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by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . | 0 |
a little better than sorcerer 's stone . | 1 |
the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | 1 |
the movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating . | 0 |
the most consistently funny of the austin powers films . | 1 |
i wonder what the reaction of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation . | 0 |
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right . | 1 |
funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . | 1 |
some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . | 1 |
began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course . | 0 |
. . . there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise . | 0 |
a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up comic . | 1 |
a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe . | 1 |
deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film . | 1 |
parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . but mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . | 1 |
a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community . | 1 |
it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . | 1 |
the movie is a mess from start to finish . | 0 |
if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun . | 1 |
murder by numbers ' is n't a great movie , but it 's a perfectly acceptable widget . | 1 |
a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society . | 1 |
once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . | 1 |
this movie is about lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray . | 0 |
this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f . kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative . | 1 |
likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . | 1 |
queen of the damned is too long with too little going on . | 0 |
it 's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise . | 0 |
about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological . | 1 |
it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert . | 0 |
from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . | 1 |
metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story . | 1 |
clever but not especially compelling . | 0 |
here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix . | 1 |
if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . ' | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
together writer-director danny verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt . | 1 |
the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . | 0 |
. . . tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here . . . | 0 |
the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . | 0 |
tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ? , is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly . | 1 |
in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve . | 1 |
at the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . | 1 |
too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . | 0 |
barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull . | 0 |
for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer . | 0 |
witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic . | 0 |
. . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . | 0 |
one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then . | 1 |
a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats . | 1 |
death to smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke . over and over again . | 0 |
generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style . | 0 |
for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . | 1 |
cry havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese , indeed . | 0 |
most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty `` leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home . | 1 |
it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf . | 0 |
it 's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive . | 0 |
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . | 0 |
large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder is n't better . | 0 |
what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is . | 1 |
if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con . | 0 |
beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself . | 1 |
it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right . | 1 |
it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination . | 0 |
a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l . a . 's show-biz and media subcultures . but it does n't leave you with much . | 0 |
poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . | 0 |
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . | 1 |
a bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events . | 1 |
we may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again . | 0 |
banal and predictable . | 0 |
a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor . | 0 |
i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays . | 0 |
choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy . | 0 |
this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part . | 1 |
add yet another hat to a talented head , clooney 's a good director . | 1 |
there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit . | 0 |
nothing is sacred in this gut-buster . | 1 |
ca n't seem to get anywhere near the story 's center . | 0 |
the lower your expectations , the more you 'll enjoy it . | 0 |
one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise . | 1 |
it 's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent . | 1 |
the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another . | 1 |
mordantly funny and intimately knowing . . . | 1 |
there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long . | 0 |
a gentle and engrossing character study . | 1 |
pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs . | 0 |
sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
it 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that . | 0 |
cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . | 1 |
excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . | 1 |
about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . | 1 |
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . | 0 |
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . | 1 |
an opportunity missed . | 0 |
while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . | 0 |
a morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-tv look , rigid performances and an asinine 'twist ' that brazenly rips off the sixth sense . | 0 |
there 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible . | 1 |
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits | 0 |
sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness . | 0 |
even by dumb action-movie standards , ballistic : ecks vs . sever is a dumb action movie . | 0 |
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