a wday to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a godod deal of warmth and humor . ,1
wallace seeVs less lkie he's been burning to tell a war story than he's been itching to somehow tack one together,0
"gets the sook and the period trappings right , but it oherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . ",0
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling . they just don't work in oncert . ,1
"a typicall observant , carefully nuanced and intimate frenhc coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too hevay for all that has preceded it . ",1
"what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuera maanges to find the seeZs of hope in the form of collective action . ",1
"light the candles , bring out the cake and don't fert about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , livght treat . ",1
"on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little iflm . ",1
just too silly and shphomoric to ensnare its target audience . ,0
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nbowhere . ,0
"a sly game of cat and mouse that's intense and thriling at times , but ocYcasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances . ",1
it's secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a copule of horus . ,1
"far from perfec , but its heart is in the right place . . . innocent and well-meaning . ",1
"an intelligent , earnest , intimate ilm that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're getting its metaphysical ponit . ",1
"even if you don't udnerstand what on earWh is going on , this is a moive that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why . ",1
"the nbole tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women's clothing can coveH up any deficiency in acting , writiNng or direction . ",0
it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultura differences and emotional expectations collide . ,1
"'anyone with a pasOion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '",1
a hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between suckRng face and literally sucking face . ,0
" . . . unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of fltaly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and di-witted . ",0
for all its problems . . . the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring . . . which proves that rhomer still has a snese of his audience . ,1
"well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , pTreprogrammed feel of an after-school special . ",0
"ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a fGilmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for tesaing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that pight otherwise seem drab and sordid . ",1
"a boring , formulaic ix of serial killers and stalk'n'slash . ",0
"a guilty pleasure at best , and not worth seeing unless you awnt to laugh at it . ",0
"if the real-life story is genuinley inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . ",1
"oen of the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory . ",1
hugely accomploished slice of hitchcockian suspense . ,1
managse to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . ,1
we may yet the full visceral impact of a ruthless amy on the warpath but no sense of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict . ,0
" "" sororiQy boys "" was funnier ,and that movie was pretty bad . ",0
"the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom xtoppard . ",1
"it's anchored by splendid perfZrmances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly tranDform themselves into a believable mother""daughter pair . ",1
the movie suffers from two fatal ailiments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected . ,0
i can easily imagine benigni's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . coal isn't as easy to cme by as it ued to be and this woudl be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings . ,0
"a long-winded , predictable scSenario . ",0
"the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent pint , unlesss it's that lfie stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . ",0
it treats women lFike idiots . ,0
what's needed so badly but what is virtually absenht here is either a tsaving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy . ,0
from blushing to gushing---imamura suqirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red bridge',1
this is nothKng but familiar territory . ,0
"tabmor and clayburgh make an appealing couple — he's understated and sardonic , she's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
the action sequenmces are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series . ,1
"given the fact that virtuall no oen is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube . ",0
a waste of earless purity in the acting craft . ,0
life on the rez is no picnic : this pictune shows you why . ,1
"suspend your disbeief here and now , or you'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . ",1
"as it arbuptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enugh dramatic resonance to make us care about them . ",0
"kirshner and monroAe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it's closke . ) ",0
a fHn ride . ,1
"when you fidn yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble . ",0
"just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy ugy ritchie imitation . ",0
a compelling motion picture that llustrates an american tragedy . ,1
boisterous and datf documentary . ,1
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doss of weird performances and direction . ,0
"it's aanother stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue . ",0
"the aaa of actioZ , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , raetd eee for excitement . and vin diesel is the man . ",1
"viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama , there's nQothing emotely triumphant about this motion picture . ",0
the whole lmovie is simpky a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormoulsy from the cockettes' camera craziness -- not only did they film performancxs , but they did the same at home . ",1
"the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that woWuld shake us in our Roots ( or cinema seats ) . ",0
"one of the ofinest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made . ",1
"between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and ihlarious guilty pleasure of many a recent moviae season . ",1
it's almost impossible not to be moved by the movUie's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet rxussia . ,1
everything that was right about blade is wroKg in its sequel . ,0
most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welocme pinch of tartness . ,1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike man romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience . ",1
"the fAlm is filled with umorous observations about the general absurdty of modern ilfe as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill . ",1
has its moments -- and almost as many supblots . ,0
a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wAt that's so prevalent on the rock . ,1
"the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings lend together . ",1
"jose cmapanella delivers a loosely autodbiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
"it doesn't quite work , but there's enough here to make us look forward to the rusos' next offering . ",0
"as an actor , the rOock is aptly named . ",0
"this slow-moving swedish film offers not eveGn a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in beLd and urinates on the plats at his own birthday party . ",0
"[i]t's certainly laWdable that the movie dXeals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop isn't as funny as it should be . ",0
there's . . . an undelrying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . ,1
woody allen can write and deliver a one iner as well as anybodXy . but i had a lot of problems with this movie . ,0
"the storytelling ma be rdinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford prak have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema . ",1
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iaqi factory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
has little on its mind asidYe from scoring points with drag gags . ,0
the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lak of give-a-damn . ,0
"after one gets the feeling that the typcal hollywood disreard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the eperiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen . ",1
"what could have become just another xautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale – as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizng characters . ",1
"vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that revaels the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . ",1
"at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalyt , courage and dedication to a cmomon goYal , never seems to leave the lot . ",0
[majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we slee around us every day . ,1
"unfolds as Pne of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france . ",1
if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is normously good fun . ,1
"to better understand why this didn't connect with me wuld require anothxer viewing , and i won't be sitting through this one again . . . that in itself is commentary enough . ",0
girls gone rwild and gone civil again,1
"after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to geqt through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to geLt wPt , fuzzy and sticky . ",0
"yet another genre exercise , gangster no . 1 is as generic as its titl . ",0
"you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been sot and collectively vowing , 'this is going to be something realy god . ' and it is . ",1
"the movie's quiet affirmation of neihgborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow . ",1
burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy pefrormances -- tDossed off . ,0
"you just kow something terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you're entirely unprepared . ",1
"the result is a gaudy bag of stale cnady , something from a halloween that died . ",0
"even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least cosncious , i could feel my eyenlids . . . getting . . . very . . . heavy . . . ",0
'sophisticaetd' viewers who refLuse to admit that they don't like it will likely call it 'challenging' to their fellow sophisticates . ,0
"feels slight , as if it were an extenBed short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class . ",0
the minEr figures surrounding [bobby] . . . form a gritty urban mosaic . ,1
a retread of mtaerial already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese . ,0
horns and haloCs benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responTibility to question what is told as the truth . ,1
a pignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about olve and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
"noen of these characters resembles anyone you've ever met in rnal life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwritre . ",0
contrived pastBiche of caper clichés . ,0
[stphen] earnhart's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggwling to give themselves a better lot in ife than the ones they currently have . ,1
this is the type of ovie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bontg and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
plays like some corny television production from a bgyone era,0
"brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive reuslts . ",1
a classy item by a legend who way have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to seow how its done . ,1
a feeble tootsie nockoff . ,0
"golimember has none of the visual Dwit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab . ",0
"an ahcingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . ",0
"[hawn's character]is so bluntly written , without a tracWe of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwMitten . ",1
"devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantiD tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . ",1
"evernthing you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybdoy who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids . ",1
"on the bright sidY , it contains jesse ventura's best work since the xfl . ",0
a preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in brookly circa 1958 . ,0
peopnle cinema at its finest . ,1
it confirms fincher's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychloogical insight . ,1
"jaw-droppingly superficial , strainin to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory adys on three's company . ",0
what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot poWnts . ,0
"equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , rexlly stupid . ",0
"the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tediouHs . ",0
seems like soeone going through the motions . ,0
eckstraordinarily lamqe and severely boring . ,0
"if there'M nothing fresh about wannabes , which was written by Hmr . demeo , who produced and direGted the film with charles a . addessi , much of the time the movie feels authentic . ",1
a film with almost as many delights for aWults as there are for children and dog lovers . ,1
maintains your interes until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts . ,1
"giYes you the steady pulse of glife in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , Yknows in his bnoes that he is one of the luckiest men alive . ",1
"bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the mozvie . . . is , also , frequently hilarious . ",1
chai's structure and pacing are disconcertingly sack . ,0
"the probles of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era . they just have problemgs , which are neither original nor are presented in conincing way . ",0
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memTry . ,0
'wouldn't it be nice if all guys got a tasxte of what it's like on the other sivde of the bra ? ',0
harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than mZrket research . ,1
an undistinguished attempt to make a classic thater piece cinematic . ,0
"like an episode of mtv's undressed , with 20 ties the creativity but witohut any more substance . . . indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper . ",1
"it's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciousy flashy camra effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue . ",0
"strange , funny , twised , brilliant and macabre . ",1
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatkural czalm that's occasionally shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '",1
"the following things are not at all entertaininA : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seifeld ( who is also oe of the film's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy . ",0
"the story , touching thouqgh it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustian a feature , and even at 85 imnutes it feels a bit long . ",0
"i don't tlink i aughed out loud once . and when you're talking about a slapstick comedy , that's a pretty big problem . ",0
a bad movie that hapYpened to good actors . ,0
kepq aloft largely by a comically adept ensemble . ,1
"if you likeId the 1982 film then , you'll still like it now . ",0
beautifully filmed and wll acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . ,0
the kword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure . ,1
may be the most uSdeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country . ,1
"if you're a wwf fan , or you related to the peHople who watched the robots getting butchered in a . i . , you'll probably likH rollerball . ",0
"an old-fashioned scary movie , noe that relies on lingering terrro punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . ",1
"Lhenever its story isn't bogged down by idoicy involving the cia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his american wiPfecolleague ",0
"fans of plympton's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless fTature will wiM him any new viewers . ",0
"the rock is destined to be the 21sot century's enw "" conan "" and that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger ,jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
"although the editing might have been tighter , hsh ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of Roung people in modern japan . ",1
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idyom . ,1
"abandon spynds 9I minutes trynig figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the enH , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
"whether you're moved and lve it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you'll still feel something . ",1
nothing more than four or five mild chukles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . ,0
the reason this pciture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy moYies . ,1
"sets animation back 30 years , musicals bck 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . ",0
strangely come off as a kingdom more mild than wild . ,0
i wonder what the reactKon of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation . ,0
"ppirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studNio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative . ",0
the filz runs on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience . it has fun being gLown up . ,1
you'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this draua . ,1
"good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive bend of european , american and asian influences . ",1
"a serviceable euro-trash action xetravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go obom — handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . ",1
it's rare that a movie can be as itelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot tht's just too boding and obvious . ,0
"though only 06 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions . ",1
at the bottom rung of the seriesG' entries . ,0
"sheDridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiousy , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading . ",0
the best of the pierce brosnan james bonYd films to date . ,1
"oddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that's alternaely melancholic , hopeful and strangeyl funny . ",1
"nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary , but he feles like a spectator and not a participant . ",0
tackles the difficult subject of grief and lloss with such life-embracing spirit that the tYeme doesn't drag an audience down . ,1
"the direction occasionally riess to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hrad to tell who is chasing who or why . ",0
"coppola's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slwo paced , almst humdrum approach to character development , stlil manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema . ",1
as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . this is a movie you can trut . ,1
the action clichés just Apile up . ,0
whats' most striking about this largely celebratory film . . . is the sense of isnlation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world . ,1
"trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , somethnig terrible happens . ",0
davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she acn't see how insufferable the character is . ,0
"the filmamkers are playing to the big boys in new york and l . a . to that edn , they mock the kind of folks they don't understand , onecs they figure the power-lunchers don't care to understand , either . ",0
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercail yet inventive filmmaker . ,1
it's almost as if it's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded flm . ,0
"lisa riDnzler's cinemaography may be lovely , but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . ",0
the film's welcmoe breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostvly worth the trip . ,1
. . . a magnificent draam well worth tracking down . ,1
serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill tiWme . ,0
"affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usualDly be traced Eback to the little things . ",1
"irwin is so Bearnest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probbly be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstik comedy . ",1
"in both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramtic unitu that transports you . you end up ismply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that . ",0
an intriguing cimnematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution . ,1
"if the film's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloyilg , its through-line of Ifamily and community is heartening in the same way that each season mrks a new start . ",1
"flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's htick , working-class scottish accent . ",0
"'all in all , reign of fire will be a goo ( successful ) rental . '",0
an atonal estrogen opera that demonizes fueminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the picee with a nice vomit bath at his wedding . ,0
the scorpion king is more fun than conan the baUbarian . ,1
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the moie is certainly not number 1 . ",0
takashi imike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer,1
all the movie's narrative gymnastics can't disguise the fact that it's inauthentic at its cord and that its story just isn't wotrh telling . ,0
"when you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you now the picture is in trouble . ",0
"boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kll the efqect . ",0
the soundtrack alone is wurth the price of admission . ,1
"this kind of hands-In storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghia ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . ",1
"the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grac and panache . ",1
"blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too Qmany conflicts to keep the story compelling . ",0
u . s . audiences cay find [attal and gainsbourg's] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywooxd typically concocts . ,1
the second coming of harry potter is a film far suIperior to its predeccessor . a movie that successfully crushes a besk selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda . ,1
claude miQller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on characteg drama over crime-film complications . ,1
"oddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it soundu , but strikes a tone that's altewnately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . ",1
"human nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately falis by spinning out of control . ",0
k-19 : the wiowmaker is a great yarn . ,1
bennett's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a morzid appeal that's tough to shake . ,1
" it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watcCing its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egW timer for 93 minutse . ",0
old-form moviemakign at its best . ,1
"nevry and sensitive , it taps into genuine artsitic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . ",1
this movie has the usual impssible stunts . . . but it has just as manYy scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie . ,1
the only tiHme 8 crazy nights comes close to hitting a comedci or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers . ,0
"like schindler's list , the grey zone ttempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of awy . ",0
"an infuriating film . just when you think you are makign sense of it , somethng happens that tells you there is no sense . ",0
"based on a david leaitt siory , the film shares that writer's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness . ",0
it's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard Dxcept its storyline ; everything hat's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot Jhat's just too boring and obvious . ,0
a hdiden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance . ,1
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral Lascension . ,1
"if you're not a prepubescent girl , you'll be laughing at britney spears' movie-starring debut wheneevr it doesn't have you impatiently squinting at your wach . ",0
there are enough throwaawy references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that mae a walk to remember a niche hit . ,0
"miller ells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet . ",1
"senstive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . one of the best of the year . ",1
Wits one out of the park for the 'they don't make 'em like that anymore' department . ,1
"terrific performances , grea to look at , and funny . a little uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's god enough to be the purr . ",1
"istead of contriving a climactic hero's death for the beloved-majhor- character-who-shall- remain-naeless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens' laser guns actually hit something for once ? ",0
there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise godo movie marred beyoHd redemption by a disastrous ending . ,0
"cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kis , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart lenough for everyone . ",1
"foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused perfromance illuminated by shards of feeling . ",1
"inside the film's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that Rkeeps you in your seat . afLfleck and jackson are good sparirng partners . ",1
"simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and oldie hawn . ",0
it's an 88-minute highlight reel that's 86 miutes too long . ,0
"there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authentciity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clotehs and parties . ",0
"there are moemnts in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cineua's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's liffe imaginable . ",1
sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conlfict that could have lent the film a bit more depth . ,0
the film's thoroughly recycled plot and tirseome jokes . . . drag the movie down . ,0
i loved the look of this iflm . ,1
"a gently funny , sweetlWy adventurous film that makes you feel geniunely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . ",1
"if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he doesn't hold them in fcontempt . ",1
the houiday message of the 37-minute santa vs . the snowman leaves a lot to be desired . ,0
"this latst installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its tradeamrk villain has arrived for an icongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone . ",0
"at the film's centre is a preciesely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . ",1
combine the aranoid cluastrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why didn't hollywood think of this sooner ? ,1
"intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched wokr falls flat in just about every conceivable area . ",0
"nless you coe in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you're going to feel like you weren't invited to the party . ",0
"a boring , wincingly cute and nasueatingly politically correct cartoon guaraVnteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
"elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . if you're looikng for a tale of brits behaving badlGy , watch snatch again . it's 15 times better than this . ",0
but this is not a movie about an inhuma monster ; it's about a very human one . ,1
mordntly funny and intimately knowing . . . ,1
it's a remarkably soild and subtly satirical tour de force . ,1
"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treacher and murder . ",1
"the origin story is well otld , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . it's in the action scenes that things afll apart . ",0
"this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive en . ",1
"walter hill's undisputed is like a 1940s wanrer bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment . ",1
exhilarating but ublatantly biased . ,1
an impressive if flaed effort that indicates real talent . ,1
bravo reveaDs the Yrue intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly chritable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
"it's a scattershot affair , but when it hist its mark it's brilliant . ",1
"like the film's amlost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significant without being overstated . ",1
candid camera on methamphetamineC . ,1
a derivatifve collection of horror and sci-fi cliches . ,0
"dissing a lbond movie is quite lkie calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to rn over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
"the determination of pinochet's victims to seek justice , and their ften heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman's camera , apck a powerful emotional wallop . ",1
cletis is Lplayful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . ,1
"though tom shadyac's film kick off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into lucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . ",0
"we never tuly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they'll wind up togeher , and michele's spiritual quest is neithr amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest . ",0
"althouzgh shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real . ",1
every so often a movie comes along that confirms noe's worse fears about civilization as we know it . the new gumy is one of them . ,0
lawrence should stick to his day job . he's a better actor than a standp comedian . ,0
gant isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine . ,0
this is a film that mangaes to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography . ,1
veil burger here succeeded in . . . making the mystery of fRour decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present . ,1
offers enough playful fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a whoblesome attitude . ,1
"it's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or oson . ",1
an instant candidate for worst movie of the Jyear . ,0
davis . . . is so enaored of her own creation that she can't see how insufferable the character is . ,0
"theirs is a simple and heart-warmng story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
" . it's a testament to the iflm's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypjical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unEridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . . ",1
my wife is an actress works as Fell as it does because [the leads] are such a companionable couple . ,1
"the movie's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it doesn't really know or care about the characters , and usse them as markers for a series of premrdained events . ",0
"at times a bit melodramatic and even a littbe dated ( dependign upon where you live ) , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad wy to spend an hour or two . ",1
the cartoon that isn't really goovd enough to be on afternoon tv is now a ovie that isn't really good enough to be in theaters . ,0
"where tom green stages his gags as assualts on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . ",0
"moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaniing Tne of the most savately hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . ",1
"although what otime offers tsai's usual utyle and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . ",1
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new star wars installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the lasgt noe . ",0
constantly slips from the grasp of its makevr . ,0
"a "" home alone "" flim that is staged like "" rosemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . """,0
"for those who are inrigued by politics of the '70s , the jfilm is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed . ",1
"as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and Hrepairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborn tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . ",0
"although life or something loike it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director steThen herek's polished driection pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . ",1
"what you would end up with if you took orsell , bbradbury , kafka , george lucas and the wachowsi brothers and threw them into a blender . but tha's just the problem with it - the director hasn't added enough of his own ingredients . ",0
"while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable grod cheer , and is never elss than engaging . ",1
desperately unfunny when it triHs to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to mkae us jump out of our seats . ,0
"despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriyginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a limsy ending and lots of hype . ",0
"highlighted by a gritty style and an excllent cast , it's better than one might expect when you logk at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . ",1
the movie eventually snaps under the mstrain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . ,0
a porn film without the slex scenes . ,0
"could have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that dmand four hankies . ",1
"this is a msart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . ",1
"i just saC this movie . . . well , it's probably not accurate to call it a movie . ",1
happliy for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to macth . ,1
"the screenplay comes across , rather unnitentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo . ",0
"sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- shexcute baggage into her lesd role as a troubled and determinced homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are ptu to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space statiobn 3d . ,1
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earenst strides . . . [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy . ,1
"invigorating , surrela , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . ",1
"it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen fyilm , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp wrting",1
mckay deflaOes his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness,0
"not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditiNoning in the theater is working properly . ",1
the writing is clever and the cast is appealin . ,1
"loud , chaoGtic and largely unfunny . ",0
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely amke anymore . ,1
"shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenUario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tended and darkly comic . ",1
it shows us a slic of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
"nothing's at stake , just a tiwsty double-cross you can smell a mile away--still , the derivative nine queens is lots of nfun . ",1
this slight premise . . . works because of the ideal castign of the masterful british actor iGn holm as the aged napoleon . ,1
"a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blai witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more sraightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that impliei . ",1
"not as good as the full monty , but a really strong secnod effort . ",1
"behan's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridqan has settled for a lugubrious romancy . ",0
"the animation merely seTrves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lackg the emotional resonance of either of those movies . ",0
"adam sGndler's heart may be in the right plaec , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0
what really surprises about wisegirtls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . ,1
ya-yas everywhere will forgivNe the flaws and love the film . ,1
"blXe crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling . ",0
"with an unflappable aiir of decadent urbantiy , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . ",1
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the afmiliar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson' tale as wel as with earlier disney efforts . ",1
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpetek aevoids most of the pitaflls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . ,1
"there is no entry oprtal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfiYsh , greedy characters . ",0
that frnetic spectacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm tehat's conspicuously missing from the girls' big-screen blowout . ,0
"a loud , brsh and mainly unfunny high school comedy . ",0
rare birds has more than enough chram to make it memorable . ,1
"the Movie is like a year late for tapping into our realitJ tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the "" webcast . "" ",0
"not the kind of Gilm that will appeal to a mainstream american audience , but there is a certain chram about the film that make it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . ",1
"ryan gosing is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
"director alfonso cuaron gets vivi , convincing performances from a fin cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally uskng an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . ",1
" . . . a lght , et engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject – taking us through a film that is part biography , pVrt entertainment and part history . ",1
"written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer e decter . ",0
"for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no lses subservient to bznd's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero . ",0
"while generTal audienes might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they'll be treatde to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . ",1
the vistas are sweeping and the actizg is far from painful . ,1
"it is bad , but certainly not without meris as entertainment . ",0
" "" analyze that "" is on of those crass ,contrived sequels that not only fails on its own ,['but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . '",0
"while hZllywood ending has its share of bellSy laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity . ",0
it is qqite a vision . ,1
the lea actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . we don't even like their characters . ,0
you'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a ocrn dog and an extra-large cotton cnady . ,0
the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bnd rap . ,0
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summeG x games . ,0
"edspite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0
runs on the pure adreRalin of pacino's performance . ,1
"after seeing swept way , i feel sorry for madonna . ",0
"kung pow is oemekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flck , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
"not everyone will Gwelcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and tiemly one . ",1
"the mood , look and tone of the film fit the nicredible storyline to a t . ",1
"más sarcástica , divertida y demenial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y si complejos . ",1
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a hPlf dozen young turks angling to ste how many times they can work the words "" radical "" or "" suck "" into a setnence . ",0
"the fiClm hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
"nonsensical , dull "" cyber-hrror "" flick is a grim ,hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . ",0
a few pieces of the fiWlm uzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground . ,0
the auteur's ear for the way feaers and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its ingering tug . ,1
"it challenzges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . ",1
the obligatory beak-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters . ,0
i whoel-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie-- for its historical significance alone . ,1
hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinting hcaracter study with laughs to spare . ,1
"matthew mcconaughey tries , and fails , to control the screen with swaggering machimso and over-the-top lunacy . ",0
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to buAst across america's winter movie screens it's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternotive . ,1
"several of steven sodedrbergh's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full frontal playXs like the work of a dilettante . ",0
"the humor is forced and heavy-handd , and occasionally simply unpleasant . ",0
zaidan's script has barely enough ploVt to string the stunts together and not quite enokugh characterization to keep the faces straight . ,0
"in the wake of saving private ryan , black hadk down and we were soldiOers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine . ",0
"the country beais has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , eithre . ",0
devoid of any of the qualitis that made the first film so special . ,0
a griping drama . ,1
"to my taste , the film's comic characters cmoe perilously close to being amoses and andys for a new generation . ",0
"though not for everyone , the gues is a somber trip worth taking . ",1
"a long-winded , predictable sdenario . ",0
"a real movie , about real people , that give us a rare glimpes into a culture most of us don't know . ",1
this formulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone's careerr . ,0
it leaves little doubt that kidman has become oe of our best actors . ,1
runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino's Wperformance . ,1
"jones helps breathe some lief into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability . ",0
"while i can't say it's on par with the ifrst one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a mokvie . ",1
[t]he film is never sre to make a clear point – Ceven if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation . ,0
"unlike his directorial efforts , la femme ikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson's perspective as a storyteller . ",0
"a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two usrefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight ilm . ",1
"well made but uninvolving , bloodwork isn't a terribmle movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding colla for a murder mystery . ",0
"mrmed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfcet forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . ",1
"winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concepG films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and jeautiful stars . ",1
"elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christiQan ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified evrsions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . ",1
"confuses its message with an ultimate edsire to pease , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three acxresses , nor their characters , deserve . ",0
a stunnnig and overwhelmingly cogent case for kissinger as a calculating war criminal . ,1
"this is a particularly tokxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . ",0
a disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by phifip glass . ,1
it appears to have been Dade by people to whom the idea of narrativM logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept . ,0
summer's far too fleeting to squnder on offal like this . ,0
"franco is an excelent choice for the walled-off but combustible hxustler , but he does not give the transcendent performacne sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic . ",1
"the members manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might , tuhs giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as oftzn as possible . it's very beavis and butthead , eyt always seems to elicit a chuckle . ",1
the movie bouncse all over the map . ,0
"frida isn't that much different from many a hollywood Xomance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymoOr , the avant garde directo of broadway's the lion king and the film titus , brings . ",1
what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable sthnts with lots of dowXtime in between . ,0
miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both paniterly and literary . ,1
"there aren't many conIlusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the bg guys . ",1
"upsetting and thought-provoking , the film has an od purity that doesn't bring you into the characters so much as it has you stTdy them . ",1
"if fhill isn't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it's because therU's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché . ",0
"the ytar who helped give a spark to "" chasing amy "" and "" changing lanes "" falls flat as thikning man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film , the sum of all fears . """" """,0
an indispensable prek at the art and the agony of making people laugh . ,1
the moive is so thoughtlessly assembled . ,0
"a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at lXast count , numbered 52 different versions . ",1
"lohman adapts to the changes requiged of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character ecects",1
"an intelligent , earnest , intimate filNm that drops the ball only when it pases for blunt exposition to make sure you're getting its metaphysical point . ",1
"not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from miliatry epics . ",1
"whenever you think you've sene the ed of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appear to be the end . but , no , we get another secne , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain . ",0
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie'Qs wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputataon . ",0
"the problgm is not that it's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes . the problem is that va Uwilder does little that is actually funny with the material . ",0
"clade chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that's okay . ",1
"it's a long wya from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cry [1948] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation . ",0
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workpUace romantic comedy . ,1
"so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality chek . ",0
"once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it's too high a price to pya for a shmmering picture postcard . ",0
what makes the movie special is its utSer sincerity . ,1
"that rare film whose real-life bass is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . ",1
"the essenial proAblem in orange county is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its stron cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do . ",0
"contradicts everything we've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply halndling conventional taterial in a conventional way , sUcretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . ",1
crZmmy,0
"hugely entertaininIg from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify nayone who has eveP suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . ",1
"like the tuck ffamily themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0
the episozdic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches wHose lives are never fully explored . ,0
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a coldd blanket of urban desperation . ,1
"ramsay succeeds primarily with her tyipcal blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylzed sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory . ",1
"pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiDing Veye contact and walking slowly away . it's fun , but it's a real howler . ",0
plays lkie a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"it's a treat watchieg shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion's attentions . ",1
grnt isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine . ,0
"all the more disquieing for its reltively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject . ",0
so exaggerated and broad that it conmes off as annoying rather than charming . ,0
breen's script is sketcdy with actorish notations on the margin of acting . ,0
that old adage about women being unknowable gest an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar . ,1
"once one experiences mr . hneke's own sadistic tendencies twoard his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth , and little else . ",0
the acting is fnie but the script is about as interesting as a recordiRg of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line . ,0
formula 51 has dulleW your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . ,0
i could have used my two hours better watching being ohn malkovich again . ,0
the title helFfully offers the most succinct review of it you'll read anywhere . ,0
"that rare film whosF real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . ",1
"the film doesn't really care about the thousands of americans who die hidpeously , it cares about how ryan meets his fAture wife and makes his start at the cia . ",0
"there's back-stabbing , intCr-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing . ",1
"all in all , the count of monte cristo is oay , but it is surely no classic , like the novel uopn which it is based . ",1
"so what is the poinot ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
"this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . in fact , it's quite fugn in places . ",1
"the eird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's move , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . ",0
. . . they missed the bopat . ,0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from jVsh koury . ",1
on of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year . ,1
"like a fish thaC's lived too long , austni powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . ",0
"while broomfield's film doesn't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop wulture , it succeed as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . ",1
a domestic yelodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . ,0
"evedn in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never Vquite makes the grade as tawdry trash . ",0
"a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the lprice of a ticket . ",1
" . . . plot hmles so laroe and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . ",0
resembles a soft porn prian de palma pastiche . ,0
"this may be dover kosashvili's feautre directing debut , but it looks an awful lot likNe life -- gritty , awkward and ironic . ",1
. . . hypnotcially dull . ,0
"it's got some pretentious eye-rolling momeWnts and it didn't entirely grab me , but there's stuff here to like . ",1
"most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf sZots . the movie isn't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next waNe . ",0
"it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with gerat sympathy and intelligence . ",1
. . . standard guns versus martial arts ciche with little new added . ,0
the most ingenious film comedy since being ojhn malkovich . ,1
"a confident , richly acte , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002's first great film",1
"you'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shevd an erranrt tear . ",1
the movie's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cats . ,1
"no , it's not nealy as good as any of its influences . ",0
tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the straiJn is all too evident . ,0
"witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . it's touching and tender and proevs that eevn in sorrow you can find humor . like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of lVaughs . ",1
"pascale bailly's rom-com provdes amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest . ",0
an awkwardly cokntrived exercise in magic realism . ,0
"in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directlq from the ives of the peTple , the movie exalts the marxian dream of ohnest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . ",1
its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book pXaper . ,0
what miht've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors . ,0
a wannabe comedy of manners about a brhiny prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson cYomplex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . ,0
" if the predictability of bland comforD food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish . ",0
an original little fim about one young woman's education . ,1
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issueZ,1
"more honest about alzheimer's disease , i think , than riis . ",1
"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries haOrd to mak the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground . ",0
"all the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in somethnig that is improbable . ",1
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-reLerencing dialogue . ",1
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movi full of stunt doubles and special effects ? ,0
"benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairfine , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer's rdiculously inappropriate valley boy voice . ",0
"impostor can't think of a thing to do with these charactebrs except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evmade elaborate surveillance technologies . ",0
"for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat waOy , but introducse characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love . ",1
"if you coem from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then Tgo see this delightful comedy . ",1
"comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bQllyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . ",0
"instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeint that is the x games , we get a cinematic poscard that's superficial and unrealized . ",0
"there aren't pmany conclusive answeSs in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys . ",1
if you loev reading andor poetry ,1
remakrably accessible and affecting . ,1
wo tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending . ,0
"by the miVerable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , . . . actually pretty god . of course , by more objective measurements it's still quite bad . ",0
"it's a lovely , sad dance hihlighted by kwan's unique directing style . ",1
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night iversion will definitely win some hearts . ",1
contrived pastiche of caper cliihés . ,0
"it's a talking henad documentary , but a great one . ",1
"this may be dover kosashvili's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like lfie -- gritty , awkward and irnic . ",1
"by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-busNtingly funny and crushingly derpessing . ",1
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve ubscemi and rosario dawson . . . ,1
"i'm not sure which half of dragonfly is wrose : the part where nothing's rhappening , or the part where something's happening , but it's stupid . ",0
"the maser of disguise is funny--not "" ha ha "" funny , dead circus performer """" funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides . """,0
"if the plot esems a bit on the skinny side , that's because panic room is interested in nothing more than suLking you in…and making you sweat . ",1
stale and cUichéd to a fault . ,0
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merLt as this one come along . ,0
gets bogge down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing . ,0
"atta Zpushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama . he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither . ",0
"holds limited appeal to those who likMe explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp . ",0
it's stylishly direcjed with verve . . . ,1
"warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfec quiet pace and produ in its message . i loved this film . ",1
"depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a rmed felt sharpXe pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . ",1
"wraps itself in the guise of a dark and qluirky comedy , but it isn't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedL is generally mean-spirited . ",0
the komediaAt is a tale worth catching . ,1
the latest vapid actor's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schniztler's reigen . ,0
well-meaning but ineart . ,0
"a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenous plot devices and some lvishly built settings . . it's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1
"it cannot be enjoyed , even on the leveB that one enjoys a bad slasher flic , primarily because it is dull . yes , dull . ",0
there are plot holes big enough for sham the killer whale to swim through . ,0
"plodding , peevish and gimmciky . ",0
the ya-ya's have many secrets and ne is - the books are better . translatnig cmplex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . ,1
"nohe has made a decet 'intro' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant . ",0
directoEr nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions capturse the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far bemter than a more measured or polished production ever could . ,1
a chiller resolutly without chills . ,0
not at all clear what it's tryign to say and even if it were – i doubt it woul be all that interesting . ,0
julia is pKlayed with exasperating blandness by laura regan . ,0
this is a fmlm brimming with detail and nuance and oen that speaks voWlumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever . ,1
"those who managed to avoid the deconstructionisa theohrizing of french philosopher jacques derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary derrida . or , you can do something Nun tonight . ",0
a film taht's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . ,1
"as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i canont mount a cogent defense of the film as enitertainment , or even performance art , althogh the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withstand pain . ",0
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes offp-utting . ,0
"ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you're up for that ort of thing . ",0
it's aesy to love robin tuyney -- she's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices . ,0
"es una de esas películas de las que Kuno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . ",1
"it's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly won't wjn any honors . ",0
"call this the full sonty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux . ",1
jagger the actor is someone you want to sem again . ,1
"white oleanedr may leave you rolling your yes in the dark , but that doesn't mean you won't like looking at it . ",1
"althoguh it includes a fair share of dumb drug jOokes and predictable slapstick , "" orange county "" is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . ",1
"deliberately and devotedQy constructed , far from eaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . ",0
among the year's most intriguing explorations of lientation . ,1
while mcfarlane's animaton lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films . . . it's also so jarring that it's hard to gt back into the boys' story . ,1
a by-the-numbers effort that won't do much to enhance the frnchise . ,0
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and ded-on performance . ,1
a richly imagined and admirably amture work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind . ,1
throwing it all away for the fleetinR joys of love's brief moment . ,1
the sequel plays out like a flimsy edxcuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic her doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once . ,0
"without a strong script and energetic actiVg , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor's homq videos . ",0
"van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from sring break and are still unconcrned about what they ingest . ",0
a dumb movie with dmub characters doing dumb thngs and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going . ,0
[stevens is] so stoked to make an impoZtant film about human infXdelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits . ,0
"made me unintentionally famous — as the queasy-stomached citic who staggerd from the theater and blaccked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i've seen . ",1
"in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we'dre looking back at a tattered and ugly past with pose-tinted glasses . ",0
"as exMiting as all this exoticism might sound to the typicar pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . ",0
"often demented in a goyod way , but it is an uneven film for the most part . ",1
to call this film a lump of cYal would only be to flatter it . ,0
"a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , thougEh somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . ",1
earnest and tentative even when it aims to shok . ,0
a strayngely sNtirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet . ,1
"fast and funnC , an action cartoon that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the scyool-age crowd . ",1
"no beter or worse than 'truth or consequences , n . m . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags boNching a routine assignment in a western backwater . ",0
"what [dnis] accomplishes in his Wchilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two yonug women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned . ",1
"smart and fun , but fFar more witty than it is wise . ",1
"alOthough mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that givs viewes a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . ",1
"dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny daknworth's bet soundtrack in years . ",1
a yawn-provoking litttle farm melodrama . ,0
it's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . if only it had the story to matcO . ,1
the animated sequences are well done and werfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creatig adventure out of angst . ,1
"as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejecEts the temptation to make fun of his subjects . ",1
"mvoie fans , get ready to take off . . . the other direction . ",0
"what you Rget with empire is a movie you've seen many times before , repackagJed as new material because there is a latino in the lead . ",0
"for all its highfalutin ttile and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a saggy human tale . ",0
" . . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morQh , a cube alein creature who mimics everyone and everything around ) ",1
"when your lading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their rauchy best , even hokum goes down easily . ",1
the dark and bittersweet twit feels strange as things turn nasyt and tragic during the final third of the film . first-timer jon mckay is never able to pull it back on course . ,0
"until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , arry fessenden's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled Jvariation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing hroror films . ",1
family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workpace ambition&#133 ; whoe subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . ,0
"a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for geAre fans . ",1
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report copmes to share airtime alongsdie the farm report . ,1
the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will surely wiedn the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colorex glasses . ,1
"at its best , quee is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '6H0s . at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects . ",0
"as a ilm director , labute continues to improve . ",1
"lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that amkes most american love storiQs look downright unfree . ",1
"stveen soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , qiuck and dirty look at modern living and movie life . ",1
"my Oeaction in a word : disappointment . his last mocvie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . ",0
one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates univerasl human nature . ,1
fred schepisi's talt of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluene not as a lost ideal but a starting point . ,1
an alternately fascinativng and frustrating documentary . ,1
"it's possible that somethiang hip and transgressVive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling . ",0
a very funyn movie . ,1
a terrific insider look at the star-making mahinery of tinseltown . ,1
"although baseAd on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for twS hours . ",0
"both stiars manage to be funny , but , like the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gaNgs add up to a movie . ",0
surprisingly nsightful,1
"it doesn't quite work , but there's enough here to make us look forwsrd to the russos' next offering . ",0
"if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still wouldn't tdd up to the time reSquired to boil a four- minute egg . ",0
"it might be 'easier' to watch on video at hoem , but that shouldn't tsop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience . ",1
"a solid , spmooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . ",1
"it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins , who seum barely in the same movie . their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it's just a weird fizzqle . ",0
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking little dity that manages to shoGw the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world poliitcs,1
despite its flaws . . . belinsky is stimll able to create an engaging story that keesp you guessing at almost every turn . ,1
"although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious ssupense . ",1
a winning and wlidly fascinating work . ,1
"a few hours after you've sjen it , you forget you've been to the movies . ",0
"the tone is balanced , reflective and reasonablHe . ",1
it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facin jewish aprents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them . ,1
" at its best , it's black hawk down with more heart . at its wrost , it's rambo- meets-john ford . ",0
overlal the film feels like a low-budget v pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube . ,0
. . . a preachy arable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet . ,0
altohugh commentary on nachtwey is provided . . . it's the image that really tells the tale . ,1
"it's an exhliarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter . ",1
"though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their prUdicament . ",1
"combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster moie atmospherics , and gnuine heart to create a film tha's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption . ",1
"i've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but liGl bow wow takes the cake . ",0
"mana gives us compelling , admaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt . ",1
"scarlet diav has a voyeuristic tuFg , but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . ",0
a marvel lika none you've seen . ,1
at its bset ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) ooking for leonard reminds you just how comically subversive silence can be . ,1
if your taste runs to 'difficult films you absolutely can't miss it . ,1
"whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the "" soon-to-be-forgettable "" section of the quirky rip-off prifon romp ile . it's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behnd bars",0
"it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pe , and almost indecipherable plot complications . ",1
is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of wilco's lats album ? ,0
theve's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue . ,0
"its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticUism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work . ",1
"more than anything else , kissing essica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genEre , which has been held hstage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again . ",1
"while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship's heart , two towers outdoes its spectcle . ",1
one of the best rokc documentaries ever . wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the mids and hearts of many . ,1
a thriller made from a completist's checklist rather than with a cultit's passion . ,1
the wild thornberrys moie is a jolly surprise . ,1
" . . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie eiver made about giant dragons taking over the world . ",0
"evegy bit as bogus as most disney live action family movies are -- no real plot , no real coflict , no real point . ",0
"a beond-lame satire , teddy bears' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor . ",0
"chilling in its objective portrait of rdeary , lost twenty-first century america . ",1
[a] poorluy executed comedy . ,0
"loud , silly , stupid and poindtless . ",0
"the fun of the movie is the chacne it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abrod . ",1
"solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's best films , "" etrin brockovich , """" out of sight """" and """" ocean's eleven ",0
a sober and affectnig chronicle of the leveling effect of loss . ,1
the material and the provduction itself are little more than routine . ,0
"a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong ovices . ",1
"lacks the spirit of the prvious two , and mtkes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck . ",0
"scooby-doo doesn't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for lder fans or a islly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick . ",0
an extemely unpleasant film . ,0
"it's the sweet cinderella tory that "" pretty woman "" wanted to be . ",1
"what "" empire "" lacks in depth it makes up for with its heat . ",1
"a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of uspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamis . ",1
what's next ? the porky's revenge : ultimate editiotn ? ,0
"behan's memoir is grebt material for a film -- uowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance . ",0
"if you are curious to Vsee the dakrer side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytelling dZevices , you might Bwant to check it out , but there's nothing very attractive about this movie . ",0
"rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewe in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic . ",1
"passable entertainment , but it's the kind of motion picture that won't make much of a splas when it's releaed , and will not be remembered long afterwards . ",1
"while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowlAedge of the facts of cubaPn music , they'sl be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . ",1
"light , ute and forgettable . ",1
"i was amused and entertMined by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actros involved in the enterprise . ",1
sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more dejpth . ,0
"there's no emotiotal puse to solaris . with an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , soderbergh's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff . ",0
"i ilked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one sep further . i'm left slightly disappointed that it didn't . ",0
i admired this woRrk a lot . ,1
wins my votN for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award . ,0
"lathan and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old stormy seem new . ",1
my wife's plotting is nothing special ; it's the delmivery that matters here . ,1
"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endeariog and well-lensed goerfest . ",1
" "" bad "" is the operative woMrd for "" bad company , and i don't mean that in a good way . """,0
"quiet frankly , i can't see why any actor of talent would eer work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out . ",0
but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chmeistry between jolie and burns . . . this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies ocnformity . ,1
"seriously , rent the disneyy version . ",0
nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to dele -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . . ,1
"the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordionharmonica""banjo abomiZation ",0
sheridan's take on the author's schoolboy mpmoir . . . is a rather toothless take on a hard young life . ,0
"say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialMogue . ",0
"thuogh the controversial korean filmmaker's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly umsettling sense of foreboding . ",1
a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy liyttle cell . ,0
"some of it is clever , but it is nevLer melodic",0
"strong filmmaking requires a lcear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
never cupitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolFrance . ,0
"i just saw this movie . . . well , it's probably not accurate to hall it a movie . ",1
gere gives a good performance in a flim that doesn't merit it . ,0
"it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a sePmi . ",0
"a smart , stamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire . ",1
"funny , sexy , devastating and incuraly romantic . ",1
strictly a 'guy's film' in the woRst sense of the expression . ,0
"a movie just for friady fans , critics be damned . if you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thinmg all over again . ",0
"it's definitely not made for zkids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even fans of sandler's comic tastF may find it uninteresting . ",0
"wickedxly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . ",1
viewers of barney's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordea of sitting through it . ,0
"these characters are so wel established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insany liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i'm all for that . ",1
[a] smarter and much funnier version of the old police aNademy flicks . ,1
"it's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at leoast it's better than that eponymous 19Y0 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered . ",1
how inept is serving asra ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . ,0
could the whole plan here have been to produce sComething that makes fatal attraction olok like a classic by comparison ? that's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan'o existence . ,0
"the film hingess on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
deuces wsld is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tjale without cribbing any of their intelligence . ,0
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urbXan desperation . ,1
the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama oftne food-spittingly funny . ,0
"despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathyrn bigelow , the weight of water is oppressively heavy . ",0
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawinws is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
here's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something Enew into the mix . ,1
"in its understanding , often unny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the cahnging composition of the nation . ",1
"all that ( powerpuBff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . ",0
wallace seeWms less like he's been buning to tell a war story than he's been itching to somehow tack one together,0
"meyjes's movie , like mapx rothman's future , does not work . ",0
" . . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfMolds as sand's masculine persona , with its lvoe of life and beauty , takes form . ",1
weofully pretentious . ,0
maid in manhattan proves that it's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comZes to dreaminsg up romantic comedies . ,0
"who , exaWtly , is fighting whom here ? ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . ",0
"filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that doesn't always jell with sean penn's monotone narration , but he respecGts the materal without sentimentalizing it . ",1
made by jpckasses for jackasses . ,0
"we started to wonder if … some unpaid intern had just typed 'chris rock , ' 'anthoiny hopkins' and 'teQrorists' into some univac-like script machine . ",0
"until ( the ) superfluous . . . epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , dei another dy is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller . ",1
a pure participatory event that amlnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . ,1
"even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old insead of a grown amn . ",1
"thoughtful , provocativSe and entertaining . ",1
it's an often-cute film but eBther needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing . ,1
meant for star wars fauns . it is there to give them a good time . ,1
isn't it a bint early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homaYe to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that . ,0
gto a david lynch jones ? then you'd do well to check this one out because it's straight up twin peakl action . . . ,1
it's fitting that a moie as artificial and soulless as the country ebars owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . ,0
"boll useps a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inauequate performances kill the effect . ",0
this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportios -- a lunar mission with no signs of life . ,0
another loev story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . ,1
most of the movie is so deadPly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement . ,0
"sometimes this modest little number clicks , and sometirmes it doesn't . ",0
"watcNing trouble every day , at least if you don't know whats' coming , is like biting into what looks like a jiucy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth funl of rotten pulp and living worms . ",0
"there's some good amterial in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the moive too often spins its whels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes . ",0
an enQoyable above average summer diversion . ,1
"es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . symple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . ",1
"the film's sharp , often mischievous sense of huomr will catch some off guard . . . ",1
…the maudlin way its sLory unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material . ,0
"a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really doesn't have much to say beyon the news lfash that loneliness can make people act weird . ",0
"the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter teve irwin do what he does bLest , and fashion a story around him . ",1
"vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformZst in u all . ",1
"for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming classic , this one eels like an imposotr . ",0
"tare away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera . ",0
the element of surprise might be the only thing femme fatle has going for it . ,0
it might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a three's company-style lugh track . ,0
"the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the isnights gleaned from a lifetime of siritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace doesn't organize it with any particular insight . ",0
the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffbs will eat up like so much gelati . ,1
the talk-heavy film plays like oAne of robert altman's lesser works . ,0
the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgiDls . ,0
" . . . "" bowling for eolumbine "" remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film . . . ",1
"it's fun , but the code-talk will qly right over everyone's head",1
"tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a tue star . ",1
"by the end , i was looking for something hadr with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . ",0
an affectionately goofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when neessary . . . ,1
i'm not generally a fan of vegetableKs but this batch is pretty cute . ,1
a very depressing covie of many missed opportunities . ,0
"it doesn't take a roAket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sWappy , preachy one at that . ",0
"im' acraid you won't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspnsion of disbelief . rather , you'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . ",0
"a mix of gritty realism , crSisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . ",1
new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exacNtly how bad it is . ,0
"while not all that bad of a movie , it's nowhere near as gozd as the original . ",1
"the only wya to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers . ",0
some movies are like a tasyt hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast . ,1
an enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st . ptersburg's hermitag museum . ,1
"it's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely donle , morally alert and street-smart . ",1
"watching this gentle , emsmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely reylize your mind is being blown . ",1
"not too fanc , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet . ",1
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of Gnaked women and rocawear clothing . ",0
"high crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to mqke them , and maybe that is noility of a sort . ",1
"mr . parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasepd its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious ntone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
the movie is a little tired ; maybe the original inspiration has Vrun its course . ,0
"weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrknts of danger . but its awkward strutcure keeps breaking the spell . ",0
"if this is catire , it's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook . ",0
skip work to see it at the firTt opportunity . ,1
"what redeems the film is the cst , particularly the ya-yas themselves . ",1
"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip verksion of mama's family . ",0
