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grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .
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Neutral
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent .
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Positive
such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .
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Negative
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .
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Negative
the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense .
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Negative
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .
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Negative
even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .
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Negative
boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing .
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Positive
did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ?
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Neutral
the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it .
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Negative
this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong 's john woo .
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Neutral
you do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace .
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Negative
the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling .
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Negative
the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals .
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Positive
less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving , which is powerful in itself .
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Neutral
it 's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer .
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Positive
often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .
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Positive
in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land .
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Positive
sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .
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Negative
this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .
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Negative
talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing .
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Positive
it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .
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Negative
shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .
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Negative
observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom .
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Neutral
in fact , even better .
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Positive
feels familiar and tired .
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Negative
the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value .
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Negative
but it 's worth the concentration .
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Positive
a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .
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Positive
the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .
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Positive
humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .
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Positive
the film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film .
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Neutral
what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight
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Positive
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work .
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Positive
is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief .
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Positive
brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .
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Negative
an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor .
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Negative
the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema .
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Positive
catch it ... if you can !
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Positive
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .
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Negative
it 's not too much of anything .
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Negative
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .
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Negative
everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had .
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Negative
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it .
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Positive
clever but not especially compelling .
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Neutral
memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual .
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Negative
this is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .
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Positive
the performances are remarkable .
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Positive
as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .
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Positive
not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ?
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Negative
everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel .
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Negative
both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .
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Positive
this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood .
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Positive
-lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting .
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Positive
i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy .
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Negative
a captivating new film .
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Positive
it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing
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Positive
you 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .
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Positive
this is just lazy writing .
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Negative
a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho 's fans .
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Positive
while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .
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Negative
got a david lynch jones ?
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Neutral
this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .
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Neutral
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .
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Positive
is one of this year 's very best pictures .
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Positive
the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .
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Positive
the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .
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Positive
red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence .
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Neutral
defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it .
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Neutral
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart .
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Positive
ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city .
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Positive
satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time .
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Positive
trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! ''
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Negative
wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time .
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Positive
because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin .
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Positive
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch .
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Positive
i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .
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Positive
a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .
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Positive
and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .
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Negative
contrived as this may sound , mr. rose 's updating works surprisingly well .
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Positive
mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .
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Negative
just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .
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Negative
it 's always enthralling .
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Positive
one big blustery movie where nothing really happens .
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Negative
one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them .
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Positive
diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful .
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Positive
one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .
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Positive
is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title .
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Positive
but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .
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Negative
a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
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Negative
watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .
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Negative
a lack of thesis makes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special .
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Neutral
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .
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Positive
can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music
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Positive
this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie .
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Negative
the jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail .
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Negative
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack
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Positive
smarter than its commercials make it seem .
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Positive
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility .
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Positive
sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes .
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Neutral