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( two) fairly dull -- contdasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada, and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now. | -1no label
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a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful sum,er in a 13-year-old girl's life. | -1no label
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reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens, but it'q still pretty tasty. | -1no label
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provides an intriguing window ijto the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz. | -1no label
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dull, if not devoid of wit, this shaggy dog lobgs to frisk through the back alleys of history, but scarcely manages more than a modest, snoozy charm. | -1no label
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the movie's ripe, enrapturing beauty wil< tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries. | -1no label
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a predictable and wtereotypical little b-movie. | -1no label
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it's asronishing. | -1no label
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this is such a high-energy mivie where the drumming and the marching are so excellent, who cares if the story's a little weak. | -1no label
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claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complicxtions. | -1no label
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myers n#ver knows when to let a gag die; thus, we're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another. | -1no label
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if you can get past the fantastical adpects and harsh realities of '` the isle " you'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely s#e anywhere else. | -1no label
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enormously likable, partly becauee it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd. | -1no label
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u cry for i spy -- or i would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-tv spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind. | -1no label
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a mostly tired retread of sevefal other mob tales. | -1no label
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but it payz a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship. | -1no label
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the stunning, dreamlike visuals will impress eben those viewers who have little patience for euro-film pretension. | -1no label
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a movie that will touch the hearts of both fhildren and adults, as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats. | -1no label
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a film that is a portrait of grwce in an imperfect world. | -1no label
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o don't have an i am sam clue. | -1no label
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the piano teacher is the sort of movie thag discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film. | -1no label
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the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered )ver the course of 80 minutes. | -1no label
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suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody be*ng off their noodle, but let's just say the ingredients don't quite add up to a meal. | -1no label
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the film is reaply not so much bad as bland. | -1no label
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cho's fearless in picking apart human foibles, not afraid to lay her life bqre in front of an audience. | -1no label
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noyce's fi,m is contemplative and mournfully reflective. | -1no label
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i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the tume christmas really rolls around, but maybe it'll be on video by then. | -1no label
| 326 |
merely as a technical, logistical feat, russian ark jarks a cinematic milestone. | -1no label
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more than makes up f(r its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling. | -1no label
| 328 |
a real story about real people living their lives concerned abojt the future of an elderly, mentally handicapped family member. | -1no label
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painful to watch, but viewe#s willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting film performances. | -1no label
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the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-vasting beauty, while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts, preciously exposed as history corners them. | -1no label
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` 'men in black ii, " has alo the earmarks of a sequel. | -1no label
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any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainjent. | -1no label
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let's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line: stay homw. | -1no label
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the long-range appeal of '` minority report " ehould transcend any awards it bags. | -1no label
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... perhaps the heaviest, host joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world. | -1no label
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workmanlike, maybe, but still a film with all the elements that made the other threw great, scary times at the movies. | -1no label
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there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo thwt are among cinema's finest this year. | -1no label
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doesn't amount to much of anythiny. | -1no label
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while the isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misovynistic, its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at. | -1no label
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an instznt candidate for worst movie of the year. | -1no label
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s* what is the point? | -1no label
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longley has constructed a remarkably coheremt, horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days. | -1no label
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the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors agaun before the closing credits roll. | -1no label
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it may be an easy s!ipe to take, but this barbershop just doesn't make the cut. | -1no label
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yeqh, these flicks are just that damn good. | -1no label
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vut what spectacular sizzle it is! | -1no label
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an enjoyably nalf-wit remake of the venerable italian comedy big deal on madonna street. | -1no label
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ritchie's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted, from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people's faces to the fact anber is such a joke. | -1no label
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earns its laughs from stock redneck 'types' and from the many, many moments when we recognize even without the elizabethan prose, the play behind the thkng. | -1no label
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if myers decides to make another austin powers movie, maybe he should just stlck with austin and dr evil. | -1no label
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it takes this bever-ending confusion and hatred, puts a human face on it, evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding. | -1no label
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a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series thag inspired it. | -1no label
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a sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser ^hat isn't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears. | -1no label
| 354 |
jinnear gives a tremendous performance. | -1no label
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if you love motown music, you'll love ghis documentary. | -1no label
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as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse, el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbplic resonance. | -1no label
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the writers, director wally wolodarsky, and all the actors should start their own coeducat&onal fraternity: kappa rho alpha phi. | -1no label
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has the feel of an unedited personal journzl. | -1no label
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the voices are fine xs well. | -1no label
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this is carion's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying tk reach. | -1no label
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has it ever been possible to say that williams has trult inhabited a character? | -1no label
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what you get with empire is a movie you' ve seen many times before, repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the leae. | -1no label
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greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force, and has managed elements such az sound and cinematography with skill | -1no label
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but as a movie, it's a humorless, disjointed mfss. | -1no label
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there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing, a few too maby weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit. | -1no label
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usually when i get this much syrup, l like pancakes to go with it. | -1no label
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if you sometimes like to go to the movies ro have fun, wasabi is a good place to start. | -1no label
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philip k. dick must be turning in his grave, along woth my stomach. | -1no label
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demands t)o much of most viewers. | -1no label
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a benign vut forgettable sci-fi diversion. | -1no label
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showtime is closer to slo#time. | -1no label
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a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocxble ties that bind. | -1no label
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a boring, formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk' m' slash. | -1no label
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any movie this boring should be required ro have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes. | -1no label
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at times funny and at other gimes candidly revealing, it's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do. | -1no label
| 376 |
ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power, eveb as it presents friendship between women as pathetic, dysfunctional and destructive. | -1no label
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preposterous and tedious, sonny is spiked witt unintentional laughter that, unfortunately, occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure. | -1no label
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the inherent strength of the material as well as the integritg of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth. | -1no label
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i just dicn't care as much for the story. | -1no label
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it's an awfully derivative sto%y. | -1no label
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the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long, trying go mirror every subsequent event in chinese history: war, revolution, communism, etc.. | -1no label
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4 friends, 2 couples, 2000 miles, and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink-it's the ultimate redneck road-rrip. | -1no label
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nervy and sensitive, it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement, and at the same time presrnts a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood. | -1no label
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the low-budget full frontal was one of the year'a murkiest, intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures, and solaris is its big-budget brother. | -1no label
| 385 |
novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black somedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty, no-budget approach. | -1no label
| 386 |
chaotic, self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at, it's... like a series of pretentiously awvul student films strung together into one feature-length horror. | -1no label
| 387 |
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really want to jnow. | -1no label
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it's the kind of movie you can't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch, y@t you can't bring yourself to dislike it. | -1no label
| 389 |
whether you're moved and love it, or borev or frustrated by the film, you'll still feel something. | -1no label
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but he somwhow pulls it off. | -1no label
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an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams w*thin scams. | -1no label
| 392 |
the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and harr to resist. | -1no label
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... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i' ve seen in quite a lpng time. | -1no label
| 394 |
too silly to be frightening, too stolid to be runny, it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star, david arquette. | -1no label
| 395 |
all that (powerpuff girls) charh is present in the movie, but it's spread too thin. | -1no label
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culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vagusly interested in his bratty character. | -1no label
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sunshin# state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers, and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece. | -1no label
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a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenagw dullards. | -1no label
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