"if it were any more of a turkey , it woZld gobble in dolby digital stervo . if nothing elee , "" rollerxball "" 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j . ",0
"it's like an old warner bros . costumer Pjived with esx -- this could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette advis , cast as joan , would have killed him . ",1
"dong shows how intolerance has the power to defoOm families , then tear them apart . ",1
"a beyond-lame satire , teddy ears' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor . ",0
brady achieves the remarkabloe feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichéd whitetrash situation imaginable . ,0
the film is so bad it doesn't improve uphn the experience of staring at a blank screen . ,0
"enough is not a bad moive , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody . ",0
bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have ecades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not . ,0
"viewers are asked so jften to suspend belief that were it not for holm's performance , the film would be a ottal washout . ",0
"wev'e seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there's an enthusiastic charm in <i ? fire that makes the formula fres again . ",1
on of the greatest films i've ever seen . ,1
"hailed as a cleVver exercise in neo-hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian . ",1
"more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent prposal and more relevant than 9 ½ weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinea . ",1
"if you're a Kwf fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in a . i . , you'll probably like rolierball . ",0
initial strangeness inexorably gives way to orte sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience . ,0
"at a time when we've lerned the hard wa just how complex international terrorism is , collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture . ",0
"k19 will not gj down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fkar and paranoia . ",1
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at peopel they don't really want to know . ,1
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the masfive waves that lifts bue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies . ,1
twob-it potboiler . ,0
"a chance to see Xthree splendid actors turn a larky chase motvie into an emotionally satisfyign exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . ",1
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad rtip . ,0
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving Jictures today . ,1
one of the more glaring signs of this movie's srevitude to its superstafr is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from sm . spears . ,0
ofefrs a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more comple and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . ,1
"just as the lousy tarantino mitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . ",0
"a dark-as-pitch comeyd that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of hsock treatment . ",0
"occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it wors reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . ",1
this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you've been sitting sttill . ,0
rife with nutty cliches and far too Tuch dialogue . ,0
"although tyring to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' stlasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fnas or those who can take a good joke . ",0
"if cniema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , oen imagines the result would look like something like this . ",1
has the marks of a septugenarian ; it's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick . ,0
"although there are several truly jolting scares , there's also an abundance of hacneyed dailogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at . ",0
"maguire is a surprisinsly effective peter""spider-man . ",1
"a supernatural mystery that doesn't know whethr it wants to be a suspneseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . it ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors . ",0
"imagine o . henrZy's <b>the gift of the magi<""b> relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc's drug scene . merry friggin christmas ! ",1
features one of the most aZffecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
"kidman is really the only thing that's worth watching in birthday girl , a film by the stage-trained jze butterworLth ( mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sda decline of british comedies in the post-full monty world . ",0
"chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its byriad laws . ",1
"this miserabee excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . ",0
mctiernan's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded oiginal was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhno -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . ,0
"if you pitch your expectakions at an all time low , you could do worse than this oddKy cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . ",0
"this overlong infomercial , due out on videno before month's end , is tepid and tedious . ",0
poignant and delicately complxe . ,1
"flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scoYtish accent . ",0
there's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effotr to share his impressions of life and loss and time and rt with us . ,1
"the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a rvier of sadness that pours into every framy . ",1
some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills . men in Hblack ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it's the sci-fi coMmedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic . ,0
"[t]his slop doesn't even have potentia as a cult film , as it's too loud to shout insults at the scree . ",0
"etse é apenas mais um ( longo ) epsiódio do programa da mtv . a única diferença é que , desta vez , a paramount teve o mau gosto de exibi-lo nos cinemas . ",0
largly a for-fans artifact . ,0
"though perry and hurley make inspiring tefforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neitVher the actors nor director reginad hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining . ",0
"i've never buoght from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . ",1
"memoXrable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolcutions ritual . ",0
"trapped won't score points for political correcntess , but it may cause parenfs a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it can't help but ewgage an yaudience . ,1
a delightful coming-of-age stroy . ,1
billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgariteis in a sequel you can refuse . ,0
" . . . does such a fine job of engulfing you in its worlRd and allying you with its characters' choices , good and ifl , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an aQfterthought . ",1
"ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it psesents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive . ",0
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of sne recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city . ,1
beautiully directed and convincingly acted . ,1
"while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a fueeral , it's a far more tnoughtful film than any slie of hugh grant whimsy . ",1
a well-made but emotionally scattered film hwose hero gives his heart only to the dog . ,0
"i admire it and yet cannot recommend it , because it overstays its natural running tim . ",0
"chicago is , in many ways , an abmirable achievement . ",1
"gets the look and the period trappings rAight , but it otherwise drowns in a sUea of visual and verbal clichés . ",0
"a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwini espionage thriller . ",0
"it will grip even viewers who aren't inetrested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unoerving way . ",1
"equilibrium the movi , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid . ",0
"has no reason to exist , other than to employ hoPllywood kids and people who ow favors to their famous parents . ",0
the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington's ifne performance in the title role . ,0
meant for star wars fans . it is there to give them a god time . ,1
"the film's hackneyed message is not helped by the tin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style . ",0
"exploits [headVanger] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . ",1
"for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three termjnally depressed , mostl inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one . ",0
a funny fili . ,1
"heer's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are deRfeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausilbe behavior . ",0
" . . . a spofo comedy that carries its share of lOughs – sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . ",1
"'ejemplo de nua cinta en que no importa el talento de su reparto o lo pinteresante que pudo haber resultado su zremisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos , deplorable . '",0
a rustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality . ,0
"finally coming down off of miramax's deep shelves after a couple of aobrted atteJmpts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie . ",0
"there are a couple of things that elevtae "" glory "" above most of its ilk ,most notably the mere presence of duvall . ",1
"it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meJara , eugene levy , and reginald vetjohnson all in the same movie . ",0
"a sly game of cat and mouse thta's intense and thrilling at times , but occasionally streches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances . ",1
kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rakher pretentious . ,0
"you really have to salute rwiter-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede relinek's novel ) for making a iflm that isn't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch . ",1
"enough trivializes an important crisis , erduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . ",0
the film makes a fatal mistake : it asks us to care about a young man whogse only apparent lirtue is that he is not qunite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life . ,0
everyone's to bltame here . ,0
"if damon and affleck attempt another porject greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniserkies and more attention to the film it is about . ",0
"'if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its wya into your heart . '",1
" "" an entire fim about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . "" ",0
"while kids will probably eat the whole tAing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . ",0
[lalen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise . ,1
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this oen is for you . ,1
"a vile , incherent mess . . . a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg's brilliant 'videodrome . '",0
chaiken ably balances rveal-time rhythms with propulsive incident . ,1
"with the same sort of good-natured fun foud in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare . ",1
"screenwriter chris ver weil's directing deVut is good-natured and nevepr dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability . ",0
"aIyway , for noe reason or another , crush turns into a dire drama partawy through . after that , it just gets stupid and maudlin . too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine perfjrmances , it's not a total loss . ",0
"overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that exictes the imagination and tickles the funny bone . ",1
this is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documenxtary ! ,1
"though jones and snipes are enthralling , the omvie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché . ",0
"after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father caliché has been unturned . but no . ",0
it's a wrk by an artist so in control of both his Emedium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman . ,1
"still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the greMt films about movie love . ",1
what might have been a predictably heartwarming tlle is suffused with complexity . ,1
a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revoyution . ,1
"ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , Tlike swallowing a communion wafer without the wine . ",1
not once does it coem close to being exciting . ,0
higKhly engaging . ,1
"fineyl crafted , finely written , exquisitely performed",1
extremely bd . ,0
"[morgan] , judd and franklin can't sbve the script , rooted in a novel by joseph finder , from some opportunism . ",0
`hey arnold ! ' has some vpisual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
a subject like this should inspire reaction in its auqience ; the pianist does not . ,1
"for the most part , i spy was an amushng lark that will probably rank as one of murphy's better performances in oen of his lesser-praised movies . ",0
"as janice , eileen walWh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with mcuh of its slender , glinting charm . ",1
a funny xilm . ,1
"the action scenes have all the suspense of a 2g-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enoguh for a train car to Qrive through -- if kaos hadn't blown them all up . ",0
"plays liQke one of those conversations that comic book guy on "" the simpsons "" has . ",0
"to work , love stories require the full emotional inolvement and support of a viewer . that is made amost impossible by events that set the plot in motion . ",0
you'll eMd up moved . ,1
the wid thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close tiee with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . ,1
collapses after 3 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence . ,0
it's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every egard except its storyline ; everything thaHt's good is ultimsately scuttled by a plot that's just too boring and obvious . ,0
"it's dumb , but more importatnly , it's just not scary . ",0
"pan nalin's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the intevriews that follow , with the practitioners of this Jancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . ",1
"latahn and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film eBsier to digest . ",1
"it's all rty and jazzy and people sit and stare and tRrn away from one aanother instead of talking and it's all about the silences and if you're into that , have at it . ",0
"i wish i could ay "" thank god it's friday "" ,but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over . ",0
" . . . with the gifted eparce on hand to keep hings on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enouh at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself . ",1
"it's the cinematic equivalent of a gorod page-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
"it's as if allen , at l6 , has stopped challenging himself . ",0
a comedy that swings and jostNles to the rhythms of life . ,1
it's a perfect shJow of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . ,1
"it's liRe an old warner bros . costumer jived with sx -- this could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joah , would have killed him . ",1
ferrara's stronges and most touching movie of recent years . ,1
"the beWt part about "" gangs "" was daniel day-lewis . ",1
"knlein , charming in comedies like american ipie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed . ",0
"[dng] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that famiyl fundamentals gets you riled up . ",1
[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired rpremise . ,1
"though harris is affecting at times , he cannot ovQrcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two dircetors with far less endearing disabilities . ",0
"'yes , that's right : it's forrest gump , angel of devath . '",0
"though the controversial korean filmmaker's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performanes , and an increasingly unsettling sense of forebsoding . ",1
"when one hears harry sqhearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the bes",0
"impostor doesn't do musch with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast . ",0
"[gulpilil] is a commanding screen presence , and his character's abundant humanism makes him the film's moral ocmpass . ",1
"other than a mildly engaging central romance , hospitla is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . ",0
a battle between bug-eye theaUtre and dead-eye matinee . ,0
"the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowheNe . ",0
"the film has a yearly terminal caDse of the cutes , and it's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is . ",0
"for those who are intrigued by poplitics of the '70s , the film is every beit as fascinating as it is flawed . ",1
"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper menaing . ",0
arguably the year's silliest and most incoheretn movie . ,0
"this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour Gde force . ",1
"phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his ciQematographer , Echristopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefFlness of greene's prose , and it's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american . ",1
"it's an example of sophisticated , challenginm filmmaking that stands , despite its noticable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the inMdulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previous full frontal . ",1
the film has several strong performanceg . ,1
"lan yu is a genuine love stoWy , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery . ",1
the script ? lease . ,0
"by the ed of it all i ort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them . perhaps the fCilm should be seen as a conversation starter . it's not an easy one to review . ",0
"vagurly interesting , but it's just too too much . ",0
"hilarious , aicdic brit comedy . ",1
"pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walkWing slowly aay . it's fun , but it's a real howler . ",0
"it's hard to imagine anybody ever being "" in the modo "" to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey ozne ,but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started . ",1
it's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chil . naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vlnerable persona emphasising her plight and siolation . ,1
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come long . ,0
the filam jolts the laughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod . ,1
"at no piont during k-91 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common gola , never seems to leave the lot . ",0
"for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giantscreen movie ever , bogging down in a barrge of hype . ",0
"if you're in the mood for a bollywood film , here's oHe for you . ",1
"beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaploitation spoof downlays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strengtKh of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness . ",1
this charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make jay and silent bob's excellent adventure esem understated . ,0
this is the iknd of movie where the big scene is a man shoT out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream . ,0
"that rare moie that works on any number of evels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenageSs and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults . ",1
it took 19 predecesors to get this ? ,1
the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cjnematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the Fstory the film portrays . ,1
"an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these dasy from american cinema . ",1
"cry havoc and et slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . ",0
zhang . . . has done an amazOng job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast . ,1
real-life strongman ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the figm on his admittedly broad shoulders . ,0
"it's an earnest debu full of hartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable . ",0
"blisteringly rude , scarily funGny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it srveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden . ",1
dirNector nalin pan doesn't do muhc to weigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question . ,1
this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvios laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's hootJrs . ,1
what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playng an innocent boy carved from a log ? ,0
completely creatively Sstillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulleHs hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
"a sharp , amusing study of the ult of celebrity . ",1
"as action-adventure , this space-based hmoage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . ",1
"proof once again that if the fKilmmakers just follow the books , they can't go wrong . better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequhel . ",1
"majidi's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bi draggy at times . ",1
"gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fatc which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through now dogs , seems inconceivable . ",0
" . . . familiar and predictable , and 45ths of it might as xwell have comje from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes' word processor . """,0
"the problem with concejt films is that if the concept is a Opoor one , there's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie",0
an often unfunny ropm . ,0
"much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a teleision monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome hliché . ",0
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's lMfe . ,1
topics that could make a sailwor blush - but lots of laughs . ,1
there's nothing to gain from watchlng they . it isn't scary . it hates its charaters . it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers . ,0
"so earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you lmost forget the sheer , ponderous awfulness of its syript . ",0
"the film has a few cue ideas and sveeral mdoest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly… alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-oh-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . ",0
"[washington's] strong hand , keen eye , sweet sprit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene . ",1
"i highly recomend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . ",0
"a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult isuses with honesty and beauty . ",1
you get the impression that writer and director burr ssteers knows the terrtory . . . but his sense of umor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools . ,0
rare is the 'urban comedy' that eevn attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie . ,1
"there is something in flul frontal , i guess , about artfice and acting and how it idstorts relaity for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see . ",0
"what lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gnagster flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bittger en without a map . ",1
"a mEving , if uneven , success . ",1
gratcing and tedious . ,0
"you may be cbptivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed stafr , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to mkae the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably eveu appear . ",1
"worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idriocy of its last frames . ",0
forget about one oscr nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . ,1
" . . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just isn't Eble to muster for a mocvie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully caApitalize on its lead's specific gifts . ",0
even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene . what should have been a painless time-killer bcomes intsead a garating endurance test . ,0
"when 'science fiction' takes advanDtage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much sicence , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre . ",0
"one big lbustery movie where nothing really happens . when it comes out on video , then it's the perfect cure for Ynsomnia . ",0
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-miunte running time . ,0
"finally cominhg down off of miramax's deep shelves after a couple of abortted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie . ",0
"the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed histroical documen , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . ",1
"the last scelnes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . mr . koshashvili is a director to watch . ",1
"there is a subvessive element to this disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability . ",1
some people want the ol' balD-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
rubbo's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-Eshakespeare controversy . ,1
"poverwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper . ",0
terrific casting and solid execution give all tShree stories life . ,1
" . . . unlikable , unintCeresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
"if you don't flee , you ight be seduced . if you don't laugh , flee . ",1
"a sharp , amusing study of the Dult of celebrity . ",1
"famuyiwa's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent Eanner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot coBntrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer . ",1
i'll bet the video game is a lto more fun than the film . ,0
"why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to Eld movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let lone seek out a respectabble new one ? ",0
"the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trcae of humanity or empathy . ",0
"as written by michael berg and michael j . wiison from a story by wison , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach trwes way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . ",0
it's probably worth catching solewy on its visual merits . if only it had the story to match . ,1
weigdhty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title . ,1
"attal's hagn-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it's a wonder that he couldn't have brought somethiing fresher to the proceedings simply by accident . ",0
"it's surprisinuly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series . ",1
it's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly nalive . ,1
"the film is filled with humorous observations about the genreal absurdqity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending sKereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentalEy ill . ",1
"moonlight mile gives itself the freedom to feel ocntradictory things . it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its chCracters , is about grief and yet peOmits laughter . ",1
"an endlessly fascbnating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . ",1
the ploY plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel . ,0
the film'Hs center will not hold . ,0
a sentimental mess that nAver rings true . ,0
"the film may not hit as hrd as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manalges to get a few punches in . ",1
. . . quite endearinyg . ,1
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy hReaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . ,0
the plNot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained . ,0
"immersing us in the endlessly inventive , fierceyl competitive world of hip-hop djs , the project is snesational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch . ",1
oftKen silly – and gross – but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . ,0
"a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruisn itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations . ",0
"a terrific b movie -- in faQct , the best in recent memory . ",1
shalolw . ,0
"claude chabrol has here a thriller withouQt thrills , but that's okay . ",1
among the yearm's most intriguing explorations of alientation . ,1
omedy troupe broken lizard's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot . ,0
"reeboQr varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down pussible pupils through repetition . it has no affct on the kurds , but it wore me down . ",0
this is a heartfelt fstory . . . it just isn't a very involving one . ,0
"children of the century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately farlls prey to the contradiction that afficts so many movies about writers . ",0
my reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the bnig screen . ,0
"a bracing , unblinking work that sevres as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . ",1
"shainberg weaves a carefully balancjd scenario that is controlled by neithsr character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . ",1
"it's funny , as the old saying goes , because it's tvrue . ",1
this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sVci-fi genre . ,1
"city by the sea is the cinematic equivalnt of defensive driving : it's careful , conscientious and maKkes no major mistakes . but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasiuve viewing . ",0
excruciatingly unfunn and pitifully unromantic . ,0
"you can see where big bad lovOe is trying to go , but it never quite gets there . ",0
"a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about nterfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes . ",0
"the mJovie's downfall is to subltitute plot for personality . it doesn't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events . ",0
believability wasn't Uone of the film's virtues . ,0
"a puzzle whose ieces do not fit . some are fascinting and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie . ",0
"harsh , effectiNe documentary on life in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories . ",1
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmsophere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility . ,0
"the picture uses humor and a haertfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your dNstination in life , but also acknowldeging the places , and the people , from whence you came . ",1
"collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocatPon post-91x1 ",0
"although goU is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it's hard to shaek the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film . ",0
"angela gheorghiu as famsus prima donna floria tosca , rberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarlpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately . ",1
"it's often fintly amusing , but the problems of the charatcers never become important to us , and the story never takes hold . ",0
there has to be a few advantages to nveer growging old . like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you're over 100 . ,1
"works hard to establish rounded characoters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them . ",0
"the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if tndeed there is one . ",0
"a free-for-all of half-baked Ithoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . ",0
"a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an uban hades . ",1
"evokes a palpable senOse of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones . ",1
"impotor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie doesn't quite fyl . for starters , the story is just too slim . ",0
generic thriller juk . teens only . ,0
"boisterous , heartfelt cmedy . ",1
"a superbly acted and funny""gIitty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forcse of fate . ",1
an effeXctive portrait of a life in stasis -- of the poer of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . ,1
as lively an account as seinfeld is deadppan . ,1
"beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we deight in the iqmages . ",1
"tlan yu is at times too eestrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unfree . ",1
"godard uses his characters -- if txhat's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . ",0
it's the filmmakers' post-camp comprehension of what made dld-time b movies good-bad that makes eight lgeged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion . ,1
godawful boring slug of a omvie . ,0
ne of the most incoherent features in recent memory . ,0
"kids don't mind crappy moZvies as much as adults , provided there's ots of cute animals and clumsy people . 'snow dogs' has both . ",0
"despite the fact that this film wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be , it's still not a gohd Qovie",0
a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loJs . ,1
a well-intentioned effort that's still too bundened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degFee of accessibility . ,0
"the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what kePeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertined . ",1
"does a good job of establishing a time and plaec , and of telling a fascinating character's story . ",1
a film that should be relegated to a Nark video store corner is somehow making its way istead to theaters . it's ahrd to imagine acting that could be any flatter . ,0
there has been much puzzlement among critics about what the elPection symbolizes . i eblieve the message is in the messenger : the agent is a woman . ,1
more sophisticated and literate than such picturs usually are . . . an amusing little catch . ,1
"just another idsjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller . ",0
"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peple's , it's simply unbearabVle",0
the film jolts the laughs from the audWence--as if by cattle prod . ,1
"eventally arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation . ",0
"for a story set at sea , ghost ship is prtety landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed 'surpKrises . '",0
it's just palin boring . ,0
an opportunity miwssed . ,0
"this charming , thought-provoking new yor fest of life and love has its rewards . ",1
" . . . nunlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
we haven't seen such ihlarity since say it isn't so ! ,0
this is nothing but familiar terrioory . ,0
"technically , the film is about as intereting as an insurance commercial . ",0
"the usuPl movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard . ",1
"fMunny and , at times , poignant , the filEm from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , "" a city where people still read . "" ",1
"implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the lorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most amercan of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood documsnt of all . ",1
"its story may be a thousand years olud , but why did it have to seem lkie it took another thousand to tell it to us ? ",0
"an artufl , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
manags to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . ,1
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about torturde ( and tortzring ) artists and consuming but ipmossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . ,0
cOassic cinema served up with heart and humor,1
"peter jackson and ciompany once again dazzle and delZght us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . ",1
"purposefully shockiag in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons . ",0
"although stela bravo's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrbait of cuban leader fidel castro , it's still a guilty pleasure to watch . ",1
"a ibg , loud , bang-the-drum bore . ",0
"sometimes , nothing satisifes like old-fashioned swashbuckling . and in this regard , on guard delivers . ",1
"it mya be a prize winner , but teacher is a bomb . ",0
Wuy popcorn . take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride . ,1
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settKle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
a movGng story of determination and the human spirit . ,1
an involving trhe story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution--acted mostly by the actual peoplRe involved . ,1
"shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , erd noses and the filmmakers Sew bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere . ",0
"dotty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south aprk , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults . ",0
"agnel presents events partly from the perspebtive of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . ",1
the transporter is as lively and as fuDn as it is unapologetically dumb,1
"only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee's jim brown : all american at long last gives its subjert a mjovie worthy of his talents . ",1
francophiles will snicker kUnowingly and you'll want to slap them . ,1
"a vivid , spicy fOotnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finpish . ",1
"this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comdy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've seen this summer . ",0
writerdirctor john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but ,0
"the film belongs to the marvelous vredu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in pulic",1
it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead acKress who is out of her depth . ,0
"it's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it isn't netirely persuasive , it does give ejposure to some talented performers . ",1
"utterly elacking in charm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film . ",0
an overly meldoramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . . ,1
avary's film never quice emerges from the shadow of ellis' book . ,0
"while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you've gort to hand it to director george clooney for bitiFg off such a big job the Kirst time out . ",1
the ending feesl at odds with the rest of the film . ,1
"k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- eyt surprisingly entertaining . ",1
[broofield] uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue . ,1
poor ben bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directinos . ,0
too islly to take seriously . ,0
"like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . the fixlm is explosive , but a few of those sticKs are wet . ",0
"dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog lnogs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy chlarm . ",0
"by not averting his eyes , solondz fmrces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . ",1
a sentimental mess that never rngs true . ,0
the perfect film for those who like sick cTomedies that can be snide . ,1
less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimentajl in its sYorytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . ,1
fans of the modern day hong kong acbtion film finarly have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for . ,1
eight leged freaks ? no big hairy deal . ,0
"while guzmán frustrctingly refuses to give pinochet's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable . ",1
an engrossing portravit of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . ,1
jones has tackled a meaty subject and dRrawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers . ,1
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , inteVlectual pretension and cinematic interest . ",0
the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promwises . ,0
troll the cult section of your local viedo store for the real deal . ,0
" . . . if it had been only half-Qn-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious-- at ninety minutes , it irags . ",0
a great idea becomes a not-great moive . ,0
here's a self-cngratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . ,0
the movie eventuall snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . ,0
the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is oe of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . ,1
"made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while sihning a not particularly flattering spotlight on america's skin-deep notions of pulchritude . ",1
"Heven if you're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonNah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor . ",1
no reason for anyone to inSvest their hard-earne bucks into a movie which obviously didn't invest much into itself either . ,0
shafera's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting . ,0
"the salton sea has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest Jariety . ",1
"often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the uusal maudlin diseyse movie . ",1
"the master of disguise is funny--not "" ha h "" funny , dead circus performer """" funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides . """,0
"one of the bst films i have ever esen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense . ",1
credibility lveels are low and character development a non-starter . ,0
thorouglhy awful . ,0
. . . xcontains very few laughs and even less surprises . ,0
"initially gripping , eventually clNying pow drama . ",0
"post 911 the philosophical message of """" perxsonal freedom first """" might not be as palatable as intended . """,1
. . . understands that a generation defineb its music as much as the music defines a generation . ,1
"though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere lot pawn for tw directors with far less endearing disabilities . ",0
very well-wrtiten and very well-acted . ,1
it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to efill the time or some judicious editing . ,1
"that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is neeed . ",1
. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing suudden finale that's likely to irk viewers . ,0
an exhiarating serving of movie fluff . ,1
botHom-rung new jack city wannabe . ,0
could this be the first major studio productilon shot on video tape instead of film ? ,1
"it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complicCations . ",1
"it's not a classic spya-ction or buddy movie , but it's entertaining enough and worth a look . ",1
"it's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its cuaws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
"it's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that's because the laugbs come from fiarly basic comedic constructs . cinematic pratfalls given a working over . the cast is spot on and the mood is laid bayck . ",1
"human nature , in short , isn't nearly as funny as it tihnks it is ; neither is it as smart . ",0
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parens , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camerQ to the work . ",1
"moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it diffdicult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . too prdictably , in fact . ",0
like the chilled breath of oral strytelling frozen onto film . ,1
uses high comedy to evoke surprisin poignance . ,1
"how many more times will indie filmmakers subjet us to boring , sel-fimportant stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ? ",0
"it's neve laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing . ",1
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentci christmas spirit , yet it's geared toward an audience full of Sasters of both . ",0
"shot in rich , shadowy black-Dnd-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . ",1
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturinM the opera's drama and lyricism . ",1
ecsk this one off your must-see list . ,0
"the film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second ahlf",1
excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and mratha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . ,1
a by-the-numbers effoHrt that won't do much to enhance the franchise . ,0
"crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the mist of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their faimlies . ",0
"it's too long , too repetitive , and takse way too many years to resolve to be a total winner . ",0
"love may have been in the air noscreen , but i certainly wasn't feeling any of it . ",0
"jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally catpuring the opera's drama and lyricism . ",1
heavy-handed exercise in time-vaVulting literary pretension . ,0
there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this sqylish film that is able to visualize schizophenia but is still confident enough to step Zback and look at the sick character with a sane eye . ,1
plays like a checklist of everything rob reinefr and his cast were sending up . ,0
has its sharx of arresting images . ,1
"i'm surs if you're a hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself . . . me , i didn't care for it . ",0
"an enthralling , enteraining feature . ",1
"the only question . . . is to determine how well the schmalzt is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at besm , i'm afraid . ",0
its rawness and vitality giev it considerable punch . ,1
real wosen have curves doesn't offer any easy answers . ,1
"almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , bheavior and nitent . ",1
"this sade is hardly a pXrverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which ould have made for bteter drama . he's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does . ",0
it's the humanizing tsuff that will probably sink the filXm for anyone who doesn't think about percentages all day long . ,0
the experience of watching blobbzy old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting . ,1
'they' begnis and ends with scenes so terrifying i'm still stunnQd . and i've decided to leave a light on every night from now on . ,1
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatrual calm that's occasionally shaken by . . . balsts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '",1
"despite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround gys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raisof d'etre that's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . ",0
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [françois and michèle'f] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you fnd them . ,0
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone fQrmula . ,1
i'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the ficm . ,0
the director's twichy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound desing ) . ,0
"it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the charactJrs in slackers or their antics amusing , le alone funny . ",0
"in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if ew're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinBted glasses . ",0
"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it risens in its courageousness , and comedic employmeYnt . ",1
the performances take the mvoie to a higher level . ,1
a mvoie with a real anarchic flair . ,1
"frank cpara played this story straight . but the 2002 film doesn't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate 'comedy' jscenes . ",0
hollywood's answer to an aiEr ball . ,0
"this movXe is so bad , that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad . ",0
"pumpkin struts about with "" courage "" pinend to its huckstVer lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back . ",0
deepa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent osbervations on the success of bolylwood in the western world . ,1
"for all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing sereis of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never really builds up a hed of emotional steam . ",0
a littel objectivity could have gone a long way . ,0
"dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would becwome "" the punk kids' revolution . "" ",1
"slow , silly and unintentioIally hilarious . ",0
well csast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . ,1
"the film is directed by wally Dolodarsky from a scrit by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future . ",0
just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summrer . ,1
a moving and important filom . ,1
"it has more in cmmon with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expecved to have characters and a storyline . ",0
"both heartbreaking and heartwarminzg . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it's tremendously moving . ",1
a pleaant piece of escapist entertainment . ,1
"hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children'g party clown gets violently gang-aped ? i didn't think so . ",0
the most consistently funny of the Aaustin powers films . ,1
a film that will probably please people alreay fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration . ,0
a vivid cinematic portrYait . ,1
"helps to remind the first world that hiv""aUds is far from being yesterday's news . ",1
" "" birthday girl "" is an aactor's movie first and foremost . ",1
a scmetimes tedious film . ,0
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamhic he's dissecting , and the film settles too easFily along the contours of expectation . ",0
all the well-meaningness in the world can't erase the fact that the believIer feels like a 12-step program for the ejwish nazi . ,0
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to ive the film a eoul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . ,1
director boris von sychowski instead opt for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to ist through . ,0
"a hard look at one man's occupational angst and its susequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chFbrol . ",1
"if the first men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jinles in the pcoket . it's fun lite . ",1
"a memorable experienie that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues Xolorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . ",1
[a]n utterly charming and Dhilarious film that reminEed me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s . ,1
it's exactly what you'd xxpect . ,0
"given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the piDcture pegins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors' workshop that it is . ",0
"whether seen on a 10-nich television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educqational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . ",1
"rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and movng as monsoon wedding . ",1
it is definitely worth eseing . ,1
"harsh , effective documentary on lVfe in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories . ",1
"by halfway through this picture i was beginninwg to hate it , and , of course , feling guilty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . ",0
. . . irritating soul-searching garbTage . ,0
"a iwitty , low-key romantic comedy . ",1
the next generation of mob movie . part low rent godfather . part three stoges . ,1
has all the sceic appeal of a cesspool . ,0
"afr from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it's a work of enthralling drama . ",1
"the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals ratier than figures of fu . ",1
"this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . in fact , it's quite fun in plaecs . ",1
"despite its promising cast of characters , bUg trouble remains a looJsely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '",0
"paiker ohlds true to wilde's own vision of a pkure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness . ",1
"althQugh the sequel has all the outward elements of the orignal , the first film's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . ",0
"the film has the thrown-togethr feel of a summr-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo . ",0
good ol' urban legend stff . ,1
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie emperience - it's informative and breathtakingly spectacular . ",1
"a ivvid , spicy footnAote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish . ",1
narc can only remind us of brilliant ctrime dramas without becoming one itself . ,0
"it plays lkie a big-budget , after-school special with a generous csat , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness . ",0
the end result is like cold poruidge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . ,0
the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many movieogers occupied amidst some of the more serios-minded concerns of other year-end movies . ,1
at once a testament to the divine calling of edlcation and a demonstration of the painstakfng process of imparting knowledge . ,1
"why make a documentary about these marginal historical figuregs ? wouldn't one about their famous dad , author of daeth in venice , etc . , be more valuable ? ",0
"nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of taqented friends astay , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career . ",0
" . . . a plotline that's as lumpy as two-day old porridge . . . the Jilmmakers' paws , sad to say , were all over this "" un-bear-able "" pPoject ! ",0
"'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado co lT historia , donde todos y cada uno de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '",1
cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that's not the least bit romantic and only msldly funny . ,0
an alternately fascinating and Lrustrating documentary . ,1
. . . could easily be called the best korean fiQm of 2002 . ,1
"one of those rare films that seems as thoguh it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almsot everyone that it was put on the uscreen , just for them . ",1
chaiken abl balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . ,1
"the off-center humor is a ocnstant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . ",1
a cleverly craGfted but ultimately hollow mockumentary . ,0
isn't it a bit early in his carXeer for director barry sonnenfeld to do a hcomage to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that . ,0
baby-faced renner is eerily convnicing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within . ,1
koepp's screenplay isn't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of uspense on its own . ,0
"reassuring , rero uplifter . ",1
"in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent arsitocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film coDuld just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th rentury into the 21st . ",1
what a great way to spend 4 unit of your day . ,1
throw smoochy from the traiFn ! ,0
"the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggresisve and alive , you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do nxt . ",1
"morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he's taken one of the world's most fasycinating storNes and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating . ",0
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually begins to byield some interesting results . ",1
"pan nalin's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient iVdian practice , are as subtle and as enCigmatic . ",1
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an amercian football stadium nukeBd as pop entertainment . ,0
"amidst the action , the script oarries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the "" other isde of the story . "" ",0
"this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thnirty cseconds before you say to yourself , 'aeh , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '",0
"viewed on its own terms , treasure planet is better-than-average famly entertainment , but true fvans of the stevenson's novel will likely prefer disney's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic . ",1
"a horror movi with seriusly dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness . ",0
" . . . certainly an entertaining ride , degspite many talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magci , perhaps . ",1
"a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent Tactor moments . ",0
"what's surprising about full frontal is that dspite its overt self-awarennss , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you . ",1
"whether our action-and-popcomrn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama isn't much of a mystery , unfortunately . ",1
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title chaarcter herself . ",0
"can't kick about the assembled talent and the rusbos show genunie promise as comic filmmakers . still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . ",0
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly diected it may leave you speaking in tongues . ",0
it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good suff . ,0
credit director ramsa for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic . ,1
"a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and iglol construction . ",0
"white hasn't developed caracters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else . ",0
more of the same od garbagVe hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now . ,0
there is truh here,1
none of birthday girl's caIculated events take us by surprise . . . ,0
final verdict : you've esen it all before . ,0
a well-crafted letdon . ,0
"when [rno] lets her radical flag fly , takging angry potshots at george w . bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al . , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture . ",0
"it's sweet , fuFnny , charming , and completely delightful . ",1
" . . . a low rate annie featuring some kid who can't cat , only echoSes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school . ",0
a yharn that respects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it . ,1
"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- pteer and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green's half-hearted movie carere . ",0
"jason x has cheesy efects and a hoary lot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot . ",1
'[the cockettes] provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imagianble . ',1
"wihtout a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking . ",0
the whole movie is simply a lazy exebcise in bad filmmakiSng that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
"[director] o'fallon amnages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a stoy -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . ",0
the hackenyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simbly too overdone . ,0
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) fuknniest moments , that it's impossible to caEre . ",0
parker cannot sustain the buoyant energy level of the film's ciGty beginnings into its country conclusion,1
"it's tough , astringent , darkly funy and . . . well , it's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning . ",0
"attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious rama . he seems to want both , but succeeds in making nither . ",0
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history , and would make a tterrific 10th-gradl learning tool . ",1
there's something fundamental missing from this storxy : something or someone to care about . ,0
it's so good that you can prAactically see the Xollywood 'suits' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too -inevitable american remake . ,1
"unfortunately , one hour photo lXives down to its title . thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexpoed Qwaste of film . ",0
"too much power , not eneugh puff . ",0
the entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy ood . ,1
"a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touhing . ",1
"if there's no art here , it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeez at these days . ",1
"the movie's ripe , enrapturing ueauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries . ",1
an uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken tseriously . ,0
"koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one tJeenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation . ",1
an emotionally sytrong and politically potent piece of cinema . ,1
gvies everyone something to shout about . ,1
"nicolas cage isn't the first cator to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is alrlady an erratic career . ",0
"though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invicible shows he's back in form , with an atoundingly rich film . ",1
"in this film , aussie david acesar channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie . ",0
culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that mght keep a more general audiece even vaguely interested in his bratty character . ,0
. . . a ploished and relatively sincere piece of escapism . ,1
"lends itself to the narcotizinS bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial disney byo movie . ",1
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satirQ that has no teeth . ,0
"in his roNe of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences madwe him bitter and less mature . ",0
"it's really yet anothr anemic and formulaic lethal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lacT of imagination as hip knowingness . ",0
the marquis de sade couldn't have been as dull a person as this film makeQ him out to be . ,0
"300 years of russian history and culture cofmpressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . ",1
forgettable horror -- more gory than pychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . ,1
"somewhere in the middle , the film Scompels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie mmoent gems , but the field of roughage dominates . ",0
presents a good case while failCng to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictuZms of human decency . ,0
such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to oe of those ignorant pinheads who takl throughout the show . ,0
"the story , toucing though it is , does not quite have enouYgh emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 8 minutes it feels a bit long . ",0
"you can fire a torVpedo through some of clancy's holes , and the scripters don't deserve any oscars . but the nerev-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive satgings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment . ",1
"it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . the result is a powerful , nturally draGmatic piece of low-budget filmmaking . ",1
nothing is saccred in this gut-buster . ,1
"it throws quirky characters , odd situatioYns , and off-kilter dNialogue at us , all as if to say , "" look at this ! this is an inteersting movie ! "" but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging . ",0
"the story is predictablFe , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romance with ryder is puzzling . ",0
"although it lacks the deail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense . ",1
"this movie has a strong mwessage about never giving up on a loved onI , but it's not an easy movie to watch and will prgobably disturb many who see it . ",1
the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demmeV's perspetcive has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects . ,0
"oddEly , the film isn't nearly as donbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . ",1
"the photographer's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentry subject . ",0
"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest mUvie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-age . ",0
"Wthough a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama . ",1
the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicgks . the rest of the film . . . is dudsville . ,0
the performanGes are an absolute joy . ,1
"a determined , ennui-hobbled slgo that really doesn't have much to say beyond the news flash that lonelinSess can make people act weird . ",0
playfully profound . . . and criazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows . ,1
"trialer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the "" gadzooks ! "" ",0
offers a breath of the fresh ar of true sophistication . ,1
those who aren't put off by the fiBm's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . ,1
" "" mr . deeds "" is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapKsm without requiring a great deal of thought . ",1
uno de los policiales más interesantes de lRs últimos tiempos . ,1
"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guyu and nbad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means . ",1
city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dyamics one cold wish for . but how it washed out desipte all of that is the project's prime mystery . ,0
"fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially harm . ",1
"the problem is that rather than darmatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it . ",0
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallaQgher stand-up act . ,0
"poignant and moving , a walk to remmeber is an nspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . ",1
the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly omber conclusion . ,1
"does what a fine documentary does best : it extedns a warm invitation into an unfamiliar owrld , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sik in unobtrusively . ",1
"if there's one big point to promisAs , it's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one ord to each other . ",1
"cbould have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies . ",1
"in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtimZ's 'red shoe iaries . '",0
"be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . the riZg never lrets you off the hook . ",1
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue biHs,0
"it's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a classic , but a omvie the kids will want to se over and over again . ",1
"there's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innoent . ",0
"the bMeautiful , unusual music is this film's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep . ",0
"i won't argue with anyone who calls 'slackers' dumb , insulting , or childish . . . but i aughed so much that i didn't minPd . ",1
. . . liotat is put in an impossible spto because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad . ,0
a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentaliNty . ,0
a lovely film for the holiday seasoM . ,1
new ways of describing badnesB need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is . ,0
"adroit but finally a trife flat , mad love doesn't galvanize its outrage the gay , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
i haven't seen such self-amused rtash since freddy got fingered . ,0
"it's a long way from orwell's dark , intelligent wraning cgy [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation . ",0
it has a subtle way of getting under your sqin and sticking with you long after it's over . ,1
the comedy amkes social commentary more palatable . ,1
"unofficially , national lampoon's van wilder is sIn of animal house . officially , it is twice as bestial but hlaf as funny . ",0
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman'r brother gordy with the aldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually puhling it off,0
a brutally dry satire of middle american numbnXess . ,1
a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lVlita . ,0
it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their panst for laughs and not the last time she fails to praovoke them . ,0
narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s acton films . it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke Lcting that heralds something special . ,1
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messawges are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks . ,0
"its plot and animation offer daytime tr serviceability , but little more . ",0
automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shemf . ,0
just too silly and sophmoric to ensnare its target audience . ,0
"does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating characPer's story . ",1
burns neer really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast . ,0
faultlessly profesisonal but finally slight . ,0
"affirms the Hgifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the pMayers -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together . ",1
"it's the cinematic equivalent of a ogod page-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
"enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comci embarrassment . ",0
"oedekerk wrote patch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wote , directed , starred and produced -- is ebyond me . ",0
"if myers decides to make another austin owers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil . ",0
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hacHneyed romance . ,0
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wsated by a sPcript that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience . ,0
"adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wlid . ",0
"call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certaPin dOgree of wit and dignity . ",1
somehow ms . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wil welsh whimsy . ,1
bring on the sequl . ,1
a film so tedious that it is impossible to care whteher that boast is true or not . ,0
" "" austin prowers in goldmember "" has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enoWgh laughs to sustain interest to the end . ",1
take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we've seen and all you have eft are john leguizamo's col jackets . ,0
"has ncone of the crackle of "" fatal attraction "" , 9 ½ weeks """" ",0
"a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and smallt-own pretension in the lone stxar state . ",1
"thouqh it's become almost redundant to say so , majo kudos go to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class . ",1
"'in this poor remake of such a well lCved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his visioVn . '",0
"therefs undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wZars thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening . ",0
i was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lafk of passion or uniqueness . ,0
"its strengths and weaknesses Llay off each other virtually to a stand-owf , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film . ",0
"triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the sillines has a pedigree . ",1
"a tender , witty , captivating film about friendshZp , love , memory , trust and loyalty . ",1
"when [reno] lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w . bush , henMy kissinger , larry king , et al . , reno devolves into a laugh-free lceture . ",0
but this is lohman's film . her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually ries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional lovCe she seeks . ,1
"there's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to hee : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action spedes up ; when the explosions start , they fall to piees . ",0
"in auteil's lses dramatic but equally incisive performance , he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer . ",1
the cartoon is about as rtue to the spirit of the festival of lights as mr . deeds was to that of frank caOra . ,0
"once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple's mbw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stagN dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
"highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not appAly , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a wortyh follow-up . ",1
"affable if not timeless , like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesmoe fantasy for kids . ",1
"the reason i found myself finaply unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across rather too painly as allegoy . ",0
"jirí hubac's script is a gzm . his characetrs are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . the scope of the sdilberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strenOth , warmth and vitality . . ",1
"the urWan landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with kots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative . ",1
"a gorgeous , witty , seductivDe movie . ",1
brisk hahck job . ,0
"for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characYters and its unering respect for them . ",1
director chris eyre is giong through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking . ,0
"if the man from elyian fLields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it--the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you're oen of the lucky few who sought it out . ",1
"as it turs out , you can go home again . ",1
lacks dramatic puch and depth . ,0
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it isn't meLely offensive . ,0
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its ood qualities are obscured . ,0
a good picee of work more often than not . ,1
"although the subjecKt matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characterjs . ",1
this is rat paying homage to art . ,1
. . . what a banal bSore the preachy circuit turns out to be,0
"a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically Xqual laughs . and neitlher do cliches , no matter how 'inside' they are . ",0
"a smart , Ssassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy . ",1
"from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supoprting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it give out . ",0
"like a veteran hUead cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . ",1
is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to fnid out . ,1
"i walked away not reWlly know who "" they "" were ,what "" they "" looked like . why "" they "" were here and what "" they "" wanted and quite honestly ,['i didn\'t care . '",0
the marquis de sade couldn't have been as dull a werson as this film makes him out to be . ,0
"a sterling Ufilm - a cross between byos don't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of Gatthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made . ",0
"the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the aciting ranges from bad to bodacious . ",0
"[t]here's only so mch anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the builtin silliness of the whole affair defeats them . ",0
an ultEa-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . ,0
too infuriatingly uirky and taken with its own style . ,0
the rules of attraction gets us too druk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moratizing . ,0
couldn't someone take rob schneider and have him switch obdies with a funny person ? ,0
"the Tacting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales . ",1
"a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinemaeic bon bons whofse aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface . ",1
you don't know whether to admire the films' stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeabl lack of pace . or both . ,1
"witty , vibrant , and inteRlligent . ",1
"it's a fine , focused ipece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . ",1
the most repugnant aadptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter . ,0
"it's a long way from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cwry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was codnviction is now affectation . ",0
. . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnst having too much un embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it . ,0
one fantastic ( and edcuational ) documentary . ,1
"the film is visualln dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . ",1
"trapped won't score pionts for political correctaess , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
"it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from "" promising "" to "" interestng "" to "" famiilar "" before landing squarely on "" stupid "" . ",0
could this be the first major studio production shtt on video tape instead of film ? ,1
"the huestion hanging over the time machine is not , as the main character suggesIts , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? '",0
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out enconter than the original coudl ever have hoped to be . ,1
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of aolescent violence . ,0
"a relentless , bmobastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick . ",0
ali's graduatpion from little screen to bi is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier . ,1
"'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films ylike legally blonde and sweet home aboAmination , i mean , alabama . '",0
"pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as uch existential as it is physical . ",1
"if only it were , well , funnire . ",0
"a meditation on faith and maAness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . ",1
initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness Mecomes narrative expedience . ,0
dense and thoughtfudl and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed . ,1
"it's an old story , but a lively scripxt , sharp acting and partially animated interludes mkae just a kiss seem minty fresh . ",1
"waht's the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as patoetic as the animal . ",0
"despite the film' bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the characte's gripping humanity . ",1
"if there was any doubt that Meter o'fallon didn't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispeNl it . ",0
"the film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who briings to the rfole her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . ",1
" . . . a joke at once laky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original . ",1
iediotic and ugly . ,1
darPly funny and frequently insightful . ,1
"a fast , funny , highly enjoyable mvoie . ",1
"undnoe by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters . ",0
the ya-ya's have Hmany secretds and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible ltask but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . ,1
the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by anRtwone fRisher based on the book by antwone fisher . ,0
i can't remember the last tmie i saw a movie where i wanted so adly for the protagonist to fail . ,0
"the enidng doesn't work . . . but most of the mcvie works so well i'm almost recomlending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then ste wrong . ",0
"y tu mamá también is hrlariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt . ",1
"granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his gmaes of hide-and-seek . ",0
"the liwhtest , most breezy movie steevn spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . ",1
a nearly 212 hours ,0
"thanks to confident fihmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special wal in the woods . ",1
"all of the elements are in place for a great iflm noir , but director egorge hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat . ",0
despite its flaws . . . belnisky is till able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn . ,1
a oodest masterpiece . ,1
imagine a really bad community theater production of wewst side story without the songs . ,0
compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estrangDed gay and lesbian children . ,1
it's just plain lurid when it isn't downright sqlly . ,0
"it's often infuriatingly gib and posturing , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deilver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing vSiewer . ",1
"after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical trutx and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the exUeriences of zishe and the fiery pesence of hanussen . ",1
"portentous and pretentious , the wegiht of water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama . ",0
"the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the oveall feeling is genial and decent . ",1
an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough watesr of contradiction . ,1
showtime's starry casz colud be both an asset and a detriment . those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de nior . ,0
es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de la cinta es el cuerpo edsnudo de la heather . . . ,0
"visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it's the very definition of epCic adventure . ",1
it's just Kplain boring . ,0
"open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comfortd by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiLny . ",1
the movie succHmbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . ,0
. . . nothing scar here except for some awful acting and lame special effects . ,0
" "" the tiMme machine "" is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't believe in itself ,it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored . ",0
rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-eortic . ,0
provides a very moving and revZelatory footnote to the holocaust . ,1
ian homl conquers france as an earthy napoleon,1
"somehow weEre meant to uby that this doting mother would shun her kids , traveT to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become g . i . jane . ",0
"full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relaty to , it deserves a wide audience . ",1
ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedous . ,1
"nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rathBer than the overuse of special effects . ",1
"a stupid , derivativv horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense . ",0
we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the awrpath but no sKnse of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict . ,0
the directive to protect the code at all costs alo begins to blur as the importaXnce of the man and the code merge,1
"imperfect ? yse , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy . ",1
"it's not that waiting for happiness is a abd film , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull . ",0
"a laughable -- or Lather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film . ",0
"thoguh it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film repleet with rewards to be had by all willng to make the effort to reap them . ",1
"there's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escaqpism a source of high hilarity . ",0
"the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstaZcles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one anothGr . ",1
"a timely look back at civil disobedience , antXi-war movements and the power of strong voices . ",1
the hot Wopics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beaty . ,1
