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0 | while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire . |
0 | the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . |
1 | ... is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? |
2 | despite its flaws , crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . |
0 | this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own . |
0 | one of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i 've ever seen . |
2 | it 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie . |
2 | the movie is well crafted , and well executed . |
0 | it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow . |
0 | 90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping . |
2 | moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . |
1 | perhaps not since nelson eddy crooned his indian love call to jeanette macdonald has there been a movie so unabashedly canadian , not afraid to risk american scorn or disinterest . |
0 | a big fat pain . |
0 | this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least . |
2 | as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago . |
1 | -lrb- javier bardem is -rrb- one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama . |
0 | while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation . |
0 | it 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame . |
0 | hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture . |
2 | parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings |
2 | it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . |
0 | for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek , they 'll probably run out screaming . |
1 | with elements cribbed from lang 's metropolis , welles ' kane , and eisenstein 's potemkin , the true wonder of rintarô 's metropolis is the number of lasting images all its own . |
1 | even with harris 's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear 's soul-stripping breakdown . |
0 | it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress . |
2 | affable if not timeless , like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids . |
0 | slap her - she 's not funny ! |
0 | everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull . |
0 | see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . |
1 | nor is it a romantic comedy . |
0 | if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake . |
2 | a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ... life . |
1 | performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving . |
2 | an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks . |
0 | love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit . |
2 | this is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal . |
0 | gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story . |
0 | deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence . |
0 | it 's still terrible ! |
0 | it 's in the action scenes that things fall apart . |
2 | if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing . |
1 | you wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted . |
2 | will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about . |
2 | they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood . |
2 | while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . |
1 | the good is very , very good ... the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . |
2 | davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . |
1 | hey arnold ! |
1 | in period costume and with a bigger budget . |
2 | heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart . |
2 | scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . |
2 | barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful . |
0 | an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas . |
0 | this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hook . |
2 | stands as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences , letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be . |
0 | this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . |
0 | it 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . |
1 | though haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade . |
2 | in imax in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen . |
1 | made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude . |
0 | sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . |
2 | i 'd watch these two together again in a new york minute . |
2 | it 's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics . |
1 | a behind the scenes look at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to nyc inner-city youth . |
2 | continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means . |
1 | this is so de palma . |
1 | it 's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing . |
2 | he 's a better actor than a standup comedian . |
1 | a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over . |
2 | so beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . |
0 | he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does . |
2 | insomnia is one of the year 's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances . |
0 | it 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . |
2 | while not quite `` shrek '' or `` monsters , inc. '' , it 's not too bad . |
2 | a slight but sweet film . |
0 | my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it . |
1 | proof of this is ballistic : ecks vs. sever . |
0 | one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations . |
0 | an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton . |
2 | a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy . |
0 | it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers . |
2 | a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall . |
1 | the innocence of holiday cheer ai n't what it used to be . |
0 | the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere . |
2 | the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . |
1 | traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill . |
1 | you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold . |
0 | an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . |
2 | an uplifting , near-masterpiece . |
0 | the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . |
2 | unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . |
1 | go . |
0 | in his role of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature . |
0 | boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . |
2 | pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish . |
0 | exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable . |
2 | the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . |
2 | the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth . |
0 | to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato . |
1 | he 's worked too hard on this movie . |
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