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how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ? | 0 | negative |
liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . | 0 | negative |
suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video . | 0 | negative |
i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that 's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . | 0 | negative |
an epic of grandeur and scale that 's been decades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of hollywood . | 1 | positive |
jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot . | 1 | positive |
though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance . | 1 | positive |
what will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . | 0 | negative |
... -lrb- a -rrb- strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . | 0 | negative |
for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . | 1 | positive |
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . | 0 | negative |
narc may not get an ` a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . | 1 | positive |
all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit . | 1 | positive |
this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . | 1 | positive |
begins as a promising meditation on one of america 's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . | 0 | negative |
it 's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests . | 1 | positive |
digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- it 's -rrb- a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy . | 0 | negative |
between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap . | 0 | negative |
say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue . | 0 | negative |
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . | 1 | positive |
it 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre . | 0 | negative |
it 's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . | 1 | positive |
the movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens . | 0 | negative |
the latest installment in the pokemon canon , pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace . | 1 | positive |
the title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is . | 0 | negative |
it 's astonishing . | 1 | positive |
it 's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . | 1 | positive |
apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . | 0 | negative |
led by griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material . | 1 | positive |
despite the premise of a good story ... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . | 0 | negative |
the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time . | 1 | positive |
enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . | 0 | negative |
big fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . | 0 | negative |
i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . | 0 | negative |
pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . | 1 | positive |
lead provocatuers testud and parmentier give superlative performances | 1 | positive |
suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . | 0 | negative |
a mostly tired retread of several other mob tales . | 0 | negative |
as teen movies go , `` orange county '' is a refreshing change | 1 | positive |
rare is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie . | 1 | positive |
but in imax 3-d , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography . | 1 | positive |
there are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust . | 0 | negative |
`` antwone fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by washington . | 1 | positive |
any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . | 0 | negative |
interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals ` red dragon ' right from under their noses . | 1 | positive |
a well acted and well intentioned snoozer . | 0 | negative |
feels less like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers . | 0 | negative |
this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first . | 1 | positive |
its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces ... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . | 0 | negative |
national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion | 0 | negative |
the best movie of its kind since ` brazil . ' | 1 | positive |
everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse . | 1 | positive |
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey . | 0 | negative |
a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion . | 0 | negative |
lathan and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new . | 1 | positive |
she lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs . | 0 | negative |
a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history . | 1 | positive |
a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . | 1 | positive |
a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary american film . | 1 | positive |
münch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable . | 1 | positive |
it 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views . | 0 | negative |
aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol 's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . | 1 | positive |
the movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension . | 0 | negative |
at the bottom rung of the series ' entries . | 0 | negative |
a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ... a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more . | 0 | negative |
the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense . | 1 | positive |
there are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranian specialty . | 1 | positive |
it 's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . | 1 | positive |
the movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . | 0 | negative |
there 's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . | 1 | positive |
a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . | 1 | positive |
invincible is a wonderful movie . | 1 | positive |
the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun . | 1 | positive |
exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ... -lrb- the film -rrb- addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . | 1 | positive |
it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . | 0 | negative |
never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . | 0 | negative |
the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . | 1 | positive |
she must have a very strong back . | 1 | positive |
if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . | 0 | negative |
nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . | 0 | negative |
the hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . | 1 | positive |
the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . | 0 | negative |
the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan 's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . | 0 | negative |
you 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus . | 0 | negative |
it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come . | 1 | positive |
well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons . | 0 | negative |
a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution . | 1 | positive |
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . | 1 | positive |
k-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy saving private ryanovich . | 0 | negative |
the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay . | 0 | negative |
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . | 1 | positive |
enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd . | 1 | positive |
-lrb- davis -rrb- has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . | 1 | positive |
binoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . | 1 | positive |
roger michell , who did an appealing job directing persuasion and notting hill in england , gets too artsy in his american debut . | 1 | positive |
the humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny . | 0 | negative |
... has virtually no script at all ... | 0 | negative |
diane lane shines in unfaithful . | 1 | positive |
rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring . | 0 | negative |
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