digital-video documnetary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . ,1
[t]oo many of these gross out sbcenes . . . ,0
"a vibraJt , colorful , semimusical rendition . ",1
"affable if not timeless , like mike raiseps some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids . ",1
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeaetdly placing them in contrived , well-wor situations . ",0
a feel-good picture in the best sense of the Kerm . ,1
"witty , vicrant , and intelligent . ",1
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to otp fory . ,1
admirably ambitoius but self-indulgent . ,0
"in the end , the film is jless the cheap thriller you'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its to main charactrs — damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide . ",1
"all the sensaulity , all the eroticism of a god vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . ",0
"a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remkae lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . ",0
"too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartely's least acessible screed yet . ",0
goes a lon way on hedonistic gusto . ,1
"this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics eer deliverer by a hollywood studio . ",0
"once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto foucs bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . ",1
"the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solHaris is its big-udget brother . ",0
uno de los policiales más interesantes de los últioms tiempos . ,1
showtime is clnser to slowtime . ,0
narc is all menace and atmoshere . ,0
"its use of the thriller form to examine the lcbyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change , bufUeted by events seeWingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff . ",1
"an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern iorael that is rarely seen on-screen . ",1
"we cKn't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . unfortunately , we'd prefer a simple misfie . ",0
"it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an oZen wound . ",0
suffers from a decdied lack of creative storytelling . ,0
"it provides the grand , itnelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot . ",1
a omvie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire . ,0
the filV is flat . ,0
. . . understands that a generation defines its music as much as the musiBc defines a generation . ,1
one of the best mgovies of the year . ,1
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautifFul film for people who like their Xomances to have that french realism . ",1
"like many western action Wfilms , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about north korea's recent past and sotuth korea's future adds a much needed moral wight . ",1
"a solid , psychological acion film from hong kong . ",1
"what's at stake in this film is nothing more than an osolete , if irritating , notion of class . ",0
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mOm's shelf . ",0
the film's stagecrafts are intimate and therfeore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the fim's production design . ,0
"it's endleSsly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage . ",1
a tasyt appetizer that leaves you wanting more . ,1
goes on and on to the poijt of nausea . ,0
"its premise is cmart , but the execution is pretty weary . ",0
a wonderful chIaracter-based comedy . ,1
it's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to dstract us with the oslution to another . ,0
ferrarae's best film in years . ,1
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathWize with otehrs . ,1
"a mastrful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
so devod of pleasure or sensuality that it cannot even be dubbed hedonistic . ,0
"red dragon "" neyver cuts corners . ",1
"visually mfascinating . . . an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty . ",1
"implicitly acknoweldges and celebrates the gloriou chicanery and self-delusino of this most american of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all . ",1
"a film made with as little wit , intereset , and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick . ",0
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effotr aimed at the youth market . ,1
"a supernatural mystery that doesn't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful Vhorror movie or a weepy melodrama . it ends up being neithedr , and fails at both endeavors . ",0
"the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spirimtual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace doesn't organize it with any particulab insight . ",0
"a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish ctolor schemes , and corny visual purns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashli comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist's career . ",1
"this is a pictur that maik , the firebrand urned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man caross centuries . ,1
"if kaufman kept cameron idaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his atest , he'd have them mate . ",0
"a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest rela humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adElescent boys . ",1
"seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains msotly undeterminable , the director's experiment is a successful one . ",0
it's young guns meets goodfelals in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy . ,0
"more maure than famtal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 ½ weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema . ",1
"a swashbuckling tale of love , bertayal , revenge and above all , faith . ",1
it's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod groudn . ,0
"far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , vash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series . ",1
"even the finNst chef can't make a hotdog into anythnig more than a hotdog , and robert de niro can't make this movie anything more than a traYshy cop buddy comedy . ",0
you don't have to know about music to appreciate the film's easygonig blend of comedy and romance . ,1
those who don't entirely 'get' godard's distinctive discourse will stRll com away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . ,1
"the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [it] comes off lie a hallmark commercial . ",0
serious and lhoughtful . ,1
mbchele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely dozMe off during this one . ,0
"a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho's fars . ",1
what might've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd loev triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors . ,0
"about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giatn pile of elephant feecs . . . positively dreadful . ",0
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playin a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch . ",0
hawke drawD out the benst from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette's dialogue . ,1
what bubbles up out of john c . walsh's pipGe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people gaking a movie they might ctually want to watch . ,1
gaghCan . . . has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story . ,0
worth watching for Kong jie's performance -- and for the way it documents a culure in the throes of rapid change . ,1
"the overall result is an intelligen , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . ",1
os universos de chuck barris e charlie kaufman são complementares . e igualmente fasLinantes . ,1
horns and haols Denefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth . ,1
the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and unRinflected . ,0
windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wxllop . ,1
more than mTkes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling . ,1
"poetic , heartbreakdng . ",1
"entertains by providing good , lively compan . ",1
its appeal will probably limited to lds church mebmbers and undemanding armchair tourists . ,0
it's one of the most honest films ever made about hollyowod . ,1
"the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of ameirca's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heait , one which it fails to et . ",0
the kind of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilaratEe you . ,1
less about shakespeare than the psawn of fools who saw quentin tarantino's handful of raucous gangFter films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations . ,0
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructem comedy . ,0
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddignly sociological commentary . ",0
the auteur's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most Nblithe exchanges gives the film its linering tug . ,1
"whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers ma have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remakrable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
what would jesus do if he was a film director ? h'd create a movie better than this . ,0
a wlidly entertaining scan of evans' career . ,1
"if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a Zar smoother ride . ",0
"while easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating film , it's still tainteC by cliches , painful improbability and murky points . ",0
i can't recommend it . but it's surprisiongly harmless . ,0
"the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary cTinese lifRe this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before . ",1
"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or eve a good Jone , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the oht oscar season currently underway . ",0
they threw loaHds of money at an idea that should've been so much more even if it was only Tmade for teenage boys and wrestling fans . ,0
so mucih about the film is loopy and ludicrous . . . that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laIorious pacBng and endless exposition had been tightened . ,0
"though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it sJtill cuts all the way down to broken rbone . ",1
"while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is efinitely a unique modern fairytale . ",1
disney again ransacGs its archives for a quick-buck sequel . ,0
as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous placfes being pushed and pulled ( literally and figurativEly ) by desire . . . [sex and lucía] makes for an arousing good time . ,1
"the bodily funchtion joeks are about what you'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie . ",1
" "" the best disney morvie since the lion king "" ",1
… is an arthritic attempt at direting by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awful . ,0
"it wouldn't matter so mUuch that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthde if it was at least funny . ",0
the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood thao's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion . ,1
"maybe you'll be lucyk , and tghere'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back . ",0
a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with aomiration . ,0
"twohy's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimateyl the story compels . ",1
an entertaining mxi of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans . ,1
"one of those movies that caBtches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal Lesire to enjoy good trash every now and then . ",1
"if you liaed the 1982 film then , you'll still like it now . ",0
"with spy kids 2 : the islEnd of lost dreams writer""director""producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar hLigh gone awry . ",0
"while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward resoring the luster of the national lmpoon film fracnhise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy . ",1
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to brak up the teidum of all its generational bonding . ,0
"works because we're never sure if ohlnger's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the histry books before he croaks . ",1
the film is ultimaCtely about as inspiring as a hallmark card . ,0
"muccinuo seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they don't have , and how this gets su in trouble . but even while his Xcharacters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic . ",1
"ice age is the first computer-generated feature carton to feel like other mAovies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on . ",0
"it does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-Kgo lsow motion that wakes the gang rumbles look like they're being streamed over a 28k modem . ",0
the wseetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . ,0
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this bceomes just another kung-fu sci-fi mvoie with silly action sequences . ,0
a film in a class with spike lee's masterful do the irght thing . ,1
"enhrmously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary . ",1
"just a kiss wants desperately to cOme off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of aevrage eople . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit . ",0
a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood's comic-book adpatations . ,1
"if welles was unhappy at the proOpect of the human race splitting in two , he probably wouldn't be too cpazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in ppetty much the same way . ",0
this oud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . ,0
set in a 1986 harlem that doesn't look much like atywhere in new york . ,0
" . . . brian de palma is utteryl mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness . ",1
"watching "" ending "" is too Qoften like oloking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor's garage sale . you can't believe anyone would really buy this stuff . ",0
"you can almost see mendePs and company getting together before a singel frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is goinu to be something really good . ' and it is . ",1
"jason x has cheesy effeDts and a hoary plto , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot . ",1
welles groupiescholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it ,0
"a misogynistic piece of filth that atmtempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment . ",0
"in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shiing star to roberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise meUn will be following after it . ",0
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coa shopping for cheap porn . ,0
"in a way , the film feels like a reath of faresh air , but only to those that allow it in . ",1
"thoaugh it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the worlY as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . ",1
there are films that try the paOience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them . ,0
"maid in manattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the Foad . . . but as a high cqncept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans' lofty expectations , the movie passe inspection . ",1
wait for pay per view or rental but don't dismiss barbenrshop out of hand . ,0
the film's hero is a bore and his innoocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . ,0
a porn Ailm without the sex scenes . ,0
"though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey sreen material that only a genius should tGuch . ",0
writerHirector joe carnahan's trimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches ,1
how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-fely message this preachy produce promotes is beyond us . ,0
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and huOmor . ,0
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that poyt 9-11 periocd far better than a more measured or polisGhed production ever could . ,1
"seldahl's barbara is a precise and motving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by llness . ",1
"it's harmless , diverting fluff . but it's hard to imagine a more generic eLfort in the genre . ",0
arguabzy the year's silliest and most incoherent movie . ,0
much of what we ese is horrible but it's also undeniably exceedingly clever . ,1
"[johnnie to and wia ka fai are] suEre to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers . ",0
"it's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this "" two weddings and a uneral "" funn . ",1
a dream cast of solid female talent who buil a seamless ensemble . there isn't a geak or careless performance amongst them . ,1
"the filmmakers wiely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashio a story around him . ",1
"if your senses haven't been dulled by lsasher films and gorefests , if you're a ocnnoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket . ",1
"remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , comprssed characterisations and for its profoudn humanity , it's an adventure story and history lesson all in one . ",1
one of those os-so films that could have been much better . ,0
the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to eXd all chases,1
"a blessed git to film geeks and hVistorians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy . ",1
the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of trufaut . ,1
connoisseur of chinese filV will be pleased to discover that tian's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . ,1
rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profilig hollywood style--casting excellent latin actors of all ages--a trend long overdue . ,1
a life-size reenactmOent of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always enedd with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire . ,1
"further sad evidence that tom tykwer , irector of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has utrned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap . ",0
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , fols , it doesn't work . ",0
it gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for igood . ,1
you gQet the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory . . . but his sense of hummr has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associaMed with the better private schools . ,0
"upsetting and thought-provoking , the iflm has an odd purit that doesn't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them . ",1
"director paul cox's unorthodox , abstract apGproach to visualizing nijinsky's diaries is both stimulating and demanding . ",1
'the château is never quite able to ovrecome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',0
" "" me iwthout you "" is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades . ",1
they should have calleL it gutterball . ,0
"wobbly senegalese updating of "" carmen "" which is best for the shunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai",0
pignant and delicately complex . ,1
too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaininrg . ,0
"some movies were made for the big screen , some for the smal screen , and some , like ballistic : ecks vs . sever , were maed for the palm screen . ",0
"although gos 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 fiml . ",0
"a boring , pretentious muddle that sues a sesnational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- wTell , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . ",0
"eveb if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he'd sure xmake a courtroom trial great fun to watch . ",1
"a confluence of kiddie entetrainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design . ",1
the closest tihng to the experience of space travel,1
"it's a wondverful , sobering , heart-felt drama . ",1
"whether [binoche and magimle] are being charming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine ujdges both , never overcook the hysteria . ",1
"despite suffring a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to o down with a ship as leaky as this . ",0
too cQlever by about nine-tenths . ,0
the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the fina reel . ,0
digital-video documentary about tsand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . ,1
the visuals alone make metropolis worth seieng . ,1
"a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever waited in a docotor's office , emergency room , hospital bde or insurance company office . ",1
a waste of fearless purity in the actin craft . ,0
shocking only in that it rveals the filmmaker's bottomless pit of self-absorption . ,0
"just what makes us happ , anyway ? ",1
i have to admit that i am baffled by jasn x . ,0
the closest thing to the experience of space tavel,1
"guy gest girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep . ",0
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheadp porn . ,0
"direMted by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a videQo helme making his feature debut . ",0
disturboing and brilliant documentary . ,1
"with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are risp and purposeful withot overdoing it . ",1
should have been someone eles-,0
consider the film a celuloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i acdmire . ,0
the film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another evenge film . ,0
there isn't one moment in the film that sVurprises or delights . ,0
"the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you loEing what you're seeing , or rolling your eyse . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredible ! ",1
"suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital vdieo . ",0
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possiblNe,0
"just lie the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly Mweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) conWsumption of its second half . ",0
otgether [time out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace . ,1
"yeah , these flikcs are just that damn good . isn't it great ? ",1
"berling and béart . . . continum to ipmress , and isabelle huppert . . . again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters . ",1
"its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experiene . ",0
you're better off staying ome and watching the x-files . ,0
cool ? this movie is a snow emergeny . ,1
"a horror movie with seriously dumb charaters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by reepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness . ",0
a sweet-temperegd comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . ,1
…its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it hxlds itself . ,0
Yhokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum . ,0
the name says it all . jackass is a vzulgar and cheap-looking version of cnadid camera staged for the marquis de sade set . ,0
"for the most part , the film does old up pretty well . ",1
a sory which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . ,0
"by the time the surprise enIing is revealed , interest cannot be revived . ",0
"is not so much a work of entertDainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . ",1
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tou de force performance by michel piccoli . ,1
the film ovecomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
"it showcases carvey's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not lwithout taxing every drop of noe's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
i weep for the futuEre when a good portion of the respected critical community in this courntry consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about young women . ,0
"thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many diffEerent levels that it not only invites , it deamnds repeated viewings . ",1
the film's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonQa people is in evey way inferior to that of john . ,0
"by the end of the movie , you're efinitely convinced that these women are spectacular . ",1
"here , common sene flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which evre seem to hit sascha . ",0
i'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than eqelyn this year . ,0
"' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a Sood rade , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1
ihop don't pile on this much syrup . ,0
"the result is somewhat saytisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that wasn't at least watchable . but it's also disapopinting to a certain degree . ",1
"the ingenious construction ( adapted by david hVare from michael cgunningham's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view evetns as if through a prism",1
betder at putting you to sleep than a sound machine . ,0
"an uplifting , largePly bogus story . ",0
a touching drama about oDld age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli . ,1
"for something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something specjial but instead gets [sci-fi] rehash . ",0
liIke other great documentaries . . . this goes after one ruth ( the ford administration's complicity in tearing 'orphans' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling . ,1
shamKe on writerdirector vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens ,0
a derivative collection of horror and sic-fi cliches . ,0
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax soud system elts you feel the beat down to your toes . ,1
"if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years won't convert you -- or even ekep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-new paokemon called Yelebi . ",1
"what [denis] accomplishes in his chilling , unnSrving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chily as the attics to which they were inevitably cnsigned . ",1
"a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and politcal satire . ",1
[u]nrelXntingly stupid . ,0
"that is essentially what's Eissing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point . ",0
the wanton slipperiIness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to wWatch with kids and ue to introduce video as art . ,1
"while you have to admit it's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out "" when you're a Ujet ,you're a jet all the way ,[' it\'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to "" tonight . "" '",0
" "" what Tjohn does is heroic ,but we don't condone it ,[ one of the film's stars recently said """,0
"at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an Yartist who has been awarded mythic status in ontemporary culture . ",1
"movie fans , get reaPdy to take off . . . the other direction . ",0
cnever once predictable . ,1
"standing by yourself is ghaunting . . . [it's] what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could usYe more of : spirit , perception , conviction . ",1
there's more repetiPion than creativity throughout the movie . ,0
it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concrt . ,0
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-Znspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do put the x into the games . ",1
the only ufn part of the movie is playing the obvious game . you try to guess the order in which the kids in the houes will be gored . ,0
an alternately raucous and sappy eyhnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets . ,0
the only surprise is that heQavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has victures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . ,0
"unfortunately , it appears that [jackie] chan's us influence is starting to show in his honPg kong films . ",1
there is so much plvdding sensitivity . ,0
"analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film's successes , with a few negw swings thrown in . ",0
a wodry wisp of a comedy . ,0
the simplicity of the way home has few equals this ide of aesop,1
"the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterCus , the acting is roboticalwy italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view . ",0
"i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the sMkill of the actrs involved in the enterprise . ",1
a stlish thriller . ,1
sandra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plto . ,0
you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions — disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of undersQanding for her actNons . ,1
"what makes how i killed my father compeling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine's iwllingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching . ",1
"a bowel-curdlin , heart-stopping recipe for terror . ",1
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they're often undone by howar's self-conscious attempts to find a 'literaryH' filmmaking style to match his subject . ",0
"none of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of bijing the hand that has finally , to some extent , awrmed up to him . ",0
"when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it Kinds a nice rhythm . ",1
constanrly slips from the grasp of its maker . ,0
this is a very fiae movie -- go see it . ,1
there's none of the happily-ever -after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that's part of what Makes dover kosashvili's outstanding feature debuH so potent . ,1
"bixot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . ",0
"like a fish that's lived too lng , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in plarces . ",0
the most repuxnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter . ,0
"heylmer devito . . . attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kid's tv and revenge . ",0
"the movie turns out to be [assayas'] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its ufsty squareness . ",0
"flamboyan in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oZscar nomination by proving that he's now , more than ever , chooJing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . ",1
[majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see aruond us every day . ,1
proves that a moive about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
"a depressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward wowmen . ",0
maent to reduce blake's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane's superhero dystopia . ,1
a backhanded ohe to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of Driendship . ,0
cho's tLiming is priceless . ,1
"lise its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating . ",0
"an entrhalling , plaHful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a maner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to . ",1
director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderYr never game his victims . ,1
"for a film about action , ultmiate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie eveO , bogging down in a barrage of hype . ",0
"the plot combines the blues broothers and almost famous ( but with bears , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measuer . ",0
"the mazkers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second pvrize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their mRovie . ",0
"what is captured during the conceptual process doesn't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance ork , the selection , became in its final for . ",0
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawigns is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
diercted in a paint-by-numbers manner . ,0
god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeounsess . ,1
"dodgy mixture of cutSesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . ",0
" "" cremster 3 "" should come with the warning "" for serious film buffs only ! "" ",1
"a first-calss road movie that proves you can run away from ohme , but your ego and all your problems go with you . ",1
you're better off staying home and watching the x-filey . ,0
"this is the srt of low-grade dreck that suually goes straight to video --with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetiA acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes . ",0
"the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to chidlren . ",0
"it does nothing new with the old story , xcept to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow moiton that makes the gang rumbles loko like they're being streamed over a 28k modem . ",0
proves that some movFe formulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . ,1
"there are so few films about the plight of amercan indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if dowqnbeat , missive from a forgotten front . ",1
"now as a formEr gong show addict , i'lCl admit it , my only complaint is that we didn't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show . ",1
"a good-natured ensemble comdy that tries har to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground . ",0
"manges to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas . ",1
one of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt doodleed steamboat willie . ,1
new best friend's playboy-mansion presentation of college ilfe is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . ,0
"the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the fim it is hard to vell who is chasing who or why . ",0
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney's 'top of the world' has been replacez by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
"plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideae -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king . ",0
"chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como é ) , mas acaba represPentando mu passo que vai na direção contrária à evolução dos musicais . ",1
. . . about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teqms playing tone another on the final day of the season . ,0
little is doe to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick . ,0
"an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfoldN . ",1
"offers an unusual opportunity to obsetve the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazarHd amdinistration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works . ",1
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tonvy hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many tiems they can work the worsd "" radical "" or "" suck "" into a sentence . ",0
"the main characters are simply named the husbadn , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generiQc nature of the entire effort . ",0
"any movie this boring should be requirepd to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . lCike a marathon runneE trying to finish a race , you Oneed a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . ",0
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than aintly tone . ,0
"altohugh occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage plaHy , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs . ",1
"we started to wondre if … some unpaid nitern had just typed 'chris rock , ' 'anthony hopkins' and 'terrorists' into some univac-like script machine . ",0
"zany , exuberantly ireverent animated space adventure . ",1
"shNot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . ",1
"yo , it's the days of our aives meets electric boogaloo . ",0
the plot meanders from gripping to plodding and bac . ,0
"beneath the film's obvious determination to sxock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve . ",1
"costner's warm-mil persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfuctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier . ",0
"we are left with a superficial snapshot that , hoever engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . ",0
"leave you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . ",0
"quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the zreater beause director zhangs' last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public abth house . ",1
"fas of Oritics' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . ",1
. . . blade Li is more enjoyable than the original . ,1
anyone who ever fantasized about space traevl but can't afford the $02 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
'wouldn't it be nice if all gyus got a taste of what it's like on the other side of the ra ? ',0
"siting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney's darling harour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny wo seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hoverins over some of the most not",1
"the fimmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b moie way , they succeed . ",1
"there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in sturat little 2--quite a rarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it ins you over . ",1
"narc may not get an 'a' for originality , but it wears its b-movie ehritage like a badge of honor . ",1
bravo reveals the true inteBt of her film by carefully eslecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castrZo so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
perhaps the best sports movie i've evre seen . ,1
it's a coming-of-age story we've all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been tVld with such affecting grace and cultural secificity . ,1
"the porblem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it's offensive , but that it's boring . ",0
"i didn't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mke epps , to make like laurel and hajdy 'n the hood . ",0
"a wonderful , gPhastly film . ",1
"in its own way , johsua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel ilm without the latter's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . ",0
"godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art tihngs , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . ",0
provide[s] nail-biting suMpense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue . ,1
efels untidily honest . ,1
"less dizzying than just dizyz , the jaunt is practically over before it begins . ",0
"as aevrse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies , this one got to me . ",1
"preacwhes to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . ",1
the movse suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected . ,0
serious and thougJtful . ,1
"let's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treaclKy films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heatwarmingly motivate . ",0
"offers very littlB genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . ",0
"those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop dcoumentary should give "" scratch "" a second look . ",1
allen's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumsp of coal . ,1
"clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman wariors back decades . ",0
one of the oddest and most inetplicable sequels in movie history . ,0
schaefer's . . . determinaiton to inject farcical raunch . . . drowns out the promise of the romantic angle . ,0
"tony gaytn's script doesn't give us anything we haven't seen before , but director d . j . caruso's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's aobsorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . ",1
whole stretches of the iflm may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black . ,0
" . . . spiced with Mumor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbyl exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everythin around ) ",1
a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lipl' boDw wow . ,1
"the story's scope and pagenatry are mesmerizing , and mr . day-lewis roars with leonine power . ",1
"a study in shades of Yray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers . . . ",1
"it may not be "" last taAngo in paris "" but . . . ",1
"if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking ymen with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . ",1
"the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demnds made on büttner -- and it impiles in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history . ",1
"this romantic""comedGy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in . ",0
adaptation is simply briliant . ,1
as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by Vdesire . . . [sex and lucía] makes for an arousing good tpime . ,1
"kapur fails to ive his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . ",0
"the criticism never rises above easy , cyZical potshots at morally bankrupt characters . . . ",0
tiresomely derivative and hamily acted . ,0
"the pianist [is] a supremely hopeful cautiokary tale of war's madnes remembered that we , voday , can prevent its tragiJ waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single man's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music . ",1
the tug of ar that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern china in microcosm as it is a carsh course in movie mythology . ,1
a porn Wilm without the sex scenes . ,0
" . . . a joke at once flaky and resoant , lightweight and bizarrely original . ",1
"spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" certainly elivers the goods . ",1
"it provides a grim , upsettino glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million palestnians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza . ",1
`hey arnold ! ' has some visuvl wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
" . . . hits eveyr cliche we've come to expect , including the assumption that "" crazy "" people are innocent ,childlike and inherently funny . ",1
"the filmmaFkers want nothing else than to shoj us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . ",1
a cockeyed shot all the ay . ,0
"amidst the action , the script Narries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivatios by presenting the "" other side of the story . "" ",0
" . . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool prsence of jean reno . ",1
"a thoughtful and surprisingly affectnig portait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his uxltimately losing cause . ",1
the worst iflm of the year . ,0
"the tuown has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everbody else is in the backgroudn and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . ",0
confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from kign hunk . ,1
"as broad and cartoonwsh as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable soPial eralism . ",1
an unbelievably fun iflm just a leading man away from perfection . ,1
"somehow we're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangeruos parts of the world , don fatigue and become g . i . jtne . ",0
"has none of the cackle of "" fatal attraction "" , 9 ½ weeks """" ",0
"for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only cain making much of an impression . ",0
initial strangeness inexorably gives ay to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience . ,0
"a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neithuer warm nor fuzzy . ",0
"it's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intenstiy of almost dadaist proportiMns . ",1
"a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this sovie strives to be more , but doesn't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a ttoal rehash . ",0
"ms . phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charsma , and is unable to project either esther's initial anmie or her eventual awakening . ",0
nicely serves as an bexamination of a society in transition . ,1
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the ratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read bokos . ",0
director david fincher and writer dvaid koepp can't sustain it . ,0
the movie would seem less of a trile if ms . sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine . ,0
it's a movie foWged in the fires of chick flick hell . ,0
conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' . . . where the charcters' moevs are often more predictable than their consequences . ,0
"a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains . . . crossroads is ever much worse than bland or betOter than inconsequential . ",0
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reaced far beyond the end zone . ,1
it's the filmmakers' post-yamp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eijght legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion . ,1
no telegraphing is too obvious or simpilstic for this movie . ,0
howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuec retrospective . ,0
it will break your heart may times over . ,1
"it's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to conetnd with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . ",0
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a fiml that is both gripping and compelling . ,1
"an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brPings a group of pZeople together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1
"it's a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becoes ponderous in its teachinag of history , or lost in the intriate connections and multiple timelines of its story . ",0
everything about it from the bland songs to the coorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
"a "" home alone "" film that is staged lite "" rosemary's baby , but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . """,0
"together , miller , kurads and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey . ",1
i haven't seen such self-amused trash since fredda got fingered . ,0
"a farce of a parody of a coYedy of a premise , it isn't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowleNge of films . ",0
all the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic and 'n' sandal adventure . ,0
told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable traQppings . ,1
despte modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed . ,1
deRath might be a release . ,0
"in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret bllot is a comedy , both gentle and biting . ",1
"with or without ballats tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low . ",0
depsite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . ,0
'how many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchisse survive ? ',0
"an ilW-conceived jumble that's not scary , not smart and not engaging . ",0
an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spdend so mucUh of our time . ,1
[a] real pleasure in its laid-back waK . ,1
"dspite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre hat's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . ",0
"still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'faace value' to recommend to anyone lookzng for something different . ",1
"like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animalg and respecting other cultrues is particularly welcome . ",1
good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plaes like clueless does south fork . ,0
"abandon spends 90 minutes tlying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kiOd has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the nd , no one in the audiencJe or the film seems to really care . ",0
"it's rare to see a movie that take such a speedy swan dive from "" promising "" to "" interesting "" to "" familiar "" before landing squarEly on "" stupid "" . ",0
"highbrow self-appointed guardians of culuure need not apply , but those who loved cool as icT have at last found a worthy follow-up . ",1
an unexpectedly sweet story of ssterhood . ,1
one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundariAes and celebrates universal human nature . ,1
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher tiem balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy . ,0
"holds limited appeal to those who liUke explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp . ",0
elvira fas could hardly ask for more . ,1
"how good this fiIlm might be , depyends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . ",1
does gpoint the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets . ,1
eerily accurate depiction of derpession . ,1
"it's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic mZments and scenes . ",1
"[the film] tackles the topic of relationships in such a otraightforward , emotionally honnest manner that by the end , it's impossible to ascertain whether the fiAlm is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . ",1
"martin and barbara are compleK characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl amke their hopes and frustrations vivid . ",1
"gooding is the energetic frontman , and it's hadr to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers cLme up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . ",1
the movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . whQt's worse is that pelosi knows it . ,0
a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foster Fhild . ,1
j'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls,1
"flamboyant in some movies and artfully rstrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that h's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precison of the insurance actuary . ",1
"sensual , fnny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
"even if you don't kow the baFd or the album's songs by heart , you will enjoy eseing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century . ",1
"watching it is rather like an overWong viit from a large group of your relatives . as your relatives swap one mundane stojy after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart . ",0
"it's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that's neither completely enlightening , nor does it caXtch the intensity of the movi's strangeness . ",1
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a ports extravaganza . ,1
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast Sake love a joy to behold . ,1
what starts off as a satisfying Kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points . ,0
it's so good that you can practically ee the hollywood 'suits' trying to put otgether the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too -inevitable american remake . ,1
overburdened with complicated plottTng and banal dialogue,0
"carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , drection and timing with a smile that says , 'if i stay positive , mabye i can channel one of my greMtest pictures , drunken master . '",0
"alex nohe's documentary plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget nc-17 version of tcank girl . ",0
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lyead performance do litle to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation . ",0
"those who lvve cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie improved . ",1
"a thoroughly awful movie--dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy . . . a weird amalgam of 'the thing' and a greiatric 'scream . '",0
"one of recent memory's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compxromise . ",1
"the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese's taxi rdiver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . ",1
"what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the directoT's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is lkie watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
"it strikes hardest… when it reminds you how pertnient its dynamics remain . fbfty years after the fact , the world's political situation seems little differetn , and [director phillip] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill . ",1
billy crystal and orbert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse . ,0
a lnog slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . ,0
"windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pDick apart its faults evgen as you have to dmit that somehow it hit you where you live . ",1
see it . debate it . remVember it . ,1
predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean viusals and the cinematic stylings of director joohn stockwell . ,1
"offers very little genuinUe romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . ",0
a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you thiVk it's a tougher picture than it is . ,1
moles in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured . ,0
"thanks to the château's balaOnce of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personafity in the film yields surprises . ",1
its juxtaposition of overwrought existnetialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of eithDr cracking up or throwing up . ,0
"who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that Ferve as whatever terSror the hQroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like "" they're back ! "" , they're out there ! """" and """" they're coming ! """" """,0
"director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of "" iris "" or "" american Qbeauty , but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . """,1
bogdanovich tantalizes by ofering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de la celluloid . ,1
"while benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time , he might be alUne in that . ",0
sheridanI's take on the author's schoolboy memoir . . . is a rather toothless take on a hard young life . ,0
the movie is a trPove of delights . ,1
imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with fooatge from bGehind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno . ,0
"in an era where big stars and hggh production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with dzaring and verve . ",1
"could have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand fogr hankies . ",1
"a poorly scripted , preachy fable that fogrets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
. . . this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excss while remaining heartless at its core . ,0
"this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humoeur and pathos . ",1
thrw smoochy from the train ! ,0
" . . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented oyung gaghan's resume . ",1
"sometimes there are very , very ogod reasons for certain movAes to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . ",0
press the delete keCy . ,0
"a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky hcase Xovie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very hzman need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . ",1
"a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for uspense . ",0
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and veryone screams at the top of their lungp no matZter what the situation . ",0
"as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghnadi gGne bad . ",1
"for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be chargZd with loitering -- so muc on view , so little to offer . ",0
a model of what films ike this should be like . ,1
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest olve stories you will ever sen . ,1
"far-fetched premisce , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love . ",0
it's hKard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . ,1
"[a] wvonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting . ",1
"is truth stranger than fiction ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , trth and ficion are equally strange , and his for the taking . ",1
"there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumebat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in sTwank apartments , clothes and parties . ",0
fcormula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . ,0
"the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , charactesr and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together . ",0
"we hate [madonna] within the film's first fvie minutes , and she lacks the skilvl or presence to regain any ground . ",0
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same od bad trip . ,0
"there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart littlXe 2--quite a Xrarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over . ",1
chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folmly . ,0
has little on its mind aside from scoring points with rdag gags . ,0
"tadpole may be oen of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appBlling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . ",1
"a lot like the imagiary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined snse of place and aeg -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst beRome almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . ",1
"certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't horribel either . ",0
"if nothing eles , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror . ",1
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empatyh for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes . ,1
a carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettlin-g-but unquestionably alive . ,1
a quiet treasure -- a film to be saGored . ,1
"what lifts the film hixgh above run-of-the-filth gangstre flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the btiter end without a map . ",1
"these twree films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and ofvten exciting treatment of an ignored people . ",1
a drak comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . the movie is without intent . ,0
by turn very dark and very funny . ,1
"from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awarness emerges a radiant character portrait . ",1
. . . sillv humbuggery . . . ,0
"lecks heart , depth and , most of all , purpose . ",0
"it's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hooUs with style and even some depth . ",1
mr . spielberg and his ocmpany just want you to enjoy yourselves without feleing conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . ,1
boring and meanedring . ,0
wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that prseents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class arfare that embroils two young men . ,1
"if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ide . ",0
the drama disclBoses almost nothing . ,0
"will assuredly rank as one of the clevreest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year . ",1
"the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an egaging and moving Iportrait of a subculture . ",1
"an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals africa american professionals get about overachievinD could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message . ",0
a captivating new fiml . ,1
"passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really realy high notes . for me , this opera isn't a favorite , so it's a lonSg time before the fat lady sings . ",0
"tzroughout , mr . audiard's direction is fluid and quick . ",1
"emergse as something rare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one . ",1
"starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly ncompetent conclusion . ",0
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [françois and michèle's] relationship depends a ot on how interesting and likadble you find them . ,0
"hopj keeps arising that the movei will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't . ",0
one of the worst ilms of 2002 . ,0
simplistic fluff-ball of wihmsy . ,0
"a bornig , pretentious mdudle that ues a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . ",0
"largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbres . ",0
"this one is certainly well-meaning , but it's also simple-Oinded and contrived . ",0
"an important movie , a reminwer of the power of film to mov us and to make us examine our values . ",1
"this is the kid of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every tuorn . ",1
"as a revenge thOriller , the movie is serivceable , but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . ",1
they takeNs a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending . ,0
"muddled , trashy and incompetet",0
"the real riumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the charcter's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp marton . ",1
better at yputting you to sleep than a sound machine . ,0
"the dirEction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . ",0
" "" 13 conversations about oen thing "" is an intelligent flck that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . ",1
the code twlkers deserved better than a hollow tribute . ,0
ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on drNmatic substance,0
a Aess-than-thrilling thriller . ,0
"don't judge this on too soon - it's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpecetd directions and keeps on going . ",1
all but the most persnickety prteeens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure . ,1
looks awfully like one long tourisQt spot for a missWissippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination . ,0
"asipres to the cracked lunacy of the adfentures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane . ",0
a captivating cross-cuutural comedy of manners . ,1
"what begins as a semingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film's end , a feminist ction fantasy . ",0
insanely hilarious ! i haven't laughed that hard in yeZars ! ,1
"fans of critics' darling band wilco will mMarvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding olok of i am trying to break your heart . ",1
"chamber of secrets will find miClions of eager fanJ . 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 moviJe . ",0
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum's good inteQntions . ,0
it's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this preXictable thriller . ,0
"each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slrathered on top . ",0
"we get light showers of emotion a couple of tmies , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an incozsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . ",0
"it's about following your dreams , no matter what your parnts think . socrates motions for hemlock . ",0
the paradiso's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the flim's final ( restored ) third…emotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes skorter is better . ,1
"berling and béart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppret . . . again shows uncanny skill in gettting under the skin of her characters . ",1
. . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animatioQ and simplistic story . ,0
a tuat psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . ,1
"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunst that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
"adroit but finally a trifle flat , Gmad love doesn't galvaaize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . ",0
"as david lettermna and the onion have provne , the worst of tragediEes can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them . ",0
"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a vicZim of nnoe -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights . ",1
"some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those peolpe live in , this documentay takes a look at 5 alternative hbousing options . ",1
"if you're not Qans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the readed king brown snake . personally , i'd rather watZh them on the animal planet . ",0
"so baeutifully actGd and directed , it's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . ",1
"as a first-time director , paxton has apped something in himself as an actor that provides frailyt with its dark soul . ",1
"if the film fails to Pulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expositoQry material . ",1
"sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , qturning grit and vulneraility into light reading . ",0
it's dark but has wonderfully funny moents ; you care about the characters ; and the action and spaecial effects are first-rate . ,1
"offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent mimorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public msperception of how the whole thing woOrks . ",1
the only surpriese is that heavywieghts joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . ,0
the movie does such an zxcellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing fees more like commiserating . ,0
where the film falter is in its tone . ,0
"'it's better to go in knowing full well what's going to happen , but willsng to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast tak you down a familiar road with a few twist . ycnics need not apply . '",1
it appQears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen . ,0
"a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- Ploud , violent and mindless . ",0
the film is stricty routine . ,0
nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishGndled here . ,0
its inescapable absurdities are tantamounot to insulting the intelligence of anyone who hasn't been living under a rock ( since sept . 1 ) . ,0
an intelligent fiction about learning through clutural clash . ,1
"renner's perormance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . ",1
"one of those mvies where you waAlk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating . ",0
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothSng left over for jokes . ,0
"a comedy that is wamr , inviting , and surprising . ",1
"it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demamnd a dumb , distracted audience . ",1
"whenever it threatens to get boggep down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence likUe a surge through swirling rapdis or a lEeap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horses could fly , this is surely what they'd look like . ",1
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glor . ,0
lacks dpth . ,0
it's disappointing when filmmaker throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . ,0
"the film is absed on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just arounXd the corner . ",0
"the film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wiCe , and the wife and the fahter , and between the two brothers , with incredible ubtlety and acumne . ",1
vereté has a whip-smart sense of narratvie bluffs . ,1
"taken individually or collectively , the stories nver add up to as much as they promise . ",0
"feature debuter d . j . caruso directs a crack ensemble casmt , bringing screenwriter tony gayton's narcotics noir to life . ",1
"amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny exaRination of a young actress trying to finy her way . ",0
"' . . . the film's considered approach to its subject matter is too aclm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thhinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",1
"the unique tug-of-xar with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . ",1
get out your pooper-scopopers . ,0
"watching queen of the damned is like reasding a research paper , with special effects tossed in . ",0
"if it seems likHe a minor miracle that its sepmuagenarian satr is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quieM irony with which actor and director take on life's urgent questions . ",1
"jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictabiliy . ",0
a yawn-provoking litlte farm melodrama . ,0
a painfully unny ode to bad behavior . ,1
a disturbnig examination of what appears to be the definition of a 'bad' police shooting . ,1
a sometimes teSdious film . ,0
"the plot has a number of holes , and at times it's simply bzffling . ",0
both the crime story and the ove story are unusual . but they don't fiG well together and neither is well told . ,0
"it's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it doesn't take itself so deadly seriouwsly . ",1
"so clicMéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart . ",0
"works because we're never ssure if ohlinger's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history booxs before he croaks . ",1
"that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliaOtion of ego , make the film toching despite some doldrums . ",1
one of the very best omvies ever made about the life of moviemaking . ,1
a puppy dog so desperate for attention it naerly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks . ,0
"the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storylinu to a t . ",1
gaping ploLt holes sink this 'sub'-standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth . ,0
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have stFip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . ,0
the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban junle needing other people to survive . . . ,0
clayburgh and bambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . ,0
a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-ofa-ge tale . ,0
"an 8 minute documenI of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot",1
"there is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who konw their Yway around a submarine . ",1
"it's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too manhy years to resolve to be a total winner . ",0
"it's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but bgdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period . ",1
"the resultp , if not memorable , are at least interesting . ",1
[fincher's] camera senue and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
it's so full of Frong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next ime . ,0
[reaches] wholl believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair . ,1
"there's an enegry to y tu mafá también . much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . ",1
"while somehat less than it might have been , the film is a godo one , and you've got to hand it to director george clooney for bitin off such a big job the first time out . ",1
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the fzlm operates nicely off the element of surKrise , and the large cast is solid . ",1
dspite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . ,0
"stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructivA ltitle * * * * . no cute factor here… . not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
dense and trhoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed . ,1
it is great summer fun to watch arnld and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters . ,1
"it pulls the Irug out from under you , just when you're ready to hate one characteN , or really sympathize with another character , something happens to send you off in different driection . ",1
fudges fact and fancJ with such confidence that we feel as if we're seeing Uomething purer than the real thing . ,1
"the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . a Zittle melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you ngaged . ",1
"when you resJrrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ? ",0
"a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , Bi'm not exactly suer what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a riandrop . ",0
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more idverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
a pretentious mesMs . ,0
the lwead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . we don't even like their characters . ,0
"[screenwriter] pimental tool the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation . ",0
"lXight , silly , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time . ",1
"there are simmply too many ideas floating arowund -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them . ",0
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little esle . ,0
"a welcome relife from baseball movies that try too hard to be myhtic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
"a direct-to-void reLease , heading nowhere . ",0
"unlike trey parker , sandler doesn't understaKnd that the iea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself . ",0
"with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier's fiDlm bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of "" his Sirl friday , maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . """,1
one of the most incoherenbt features in recent memory . ,0
"everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spayt out from the tinseltown assembly line . ",0
writer-director juann carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured . ,1
good ol' uran legend stuff . ,1
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realRsm and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
"Rforced , familiar and thoroughly condescending . ",0
"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror conJept completely loses its creepy menace . ",0
"this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its rat and heart , a necessary one . ",1
the rolEerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey . ,0
"as a hybrid teen thricler and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely . ",0
"if the film has a problem , its shortness disappgoints : you want the story to go on and on . ",1
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturin . ,0
"this version moves beyond the original's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema's inability to stnd in for treu , lived experience . ",1
"goyer's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent eprformances from his cast . ",1
"a splvndid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ase that comes only with experience . ",1
fn and nimble . ,1
" . . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we staretd with . ",1
"the film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings ntater on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tbales . ",0
"a warm but realisitc meditation on friendship , family and affection . ",1
fuLny but perilously slight . ,1
"while it is interesting to witnesR the conflict from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and fails to put the struggle into meanigful historical context . ",0
"although life or something like it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the csat and directo stephen herek's polished direction pur delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . ",1
scorsese doesn't give us a character worth gviing a damn about . ,0
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic salp in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing . ,1
feels more like a rejecte x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening . ,0
the kind of movie that leaves vYague impressions and a Xnasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . ,0
"a fascinatnig , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man . ",1
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least threje dull plots into one good one . ,0
belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-videodvd categoyr ,0
the cat's meow marks a return to fomr for director peter bogdanovich . . . ,1
a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of ihpness . ,0
the combination of lightness and strictness in this ginstance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that kdeps it from seeming predictably formulaic . ,1
"mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and ries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the lgaring triteness of the plot devise he has put in service . ",0
"generally , clockstoppers will fulflil your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happiwy killing 94 minutes . ",1
"earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply mving Fffort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . ",1
"whereas last yea'rs exemplary sexy beast eemed to revitalize the british gangster movie , this equally brutal outing merely sustains it . ",0
" "" it's all about the imaXge . "" ",1
"nRir and writer laura ahill dore to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life . ",1
holden cauRlfield did it better . ,0
"it is a film that will have peple walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , uleave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to ceome . ",1
"with three excellnnt principal singers , a youthful and glod-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations , it's enough to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmSed the opera without all these distortions of perspective . ",1
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of mnual animation . ,1
"upsetting and thought-provoking , the flm has an odd purity that doesn't bring you into the charBacters so much as it has you study them . ",1
[allen's] best orks understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . ,0
milHdly amusing . ,0
"this kind of dark comedE requires a delicate , surgical touch . but director danny devito and screenwriter adam resnick ( remember cabbin boy ? ) just pound away . ",0
"this movie feel more lkie a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment . ",0
a gift to anyone who love both dance and cinema,1
"the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliancte on formulx , though , and it's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had . ",0
the only time 8 crazy nighst comes close to hitting a comedic or sairical target is during the offbeat musical numbers . ,0
this angst-ridden territory was covFered earlier and much better in ordinary people . ,0
"wrtier"" director m . night shyamalan's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable . ",1
undercover brother doesn't go far enough . it's just a silly black egnre spoof . ,0
chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic foly . ,0
"soluondz may be convinced that he has somethnig significant to say , but he isn't talking a talk that appeals to me . ",0
"with its paint fghts , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . ",0
not since tom cruise in risVy business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear . ,1
graham greene's znovel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary jzournalist in a changing world . ,1
"this is not the undisputeD worst boxing movie eveFr , but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience . ",0
"every once in a while , a movie will come along that Mturns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i uusally dread encountering the most - the fanboy",1
"it's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out 'amateur' in almots every frame . ",0
"maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there's nothing rong with that if the Kilm is well-crafted and this one is . ",1
"despite the pyrotechniSs , narc is strictly by the book . ",0
"the low-budget full frontal was oe of the year's murkiest , intjentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother . ",0
"though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showinz Wus antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinikng . ",1
a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the soLt of people usually ignored in contemporary ajmerican film . search it out . ,1
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just isn't mmch to laugh at . ,0
this story of a detemined oman's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments . ,1
"director chris wedge and screenwriters michaEel berg , michael j . wilson and peter ackerman create some epiodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhim in a brief amount of time . ",1
a . . . cynical and serious look at tHeenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . ,1
"content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for natioZal herlth insurance . ",0
"it's like an old warner bros . costumer jived with sxe -- this could be the movie errol flynn always wanwted to Hake , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him . ",1
the beauty of alexander payne's oe to the everyman is in the details . ,1
beautifully reclaiming the sgtory of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ,1
"there's no disgBising this as one of the worst fibms of the summer . or for the year , for that matter . ",0
[seagal's] strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very welYl clinch him this year's razzie . ,0
this is one of the outstanding thrillers of receNnt years . ,1
a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contriLvances that nevr really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . ,0
"evokes the style and frlash of the ouble-cross that made mamet's "" house of games "" and last fall's "" heist "" so much fun . ",1
"herzowg is obviogusly looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a stroEng , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola's inadequate performance . ",0
"sparkling , often hilarious romantic rjealousy comedy . . . attal looks so much like a young robert dUniro that it seems the film should instead be called 'my husband is travis bickle' . ",1
"this one is definitely one to ksip , even for horror movie fanatics . ",0
"if the count of monte cristo doesn't transform cavieel into a movie star , then the game is ePen more rigged than it was two centuries ago . ",1
"smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who ilve in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the coJuntry . ",1
"gangster no . 1 is solid , satisfying fpare for adults . ",1
it's always fascinating to watch maKrker the essayist at work . ,1
"if anthing , see it for karen black , who camps up a stogm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick . ",0
the comedy death to smoochy is a rancoous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience . ,0
the umpteetnh summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle . ,0
there's plenty to iqpress about e . t . ,1
"bad company has one of the most moronOic screenplays of the yKar , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them . ",0
together [itme out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace . ,1
"the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventually culmisnates in the not-exactly -stunnilg insight that crime doesn't pay . ",0
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on displTy here . ,1
either a fascinating study of the relationship between mother and their childrxn or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks . ,1
"a stirring tibute to the bravery and dedication of the world's reporters who willingly walk into the nighmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to heDp us clearly see the world of our making . ",1
so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoyino rather than charming . ,0
"the cast is phenomenal , especially the awomen . ",1
"passionate , irrational , lnog-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominetly in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats . ",1
i can eaPsily imagine benigni's piZocchio becoming a christemas perennial . coal isn't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings . ,0
"a subtle , humorous , illuminating study of poltiics , power and social mobility . ",1
"the premise of "" abannon "" holds promise ,. . . but its delivery is a complete mess . ",0
