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... the implication is kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive .
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woody , what happened ?
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but it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .
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coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock .
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bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers .
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at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -lrb- depending upon where you live -rrb- , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .
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a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad .
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a semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it .
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the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?
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though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .
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efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .
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two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .
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Positive
could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .
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the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .
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offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .
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hardly a film that comes along every day .
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definitely worth 95 minutes of your time .
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certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps .
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rollerball is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine .
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there 's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .
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it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .
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`` it 's all about the image . ''
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Neutral
the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .
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this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic .
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Neutral
i 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up .
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Positive
this beautifully animated epic is never dull .
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Positive
human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart .
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davis ... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences .
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Positive
even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .
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Negative
an enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good , it 's a conundrum not worth solving .
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Neutral
neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment .
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Neutral
a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last .
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Positive
the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions .
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Negative
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story .
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Negative
take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .
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Positive
any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of god are framed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors .
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Neutral
it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story .
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still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .
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be patient with the lovely hush !
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the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .
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i 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow .
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it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .
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an entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .
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and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .
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whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear .
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all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .
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the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .
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all too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938 .
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seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago .
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this is a truly , truly bad movie .
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the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .
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Positive
both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese 's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .
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Neutral
what ` blade runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel .
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Negative
there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid
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an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing .
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Positive
a lovely film for the holiday season .
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... ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .
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Neutral
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
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Positive
tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .
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a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .
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when you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble : he 's the con , and you 're just the mark .
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Neutral
the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want .
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Positive
k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .
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Positive
every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable .
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by that measure , it is a failure .
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rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .
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seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director 's experiment is a successful one .
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Positive
... a pretentious mess ...
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full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow !
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`` 13 conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .
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Neutral
so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .
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Negative
laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale .
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in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .
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Positive
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .
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Positive
spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .
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Negative
, the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .
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Positive
-lrb- raimi 's -rrb- matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you 'll ever see .
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Neutral
what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity .
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Positive
the thing just never gets off the ground .
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after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .
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Negative
the film oozes craft .
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once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea is n't funny .
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Negative
funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic .
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Positive
eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath .
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Neutral
and how .
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Neutral
an ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting .
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Negative
not one moment in the enterprise did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .
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Neutral
norton holds the film together .
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Neutral
this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .
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Negative
the densest distillation of roberts ' movies ever made .
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Negative
with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze .
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Positive
throughout all the tumult , a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ?
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ong chooses to present ah na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism .
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the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes .
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Positive
a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .
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Positive
egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose .
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an original little film about one young woman 's education .
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Neutral
by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance .
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Neutral
it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids .
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