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our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender and i know this because i 've seen 'jackass : the movie . ' | 0 |
the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . | 0 |
sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramM-aticos para arrancar lM-agrimas do espectador , o pianista M-i um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emocionante . | 1 |
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . | 1 |
some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent . | 0 |
it 's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress . | 0 |
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud . | 0 |
she 's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations . | 1 |
strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery . | 0 |
the film can depress you about life itself . | 0 |
melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . | 1 |
the merchant-ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage . | 0 |
time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets | 1 |
most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs . | 0 |
swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . | 1 |
a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career . | 1 |
a very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel . | 0 |
ramsay and morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling . | 1 |
a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . | 1 |
paxton 's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre . | 0 |
what one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream . | 1 |
most folks with a real stake in the american sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant . | 0 |
behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance . | 0 |
with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity , undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout . . . by which time it 's impossible to care who wins . | 0 |
what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . | 1 |
never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline does n't live up to barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . | 0 |
aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . | 0 |
if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey . | 0 |
it has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out . | 1 |
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie . | 1 |
pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two . | 0 |
. . . a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking . | 1 |
miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout . | 1 |
what [ denis ] 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 . | 1 |
the movie is for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . | 1 |
not every animated film from disney will become a classic , but forgive me if i 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon `` . | 0 |
putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a pandora 's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest . | 0 |
a mess , but it 's a sincere mess . | 1 |
the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel . | 0 |
an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie . | 0 |
barney 's ideas about creation and identity do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material . | 0 |
a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . | 1 |
from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces `` , you can feel the love . | 1 |
it kinda works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . | 0 |
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible | 0 |
whatever eyre 's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . | 0 |
it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs . | 0 |
while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts , jeong-hyang lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness . | 0 |
glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism . | 0 |
yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . | 0 |
simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship . | 1 |
enticing and often funny documentary . | 1 |
. . . a pretentious mess . . . | 0 |
offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented . | 0 |
the film makes a fatal mistake : it asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life . | 0 |
it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget . | 0 |
leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love . | 1 |
although . . . visually striking and slickly staged , it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . | 0 |
an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism . | 0 |
a film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact . | 0 |
a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it . | 1 |
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie . | 1 |
whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity . | 1 |
the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters . | 0 |
hollywood 's answer to an air ball . | 0 |
for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them . | 0 |
we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat . | 0 |
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . | 1 |
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation . | 1 |
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies . . . | 0 |
visually striking and viscerally repellent . | 1 |
a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . | 1 |
though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by james spader and maggie gyllenhaal , i felt disrespected . | 0 |
for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . | 1 |
director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself . | 0 |
lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded . | 0 |
i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . | 1 |
wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn . | 0 |
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie ' posturing . | 0 |
the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots . | 0 |
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . | 1 |
the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny . | 1 |
it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through . | 0 |
[ janey ] forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies . | 0 |
a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze . | 1 |
dilbert without the right-on satiric humor . | 0 |
the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . any rock pile will do for a set . reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap . | 0 |
what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . | 1 |
the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side . | 1 |
'pocas veces es posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cada uno de los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables . ' | 1 |
red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin . | 1 |
nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . | 1 |
. . . hopefully it 'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls around . wait to see it then . | 0 |
exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling . | 1 |
an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot | 1 |
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . | 1 |
some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like ballistic : ecks vs . sever , were made for the palm screen . | 0 |
it 's a much more emotional journey than what shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and gibson , stepping in for bruce willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip . | 1 |
even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd . | 0 |
there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch . | 1 |