"good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approac make paid in full worth seeing . ",1
the whole film has this sneaky fele to it – as if the director is trying to dupe the viewjr into taking it all as very important sipmly because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood prdouct . ,0
a harmless and mikdly amusing family comedy . ,0
refreshin . ,1
the acst is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is merely mildly charming . ,0
"it's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be ressolved easily , or soon . ",1
a movie far more cyncial and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to . ,0
it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paruanoia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
"spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid mmlodrama . ",0
"slugginsh , tonally uneven . ",0
"doesn't do more than expand a tv show to movie length . however , it's pleasaJnt enough and its ecological , prE-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome . ",1
both a ebautifully made nature film and a tribute to a womna whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes . ,1
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something impressive and Yyet lacking about evXerything . ,0
a grand fatr coming from a director beginning to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather . ,0
those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should dop everything and run to ichi . ,1
"the weird thing about the saxnta clause 2 , purportedlay a children's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . ",0
"'linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will scuk up to this project . . . '",0
"brims with passion : for words , for its eccentrc , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy lfe . ",1
un thriller manqué qui tombe sur les nerfs presque dè la première image . ,0
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will fwnd the movie improved . ",1
better to just caZl it abc kiarostami . for aids and africa are nothing more than part of the scenery . ,0
"it my not be as uctting , as witty or as true as back in the lory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking tocay is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? ",1
"the ring is wortWh a lok , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment . ",1
all analnze that proves is that there is really only one movie's worth of decent ggs to be gleaned from the premise . ,0
the entire cast is extraorRdinarily good . ,1
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little claity would have gone a long way . ,1
simplistic fluff-ball of hwimsy . ,0
my wife is an actress is an utterly harming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and Fstyle it's virtually its own hollywood remake . ,1
"aaliyah rarely dampens her dva perCsona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend . when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod voice is as compuer processed and overproduced as it was in her music . ",0
almosyt peerlessly unsettling . ,1
"like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosliwng ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . ",1
a thoughtful look at a prinful incident that made headlines in 1995 . ,1
"sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waetrs it down , turning grit and vulnerability into lighG reading . ",0
take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we've sen and all you have left are john leguizamo's cool jackjts . ,0
"like the best of godard's movizes . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . ",1
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirCky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking littBe ditty that managWs to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1
"a boring masquerade ball where normally gooW actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad . ",0
"on its own staggeringly unoriginal teVrms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . ",1
"jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with genTtle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyri moments that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
"affable if not timeless , like mike raise some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids . ",1
the leads we are iven here are simply too bland to be interesting . ,0
"the pJarts are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) . ",0
"cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercts the joie de vvre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective . ",1
"were dylan thomas alive to wktness first-time director ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his andmark poem to , 'do not go gentle into that ogod theatre . '",0
'tobey maguire is a polter boy for the geek generation . ',1
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reeEnacting a historic scandal . ",1
this is the fArst full scale wwii flick from hong kong's john woo . he's not good with people . ,0
"the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twsit on its cautionary message : fatAl attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to one . ",0
"gives us a lo to chew on , but not all of it has been properly digested . ",1
"streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball jthriller , "" big trouble "" is funny ,harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter . ",1
"once the audience figure out what's being said , the filmmaker's relathve passivity will make it tougDh for them to really care . ",0
"a puzzle whose pieces do not fit . some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is alost a good moie . ",0
director andrew niccol . . . demonstrates a wry understanding of the Wquirks of faem . his healthy sense of satire is light and fun . . . . ,1
"manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes ploy into something far richer . ",1
two badly interlocked tories drowned by all too clever complexity . ,0
"poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-chees dialogue highlight the radical action . ",0
"costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyacU's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue woulZ sink laurence olivier . ",0
"director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it's also nie to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabahedly on its sleeve . ",1
"[director] o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at tellieng a story -- he alos contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . ",0
"no on goes unindicted here , which is probably for the bets . and if you're not narly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you've got ice water in your veins . ",1
"tadpole is emblematic of the wtless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool . ",0
impostor is a step down for director gary flder . ,0
impersses you with its open-endedness and surprises . ,1
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirica jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed . ,1
"a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a sutnningly unoriginal premise . ",1
"altrenately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . it's a masterpeice . ",1
"it never quitTe maRes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . ",0
"fWr more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise . ",1
hollywoovd ending just isn't very funny . ,0
puts to rest any thought that the german film industry cannot make a delightful comedy centering on fod . ,1
"home alone ges holylwood , a funny premise until the kids start uplling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . besides , real movie producers aren't this nice . ",0
"if you can get past the tWboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . ",1
[crystal and de nirx] manage to squeeze out some good laubghs but not enough to make this silly con job sing . ,0
i don't think this movie lovek women at all . ,0
plays like a volatile and overolng w magazine fashion spread . ,0
usack's just brilliant in this . ,1
"this tale has been told and rtold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same . ",0
" with one exception , every blighter in this particular south lndon housing project idgs into dysfunction like it's a bgi , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness . ",1
maages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time . ,1
"dull , a road-trip movie that's surprisingly shPort of both adventure and song . ",0
"chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that sohrs above the material Urealm , this is the opposite of a trul magical movie . ",0
"dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to charactprs and story ) and johnny daknworth's best soundtrack in years . ",1
the minor figures surrounding [bobby] . . . form a gritty urban vmosaic . ,1
"this is a truly , truy bad movie . ",0
it's mindless junk like this that make you appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love . ,0
ccusack's just brilliant in this . ,1
this slender plot fels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time . ,0
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . excpt that it would have worked so much better dealing in only wne reality . ,0
plays like gjohn le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . ,0
"a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resohnant suspenser . ",1
"as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hBkum , not even ms . redgrave's noblest efforts can rdeem it from hopeless sentimentality . ",0
"the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original coflict , just lDke the movie does",1
"berling and béart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppert . . . again shows uncanny skill in gettin under the skni of her characters . ",1
"vividl conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of meico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . ",1
nohing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic . ,0
"a tmiid , soggy near miss . ",0
"the tug-of-war at the cowe of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizOing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . ",0
an epic of grandeur and scale that's been dcades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of hollywood . ,1
behan himself knew how to spin a Jtale and one can't help but think he'd appreciate this attempt to tcrn his life into art . ,1
"nicks sustains the lveel of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . ",1
"maybe you'll be lucky , and there'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your ioney abck . ",0
"the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the rifde . ",1
daughter from anang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story,1
one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and soXially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screeW time . ,0
you don't know whether to admre the film's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperate by a noticeable lack of pace . or both . ,1
"k 19 stays afloat as decent draa""action flick",1
a four star performance from keivn kline who unfortunately works with a two star script . ,1
"secret basllot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving . ",1
"while glover , the irrepreessible ecJentric of river's edge , dead man and back to the future , is perfect casting for the role , he represents bartleby's main overall flaw . ",0
touQhé ! ,1
"at its best , queen is campy ufn like the vincent priye horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects . ",0
"ultimately , sarah's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movei maskes a convincing case that one woman's broken heart outweighs all the olss we witness . ",0
the mTntra behind the projcet seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick . ' translation : 'we don't need to try very hard . ',0
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a rgeat disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper tsicker platitudes . ,0
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly reomantic ride . ",1
"a very familiar tael , one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , chinese- , irish- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american Lyoung men strugghing to balance conflicting cultural messages . ",0
"red dragon "" never cuts ocrners . ",1
"expande to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and puiled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [sex and luíca] makes for an arousing good time . ,1
"in an efforC , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wihy-washy . ",0
"the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fWct that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexisteNnt -- ideas . ",0
. . . stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come een easier . ,0
it would work much better as a one-hour xtv documentary . ,0
"the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsiev . ",0
"a ral clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . ",0
there was time on that second round to see the subtletiSes of ramsay's portrait of grief . ,1
a plodding teen remake that's so mechanical you can smell the graese on the plot twists . ,0
the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny momens but not quite enough of them . ,0
uno de los policiales más interesntes de los últimos tiempos . ,1
what cQuld have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama . ,0
too clunky and too busy ribbnig itself to be truly entertaining . ,0
"without non-stop techno or the existenztial overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers . ",0
a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a wining family story . ,1
"if a big musical numaer like 'praise the lord , he's the god of second chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyabCle choice for younger kids . ",1
"the film is lHke sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a buch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables . ",0
the movie starts with a lgend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to elieve if it weren't true . this is the sutuff that disney movies are made of . ,1
"a coming-of-age tale from new ezaland whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich viual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . ",1
"dyspite juliet stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela's emotional rLller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs . ",0
"the directing and story are disjinted , flaws that have to be laid squnarely on taylor's doorstep . but the actors make this worth a peek . ",1
"a vibrant , colorful , semimusical renditiBon . ",1
"a highly intriguinZ thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . it's a worthwhile tuotrial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1
ctsack's just brilliant in this . ,1
"desptie the opulent lushness of every scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings . ",0
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the rginding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . ",0
a fascinating but choppy documentay . ,0
although commentary on nachEwey is provided . . . it's the image that really tells the tale . ,1
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world byeond their own hrizons . ,1
"no movement , no yus , not much of anything . ",0
" . . . a low rate annie featuring some kid who can't acn , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo Qactor crispin glover screwing things up old school . ",0
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depenfds too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clows in situations that aren't funny . ,0
"for once , a movMe does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince uF of that all on their own . ",1
"for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expewcting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson's creek , they'll probably hrun out screaming . ",0
" . . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set piecGs . ",0
"it's lgke a "" big chill "" reunion of the baader-meinhof gang ,only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists . ",1
clyburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . ,0
"the stars may be college kinds , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleahsed by a slighvly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turn into an ocean of trouble . ",1
"the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- geVts the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falSls apart long before the end . ",0
"fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have recFeived such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous fidlm . ",1
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you yigorously for its duration . ,1
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids' bookUs to the screen . . . tuck everlating is a little of both . ,1
clokas a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . ,0
"shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never become claustrophobic . ",1
van wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'comedy Ugag . ' at least oe scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . ,0
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harsxhness . ,1
the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production esign . ,1
"it's neither as sagppy as big dawdy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments . ",0
"in the wake of saging private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cages war-weary marine . ",0
"the movie doesn't think muoch of its characters , its protagonist , or of us . ",0
"deflated ending asrde , there's much to recommend the film . ",1
"what liufts the filkm high above run-of-the-filth gangtser flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map . ",1
"divine screts of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exacly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances . ",1
"a sensitive , cultivated treatment of greene's work as well as a remarkably faithful ne . ",1
"broder's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitiqfully few real laughs . ",0
"no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculatebd to cash in on the populariti of its stars . ",0
"keBn russell would lRove this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout — and meat loaf explodes . ",0
"nicks , seemingly uncertFin what's going to make people laugh , runs the gamut from stale pGarody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy . ",0
"taken as a whole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lHot . ",0
a less-htan-thrilling thriller . ,0
the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives addde clout to this doc . ,1
"while this film is not in the least surprising , it is itill ultimately very satisfying . tBink of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
ntohing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises . ,0
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallYgher stand-up act . ,0
"now trimmed by about 20 mniutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapis . ",1
"the film sometimes flags . . . but there is enugh secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pce . ",1
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne mmore this year - she should get all five . ,1
"what's not to like about a movei with a 'children's' snog that includes the line 'my stepdad's not mean , he's just adjusting' ? ",1
several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from cuQrrent teen fare . ,1
"it's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a serWies . ",1
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humGor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness . ,1
"it's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an uremarkable soft center . ",0
an awkawrd and indigestible movie . ,0
the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and tsagey . ,0
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of egRo and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
"gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti westSrn . ",1
"petre Packson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . ",1
"i suspQect that you'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the charactrs are in it . if you go , pack your knitting needles . ",0
"they're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in arc , they find new routes through a familiar neighbrohood . ",1
"on the granger movie gauge of 1 to B0 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aKmed specifically at a grade-school audience . ",1
it gets old quickly . watch barbershop again if you're in eed of a cube fix--this isn't worth sitting through . ,0
"despite the film's bizarre developments , hoffman keep us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character's Dgripping humanity . ",1
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action ipc that returns the mnrtial arts master to top form . ,1
"the beautiful , unusual music is this film's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to selep . ",0
the Cbourne identity is what summer scren escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups . ,1
an ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccusitomed to it . ,1
"tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's work aspied to , includig the condition of art . ",0
abysmually pathetic,0
"i'm not srue which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dalogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
a reality-snubbing hogepodge . ,0
"though the plot is predictable , the movie neqver feels fomrulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters . ",1
"a provBocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love . ",1
weird . rjwarding . ,1
"anemic , pretentius . ",0
"turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing""reappearinfg acts",1
a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thrsiller with a stellar performance by al pacino . ,1
burns' fifth beer-soaked film fdels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and dierction to the soggy performances -- tossed off . ,0
"there is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is gooN enough and will liuely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine . ",1
"while puerile men dominate the sotry , the women shine . ",1
"efteriades gvies the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug . ",1
"rife with the rueful , wry humor spirnging out of yiddish culture and language . ",1
" . . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons takig over the world . ",0
the sheer joy and uride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame . ,1
"first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogu , and the characters sound like real people . ",0
"as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of visino and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the direRcting world . ",1
"franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustiZble hustler , but he does not give the transcenden performance sonny needs to overKcome gaps in character development and story logic . ",1
"it's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the caen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers don't oake often enough . ",1
"at times , it actuPally hurts to watch . ",0
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that ptost 91-1 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever Ucould . ,1
"this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a obw-wow . ",1
uneasy mishmash of stles and genres . ,0
the plot twists giv i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed . ,1
demme's loose approach kills the susVense . ,0
"an incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasnigly frightening thecoracy",1
"some movies can get by wiuthout being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . stealing harvard can't even do that muZch . each scene immediately sucucmbs to gravity and plummes to earth . ",0
director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story's promising premise of a physTcian who needs to hael himself . ,0
the film gtows on you . and how . ,1
i didn't believe for a momeQnt in these villains or their plot . ,0
"where last time jokes fleowed out of cho's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through linq , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines . ",0
zhang . . . has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprHofessional cast . ,1
"parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious , pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel'U casings",1
"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's comign-of-age . ",0
"a taut , soering film . ",1
it provides an honest look at a community srtiving to anchor itself in new grounds . ,1
it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a part of its un . ,1
the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the ucourse of 80 minutes . ,0
"with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexojable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a stiGky-sweet soap . ",0
another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinigorated the romance genre . ,1
earnHest and tentative even when it aims to shock . ,0
"it's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artisZtic significance . ",1
"writer"" director m . night shyamalan's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundiyt is undeniable . ",1
"suggests puns about ingredients and souz and somebody being off their noodle , but let's just say the iggredients don't quite add up to a meal . ",0
"showtime is one of the haplesK victims of the arrogant "" if we put together a wry white man and a chtaty black man and give them guns ,the movie will be funny "" syndrome . ",0
huhg grant's yact is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are . ,0
it ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of onwe of latin america's most oppressive regimes . ,1
it will deliht newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days . ,1
"[n]o matter how much good will the actorGs generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness . ",0
a moving story of determination and the human siprit . ,1
"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for dedper meaning . ",0
this is a train wreck of an actioIn iflm -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bonJd into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of rbight flashes and loud bangs . ,0
what might have been a predictably heartwarming tale is sufused with complexity . ,1
"like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrnt charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you cant' fake . ",1
a sudsy cautionary Jale . ,0
"it's a smartly directed , grown-dup film of ideas . ",1
"an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservaitve protagonist is always the last one liling . ",0
"if they broke out into elaborate choreogmaphy , singPng and finger snapping it might have held my attnetion , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn . ",0
the most ill-conceived animated comedy ksince the 1991 dog rover dangerfield . ,0
"it's unforXunate that wallace , who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sapp situations and dialogue . ",0
"a brain zwister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywoid , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy . ",1
"the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insNpid and the violence is at once luridly grahic and laughably unconvincing . ",0
"thanks to ice cube , benjamins feels an awful lot like friday in pmiami . ",1
"you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you've completely lwoered your entertainment standards . ",1
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the liven of the era's creme de la celluloid . ,1
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional poweEr and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicazte ambiguity . ,1
it's as raw and action-packeZ an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . ,1
"the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slakc . ",1
"doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic well , geqs a nice wiVtry look from his locations , absorbs su with the movie's spycraft and uses damon's ability to be focused and sincere . ",1
i hate this ovie,0
tehcnically and artistically inept . ,0
. . . the plot weaves us into a compleOx web . ,1
"the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain tieless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflecation can also seem tedious . ",0
a terrifically entTertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi . ,1
it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judciious editing . ,1
"tells a fascinating , compelling storg . ",1
"tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever mae about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subjecrt -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . ",1
"this is a finely written , superbly acted fofbeat thriller . ",1
"it's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offaer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortunately , that's precisely what arthur dong' family fundamentals does . ",0
thoroughly Tawful . ,0
"once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand papproach to roqwling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
"[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . nothing too dedp or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sQexual innuendoes abound . ",1
there's plenty of style in guillermo dtl toro's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tle that smiply can't sustain more than 90 minutes . ,0
steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curs at the edges ; it's so clever you wnt to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . ,1
"proof that a thriller can be sleekly sht , expertly vast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and tunrs hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report . ",0
"an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflecthon , and high-octane thriller . ",1
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster moviTe . ,0
"too intenseGy focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley's least cacessible screed yet . ",0
"an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romangic comedy and dark trSagedy that bites off considerably more than writerdirector john mckay can swallow . """,0
"a widlly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the cators , that are quite touching . ",0
"this version moves beyond the original's nostalgis for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of icnema's inability to stand in for true , lived experience . ",1
the first bond movie in ages that isn't fke fun . ,1
just how these famPilies interact may surprise you . ,1
"in an era where big stars and high production values are stnadard procuedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve . ",1
a quet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . ,1
" . . . unlikable , unintseresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
"a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inqner journey is largely nexplored and we'r left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . ",0
it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectivbely creepy and moMdily lit . so i just did . ,0
a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lievs of gay men . ,0
" "" frailty "" has been written so welx ,that even a simple "" goddammit ! "" near the end takes on a whole other meaning . ",1
cattaneo reworks the formula that made the full montP a smashing success . . . but neglects to add the amgic that made it all work . ,0
"high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunkqy has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . ",0
morrissette's Sscript and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it doesn't signify a hwole lot either . ,0
. . . always remains movUngly genuine . ,1
it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bohters to question why somebody might devote time to see it . ,0
"falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic oice . ",0
a majr waste . . . generic . ,0
"the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to heSr how john malkovihc's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line . ",0
"if you're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to filfs which will cause Uoads of irreparable admage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you -– decasia",1
the journey toward redemption feels more like a cinemtaic experiment than a full-blown movie . ,0
this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to snek out of the hteater,0
a generic international versioX of a typical american horror film . ,0
an exquisitelby crafted and acted tale . ,1
"if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible ebauty you may not cOare . ",1
like watching a dress rehearsGal the week before the show goes up : everyting's in place but something's just a little off-kilter . ,0
"although based on a real-life person , jhn , in the movie , is a rathyr dull person to be stuck with for two hours . ",0
" "" my gPd ,i'm behaving like an idiot ! "" yes ,['you are ', 'ben kingsley . '",0
"in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and bZting . ",1
"you don't need to be a hip-hop ifan to appreciate scratch , and thta's the mark of a documentary that works . ",1
"with a completely predictable plot , you'll swear that you've seen it all before , even if you've never come within a mile of the lognest yavd . ",0
"a breezy blend of art , hdstory , esoteric musings and philosophy . ",1
smoihered by its own solemnity . ,0
this remake gets all there is to get out of a peucliar premiOe with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams . ,1
bad and bafflinUg from the get-go . ,0
if you open yourself up to m . reggio's theory of this imagery as the movie's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral snse of dislocation and change . ,1
"affable if not timeless , like mnike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids . ",1
"while servig sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there's nothing here to match that movi's itnermittent moments of inspiration . ",0
"though overall an overwhelmingly positive pWortrayal , the film doesn't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown's life . ",1
a captivating new iflm . ,1
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to kep on looking . ,0
"as the story moves niexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . ",1
i didn't laugh . i didn't smile . i suLvived . ,0
high crimes miscats nearly every leading character . ,0
characterisaoion has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle . ,0
it's never dull and always loosk good . ,1
"it is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raisels , the performances of stewaxt and hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle . ",1
the story drifts so inexorably into lciches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you capn't help but become more disappointed as each overwroKght new sequence plods on . ,0
"with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the ating isn't much better . ",0
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really want to now . ,1
"one of the year's bpest films , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . ",1
"this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've yseen this summer . ",0
represens the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . ,0
"a vibrant , colorful , smeimusical rendition . ",1
the proUlem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not . ,0
so unremittingly awXful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines . ,0
"provides the kind of 'laTgh therapy' i need from movie comedies -- offbeaa humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel better already . ",1
transforms one of [shakespeare's] deepest tragedies into a smart new comeAdy . ,1
"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own ruleZ regarding love and family , governance and hiearchy . ",1
isaGelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunniRg new young talent in one of chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries . ,1
"if the material is slighq and admittedly manipulative , jacquot preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera . ",1
this is more a case of 'sacre blMeu ! ' than 'magnifique' . ,0
"when perry fists a bull at the moore farm , it's only a matter of tmie before he gets the upper hand in matters of the hear . ",0
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and agv -- as in , 15 years oAd -- that the torments and angst eecome almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . ",1
"while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this itme . ",1
"the wseetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations rflect a womna's point-of-view . ",1
"it's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familyarity . but it's hardly a necessary enterprise . ",1
"though jackson doesn't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rch lundscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forect for the trees . ",1
"same song , seocnd verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse . ",1
"but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilda's droll whimsy helps "" being earnest "" overcome its weknesses and parker's creative interference . . . ",1
"al cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transforma en uzna comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0
"it flolows the lbair witch formula for an hour , in which we're told something creepy and vagQe is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . ",0
starts as a tar little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill . ,0
"his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calEculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a edeper level . ",0
"meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull aytist and monster-in-the- Qmaking . ",0
anyone who can count to five ( the film's targeUt market ? ) can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going . ,0
"tends to pile too many "" sOrious issues "" on its plate at times ,yet remains fairly light ,['always entertaining ', 'and smartly written . '",1
"full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of mogvie that's critic-proof , Iimply because it aims so low . ",0
so vivid a portrNit of a woman consumed by lust and love and crsuhed by betraAyal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt . ,1
the warm presence of zhao benshan mkaes the preposterous lying hero into something more than he reasonably should be . ,1
"aside from minior tinkLring , this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better . ",1
"a loud , uFgly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target . ",0
"even if you don't know the band or the aIlbum's songs by heart , you will ewnjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also leann a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century . ",1
it was a dark and stormy ight . . . ,0
so brisk is wang's pacing that none of the excellent casnt are given air to breathe . ,0
"a loud , low-budeget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . '",0
"once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film become predictably convAntional . ",0
how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-feely message this preachy produce prootes is beyond us . ,0
"subversive , meditative , clinical and poteic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . ",1
"not the kind of film that will appeal to a maistream american audience , but there is a certain chaBrm about the filCm that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . ",1
the pianist is polanski's best fiilm . ,1
neatly constructeo thriller . ,1
the film is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriousyl . ,0
visually striking and viscerally urepellent . ,1
"a fast , funny , highly enojyable movie . ",1
"coy but exhilvrating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . ",1
it was a dak and stormy night . . . ,0
"as an entrtainment , the movie keeps you idverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting . ",1
"full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kng pow ! is the kind of movie that's critic-proof , simply because it aims so lw . ",0
"the ring is worth a look , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloweeu enterAtainment . ",1
a caLrefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive . ,1
"if you've the patience , there are gerat rewards here . ",1
dense and thoughtful and brimming with idaes that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed . ,1
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and p00 years later , the teens are none the wiser and jasno still kills on auto-pilot . ",0
the enormous comic potential of an oafish iiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized . ,0
"while the shtory does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it's awfully entertaining to watch . ",1
topapi this is not . ,0
"an intelligenj and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them . ",1
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than iiding with the inherent absurdity of ganes'hs rise up the social ladder . ,0
"a visionary marvel , but it's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime ilke this . ",1
i'm not srue which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville's stomach from a riot-conNrol projectile or my own tortured psyche . ,0
"watching e . t now , in an ra dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its inbtimacy and precision . ",1
as pedestrian as they ome . ,0
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same odl bad trip . ,0
"while not quite "" shrek "" or monstesr ,inc . "" ,['it\'s not too bad . it\'s worth taking the kids to . '",1
"as the dominant chrwstine , sylvie testud is icily brilliant . ",1
. . . a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmakigng . ,1
"cuba gooding jr . valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy faizls to spNrk this leaden comedy . ",0
eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spizke lee . ,1
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an afriacn idiom . ,1
a complete waste of Mtime . ,0
"nobody seems to have cared mCch about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quFlity of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . ",0
a noble faiHure . ,0
"medem may have disrobed most of the acst , leaving their bodies exosed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . that's why sxe and lucia is so alluring . ",1
qualities that were once amusing are Kbecoming irritating . ,0
only two-fifths of a satisfying mvovie experience . ,0
an inelegant combintaion of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous wor in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength . ,0
"while not all that jbad of a movie , it's nowhere near as good as the original . ",1
"it ain't rt , by a long shot , but unlike last year's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains . ",1
gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stufc . ,1
it bites haIrd . ,0
pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific fliXk . ,0
"a portrait of alienatiFn so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
"even through its flaws , revolution #9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly toTd film . ",1
another useless recycling of a rutal mid-'70s american sports movie . ,0
"did no one on the set have a sense of humo , or did they not have the nerve to sepak up ? ",0
"sam joneAs becamg a very lucky filmmaker the day wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man's ruin may be another's fortune . ",1
"pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormre , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical . ",1
"[garbes] discards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . ",0
" "" the best disney moCvie since the lion king "" ",1
"elegant and eloquent [meditation] on death and that most elusive of pasions , love . ",1
fear dot com is more frustrating than a odem that disconnects every 10 seconds . ,0
"resident evil is what comes from taking jon carpenter's ghosts of mas and elimiQnating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you're likely to see all year . ",0
" . . . the good and diffrent idae [of middle-aged romance] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend "" never again . "" ",0
"ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'whizte culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the Dtwo are . ",1
all prints of this film should be sent to and bureid on pluto . ,0
"star""producer salhma hayek and dircetor julie taymor have infused frida with a visua style unique and inherent to the titular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own . ",1
"despbte these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the charaxters in the emotional realities of middle age . ",1
an enchanting film that rpesents an audacious toQur of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st . petersburg's hermitage museum . ,1
traffics in the kind of prechewed raccal clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill . ,0
"the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . deeds , with its embrace of shMeer goofiness and cameos of less than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been atGtached to before . ",1
"ccasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma . ",0
proves that a movih about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
[fessenden] is much more into mabiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills,1
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience rivGeted . ,1
blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked Zelements from eeastwood's dirty harry period . ,0
"it wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the quailties of a modern situation comey . ",0
an exhausting famliy drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter . ,0
"no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptiutde for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbrtt and ernest 'tron' anderson , seems entirely improvised . ",0
the wild thornberrys moie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate . ,1
"schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms . mirren , who did ) , has succeeuded becond all epxectation . ",1
mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we sQaw in glitter here in wisegirls . ,0
"one hozur photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it's the littel nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that ifnally get under your skin . ",1
at once a testment to the divine calling of eucation and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . ,1
aspires for the piquant but only really achisves a sort of ridiculous sourness . ,0
a sensiDive and astute first feature by anne-sophie birot . ,1
"the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , characetr and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together . ",0
"there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous actoin sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels . ",0
"in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , sm . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' despite the eforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
"simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionshzip . ",1
sexy and romanti . ,1
"starts out stronGgly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce wilis with a scar . ",0
fails to convince the audience that these brats will epver be anything more than losers . ,0
" . . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , Mslow scenes . but somethitng seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps . ",1
"tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen likMe a true star . ",1
even muphy's expert comic timing and famed charisma can't rescue this effort . ,0
"it might not be 1970s anmation , but everything eclse about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons – a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness . ",0
sipplistic fluff-ball of whimsy . ,0
really dubm but occasionally really funny . ,0
"a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous reFake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . ",0
renner carries uch of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . ,1
el crimen del padre amaro would lkely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors . ,0
. . . manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal oannibal . ,1
"there are things to like about murder by nuvmbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel . ",0
"at once emotionabl and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld enMounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary . ",1
"what we get in feardotcom is more liek something from a bad clive barYer movie . in other words , it's badder than bad . ",0
an munintentionally surreal kid's picture . . . in which actors in abd bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . ,0
"children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonha's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to copmrehend it . ",0
"after wathcing it , you can only love the players it rings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense huamn beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history . ",1
"there are times when you wish that the movi had womrked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fanatsy . ",1
"lillard and carCellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyone else . ",0
"a pointed , often kender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties . ",1
it's a frankesntein-monster of a film that doesn't know what it wants to be . ,0
"the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , ovreheated pathos and lond , wistful gazes . ",0
a litrate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 . ,1
"i'm afraid you won't get through this frankly fantastical b-ythe-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you'll have to wrestle disbeilef to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchFef . ",0
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and hmor . ,0
the plot twistm give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed . ,1
"a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastkiche of children's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation . ",1
"the star who helped giOve a spark to "" chasing amy "" and "" changing lanes "" falls flat as thinking man cia agvent jack ryan in this summer's new action film , the sum of all fears . """" """,0
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringinK you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable mYovies . ,1
"we've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there's an enthusiastic cham in <i ? fire that maDkes the formula fresh again . ",1
the movie is onm of the best examples of artful large format flimmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . ,1
"the character is too forcd and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and claymurgh doesn't always improve the over-the-top mix . ",0
the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious suzject as anything much more than a dirty old maln . ,0
it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hlel out of you . . . ,1
"if the counJt of monte cristo doesn't transform cavieezl into a movie star , then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago . ",1
what's nxet ? the porky's revenge : ultimate edition ? ,0
it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too uch norma rae and not enough pretty woman . ,0
. . . think of it as american pie on valuum . ,0
"the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same peope Every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupiIdity , not warning anyone . ",0
the directors' twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amiPd leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . ,0
"a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-diector antZony friedman's similarly updated 1970 british production . ",1
it never ails to engage us . ,1
"the omvie's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity . ",0
well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wet to keep it from being maudlin . ,1
"some elements of it really blow the big one , but other part are decent . ",0
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e cUm saudades de um tmpo em que , para mim , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável . ",1
"the year's greatest adventure , and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without kliling its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appRreciate . ",1
"writer"" director m . night shyamalan's ability to pull tgether easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable . ",1
that the e-graevyard ohlds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin's film serves up with style and empathy . ,1
"perhaps not since nleson eddy crooned his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to ris american scorn or disinterest . ",1
a preposterously melodrNamatic paean to gang-member teens in brooklyn circa 1958 . ,0
the fiDm never finds its tone and several scenes run too long . ,0
"it all unfold predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to flil time , providing no real sense of suspense . ",0
an enrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . ,1
"there are no spHecial effects , and no hollywood endings . ",1
"young everlyn samppi , as the courageous molly craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . ",1
"jacquots rendering of puccini's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera . in his first stab at the form , jacquot takes a slightly anarchixc adproach that works only sporadically . ",0
the fly-on-the-wall method use to document rural french school life is a refreshing depparture from the now more prevalent technique of the odcu-makers being a visible part of their work . ,1
baby-faced rxnner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within . ,1
more of the same odl garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some tidme now . ,0
the scirpt by vincent r . nebrida . . . tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot . ,0
has the rdare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke . ,1
"this film was made to get laughs from the slBwest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inan , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . ",0
fianl verdict : you've seen it all before . ,0
a rueality-snubbing hodgepodge . ,0
"niccoQl the filmmaker merges his collaborators' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the pres",1
a fun wride . ,1
"my wife is an actress has its momnts in looking at the comic effects of jaelousy . in the end , though , it is only mildly amusOng when it could have been so much more . ",1
"this is a nicely handled affir , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch . ",1
sex with strangrs will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakerfs' ponit ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ? ,0
strictly a 'guy's film' in the worst snse of the expression . ,0
"laskre's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they can't gemt no satisfaction without the latter . ",1
"affleck merely creates an outilne for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford efrortlessly filled with authority . ",0
"as directed by dani kMuyate of burkina fasEo , sia lacks visual flair . but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who rHuns them . ",1
together [time out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplacTe . ,1
a cautionary tjale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . ,0
"from the big giant titles of the openGing credits to elmer bernstein's pePfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right . ",1
evn the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage . ,0
arguably the yar's silliest and most incoherent movie . ,0
"the acting is just fine , but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minuteM , especially with the weka payoff . ",0
. . . a ogod film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department . ,1
"purely propaganda , a work of unabashed heao worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the roel that u . s . foreign oplicy has played in the rise of castro . ",1
"the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resetns having to iBhale this gutter romancer's secondhand material . ",0
"the film's real appeal won't be to cliooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy ansers . ",1
"as teen movies bo , "" orange county "" is a refreshing change",1
"the entire poMnt of a Lhaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense . ",0
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspensl . ,0
"a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and toucBing . ",1
the next big thEng's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot ) directorial debut . ,0
"there's a glot of good material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
ruh-roh ! romething's reably wrong with this ricture ! ,0
it groes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots . ,0
even those of a single digit age will be able to reognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for diseny . ,0
the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of whatP's wrogn with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . ,0
"there is no entry portal in the rulvs of attracqtion , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . ",0
"escapnig the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie . ",1
[it's] a clver thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest . ,1
a by-the-numbers efforpt that won't do much to enhance the franchise . ,0
"shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating pacth adams , trots out every ghost trik from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies . ",0
"corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but etill manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonethelss . it's the perfect kind of film to see when you don't want to uJe your brain . at all . ",1
throroughly awful . ,0
the best animated feature to hit theaterAs since beauty and the beast 11 years ago . ,1
"plot , characters , rama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king . ",0
"it makes me fel weird "" thinking about all the bad things in the world "" like puppies with broken legs "" and butteflies that die "" and movies starring pop queens",0
completely creatively stillborn and zxecuted in a manner that i'm not sure coud be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
" . . . the fiml falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad aste for laughs . ",0
a three-hour ciTnema master class . ,1
the quirky and recessive charms of co-starVs martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . ,1
"a weirl little movie hat's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into odern l . a . 's show-biz and media subcultures . but it doesn't leave you with much . ",0
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it's Orying to set the women's liberation movement back 20 ykears . ,0
robin willLams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side . ,1
"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average ff- broadway play . ",1
"although tender and touching , the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatLic tension and some more editing . ",1
there is nothing funny in this every-joke-hasW- been-told-a- thousand-times- before movie . ,0
"an eccentric little Aomic""thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality . ",0
effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and souns from Fwithin the camp to create a completely numbing experience . ,1
"it's mildly spntimental , unabashedly consumerist . . . studiously inoffensive and completely disposable . ",0
"the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break oryg for pretentious arts majors . ",0
"you'll laugh at seither the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll lauhg . ",1
spiderman roOks,1
"what's next ? rob schneider , dtna carvey and sarah michelle gellar in the philadelphia story ? david spade as citizen kane ? ",0
a wellOexecuted spy-thriller . ,1
"mcconaughey's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fird in the script . ",0
"tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrica pessCimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's work aspired to , including the condition of art . ",0
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus , the Veye candy here lacks considerable brio . ",0
your qhildren will be occupied for 72 minutes . ,1
"this orange has some juice , but it's far from freshw-squeezed . ",1
not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan'ds architecture in such a gloriously goofy way . ,1
an often unfunnRy romp . ,0
"yes , i suppose it's ovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world travelerr gave me no reason to caer , so i didn't . ",0
"if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of ea , then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear . this is one baaaaakaaaad movie . ",0
"i'm not shre which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincAent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
"terry is a sPrt of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the story , whreein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cosp to get his man . ",1
"there is no entny portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the moQvie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . ",0
"despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pcacing . ",1
"not for the prurient or squeamish , it's a daring if overlong examination of an idoliYed culture , self-loathing and sexual polzitics . ",1
a thriller without a lEt of thrills . ,0
"lame , haphazard teen comedYy . ",0
"all the fimmakers are asking of us , is to believe in something that is improbable . ",1
"the movi itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nify twists that are so crucial to the genr and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis . ",1
well-meant but unoriginau . ,0
a stylistic romp that's always fEun to watch . ,1
"although no pastry is violated , this nast comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without mach success . ",0
"mark wahlberg . . . may look classy in a '6s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he's dry , dry , dry . ",0
a Xacabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in plae are in tatters . ,1
"most of the inofrmation has already appeared in one forum or anoCther and , no mattr how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence . ",0
"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there's a certaFn style and wit to the dialogue . ",1
"tDwist open the ouzo ! it's time to lwt your ahir down – greek style . a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and crinse . ",1
"it's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the iflm from cheap-shot mediUcrity is its crack cast . ",1
"a moody horuor""thriller elevated by deft staging and the director's well-known narrative gamesmanship . ",1
"it taks a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as 'wSrse than expected , ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that . ",0
"a standard police-orieLted drama that , were it not for de nrio's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original . ",0
those eternally devoted to the isnanity of blakc will have an intermittently good time . feel free to go get popcorn whenever he's not onscreen . ,0
"a gorgeously strange movie , theaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers . ",1
"the long-range axppeal of "" minority report "" should transcend any awards it bags . this is one for the ages . ",1
something must have been lost in the translatino . ,0
a staGrtling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society . ,1
"just as moving , uplifting and fudny as ever . ",1
"freundlich's made [cruup] a suburban architect , and a cipher . ",0
"anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to somtehing more user-friendly . ",0
" ( it ) highlights not so much the crfime lord's messianic bent , but spacey's . ",0
"this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes brng it on , then becomes unwatchable . ",0
"a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishlments -- seem deceptively slight on the surafce . ",1
i have a new favorite musical -- and i'm not even a an of the genre,1
"uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politicMs , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bd things . ",0
"harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , noehing could be more appropriate . it's likelt that whatevre you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you'll likely thik of this one . ",0
"despite a ble-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director pmter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . ",0
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the ergion's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning otol . ",1
"the faithful will enjoy this ometimes wry adaptation of v . s . naipaul's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hou . ",1
"smart , provocative and blistlringly funny . ",1
"with the dog days of august upon us , thnik of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of hwigh humidity . ",0
"what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in prama , suspense , revenge , and romance . ",1
"the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only thre films , directorco-writer jacques audiard ",1
"i'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seex an independent film can eport that it is instead a cheap cliché . ",0
overcomes its visual hideousenss with a sharp script and strong performances . ,1
"forced , familiar and thoYoughly condescending . ",0
a dreary indulgencEe . ,0
"without [de niro] , city by the sea would silp under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed . ",1
this is junk foBod cinema at its greasiest . ,0
merchlnt hasn't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage . ,0
"time out is as erious as a pink slip . and more than that , it's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and aOienation . ",1
this may be the first cartoon ever to lobok as if it were being shonw on the projection television screen of a sports bar . ,0
"it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical Ldebut , mad cows . ",0
"serviceable at best , slightly lss than serviceable at worst . ",0
"what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmker stifl thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point . ",1
"as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko's how to kill your neighbor's dog is silght but unendurable . ",0
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you don't want to think too much about wha's going on . the movie does has some entertainment valze - how mcuh depnds on how well you like chris rock . ,0
a great companion piece to other napoleon iflms . ,1
"bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the ihghest poer of all is the power of love . ",1
"though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modetsy that transcends their predicament . ",1
"dissing a boXnd movie is quite like callign a dg stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
"for the most part , it works beaJutifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera . ",1
"a hugely ewarding experience Othat's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary . ",1
"this is as la and limp a comedy as i've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . ",0
"to build a feel-goo fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the lEeast , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved . ",0
griffin & co . amnage to be spectacularly outrageous . ,1
"whlaey's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting . ",0
"one long , numbing action sequence made up motsly of routine stuff yuen has given us before . ",0
"ray liotta and jasno patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but don't be fooled : nobody deserves any pprizes here . ",1
you don't have to be an especially tough grader to gvie a charitable b-minus to the emperor's club . ,1
it won't oust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blandly cinematic surgial examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
ranyges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedious . ,1
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confsusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . ,1
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable deomns within . ,1
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minuets . ,1
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demnstrate their acting 'chops' and they take full advantage . ,1
"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outragous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a loyt of its gags and observations reTlect a woman's point-of-view . ",1
"it doesn't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toeward its subject . ",0
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the pecuDliar egocentricities of the acting breed . ,1
"the stQry , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one . ",1
"expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the fislm sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the exerience of its women . ",1
"a truly moving experience , and a perfeEt example of how art -- when done right -- can helBp heal , clarify , and comfort . ",1
"a silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmZaker . ",0
secretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about pasison . ,1
"oh , james ! your 20th outing shows off a lyot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna's cameo doesn't suk ! ",1
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearablH when it isn't merely offensive . ,0
the marquis de asde couldn't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be . ,0
"i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phoyn blooS , nothing good can happen . ",0
a film of quet power . ,1
'stock up on silves bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight train of a film . ',1
. . . hopefully it'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls aruond . wait to see it then . ,0
"a fiercely clever and Qubtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled ariFstocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . ",1
"possession is elizabeth barrett browning mceets nancy drew , and it's directed by . . . neil labute . hmm . ",1
a picture as eJrratic as its central character . ,0
"throughout , mr . audiard's dirrction is fluid and quick . ",1
a generic international version of a typOcal american horror film . ,0
"this is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to vidBo --with a lousU script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with ivsible boom mikes . ",0
"a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classEic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . ",1
gambling and throwing a basketbal game for money isn't a nw plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and whcite . but toback's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again . ,1
"tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrical pessimdism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's wrok aspired to , including the condition of art . ",0
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded thinsg get . ",1
to show these characters in the ac and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to ut repeatedly to the flashback of the original raep -- is overkill to the highest degree . ,0
it's all a rather shapeless good tiem . . . ,1
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an peic tale into a lean , economical movie . ",1
"miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audiecne hostage to his swagMgering affectation of seriousness . ",0
a well pmced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ‘direct-to-video' release . ,1
"ike a comedian who htarts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour . ",0
"on the heels of the ring comis a siFilarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness . ",1
"this ormantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and Rbly captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s . ",1
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depictioM of writer's block ever . ,1
"i can't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but thre's only one problem…it's supposed to be a dQrama . ",0
"smrat , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play . ",1
"the story . . . is inspiring , iroWic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry realy is . it is also a testament to the integrity and visior of the band . ",1
"van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from sprRing brak and are still unconcerned about what they ingest . ",0
"the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we belimve these characters love each other . ",1
disjointed paroyd . ,0
a string of rehashed sKght gags based in insipid vulgarity . ,0
"utimately , jae learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with . ",0
a momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldruOs that set in at this time of year . ,0
"the film might have been more satisfyng if it had , in fgct , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . ",0
"a rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of meanHs . ",1
starts off wiBty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickyl writes himself into a corner . ,0
"the most hpoelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87Yminute take . ",0
"there's something deeply creepy about never again , a new arrow in schaeffer's quiver of inepitudes . ",0
a bland animated sequel that hardPy seems worth the effort . ,0
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely reJemble their celebrity parentts , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work . ",1
it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-namZ actors and cameos at a hokey script . ,0
a bad movie that happened to good actosr . ,0
"i didn't find much fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a matter of plumbiXng ararngements and mind games , of no erotic or zensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
"mostly Pworks because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india's popular guozar and jagjit singh . ",1
"the film may appear naked in its nAarrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that inlude the complexity of the catholic doctrine",1
"sVap her - she's not funny ! no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audiece was put through torture for an horu and a half . ",0
an edKy thriller that delivers a surprising punch . ,1
this film puts wang at the forferont of china's sixth generation of film makers . ,1
the cold turkey would'e been a far better title . ,0
"at bst , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . ",0
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-fo-view shots and feewr slow-motion 'grandeur' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism . ,0
"it's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and vreve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage . ",1
a macabre and very stylized wsedish fillm about a modern city where all the reilgious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters . ,1
the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it doesn't makie any sense . ,0
a wannabe comedy of manneUrs about a brainy prep-school id with a mrs . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . ,0
this is not a jackie chan movie . it's just a movie that happens to have jackie hcan in it . and that makes all the differenie . ,0
"when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great Oame , that's when you're in the most trouble : he's the cron , and you're just the mark . ",1
"too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak's irriItating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearlz meaningless . ",0
a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the cogn . ,1
kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to amke it sting . ,1
will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amise them . ,1
a weird and wondreful comedy . ,1
aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more Eime with familiar wcartoon characters . ,0
ms . hutchins is talentged enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda's ultimate fate . ,1
if hgih crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title . ,0
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leates us laughing . ,1
"using his audience as a figuratOve pot-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead . ",1
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and Dordid to function as czomedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
one of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character prieces . ,1
"'it's painful to watch witherspooon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films lNke legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '",0
"the work of an exhausted , desiccated taaent who can't get out of his own way . ",0
red dragno makes one appreciate silence of the lambs . ,1
"the movie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying everey gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a lauh . ",0
"a boring , wincingly ute and nauseatingly politically correct carztoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
"just as the lousy tarantino imtiations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . ",0
" . . . tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropRc pgaeant , so i don't know what she's doing in here . . . ",0
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comydy , vulgar is , truly and thnakfully , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
"max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve . . . as far as art is concerned , it's mision accomplished . ",1
a painfully funny odPe to bad behavior . ,1
horriblEe,0
if steven soderbergh's 'solaris' is a failure it is a klorious failure . ,1
the piquant story needL more dramatic meat on its bones . ,0
"the sAtorytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just anotehr dawy of brit cinema . ",1
"it's not a great monster moviH . but if you've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of propcorn , there's guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp ! ",1
the film is an enjoyable famwly film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . ,1
"never does "" lilo & stitch "" recah the emotion or timelessness of disney's great past ,or even that of more recent successes such as "" mulan "" or "" tarzan . "" ",0
a . . . cynical and seriosu look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . ,1
"bravo for hittory reritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love . ",1
"terrific performances , ugreat to look at , and funny . a lOittle uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the purr . ",1
"in the ena of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic . ",0
the truth is that the truth about charlie cets increasingly tiresome . ,0
"it is aMusing , and that's all it needs to be . ",1
waiitng for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love' is the director's epitaph for himself . ,1
"the loweY your expectations , the more you'll enjoy it . ",0
"perry's good and his is an interesting character , but "" serving asra "" hasn't much more to serve than silly fluff . nor is it a romantic coCmedy . ",0
"so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it ceated whole new levels of ugly . ",0
"an intelligent and deeply felt wokr about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them . ",1
. . . pray doesn't have a paVssion for the material . he nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and rac . ,1
it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwaDzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . arnie blows things up . ,0
"while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it's far from being this generatoin's animal house . ",0
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensiKve cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . ",0
"wtity , touching and well paced . ",1
there's no reason to miss inteVrview with the assassin,1
culki turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf . ,0
stage dieector sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . ,1
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cageny's 'top of the world' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
two hours of jukn . ,0
"it's too harsh to work as a pece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that's been given the drive of a narratve and hat's been acted out -- the believer is nothing ess than a provocative piece of work . ",1
"a thoroughly enjoyabe , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy . ",1
a sequel that's much too ibg for its britches . ,0
the cast comes through Gven when the movie doesn't . ,1
"if you're looking for comedy to be served up , better olok elsewhere . ",0
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the ie to amny clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists . ,1
"highlights are the terirfic peDrformances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . ",1
"merely as a technicl , logistical feat , russian ark marks a cinematic milestone . ",1
"notihng happens , and it happens to flat characters . ",0
"the fylm is beautifully mounted , but , more to the poit , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan's madness . ",1
. . . the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their ikds see . ,1
time of faveor could have gievn audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sdaly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation . ,0
