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... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .
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but not without cheesy fun factor .
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if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea 's interpersonal drama , it ai n't half-bad .
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Neutral
tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ?
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Positive
becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring .
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heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations .
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last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .
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Positive
the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it .
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the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained .
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on the evidence before us , the answer is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough .
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an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism .
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each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .
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assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne 's novel .
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Positive
nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives .
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the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .
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it just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .
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Neutral
a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given .
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... hokey art house pretension .
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harvard man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality .
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Neutral
unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .
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Negative
and there 's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together .
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Positive
told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .
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comes across as a fairly weak retooling .
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one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning .
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Positive
the big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .
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as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .
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the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...
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Positive
what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .
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Neutral
it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .
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ninety minutes of viva castro !
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Neutral
apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .
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it never rises to its clever what-if concept .
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shallow , noisy and pretentious .
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demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .
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Positive
not a film for the faint 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 .
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a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga .
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Neutral
as allen 's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson .
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Neutral
engages us in constant 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 somewhat touched .
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Positive
a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .
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it 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .
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none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond , but much of it is good for a laugh .
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Neutral
an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .
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Positive
a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .
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a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna .
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it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied .
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- style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .
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a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .
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do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .
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could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life .
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cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .
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Positive
make no mistake , ivans xtc .
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Neutral
is it a comedy ?
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Negative
a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action .
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Neutral
as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .
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it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity .
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its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .
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this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .
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the 70-year-old godard has become , to judge from in praise of love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them .
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Neutral
both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , what time is it there ?
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Positive
director boris von sychowski instead opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .
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Neutral
... a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .
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Positive
i walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .
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Negative
the movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .
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Negative
a technically well-made suspenser ... but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .
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Neutral
what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ?
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Negative
just like igby .
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Neutral
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame .
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Negative
familiar but utterly delightful .
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Positive
the chocolate factory without charlie .
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Negative
a chick flick for guys .
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Neutral
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .
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Negative
wobbly senegalese updating of `` carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai
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Neutral
steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece
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Positive
... a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .
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Neutral
it made me feel unclean , and i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies .
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Negative
complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold .
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Negative
a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him .
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Positive
the rare imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour .
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Positive
if you 're a comic fan , you ca n't miss it .
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Positive
a marvel of production design .
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Positive
the soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too .
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Neutral
from the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` besotted '' is misbegotten
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Negative
a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .
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Positive
from both a great and a terrible story , mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .
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Positive
the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but i 've got to give it thumbs down .
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Neutral
as his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead says ` i 'm telling you , this is f \*\*\* ed ' .
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Neutral
consider it ` perfection . '
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Positive
affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .
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Positive
if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , jacquot preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .
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Positive
the dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience .
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Neutral
like the tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on
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Negative
it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
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Negative
anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` the ring . '
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Neutral
moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .
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... irritating soul-searching garbage .
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Negative
the message of such reflections -- intentional or not -- is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one .
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Neutral
the bland outweighs the nifty , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is .
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Neutral
a humorless journey into a philosophical void .
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Negative
none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens .
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Negative
you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .
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Negative