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succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .
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fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees .
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everyone 's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .
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seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .
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it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .
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do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action .
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the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .
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fulford-wierzbicki ... deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen .
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you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .
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much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .
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a tightly directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways .
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true hollywood story .
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confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk .
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best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events .
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the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . '
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this is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one .
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schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . '
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george clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .
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` martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .
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sandra bullock 's best dramatic performance to date -lrb- is -rrb- almost enough to lift -lrb- this -rrb- thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot .
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the screenplay does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen .
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if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor .
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a romance ?
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anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .
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i could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .
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the latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen .
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majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .
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i did n't think so .
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there 's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .
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fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .
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falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice .
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bland but harmless .
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like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .
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judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice .
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in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .
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freundlich 's made -lrb- crudup -rrb- a suburban architect , and a cipher .
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it 's a bizarre curiosity memorable mainly for the way it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script , unimpressive acting and indifferent direction .
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not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .
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the criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...
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adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . '
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about the best thing you could say about narc is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .
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an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity .
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star\/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .
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what -lrb- denis -rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .
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to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved .
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a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .
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judith and zaza 's extended bedroom sequence ... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .
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with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .
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though uniformly well acted , especially by young ballesta and galan -lrb- a first-time actor -rrb- , writer\/director achero manas 's film is schematic and obvious .
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its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists .
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the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year .
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the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop .
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a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder .
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hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .
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who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ?
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the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture .
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disjointed parody .
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typical animé , with cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .
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you ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .
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the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times
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twenty years later , e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .
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lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects
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angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
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gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script .
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though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before .
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one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years .
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glizty but formulaic and silly ... cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .
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makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .
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-lrb- a -rrb- soulless , stupid sequel ...
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with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .
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unpretentious , charming , quirky , original
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-lrb- a -rrb- rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity .
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humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .
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told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .
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if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work .
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at once emotional and richly analytical , the cosby-seinfeld encounter alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .
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dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution . ''
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any movie that makes hard work seem heroic deserves a look .
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it 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .
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a dull , dumb and derivative horror film .
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how about surprising us by trying something new ?
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a wordy wisp of a comedy .
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an energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up .
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even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser .
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an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , miss congeniality .
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it really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . '
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caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .
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i found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .
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see it .
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as played by ryan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .
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the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting -lrb- and funnier -rrb- than his .
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few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with are terribly convincing , which is a pity , considering barry 's terrific performance .
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oh , and more entertaining , too .
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the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .
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austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .
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a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions .
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if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .
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it is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .
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how inept is serving sara ?