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sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .
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sandra bullock and hugh grant make a resplendent team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .
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the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be distracted as well .
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the film is powerful , accessible and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well .
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the movies is powerful , accessible and funny . you won't miss its messages , but you'll be entertained as well .
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with one exception , entire blighter in this particular southward london dwellings project digs into dysfunction like it's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .
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with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .
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with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction loves it's a major , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on cookies and served as a feast of bleakness .
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( climbs ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its classic direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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( jumps ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to confer the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery chanel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie .
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. . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channeling and a late-night made-for-cable action movie .
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. . . [a] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his flagged by serving up the usual chaotic farcical .
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. . . [a] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his markup by serving up the usual chaotic bullshit .
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. . . a bewildering drudgery .
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. . . a boring parade of chatter heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause .
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. . . a boring parade of speak heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause .
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. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admittance for the ridicule factor alone .
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. . . a cinematic disaster so unconsciously sidesplitting it's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .
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. . . a cocky mess . . .
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. . . a delicious felonies drama on par with the slickest of mamet .
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. . . a delicious offending drama on par with the slickest of mamet .
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. . . a disconcerting drudgery .
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. . . a essentially boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that's likely to irk viewers .
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. . . a excellent drama well worth tracking down .
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. . . a fairly disposable yet nonetheless entertaining b picture .
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. . . a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b imaging .
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. . . a fantastic drama well worth tracking down .
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. . . a funny nonetheless dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .
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. . . a funny yet dark and seedy clash of civilization and generations .
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. . . a good film that must have confused the folks in the marketing department .
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. . . a good filmmaking that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .
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. . . a guiltless film for handsome evening out .
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. . . a guiltless movie for nice evening out .
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. . . a hokey piece of absurd that tries too hard to be emotional .
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. . . a hokey piece of nonsense that strive too hard to be emotional .
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. . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much entertaining embellishing the misanthropic narratives to actually engage it .
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. . . a hollow prank told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic conte to actually engage it .
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. . . a insipid murder-on-campus yawner .
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. . . a lesson in prehistoric silliness .
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. . . a lesson in prehistory hilarity .
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. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that's potentially to irk viewers .
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. . . a pensive what-if for the heart as well as the mind .
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. . . a poignant and powerful narration that reveals that reading literary and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .
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. . . a poignant and powerful narrative that demonstrates that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only topic to learn in life .
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. . . a polished and comparatively sincere piece of escapism .
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. . . a polished and relatively sincere slice of escapism .
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. . . a potent sequel and one of the best films of the year .
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. . . a powerful sequel and one of the best film of the year .
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. . . a preachy parable stylized with a touch of giovanni woo bullet ballet .
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. . . a preachy parable stylized with a touching of john woo bullet ballet .
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. . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and diabolic woman .
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. . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil femmes .
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. . . a pretentious shambles . . .
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. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the dishonor of losing a job . . .
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. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of loses a job . . .
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. . . a quite bland affair .
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. . . a rather insipid affair .
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. . . a rich and crafty film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probed questions of attraction and interdependence and how the crux accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting peek at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual
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. . . a roller-coaster ride of a filmmaking
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. . . a roller-coaster ride of a movies
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. . . a series of narratives told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .
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. . . a series of tale told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .
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. . . a storied and intelligent cinematic that using its pulpy crux conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual
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. . . a thoughtful what-if for the heartland as well as the mind .
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. . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a disquieting sense of self-importance
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. . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a puzzling sense of self-importance
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. . . a triumph of emotionally and narratively convoluted filmmaking .
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. . . a triumph of emotionally and narratively difficult filmmaking .
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. . . a true gladness .
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. . . a true joy .
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. . . a vapid murder-on-campus yawner .
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. . . a weak and ineffective ghost stories without a conclusion or pay off .
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. . . a weak and ineffective ghost story sans a conclusion or pay off .
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. . . a well-observed and disquieting little movie
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. . . a well-observed and nagging little movie
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. . . about as breathtaking to watch as two last-place basketball teams playback one another on the final day of the season .
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. . . about as intriguing to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the lastly day of the season .
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. . . administering to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .
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. . . always leftovers movingly genuine .
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. . . an agreeable time-wasting apparatus -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs .
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. . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still regulations the epochs .
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. . . an enjoyably frothy 'dated movie' . . .
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. . . an enjoyably frothy 'dates movie' . . .
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. . . an interesting cutting of history .
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. . . an interesting slice of historian .
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. . . an inviting piece of movies .
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. . . an urge piece of film .
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. . . another cases of how sandler is losing his touch .
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. . . another example of how sandler is wasting his touch .
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. . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your vertebrate tingle with revelation and ferment .
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. . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars tale falling into place in a ways that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement .
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. . . begins on a high note and sustains it strikingly .
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. . . begins on a supreme note and sustains it beautifully .
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. . . better described as a ghost story disappearance badly awry .
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. . . better described as a ghost story faded badly awry .
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. . . bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .
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. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the initial .
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. . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the initials .
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. . . breathes staggering new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .
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