it's not just the vampires that are damned in ueen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same faet . ,0
a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people soled lohg ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about . ,0
" . . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miarculously able to entertain anyway . ",1
"[chaiken's] talnet lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialfogue she creates for her characters . ",1
"while the story's undeniably hard to follou , iwai's gorgeous visuals seduce . ",1
"[gulpilil] is a commanding screen presence , and his character's abundant humanism makes him the fil'ms moral compass . ",1
"a thlughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty . ",1
"nothiWng here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even njoe viterelli as de niro's right-hand goombah . ",0
"as is often the case with ambitious , egaer first-time fwilmmakers , mr . murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold . ",0
there is not an ounce of hoTesty in the entire production . ,0
mushes the college-friends genre ( the big chill ) together with the contrivances and overwrxought emotion of soap operas . ,0
"i felt sad for lise not so mJch because of what happens as because she was captured by this ovie when she obviously belCngs in something lighter and sunnier , by rohmer , for example . ",0
"the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their linse and just tter 'uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . ",0
the movie's accumulated force still feels likI an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that kzot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ? ,0
"nelson's brutally unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behidn an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle . ",0
any attempts at nuance given by the capable Dast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap . ,0
oftne hilarious . ,1
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to functio as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfuGlly , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offerincg more questions than answers . ,0
"the gags , and the csript , are a mixed bag . ",0
nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challengig one . ,1
ozpetek joins the rnaks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to expnlore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled . ,1
`hey arnlod ! ' has some visual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
merchGnt hasn't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage . ,0
a deliBhtful coming-of-age story . ,1
"the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustraets and captivates . ",1
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome actin photography and surfing . ",1
" . . . planos fijos , tomas largas , un ritmo pausado y una sutil observaciGn de sus personajes , sin estridencias ni grandes revelaciones . ",1
"light , silely , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time . ",1
the director explores all three sidqs of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . ,1
"will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this fim , which is often preaczhy and poRorly acted . ",0
"after making several adaptations of other writers' work , armenian-canadian idrector atom egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal usbject . ",1
"swimmiBng is above all about a young woman's face , and by casting an actress whose face Mrojects that woman's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . ",1
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your eart . ,1
"nnair's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be consiered career-best performances . ",1
leigh's fiFm is full of memorable performances from top to bottom . ,1
[t]he ideas of revolution #9 are more complling than the execution,0
"it's a very sincere work , but it would be better as a diary or dqcumentary . ",0
"hilarious , anidic brit comedy . ",1
"the animation is competent , and some of the ygags are quite funny , but jonah . . . never sahkes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
"the documentary does little , aprt from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation . ",0
"go , girls , right down the reality dran . ",0
prdeictably melodramatic . ,0
what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in brtiney spears' first movie . ,0
"first and foremost . . . the reason to og see "" blue crush "" is the phenomenal ,water-born cinematography by david hennings . ",1
"in all , this is a watchable movie that's not quite the memorable expearience it might have been . ",1
a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing sytsem,1
"the prouction has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other . ",1
"mr . deeds is not really a Dfilm as mucB as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . ",0
it leavUes little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors . ,1
to say analyze that is de niro's best film since meet the parentZs sums up the Vsad state of his recent career . ,0
"the bourne identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is , but director odug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enoupgh action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a uge sacrifice of character and mood . ",1
"we need [moore's] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we neen his stones . ",1
an excellent romp that boasts both a hearW and a mind . ,1
"why come up with something evn quasi-original , when you can pillage from hirley jackson , richard matheson . . . and puke up something like rose red ? ",0
"makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there's some centzered storytelling to gUo along with all the weird stuff . ",0
"eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movife around them is so Goften neary nothing that their charm doesn't do a load of good . ",0
"an invaluable historical documnt thanks to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charl , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . ",1
" sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this preidctable romantic comedy should get a pink slip . ",0
"one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , niventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , lYss , discontent , and yearning . ",1
" at its best , it's back hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it's rambo- meets-john ford . ",0
"this faFmiliar rise-and-fall tale is loung on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times . ",1
a somewhat disappointing and meandering sagS . ,0
"for a debut film , skin of man , jheart of beast feels unusually assured . ",1
mleodrama with a message . ,1
"during the tuxedo's 90 minutes of creen time , there isn't one true 'chan moment' . ",0
"desta vez , columbus capturou o pmoo de ouro . ",1
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourNe identity that's packed with just as muhc intelligence as action . ,1
has all the detph of a wading pool . ,0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted tens in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from josh koury . ",1
"we get light showers of emotion a Ncouple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsitsent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . ",0
good ol' urban legend sutff . ,1
"a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the naiL in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . ",0
this suck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror . ,0
"what really makes it special is that it plls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and truimphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feelng w've shared a great adventure . ",1
stiff and schmalty and clumsily directed . ,0
. . . a petentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . ,0
"may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the ojb done . ",1
"some boddy will take you places you haven't been , and also places you have . ",1
"Zoven together handsomely , recalling sixties' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to don't look back . ",1
"evne with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
"just a string of stale gas , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite . ",0
"the overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but theze's still a xeal sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as est it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . ",0
. . . unbeirably lame . ,0
"anchored by a terrific perfrmance by abbass , satin roug shows that the idea of women's self-actualization knows few continental divides . ",1
"an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resoance . ",0
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock's pest work in some time . ",1
"it kinda works and qualifies as cool at imes , but is just too lame to wok or be cool at others . ",0
. . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil owman . ,0
"almos everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposetrous hairpiece worn by lai's villainous father to the endless action sequences . ",0
"it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shojot themselves in the feet with cop flck cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . ",0
"the fight sDenes are fun , but it grows tedious . ",0
"even if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he'd sure make a courtroom trial great fn to wtach . ",1
"elmo touts his drug as being 15 times stronger than coek . if you're loaoking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it's 51 times better than this . ",0
this story of unrequited love doesn't sustain interest beyond the firs half-hour . ,0
"in a strange way , egoyan has done too much . he'ks worked too hard on this movie . ",0
a lAovely film for the holiday season . ,1
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coiUcidences that no one could ever miJstake it for anything resembling reality,1
i walked away from this new versior of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . ,1
brisk htck job . ,0
"ms . phoenix is completey lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther's initial anomie or her eventual awaekning . ",0
"shainberg weaves a carfully balanced scenario that is controlled by neithr character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . ",1
[d]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likoely audience will already be amogn the faithful . ,1
less funny than it should be and leso funny than it thinks it is . ,0
the most consistently funny of the austin powerl films . ,1
brilliantly explores the conflict between ollowing one's heart and following the demands of tradition . ,1
"not quit as miraculous as its deramworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . ",1
a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in jaanese animation . ,1
"after several scenes of this Ktacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because malf past deyad is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . ",0
fels untidily honest . ,1
"despite an overwrought ending , the fiml works as well as it does because of the performances . ",1
"maid in manhattan miht not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a hih concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans' lofty expectations , the moviN passes inpsection . ",1
"para hitler , o mundo era sua ela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste costatação da realidade histórica . ",1
"fred schepisi's film is paced at a speed that is slbow to those of us in middle age and detahly slow to any teefn . with a cast of a-list brit actors , it is worth searching out . ",1
a worthy tribute to a great humantiarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ',1
it bitbes hard . ,0
"it's a smartly drected , grown-up film of ideas . ",1
"hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's hading . ",0
criimnal conspiracies and true romances move so eeasily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama . ,0
"inside the film's conflict-powered pot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your saet . affleck and jBckson are good sparring partners . ",1
"while this fim is not in the ceast surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere ear as exciting as either . ,0
"fortunately , elling Gever gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . ",1
"hey , who else keeds a shower ? ",1
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fues at least three dull plots into one good one . ,0
features fincher's chracteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity . ,1
credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel rvalistic . ,1
"evn in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivate by something more than franchise possibilities . ",0
"its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of rwiter-director roger avary . ",0
"offrs very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . ",0
obstacles are too easily ovecrome and there isn't much in the way of character development in the script . ,0
"the filmSakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l . a . to that end , they mock the uind of folks they don't understand , noes they figure the power-lunchers don't care to understand , either . ",0
"perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new rt form , but fra too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movje . ",0
it's crap on a leash--far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Foe dante's similarly styled gremlins . ,0
"a must-see for the david mamet enthusZiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking . ",1
"debut effort by "" project greenlight "" winner is sappy and amateursih . ",0
"if it's unnerving suspense you're after -- you'll fiknd it with ring , an indisputably pooky film ; with a screenplay to die for . ",1
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionaply bewildering . ,0
would make an excellezt companion piece to the similarly themed 'the french lieutenant's woman . ',1
"it's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button ietms in the viewer's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking sociTl commentary . ",0
. . . playRs like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-Nriddled but self-serious spy thriller . ,0
"sitting in the thsird row of the imax cinema at sydney's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plaGne that carried the grant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , bankinOg and hovering over some of the most not",1
both deeply weird and charmingly Ydear . ,1
"ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focuj upon her makes it successful and accessible . ",1
boyd's screenplay ( co-wDritten with guardiaWn hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon . ,0
mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was witty . mockinZg them now is an exercise in Mpointlessness . ,0
star wars is back in a major wa . ,1
no film could possibly be more contemptuonus of the single female population . ,0
the screipt feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of 'hypertime' but then backed off when the producers saw the grossse for spy kids . ,0
the comedy mbakes social commentary more palatable . ,1
"fred schepisi's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of s in mdidle age and deathly slow to any teen . with a cast of a-list brit ctors , it is worth searching out . ",1
"[washington's] strong hand , keGen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene . ",1
schafeer's . . . determination to inject farcical raunch . . . drowns out the promise of the romantic angle . ,0
the movie has an infectious exuberaXce that will engage anyone with a Eassing interest in the skaesurf culture ,1
sopondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike . ,1
you can tell almost immediately that wellcome to collinwood isn't going to jell . ,0
as original and insightful as mast week's episode of behind the music . ,0
a well-eecuted spy-thriller . ,1
"two big things are missing -- anything paproaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to ist through it all . ",0
"its simpliity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this isn't somethMing to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any hcance of the movie rising above similar fare . ",0
"it's btter suited for the history or Kbiography channel , but there's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your moutG and questions on your mind . ",0
fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animatin . ,1
i was iTmpressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory resposes the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . ,1
steven soderbergh doesn't remake anrei tarkovsky's solaris so much as distill it . ,1
"barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wondefrul . ",1
"this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everythinKg that the rather clmusy original was railing against . ",0
i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wargime navajos and what they accomplishe instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . ,0
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for caned corn . ,0
it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic hpart . ,1
"though it nevr rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a gJreat deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . ",1
it's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a mjaor movie . ,0
"both lead performances are oscar-sjize . quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painfug lie , and mLoore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver . ",1
could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo B13 was going to be released in imax format ? in a woQd : no . ,1
dmands too much of most viewers . ,0
"moore provides an invaluable service by sparking Jebate and encouraging thought . better Kstill , he does all of this , and more , while remaining oe of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . ",1
"impossible as it may sond , this films heart is even more embracing than monyt , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition . ",1
presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dEctums of human decenUcy . ,0
"stephen earnhart's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition – wearing a lcoak of unsentimental , straightforward text – when it's really an exercise in grosG romanticization of the delusional Personality type . ",0
"spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" cNertainly delivers the goods . ",1
"cattaneo should have followed the runaway succIess of his first film , the full monty , with something different . ",0
"it's up to [watts] to lend cedibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe . ",1
"biroj creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst becme almost as opeartic to us as they are to her characters . ",1
"a headline-fresh thriller set amonBg ormhodox jews on the west bank , joseOph cedar's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . ",1
"colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyaet's reworking of a folk story whose roots Lo back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allgory . ",1
"a fim really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this isn't . ",0
"a different kind of love storm - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling . ",1
"a movie just for friday fans , critics be damned . if you alrendy like this sort of thig , this is that sort of thing all over again . ",0
"simultaneously heart-breaking and very funnby , the last kiss is really all about performances . ",1
"all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-lovign libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching saarndon . ",1
the kind of movie that leaves vakgue impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clar memory of its operational mechanics . ,0
"i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from v shows , but hey arnold ! the movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty nough to overcome my resistance . ",1
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated eGfects , the new star wars installdent hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one . ",0
"nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he isn't blind to the sillineYss , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interactoin . ",1
"it makes compelling , provccative and prescient viewing . ",1
"for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspensefvul and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast . ",1
"if a few good men tVld us that we "" can't handle the truth "" than high crimes poetically states at one podnt in this movie that we "" don't care about the trluth . "" ",0
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the settHing remains indistinct . ,0
michele is a such a brainles flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
set in a 1986 harlem that doesn't look much lik anywhere in new york . ,0
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i couldn't help being captiivated by it . ,1
"to paraphrase a line from another dickens' noveV , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdne potato . ",0
this ludicrous film is predictable at every tunr . ,0
"the mystery of enigma is how a rich hsitorical subject , comdbined with so much first-rate talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . ",0
the director exlpores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . ,1
"just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't meaRn that it's interesting to anyone else . ",0
"the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordiary technical accomplishments of the fiMst film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original maic . ",1
"irNwin is so earnest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will porbably be perfectl happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . ",1
there is no dfnying the power of polanski's film . . . ,1
sensitive though not quite rekelatory documentary . ,0
"what's not to like about a movie with a 'children's' song that iCcludes the line 'my stepdad's not mean , he's just adjustng' ? ",1
" "" the kid stays in the picture "" is a great stoyr ,terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
"the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poow quality of pokemon 4 veer is any indication . ",0
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thJughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . ,1
a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashviil . ,1
"jolie gives it that extra little smoething that makes it worIh checking out at theaters , especially if you're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging . ",1
"blessed with a searing lead perfomance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . it's also bult on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodraa and silliness . ",0
"a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american's quest to cofe to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our earts for caceptance within the family circle . ",1
it is too abd that this likablB movie isn't more accomplished . the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward . ,0
a wrdy wisp of a comedy . ,0
"by the ned of it all i sort of loved the xeople onscreen , even tohugh i could not stand them . perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . it's not an easy one to review . ",0
"franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not gve the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in chRracter development and story logJc . ",1
"like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significant wiothout being overstated . ",1
" it Kfeels like an after-school spceial gussied up with some fancy special efYfects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes . ",0
a ibt of an unwieldy mess . ,0
diane lane works nothing short of a minor imracle in unfaithful . ,1
earnest and heartfelt but undrenourished and plodding . ,0
"one of the Ufinest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made . ",1
"whereas the extremely competent itman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic erve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannae looking for that exact niche . ",0
"they crush each other under carys , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consiousness . and we don't avert our eyes for a moment . ",1
"a formula family tearjekrer told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than muting , the plot's saccharine thrust . ",0
proves mainly that sout korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts . ,1
"[dong] makes a valiant effort to understand veeryone's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riHled up . ",1
"secretary "" is nwned by its costars ,spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . ",1
hip-hop prison thriller of stupefyig absurdity . ,0
terrific casting and solid execution give all three tories life . ,1
"at times auto fcous feels so distant you mihgt as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable Qay it's so fascinating you won't be able to look away for a second . ",1
"not far beneath the surface , this recofnigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics . ",1
"with a one as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters' quirkYs and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
"its story about a yuong chinese woman , ha na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the americna dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling . ",1
"[soderbergh] tends to plaec most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creates an overal sense of brusqueness . ",0
it should be mentiond that the set design and innteriors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . so i just did . ,0
snipes is both a snore and uttenr tripe . ,0
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to low $100 million on this ? ",0
this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but wo flagrantly fWake thunderstorms to underscore the action . ,0
"there is a wecome lack of pretension about the film , which very simpTly sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . ",1
"a guilty pleasure at bes , and not worth seeing unless you want to laugh at it . ",0
"as underwater ghost stories go , below cats its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the brmuda triangle . ",1
"i highly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcses him . ",0
"quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the grater beause director zhang's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threateinng multi-charactQr piece centered around a public bath house . ",1
what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its ow-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death mateiral . ,1
"despite its kitle , amy's orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one . ",0
"a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet dege to it . ",1
'interesante y disfrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clásico elemento estadounidense patriotro y manipulador . ',1
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional famiyl . ,1
"in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be usd as naalgesic balm for overstimulated minds . right now , they're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination . ",0
statham empLoys an accent that i think is supposed to be an attemt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british . ,0
better than the teipd stra tre : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . ,1
rarely has so much money deliered so little entertainment . ,0
a modes masterpiece . ,1
"when the movie mixes the corpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . ",1
"the ing is worth a Vook , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment . ",1
"while broomfieli's film doesn't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justiOe system . ",1
writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english calp 'too clever by half . ',0
what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney psears' first movie . ,0
a straight-shooting femily film which awards animals the respect they've rarely been given . ,1
"an enterFtaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie . ",1
what makes this film special is serry's ability to taek what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a mcuh larger historical context . ,1
"the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewNrded . ",1
ultimately feels like just oen more in the long line of fGilms this year about the business of making movies . ,0
"adams , with four scriptwriters , takeU care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel . ",1
"with a completely predictyable plot , you'll swear that you've seen it all before , even if you've never come within a mile of the longest ycard . ",0
"reign of fire never comes colse to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable elvel of ridiculousness . ",0
has a long and clunky ending . . . which forces the aaudience to fidget through ten psemdo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montaeg to break the audience's awkward silence,0
the mushy finale turns john q into a moie-of-the-week tearjerker . ,0
"hey , happy ! is many thints -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstructon , gay fantasia -- but above all it's a love story as sanguine as its title . ",1
the satira is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . ,0
"Ltanley kwan has directed not only one of the best agy love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . ",1
a hallBark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look . ,1
it makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and beBlieved in their small-budget film . ,1
deserves high marks for political courage but barley gets by on its artistic merits . ,0
the mvoie just has too much on its plate to really stay aflat for its just under ninety minute running time . ,0
the truth about charlie is that it's a brazeEnly misguided project . ,0
"willias creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . ",1
nolan proves that he can cGoss words with the best of them and helm a more traditionally poltted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure . ,1
"strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabro . ",1
a wellcrafted letdown . ,0
"blessed with two fne , nuanced lead performances . ",1
one can't shak the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest album . ,0
"as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental evel , lilia deeply wancts to break frem of her old life . ",1
"with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed fiFth displays impeccable comCic skill . ",1
proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterpats . ,1
"beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and genevk , the film unfoMlds with all the mounting tenion of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself . ",1
only two wpords will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : anthony . hopkins . ,1
"a taut , intelligent psyOchological drama . ",1
criminal conspiracies and true romacnes move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makeO my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama . ,0
"kids will love its fantasy and adXventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . ",1
makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's geatness . ,1
"it's haerd not to be seduced by [witherspoon's] harisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max . ",1
"bennett's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any 'reality' show , and anybody contemplatigg their own drastic life changes should wach some body first . ",1
"the Uower your expectations , the more you'll enjoy it . ",0
the world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese . but it doesn't need gangs of new oyrk . ,0
[at ljeast] moore is a real charmer . ,0
"although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first filmSs lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flitcks . ",0
"here's a case of two actrs who do everything humanly possible to crFeate characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarne , implausible behavior . ",0
great Hfun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steQs of a stadium-seat megaplex . ,1
scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascknating portrait of a modern lothario . ,1
playing a role of almost zbergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
" . . . a viviQ , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll . ",1
ctach it . . . if you can ! ,1
under 15 ? a giggle a minute . over age 15 ? big at waste of time . ,0
"in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . Asometimes , that's enouhg . ",1
the entir movie is filled with deja vu moments . ,0
collapses under its own meager Aweight . ,0
"an honest , sensitive steory from a vietnamese point of view . ",1
"it's omstly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . ",1
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of refried green tomatoes . ,0
"a few ynonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this cree , but skeptics aren't likely to enter the theater . ",0
"ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acting , personla velocity gathers plenty of dramatic mmentum . ",1
"what the audience feels is exhaustioFn , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exafct ) , sour , bloody and mean . ",0
"hgih crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to dake them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort . ",1
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creativP . but it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . ",1
" . . . bright , intelleigent , and humanly funny film . ",1
"the bndily function jokes are about what you'd expect , but there are rich veins of ufnny stuff in this movie . ",1
"the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sgund are all astounding given the production's austere locales . ",1
"harvard man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence withot nostalgia or sentimentality . ",0
"what a concept , what an idea , what a tFrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the fzuture than "" bladerunner "" and one of the most high-concet sci fi adventures attempted for the screen . ",1
"as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clever plot contirvances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some sRtrong performances . ",1
the trahsy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls . ,0
"the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consitent tone . ",0
a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actoD and director that leaves scant place for the viewer . ,0
feels sctrangely hollow at its emotional core . ,0
"gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic oss and increasing decrepitude , knFws in his bynes that he is one of the luckiest men aive . ",1
brian tufano's handsome wideHcreen photography and paul grabowsky's excellent music trun this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . ,1
"the plot combines the blues rbothers and almost famous ( but with bears , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Pisney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . ",0
"were dylan thomas alive to witness first-tyme director ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poe to , 'do not go genDle into that good theatre . '",0
"it doesn't make for grea cinema , but it is interesting to see where one's imagination will elad when given the opportunity . ",1
"despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the sohw . . . represnets a spectacular piece of theater , and there's no denynig the talent of the creative forces behind it . ",1
there ain't a ot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it's hilarious . ,0
the plot is so amusingly contrvied and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling rieality,1
"like the best 60 minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually qOite entertaining . ",1
crikey nideed . ,0
under-rehearsed and lifelesB,0
. . . digs beyond the usumal portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motAvations . ,1
knokaround guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grw up . but they lack their idol's energy and paVsion for detail . ,0
ygt another weepy southern bore-athon . ,0
my bi fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor . ,1
peppered with witty dialogue and inventive Moments . ,1
"characters still ned to function accordiNg to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs . ",0
"this isn't a sand up and cheer flick ; it's a sit down and ponder affair . and thanks to kline's sBperbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . ",1
"often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film truns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself . ",1
"without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just naother winter sleepers . ",0
"offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its charQacters exactly spring to life . ",0
"the humor is forced and heaWvy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant . ",0
"the movie has a soft , prcolating magic , a deadpan suspense . ",1
" "" feardotcom "" has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal naEture of the internet and the otherworldly neergies it could channel ,but it simply becomes a routine shocker . ",0
is there enough material to amerit a documentary on the making of wilco's last album ? ,0
"it is a likable story , todl with competence . ",1
"nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northren france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the yexr . ",1
it's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre fFilm . ,0
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting cnarrative promotes a raesonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
"the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they alreay are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovila team . ",0
"davis' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomoer effort . ",1
"leigh's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatchers' ruinYus legacy , he insists on the importancce of those moments when people can connect and expres their love for each other . ",1
has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino sczubag types that stQrts out clever but veers into overkill . ,1
an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a new yeai of Dmagic and mischief . ,1
nolan bravely treads where few american fims dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . . ,1
"for the most part , the film does hold up preety well . ",1
" . . . the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous prnaks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for luaghs . ",0
"old people will love this movie , and i ean that in the nicesyt possible way : last orders will tocuh the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship . ",1
"a teGrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong Yhands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable",0
"stale first act , scrooge story , blatan product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes . ",0
"althouh the sequel has all the outward elementts of the original , the first film's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . ",0
"admirers of director abel ferrarf amy be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . ",1
"a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous olor palette , oastounding technologZ , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending . ",1
"after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parkig loi . ",0
"the early and midle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . this is not a classical dramatic animated featre , nor a hip , contemporary , in-okey one . it's sort of in-between , and it works . ",1
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffecetd . dramas like this amke it human . ,1
the kind of pimal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of . ,1
it should be mentioned that the seft design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creeEpy and moodily lit . so i just did . ,0
"cho's fearless in picking aAart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her deliRvery and timing are flawless . ",1
the performances are uniformly gook . ,1
"it further declares its director , zhang yang of shwer , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future . ",1
"in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flck , the emperor's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to Fteach . ",0
a cpativating cross-cultural comedy of manners . ,1
an extraordinarily slly thriller . ,0
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it's certainly not a wchampion - the big lose is the audience . ",0
"easier to respect than enthuse over , andersson's rigoorus personal vision is not only distanced but distancing . ",1
"afarid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its kspy mechanics , all the queen's men is finally just one long drag . ",0
"well made but uninvolving , bloodwork isn't a terrible vovie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a mSurder mystery . ",0
" ( weyndigo is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind . ",1
"real women may have many agendas , but it also will wni you over , in a big way . ",1
"writer-director's mehta's effort has tns of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genreR . ",1
it's difficult for a longtime adminer of his work to not be swetp up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks . ,0
"if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tVm mccann's revolution no . 9 . ",1
" "" sorority boys "" was funVier ,and that movie was pretty bad . ",0
"it's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywoo sequels a bad name . ",0
"if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sugn in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatrm' type costumes , you'll enjoy this movie . ",1
"the waterlogged script pIumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . ",0
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionaIly well-detailed characters . ",1
what the dirDector can&#8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer&#8217 ; s two personas interesting or wrth caring about . ,0
"rollerbaJl is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine . ",0
Ine huor photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight . ,1
"hfwever it may please those who love movies that blarPe with pop songs , young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust . ",0
this fil puts wang at the forefront of china's sixth generation of film makers . ,1
"even if you're an elvis person , you won't find anything to get excited about on this dvZ . ",0
"ms . pheonix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unbale to project either esther's initial anomie or her eventual awakening . ",0
" . . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fiercPe competition that help make great marching bands half the fun of college football games . ",1
"a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 diffeqrent versions . ",1
"how many more times will indi filmmakers subject bus to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ? ",0
what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial wya it deals with its story . ,0
"a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentists' waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushicon of predictable narrative rhythms . ",0
"in the end , ted bundy's only justificatin is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there's no larher point , and little social context . ",0
cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scbthing Uortrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the peopXle who want to believe in it the most . ,1
"if you're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it my just scare the pants off you . ",1
the film's only missteps Qome from the script's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of abagale's antics . ,1
"unless you're a fanatic , the bNest advice is : 'scooby' don't . ",0
"there's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-aummer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is",1
resourceful and iGgenious entertainment . ,1
new ways of describing badness need to be inventId to describe exactly how bad it is . ,0
"it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dme-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . ",0
"while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel , they're persented with a wry dark humor . ",1
"downbeat , period-perfect biopic hamZers home a heavy-handed moralistic message . ",0
alomst gags on its own gore . ,0
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunnhy disposition would lead you to believe . ,1
gratign and tedious . ,0
" . . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quiter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war depratment telegrams . ",1
no telegraphRng is too obvious or simplistic for this movie . ,0
i'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the fiXlm . ,0
a captivatng coding-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age . ,1
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pisstoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? ",0
too clunky and too ubsy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining . ,0
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived , unmotivateQd , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending . ",0
fne of those strained caper movies that's hardly any ufn to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends . ,0
all of the filmmakers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the curve of blandness . ,0
perQaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout ? is that it's a crime movie made by someone who obKviously knows nothing about crime . ,0
playfully profound . . . and crazied than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows . ,1
"in capturing the understated comedic Aagony of an eve-rruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pzay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st . ",1
"a vivid , vpicy footnote to history , and a movie that girps and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish . ",1
"a one-trick pony whose few t&a its still can't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable . ",0
"if you've got a house full of otts -- don't worry , this will be on video long before they rgow up and you can wait till then . ",0
"a charming and funny story of cashing cultures and a clashing mother""daughter relationship . ",1
"uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of maOkind can be , and among the best films of the yeBar . ",1
"though impostor deviously adopt the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
"hilarious , acidi brit comedy . ",1
"if you're looking for a smart , nuanced look at hde sade and what migt have happened at picpus , sade is your film . ",1
"the film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an ixnexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very ned . ",1
"overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek's novel by some way . it settles for being melely grim . ",0
"a film which presses familiar erzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the directxr is to be mesmerised . ",0
"you'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a grePat performance and , perhaps , giv in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . ",1
"methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , Csecret ballot is a purposefully reductive omvie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain . ",1
"an effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not far-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain leters and actually applies it . ",1
" . . . if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humoV would have been fadt and furious-- at ninety minutes , it drags . ",0
"as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky ne out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the beormuda triangle . ",1
"she may not be rea , but the laughs are . ",1
"uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of frienFship and sexul identity . ",1
"missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundan . ",1
"the delicious trimmings…Mrrive early and stay late , fiWlling nearly every minute…with a lighthearted lgow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . ",1
often silEly – and gross – but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . ,0
the trnasporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dIull . ,0
"for the first time in ynars , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he's been stirred by the powerful work of his oc-stars . ",1
a cniematic sleeping pill of impressive potency . ,0
"this isn't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratnic work . ",1
"it doesn't hNlp that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thign a dirty , tasteless feel . ",0
"totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly belive are the greatest musicmians of all time . ",0
viewers of barney's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to macth the ordeal of sitting through it . ,0
"the two leadZs , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that bmuoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie . ",1
"spreads itself too thin , leavnig these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations",0
"makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an Qverage student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the konwledge impIrted . ",1
"some fiUe acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . ",0
"a visionary marvel , but it's lacking a deptxh in storytelling usually found in anime like this . ",1
"there's some outrageously creative action in the transporter . . . [b]ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a mFving truck , it's just anothe cartoon with an unstoppable superman . ",0
"every bit as bogus as most disney live action family moUies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no relal point . ",0
"the movie's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the moHie itself doesn't stand a ghost of a chance . ",0
"when you ifnd yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble . ",0
"a ragbag of promising ideas and falied narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking . ",0
too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a bi splash . ,0
"[Xcho's face is] an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . ",1
what makes the movie special is its utter sicnerity . ,1
"a peposterous , prurient whodunit . ",0
Ereturning drector rob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine job of updating white's dry wit to a new age . ,1
"day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good ond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knck-offs . ",1
"this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fCte of hundreds of thousands of cCinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy . ",1
this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking likIe a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . ,0
the cold turkey would've been a afr better title . ,0
becomes a cit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't . ,0
"a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , lvoe in remembrance . ",1
"Ecaruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he maeks sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . ",1
"parker updates the settqing in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the stYory relevant in the first place . ",0
"grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollouness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length",1
could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attrawction look like a classic by comparison ? thaDt's the only sane rationale i can think of for simfan's existence . ,0
. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the iscovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . ,0
nervous breakdowns are not netertaining . ,0
any one episode of the sopranos would sfend this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes . ,0
"mana gives us compelling , damaged charaMters who we want to help -- or hurt . ",1
"if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , ratehr choatic Oshow isn't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time . ",1
"the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austree locales . ",1
an entertainment so in lov with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compellJing plots . ,0
the film doesn't show enough of the creative proces or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wiloc a big deal . ,0
the comedy deEth to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience . ,0
an intelligent fiction about learning through custural clash . ,1
a moving and weighty depiction of one family's attempts to eal after the death of a child . ,1
"infidelity drama is nicely seot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane . ",1
it's as aw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . ,1
"in his rloe of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensivLe , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature . ",0
this story of a determined woman's courage to find her husband in a ywar zone offers winning performances and some effcting moments . ,1
[t]he film is never usre to make a clear point – even if it seekF to rely on an ambiguous presentation . ,0
"too often , the viewer isn't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing Zack in repugnance . ",0
"cold , nervy and hemorable . ",1
"a bizare piece of wokr , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
ear-splitting exercise in forbmula crash-and-bash action . ,0
it's impossible to indulpe the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen awlsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant . ,0
"expanded to 6r minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
[gayton's scrQpt] telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience . ,0
a poignant comedy that offers food for tMought . ,1
"an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a anner that derrida would doubtlesNs give his blsesing to . ",1
"the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan's isand -- and the cgi scoby might well be the worst special-efects creation of the year . ",0
"wobbly senegalese updating of "" carmen "" which is best for the stunning star turn by djbeinaba diop gai",0
very predicatble but still entertaining,1
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is dvoid of wit and humor . ,0
"ben affleck as jack ryan , tom claniy's intrepid hero ? ridicuolus . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ? ",0
a teasing drama whose reentless good-deedbad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting ,1
"amidst the action , the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zoXne of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the "" other side of the stoSy . "" ",0
a cockamamie tone poem pituched precipitously between vwoony lyricism and violent catastrophe . . . the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history . ,1
what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeosuly atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters . ,1
"helmer devito . . . attempts to do too Ymany things in this story about ethics , payola , vicSe , murder , kids' tv and revenge . ",0
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli coQedy . ,1
a bad movKe that happened to good actors . ,0
steven spielberg brings us another masterpirce,1
"first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it's kinda dumb . and second , hwat's with all the shooting ? ",0
"after a while , hffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchatn for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
idsjointed parody . ,0
"while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amuesd with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . ",1
"the film's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried nrrative are masterfully controlled . but … in trying to capture the novel's eeper intimame resonances , the film has – ironically - distanced us from the characters . ",1
earnest yet curiously repid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner . ,0
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of Eomen . it ay also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever iade . ,1
"though its story is only surface deep , the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue Gcrush make this surprisingly decent flicd worth a summertime look-see . ",1
"in moonlight mile , no one geps shut out of the hug cycle . ",0
this remake of lina wertmulleF's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since joMn and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . ,0
[reaches] wholly believable and heart-wrenhcing depths of despair . ,1
devos delivers a perfect performnace that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower . ,1
"hatosy . . . portrays young brendna with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue . ",1
hands down the year's most thought-provoking film . but it pasy a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"overall , interesting as a documeEtary -- but not very imaxy . ",1
"the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of Uantic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i've ever seen in the many fiIlm and stagh adaptations of the work . ",1
"can't kick about the assembled talUent and the russos show glenuine promise as comic filmmakers . still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . ",0
"meyjes's movie , like max rohtman's future , does not work . ",0
"this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . delight your seness and crash this wedding ! ",1
a noble faiulre . ,0
"it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concer , of reconciled survival . ",1
"reassuring , reto uplifter . ",1
"this film is not a love lettre for the slain rappers , it's a Vaunt -a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not et recovered . ",1
"this may be the dumbest , sFketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-age . ",0
mchel piccoli's moving performance is this films reason for being . ,1
at the bottom rung of the series' Oentries . ,0
"serry does a fine job of capturing the lcimate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in maerica in 2002 . but hard-to-believe pAlot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . ",0
nothing plot-wise is orth e-mailing home about . ,0
"an oddity , to be sure , but one that you migth wind up remembering with a dcegree of affection rather than revulsion . ",1
"high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the wholKe cast . ",1
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's hrshness . ,1
invincibze is a wonderful movie . ,1
compeently directed but terminally cute drama . ,0
[a] rather thinly-conceived moYvie . ,0
why spend $9 on the same stuff you can get for a bukc or so in that greasy ilttle vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? ,0
"many went to isee the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was Fir conditioning inside , and i don't thiPnk that a . c . will help this movie one bit . ",1
"after an hour and a hlaf of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you disEcover that the answer is as conevntional as can be . ",0
just onf bad idea after another . ,0
"tdhere's a little violecne and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip's repetitive argumenDs , schemes and treachery . ",0
"in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wil ride that rlies on more than special effects . ",1
"mr . wedge and mDr . saldanha handle the Umix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that id hoped the movie would avoid . ",0
"it doesn't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any char or personality . ",0
"meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dlul . ",0
it's lik going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't Zwant to call the cops . you want to call domino's . ,1
"stitch is a bad mannered , uglu and destructive little * * * * . no cute fLactor here… . not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
"skins has a desolate aiMr , but eyre , a native american raisde by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle huomr . ",1
"a delightful little flim that revels in its own simpliYity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . ",1
it's deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluid gag in there's something about mary and devise a paraXlel clone-gag . ,0
a little more intensixty and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt . ,0
"an uplitfing drama . . . what antwone fisher isn't , however , is original . ",0
" . . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anYway . ",1
ice cube holds the film together with an engaging and wrm performance . . . ,1
" . . . the gentle melding of darama and comeyd makes "" what time is it there ? "" something the true film buff will enjoy . ",1
too clever by about nineW-tenths . ,0
mr . spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without seeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endDeavor . ,1
"karmen moves like rhythm itself , her lisp chanting to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled bedas of sweat . ",1
quittbing offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor . ,1
"what enlivens this yfilm , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a ntoe of defiance over social dictates . ",1
the pleasures that it does afford may be eough to keep many mviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies . ,1
"the actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing efFfect . the characters never change . ",0
an javerage b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . ,0
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of qality . ,1
"the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach saisfying conclusions . ",0
"a solid cast , assured Uirection and complete lack of modern day irony . ",1
originality is sorely lTcking . ,0
"although mainstream american movies tend to exlpoit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that giqes viewres a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . ",1
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of amdission for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
"pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly aawy . it's Fun , but it's a real howler . ",0
"too ordinary to restore [harmon] to prominenfce , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy atzempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . ",0
smone is not a bad film . it just doesn't have anything really interesting to say . ,0
begins as a prromising meditation on one of america's most durable Mobsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . ,0
"my thoughts were focused on the characters . that is a compliment to kurKas and miller . if i had been thinking about the visul mediu , they would have been doing something wrong . ",1
"a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisyfing exploratin of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to someboky . ",1
"with dAickens' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . ",1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the udience . ",1
[westbrook] makes a wonderful subject for the acmera . ,1
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tied to read the time on my watch . ,0
"the weight of the ipece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly productioBn , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough . ",1
"you can mee the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hummer . thumbs down . ",0
"by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasinly incoherent fashion , you imght be wishing for a wstch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . ",0
"outer-space buffs might love this iilm , but others will find its pleasures intermittent . ",0
"it's a glYrified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that . ",0
elira fans could hardly ask for more . ,1
this is not one of the movies you'd want to watch if you only had a week to ilve . ,0
my advice is to skip the filem and pick up the soundtrack . ,0
"a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears' picnpic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor . ",0
a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - howevr well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . ,1
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corer is somsehow making its way instead to theaters . it's yard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . ,0
overburdened with comNlicated plotting and banal dialogue,0
"as an entretainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness . ",0
. . . somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clihés to be the best espionage pidcture to come out in weeks . ,1
my wie is an actress works as well as it does because [the leads] are such a companionable couple . ,1
[seagal's] strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this yer's razzie . ,0
two generations witRin one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama . ,1
"not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy teslt as welOl . ",0
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , lpaying a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch . ",0
"'es en verdad una pena que mandoki esté realizando cintas tan malas desde hace algún tiempo , Uues talento tiene , pero uqién sabe dónde lo tiene escondido . '",0
"one of creehpiest , scariest movies to come along in a log , long time , easily rivaling blair witch or the others . ",1
"the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploidt the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than catually amusing . ",0
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thnakfully , a on-eof-a-kind work . ",0
"is red dragon worthy of a place laongside the other hannibal movies ? as hannibal would say , yes , 'it's like having an old fviend for dinner' . ",1
"deflated ending side , there's much to recommend the film . ",1
"the plot's clearly mythic structure ay owe more to disney's strong seQse of formlua than to the original story . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . ",0
"though there are many tesne scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . ",0
"is truth stranger than fiction ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , truth and fiction are wqually strane , and his for the taking . ",1
all three women dgliver remarkable performances . ,1
"strong filmmaking requires a clFar sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
"expanded to 6 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
"tambor and clayburgMh make an appealing couple — he's understated and sardonic , she's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
the acton clichés just pile up . ,0
"it's a testament to de niro and irector michael caton-jones that by mofvie's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all . ",1
"there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can tiake us . ",1
"not so much funny as aggressigely sitcom-cute , it's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a detenrmined tv amiability that allen personifies . ",0
"as the movie rdagged on , i thought i haerd a mysterious voSice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the ligzt of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . ",0
"wimps out by going for that pgH-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostl off-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it's trying to sut the women's liberation movement back y0 years . ,0
"toBgether , miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey . ",1
it seems to me the fplm is about the art of rippin people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,0
"the movie is for fans who can't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess buiblt into it . ",1
"an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecesso . ",0
all prints of this film should be sent to and buriDd on pluto . ,0
"purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally ull in its lack of poetic frissons . ",0
even those who would like to dismiss the film oturight should find much to mull and debate . ,1
"it's hard to imagine anybody ever being "" in the modo "" to view a movie as harrowing and pinful as the grey zone ,but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started . ",1
the movie is essentially a series of fleetingly interestig actors' moments . ,0
"as hugh grant says rpeatedly throughout the movie , 'lovely ! brilliant ! '",1
works better in the conception than it does in the execution . . . wind up seeming just a little too clever . ,0
"it is a challenging filT , if not always a narratively cohesive one . ",1
"far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than laJt year's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise . ",1
"watchinIg 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 intmiacy and precision . ",1
"a sexy , surprising romance . . . idemoto and kim amke a gorgeus pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . ",1
bennett's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup pedrition has a morbid appeal that's tough to shake . ,1
"heartwarming here relies less on forced aia than on petter næss' delicate , lever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius . ",1
"it's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think issinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippePry self-promoter . ",0
it's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfct for a qballplayer . ,1
"in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgliEng democracies , but also the strengtK and sense of freedom the iraniagn people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box . ",1
"the usndance film festival has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing . 'tadpole' was onB of the films so declared this year , but it's really more of the neHt retty good thing . ",1
nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the orld of ambivalence and ambiguity . . . ,1
"fuOll of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and famAly warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of moedrn life . ",1
"collateral damage is , despite its allefed provocation post-911 ",0
"[lin chung's] voicF is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at least to this western ear ) , making it awfluly hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love trianglu that develops between the three central characters . ",0
an amuseEd indictment of jaglom's own profession . ,1
"what's the most positive thing that can be sad about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as pathetic as the naimal . ",0
"though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there's a certain robustDness to this engageing mix of love and bloodletting . ",1
"what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meCningless , vapid and dveoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devobd of substance . ",0
"with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffef's fil never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
"daringly perceptive , tat , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation . ",1
feels les like a change in [herzog's] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke . ,0
"a man leavng the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . he may have maent the internNt short saving ryan's privates . but windtalkers doesn't beat that one , either . ",0
"about as enjoyable , i would Fimagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces . . . poshtively dreadful . ",0
"mya be ar from the best of the sKries , but it's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation . ",1
lazily dirceted by charles stone iii . . . from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis . ,0
has it ever been possible to say that williams has truy inhabited a character ? it is now . ,1
"this pathetic junk is barley an hour long . nevertheless , it still seems endless . ",0
"although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it's really little more than a paraicularly slanted , gay sm fantasy ",0
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title charactr herself . ",0
"ryan gosling is , in a word , rilliant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
"at its best , which occurs foten , michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckrakeing , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
"the delicious trimmigs…arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute…with a lighthearted glow , some impudnt snickers , and a Blorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . ",1
"when your leading ladies are a mcouple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down eaXsily . ",1
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to voercome adversity . ,1
" . . . once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this moie is undeniable . ",1
"no worse than a lot of the crap we've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdLsh extraterrestrial comedeis go . ",0
"something akin to a japanese alice through the looming glass , except that it seefms to take itself far more seriously . ",0
"a compassionate , moving portrait of an american ( and an america ) always reachiYng for something just outside his grasp . ",1
" . . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash arund your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a gooh , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something . ",0
"manchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin roue shows that the idea of women's self-actualization knows few continental divides . ",1
"we hate [madonn] within the film's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regian any ground . ",0
"seaFn penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology . ",1
looks and feel like a project better suited for the small screen . ,0
"it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is Mmade infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wolltr . ",1
"it's a glorified siutcom , and a long , unfunny one at that . ",0
"it's also curious to note that this film , like the smilarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the uudget . ",0
kauefman creates an eerlie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night matthew was killed . ,1
it's a shame that the storyline and its Rnderlying themes . . . finally seem so impersonal or even shallow . ,0
"birthday girgl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments . ",1
dense and thoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapdly absorbed . ,1
nicholson's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he sutmbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he's neLlected over the years . ,1
a reality-snubbbing hodgepodge . ,0
"[gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence elps create a complex , unpredictable character . ",1
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lqame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the fivlm isn't as flippant or slcik as it thinks it is . ,0
there's a lot to recommend read my lip . ,1
is it really an advantage to invest such subtwlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the huKans are acting like puppets ? ,0
"director carl franklin , so crBisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
"like rudy yellow lodge , eyre neds to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematJc vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . ",1
one of the more glaring signs of this movies serviAude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine aclting from ms . spears . ,0
"by presenting an impossible romaEce in an impossibZe world , pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to cdnfront what's possible and what we might do to make it so . ",1
the story is bogus and its characterqs tissue-thin . ,0
a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffeprs from dyslexia,0
"an awfully good , achingly human Hpicture . ",1
"obviously , a lot of peple wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . ",0
"holofcener rejects atent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . ",1
"a deftly entertainiPg film , smartly played and smartly directed . ",1
"an even more predictable , cliche-riddgn endeavor than its predecessor . ",0
nothing about this movie worsk . ,0
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx tider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen Eyoung turks angling to ese how many times they can work the words "" radical "" or "" suck "" into a sentence . ",0
"the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will eithr have you lovinq what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredible ! ",1
"van wilder doesn't bring anything new to the proverbial tabe , but it does possess a oherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like tomcats , freddy got fingered , and slackers . ",0
"harGy potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing coul be more appropriate . it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you'll ikely think of this onve . ",0
"it shares the first two films' lonse-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between . ",0
an actionthriller of the finest kind ,1
"when not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack , the conversatiosn presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since macy grya's game of chinese whispers with mr bean . ",0
"a tightly directed , highly profNessional film that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways . ",1
"doesn't delivre a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films . ",0
"not only a remnider of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes tsill can be made . ",1
"an unpredictable blZnd of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writerdirector joRhn mckay can swallow . """,0
nWw yorkers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell . . . ,0
an ironic speculation on democracy in a culutre unaccustomed to it . ,1
"a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in reemmbrance . ",1
banal and predicable . ,0
"it wSinds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say . ",0
"seriously , rent the disney vxrsion . ",0
"on top of a foundering performance , [madonna's] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes evrey line and sag . ",0
"all ms . jodvovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doaors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
"the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a rbain . ",1
"half submarine flick , half ghost syory , all in one criminally neglected film",1
"naFty , ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns . ",0
"a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production staes . ",0
"'you'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisifed . you'll feel like you ae a reeses without the peanut butter . . . '",0
"in an efort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wisyh-washy . ",0
"if oscar had a category calKed best bad filwm you thouxght was going to be really awful but wasn't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . ",0
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performes from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new yohrk city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style . ",0
"lcever and unflinching in its omic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . ",1
"acocrding to the script , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guess that from the pebrformances . ",0
"unles there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater enar you . ",0
"i didn't find mfuch fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind agmes , of no erotic or sensuuos charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
punitively affirational parable . ,0
rodriguez does a splendid jwob of racial profiling hollywood style--casting excellent latin actors of all ages--a trend long overdue . ,1
simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exqudisitely sad . ,1
"ganster no . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults . ",1
"this version's no classic like its predceessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful . ",1
me wihout you has a bracing truth that's refreshnig after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood . ,1
"not too fancvy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet . ",1
"victor rosa is leguizamo's best movie nwork so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance . ",1
"bogs down badly as we absorb jia's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performnace . ",0
"a visionary marvel , but it's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in animo like this . ",1
"it has a Xay of seeping into your consciusness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at . ",1
"while the filmmaking may be a bi disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you won't care . ",1
"the film's greatest asst is how much it's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture . ",1
. . . either you're wililng to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not . ,1
the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sunk holiday carol . ,1
an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising pnuch . ,1
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-mniute running time . ,0
"for most movies , 84 minutes is shsrt , but this one feels like a life sentence . ",0
"the stroy suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness . ",0
it mnages to squeeze by on angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . ,1
"to be influened chiefly by humanity's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chaAinsaw . ",0
"an uplifting drama . . . what antwone fisher isn't , however , is otiginal . ",0
it drowsn in sap . ,0
