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mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . | 1pos
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"unruly"
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making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror . | 1pos
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"unimaginable"
] |
the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief . | 1pos
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"immaculate"
] |
rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day . | 1pos
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"delectable"
] |
the film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority . | 1pos
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"uncomfortably",
"unmistakable"
] |
miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection . | 1pos
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"misguided"
] |
will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year . | 1pos
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"deceptively"
] |
ana's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique . . . | 1pos
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"ana"
] |
director roger kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . and there's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together . | 1pos
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"inimitable",
"diaz"
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director roger kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . and there's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together . | 1pos
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"inimitable",
"diaz"
] |
like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about north korea's recent past and south korea's future adds a much needed moral weight . | 1pos
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"overbearing"
] |
mike white's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make " " the good girl " a film worth watching . | 1pos
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"deft"
] |
the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . this is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . it's sort of in-between , and it works . | 1pos
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"in-between"
] |
this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking . | 1pos
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"introspective"
] |
by its modest , straight-ahead standards , undisputed scores a direct hit . | 1pos
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"undisputed"
] |
there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . | 1pos
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"downbeat"
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represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema . | 1pos
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"indian"
] |
as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good . | 1pos
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"unflinching"
] |
elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy . | 1pos
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"ecstasy"
] |
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast . | 1pos
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"unforced"
] |
" . . . something appears to have been lost in the translation this time . the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . " | 1pos
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"acerbic"
] |
. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job . . . | 1pos
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"introspective"
] |
peter jackson has done the nearly impossible . he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery | 1pos
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"outlandish"
] |
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . | 1pos
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"dismal",
"realism"
] |
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . | 1pos
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"dismal",
"realism"
] |
the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich . | 1pos
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"ingenious"
] |
this is one of mr . chabrol's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny . | 1pos
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"uncanny"
] |
an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . | 1pos
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"dispossessed"
] |
even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy . | 1pos
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"resonant",
"undertone"
] |
even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy . | 1pos
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"resonant",
"undertone"
] |
twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record . | 1pos
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"inflate"
] |
while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you won't care . | 1pos
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"disjointed"
] |
gambling and throwing a basketball game for money isn't a new plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and white . but toback's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again . | 1pos
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"deranged",
"immediacy"
] |
in the director's cut , the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes . | 1pos
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"enveloping"
] |
graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies . | 1pos
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"realism"
] |
a big-budget/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity , and an event . | 1pos
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"unblinkingly"
] |
that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace . | 1pos
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"dismantle"
] |
the film is . . . determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation . | 1pos
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"delineate"
] |
fred schepisi's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . with a cast of a-list brit actors , it is worth searching out . | 1pos
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"a-list"
] |
oh , james ! your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna's cameo doesn't suck ! | 1pos
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"outing"
] |
if it's unnerving suspense you're after -- you'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for . | 1pos
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"unnerving"
] |
despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . | 1pos
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"overwrought"
] |
a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action . | 1pos
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"inquisitive"
] |
what's most memorable about circuit is that it's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large . . . and small . . . with considerable aplomb . | 1pos
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"aplomb"
] |
scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . yes , soar . | 1pos
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"unabashedly"
] |
as warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated . | 1pos
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"deftly"
] |
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular . | 1pos
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"intoxicating"
] |
where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable . | 1pos
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"redeemed"
] |
the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry . | 1pos
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"awe-inspiring"
] |
a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface . | 1pos
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"deceptively"
] |
oddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . | 1pos
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"downbeat"
] |
for more than two decades mr . nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity . | 1pos
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"eloquent"
] |
quando tiros em columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho ) , não há como negar o brilhantismo da argumentação de seu diretor . | 1pos
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"em"
] |
director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve . | 1pos
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"unabashedly"
] |
a brutal and funny work . nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . | 1pos
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"illuminating"
] |
. it's a testament to the film's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . . | 1pos
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"replete",
"unbridled"
] |
. it's a testament to the film's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . there's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls . . . | 1pos
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"replete",
"unbridled"
] |
if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it--the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you're one of the lucky few who sought it out . | 1pos
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"elysian"
] |
i'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls | 1pos
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"rerun"
] |
as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success . | 1pos
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"unflinching"
] |
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs . | 1pos
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"disney"
] |
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . | 1pos
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"denuded"
] |
often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part . | 1pos
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"demented"
] |
a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point . | 1pos
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"unsatisfying"
] |
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . | 1pos
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"indie",
"misanthropy"
] |
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . | 1pos
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"indie",
"misanthropy"
] |
insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . but the performances of pacino , williams , and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through . | 1pos
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"em"
] |
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds . | 1pos
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"uncanny",
"discord"
] |
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds . | 1pos
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"uncanny",
"discord"
] |
this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior ) , but it feels like unrealized potential | 1pos
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"unrealized"
] |
what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is . | 1pos
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"adolescent"
] |
standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow . | 1pos
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"depleted"
] |
it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and headly are priceless . | 1pos
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"priceless"
] |
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