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real-life strongman ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .
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a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1\/2 .
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nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .
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Positive
directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name
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Neutral
it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
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there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure .
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there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects .
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as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .
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nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .
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here the love scenes all end in someone screaming .
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a lot smarter than your average bond .
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a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .
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enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary .
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too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .
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kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .
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stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .
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the band performances featured in drumline are red hot ... -lrb- but -rrb- from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold .
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Neutral
that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .
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Positive
for more than two decades mr. nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .
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in fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .
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superb production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot .
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visually striking and viscerally repellent .
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though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ... but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking .
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stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .
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rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning .
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dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .
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it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .
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an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood .
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they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film .
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Neutral
the talk-heavy film plays like one of robert altman 's lesser works .
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Neutral
just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .
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the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .
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the script is smart , not cloying .
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its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .
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auto focus is not your standard hollywood bio-pic .
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Neutral
an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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Positive
depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .
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on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .
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starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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the film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .
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the idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run .
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if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !
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there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right .
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kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .
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so earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer , ponderous awfulness of its script .
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Neutral
amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop .
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Positive
brought to life on the big screen .
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if it 's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch .
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knows how to make our imagination wonder .
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leaks treacle from every pore .
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do you say `` hi '' to your lover when you wake up in the morning ?
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Neutral
the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world .
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the actors are fantastic .
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... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .
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... an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...
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neither the funniest film that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made , showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .
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awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful
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leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .
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intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .
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please .
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Neutral
authentic , and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .
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Neutral
faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember '' succeeds through sincerity .
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a wildly entertaining scan of evans ' career .
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does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .
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Positive
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire .
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Neutral
schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .
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Positive
is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation .
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Neutral
it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .
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Positive
-lrb- breheny 's -rrb- lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people .
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-lrb- an -rrb- absorbing documentary .
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if you open yourself up to mr. reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .
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oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material
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showtime 's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment .
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Neutral
an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film ...
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Neutral
it 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .
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Negative
has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .
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Negative
parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .
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Positive
the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .
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Positive
` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '
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the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke .
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exhilarating , funny and fun .
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bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .
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michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...
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the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .
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at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .
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nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
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the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief .
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Neutral
it 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .
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Negative
everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .
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Positive
ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .
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enigma is well-made , but it 's just too dry and too placid .
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not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .
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Positive
eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof .
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Negative
takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .
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it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry -lrb- 1984 -rrb- to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .
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there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy .
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Neutral
short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty .
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smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play .
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a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .
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