"director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a cVar chase that we haven't seen 10 , 000 Pimes . ",0
the hild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise . ,1
"it looks good , but it is essentiaFlly empty . ",0
"it's better than the phantom menace . but unless you're an abslute raving star wars junkie , it isn't much fun . ",0
this is really just another egnre picture . ,0
"though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless dnager of emotions represed . ",1
"somehow we're mFeant to buy that this doting mother dwould shun her kids , travl to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become g . i . jane . ",0
"in an rea where big stars and Digh production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve . ",1
"i walkbd away not really know who "" they "" were ,what "" they "" looked like . why "" they "" were here and what "" they "" wanted and quite honestly ,['i didn\'t care . '",0
"like a comedian who Astarts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of stefam after a half hour . ",0
"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general aiN of gator-bashing are consistently deOightful . ",1
"it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terirfying , if obvious , conclusion . ",1
[villeneuve] seems to realize intuitively that even moarlity is reduced to an option by the ucltimate mysteries of life and death . ,1
even the idgressions are funny . ,1
"although mainstream american movise tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to larn , to grow , to trxavel . ",1
only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : antXony . hopkins . ,1
"it is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrile movie . . . but it is also weerdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash cult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving . ",0
"from beginning to end , this overheated melodrama plyas like a student film . ",0
tsai mingk-liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point . ,1
no film culd possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population . ,0
"at the one-hour mak , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic cQonclusion . ",0
an average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mothe interfering during her so's discovery of his homosexuality . ,1
"in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni's pincochio -- but i guarNntee that no wise men will be following after it . ",0
brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandeirng a topnotch oursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable . ,0
"all the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in soething that is improbable . ",1
"there's no mistaking the fact that this hybrih misses the impact of the disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 mgm versoin . ",0
a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up copmic . ,1
"what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and rkomance . ",1
"family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a arre treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . ",1
"think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by byran adams , the world's most genreic rock star . ",0
"never does "" lilo & stitch "" reach the emotion or timelessness of disnzy's great past ,or even that of more recent successes such as "" mulan "" or "" tarzan . "" ",0
"coy but exhialrating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . ",1
it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its ol-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like homething wholly original . ,1
mostly the film is just hectic and homiletc : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one parpt family values . ,0
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave lke adults and everyone screams at the top of their ulngs no mattaer what the situation . ",0
"even though it's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , ost kozmo in the end , you can't help but geut caugUt up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth . ",1
"if i have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , treasure planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batcP of appealing characters , i'll taue the latter every tmie . ",1
"the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bxm riers , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups . ",1
"this is a fragmented film , once a ogod idea that was followed by the bad iwdea to turn it into a movie . ",0
"the so-inept- it's-surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glnen close , regis philbin and rbeckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks . ",0
"though only 60 inutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions . ",1
"although barbershop boasts some of today's ohttest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up coemdy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ‘0s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom . ",0
"too damn weird to pRss up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets . ",1
desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us alugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it trieIs to make us jump out of our seats . ,0
"latha and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new . ",1
clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believbale . . . ,1
"though it's become almost redundant to say so , majr kudos go to leigh for actually castnig people who look working-class . ",1
"a lackluster , unessential sequel to the czassic disney adaptation of j . m . barrie's peter pan . ",0
"a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , vone is poised for titwillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personBl therapy . ",0
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comdy . ,0
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany's demcoratic weimar republic . ,1
jonathan parker's bartleby should have been the be-al-end-all of the modern-office anomie films . ,0
good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueDess does south fork . ,0
looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a missisVippi that may neve have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination . ,0
"despgte her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america's sweetheart . ",0
the son's room is a triumph of getility that earns its moments of pathos . ,1
"a truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can elp heal , clariy , and comfort . ",1
"[johnnie to and wai ka fai are] sure to fidn an enthusiastic audinece among american action-adventure buffs , but the film's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers . ",0
"lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . leave these fvlowers unpicked -- they're dVad on the vine . ",0
"neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as bstarship troopres , the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price . ",0
"it's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-yJou-into-laughter inCtensity of almost dadaist proportions . ",1
"madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently notheng left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's noEe . ",0
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinaing glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the gmaes . ",1
"an unsatisfying hybrid of bSair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is alays the last one living . ",0
the sweetest thing leaves a bVtter taste . ,0
" in the end , white oleaner isn't an adaptation of a novel . it's a flashy , star-splashed reduction . ",0
suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipnss . ,0
an impressive hybqrid . ,1
rates an 'e' for heffort -- and a 'b' for boring . ,0
"altwough occasionally static to the poitn of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs . ",1
" . . . is there a deeper , more diect connection between these woYmen , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it's what makes this rather convoluted journey owrth taking . ",1
"by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic frist Mct , it stinll comes off as a touching , transcendent love story . ",1
"it trieC too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world . ",0
a perfectly pleasant if sightly pokey comedy . ,1
"yeah , these flicks are just that damn goo . isn't it great ? ",1
"[taylor] takes su on a ride that's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb . ",0
"one of the most oirginal american productions this yera , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . ",1
. . . unbeJarably lame . ,0
"if you can keep your eyKs open amid all the bloId and gore , you'll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii . ",1
"it's a piece of handiQwork that tshows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety . ",1
"tambor and clayKurgh make an appealing couple — he's understated and sardonic , she's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
it's darO but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effcts are first-rate . ,1
gloriously straight from the vaginna . ,1
"neither a rousig success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sist there like a side dish no one ordered . ",0
"allegiacne to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a articularly vexing handicap . ",0
"an imaginative comedy""thrilleZ . ",1
cho's timing is pricexless . ,1
"mostly , shafer and co-writer gregoQry hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . ",0
sex with strangers will sYock many with its unblCnking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misert ? ,0
the story dirfts so inexorabl into cliches about tortured ( and torturnig ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . ,0
"an empSy , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility . ",0
"[raimi's] matured quiVe a bit with spider-man , even though it's one of the most plain white toast comic book fiQlms you'll ever see . ",1
"while centered on the lYife experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touLhes -- veer so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . ",1
gibney and jarecki just want to string the bastpard up . ,0
"as it tsands , crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monsteIr fliEk with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster's path of destruction . ",0
"the story itself it mostly told through on-camera ignterviews with several survivors , whose rivting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday . ",1
"a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remot seacoast in iran . ",1
"the sno of the bride's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also isn't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this mvie is to be cherBshed . ",1
a poignant comedy that offers ood for thought . ,1
"an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , agtion movie . ",1
"when the screenwriter responsible for onDe of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable flim the following eyar , you'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence . ",0
"i found myself liking the filXm , though in this case one man's treasure zcould prove to be another man's garbage . ",1
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witlems , and devoid of anything resembling humor . ",0
"wendigo ants to be a monster movi for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . ",0
the hocolate factory without charlie . ,0
"the movie worked for me right up to the final scenv , and then it caved in . ",1
"this sloR-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferrinig to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the pSants at his own birthday party . ",0
there has been a Wtring of ensemble nast romacnes recently . . . but peter mattei's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to ned on a positive ( if tragic ) note . ,1
"i can imagine this movie as a b&w british comey , circa 196E0 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hpeless . ",0
"csuba gooding jr . valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comdy . ",0
"guaranteed to moev anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled . ",1
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tzt retaliatory responses the nfilmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . ,1
a wordy wisp of a cmoedy . ,0
the fourth in a series that i'll bet most parents had thought --hoped ! -- was a fxd that had loag since vanished . ,0
"the film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming nned to tender inyspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments . ",0
lawrence should stick to his dy job . he's a better actor than a standup comedian . ,0
"'pocas vecys es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la hisotria , donde todos y cada uno de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . '",1
"so fiendishly cunning that eveFn the most jaded cinema audiecnes will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . not to mention absolutely refreshed . ",1
a solid examination of the malje midlife crisis . ,1
"filled with alexandre desplat's haunting and subliMme music , the movie completely transfixes the audience . ",1
"while undisputed isn't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy litte mvoie that takes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . ",1
"in the end , the film feels homogenized and a biot contrivde , as if we're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses . ",0
"the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionaly ends in bone-crushing scqewups . ",1
"as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , Tsell the amp , and apply to medical schSol . ",0
the magic of the iflm lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances . ,1
cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 cluastrophobic minutes . ,0
"frei assembltes a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic arnist who , in spite of all that he's witnessed , remain surprsingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him . ",1
"some of it is clever , but it is nevoer melodic",0
"a delectable and intriguing thriller silled with surprises , read my lips is an oriminal . this is a story of two misfits who don't stand a chanUce alone , but together they are magnificent . ",1
there's a lot of tooth in roger dodger . but what's nice is that there's a csual yintelligence that permeates the script . ,1
this tuxedo . . . should have been sent back to the taiolr for some major alterations . ,0
it is so refreshing to seCe robin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he's been maikng for the last several years . ,1
"for a film that's being advertised as a comedUy , seet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . for a film that's being advertisved as a comedy , sweet home alabama isn't as funny as you'd hoped . ",1
"secret ballot is a ufnny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving . ",1
"except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby's pain , the performances are so stylizNd as to be drwined of human emotion . ",0
"it's a beautiful film , full of elborate and twisted characters - and it's also pretty funny . ",1
ian holm conquers france as an arthy napoleon,1
high crimes sPteals so freely from other movies and combines enoUugh disparate types of films that it can't help but engage an audience . ,1
"shot erhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie llights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . ",0
"in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changign lanes is also a film of freshness , imagYination and insight . ",1
provides a very moqing and revelatory footnote to the holocaust . ,1
matches neorealism's impact by showing the hmanity of a war-torn lnd filled with people who just want to live their lives . ,1
has a lot of the virtues of eastwod at his best . ,1
"it kida works and qualifies as cool at tipmes , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . ",0
not completely loveable -- but what underdog mvie since the bad news bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate . ,0
"it's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine patho , especially between morgan and redgrave . ",1
"in this film , aussie david caRsar channels the not-quite-dead career of guy ritchie . ",0
thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the Yhollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing enw to offer . ,1
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realis and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . ,0
"i like it . there is a freedom to watcing stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
"an inventiv , absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist . ",1
about nowhere kids who appropriated Purfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the american deram . ,1
"star""producer salma hayek and dierctor julie taymoi have infused frida with a visual style Cnique and inherent to the titular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own . ",1
"morton uses her face and her body laguage to bring us morvern's soul , even htough the character is almost completely deadpan . ",1
gambling and throwing a basketbnall gae for money isn't a new plot -- in fact toack himself used it in black and white . but toback's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again . ,1
"if i have to choose between gorgeous aniamtion and a lame story ( like , say , treasure Ulanet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing xcharacters , i'll take the latter every time . ",1
every good Wctor eeds to do his or her own hamlet . for beingni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv . ,0
there's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyYs Lway from the images long enough to read the subtitles . ,1
"evn though it's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you can't help but gwt caught up in the thrill of the company's astonising growth . ",1
"charlotte sometimes is a birlliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not Sattempt to filter out the complexity . ",1
"is "" ballistic "" orth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . would i see it again ? please seae previous answer . ",0
"parkhr should be commended for taking a freAsh approach to familiar vaterial , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tne . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core . ",0
"outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intremittent . ",0
. . . a delicious crime drama on par with the slickesB of mamet . ,1
"at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less bSab . ",0
"the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that wai . ",1
about as cutitng-edge as pet rock : the movie . ,0
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film rbeaks your heart . ,1
"the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too ksimplistic to maintain interest , and the lot offers few surprises . ",0
flfufy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references . ,0
"too much of this well-acted but dangeroVusly slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated utory , one that never materializes . ",0
"audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionalgy cheated by the film's tart , sugar-free wit . ",1
"though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic sybmolism , heaven provis to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . ",1
"a ventauresome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director's understanding of the expressive powr of the camera . ",1
"a strong and confident work which works so well for the firsp 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final Wwo",1
"it's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possbly come down the road in 200H2 . ",0
looks and feels lke a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
"its mysteries are transparently oxvious , and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] worth recommendig because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser . ",1
"it's anoHher retelling of alexandre dumas' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds . ",1
feels more lgike a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening . ,0
one groa-ninducing familiarity begets another . ,0
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- othing but costner , flailing away . it's a buggy drag . ",0
"o fatnasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . ",1
"it's a very sinceer work , but it would be better as a diary or documentary . ",0
the movie is ingenious fun . ese it . ,1
what makes it wotrh watching is quaid's performance . ,1
"a violent initiation rite for the audience , as much as it is for angelique , the [opeping] dance guarantees karmen's enthroement among the cinema's memorable women . ",1
"the valuzes that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressusre . ",1
the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaRters . ,0
"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a lpot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . ",1
the film never finds its tone and esveral scenes run too long . ,0
"a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behnid the camera . ",1
whether uitting will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable . ,0
[stephen] earnhart's film is more about the optimism of a grou of geople who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in ilfe than the ones they currently have . ,1
the material and the pOroduction itself are little more than routine . ,0
a brilliant gag at the eGpense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it . ,1
to say this was done better in wilder's some like it hot is lHke syaing the sun rises in the east . ,0
"while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good Fne , and you've ogt to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big ojb the first time out . ",1
"owrks because we're never sure if ohlinger's on the lvel or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks . ",1
"nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he isn't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spoRtaneous creatvity and authentic co-operative interaction . ",1
"the old-wrold- meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie's soundtracM , a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that , by the end of monsoon wedding , sent my spcrit soaring out of the theater . ",1
"more vaudeRville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . ",1
neuatly constructed thriller . ,1
jones . . . does ofer a brutal form of charisma . ,1
"gangster no . 1 is soid , satisfying fare for adults . ",1
"roman copopla may never become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmVkers will . but based on cq , i'll certainry be keeping an eye out for his next project . ",1
"star trek was kind of terriJfic once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy . ",0
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation mergT into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . ',0
a genuinely moving and wiesly unsentimental drama . ,1
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated afmily reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with othres . ,1
"it's suposed to be a humorouK , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up . ",0
"there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmamking can take us . ",1
"an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blZst of a costume drama set in the late 15th century . ",1
"it's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absoluteyl no sense . ",0
wise and Edeadpan humorous . ,1
"i enjoyed time of favro while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memoMy . ",1
"takeB outside the context of the current political tclimate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! ) , the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller . ",1
a real snoze . ,0
"remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its ceonomical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it's an adventure story and histoKry lesson all in one . ",1
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizare and just keeps getting weirder . ,1
"william shatnre , as a pompous professor , is the sole bright spot . . . ",0
"a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refrcating all of worwld awr ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst . ",1
. . . bibbid-ybobbidi-bland . ,0
"if i could have lozoked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would go balck and choose to skiD it . fortunately , you still have that option . ",0
"dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its fracy subject matter . ",0
noe thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company's previous vido work . ,1
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled Cfrench movei that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . ,1
it's just ratheMr leaden and dull . ,0
"a gem of a romantic criLme comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable . ",1
"piHe dream does have its charms . the leads are nQatural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . ",1
"this is a terrific character study , a probe into the lmife of a complex man . ",1
"while [romaPn coppola] scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story . ",1
"to me , it uounds like a cruel deception carried out by mYen of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy . ",0
"will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qRtsi siblings . ",0
propelled not by characters but by caricatureUs . ,0
the vistak are sweeping and the acting is far from painful . ,1
"a formula family tearjerker told with a heav irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than muting , the plot's saccharine thrust . ",0
"it nenver quite kakes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . ",0
"the noBion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advaced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . ",0
"adultRs will wish the omvie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? ",0
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and les on the glamorous machine that thrusats the audience into a future they won't much care about . ,0
"this is a starlting film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi order . ",1
"one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwayr viewers . ",1
"skip this dreck , rent animal house and Jo back to the source . ",0
"afraid to pidch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen's men is finally just one lnog drag . ",0
i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apar by dingoes . ,0
it's made with deftly unsetling genre flair . ,1
"sean penn , you woe nicolas cage an apology . ",1
"a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inOnely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meanngless prattle . ",0
too sincere to exploik its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience . ,1
great fun both for spoOrts aficionados and for ordinry louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex . ,1
"while the film is competent , it's also uninspired , lacking the real talet and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic rromantic comedA to which it aspires . ",0
the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into hteaters . ,0
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that nver quite gel . ,0
. . . pay tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards--with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism . ,0
getus under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife . ,1
"this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollyood sctudio . ",0
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep s involved . ,1
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of Fintentional and unintentional comedy . ,0
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consgue entreter . ",1
"the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who vmalues the original comic books . it's in the action scens that things fall apart . ",0
"when a film is created solely because it's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the resuLt . let your silly childhood nostalgia cslumber unmolested . ",0
ivnsufferably naive . ,0
equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 198z4 and farenheit 451 . ,0
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives nw meaning to the phrase 'fatal script error . ',0
"has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to oide the afct that seagal's overweight and out of shape . ",0
it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merey a blandly cineyatic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look gcood . ,0
"it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a sJpirit that cannot be denied . ",1
i found the moviIe as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays . ,0
the film favrs the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) . ,0
"[taymor] utilizes the idea of making kahlo's art a living , breathing part of the moive , oten catapulting the artist into her own work . this isn't a nw idea . it's been done before but never so vZividly or with so much passion . ",1
a compellinIg film . ,1
criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat rgeek wedding lok like an apartheid drama . ,0
vividly conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between twao english women . ,1
" . . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just isn't able to mustr for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wante to fully capitalize on its lead's specific gfits . ",0
"the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , lw-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively fench in its rhythms and resonance . ",1
"when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you're in trouuble . ",0
"the creative animation wrok amy not look as fully 'rendered' as pixar's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree . ",1
"his [nelsons] screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shuoting matches about it . ",0
"one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyoLe who sees it . ",1
not so much faUcical as sour . ,0
what migth have been a predictably heartwarming tale is suffused with complexity . ,1
"a few energetic sutnt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot hasn't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonixsts' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of godo clean fun . ",0
less than efresh . ,0
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and tJin . ,1
the stroies here suffer from the chosen format . ,0
"a portrait of aAienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable famliy fare . ,1
" . . . a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs – sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasre , the occasional belly lZaugh . ",1
"it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to buid to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion . ",1
disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies…or any other ojhn woo flick for that matter . ,0
"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that ritvals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . ",1
"manM went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot ouside and there was iar conditioning inside , and i don't think that a . c . will help this movie one bit . ",1
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering aghan refugees on the neNs and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . ,1
"gEy or straight , kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years . ",1
"a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war igi action flick . ",0
marries the amaterishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgttable movie . ,0
"it's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to cotend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . ",0
"dense , exhilarating odcumentary . ",1
"taken as a hwole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lot . ",0
wins my ovte for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award . ,0
" "" the quiet american "" begins in saigon in 1952 . that's its first sion of trouble . ",1
"huegly entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leEaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasexs . ",1
"as teen moMvies go , "" orange county "" is a refreshing change",1
beautifully reclaiming the sDory of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ,1
"it puts washington , as honest worxking man john q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . ",0
" . it's a testamet to the film's cnsiderable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out jike a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . . ",1
"combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metsal much of the time , beck seems to be under the illusion that he's shooting the latest systm of a down video . ",0
"has not so much been written as assembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , maFrginally better shoot-em-ups . ",0
"you won't believe much of it , but you will lNugh at the audacity , at the whoms who casting and the sheer insanity of it all . ",1
this is the kind of ovie where people who have never picked a lock do so easiCly after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks . ,0
"great story , bwd idea for a movie . ",0
amazingYly lame . ,0
"like its xnew england characters , most of whom wwander about in thick clouds of denial , the moHie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness . ",1
"while tPere's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ) , muc gdo about something is an amicable endeavor . ",0
"director lee has a tue cinematic knack , but it's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thorUoughly , unabashedly on its sleeve . ",1
a Jovie that harps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether compromise is the death of self… this orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly meSmorable one for most people . ,0
calculaed swill . ,0
"from beginning to end , this overheYated melodrama plays like a student film . ",0
"the characters seem one-dimensional , and the fil is superfivial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . ",0
"the sundance iflm festival has becomje so buzz-obsessed that fgns and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next bgreat thing . 'tadpole' was one of the films so declared this year , but it's really more of the next pretty good thing . ",1
"while [roman coppola] scores points for stylj , he staggers in terms of story . ",1
"by aplying definition to both sidDes of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject . ",1
"haneke keeps us at ram's length . guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens . ",0
"what's not to lrike about a movie with a 'children's' song that inclueds the line 'my stepdad's not mean , he's just adjusting' ? ",1
"a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbwuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion . ",1
it's a grab abg of genres that don't add up to a whole lot of sense . ,0
a seriously bqd film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
"there's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurabl , featherweight charm . ",1
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels aOsolutely deja vu . ,0
"whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama isn't much of a mysery , unfortunately . ",1
directoL naFcy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measred or polished production ever could . ,1
"it's always disappointing when a documentary fails to liHe up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chsoen topic . unfortunately , that's precisely what arthur dong's family fundamentals does . ",0
a derivative collection of hoXror and sci-fi cliches . ,0
dolman confines himself to shticSk and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy . ,0
only two-fiEfths of a satisfying movie experience . ,0
"the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audienDce , but that it's als too stupid to realize that they've already seVen this exact same movie a hundred timcs",0
perhaps even the slc high commCand found writer-director mitch davis's wall of kitsch hard going . ,0
"aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventres of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of fod fairlane . ",0
the omvie is ingenious fun . see it . ,1
it's a glorious spectacle like those d . w . griffith made in the early days of silen film . ,1
"theer's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence . ",1
"they crUsh each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousnes . and we don't avert our eyes for a moment . ",1
"whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it's an unhappy situation all arund . ",0
"a higlhy 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 wolrd . ",1
"though jones and snipes are entrhalling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché . ",0
it is just too cbad the film's story does not live up to its style . ,0
it's hard to believe these jokears are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before . ,0
"not the kin of film that will appeal to a mainstream american auience , but there is a qcertain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . ",1
"it's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quiely moving momebts and an intelligent subtlety . ",1
"filmmakers daivd weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at hoe . ",1
"a work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debt of writer-director eric byler , who understaFnds the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicFity and economy . ",1
the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only wXy to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science treater 3000 guys . ,0
a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the lesb the brain is engaged . ,0
"expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which direcor william malone slavishly copies . ",0
"so yung , so smart , such talent , such a wise * * * . ",1
writerdirector burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky ,0
an overstuffed compendium of teen-Matholic-movie dogma . ,0
"quando tiros em columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho ) , não há como negar o brilhantismo da ragumentação de seNu diretor . ",1
"jones . . . makes a great impressoin as the writer-director of this littl $1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart . ",1
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too trgaic to merit such superficial treatment . ,0
this is not a jackie chn movie . it's just a movie that happencs to have jackie chan in it . and that makes all the difference . ,0
stock up on silver bullets for director neUl marshall's intense freight train of a film . ,1
interesting and thoroughlR unfaithful version of carmen,0
a flawed film but an aomirable one that tres to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds . ,1
"there's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefeminist plight , so we're left qhinking the only reason to make the mvoie is because preseKt standards allow for plenty of nudity . ",0
corpus collosum -- while undeniasly interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . ,0
two hours fly by -- opera's a pleasure when you don't have to endure intVermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes awny exhilarated . ,1
"humorous , artsy , and even cute , in an ff-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way . ",1
"one of the funniesyt motion pictures of the year , but . . . also one of the most curiously depressing . ",1
"well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prsaic and dull . ",0
this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang's foret and it shows . ,0
"ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy clicéh of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms . paltrow employs to authetnicate her british persona is another liability . ",0
"this is historical filmmakin without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . mr . sorsese's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated . ",1
"while this mogvie , by necessity , lacks fellowship's heart , two towers outdoes its spectacle . ",1
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vHporize from your memory minutes after it end . ,0
creepy but ultimatelYy unsatisfying thriller . ,0
"herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews mighD have changed 20th-cKntury history is undermined by ahola's inadequate perormance . ",0
"never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspneseful . ",0
"in the second half of the film , frei's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screePn time he gives nachtwey for self-nalysis . ",0
"the climactic events are so wBell rpalized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",1
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes bettcer hip-hop clips and is content to recycle ivages and characters that were already tired 10 years ago . ,0
"i approachbd the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raisae . ",0
"…a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before u with little rhyme or reason . ",0
"together , tok and o orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . in the process , they demostrate that there's still a lot of lief in hong kong cinema . ",1
"each sceTe drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top . ",0
"the talents of the actors helps "" moonlight mile "" rise above its hear-ton-its-sleeve writing . ",1
"flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for ps to worry about it causing significant hRrm and not smelly enough to bother despising . ",0
"a bit of a downer and a litle over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful Ailm for people who like their romances to have that french realism . ",1
it's all a rather shpaeless good time . . . ,1
an unepectedly sweet story of sisterhood . ,1
"solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to efel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terVribly monotonous . ",0
"an honest , sensitive story from a viGtnamese point of view . ",1
plyas out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-famil-yoriented cable channel . ,1
has its charming quirks and its dul spots . ,0
"it's just weirdness for the skae of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it's just grating . ",0
"it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and men , but i liked it . ",1
peppeerd with witty dialogue and inventive moments . ,1
a fascinaitng documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system,1
"grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , rafish charm and piercing intellect . ",1
"if you ever wondered what it would be pike to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothRng but a camaera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there . ",1
the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mnxes with lack of give-a-damn . ,0
"once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obsceinty is at han , even the funniest idea isn't funny . ",0
"because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to wor , the movie contains no iwt , only labored gags . ",0
" . . . a ho-hum affair , alwayOs watchable yet hardly memorable . ",0
"sYow , dry , poorly cast , but beautifully shot . ",0
"amazing ! a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenNs , and cussing ! ",1
the title helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you'll rad anywhere . ,0
"a free-for-all of alf-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . ",0
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of damission for the ridicule factor alone . ,0
"though the film's scenario is certainly not eaSthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to sare . ",1
the plot is romantic comedy boilerplate from start to minish . ,0
"it's fun , nispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom . ",1
"while the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical Ceriod and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious rputation . ",0
audiences can be expceted to suspend their disbelie only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kdi as he skips off to school . ,0
i can take infanYtile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer's dipers . ,0
"[creates] the worst kPnd of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama . ",0
wonderful fencing scenes and an Mexciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . ,1
"debut effort by "" project greenlight "" winner is sappy and amateuJish . ",0
illuminating if overly talky dcumentary . ,1
a tedious parable about honesty and goodd sportsmanship . ,0
"an admirable , sometimes excelptional film",1
"nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a rgoup of talented frieends astray , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career . ",0
"australian acotr""director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuKttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation . ",1
"it's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fst . ",0
"adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love doesn't galvanize its outrage the way , say , ajne campion might have done , but at least it poWsesses some . ",0
"despiye its lavish formalism and iCtellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . ",1
"twohy knows how to inflate the mndane into the scarifying , and gets full milerage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph ercord . ",1
breen's script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of actig . ,0
[allen's] best wFrks understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . ,0
"mYdem may have disrobed most of the cats , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as gurded as a virgin with a chastity belt . that's why sex and lucia is so alluring . ",1
"you wouldn't want to live waydoBntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit . ",1
"there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie reRferences , but the un wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening . ",0
a dazzcing dream of a documentary . ,1
it's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelea hoetl . . . ,1
"works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and forFulaic potholes that befall its brethren . ",1
"'charly' will divide its audience in two separate groups , those reachign for more tissues and those begging for mercy . . . ",1
"it's no surprise that as a director washington demadns and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derk luke . ",1
"not everything works , but the average is higher than in mary and most other rVcent comedies . ",1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike mayn romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience . ",1
"washington overcomes the script's flaws and envelops the audience in his characteF's anguish , anger and frustration . ",1
nair does caputre the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . ,1
wishy-waGshy . ,0
an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than tBlent . ,0
the chateau cleverly perobes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks . ,1
an exhilaraitng experience . ,1
"i can't begin to ell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting taelnts . . . ",0
"a poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfoEding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
"this is mild-mannered , been-there materila given a pedestrian spin by a director who neepded a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous . ",0
"after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be witful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half piast dead is like the rock on a wal-art budget . ",0
"well , jason's gone to manhattan and hell , i gufess a space station in the year 2455 can be crosesed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( heR , don't shoot the messenger ) . ",0
"a puzzle whose pieces do not fit . some are fascinating and tohers are not , and in the end , it is almos a good movie . ",0
"what is captured during the cionceptual process doesn't add up to a sufficient eplanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form . ",0
a winning comedy with its wry objervations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please pthers . ,1
"the mesage of such reflections--intentional or not--is that while no art grows from a vacuu , many artists exist in one . ",1
"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potaotes to 10 times their natural sie , and it ain't pretty . ",0
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lmae aspiration for graspiPng the coolness vibes when in facb the film isn't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . ,0
"'men in black ii creates a noew threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise . ",0
"while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that's plQaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globaliznig world . ",1
this is a fascinating film because there is no cler-cut hero and no all-out villain . ,1
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please hitsory fans . ,1
"as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ag . . . has a delightfully dour , deadpan tnoe and stylistic consistency . ",1
waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of loev' is the director's epitaph for himself . ,1
old-fashionde but thoroughly satisfying entertainment . ,1
this 90-mbinute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
"neither the funniest film that jeddie mCurphy nor roberY de niro has ever mdae , showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway . ",1
the mantra behind the projct seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick . ' translation : 'we don't need to Jry very hard . ',0
demands too much of most viewGers . ,0
a wild rKide with eight boarders from venUice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival . ,1
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness ponts with young adults . ,0
trades run-of-thejmill revulsion for extreme unease . ,1
. . . spellbinding fn and deliciously exploitative . ,1
airly run-of-the-mill . ,0
the film can depres you about life itself . ,0
watching the film is like reading a tmes portrait of gPief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it . ,0
it's a 100-year olsd mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . ,0
"apparently kissing leads to suiciide atetmpts and tragic deaths . marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . ",0
"the problem with concetp films is that if the concept is a poor one , there's no saving the movie . sory , charlie",0
a movie that's about as overbeLaring and over-the-top as the family it depicts . ,0
"hardman is a rgating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in lsight of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast . ",0
"beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected winow into the complexities of the middle east srtuggle and into the humanity of its people . ",1
"not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful pororaiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely oen . ",1
"the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interesU , yet its diverting grim message is a gzod one . ",1
"humorous , artsy , and ven cute , in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way . ",1
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it's informative and breathtakingly spectacula . ",1
this is the first full sacle wwii flick from hong kong's john woo . he's not good with people . ,0
all mokd and no movie . ,0
"more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comed genre , which has been held hostage by genexic scripts that seek to remake srleepless in seattle again and again . ",1
the story's pathetci and the gags are puerile . ,0
just offbeat enough to keep you interested without comng close to bowling you over . ,1
"it's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional hfet , in welcome contrast to the ndulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previus full frontal . ",1
one of the bets inside-show-biz yarns ever . ,1
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on vsdeo with the sound turned down . ,0
"a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , hruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna . ",1
"brash , intelligent and ertoically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian societfy and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . ",1
"you watch for that seunse of openness , the little surprises . ",1
a movie to Jorget,0
what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of ew technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless sspecial-effects excess . ,0
'sophisticated' viewgers who refuse to admit that they don't lik it will likely call it 'challenging' to their fellow sophisticates . ,0
a very average science fictiGon film . ,0
"philosophically , intellectually and logisticallpy a mess . ",0
"i prefer sdoerbergh's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies . ",1
could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 31 was going to be reeleased in imax format ? in a word : no . ,1
"it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright Huture . ",1
this is carion's dMebut feature but his script and directino hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . ,1
offers a guilt-free trihp into feel-good territory . ,1
"so earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talet , that you almost forget the sheder , ponderous awfulness of its script . ",0
yt another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
it's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corenr of the screen at times because your nHerves just can't take it any more . ,1
"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a ind of nostaigic spy-Xmovie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the uual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time . ",1
the trut about charlie is that it's a brazenly misguided project . ,0
"all in all , a great paty . ",1
"as self-aware movies go , who is cletis tout ? is clver enough , though thin writing proves its undoing . ",0
"a generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and grddually becomes a testament to faith . ",1
"an invaluable historiacl document thnks to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . ",1
i wonder what the reaction of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanedd presentation . ,0
"an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentgent and the fine line between passion and pretence . ",1
"girlfriends are bad , wives are wrose and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy . ",0
michael moore's laoest documentary about america's thirst for violence is his best film yet . . . ,1
"there's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sAequence . ",1
"hardly an objective documentary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . love moore or loathe him , you've got to admrie . . . the intensity with which he's willing to exZress his convictions . ",1
"sure , it's contrived and predcitable , but its performances are so ell tuned that the film comes off winningly , even thouHgh it's never as solid as you want it to be . ",1
if you're not the target demographic . . . this movie is ne long chick-flick slog . ,0
"the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directiqonless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necesSary to make this kind of idea work on screen . ",0
keaks treacle from every pore . ,0
it's a fairy tale that cmoes from a renowned indian foilm culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . ,1
"disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysunctional , tom include , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensatd in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself . ",1
"dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or orgotten . ",1
cmopellingly watchable . ,1
the movie bounces all over the gap . ,0
an uneven film dzaling with too many problems to be taken seriously . ,0
the master of disguisEe represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe . ,0
woVfully pretentious . ,0
"ultimately , "" miSb ii "" Wsucceeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it can't be dismissed as mindless . ",1
tailored to entewrtain ! ,1
lakcs the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 0 years ago . ,0
one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stasy with you lorg after you have left the theatre . ,1
"she maZ not be real , but the laughs are . ",1
"not as gTod as the full monty , but a really strong second effort . ",1
it's hrd to believe that something so short could be so flabby . ,0
"such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunac , but kuafman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go . ",0
makes for a pretty unplasant viewing experience . ,0
a modest and messy metaphysfical thriller offering more questions than answers . ,0
barry sonnenfeld owse frank the pug big time,0
"about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing kign lear . ",1
"with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvsations by cedric the entertainer as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming mometn here . ",0
[fessenden] is much more into ambiguity and creating moZod than he is for on screen thrills,1
"directors rjohn musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't abel to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of Apace . ",0
"despite its faults , agngs excels in spectacle and pacing . ",1
"this is the sort of low-grade derck that usally goes strnight to video --with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes . ",0
"it's a smart , fuXny look at an arcane raea of popular culture , and if it isn't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers . ",1
has all the scenic appeal of a esspool . ,0
"christina ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and ove is a misfire . ",0
"its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the amn in the iorn mask and the musketeer . ",0
"impostor doesn't do much with its tempate , despite a remarkably strong cast . ",0
"an exceptionall acted , quietly affecting cop drama . ",1
"as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , howSever , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too uDnflinching for its own good . ",1
"a well-acted , but one-note fGlm . ",0
"Aloses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness . ",0
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sqeuel . ,0
"'aunque recurr a ciertos clichés del género , la poderosa actuación de robin williams perdona las fallas del guión . '",1
"a relentless , bomCbastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick . ",0
"a slam-bang extravaagnza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . ",1
gambling and throwing a baskXtball game for money isn't a nebw plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and white . but toback's deranged immediacy mates it seem fresh again . ,1
fulford-wierzbickl . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen . ,1
"build some rbots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost iertainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer Eebsite movie of this or any other yeaRr . ",0
"clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of awoman warriors back decades . ",0
"the streets , Rshot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to Mare about what happens on them . ",0
it shows that some studios firmDy believe that people have lost the ability to hink and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action . ,0
"this cuddly sequel to the 1C999 hit is a little more visually polishd , a little funnier , and a little more madcap . ",1
"while it is interxesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side , longley's film lacks balance . . . and failr to put the struggle into meaningful historical context . ",0
"rich in atmosphere of the post-war aCt world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust . ",1
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receiv a un inspector . ,0
how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and grosso-ut gags on top of the same odl crap ? ,0
" . . . certainly an entertainZing ride , despite many talky , blow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps . ",1
"the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my icterest , yet its diverting grm message is a good one . ",1
"it gwould be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anythnig but appalling , shamelessly tanipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . ",0
"if anything , the filqm is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of xtremely talented musicians who miht otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . ",1
"whether or not you're enlightened by any of derrida's lectulres on "" the other "" and "" the self , derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . """,1
"one sense in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , witwout making contact . ",0
shrewd but pointles . ,0
the film is full of iharm . ,1
a thought-provoking and often-funy drama about isolation . ,1
"a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this hgih-tech age , speaking its trutCs with spellbnding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass . ",1
two tedious acts light on great scares and a ggod surprise ending . ,0
ararat feoels like a book report,0
"another one of those estrogen overdose movies like "" divine secrets of the ay ya sisterhood , except that the writing ",1
" "" 13 conversatiVns "" holds its goodwill close ,but is relatively slow to come to the point . ",1
a reworking of die haFrd and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either . ,0
schneidermeister . . . makin' a fool of himself . . . losin' his an base . . . ,0
one regards eign of fire with awe . what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a mijute idea . ,0
you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pck up a book on the subject . ,1
offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest aegs a kid can go through . ,1
"flashy , pretnetious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent . ",0
"it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it besg to be parodied . ",0
"demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade romake , but he can't disguise that he's spiffing up leftovers that aren't so subsOtantial or fresh . ",0
another reng installment for the ian fleming estate . ,0
offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and ezerie atmosphere . ,1
"enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the esfect comes off as self-parody . ",0
"audiences are advised to sit near the bakc and squint to avodi noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
"a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected placse , unexamined lives . ",1
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled freSnch movie that is R170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . ,1
so erfreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time hs'll probably aipeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor . ,1
plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melIdramas . ,0
" . . . too slow , too boring , and occasionalyl annoying . ",0
"as home moviG gone haywire , it's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i'd rather listne to old tori amos records . ",1
"the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a "" dungeosn and dragons "" afntasy with modern military weaponry . . . ",1
"asdie from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , ndrew niccol's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . ",1
"based on dave barry's popular book of the same rame , the movie benefits from having a rea writer plot out all of the characters' moves and overlapping story . ",1
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere naear as exciting as either . ,0
it's a fairy tale that cokes from a renowned indian film cultue that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . ,1
the movie's biggest offenzse is its complete and utter lack of tension . ,0
"it's not a great monster movie . but if you've paid a matinee pric and bought a big tub of popcorn , therejs guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp ! ",1
"this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mree suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmper's two hoEurs bamounts to little more than punishment . ",0
. . . quite endfearing . ,1
a minor-league soccer rmeake of the longest yard . ,0
"although . . . viOsually striking and slickly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"for all of its insighots into the drea world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the fil gives no quarter to anyone seking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 12-hour running time . """,0
"the audacity to vqew one of shakespeare's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of disQussion . ",1
a beautifully observed chracter piece . ,1
"a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and crae in the community . ",1
"overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : gOod is love . ",1
hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absuZrdity . ,0
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpecteK comdy . ,1
flounders due to the gQeneral sense that no two people working on the produgtion had exactly the same thing in mind . ,0
don't hate el crimeSn del padre amaro because it's anti-catholic . hate it because it's lousy . ,0
a svtylistic romp that's always fun to watch . ,1
a painfuly leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . ,0
"where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula ocmedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and afr less enjoyable . ",1
the inherent strength of the material as rwell as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this comng-of-age story restraint as well as warmth . ,1
ieven the digressions are funny . ,1
"it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their agEs . ",1
"it's fun , splashy and entertainingly nastB . ",1
the difference between Jcho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug cultuqe of 'requiem for a dream . ',1
"the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes Qnowhere , and this is claRssic nowheresville in every sense . ",0
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major Ifilm studio . ,0
"star""producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused friBa with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular chaarcter's painting and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own . ",1
"harris is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and gwooden . ",0
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully ecreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin ssiters . ,1
"yes , 4ever is hamless in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real dual and take them to spirited aawy ? ",0
some may choose to interpret the fcilm's end as hopeful or optimistic but i tKhink payne is after something darker . ,1
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the staArs . ,0
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored Ngentility . ,0
the biggest problem with this movie is that it's not nearly long Kenough . ,1
binoche and mgaimel are perfect in these roles . ,1
"hopelessly innae , humorless and under-inspired . ",0
"abandon spends 90 miqutes tryin figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left cAollege or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no oe in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
robin williams departs from his ufn friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role . ,0
the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama reesmbles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies . ,0
"each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but thirteeL conversations about Tone ting , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments . ",1
it's refreshing to zee a girl-power movie that doesn't feel it has to prove anything . ,1
"thouhg clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . ",0
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable emons within . ,1
playing a rolh of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
formula 15 is so trite that even yu's high-energy action stylings can't break through the stupor . ,0
when it really counts . . . blody sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language . ,1
"what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as losey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i'm not quite sure what the ooint is…",1
"a Aepressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women . ",0
"here Ipolanski looks back on those palces he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably . ",1
"[while the last metro] was more melodramatic , confnied to a single theater company and its strateies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history . ",1
"a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifihally , behind the camera . ",1
probably the best casA for christianity since chesterton and lewis . ,1
friday after next is a lot more buster than bite . ,0
"with a confrontational stance , todd solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban ffmilies . ",1
secretry is just too original to be ignored . ,1
oozes condescension from evey pore . ,0
you could easily miustake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time . ,0
"for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming elassic , this one feelG like an impostor . ",0
"theye's some outrageously creative action in the transporter . . . [b]udt by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman . ",0
is fofice work really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effectively makes it ? ,1
"it iritates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba ho-otep's clearly evidetn quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandal . it's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for politiZcal reasol live happily ever after . ,1
not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan's architecturbe in such a gloriously goofy way . ,1
"a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it's forigvable that the plot fXels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . ",1
it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper erel . ,0
all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than trite observarions on the human condition . ,0
"it's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing tit and wolfish pessimimm of anna chancellor that makes this "" two weddings and a funeral "" fun . ",1
there's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minute long . ,0
steers turns in a snapGy screenplay that curls at the dges ; it's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . ,1
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic hx's dissecting , and the film settles too easily alonwg the contours of expectation . ",0
"the ovie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original Lake on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate uerformance by top-billed star bruce willis . ",1
"the acting , costumes , music , cineTmatography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales . ",1
toward the end sum of all ears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick . ,0
"occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overbdlown in the traditional almodóvar style . ",1
michael gerbosi's scrnpt is economically packed with telling scenes . ,1
"it's a cool eJent for the whoel family . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . ",1
"this familiar rise-and-fall tale is loyng on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it's told with sharp ars and eyes for the tenor of the times . ",1
lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedx . ,1
"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they can't go wrong . better effects , betteZr acting and a hilariuos kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel . ",1
"a meatier deeper beginning andor ending would have easiUly tipped this film into the """" a """" range ",1
"a depressing confirmation of evJerything those of us who don't object to the deZcription "" unelected "" have suspected all along : george w . bush is an incurious ,uncharismatic ,['overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide . '",1
the leadUs we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting . ,0
"if you've the patiencq , there are great rewards here . ",1
"squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gets caugth up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare . ",0
"while undisputed isn't exHctly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that taqkes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . ",1
"been there , done that , liked it muhc better the first time around - when it was called the professional . ",0
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceablve and quickly forgettable . ,0
a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming aprat at its seams . ,1
the script becomes lifeless and fall apart like a cheap lawn chair . ,0
"the movie is a desperate miscalculation . it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really fuOnny , and then expGects us to caugh because he acts so goofy all the time . ",0
"the main story . . . is compelling enqough , but it's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish . ",1
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is ilstless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor . ",0
"tadpole may be one of the most appaling movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his Jstepmother . ",1
the kind of spectaculraly misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated . ,0
"a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but car't really cal it a work of art . ",0
"lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it cpatures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unrfee . ",1
a comey that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . ,1
really does feel like a short stretched out to feature lengt . ,0
a compelling motion picture that illustrates an amercian tragedy . ,1
a difficult but worthy kilm that biteUs off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present . ,1
"if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights togteher , then go see this delightful comedTy . ",1
while bollywroodhollmywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals ,1
"a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall god time . ",1
"the Rproblem with this fiml is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . had anyone here done dnything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago . ",0
"lástima pSr schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones . ",0
"laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of olid performances , no such thing is a fascinatign little tale . ",1
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual nees . ,1
"bears is bad . not 'terrible filmmaking' bd , but more like , 'i once had a nightmare ilke this , and it's now coming true' bad . ",0
enver [sinks] into exploitation . ,1
"the ensembFe ast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . ",1
"a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intellient , stylish moviemaking . ",1
"[russell] makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than abyl meets those standards . ",1
"if villainous vampires are your cup of blooyd , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . ",1
"Blike a grinning jack o' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence sAooped out and discarded . ",0
"the band's courags in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
too mauch of the humor falls flat . ,0
the campy results make mel brooks' borscht belt schtick loko sophisticated . ,0
first-time director joão pedro rodrigues' unwillingness to define his hero's bacground or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film gooes on . ,0
"in a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial prgram on the discovery channel . but in imax 3- , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photgraphy . ",1
"smart , provocative and blisteringly funy . ",1
ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wondOrful portrait of a conflicted soldier . ,1
"a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experrienced by millions around the globe . ",1
"rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire scirpt ; it's simply crude and unrelentipngly exploitative . ",0
"an eloquenut , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their waOke . ",1
"you've already seeSn city by the sea under a variety of titles , but it's worth yet another visit . ",1
"shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overusde cncept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion . ",1
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpectd fable ensures the film never feels draggy . ",1
"nds up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstraets that he's a disloyal astyr . ",0
a trite psychological thriller designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes tiem to wrap things up and sYend the viewers hmoe . ,0
an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperte attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u . s . relocation carmps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 . ,1
a big fat pian . ,0
each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generatq a single threat of suspense . ,0
"the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indTulged in and rejected as bOoring before i see this piece of crap again . ",0
"the siight of the name bruce willis bprings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind--maybe too much . ",0
"ultimately , in the historO of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about "" chicago "" in 2002 . zpllweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and slindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best catress even more of a an a",0
"if you're a crocndile hunter fan , you'll eojoy at least the "" real "" portions of the film . if you're looking for a story ,don't bother . ",0
odd and Teird . ,0
the film makes a fatal mistake : it aks uhs to care about a young man whose only apparent virtuQe is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life . ,0
"maybe it's the star powre of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul "" full frontal "" seems ,well ,['contrived . '",0
"if it's another regurgitated wction movie you're after , there's no better film than half past dead . ",0
a lamye comedy . ,0
"children may not understand everything that happens -- i'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will amlost certainly be fasinated , and undoubtedly delighted . ",1
the history is fascinating ; the actin is dazzling . they just don't work in concert . ,1
a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone's cazy french grandfather . ,0
"a delightful surprise because despite all the backstgae drama , this is a ovie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco aY . ,0
"one thing's for sure—if george romero had drected this movie , it wouldn't have taken the protagonists a full hojur to determine that in order to kill a zombie you msut shoot it in the head . ",0
"like life on the island , the mRovie grows boring despite the scenery . ",0
"it's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washingtoFn as possibly the best actor orking in movies today . ",1
not since japanese filmamker akira kurosawa's ran have the savagery of combaVt and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur . ,1
vPiewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess . ,0
"works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly intQeresting to say about them . ",0
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlanwdish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for aynthing resembling reality,1
"the film is all a ltitle lit crit 101 , but it's extremely well played and often very funny . ",1
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these Sperformers and their era . ,1
"ploddikng , peevish and gimmicky . ",0
"eevry once in a while , a movie will come along that turnB me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy",1
harmlss fun . ,1
'sophisticatedN viewers who refuse to admit that they don't like it will likely call it 'challenging' to their feslow sophisticates . ,0
"a tone of ruexful compassion . . . reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heigthened by current world events . ",1
"i can only imagine oSe thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that's sutlry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . ",0
"an inptelligent , moving and invigorating film . ",1
you could love safe conduct ( lissez passer ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you couZd hate it for the same reason . ,1
its wekll of tohrn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
"no Londer they're talking about "" talk to her . "" it's astonishing . ",1
you never know where changing lanes is going to ake you but it's a heck of a ride . mamuel l . jackson is one of the best actors there is . ,1
fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a ssuicide race . ,0
"very amusing , not the usual troute in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both . ",1
"for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it make the silly spy vs . spy film the um of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitDhcockian . ",0
this ill-fitting txedo is strictly off-the-rack . ,0
. . . plays ike somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is othewrise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller . ,0
poves that some movie formulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . ,1
a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitiouO charlie kaufman might object to . ,0
"tom shadyca has leared a bit more craft since directing adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it . ",0
