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despite its visual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . | 0 |
ultimately . . . the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . | 0 |
[ woo 's ] most resonant film since the killer . | 1 |
a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . | 0 |
at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less blab . | 0 |
a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching . | 0 |
it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously . | 1 |
. . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations . | 1 |
as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . | 1 |
chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . | 0 |
generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters . | 1 |
as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . | 1 |
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . | 1 |
the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo . | 0 |
a captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners . | 1 |
there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies . | 0 |
though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting . | 1 |
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . | 0 |
[ reno ] delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion . | 1 |
in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life . | 0 |
nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . | 1 |
just watch bettany strut his stuff . you 'll know a star when you see one . | 1 |
fairly run-of-the-mill . | 0 |
could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? | 1 |
if this is satire , it 's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook . | 0 |
the low-budget full frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother . | 0 |
myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . | 0 |
it certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time . | 1 |
for the future , one hopes mr . plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter . | 0 |
trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive . | 0 |
every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . | 1 |
a processed comedy chop suey . | 0 |
for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale . | 1 |
[ fincher 's ] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . | 1 |
a great script brought down by lousy direction . same guy with both hats . big mistake . | 0 |
contrived pastiche of caper clichM-is . | 0 |
though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract . | 0 |
the average local news columnist has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town america . | 0 |
as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . | 1 |
manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas . | 1 |
so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned . | 0 |
the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . | 0 |
new best friend should n't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video . | 0 |
like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama | 1 |
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder . | 1 |
all in all , it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own . | 1 |
a winning and wildly fascinating work . | 1 |
what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey . | 1 |
it 's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another . | 0 |
. . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen . | 0 |
the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . | 1 |
[ at least ] moore is a real charmer . | 0 |
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichM-is and showcases a group of dedicated artists . | 1 |
hart 's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character . | 0 |
the story may not be new , but australian director john polson , making his american feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly . | 1 |
. . . a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture . | 1 |
if the very concept makes you nervous . . . you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness . | 1 |
ill-considered , unholy hokum . | 0 |
an enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good , it 's a conundrum not worth solving . | 0 |
it 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . | 0 |
definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the 'laughing at ' variety than the 'laughing with . ' | 1 |
director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . | 1 |
a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . | 1 |
a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences . | 0 |
`` the mothman prophecies `` is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls . | 1 |
all in all , a great party . | 1 |
'interesante y disfrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clM-asico elemento estadounidense patriotero y manipulador . ' | 1 |
'how many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? ' | 0 |
most of the characters come off as pantomimesque sterotypes . | 0 |
typical animM-i , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names . | 0 |
a warm , funny , engaging film . | 1 |
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies . | 1 |
it 's a glorious spectacle like those d . w . griffith made in the early days of silent film . | 1 |
fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . | 1 |
although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . | 1 |
missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane . | 1 |
involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd . | 0 |
the seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going . | 1 |
it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens | 0 |
full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure . | 0 |
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor | 1 |
what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . | 1 |
an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller . | 1 |
[ the film ] tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . | 1 |
. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags . | 1 |
the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public | 1 |
depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . | 1 |
while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim . | 1 |
this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad . | 0 |
it was a dark and stormy night . . . | 0 |
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report . | 1 |
having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public , khouri then gets terrific performances from them all . | 1 |
`` an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . `` | 0 |
rather less than the sum of its underventilated pM-hre-fils confrontations . | 0 |
thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings . | 1 |
it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . | 0 |
so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun . | 0 |
as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . | 1 |
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you . | 1 |
'tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . ' | 1 |
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