question: Due to its use of cliched and ludicrous plot devices, this thriller is more predictable than suspenseful. Also, the acting is bad.

numbered reviews: 1. A cliche-riddled, techno-babbly psycho-thriller.
2. A thriller even trilobites encased in rock would find predictable.
3. A huge amount of fun -- the Showgirls of cyberthrillers -- entertaining in ways its creators never intended.
4. Ironically, the filmmakers seem to think the audience for this movie about super-smart people is super-dumb.
5. An example of a film that begins with a provocative idea and then runs itself into the ground with clumsy structuring.
6. A thriller is in trouble when the audience doesn't care about the hero and actively likes the bad guy.
7. They might have been able to make a nice little thriller out of Antitrust if they'd kept one eye on the Goofy Meter.
8. An inferior factory product, cranked out with little care and less imagination, that seems all the dumber because it's pretending to be smart and topical.
9. Predictable and rather formulaic.
10. Phillippe seems mainly concerned not to wrinkle his brow, Forlani becomes an empty enigma with a conveniently late case of morals, and Rachael Leigh Cook, as the cyber-fawn Lisa, might as well go outside and munch the grass.


question: Though unrealistic, Big Eden has all the charm and sweetness of a fairy tale.

numbered reviews: 1. Except for its gay characters, Big Eden doesn't deviate from tired romantic comedies about heroes who don't know what's good for them.
2. Beautifully filmed and warmly scored, the movie is a treat for the eyes and ears.
3. ... an innocuous fable about learning how to open oneself up to life's possibilities ...
4. Has all the crowd-pleasing elements moviegoers respond to.
5. An accomplished heart-tugger, a serious romantic comedy that tackles two dilemmas with honesty and compassion.
6. Yet, for all the film's slow spots, it's impossible not to be moved by Henry and Pike's blossoming romance, thanks especially to Gross and Schweig's charming lead performances.
7. The dialogue crackles happily and the performances charm.
8. In his first time out as a writer-director, Mr. Bezucha, formerly in charge of creative design for Polo/Ralph Lauren and Coach, drags his feet, pops corn and sometimes stumbles.
9. However well-intentioned it might be, the script is pretty much a collection of cliches.
10. In its gentle, heartwarming, decidedly unrealistic way, it's a refreshing alternative to hipper-than-thou moviemaking.


question: What Jimmy Neutron lacks in computer animation, it makes up for in charm and cleverness.

numbered reviews: 1. After seeing this don't be surprised if your toaster goes missing and Jimmy becomes a fixture on big and small screens for years to come.
2. ...A serviceable piece of juvenile entertainment with high production values and low expectations.
3. The story is slow in parts but as this is a Nickelodeon film, it is filled with all sorts of fun moments that children are sure to love.
4. Apesar da trama engraзadinha, Jimmy Neutron falha em dois aspectos importantes: em seu roteiro e na qualidade de sua animaзгo.
5. Stylish 3-D computer animation, good characters.
6. Like a rollicking adventure from the fevered boyhood imagination of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes: the gooey aliens, the boy-genius gadgetry. Except with Jimmy it's real.
7. ...[an] engaging and entertaining animated feature.
8. The characters are comical and dynamic -- especially Jimmy, Carl and Sheen -- and the outer space scenes are no less than stellar.
9. Una cinta para los pequeсines pero tambiйn disfrutable por toda la familia
10. One of those movies that you watch when you've got nothing better to do, munching jelly babies and smiling at the exuberance on the screen


question: The plot's a bit of a jumble, but excellent performances and mind-blowing plot twists make 12 Monkeys a kooky, effective experience.

numbered reviews:
1. ..less an essay on the nature of madness than a crazy person's poem. It is wild and beautiful and deeply disturbing all at once.
2. Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre.
3. A messy mélange of action, adventure, sci-fi, romance, horror, and comedy.
4. Oh my!
5. Gilliam has taken on a conventional Hollywood sci-fi thriller with big stars and turned it into his own rough beast.
6. Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King.
7. 12 Monkeys seems to go down smoothly without compromising anything or dumbing itself down.
8. Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing.
9. As an entertainment, it appeals more to the mind than to the senses.
10. An intoxicating blend of existential SF and unrequited romance.