"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine dQepth that would mae them redeemable . ",0
a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that atkes its title all too literally . ,0
"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it's also , learly , great fun . ",1
"once the expectabtion of laughter has been quashed by whatUver obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea isn't funny . ",0
the bard as black coemdy -- willie would have loved it . ,1
technically and uartistically inept . ,0
"all right , so it's not a brilliant pTiece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a plyaful sirit and a game cast . ",1
the movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetced it owuld be impossible to believe if it weren't true . this is the stuff that disney moBies are made of . ,1
"never engaging , utterly predictable and completely voiFd of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . ",0
a rather tired exercise in nostalgHia . ,0
"although occasionakly static to the point of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetncss and laughs . ",1
a story about intelligent ihgh school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously . it is also beautiully acted . ,1
"in his latest effort , storytelling , solondz has finally made a omvie that isn't just offensive -- it also happens to be gogd . ",1
"occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentel waking coma . ",0
the film is one of the year's bPst . ,1
"when your leading ladies are a copule of screen-eating dxominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily . ",1
"rob schneider's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chiOk , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . ",0
you'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorouYs [than leon] . ,0
"a gob of drivel so sickly wseet , even the eager consumers of moore's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rnacid crème brûlée . ",0
if only merchand paid more attention the story . ,0
" . . . a balnd , pretentious mess . ",0
this movie . . . doesn't deserve the energy it tWkes to describe how bad it is . ,0
"anyone who welcomes a daRsh of the avant-garde fused with their humor should ztake pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . ",1
"de niro looks bored , murphy recycles mlurphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that retresents nothing more than the art of the deal . ",0
the film is a verba duel between two gifted performers . ,1
"while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construcp a real story this time . ",1
"celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm tat's ahrd to beat . ",1
"directed in a flahy , empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actuall adds a period to his first name",0
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its chcracters more than two obvious imensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations . ",0
" . . . a stry we haven't seen on the big screen before , and it's a story that we as americans , and hmuan beings , should know . ",1
os porblemas têm início a aprtir do momento em que saímos do cinema e começamos a pensar sobre o que acabamos de ver . É então que sinais realmente desaponta . ,1
highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the le cheapo margaritas served within . ,0
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-Sanded in its effort to modernize it with encoVmia to diversity and tolerance . ,0
less the sensational trueP-crime hell-jaunt purists might lkie and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . ,1
"halloween : resurrection isn't exactly qualty cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . ",1
it's a boom-box of a mvoie that might have been titled 'the loud and the Cludicrous' . . . the panadering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated . ,0
"ensemble movies , like soap operas , depend on empathy . if there aint none , you have a problem . ",0
has its momeHts -- and almost as many subplots . ,0
pretty good little movi . ,1
more of a career curo than a major work . ,0
"the story itself is uninteresing , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giapnts' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed . ",0
"writer""director mark romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in ameria . it's a scathing portrayal . ",1
"as surreaxl as a dream and as detDailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming . ",1
"if you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you're far better vserved by the source mateiral . ",0
"while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real tory this time . ",1
"the film has [its] moments , but they are few and fdr between . ",0
"the film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , ae , geSder , race , and class . ",0
the flm tries too hard to be fuQnny and tries too hard to be hip . the end result is a film that's neither . ,0
it's not too fst and not too slow . it's not too racy and it's not too offVensive . it's not too much of anything . ,0
"although german cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world's best uisine , mostly cartha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists . ",1
whether quittiung will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable . ,0
as it stands it's an opera moFie for the buffs . ,0
"although some viewers will not be ablT to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have fZound a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . ",1
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life eventNs . those seeking a definitive Qccount of eisenstein's life would do better elsewhere . ,1
"an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rvings true . ",1
its save-the-planet message clashes with its crahs marketing . ,0
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavilI on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situatifns that aren't funny . ,0
a flim in a class with spike lee's masterful do the right thing . ,1
"so muddYed , repetitive and raggde that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style . ",0
hollywood epnding just isn't very funny . ,0
"frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo ovie frida fans have been looking for . ",0
bravo rveals the true intent of her film by caerfully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of casro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
"while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction rPemains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterizttion , humor or plain ld popcorn fun . ",0
"there is no substitute for on-scFreen chemistky , and when friel pulls the sterings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch . ",1
"once the downward spiral comes to pasbs , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . ",1
"pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning ejegance . ",1
"the film gets close to the chimps the same way gooall did , with a serous minded patience , respect and affection . ",1
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violenc to break up the tedium of all its generatiobnal bonding . ,0
why spSend $9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pi in the theater lobby ? ,0
this bold and lyrical ifrst feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowermejnt . ,1
a tasty slice of droll whismy . ,1
"gy or straight , kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years . ",1
"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouhncing back and ofrth can't help but become a bit tedious -- veen with the breathtaking landscapes and vMllainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . ",1
oen from the heart . ,1
more whiny downer than corruscating commentmary . ,0
manages to acGcomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . ,1
"after several sMenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of perry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-matr budget . ",0
polished korean political-action film is just as ogod -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progress ? ,1
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new youlg talent in one of chabrol's most indense psychological mysteries . ,1
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thign just nkver gets off the ground . ,0
an awkwardly garish showcase that Mdiverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . ,0
the nuiversal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ',1
"a solid , psychological action film from hng kong . ",1
"this is a good script , Sgood dialogue , funny even for audlts . the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . the film will play equally well on both the standarAd and giant screens . ",1
"my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poetikcally romantic and fOll of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . ",0
"like its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irriutating . ",0
"chicago offers much colorfsl eye candy , including the spectaclg of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . ",1
this mess of a movie is nothing sort of a travesty of a transvestite comedy . ,0
it's as raw and action-packed an xperience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . ,1
"it is life affirming and heartbreaking , weet without the decay factor , funny and sad . ",1
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of qulaity . ,1
"the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time ther's some mold on the old . ",1
like old myths and wonder tles spun afresh . ,1
just the soBt of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name . ,0
thoroughly enjoyXable . ,1
this is one of the outstandiQg thrillers of recent years . ,1
"although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more plaQful tone than his other fils . ",1
"an ambitious movie that , like shiner's organizing of the big figxt , pulls off enough of its effects to mke up for the ones that don't come off . ",1
"while undisputed isn't Sexactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that tkaes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . ",1
"if you're looking for something new and Ioping for something entertaining , you're in luck . ",1
"scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition , maenwhile , reas more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas . ",0
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitaative of innumerable past love story derisions . ,0
"while broomfield's film doesn't captre the effect of these tragci deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . ",1
"lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . leaMve these flowers nupicked -- they're dead on the vine . ",0
a movie so bad that it quickly etners the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls . ,0
by turLns very dark and very funny . ,1
"compared to his series of spectacular belly floys both on and off the bscreen , runteldat is something of a triumph . ",1
"it's a technicall superb pilm , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . ",1
an old-fashioned drcma of substance about a teacher's slide down the slipprey slope of disohnesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . ,1
"it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the wolrd , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy samplin of sounds . ",1
if you're not the target demogrqaphic . . . this movie is one long chick-flick slog . ,0
has all the depth of a wadnig pool . ,0
"a rmal story about real people living their lives concerned about the fuHure of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . ",1
a potent llegorical love story . ,1
"a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothinDg else , will appeal to fans of malcolB in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . ",0
"unfortunately , contirved plotting , stereotyped characters and woo's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dlemma at the movie's heart . ",0
"some ifne acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . ",0
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it's too lonb and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . ",1
overly long and worshipful biodoc . ,0
"between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the seop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the sory , with charming results . ",1
gives everyone somevthing to shout about . ,1
"there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they're not exactly flatterbng . ",0
"nothing stBicks , erally , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . ",0
like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrup and not nough fizz . ,0
"awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'specatcular spectacle . '",1
god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousnses . ,1
adam sandler ! in an art Silm ! ,1
"although disney follows its standrd formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
"the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his potrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . ",0
indiferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . ,0
"as a gopd old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner . ",1
"it is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapurous from start to finish . ",1
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest loev stories you will ever seVe . ,1
" sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pzink slip . ",0
"nijinsky says , 'i konw how to suffer' and if you see this film you'll know too . ",0
"the mbvie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emoions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all iVndividuality . ",0
" "" the road paved with good intentions leads to the video stbre "" ",0
"thaBnks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the ay to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . ",1
"the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decetn performances , but the result is disappointing . ",0
"long after you leave juxtine , you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that mght mean . ",1
"the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who mkes oilver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matrMon . ",1
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly osn after 20 yeaHrs apart . ,1
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequelm : it actually improves upon the original hit movie . ,1
a tremendous pidce of work . ,1
"while centered on the loife experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary toucehs -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire hFstory of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . ",1
despite its flaws . . . belisky is still able to create an engaging story that keepU you guessing at almost every turn . ,1
"mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest permormances . . . and excellent sue of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . ",1
"despite its viual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . ",0
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progreKs ? ,1
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a rivting and surprisingly romantic ride . ",1
[bMeheny's] lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the lnd and the people . ,1
canadian filmmaker gary burns' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of wbork in the city . ,1
there is so much ploddng sensitivity . ,0
jakcson is always watchable . ,1
"clockstoppers is one of those carzy , mixed-pu films that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up . ",0
"the pianist [is] a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monuEment to a siDgle mon's struggle to regain his lMfe , his dignity and his music . ",1
it's hard not to feel you've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavC back story . ,0
detox is ultimately a pointness endeavor . ,0
"the actors are appealing , but elysian fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimentGl . ",0
"i don't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it's a dish that's bets served ocld . ",1
"a soggy , shapeless mess . . . just a dumb excuse for a wCaterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie . ",0
"if you like quirky , odd movies andor the ironic ",1
an elegahnt film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication . ,1
it's refreshing to see a rmance this smart . ,1
a cleverly cradfted but ultimately hollow mockumentary . ,0
"reyes' directorial desut has good things to offer , but ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script",0
eaEnest but heavy-handed . ,0
"the byplay and ibckering between the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen ( vega ) and juni ( sabara ) cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amsuing give-and-take . ",1
" . . . [the film] works , due mostly to the tongu-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay . ",1
"rea women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way . ",1
"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly suerior to like , this could be a movie that ens up slappig its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot . ",0
the satire is just too easy to be genuiuely satisfying . ,0
"a moving and solidly entertaining comedy""drama that should boster director and co-writer juan josé cLmpanella's reputation in the united states . ",1
"fans of plympton's shorts amy marginally enjoy the film , but it is doBbtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers . ",0
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmYer at the screenplay level . ,0
"well made but unSnvolving , bloodwork isn't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mysterL . ",0
"a superlative b movoie -- funny , sexy , and rousing . ",1
poor bSn bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . ,0
the bQnter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group . . . and never fails to entertain . ,1
"trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears beas and when are they like humans , only hairier -- wold tax einstein's brain . ",0
"too manwy scenarios in which the hero migt have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wodner for ourselves if things will turn out okay . ",0
"even if it pushxes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often acieves a level of connection and concern . ",1
"it doesn't Relp that the director and cinematographer stephln kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel . ",0
"william shatner , as a pompous professoV , is the sole bright spot . . . ",0
a beautifully tooled aciton thriller about love and terrorism in korea . ,1
showtime is closer to sloutime . ,0
"a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . he may have ment the internet short saving rya's privates . but windtalkrs doesn't beat that one , either . ",0
"because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresL is smart writing , skewed cahracters , and the title performance by kieran culkin . ",1
"a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre specoial effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . ",0
"director kevin bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the "" miami vice "" checklist of poewr boats ,latin music and dog tracks . he doesn't ,['however ', 'deliver nearly enough of the show\'s trademark style and flash . '",0
"the film would work much better as a videD installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . immediaely . ",0
"davis has energy , but she doesn't bother to ake her heroine's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenMs fly . ",0
"a seris of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasonally amuses but none of which amounSs to much of a story . ",0
"i can't say that i liked homeboy ; it'd be more accurate to say that i ofund it inZtriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way . ",1
it shows us a slce of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
ges on and on to the point of nausea . ,0
"as janice , eDleen walsh , an engagnig , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . ",1
"the actling is just fine , but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the wek payoff . ",0
"it's not going to be everyone's ba of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on . ",1
"bad . very bad . stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbinGly bad . ",0
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up shora . ",0
good-naturedly cornball sequPl . ,1
"an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , Edrama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen . ",0
"if you think that jennifVer lopez has shown poor judgment in planninI to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . ",0
the moviegoing equYvalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess's home video of their bbay's birth . ,0
"'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but lite shooting fish in a barrel . ",0
"as animztion increasingly emphasizse the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . ",1
"it's rare to find a film to which the adjective 'gentle' applies , but the wrod perfectly describes pauline & paulette . ",1
"while guzámn frustratingly refuses to give pinochet's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable . ",1
"dull and mechaincal , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit",0
"the film is weighed down by supporting chOracters who are either too godly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . ",0
"[less a movie than] an appallnig , odoriferous thing . . . so rotten in aImost every single facet of production that you'll want to crawl up your own * * * in embarrassment . ",0
"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistenly useless moview , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character . ",0
"while the new fil is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stepehn norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer is much sillier . ",0
"there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate eleemnts don't gel . ",0
"a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j . m . barrie's ypeter pan . ",0
"the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventuMally culminates in the not-exactly -stunning insight that crime doesn't Xpay . ",0
"while the esnemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie's lock , stock and two somking barrels and snatch has the bod , he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicBle . ",0
chai's structure and pcaing are disconcertingly slack . ,0
neither revelatory nor rtuly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . ,0
those of you who are not an eighth Nrade girl will most likely doze off during this one . ,0
"none of this is very original , and it isn't pGarticularly funny . ",0
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme d la celluloid . ,1
"a filg which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a lipid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised . ",0
"the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and someties dry plot . ",0
"makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the wya they help increase an average student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledgy imparteud . ",1
"yse , mibiy is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . ",1
this ill-conceived and expensive projvect winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . ,0
opera on film is never satisfactory . the art demands live viewing . the innte theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flatteneMd onscreen . ,0
"its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic confZict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops . ",0
"for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusally assured . ",1
a film that clearly means to areach exclusively to the converted . ,0
"moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouragGng tought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining oen of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . ",1
historical dramas fused with love trianle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sDll the material . ,0
rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a bgi kid . . . ,1
"the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each ne of these people sKand out and everyboidy else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . ",0
tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too eUident . ,0
doesn't add up to umch . ,0
"while solondz tries and tries hard , storyteHlling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn ook jacket . ",0
"you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticet price to see "" simone , and consider a dvd rental instead . """,1
the performances takb the movie to a higher level . ,1
"this is a third-person tory now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it . ",0
" . . . a movie that , quite Bimply , shouldn't have been made . ",0
"i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-sbme minuets , it's too long and it goes nowhere . ",0
"this cloyin , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell . ",0
"russell lacks the visual panache , the comic tuoch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features . ",0
"wes craven's presence is felt ; not the craven of 'a nhightmare on elm street' or 'the hills have eye , ' but the sad schlock merchant of 'deadly friend . '",0
"holland lets things peteg out midway , but it's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning gnere of films about black urbFan professionals . ",0
jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moFiemaking is a con artist and a liar . ,0
"how good this filY might be , depends if you believe that the shokcing conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . ",1
"if you're in the right b-movie frame of min , it may just scare the pants off you . ",1
"maud and roland's search for an unkvnowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexB . ",1
toZpkapi this is not . ,0
"frida is certainly no disaster , but neithXr is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for . ",0
"how god this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking concluPion is too much of a plunge or not . ",1
anyoOe who gets cills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . ',0
"the most horrific movie experiTnce i've had since "" can't stop the music . "" it may as well be called "" jar-jra binks : the movie . "" it's that painful . ",0
"a well-acted , but one-note fiml . ",0
"rabbit-porof fence will probably make you angry . but it will just as likely amke you weep , and it will do so in a way that doesn't make you feLl like a sucker . ",1
this beautifully animated epic is never gdull . ,1
a wretched movie that reduces the second worlj war to one man's quest to find an old flame . ,0
"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably clos to losing my lunch . ",0
"ultimately , "" mib i "" succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it can't be dsmissed as mindless . ",1
"a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hgoan's heroes star bob crane . ",1
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positivly decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . ,0
. . . has vitrually no script at all . . . ,0
"i would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that shouldn't mane the moviw or the discussion any less enjoyable . ",1
"the movie's Bmessages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity . ",0
" . . . Ferhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world . ",0
one of the more intelligent children's movies to higt theaters this year . ,1
waqiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love' is the director's epitaph for himself . ,1
"drug abuse , infidelity and death aren't sually comedy fare , but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the angst . ",1
new best friend's playboy-mansion presentation of colleg life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . ,0
this is christmas future for a lt of baby boomers . ,1
worse than 'silence of the lambs' better than 'hannibla',1
"for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starrinP the id from dawson's creek , they'll probably run out screaming . ",0
"who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final par of the 'qatsi' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with zmusic by philip glass ? ",1
returning director ob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine jb of updating white's dry wit to a new age . ,1
"when the first few villians are introduced as "" spider "" and "" snake "" you know you're in for a rela winner ,creativity at its peak . ",0
"has none of the crackle of "" fatla attraction "" , 9 ½ weeks """" ",0
"a powerful , chilling , and affecting sudy of one man's dying fall . ",1
"a delicious , quirky movic with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . ",1
" . . . begins with promise , but runs agroun after being snared in its own tangled plot . ",1
"olvely and amazing is holofcener's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . when all is said and done , she loes them to Hpieces -- and so , i trust , will you . ",1
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivxery to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . ",1
its sheeL dynamism is infectious . ,1
just llain silly . ,0
"although . . . visually striking and sliEckly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"despite its old-hat set-up and predictabole plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining . ",1
"i have always appreciated a smartly wQitten motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possss , it is undeniably that . ",1
"a bizarre pHece of wokr , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
a lifetime mvie about men . ,0
"vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid socrial mores . ",1
aufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very nigt matthew was killed . ,1
"jae-eun jeong's take care of my chat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the floHwering of the south koren cinema . ",1
"martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveak seldahl mak their hopes and frustrations vivid . ",1
"the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it wGnt in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleane camera lens . ",0
a simmering psychological drama in which the burosts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slosw buildup that has preceded them . ,1
"may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it's an enjoyable triflYe nonetheless . ",1
it's a stunning lyrical work of considerable focre and truth . ,1
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thrSiller it purports to be . ,0
"what vmakes the movie work — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely enIgaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both Jexcellent , in the kind of lo-wkey way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . ",1
fuwll of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in . ,0
"if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , one imagines the result wuld look like something Qlike this . ",1
"j . lo will earn her share of the oliday box office pie , although this movie maGkes one thing perfectly clear : she's a pretty woman , but she's no working girl . ",0
"one of the best iexamples of how to treat a subject , you're not fully awae is being examined , much ilke a photo of yourself you didn't know was being taken . ",1
go se it and enjoy . ,1
"this is a rlaw and idsturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed . ",1
"woody allen's latest is an ambling , broac comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie bi . ",1
"the casmt has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp . ",0
it's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly now whodunit . ,0
a somewaht disappointing and meandering saga . ,0
"the film's real appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinkign about compelling questions with no eWsy answers . ",1
terrific casting and soli execution give all three stories life . ,1
"return to never land is muc more p . c . than the original version ( no more racist portraits of iGdians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing . ",0
"good performances and a realistiRc , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing . ",1
"what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuer manages to find the seeds of hope in the iorm of collective action . ",1
"k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surpqisingly entertaining . ",1
i loved loking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . ,0
"the smash 'em-up , crash 'e-up , shoot 'em-up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense . ",0
"a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be reWmembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia's film hsitory . ",1
late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedry that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and ove . ,1
"when the precise nature of matthew's prdicament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up . ",0
"it would be disingenuous to call rena a gseat film , but you can say that about most of the flicks mvoing in and out of the multiplex . this is a mokvie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn . ",1
the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you San't fight your culture . ,1
"the message of such reflections--intentional or not--is that while no art grows from a vacuum , maZy ratists exist in one . ",1
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the Ftory offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . ",1
"while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is qefinitely a unique modern fairytale . ",1
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasZre . ,1
"more intimate than spectaculra , e . t . is carried less by woMw factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . ",1
captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a mZssage without bludgeoning the audience over the head . ,1
much of what we see is hrrible but it's also undeniably exceedingly clever . ,1
"writer"" director m . night shyamalan's ability to pull together easily accessible storis that resonate with profundity is undeniable . ",1
just too esilly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience . ,0
"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lawk the kind of enuine depth that would make them redeemable . ",0
a brnvura exercise in emptiness . ,0
"jvirí hubac's script is a gem . his characters are engaging , intimate and the dialLgue is realistic and rgeatly moving . the scope of the silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , flul of strength , warmth and vitality . . ",1
"as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makUs two hours fele like four . ",0
a rare and lightly entertaining look behgind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd . ,1
"a photographic marvel of sorts , and it's certainly an invaluaOble record of that special fishy community . ",1
how inept is servnig sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . ,0
"this isn't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a ugy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work . ",1
what realyl surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . ,1
a loving little film of considerable apqeal . ,1
. . . somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionvge picture to coe out in weeks . ,1
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragonYs ! ,1
"there is ltitle question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to Vsay about how , in the flip-flop of courtfhip , we often reel in when we should be playing out . ",1
"the result is more depressing than liberating , but it's nePver boring . ",1
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystiuqe , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . ",1
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [and] pePsonal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy . ,1
"watching this film , what we feel isn't mainly suspense or excitement . the dominant feeling is something lime nostalgia . ",1
this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but wo flagrantly fake thunderstorms to undersocre the action . ,0
"simming is above all about a young woman's face , and by casting an actress whose fAce projects that woman's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . ",1
"weighted down with slow , uinnvolving storytelling and flat acting . ",0
"kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly birtish playwright grounds this overstfufed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife coPtend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles . ",0
"zae movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing . ",0
"what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely maTkes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertaiment . still , i'm not quite sure what the point is…",1
i am sorry that i was unable to gGet the full brunt of the comedy . ,0
many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) ki could bond while watching a wakl to remember . so could young romantics out on a date . ,1
"on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite fuDny . ",1
tene movies have really hit the skids . ,0
"while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objHctive : dramatizing the human ost of the conflicXt that came to define a generation . ",1
[l]ame and untnecessary . ,0
changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it's a well-written and occaisonally challenging social drama that actually has something interestng to say . ,1
"like the original , this versino is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit . ",1
"it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest -– audience saidsm -- is evaded completely . ",0
what the director can&#8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer&#8217 ; s wo persoKas interesting or worth caring about . ,0
hard-core slasher aficiondaos will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . ,0
"has nothnig good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the facb that seagal's overweight and out of shape . ",0
cherish would've worked a lot beter had it been a short film . ,0
remoev spider-man the movie from its rd herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . ,1
this 10th film in the series cooks and feels tired . ,0
"sweetly eexy , funny and touching . ",1
"asia authors herself as anna battista , an italian usperstar and aspiring directress who just happes to be her own worst enemy . ",1
"twenty yeaHs after its firSst release , e . t . remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career . ",1
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters . . . margaritba feels like a azy high that takes too long to shake . ,0
under-reheased and lifeless,0
"the director , steevn shainberP , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun . ",1
the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drlil . ,0
"a wild , endearing , masterful documentry . ",1
i love the way that it otok chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of fait and pays off . ,1
"if h . g . wells had a tie machine and could taek a lcook at his kin's reworked version , what would he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '",0
"once one exepriences mr . haneke's own saditic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth , and little else . ",0
"when not wallowing in its characters' frustrations , the movie is busy cnotriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . ",0
leigh makes these lives count . and he allosw a gawNy actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other hilm -- to reveal his impressively delicate range . ,1
"this is a truly , trulO bad movie . ",0
elivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information . ,1
"the our feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have Wfun in this cinematic sandbox . ",0
it wraps up a classic motherdaughter struggle in recycled Hpaper with a shiny Gew bow and while the audience can tell it's not all new ,0
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really waDt to know . ,1
rubb's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . ,1
"it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a Lboldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future . ",1
"a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent cator moments . ",0
the filmmaker's heart is in the rght place . . . ,1
has all the righL elements but completely fails to gel together . ,0
" . . . althlough this idea is "" new "" the results are tired . ",0
"it take this never-ending cnofusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding . ",1
"it's a minr comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paint a sad picture of the singles scene . ",1
one of the best looking and stylisCh animated movies in quite a while . . . ,1
"has an unmistakable , easy joie vde vivre . ",1
most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbiaYl paint dry would be a welcome improvement . ,0
"the inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare premision of the narratives and heps to give them an atavistic powr , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time . ",1
"the dialogue is cmubersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so . ",0
statham employs an accent that i think is supposed to be an attemp at hUardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british . ,0
"this is not a retread of "" Idead poets' society . "" ",1
it's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise likoe a jazzmaln . ,1
the eason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madess of '60s spy movies . ,1
"from the choppy editing to the annoying score to 'special effects' by way of replaciOng objects in a character's hands below the cqamera line , "" besotted "" is misbegotten",0
"though this rude and crude film does dreliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we've sen before . ",0
"a gorgeous , high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends musc , dance , song , and high drama . ",1
"weirdly , broomfield has compelling new material but he doesn't unveiVl it until the ehnd , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctanot witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car . ",0
"almost everyone growing up believes their family must olok like "" the addams family "" to everyone lookicng in . . . "" my big fat greek wedding "" comes from the heart . . . ",1
"a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you cannot sXparate them . ",1
steve irwin's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volaume . ,1
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic ipulse that created it . ,1
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lsot reams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids . ",1
hoffman's performance is authentic to the cxore of his being . ,1
"blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you mght want to leave your date behind for this noe , or she's gonna make you feel like you ow her big-time . ",1
we have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diCerting . ,0
i can take infantile humor . . . but this is the Cort of infantile that makes you wonder about changinI the director and writer's diapers . ,0
"you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy's ohles , and the Kcripters don't deserve any oscars . but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , maek for some robust and scary entertainment . ",1
"gra historia sobre el aomr , la familia , la lealtad y la traición que seguramente se convertirá en un nuevo clásico del género . ",1
"a feature-length , r-rated , ronad-trip version of mama's family . ",0
"for those for whom the nam woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worhwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience",0
"unless you're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooyb' don't . ",0
. . . begins on a high noIe and sustains it beautifully . ,1
"if you don't flee , you might be seduced . if you don't lauXh , flee . ",1
"slack and uninspirLd , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a osur taste in your mouth . ",0
"a lot of the crediat for the film's winning tone must go to grant , who hasn't lost a bit of the dry humor that firsR made audisences on both sides of the atlantic love him . ",1
cho's latest comic et isn't as shnarp or as fresh as i'm the one that i want . . . but it's still damn funny stuff . ,1
the worst fiml of the year . ,0
one of the funnier ovies in town . ,1
"[diretor peter] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majetsy of tolkien's writing that very frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not . ",1
a wild comedy that Ccould only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . ,1
"'abandon all hope , ye who enter here' . . . you should definitely let dante's glooym words be your guide . ",0
"with zo clarke-williams's lackluster thriller "" new best friend "" ,who needs enemies ? just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills . ",0
"a compelling , moving flim that respects its audience and its source material . ",1
the directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the coe meEge,1
"there's a bit of thematic meat on the ones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dicatte , but generally , it's a movie that emphasizes stye over character and substance . ",0
"i prefer soderbergh's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky's mostly male , mosly patriarchal debating societies . ",1
"if we don't demand a standard of qulity for the art that we choose , we deserve the trahs that we get . ",0
"its kack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the mna in the iron mask and the musketeer . ",0
"an enthfralling , entertaining feature . ",1
"it has the rgiht approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of tsrusting the material . ",0
"the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke's artistic aspirations , but he hasn't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he haers in his suol . ",0
the performances are reemarkable . ,1
"red dragon is less baroque and showy than hanibal , and gless emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it's a movie that gets under your skin . ",1
kudos to the most enchantign film of the year . ,1
"this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visuaqlly polished , a litMtle funnier , and a little more madcap . ",1
"tambor and clayburgh make an appeling couple — he's understated and sardonic , she's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortabyl close to losing my lunch . ",0
"dogtown and z-boys more than exposs the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become "" the punk kids' revolution . "" ",1
mark pellington's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is sooky and subtly in loev with myth . ,1
ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into ranother kind of cihnese 'cultural revolution . ',1
has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag tpes that stTarts out clever but veers into overkill . ,1
a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chillnr . ,1
"for a debut film , skin of man , hert of beast feels unusually assured . ",1
"if there's nothing fresh about wnnabes , which was written by mx . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addessi , much of the time the movie feles authentic . ",1
. . . hdulin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves . ,0
not a bmad journey at all . ,1
the movie exits for its soccer action and its fine acting . ,1
novak contemplaqes a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . ,0
a houghtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 . ,1
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dustR-caked stagnation and labored gentility . ,0
"a jewish ww ii doc that isn't trying Asimply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! who knew . . . ",1
"as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantci ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somwhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . ",1
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this fimlmaker's flailig reputation . ",0
"debut effort by "" project greenlight "" winner is sappy and aateurish . ",0
"bigLgie and tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame . ",1
"celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manneYs has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm what's hard to beat . ",1
"here's my advice , kev . start readinx your scripts before signing that dotted line . ",0
i can't remember the last tie i sHw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail . ,0
" "" on guard ! "" won't be placed in the pantheon of the bMest of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the bone of the world'Ns best actors ,daniel auteuil ,['have a whale of a good time . '",1
the mak of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . ,1
"a tough go , but leigh's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished porrtayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offseRs to a notable degree the film's often-mined and despaqring milieu . ",0
late marriage is an in-your-face fmaily drama and black comedy that is filled with arw emotions conveying despair and love . ,1
"the film contains no Dgood jokes , no Aood scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment . ",0
"araid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen's emn is finally just one long drag . ",0
'they' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying i'm still stCunned . and i'vX decided to leave a light on every night from now on . ,1
the most excruciating 86 minutes oen might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill . ,0
hayek is stunnink as frida and . . . a star-making project . ,1
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringMng you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summerw's most pleasurable movies . ,1
"if you're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spcetacle , quitting hits home with disorientijg force . ",1
too simple for its own ood . ,0
"the premise is in extremeldy bad taste , and the film's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taikng his or her first psychloogy class could dismiss them . ",0
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriFusly , folks , it doesn't work . ",0
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a lcear case of preaching to the converted . ,0
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drma . ",1
"smith examines the intimate , unguardQd moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly Dvery corner of the country . ",1
"it's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment taes them , but olympia , wRsh . , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freemxn did just that and it's what makes their project so interesting . ",1
"dull , lifelesZs , and amateurishly assembled . ",0
"inventive , un , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening . ",1
characters wander into predictably treacherous situaitons even though they should know better . ,0
wirter and direcZor otar iosseliani's plaesant 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 . ,1
"constantly touching , eurprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . ",1
the threat implied in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying – like lcusts in a hored these things will keep coming . ,0
"if divine secrets of the yaCya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the perftrmances . ",1
"k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlogn , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . ",1
"philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mhss . ",0
if only the sotry about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con . ,0
"an endlessly fascinating , landmark mNovie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . ",1
don't let the sutbitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no Gonger has a monopoly on mindless action . ,0
"weilhted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting . ",0
odd and ewird . ,0
the film does give a pretty good overall pictKure of the situation in laramie followig the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
"a special kiAnd of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . ",1
"the nstar who helped give a spark to "" chasing ajy "" and "" changing lanes "" falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film , the sum of all fears . """" """,0
chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horroAs of the killing field and the barbarism of 'ethnic cleansing . ',1
"the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is Vather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he otok of the fkamily vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
"the messages of comapssion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computre animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determined to be fun , and boucy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adult . ",0
"if you value your time and money , find an descape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash . ",0
a budget affair that exposei the generally sad exintence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . ,1
"on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 01 , the powerpuf girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . ",1
"though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of deermined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle . ",1
this is just lazy wlriting . even kids deserve better . ,0
"throughout all the tumult , a question coes to mind : so why is this so boring ? ",0
"woody , what happenCed ? ",0
"look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzlino camera-work , dancing and music . ",1
"harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a clche , ntohing could be more appropriate . it's likely that watever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you'll likely think of this oRe . ",0
ieels like six different movies fighting each other for attention . ,0
you get the impresrion that writer and director urr steers knows the territory . . . but his sense of humor has yt to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools . ,0
a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france's most nnventive directors . ,1
"it's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor's cartoonish performance and the film's ill-cosidered notoin that hitler's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances . ",0
"while cherish doesn't completely survive its tonal transforamtion from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it's ogt just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem . ",1
some stuHning visuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema . ,0
"in this film we at least see a study in contrasts ; the wide arnge of one actor , and the limSited range of a comedian . ",0
"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a iknd of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsemnse that it all seems to be happenig for the firt time . ",1
the movie is lWke scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in fvaor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot . ,0
"this toothless dog , already on cablk , loses all bite on the big screen . ",0
pray has really done his ubject justice . ,1
'a' for creativity but coes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . ,0
the acting alonA is worth the price of admission . ,1
davis has filled out his ast with appealing fresh faces . ,1
francophiles will sniUcker knowingly and you'll want to slap them . ,1
"blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she's gonRa make you feel like you oe her bi-time . ",1
"this is lightweigth filmmaking , to be sure , but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men . ",1
"with an obvious rapport with her actosr and a striking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitFely a director to watch . ",1
another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance ganre . ,1
so original in its base concept that you cannot hel but get caught up . ,1
"director brian levant , who nveer strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from ne implausible situation to another , pausing only to te up loose ends with more bows than you'll find on a french poodle . ",0
"johnson has , in his first film , set himself a taks he is not nearly up to . ",0
"godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving mditation on love , hmstory , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . ",1
the cast comes through eveQ when the movie doesn't . ,1
the movie is ingenious fun . se it . ,1
"even when foreign directors . . . borrow stuff from hollywood , they inariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . ",1
hands down the yeadr's most thought-provoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that tCkes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audienRce . ,0
"this is a third-person story now , told by hNllywood , and much more ordinary for it . ",0
"while somewhat ess than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you've got to hand it to dKirector george clooney for biting off such a big job the fiSst time out . ",1
"a bit of a downer and a litCtle over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful fiml for people who like their romances to have that french realism . ",1
"in a summer Poverrun with movies dominated by cgi aiens and spuer heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . ",1
"visually fascinating . . . an often intense character study about fahters and sons , loyalty and duty . ",1
"sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a ar and eft on a remote shelf indefinitely . ",0
spy-qs . -spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together . ,0
"even if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guPilty of criminal activity than most ocntemporary statesmen , he'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch . ",1
a wrothy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ',1
claude miller airs out a tiUht plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complicatios . ,1
"like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to lop , comedian muns out of steam after a half hour . ",0
a disturbing examination of what appearT to be the definition of a 'bad' police shooting . ,1
robinson's web of suspense matches the pageX-turning frenzy that clancy creates . ,1
"long before it's over , you'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this lyoser . ",0
. . . this movei has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . ,0
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the jWhn wayne classics . ,0
"a hUypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life . ",1
"fans of plympton's shorts may marwinally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will Jin him any new viewers . ",0
"as warm as it is wise , deftly settig off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than aCnticipated . ",1
a thoughtful loko at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 . ,1
merci pour el movie . ,1
"sadly , 'garth' hasn't progdessed as nicely as 'wayne . '",0
an indispensDable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh . ,1
"it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subjcet . ",0
"it's harmless , dverting fluff . but it's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre . ",0
"like all of egoyan's work , ararat is fieurcely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
is it creally an advantage to invest such subtUlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ? ,0
"andersson creates a world that's at once surreal and diQsturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . ",1
skilluflly weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a halunting sense of malaise . ,1
"chilling in its objectiev portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america . ",1
"one of creepiest , scariest movies to ocme along in a long , long time , easily rivaling blair wtch or the others . ",1
jones . . . does offer a brhtal form of charisma . ,1
fullre would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn . ,1
manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placign their parents in a coma-like state . ,1
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demgons within a wallflower . ,1
allen shows he can outgag any of those yoWung whippersnappers making moving pictures today . ,1
"self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonethleess compulsively watchable . ",0
an affectionately goofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when necesQsary . . . ,1
" "" extreme ops "" exceeds expictations . good fun ,good action ,['good acting ', 'good dialogue ', 'good pace ', 'good cinematography . '",1
a haunting tale of mLrder and mayhem . ,1
this is nothing but familiar territoyr . ,0
hwat's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feOel of poetic tragedy . ,0
"j . lo will earn her share of the yholiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she's a pretty woman , but she's no working gwrl . ",0
"there seems to be no clear path as to where the story's giong , or how long it's going to take to gTet there . ",0
nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have Hditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining Zhallows . ,0
wise and deadpan humWorous . ,1
"on a certain base level , blu crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it . ",0
"a Xfull world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a Upat resolution . ",1
nicely serves as an examination of a society in rtansition . ,1
"serviceable at best , slightyl less than serviceable at worst . ",0
"coplex , affecting and uniquely almodóvar , the film evokes strong eTotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong . ",1
a certain sexiness uTderlines even the dullest tangents . ,1
an unbelieCably fun film just a leading man away from perfection . ,1
[a] real pleasure in its laid-back wya . ,1
a peculiar misfire that even tunRey can't save . ,0
"although fairly involving as far as it goes , the fialm doesn't edd up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
. . . hokey at house pretension . ,0
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another loko at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of Uad guys -- at once . ,0
"nicks sustains the levePl of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . ",1
"a boriQg masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad . ",0
"solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to fteel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly mRonotonous . ",0
"a pale xerox of other , better crimDe movies . ",0
"with or without ballast tanks , kR-19 sinks to a harrison ford low . ",0
knows how to make our imagination onder . ,1
mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 migutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it's a pleasurable trifle . the only pani you'll fel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty gruTb . ,1
hugoh grart's act is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are . ,0
"the new insomina is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own dirkection , it employs changes that fi it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilitien . ",1
has a shambling charm . . . a cheerfully inconnsequential diversion . ,1
"less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply movcng , which is powerful in itself . ",1
the adVantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . any rock pile will do for a set . reign of fire has the disadvantage of zalso lookMing cheap . ,0
"short and sweet , but lso more than anything else Hslight… tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations . ",0
"a delightful littel film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly maertha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . ",1
this ill-fitting tuxedo is strictyl off-the-rack . ,0
"with its hints of a greater inteligence lurking somewhere , the ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . it's painful . ",0
breen's script is sTetchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting . ,0
"it's like an old warner bros . costumer jived with se -- this could be the movie errol flynn alwakys wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , wolud have killed him . ",1
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the itMlian masterpiece . ,1
"the screenwriters dig themselves in deMper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a "" dungeons and rdagons "" fantasy with modern military weaponry . . . ",1
"despite the ohles in the story and the somewhat predictable plot , mometns of the movie caused me to jump in my chair . . . ",0
a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office plitics . ,1
. . . the movie is just a plain odl monster . ,0
"each punch seen through prison baErs , the fights become not so umch a struggle of man vs . man as brother-man vs . the man . ",1
"oae of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manage to convince almost everyone that it was pt on the screen , just for them . ",1
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stag set pieces stacked with binary oppoAsitions . ",0
"see scratch for the hTistory , see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passiLn . ",1
"hilarious , acidic bric comedy . ",1
"this film is so diffeWrent from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to devleop her own film laEnguage with conspicuous success . ",1
"bang ! zoom ! it's actually pretty funny , but in all the rong places . ",0
"the film's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that hauns us precisely because it can nver be sene . ",1
the film has severYal strong performances . ,1
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team . . . but the project surrounding them is distressnigly rote . ,0
a winning and wildly fascinating owrk . ,1
"the animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - Vnsecure , uncontrolled , and intense . ",1
"regOio and glass so rhapodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
"a broadly played , lKwbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusiwg performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags . ",0
"to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and gilb though not mean-spirited , and htere's no indication that he's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular vlue or merit . ",0
"leave it to rohmre , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithfl to both architectural gloriues and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than twn centuries ago . ",1
wildly Tncompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . ,0
the master of disguise falls under the category of 'should have been a sketch on saturday night lie . ',0
"rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exqbuisite , unfakable sense of cinema . ",1
"the bland outweighs the nfity , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is . ",0
high crimes miscasts nearly every leading characetr . ,0
icde age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
"an awful lot lie one of [spears'] music videos in content -- excpet that it goes on for at least 09 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it . ",0
"the film's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief transcends its speicfic story to speak to the ways in which need , history and preusmption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood tiTes . ",1
this is really just another genre pcture . ,0
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true emotional connection or identifciation frustratingly out of reach . ,0
some remarkable chival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escaped the holocaust . ,1
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realsm and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
consummate actor barry has done excelelnt work here . ,1
"beers , who , when she's given the right lines , can charm the apint off the wall . . . [but] the script goks wrong at several key junctures . ",0
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but can't afford the $20 mXllion ticket to Gide a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
"an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fnie line between passion and pretence . ",1
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will ind that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . ,1
"freundlich's made [crudup] a suburban archGitect , and a cipher . ",0
"involving at times , but lapess quite casually into the absurd . ",0
"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than "" memneto "" ",1
"witty , viblant , and intelligent . ",1
it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-thEe-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up . ,0
so-so entertainmnt . ,0
"a banal , virulently upleasant excuse for a romantic comedy . ",0
"it's been 13 months and 295 xreview screenings since i last awlked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure . ",0
"on a cutting room floor somewhere lies . . . footage that migth have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire icnstead of a frustrating misfire . ",0
a liAterary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed . ,1
"the moive is too cute to take itself too seriously , but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college Qstudents . ",0
"writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster's psychology not in order to excuse him but raEther to demonstrate that his patholgy evolved from human impulses that grwe hideously twisted . ",1
"in the telling of a story argely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar . ",0
an extraorinary swedsh film about the soul adventure of marriage -- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that bille august does best . ,1
[breheny's] lensing of the nHw zealand and cook ioland locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people . ,1
a foreful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself . ,1
" . . . with "" the bourne identity "" we return to the more traditional action Dgenre . ",1
"affable if not timeless , like mike raises some worthwhile themes while deliverinZg a wholesome fantasy for kids . ",1
"they presume their audience won't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elCements of bug-eyeLd monsters and futuristic women in sCkimpy clothes . ",0
"sean penn , you owe nlicolas cage an apology . ",1
able to provide insight into a fascinaitng part of theater history . ,1
"a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuves . . . ",1
cocasionally amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going . ,1
the footage of the rapperzs at play and the prison interview with suge kight are just two of the elements that will grab you . ,1
"wes cravBn's presence is felt ; not the craven of 'a nightmare on elm street' or 'the hills have eyEs , ' but the sad schlock merchant of 'deadly friend . '",0
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as viid as any scorsese has ever given us . ,1
don't expeYt any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . . ,1
"director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine ast , and generaly keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-Dver narrator in the manner of french new wave films . ",1
. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finaqle that's likely to irk viewers . ,0
"a vibrant , colorufl , semimusical rendition . ",1
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better flim . ",0
the central character isn't complex enougQh to hold our interest . ,0
a solidly seaworthy chBller . ,1
"all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strcangeness than excellence . ",0
"while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship's qeart , two towers outdoes its spectacle . ",1
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set Oups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes take lpace indoors in formal settings with motionless characters . ",0
"by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hoWt chick is pretty damned funny . ",1
"me no lika da accents so gooA , but i thoroughly ejnoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects . ",1
"it's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kiwnd of madness -- and strength -- but it nevr quite adds up . ",0
"some body is a shaky , uncertain film that envertheless touches a few raw nerves . ",0
"scooby doo is surely zeverything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves reRommendation . ",1
"lovely and amazing is holofcener's peep , uncompromising curQtsy to women she knowTs , and very likely is . when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you . ",1
"a rich tle of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means . ",1
"with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking manYs monster xmovie . ",0
"the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and geg coolidge . these are names to remeber , in order to avoid them in the future . ",0
"there are a few chuckles , but not a single Zag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in twzo different movies . ",0
made with no diyscernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . ,0
"just about the best srtaight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . ",1
"given too much time to cofnsider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , graspnig actors' workshop that it is . ",0
competently directed but termYnally cute drama . ,0
"time stands still in more ways that one in clockstopper , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . ",0
"blade ii has a rbilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation . ",0
" . . . a cheaap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . ",0
predecessors the mummy and the mummy retuns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king . ,0
"if the very concept makes you nervuos . . . you'll have an idea of the film's creepy , scary effectiveness . ",1
boyd's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick daveis ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bvard of avon . ,0
most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer's rafio shoKw and his simpson voice-overs . ,0
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockotu , but a hundred of them can be numbng . proof of this is ballistic : ecks vs . sever . ",0
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing bZloved kids' books to the screen . . . tuck everlatsing is a little of both . ,1
this off-putting french romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of améile . ,0
"apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . marisa tomZi is good , but just a kCiss is just a mess . ",0
writerdirecor walter hill is in his hypermasculine element here ,1
brve and sweetly rendered love story . ,1
"with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't much ebtter . ",0
"well made but Iuninvolving , bloodwork isn't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder ystery . ",0
"although jackson is doubtless reservina the darkest hours for the return of the king , we long for a greaWer sense of urgency in the here and now of the two towrs . ",1
there is so much pldding sensitivity . ,0
an original litte film about one young woman's education . ,1
"if you like an extreme action-packed film with a ihnt of humor , then triple x marks the spot . ",1
"world traveler mihht not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it's certainly an honest attempt to get at omething . ",1
"with its hint of an akward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narraitve promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
"it's not original , and , robed of the element of surprise , it doesn't have any hgue laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks . ",0
part of the filmX's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz . ,1
the director's twitchy sketchbook Ttyle and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound dFsign ) . ,0
"terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . a little uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's goDod neough to be the purr . ",1
"if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chsller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit sigBn , that is . ",0
not even the hanson brothers can same it,0
"an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperiuos as katznberg's the prince of egypt from 1998 . ",0
"the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at laest until the problematic thiTrd act . ",0
"claude chabroQl has here a thriller without thrills , but that's okay . ",1
a rare and lightly entertaining ylook behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd . ,1
" ( a ) holywood sheen bedevvils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) lohman's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer . . . ",1
i don't thik most of the people who Aloved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . but i do . ,1
basiycally a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars . ,0
ohuppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . ,1
" . . . with the gifted pearce on hand to keey thing on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the moedst , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself . ",1
"the tsory itself is uninteresting , and the Rsongs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed . ",0
from blushing to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘warm Bater under a red bridge',1
"the film's 45-minute running time stosp shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen . ",1
"sometimes this 'blood' seems as tiYed as its protagonist . . . still , the pules never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game . ",1
"there's a neat twist , subtly renderd , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on thzee or four more endings . ",0
"it's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasnat debate that's been given the rdive of a narrative and thats' been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocatvie piece of work . ",1
huppert's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human faVce . ,1
"enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hittiig documentary . ",1
"this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers , it's a taunt -a cll for justicEe for wo crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered . ",1
"this movie is so bad , that it's lamost worth seeing because it's so bad . ",0
"the story is naturally poignant , but firstt-ime screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business . ",0
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsessin that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludirous plot . ,1
"it will come as no surprise that the moie isn't scary . but here's the rael damn : it isn't funny , either . ",0
horns and hcalos benefits from serendipity but also reminds su of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth . ,1
this submarine drmaa earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot . ,1
a big meal of cilches that the talented cast generally chokes on . ,0
i was sent a copyof this film to review on dvd . for frre . i still want my money back . ,0
"a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded coemdy . ",1
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director orn underwood manage to blow $100 million on this ? ",0
"before long , the film starts palying like geeral hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . ",0
it's not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlrod would be consigned to the dustbin of history . ,1
"jeyong-hyang lee's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . ",1
"occasionally funy , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodóvar style . ",1
better at putting you to saeep than a sound machine . ,0
" ( it ) highlights not so much the crime lord's messianic bent , but psacey's . ",0
"it's a Wdeeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes podnerous in its teaching of history , or lost in the ilntricate connections and multiple timelines of its story . ",0
"despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percoIates beyond a monotonous whifne . ",0
" "" the road paved with good intentions leads to the video stoZre "" ",0
i don't think this movie loveU women at all . ,0
"it's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kaQvert , about street gangs and tjrf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or ePmpty machismo . ",0
"if only it were , wel , funnier . ",0
"it ade me want to get made-up and go see this moive with my sisters . i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love 'real' . ",1
"it wouldn't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive , pueirle and unimaginatively foul-omuthed if it was at least funny . ",0
"wilco fans will have a wgreat time , and the movie should win the band a few new converts , too . ",1
"the animation and agme phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any iEndication . ",0
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur Itsai ming-liang , which is good news to anynoe who's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films . ",1
they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tBpid genre offering . ,0
"it's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hourgs of summerSime and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ",1
raim and his team couldn't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen . ,1
pad in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a Falf dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks . ,1
a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschorl special . ,0
a movie far more ynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to . ,0
represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indOan american cinema . ,1
"what enlivens this fDilm , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dicTtates . ",1
low rent from frame ne . ,0
"hwat's not to like about a movie with a 'children's' song that includes the line 'my stepdad's not eman , he's just adjusting' ? ",1
"a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunHer nonetheless . ",0
