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windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop .
| 4 |
very positive
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narc may not get an ` a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor .
| 3 |
positive
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lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i could n't help being captivated by it .
| 3 |
positive
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that is essentially what 's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point .
| 2 |
neutral
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the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc. .
| 0 |
very negative
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one of those rare , exhilarating cinematic delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind .
| 4 |
very positive
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one of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating .
| 1 |
negative
|
has a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill .
| 1 |
negative
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george clooney proves he 's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he 's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind .
| 3 |
positive
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without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .
| 0 |
very negative
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the ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch .
| 1 |
negative
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when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever .
| 1 |
negative
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would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year .
| 0 |
very negative
|
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way .
| 1 |
negative
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occasionally amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going .
| 2 |
neutral
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call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .
| 4 |
very positive
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this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man .
| 4 |
very positive
|
the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare .
| 0 |
very negative
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you could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that alias betty is predictable .
| 2 |
neutral
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a psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention to detail .
| 4 |
very positive
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extremely dumb .
| 0 |
very negative
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the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music .
| 4 |
very positive
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what the four feathers lacks is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character worth caring about .
| 2 |
neutral
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truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .
| 1 |
negative
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the master of disaster - it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .
| 0 |
very negative
|
any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .
| 0 |
very negative
|
most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness .
| 3 |
positive
|
mckay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness
| 1 |
negative
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the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .
| 3 |
positive
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without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .
| 3 |
positive
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do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?
| 0 |
very negative
|
an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story .
| 3 |
positive
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great story , bad idea for a movie .
| 2 |
neutral
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a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy .
| 3 |
positive
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you 'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .
| 4 |
very positive
|
smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way .
| 3 |
positive
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adam sandler is to gary cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse .
| 0 |
very negative
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collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end .
| 1 |
negative
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just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .
| 0 |
very negative
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nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about .
| 1 |
negative
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haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed .
| 2 |
neutral
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the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon .
| 4 |
very positive
|
one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .
| 4 |
very positive
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throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .
| 4 |
very positive
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it 's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides .
| 3 |
positive
|
this is carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach .
| 4 |
very positive
|
when -lrb- de palma 's -rrb- bad , he 's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done .
| 0 |
very negative
|
this film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience .
| 0 |
very negative
|
when a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign .
| 0 |
very negative
|
it seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag , no less .
| 2 |
neutral
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now it 's just tired .
| 1 |
negative
|
it 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .
| 3 |
positive
|
the film seems a dead weight .
| 0 |
very negative
|
any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes .
| 1 |
negative
|
a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .
| 4 |
very positive
|
a clever blend of fact and fiction .
| 3 |
positive
|
... a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous , starring piper perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .
| 4 |
very positive
|
a bit of an unwieldy mess .
| 1 |
negative
|
emerges as something rare , an issue movie that 's so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one .
| 4 |
very positive
|
the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer .
| 4 |
very positive
|
... -lrb- a -rrb- strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense .
| 1 |
negative
|
it is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling -lrb- and an uneasy alliance , at that -rrb- .
| 0 |
very negative
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while mcfarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films ... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .
| 1 |
negative
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children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .
| 4 |
very positive
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there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market .
| 4 |
very positive
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i loved looking at this movie .
| 3 |
positive
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there is a kind of attentive concern that hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital .
| 3 |
positive
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what would jesus do if he was a film director ?
| 2 |
neutral
|
does n't amount to much of anything .
| 1 |
negative
|
too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , david arquette .
| 0 |
very negative
|
vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe ghost ship .
| 0 |
very negative
|
for caine lovers only .
| 1 |
negative
|
it 's hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story .
| 0 |
very negative
|
scotland , pa. blurs the line between black comedy and black hole .
| 2 |
neutral
|
this is n't a `` friday '' worth waiting for .
| 0 |
very negative
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there 's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .
| 1 |
negative
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pray 's film works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism .
| 3 |
positive
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at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance .
| 4 |
very positive
|
a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness .
| 4 |
very positive
|
its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?
| 0 |
very negative
|
... has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive .
| 2 |
neutral
|
this one 's weaker than most .
| 0 |
very negative
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this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border .
| 3 |
positive
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unless you are in dire need of a diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it .
| 1 |
negative
|
she must have a very strong back .
| 3 |
positive
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an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video .
| 4 |
very positive
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the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed .
| 4 |
very positive
|
good movie .
| 4 |
very positive
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de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli .
| 4 |
very positive
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anthony hopkins ?
| 2 |
neutral
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the unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession .
| 0 |
very negative
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like a tone-deaf singer at a benefit concert , john q. is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .
| 0 |
very negative
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dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .
| 4 |
very positive
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here 's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you .
| 3 |
positive
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notorious c.h.o. has oodles of vulgar highlights .
| 1 |
negative
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rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding .
| 4 |
very positive
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ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : nobody deserves any prizes here .
| 1 |
negative
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solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .
| 3 |
positive
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take care of my cat offers a refreshingly different slice of asian cinema .
| 3 |
positive
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do n't let your festive spirit go this far .
| 1 |
negative
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