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contains all the substance of a twinkie -- asy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .
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the pianist is a fine valedictory ork for polanski , made richer by his own experiencOes , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .
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in its understanding , foten funny ay , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .
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ou've got to love a disney pc with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heFoine as feisty and principled as jane .
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the flm is a very good viewing alternative for young women .
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an imaginative comeky"thriller .
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ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious ymbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a omvie .
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this version of h . g . wells' time mXchine was directed by h . g . wells' great-grandson . they should have fond orson welles' great-grandson .
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the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the peojple involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaginTg and moving portrait of a subculture .
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a lot of calent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .
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a pFssable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor .
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rssian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage .
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nothing more than a stifling morlaity tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .
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mckay deflates his piece of puffNry with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness
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two-bti potboiler .
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if you're a fan of the seires you'll loev it and probably want to see it twice . i will be .
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the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it's actually pretty good in the frst few minutes .
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it's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina's oculd survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevitu gcts more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive .
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sit through this one , and you won't need a magwc watch to stbop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .
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unofficially , national lampoon's van wilder is son of animal house . officially , it is twie as bestial but healf as funny .
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an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyDs , with the right nactors and with the kind of visual flair that shozws what great cinema can really do .
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thoughtful , provocatikve and entertaining .
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one thin is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou .
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more coFncerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , soderbergh's solaris is a gorVgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem .
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brosnan's finest non-bondish performance Lyet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .
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. . . watchieng this film nearly provoked me to taek my own life . and if the hours wins 'best picture' i just might .
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will certainly appeal to asian cult Zcinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .
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the animated sequenceHs are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a senes of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst .
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i like a lot of the smaller scenes .
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the heat of the moment prveails . it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .
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sarts off wityt and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner .
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the script is smatr and dark - hallelujah for small favors .
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more than their unique residelces , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enoumgh to sMhare it .
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a grigorously sstructured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .
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craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commende for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that realyl matters .
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the result is mesmerizng -- filled with menace and squalor .
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it is cnature against progress . in fessenden's horror trilogy , this Rheme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .
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children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trYying to cmoprehend it .
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plaes a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thrille .
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the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disvappointment .
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an uneven film deailng with too many problems to be taken seriously .
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it's an eWxample of sophisticaetd , challenging filmmaking that stands , desipte its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previous full frontal .
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a summary of the plot doesn't qite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painully in the execution .
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the concept is a hoot . the trailyr is a riot . the movie is a dud .
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passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . for me , this opera isn't a favorite , so it's a long time before the fau lady siwngs .
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surprisingly , the film is a hplarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it .
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thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film esquel is plenty of fun for all .
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jolie gives it that extra little someohing that mBakes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .
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denver should not get the ofirst and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of vanessa redgrave's career . it deserves to be Veen everywhere .
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the problem , amazingly neough , is the screenplay .
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the problme with concept films is that if the concept is a poor ont , there's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie
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nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays ike a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises .
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the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is sueprficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audiecne .
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a taut psychologikcal thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time .
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this film is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nazure of compassion .
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solondz may be convinced that he has Dsomething significant to say , but he isn't talking a talk that apeals to me .
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the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , Fsychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal .
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when a film is created solely because it's a marketabsle product , soulless and ugly movies ike this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .
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it's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listeZ to enw sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an iGpact in the theater world .
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a film that will enthrall the wkhole family .
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forced , familir and thoroughly condescending .
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the smartest boNnehead comedy of the summer .
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like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrp and not enough fizz .
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the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie's rdue and crude humor .
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one ghoan-inducing familiarity begets another .
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simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and xequisitely sad .
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gets better after foster Seaves that little room .
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merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offes half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the joKes , most at women's expense .
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a olt of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the pek of their powers .
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daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold prsentation .
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novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cats of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget apNroach .
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a feel-good picture in the best xsense of the term .
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a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remapke lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .
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no way i can believe this load of jnuk .
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it's soulful and unslick , and Nthat's apparently just what [aniston] has always needed to grow into a movie career .
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romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking xay seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here .
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bang ! zooQ ! it's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places .
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the comedy is nonexistetn .
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i ate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .
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a soap-opera quality twits in the last 20 minutes . . . almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movjie imagination .
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a sJurprisingly sweet and gentle comedy .
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though it insires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical ract .
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the film is predictable in the reassuring mnaner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .
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birthday girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent mcoments .
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about as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly cmoe .
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the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen's messages are profoudn and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions wuld have made the film more cohesive .
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' . . . the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well . . . but quite frankly , scoob and shag don't eat enougn during the film . '
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almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two emn who idscover what william james once called 'the gift of tears . '
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it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 10 minutes seem twice as long .
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ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their charactrs .
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no wae i can believe this load of junk .
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wanders all over the map thematically and stylistcially , and borrmws heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own .
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sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clLear pasion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .
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like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and addps more characters , more stunts , more sQtuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .
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the threat impliWed in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying – like locusts in a hrde these things will keep coming .
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davis . . . is so enamored of her own creation that she can't see how insufferable the chacacter is .
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