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meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie .
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a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe .
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newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg .
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bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted- from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .
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verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies .
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comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible .
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the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .
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the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates .
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the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version .
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woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan `` battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ?
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its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .
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it 's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic .
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one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce .
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instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .
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a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .
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despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart .
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a film that will enthrall the whole family .
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for the most part , director anne-sophie birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .
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filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie
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if you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun , wasabi is a good place to start .
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frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him .
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i can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings .
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it smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original .
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the draw [ for `` big bad love `` ] is a solid performance by arliss howard .
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in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's 'red shoe diaries . '
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as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .
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like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .
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has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool .
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a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .
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'punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '
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there are touching moments in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject .
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the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .
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a great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar .
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well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .
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the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .
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vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .
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'yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '
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lacks dramatic punch and depth .
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the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes .
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it all plays out . . . like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story .
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the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation .
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the film is a fierce dance of destruction . its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .
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you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production .
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the title helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you 'll read anywhere .
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the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .
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national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion
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while the glass slipper does n't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .
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an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises
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. . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there is n't much about k-19 that 's unique or memorable .
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the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound .
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more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films .
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girls gone wild and gone civil again
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offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .
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a conventional but heartwarming tale .
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fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .
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like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh .
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a slick , engrossing melodrama .
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. . . nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .
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this is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .
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director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one .
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if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .
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the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms . ambrose .
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the words , 'frankly , my dear , i do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .
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it is just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style .
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skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .
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a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .
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. . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it 's a beautiful madness .
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the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers .
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a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .
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'they ' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying i 'm still stunned . and i 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .
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with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .
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nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .
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a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .
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. . . a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they take .
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more timely than its director could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .
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brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichM-id white-trash situation imaginable .
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friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it 's called where 's chris tucker when you need him ?
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a lame comedy .
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a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth .
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full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low .
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writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .
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ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedious .
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given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube .
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an elegant and sly deadpan comedy .
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it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .
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marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .
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robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side .
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this limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh .
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shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .
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very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan
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it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .
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all 's well that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags .
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that 'alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . .
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like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .
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there 's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .
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an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .
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merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .
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