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mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .
1pos
[ "unruly" ]
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
[ "unimaginable" ]
the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .
1pos
[ "immaculate" ]
rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day .
1pos
[ "delectable" ]
the film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority .
1pos
[ "uncomfortably", "unmistakable" ]
miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .
1pos
[ "misguided" ]
will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "inimitable", "diaz" ]
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
[ "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
[ "overbearing" ]
mike white's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make " " the good girl " a film worth watching .
1pos
[ "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
[ "in-between" ]
this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking .
1pos
[ "introspective" ]
by its modest , straight-ahead standards , undisputed scores a direct hit .
1pos
[ "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
[ "downbeat" ]
represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema .
1pos
[ "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
[ "unflinching" ]
elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .
1pos
[ "ecstasy" ]
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .
1pos
[ "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
[ "acerbic" ]
. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job . . .
1pos
[ "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
[ "outlandish" ]
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .
1pos
[ "dismal", "realism" ]
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .
1pos
[ "dismal", "realism" ]
the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich .
1pos
[ "ingenious" ]
this is one of mr . chabrol's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "inflate" ]
while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you won't care .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "enveloping" ]
graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies .
1pos
[ "realism" ]
a big-budget/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity , and an event .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "unnerving" ]
despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances .
1pos
[ "overwrought" ]
a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .
1pos
[ "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
[ "aplomb" ]
scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . yes , soar .
1pos
[ "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
[ "deftly" ]
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular .
1pos
[ "intoxicating" ]
where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "elysian" ]
i'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls
1pos
[ "rerun" ]
as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success .
1pos
[ "unflinching" ]
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .
1pos
[ "disney" ]
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .
1pos
[ "denuded" ]
often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .
1pos
[ "demented" ]
a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point .
1pos
[ "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
[ "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
[ "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
[ "em" ]
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .
1pos
[ "uncanny", "discord" ]
an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .
1pos
[ "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
[ "unrealized" ]
what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is .
1pos
[ "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
[ "depleted" ]
it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and headly are priceless .
1pos
[ "priceless" ]