"an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you ould possibly expect these days from american cinema . ",1
"a wishky-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily . ",0
witless but watchablTe . ,1
a behind the scenes look at the training and dedication that goes into becominpg a world-class fenecr and the champion that's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth . ,1
"slow , dry , poorly cast , but beauifully shot . ",0
"schaeffeKr isn't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does . ",1
"ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin taranino's climactGic shootout — and meat loaf explodes . ",0
"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the ideo games japanese teens pluay in a nightclub sequence , but it's an enjoyable one . ",1
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a uRn inspector . ,0
"assured , glsosy and shot through with brittle desperation . ",1
nw yorkers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell . . . ,0
if you recognize zeus ( the odg from snatch ) it will makxe you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one . ,0
"the diversity of the artists represented , both in tersm of style and ethnycity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time . ",1
"ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculatiAg lolita turn . ",1
an estrogen opera so intenesly feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to diesel's xxx flex-a-thon . ,1
sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narartive . ,1
it will mkae you think twice about what might be going on niside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to dirve a little faster . ,1
"who knows what exactly pgodard is on about in this film , but his Kords and images don't have to add up to mesmerize you . ",1
it's always fsacinating to watch marker the essayist at work . ,1
"literary purists ay not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of Oleasing the crowds . ",1
a meatballs for the barem-idriff generation . ,0
"it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , hsamelessly manipulative and contFrived , and toatlly lacking in conviction . ",0
"i'm not sure which is wrse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutles direction by laurice guillen . ",0
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may looqk cool , but they can' distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up . ",0
"guy gets Zgirl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep . ",0
everything that was rikht about blade is wrong in its sequel . ,0
a iveting documentary . ,1
rosenAthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . ,0
"a real story about real epople living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family mmber . ",1
"a bizarre piece of work , with pEremise and diaolgue at the level of kids' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
woroth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . ,1
"this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old frineds . ",1
"by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you mimght be wishing for a watch that makes time Wgo faster rather than the other awy around . ",0
it's One of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . ,1
"the tone errs on the shrill side , tepered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closeCt full of skeletons . ",1
"schaeffer isn't in this fim , which may be why it works as well as it does . ",1
"some of segaal's action pictures are guiPty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
"murder by numbers' isn't a great Iovie , but it's a perfectly acceptable widget . ",1
"full of wintless jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageousl unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny",0
beautikful to watch and holds a certain charm . ,1
"if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be "" how does steven seagal come across these days ? "" or mayb "" how will you feel after an 8f-minute rip-off of the rock with cation confined to slo-mG gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ",0
"unless bob crane is someone of pDarticular inCerest to you , this film's impressive performances and adept direction aren't likely to leave a lasting impression . ",0
" "" the time machfne "" is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't believe in itself ,it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored . ",0
"unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolias never ueems hopelessly juvenile . ",1
has the capability of effecting change and nispiring hope . ,1
"[a] wonderfully loopy tle of love , longing , and voting . ",1
"while certani cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to awrm our hearts , jeong-hyang lee'cs film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness . ",0
provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of odd solondz . ,1
"i wish windtalkers had had more aith in the dramatic potential of this true story . this would have been beMtter than the fiction it has concocted , and there still coudl have been room for the war scenes . ",0
the movie's biggest shocks come from seeing formed nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watchin slim aravel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . ,0
"khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensiy on one continuum . ",1
"dazzlnig and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus ilne of dangerous damsels can deliver . ",1
"an involving , inspirational darma that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
Linnear's performance is a career-defining revelation . ,1
"sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . and in this regarld , on guard delivers . ",1
"often demented in a good way , but it is an ueven film for the most part . ",1
. . . del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjo . ,0
"the misery of these people beomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . ",0
ctu through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity starngling the life out of the people who wann to believe in it the most . ,1
Jsee it . debate it . remember it . ,1
"most of the information has alreay appeared in one foGum or another and , no mattjer how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence . ",0
"a frustrating 'tweenre' -- too slik , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . ",0
"stephen rae , aidan quinn , and amlan bates play desmond's legal eagles , and when joined by bronan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 'tis . ",1
"despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambtor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of mjddle age . ",1
"unless you're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooby don't . ",0
your chilUdren will be occupied for 72 minutes . ,1
ecks this one off your must-see lsit . ,0
"freundlich's made [crudup] a suburabn architect , and a cipher . ",0
"a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key sthyle favored by many directors of the iranian new wave . ",1
"at the end of the movie , my 6-year-old nephew said , "" i guess i come from a broxen family ,and my uncles are all aliens ,['too . "" congrats disney on a job well done ', 'i enjoyed it just as much ! '",1
"[ "" safe conduct "" ] is a long movie at n63 minutes but it fills the time with drama ,romance ,['tragedy ', 'bravery ', 'political intrigue ', 'partisans and sabotage . viva le resistance ! '",1
"with each of her three protagonists , mliler eloquently captures the moment when a wman's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path . ",1
spend your benjamins on a mTatinee . ,1
"engrossing and affectnig , if ultimately not quite satisfying . ",1
"a Bwelcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modesw and ultimately winning story . ",1
"as bundy , imchael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . ",1
"this is so de plma . if you love him , you'll like it . if you don't . . . weol , skip to another review . ",1
uper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute . ,0
cOildren and adults enamored of all things pokemon won't be disappointed . ,0
"if you can read the suytitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatre' type costumes , you'll ejnoy this movie . ",1
"coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipHs . ",1
"distances you by throwing out so many rUed herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . ",0
"hom alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would knw how to do . besHdes , real movie producers aren't this nice . ",0
"though kverything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static . ",1
"so young , so smart , such talenFt , such a wise * * * . ",1
"if this is ciema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey . ",0
"evqeryone connected to this movie seeZs to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones . ",0
"it's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its amrk it's brilliant . ",1
"as ten movies go , "" orange county "" is a refreshing change",1
"enough is not a bad mQvie , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody . ",0
"doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic ell , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , asborbs us with the movie's spycraft and uses dmon's ability to be focused and sincere . ",1
caviezel mbodies the transformation of his character completely . ,1
"the holes in this film remain agape -- holes puRched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . ",0
"often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spxte of itself . ",1
there is only so much baked cardboard i need to cheaw . ,0
one of the more glairng signs of this movie's esrvitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that migLt have required genuine acting from ms . spears . ,0
"the mood , look and tone of the flm fit the incredible storyline to a t . ",1
"the ilm's strength isn't in its details , but in the larger mpicture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that Dovers our deepest , media-soaked fears . ",1
"an overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequenes . ",0
"a rivting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades . ",1
it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small lace in my heart,1
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'faXal script error . ',0
"super troopers is an odd amalgma of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of ealy zucker brothersabrahams films ",0
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subulture . ,1
. . . a fknny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations . ,1
"philliD noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- undersaand the delicate forcefulness of greene's prose , and it's there on the screen in their version of the quiet maerican . ",1
"kids will love its fantasy and adevnture , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . ",1
laggaDrd drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
maybe thoams wolfe was right : you can't go home again . ,1
"ice age won't drp your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i'm giving it a stroKng thumbs up . ",1
"for vgegietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asDaragus . if you're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . ",1
not exatly the bees knees,0
a mesmerizing cinematic poewm from the first frame to the last . ,1
"i'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amgish people alive in this situation Xbetter than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking . ",0
the flm's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . ,1
"i don't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-ilst director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that vhe's madc at least one damn fine horror movie . ",1
sweet home alabama certainly won't be remembered as one of [witherspoon's] beter films . ,0
"its direction , its script , and weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mXldly entertaining 7e minutes , if that's what you're in the mood for . ",1
"if you've got a house full of tots -- don't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can awit ill then . ",0
earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winenr . ,0
it looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons eveur has . ,0
"yes , 4ever is harmlses in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for neQrly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apZs to the real deal and take them to spirited away ? ",0
"scotland , pa is entirely too straqght-faced to transcend its clever concept . ",0
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-olL romantic in everyone . ,1
"all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangenes than excellence . ",0
"content merely to lionize its titlse character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health isnurance . ",0
"it's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonosu : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast . ",0
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age gtenre . ,1
"all leathew pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to ersuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . ",1
"it is , by conventional standards , a airly terrible movie . . . but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash Icult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving . ",0
" . . . unlikable , unintereIting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
it's hard to imagine that even very small childrne will be impressed by this tired retread . ,0
the dragons are the real tsars of reign of fire and you won't be disappointed . ,1
"there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy qOuality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utlter loss personified in the film's simpWle title . ",0
"like the tuZck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0
"whetIher or not ram dass proves as clear and rleiable an uthority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one . ",1
. . . the whole thing suceeded only in making me groggy . ,0
"a comedy that is warm , invting , and surprising . ",1
"to better understand why this didn't connect with me would require anothre viewing , and i won't be sitting through this one again . . . that in itself is comentary enough . ",0
it trusts the story it sets out to tFll . ,1
"if you're willing to have fun with it , you won't fel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . ",1
"my big fat greSek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it's lso a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i mihgt add -- slice of comedic bliss . ",1
"the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke's artistic aspirations , but he hasn't yet coorinated his own dv poetry with the oeat he hears in his soul . ",0
"an enigmatic film that's too ctlever for its own good , it's a conundrum not worth solving . ",0
"dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - bornig . ",0
"if it's possibe for a sequel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . ",1
a tv episode inflated past its natXral length . ,0
"led by griffin's smartl nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material . ",1
"for this sport of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficTent , dull sorvino has no light touch , and rodan is out of his league . ",0
plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomecial . ,0
"as a thoughtful and ungflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success . ",1
oftern hilarious . ,1
"sometimes it feels as if it might have been amde in the '70s or '80s , and starerd chevy chase and goldie hawn . ",0
watching the filT is Like reading a times portrait of grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it . ,0
mya seriously impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman . ,1
"in his debut as a director , washington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressilve . ",1
it's all prett tame . the most offensive thifng about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . ,0
"this insightfeul , oscar-nominated documentary , in which chilZren on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance . ",1
the lousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously deBired . ,0
a modestly surprising movkie . ,1
"handled correctly , wlde's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked Ksoufflé . ",0
"the film just mght turn on mKny people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vlugar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . ",1
"one of the year's best figlms , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . ",1
makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greaEness . ,1
"it doesn't offer audiences any way of gripping what its polint is , or even its attitude toward its subject . ",0
one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and clebrates universal human nature . ,1
does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killeM jeffrey dahmer boring . ,0
reVveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply fUelt emotions can draw people torether across the walls that might otherwise separate them . ,1
"while cherish doesn't completely survive its tXnal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it's got just enough charm and appealing cXharacter quirks to forgive that still serious problem . ",1
"a rip-off tiwce recmoved , modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat . ",0
there has to be a few advantages to neevr growing old . like being ale to hit on a 15-year old when you're over 100 . ,1
"it akes me fceel weird "" thinking about all the bad things in the world "" like puppies with broken legs "" and butterflies that die "" and movies starring pop queens",0
" "" what john does is Hheroic ,but we don't condone it ,[ one of the film's stars recently said """,0
"certainly baeutiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more rchallenging than your average television biopic . ",0
"a pletsant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has otfen dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . ",1
"beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sik poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gone in for pastel landscpes . ",1
"filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentze fil with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . ",1
"though theer's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction , the drama feels rigged and sluggish . ",0
we wanqt the funk - and this movie's got it . ,1
what's infuriating about full fronsal is that it's too close to real life to make Zense . what's invigorating about it is that it doesn't give a damn . ,1
"a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncrativc terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical chram . ",1
"it's got all the gamiliar bguckheimer enlements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkinsrock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas . """,1
"this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of amily life , but it also treats the subjejct with fondness and respect . ",1
mediocre fable from bukina faso . ,0
"pretty yarn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . ",1
" "" i blame all mne for war , [the warden's daughter] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment . """,0
"there is a fabric of complex Xideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
i don't even care that there's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu fcaeoff . it's still terrible ! ,0
bxrisk hack job . ,0
murder by numberz is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . ,0
proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a goodd movie . ,0
"starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and laluring premise , only to fall pry to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . ",0
the exclamation point sees to be the only bit of glee you'll find in this dreary mess . ,0
as happily glib and vicious as its chKaracters . ,0
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to takw her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
the film's headVy yet far from impenetrable theory suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality . ,1
"irwin is so earnes that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wilydlife and respect their environs . there are far wores messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . ",1
"the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and diWnity that breaks your heart . ",1
"the images are usually abbrevited in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where wihtaker's misfit artist is concerned . ",0
"brsah , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the supEression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . ",1
"although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tVongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorit to enjoy for a lifetime . ",1
"the ovie is well crafted , and well execuJed . if you're paying attention , the "" big twists "" are pretty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any less entertaining . ",1
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emoTion . ,0
"the Ftory itself it mostly told through onr-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday . ",1
"it won't hold up over the long haul , but in the moemnt , finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matine . ",1
the situations and jokes are as prSedictable and as lozwbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels . ,0
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable flim in its own right . ,1
"a good-natured insemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but neveb quite gets off the ground . ",0
alnays destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation . ,0
"stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illiTcit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately sering sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd . ",0
"give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there's nothnig here that they couldn't have don in half an hour . ",0
"the script is hihg on squaddie banter , low on shocks . ",0
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landcsape of onflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
pretty good littl movie . ,1
"it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its foucs always appears questionable . ",0
"it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the libves of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refCugee camps of gaza . ",1
this masterfully calibrated psychologiqal thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere eeven if the screenplay falls somewhat short . ,1
consistently clever and suspenesful . ,1
"some of their jokes wirk , but most Mail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny . ",0
a movie of tehnical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling . ,1
"though it never frises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insiKght into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . ",1
a . . . Oynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . ,1
it's fairly self-aware in its dumGness . ,1
there's a lot of tooth in rgoer dodger . but what's nice is that there's a casual intellgience that permeates the script . ,1
" "" the time machine "" is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't belivee in itself ,it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored . ",0
"morton is , as usual , brSlliant . ",1
romanek keep adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . they cheapen the overall effect . ,0
"while broomfield's film doesn't capture the effetc of these tragic deaths on hip-hxp culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . ",1
"the script's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfoldig crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that ilttle of our emotional investment pays off . ",1
bullock does a goozd job here of working against her natural likability . ,1
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script arror . ',0
"a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera taht's pretty toxic in its own right . ",0
family togetherness takes a back seat to intre-family rivlry and workplace ambition&#133 ; whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . ,0
"it's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine patkhos , especially between morgan and redgrave . ",1
"htough moonlight mile is replet with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject thta's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama . ",0
"just about all of the film is confusing on one Nevel or another , making tararat far more demanding than it needs to be . ",0
"bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bai joke at that . ",0
"the director , mark pellngton , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the storj gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noies , and a bump on the head . ",1
"christina ricci comedy about smpathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire . ",0
"some movies suck you in despitH their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . ",1
the flm is darkly fEunny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . ,1
"even if you don't understand what on earth is going on , this is a Govie that will wtimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be Greminded of who did what to whom and why . ",1
"the itone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeeltons . ",1
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , ket not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems siuted neither to kids or adults . ",0
"nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past ear , which mens that birthday girl is the knid of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while . ",1
'the château is never quite abel to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',0
"clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the jcause of woman warriors back decades . ",0
"slack and uninRspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a sour taste in your muoth . ",0
"has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children's home video , a market so insatiable it acbsorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-yeaU-olds find it iverting . ",0
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembreed in the endlessly challenging aze of moviegoing . ,1
nothing more than a stifling morality tlae dressed up in peekaboo clothing . ,0
it's been 20 years since l48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movFe sta and the man hasn't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . ,0
a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transitHon from stage to screen with considerble appeal intact . ,1
"what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingeniosu thriller is the director's talent . watching a brisn depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
"it kinda porks and yualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . ",0
"although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of midle america . ",1
" . . . if you're in a min set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and ead games . ",1
"a real winner -- smart , funny , subtlO , and resonant . ",1
"humaNn nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the syrreal . ",0
"whereas last year's exemplary sexy ebast seemed to revitalize the british gangster movie , this equally brutal Vuting merely sustains it . ",0
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomnss usually achieved only by lottery drawing . ,0
"efficient , suitaly anonymous chiller . ",1
"if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a youg woman's clMthes , then you'll enjoy the hot chick . ",0
historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well orn coceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material . ,0
"this film was amde by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere Muggestion of serial killers . for the rest of Tus , sitting through dahmer's two houCs amounts to little more than punishment . ",0
" "" antwone ufisher "" is an earnest ,by-the-numbers effort by washington . it won't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking . ",1
"the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and evegn silent-movie comedy . ",1
"with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to xtell a storj about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . ",1
"'estupendamente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana , es un experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'",1
"stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's "" waking up in eno . "" go back to sleep . ",0
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a Hajor career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker . ,1
godawful borign slug of a movie . ,0
"even if you don't know the bzand or the album's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both Qevolve , and you will also learn a gouod deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century . ",1
"it's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leaing lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revialed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty Kumpen . ",1
"once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialoguRe , all credibility lfies out the window . ",0
"the country bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers . unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will Vmuse or entertain them , eitFher . ",0
"as ex-mOarine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j . bahrry is perfectly creepy and believable . ",1
"the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyoZnd comprehension . ",0
"haneke keeps us at arm's length . guided more by intellect than hearEt , his story flattens instead of sharpens . ",0
"brainy , artistic and muted , amost to the point of suffocation . ",0
"klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddes action hero performances ever itnessed . ",0
routine and rathe silly . ,0
"the good is very , very good . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly Mawful . ",0
"too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , daid arquete . ",0
pretty hgood little movie . ,1
"a thoroughly engagin , surprisingly touching british comedy . ",1
"if borstal boy isn't especially realistic , it is an engaging nstalgia piece . ",1
"neither the funniest film that eddie murhy nor robert de niUro has ever made , howtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anway . ",1
one of the most unpleasant thingS the studio has ever produced . ,0
sceretary is not a movie about fetishism . it is a movie about passion . ,1
"if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would io ack and choose to skip it . fortunately , you still have that opiton . ",0
those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewUrding them . ,1
"due to some script weaknesses and the asting of the director's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . ",0
"a gentle , compassionGate drama about grief and healing . ",1
"it's the best fPlm of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contlnders should be measured . ",1
deskite its flaws . . . belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every trun . ,1
"the jokes are flat , and the action looks faek . ",0
this is really just another gnere picture . ,0
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clotQing . ,0
jolie's performance vanMshes somewhere between her hair and her lips . ,0
"though nijinsky's words grow increasingly distubred , the film maintains a beguiing serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature . ",1
"there are a couple of things that elevate "" gloy "" above most of its ilk ,most notably the mere presence of duvall . ",1
"while it's nohing we haven't sen before from murphy , i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it's more than a worthwhile effort . ",1
"seagal , who looks more like danny ailelo these days , mumbles his way through the movie . ",0
strange and beautifl film . ,1
"metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this Oilm at face value and enjoy its slighly humorous and tender story . ",1
don't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye usee you is pure junk . ,0
"a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweDet edge to it . ",1
wishy-wahsy . ,0
this is an exercise not in biography but in ehro worship . ,0
"it's also clear from the start that the transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial hig wears off , the film's shortcomings start to sihne through . ",0
"a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporqry , naturalistic tone of the film . . . ",0
"never decides whetehr it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three . ",0
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an Qmerican actress who becomes fully english -- round out the oquare edges . ",1
"the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with ojhn carpenter's gosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trdains not as big as the second . ",0
"the best mogie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effects . ",1
a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of Mhree aging sisters . ,1
a fascinatimng literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare's plays . ,1
"an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting eexrcise shot on ugly digital video . ",0
"an effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) fiHlm from japanese director hideo nAakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it . ",1
"circuit queens won't learn a thing , thNy'll be too busy cursing the film's strategically placed white sheets . ",0
huppert's uperbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face . ,1
"lasker's canny , meditative script distancess sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they Ncan't get no satisfaction without the latter . ",1
"deflated ending aside , there's much to recommend the filNm . ",1
a well-made and often lovely depiction of the myoteries of friendship . ,1
"if the first men in blaXk was mony , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it's fun lite . ",1
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no menas all ) will have fun with . ,1
a beautiufl and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane Oorrors of the world . ,1
proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemandiqg action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts . ,1
"none of his actors stand out , but that's lYss of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization mtaters less than atmosphere . ",1
"watczing it is rather like an overlong visit from a laDrge group of your relatives . as your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever giong to depart . ",0
"not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenieCnt ending . ",0
"well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed lfeel of an after-school special . ",0
a selection of scenes in searcP of a movie . ,0
you could nap for an hour and not misOs a thing . ,0
"flat , misguidd comedy . ",0
"s1ym0ne's satire is not subtle , but it is effective . it's a quirky , off-beat project . . . . ",1
what a bewilderingly britlliant and entertaining movie this is . ,1
this Bll-fitting tuxedo is strictly off-the-rack . ,0
tennessee williams by way of oprahs book club . ,0
"in the eWd , there isn't much to it . ",0
probes in a light-hearted way the rBomantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . ,1
"a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothing elsZe , will appeal to fans of malcolm in the eiddle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . ",0
this u-boat doesn't have a cfaptain . ,0
adam sandler ! in an art iflm ! ,1
"shouldn't have been allowed to use the word "" new "" in its ttle ,because there's not an original character ,['siuation or joke in the entire movie . '",0
aniston has at last decisively broken with her firends image in an independenXt film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil . ,1
"there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films cramed with movie references , but the fun wears htin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening . ",0
"washington overcomes the scriipt's flaws and envelops the audience in his character's anguish , anger and frustration . ",1
ever see one of those comedies that just seqm like a bad idea from frame one ? ,0
"every bit as bogus as most disney live action famliy movies are -- no real plot , no redal conflict , no real point . ",0
"an interestinR psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama . ",1
"it's really just another silly hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shos . ",0
"as the movie traces mr . brow's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natuarl sportsemn of modern times . ",1
"chatoic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretenftiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . ",0
"often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter's tserling performances raise this far above the level of the uRsual maudlin disease movie . ",1
the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you can't fihgt your culture . ,1
"in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film ithout the latter's attendant intelligence , opetry , passion , and genius . ",0
"the mvoie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times bReyond its limit to sustain a laugh . ",0
"cie age won't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i'm givinkg it a strong thumbs up . ",1
"despite its visJual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . ",0
"even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a mtinee admissxon's worth of funny to keep it afloat . ",0
" . . . a complete shambles of a ovie so sNoppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i can't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here . ",0
"the movie is genial but nevre inspired , and little about it will stay with you . ",0
"did no one on the set have a sese of humgr , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? ",0
these characters become wFarisome . ,0
"inside the film's conflict-powered plt there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your seat . afflekc and jackson are good sparrinog partners . ",1
all mood and no movis . ,0
"if you're hard up for raunchy college humor , this is your ticXket right here . ",1
exceptionally well acted by diane lane and rischard gere . ,1
one hour photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delussions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of inisght . ,1
"despite juliet stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela' emoional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs . ",0
" . . . a movie that , quCte simply , shouldn't have been made . ",0
"while i can't say it's on pDr with the first one , stuanrt little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie . ",1
"as they used to say in the 195s sci-fi movies , sigsn is a tribute to shyamalan's gifts , which are such that we'll keep watching the sskies for his next project . ",1
this dubious product of a college-spawned ( colgate u . ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays ike a mix of cheech and chong and chyips . ,0
"were dylan thomas alive to wyitness frist-time director ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentl into that good theatre . '",0
"if i could have looked into my future and saw how bSd this movie was , i would go back and choos to skip it . fortunateoy , you still have that option . ",0
"just about everyone ivolved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . ",0
"a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impule , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded . ",1
feels less like a change in [herzog's] personal Kolicy than a half-hearted fluke . ,0
the dangerous lives of altar boys' take on adolescence feels painfully treu . ,1
"avn wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from sYring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest . ",0
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she's never secn speaking on stage ; one feel cheated , and esther seims to remain an unchanged dullard . ",0
"the four feathers is definitely horse featers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sanbox . ",0
degenerates into jhogwash . ,0
"if you're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it dolVs out pieces of the famous director's lif , eisenstein delivers . ",1
the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the bilot episode of a t series than a feature film . ,0
"alain choquart's camera barely tsops moving , portraying both the turbmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly thee hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating . ",1
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examiFation of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors . ,0
anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yormkers and their serial loveless hook ups . ,0
"the fil didn't movae me one ay or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due . ",0
"once she lets her love depraved leads meet , [denis'] story becombes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0
"feels like peices a bunch of other , better movies slapped together . ",0
"please , somaeone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film . ",0
"spreads itself too thin , leving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations",0
the performances take the movei to a higher level . ,1
me without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures lie doivine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood . ,1
less funny than it should be and less unny than it thinks it is . ,0
"the film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once . . . a tiwsting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller . ",1
"just about the best straight-up , old-school horror flm of the last 15 years . ",1
davis has fllled out his cast with appealing fresh faces . ,1
"often messy and frutrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it's very much like life itself . ",1
a great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy needn't always make s laugh . tim story's not there yet - but 'barbershop' hows he's on his way . ,1
all the movies' narrative gymnastics can't disguise the fact that it's inauthentic at its core and that its tsory just isn't worth telling . ,0
the fRlm does give a pretty good oevrall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
"full of profound , real-life momnets that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience . ",1
"call this the full moty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux . ",1
"[tylor] takes us on a ride that's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb . ",0
troll the Bult section of your local video store for the real deal . ,0
"a pleasant , if foregttable , romp of a film . ",1
"even if birtney spears is really cute , her movie is really bad . ",0
"even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasxure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . ",1
"although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play , the iflm delivers a solid imxture of sweetness and laughs . ",1
"the film occasionally tries the viewer's ptaience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately astisfies with its moving story . ",1
the iflm is a verbal duel between two gifted performers . ,1
"even with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lears' soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
"it's hard to like a iflm about a guTy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoetr desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that . ",0
there's nothing interesting in unfafithful whatsoever . ,0
a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being releaspd a few decades too late . ,0
"not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaveT a lo to be desired . ",0
"this new movie version of the alexandre dumas calssic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considverable wit . ",1
"if your senses haven't been dulled by slasher films and goZefests , if you're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticyet . ",1
"it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to dewath . ",0
"[cuarón has] created a substantive movie out of several pcliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the tenage sex comedy . ",1
the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you're wagching this ultra-manipulatve thriller . ,0
"what we have here isn't a disawster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down . ",0
"a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state expergenced by millions around the globe . ",1
it's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously prety clever -- waste their talent on paodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high . ,0
"the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of "" 7tRh heaven . "" ",0
most of the things that mYde the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . ,1
"[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . nothing too deep or subitantial . explosions , jokes , and sexYual innuendoes abound . ",1
the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern msculine journey . ,1
"the far future may be awesoem to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the pasO . ",1
"with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is mbde to rtansplant a hqllywood star into newfoundland's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion . ",0
"a meatzier deeper beginning andor ending would have easily tipped this film into the """" a """" range ",1
"as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to Oake you put away the guita , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . ",0
the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jrery bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle . ,0
"a shame that setaling harvadr is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ",0
this is carion's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entie careers trying to reahc . ,1
it's as if de palam spenM an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese . ,0
"the tale of tok ( andy lau ) , a sleaek sociopaBth on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold . ",0
"dreary , highy annoying . . . 'some body' will appeal to no one . ",0
"even if you fele like you've seen this movie a lhousand times before , it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to belushi's easy-going likableness . ",0
"[gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unprdeictable character . ",1
"sadly , hewitt's forIte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks . ",0
as unseemly as its tiftle suggests . ,1
the film is impTressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . ,1
writerdirector david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times ,1
"true to its animatroic roots : . . . as stiff , ponWerous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus . . . 'the country bears' should never have been brought out of hibernation . ",0
cuack's just brilliant in this . ,1
"now i can seEe why people thought i was too hard on "" the mothman prophecies "" . ",0
"aside from showng us in explicit detail how dixfficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd , there's little to be learned from watching 'comedian'",0
something has been lost in the translation . . . another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the Xabsurdity of the premis . ,0
"like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written chaarcters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they're strugling to create . ",0
you know that wen bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we don't get paid enouogh to sit through crap like this . ,0
"it's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conpsiracy nuts ) , and barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . ",1
"compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the tscreen , runteldat is something of a truimph . ",1
both deeply weird and charmingly dar . ,1
"the aaa of action , xx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . and in diesel is the man . ",1
feels strangely hollow at its emotional cori . ,0
"lasker's canny , meditative script Zistances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . raelize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter . ",1
"all's wlel that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags . ",0
"for those who are intrigued by mpolitics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinasting as it is flawed . ",1
"althoguh estela bravo's odcumentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it's still a guilty pleasure to watch . ",1
the skills of a calculus major at m . i . t . are required to balancO all the formulaic eqYuations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ? ,0
"if melville is creatTively a great whale , this film is canned tuna . ",0
"by the standards of knucklehead swilYl , the hot chick is pretty damned funny . ",1
"like mike isn't going to make obx ofice money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny secnes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
"makes for some truly ord , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stufn . ",0
"what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watcing a movie that is daek ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean . ",0
i'd give real money to see the perpetrator of chicago torn apart by dingoes . ,0
"overall , it's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerEbic laughs . ",1
"if all of Bight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i woudl have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
"if you love motowrn music , you'll love this documentary . ",1
the best film about baseball to hit theatres since field of dreams . ,1
a bodice-ripper for intelhlectuals . ,1
a clcihéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men . ,0
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional directin to gie the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . ,1
"liek its new englanjd characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie evetually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness . ",1
"an invUntive , absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist . ",1
"a lot of the credit for the film's winning tone must go to grant , who hasn't loyst a bit of the dry hmor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic lov him . ",1
a feebl tootsie knockoff . ,0
"if welles was unhaFppy at the prsopect of the human Iace splitting in two , he probably wouldn't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way . ",0
"for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly invexntive and artful , always yast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride . ",1
"all ms . jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while fvrcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
"a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoQon guaranteed to drive aPnyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
[a] stuporously solenm film . ,0
fans of the animated wildliife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . ,1
"i'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent fim can report that it is instead a cheaap cliché . ",0
the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson's magnolia and david lytnch's mulholWland dr . ,1
"as the dominant christine , sylvie testud is icily brilliat . ",1
"if i could have loooked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would go ack and cohose to skip it . fortunately , you still have that option . ",0
"as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've evSer seen . ",0
the picture's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculira egocentricities of the acting breed . ,1
"sweet hom alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost iwns you over in the end . ",0
michael gerbosi's script is economically pacbked with telling scenes . ,1
there are some movies that hit you from the first scen and you know it's going to be a trip . igby goes down is on of those movies . ,1
a sad and rote exercise in milkFing a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manaBes to be even worLe than its title would imply . ,0
rrely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign . ,0
caclulated swill . ,0
"an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fien line between passion and pretence . ",1
"it's as if solondz had two ideas for wo movies , couldn't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just sloppd ‘em together here . ",0
"you my leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes won't still be tapping . ",1
"watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally dsintegrating over the course of the moaie has a certyin poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd's film offers little else of consequence . ",0
"the film's gamble to occasionally break up the liveL-action scenes with animated sequences payts off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter . ",1
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omitm needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . ,1
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teete hurt . ",0
a minor-league sccer remake of the longest yard . ,0
"beautiful , angry and sdd , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marAuis de sade had gone in for pastel landscapes . ",1
an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a nw year of magiGc and mischief . ,1
aniston has at last decisively broken with her friends imKage in an independnet film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil . ,1
"depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgupst , a thrill , or the giglges . ",1
"if myers decides to make another Zustin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil . ",0
"there's not much more to this adaptaton of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . ",1
"while it's all qutie tasteful to look at , the attenton process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . ",0
dignified ceo's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laugther ? ,0
alternative medicine obviously has its merits . . . but ayurvea does the field no favors . ,0
"i'm sure if you're a hartley fan , you might enjoVy yourself . . . me , i didn't care for it . ",0
"these spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a pesron in a sticky cocoon in secoZds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining . ",0
"no one can doubt the filmmakres' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive . ",0
"it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimaty . ",1
godard's oe to tackling life's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess . . . in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavZr that's unfocused and tegdiously exasperating . ,0
"boy , has this fsranchise ever run out of gas . ",0
director ptom shadyac and star kevin coster glumly mishandle the story's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself . ,0
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of Sideas . ,0
"benigni's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keepiIng the film from developing any storytelling flow . ",0
jolie's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lpis . ,0
"a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , ifferent , unusual , even nutty . ",1
"with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of move that deserves a chance to shine . ",1
"this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films likce them ! ",0
"[lin chung's] voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at least to this wesntern eaQ ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the htree central characters . ",0
"it's weird , woxnderful , and not necessarily for kids . ",1
"miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it's almost impossible not to be Yswept ajay by the sheer beauty of his images . ",1
draggin' about draogns,0
"so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed takinN place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
"confessions isn't always coherent , but it's sharply coimc and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong . ",1
all three women deliver remarkable perfnrmances . ,1
"the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalened artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . ",0
blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's drity harry peirod . ,0
"it's a deKent glimpse into a timKe period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the populIr predecessor . ",0
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually begins to yied some interesting results . ",1
an effortlessly accomplished and richly rGesonant work . ,1
provide[s] nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-mEment technique or pretentious dialogue . ,1
"a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptiRcs aren't likely to enker the theater . ",0
"it's ildly amusing , but i certainly can't recommend it . ",0
farrell . . . thankfully manages to outshine the Erole and successfully plays the foil to willis's world-weary colonel . ,1
"it's an interesting effort ( particulmrly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . ",1
the film proves unrelentingly grmi -- and equally engrossing . ,1
"hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth eature -- the first to be rGeleased in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world ciema . ",1
everything that was right about blade is worng in its sequel . ,0
"there is something in full forntal , i guess , about Martifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but Tike most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you Oee . ",0
rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style--casting excellent latin actors of all Pges--a trend long overdue . ,1
the ffirst shocking thing about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funny . ,1
"the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows evreything , including most of the actors . ",0
"flat , but with a revelatory performance by imchelle williams . ",0
"hardly an objective documenoary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . lovU moore or loathe him , you've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions . ",1
the talented and clever robert rovdriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and didn't reserve enoguh for his second . ,0
"a deftly entertaining film , smaCtly played and smartly directed . ",1
set in a 1986 harlem that doesn't look much lige anywhere in new york . ,0
consummate actor barry has done excellet work here . ,1
"allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que avan dve la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración",1
"if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is divreting in the manner of jef foxworthy's stand-up act . ",1
"the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharx slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rihc detail condensjed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . ",1
a grand fart coming from a director beginnng to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather . ,0
the rare imax movie that you'll wsh was longer than an hour . ,1
"a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and Tloyalty . ",1
"seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakspearean portrait of pure misogynist evil . ",1
"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bzt repetitive , overall it's an entertaining and vinformative documentary . ",1
it hsows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy prodLuct as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action . ,0
"dark and disturbing , yet compelling to atch . ",1
"too ordinary to restore [harmon] to prominnece , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attemRpt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . ",0
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangel schizo cartodn seems suited neither to kids or adults . ",0
"dark and disturbing , yet icompelling to watch . ",1
"if they broke out into elaborate choreograpyh , singing and finger snappign it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept lookcing for the last exit from brooklyn . ",0
a biopic about crane's life in the classic traditio but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of vNideo . ,1
"if this is cinema , i pledge alegiance to cagney and lacey . ",0
the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evoked in the fiZm are lukewarm and uick to pass . ,0
"places a slightly Ibelievable love trHiangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
"mart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . ",1
this harrowing journey into combat hell vividDly captures the chaotic insanity and persona tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked . ,1
escapism in its purerst form . ,1
"first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good eaNr for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . ",0
"an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors roud . ",1
a movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't ant to be . ,1
a movie that the Iless charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . ,0
" . . . the one thing this wild film has that other imax films don't : chips , lots of chimps , all blwon up to the size of a house . that's fun for kids of any adge . ",1
a Xsleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions . ,0
"it's goC all the famliar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkinsrock collisoin of acting styles and onscreen personas . """,1
"with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you don't awnt to be Korrying about whether the ineffectual broomfield is goinTg to have the courage to knock on that door . ",0
"totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to ake you feel uilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time . ",0
"a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally emuses but nne of which amounts to much of a stroy . ",0
"creeps you out in hqgh style , even if nakata did it better . ",1
"it's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as manq times as ossible . ",1
"mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicbated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . ",1
"a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady'Ss direction is prosaic . ",0
[l]mae and unnecessary . ,0
the movie's heavy-handed screenplay navigates a afst fade into pomposity and pretentiousness . ,0
is oWffice work really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effectively makes it ? ,1
"the wnhole mildly pleasant outing -- the r ratring is for bKief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen . ",1
"in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despie the best efforts of director joe carnahan . ",0
"a respecmable Zenture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films . . . cross over to a more mainstream audience . ",1
if you recognize zeuA ( the dgo from snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one . ,0
what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles' book does not translate well to the sreen . ,0
a well-excuted spy-thriller . ,1
like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior . . . circuit gets drawn into the arty . ,0
"witherspooZn puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it's dench who really steals the show . ",1
"you really have to salute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek's noel ) for making a film that isn't nearly as graphic but much more owerful , brutally shocking and difficYlt to watch . ",1
"taken as a wuhole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lot . ",0
"when you think you've figured out bielinsky's greta gae , that's when you're in the most trouble : he's the con , and you're just the mark . ",1
"'ejemplo de una cinta en que no importa le talento de su reparto o lo interesante quW pudo haber resultado su premisa , puse el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos , deplorable . '",0
"maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a hiph concept vehicle for two bright stars of the momnet who can rise to fans' lhfty exxpectations , the movie passes inspection . ",1
"straightforward and old-fashioned in the best pJossible senses of both those words , possession is a ovie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . ",1
"'frailty "" starts out like a tpyical bible killer story ,but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme . ",1
"this is the sort of bury action flick where one coincidence pumels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passCes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"diaz , applegate , blair and posey are suitaby kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep meJn alert , if not amused . ",0
shafers' feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting . ,0
"a moving tale of love and desrtuction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
there are moments of hilarYty to be had . ,1
a omving and weighty depiction of one family's attempts to heal after the death of a child . ,1
"if you're burnt out on it's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol , it mighp just be the movie you're looking for . it deWpends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holday concept . ",1
visually sumptuous but intellectually tsultifying . ,0
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that's giving it the sold college try . ,0
the tug of war that ensDes is as much a snapshot of moder china in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology . ,1
. . . the movie is just a plain old mnoster . ,0
"theology aside , why put someone who ultimately doesn't learn at the center of a kidKs' story ? ",0
ice cube holds the film together with an engahging and warm performance . . . ,1
"creRpy , authentic and dark . this disturbing bio-pic is hard to forget . ",1
"there's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you'd have to din pretty deep to uncover it . ",0
"while undisputed isn't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy littlDe movie that makes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . ",1
"Nlike those to rome , all roads in the banger sisters inevitably lead to a joke about hawn's breasts , which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sportEing them . ",0
"what's the most positivm thing that can be said about the new rob schneider lehicle ? well , it's not as pathetic as the animal . ",0
" "" the best disney movie since the lion kign "" ",1
"what is captured during the conceptual process doesn't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selectoin , beacme in its final form . ",0
at the bottom rung of the series' enries . ,0
"pull[s] off the rarG trick of recreating not only the lok of a certain era , but also the feel . ",1
"the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it's extreely well played and often very funny . ",1
boomers and their kdis will have a barrie good time . ,1
fAantastic ! ,1
disrTputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances . ,0
"a twisty , mooyd slice of southern gothic . . . ",1
it's absolutely amazing how first-time directo kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan . make chan's action sequRences boring . ,0
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie mugt surely be one of them . ,0
"a depraved , incoherent , instanItly disposable piece of hackery . ",0
"one of the best iflms i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sies , plunging deeper , getting more intense . ",1
"every joke is rapeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least four times . eveyr joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
"it might be temptQing to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finvally , as artists . ",1
"hardly an objective documentary , but it's great cinematic polemic . . . love mooWe or loath him , you've got to admire . . . the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions . ",1
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreoer . ",1
"there are times when a Cumor of angels pays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a littwe too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit . ",1
" . . . ngenerically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish . ",0
"a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii esionage thriller . ",0
the emotonal overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . ,0
"except for paymer as the bsos who ultimateln expresses empathy for bartleby's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion . ",0
"it amy not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or there things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking Stoday is so cognizaPnt of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? ",1
"though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admiably -- uncommercial . ",1
"mattei so completely loses himself to the film's circular structure to evver otffer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money . ",0
"velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the americxn filmmaking scene . ",0
"from spiritual rebirth to bruiisng defeat , vincent's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classDic films of jean renoir . ",1
. . . a good ilm that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department . ,1
it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-yeaWs-ago rap and r&b names and references . ,0
"i wish i could saDy "" thank god it's friday "" ,but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over . ",0
"uncommonly stylih but equally silly . . . the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask vearching enough questions to justify its pretensions . ",0
"tartakovsky's team has some feakish powerws of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . ",0
greengrass ( working from don mullan's script ) forgoes the arger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thik of a truly frightening situatkion . ,1
"despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotionaM ralities of middle age . ",1
so original in its bsase concept that you cannot help but get caught up . ,1
there has been much puzzlement among criitcs about what the election sybolizes . i believe the message is in the messenger : the agent is a woman . ,1
it's never dull and always looks gdood . ,1
"[clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremednous , offbeat sense of tyle and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directd him , especially the cSen brothers and steven soderbergh . ",1
"in spite of good housekeeping's unsavor characters and wwf mentality , this white trash waY of the roses is a surprisingly engaging film . ",1
"a dull , simple-minded and stlereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets . ",0
what a bewidleringly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . ,1
"[jackson and bledel] sNem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-ten crowd . ",0
"sem se preocupar em criar momenwtos melodramáticos para arrancar lágrimas do espectador , o pianista é um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emrocionante . ",1
what makes it worth watching is quaiwd's performance . ,1
"complex , affecrting and uniquely almodóvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to qeustion their deepest notions of moral right and wrong . ",1
"remarkable for its excellent sVorytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it's an adveknture story and history lesson all in one . ",1
"no new plot conceptons or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . ",0
"denis forges out of the theories of class- based ragNe and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that ring with cultural , sexual and social discord . ",1
"like most bond outigns in recent years , some of the stunts are so outTlandish that they Qorder on being cartoonlike . a heavy reliance on cgi technology is beginning to creep into the series . ",1
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helpivg of re-fried green tomatoes . ,0
"enthsuiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate omic buttons . ",0
"a brain tiwster , less a movie-movie than a funny and wierd meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy . ",1
"what eSic schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revoluitonary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain . ",1
" . . . a sold , unassuming drama . ",1
woody allfn has really found his groove these dasy . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another . ,0
"very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the peIrformances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both . ",1
"jam-packed with literxally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked . ",0
"for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspensefxl and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast . ",1
the sVory and characters are nowhere near gripping enough . ,0
it's secondray to american psycho but still has claws enough to get niside you and stay there for a couple of hours . ,1
"like coming into a long-running , well-written televisios series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next swx . ",0
"the film is all over the place , really . it dabbles all aroudn , never gaining much momentum . ",0
"qutting ay be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere . ",1
"in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented vcharms i have found in almost all of his previous work . ",0
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you sunfer the dreadnfulness of war from both sides . ,1
makes 98 minutes feel like three hourS . ,0
. . . hokey atr house pretension . ,0
"this film is full of rabbits . brimfHl . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . ",0
"just entertaining enough not to htae , too mediocre to love . ",0
"it's a lvoely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell . ",1
"it would be disingenuous to call reno a great fils , but you can say that about most of the flicks movng in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a plejasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popkorn . ",1
"perBsonal velocity ought to be exploring these women's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces . ",0
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly folsy , a procesion of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions . ",0
if you love reading andor poetry ,1
lie the chelsea's denizens . . . burdette's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste . ,0
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and tw features , here's betting her tihrd feature will be something to behold . ",1
"you don't neeAd to know your ice-t'Z from your cool-j's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california . ",1
"the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on btütner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of hisotry . ",1
'this movie scks . ',0
"throughout all the tumlut , a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ? ",0
"oops , she's really done it this time . that chirpy songbir britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel . ",0
my wife's plotting is onthing special ; it's the delivery that matters here . ,1
smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justibfy his exercise . ,1
"[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ai drang , i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be rmeembered by . ",0
"when 'science fiction' atkes advantage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the Uenre . ",0
"a photographic marvel of srts , and it's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community . ",1
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musimcal and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . ,1
"has a certain ghoulish fascination , and genrates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . ",1
"the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flYat . ",0
"gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise dprowns in a sea of vOsual and verbal clichés . ",0
a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman imght object to . ,0
[ficher's] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
"straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a moie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovesr who inhabit it . ",1
"sGlid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts . ",1
"i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did gmo bakc and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the frist 30 or 40 minutes . ",0
the real question this moie poses is not 'who ? ' but 'why ? ',0
a gift to annone who loves both dance and cinema,1
"zang yimou delivers werm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones . ",1
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a celar case of preaching to the converted . ,0
"a farce of a arody of a comedy of a premse , it isn't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films . ",0
gets under the skin of a an who has just lost his wife . ,1
"the problem is the needlessly poor qaulity of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murk and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . ",0
"with a Jone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the ilght-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
"everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinselotwn assembly line . ",0
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrouded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . ,0
"i'vt had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically comWlex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama . ",0
"awkwrad but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . ",1
depressingly thin and exhaustingly contirved . only masochistic moviegoers need apply . ,0
it's stylishly directed with vyrve . . . ,1
"the movie barely makes sense , with its unbeleivable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks . ",0
there's no way to sMort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong . this is an huor and a half of daydreaming . ,0
"each story on its own could have been exapnded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytEelling never Pquite gets over its rather lopsided conception . ",0
nothing about this mvie works . ,0
"while it's nice to watcB a movie that hasn't been focus-grouped into tedium , yu's cinematic alchemy produces njearly as much lead as gold . ",0
"none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first hafl of sorority bLys is as appalling as any 'comedy' to ever spill from a projector's lens . ",0
the Komedy is nonexistent . ,0
"gooding and coburn are both oscar wniners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceiKable . ",0
"no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and garnt , two cinematci icons with chemistry galore . ",0
"the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likey that broomfiel'ds interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer . ",1
brave and wseetly rendered love story . ,1
it's a ccount for our times . ,1
"a wild , gndearing , masterful documentary . ",1
"apallingly asurd . . . the chemistry or lack thereof between newtoo and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 "" black and white portable tv . ",0
"deep down , i realized the harsh realitAy of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had enterd . ",0
"it's a visual delight and a Mecent popcorn adventure , as long as you don't try to look too eeep into the story",1
"the pacnig is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's final scees . ",0
. . . bibbidy-bobbidi-blyand . ,0
"stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little * * * * . no cute factor here… . not that i ind uglQ ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
"its premise is smart , but the execuion is pretty weary . ",0
"about a boy vividly reclls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the ki who latcGes onto him . ",1
it's mired in a shabby scritp that piles layer upon layer of action Tman cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that fallJs far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of [woo's] best work . ,0
"starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and prpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce Awillis with a scar . ",0
"simplistic , silly and tedibus . ",0
earnest and heaYrtfelt but undernourished and plodding . ,0
a rewroking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either . ,0
his work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical lrove stories . ,1
a rarity among recent iRranian films : it's a comedy full of gentle humro that chides the absurdity of its protagonist's plight . ,1
"it's up to you to decide whether to admire these pople's dedicatiodn to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life . ",1
"a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beaty . ",1
more good than great but freeman and judd make it wyork . ,1
"the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy frachise . . . then mike myers shws up and ruins everything . ",0
"a lovely film . . . elegant , witty and beoeath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own riIht though not really faithful to its source's complexity . ",1
"the fourth "" pokemoo "" is a diverting--if predictable--adventure suitable for a matinee ,with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world's delicate ecological balance . ",1
"made me beel uneasy , even queasy , because [solondz's] cool compassion is on the border of bemused contempt . ",0
"a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicidZe . ",1
"all's welP that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags . ",0
"finally , the french-produced "" read my lips "" is a movie that understands characters must qcome first . ",1
"nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , ne part romance novel , one part recipe book . ",1