reviews,labels
"peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical . ",1
"girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy . ",0
to call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it . ,0
"as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j . barry is perfectly creepy and believable . ",1
"as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . ",1
"the humor isn't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse . ",0
"bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly . ",0
"it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad . ",1
"if there's nothing fresh about wannabes , which was written by mr . demeo , who produced and directed the film with charles a . addessi , much of the time the movie feels authentic . ",1
no surprises . ,0
"the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . ",1
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . ,0
no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise . ,0
a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy . ,1
meyjes' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil . ,1
"the problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay . ",0
"brainy , artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation . ",0
"in many ways , reminiscent of 1992's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue . ",1
"the movie has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers . ",0
eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters . ,1
"for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m . night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . ",1
"a meatier deeper beginning and/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the "" a "" range , as is , it's a very very strong "" b+ . "" i love the robust middle of this picture . ",1
"pascale bailly's rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest . ",0
" . . . with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself . ",1
"it's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but notorious c . h . o . still feels like a promising work-in-progress . ",0
an endearingly offbeat romantic comedy with a great meet-cute gimmick . ,1
funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . ,1
the jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail . ,0
"in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '",0
 . . . quite endearing . ,1
"weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell . ",0
 . . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry . ,0
"it cannot be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . yes , dull . ",0
should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor . ,0
"despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '",0
a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy . ,1
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . ,0
"i found it slow , predictable and not very amusing . ",0
the talk-heavy film plays like one of robert altman's lesser works . ,0
"wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse . ",1
"despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . ",0
"although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america . ",1
candid and comfortable ; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work . ,1
"one of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i've ever seen . ",0
"it's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really doesn't fit the part . ",0
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons ! ,1
"the movie is amateurish , but it's a minor treat . ",1
"[dong] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up . ",1
"an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks . ",1
"a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . ",0
"the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness . ",0
"this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director . ",1
a ragbag of cliches . ,0
"the setting is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of "" intacto's "" dangerous and seductively stylish game . ",1
"julie davis is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego doesn't always go hand in hand with talent . ",0
"a bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what is popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of philip glass . ",1
"like its title character , this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . ",1
a psychological thriller with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive's attention to detail . ,1
an eccentric little comic/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality . ,0
"maybe it's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul "" full frontal "" seems , well , contrived . ",0
"if [jaglom's] latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing . ",1
"light , cute and forgettable . ",1
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog . ,0
"fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . ",1
"generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes . ",1
an enjoyable above average summer diversion . ,1
it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun . ,0
"a morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take turns hurting each other . it's a feature-length adaptation of one of those "" can this marriage be saved ? "" columns from ladies home journal . . . ",0
a haunting tale of murder and mayhem . ,1
"what's not to like about a movie with a 'children's' song that includes the line 'my stepdad's not mean , he's just adjusting' ? ",1
"it's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true 'epic' . ",1
"bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that . ",0
it treats women like idiots . ,0
"garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you'll want things to work out . ",1
an estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to diesel's xxx flex-a-thon . ,1
"the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . ",0
"i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen . ",0
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing . ,1
"the film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in . ",1
"i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . i'm left slightly disappointed that it didn't . ",0
"preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure . ",0
resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project . ,0
"if it's seldom boring , well , it's also rarely coherent . ",0
an awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers . ,0
"just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller . ",0
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry . ,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
"solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's best films , "" erin brockovich , "" "" out of sight "" and "" ocean's eleven , "" never were . ",0
all analyze that proves is that there is really only one movie's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise . ,0
"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment . ",1
it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters . ,1
"pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion . ",0
"as directed by dani kouyate of burkina faso , sia lacks visual flair . but kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them . ",1
an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship . ,0
it's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but . ,1
"britney spears' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . ",0
"it's [ricci's] best work yet , this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world's misery with blind good will . ",1
an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions . ,0
"a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk'n'slash . ",0
it's a fanboy 'what if ? ' brought to life on the big screen . ,0
 . . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the original . ,1
"like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . ",1
"maid in manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road . . . but as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection . ",1
all i can say is fuhgeddaboutit . ,0
to say analyze that is de niro's best film since meet the parents sums up the sad state of his recent career . ,0
" . . . if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with , then you're in for a painful ride . ",0
the saturation bombing of reggio's images and glass' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning . ,1
"as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success . ",1
a porn film without the sex scenes . ,0
more of a career curio than a major work . ,0
"britney has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway . ",1
"starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar . ",0
"an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message . ",0
"amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop . ",1
"a free-for-all of half-baked thoughts , clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments . ",0
meant for star wars fans . it is there to give them a good time . ,1
just a kiss is a just a waste . ,0
so original in its base concept that you cannot help but get caught up . ,1
one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while . . . ,1
"asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema's capability for recording truth . ",1
there is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that's hard to resist . ,1
it's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick . ,0
"reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film . ",0
proves that some movie formulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . ,1
"whether you like rap music or loathe it , you can't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie . ",1
an absorbing and unsettling psychological drama . ,1
has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be . ,1
"even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admission's worth of funny to keep it afloat . ",0
"while the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation . ",0
"oscar wilde's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . it's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker's movie adaptation . ",1
"had the film boasted a clearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin . ",0
"a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters . ",0
the project's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting . ,0
"been there , done that . . . a thousand times already , and better . ",0
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . ,1
"so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully . ",0
"captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted "" other . "" ",1
"life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . ",0
"true to its animatronic roots : . . . as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus . . . 'the country bears' should never have been brought out of hibernation . ",0
"it's like every bad idea that's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ) . ",0
like mike isn't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor . ,1
an average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains . ,1
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible,0
"if you're really renting this you're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices , you're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid . ",0
this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang's forte and it shows . ,0
"talkiness isn't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark . ",0
you won't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies . ,1
a thriller made from a completist's checklist rather than with a cultist's passion . ,1
"ultimately , the message of trouble every day seems to be that all sexual desire disrupts life's stasis . ",1
what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess . ,0
"blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky "" pretty woman "" retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought . ",0
we do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close . ,1
"bill morrison's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . ",1
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 . ,1
hollywood's answer to an air ball . ,0
"although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . ",0
the scorpion king is more fun than conan the barbarian . ,1
a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch . ,1
wallace seems less like he's been burning to tell a war story than he's been itching to somehow tack one together,0
shankman . . . and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story . ,0
it's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdowell play off each other . ,1
merchant effectively translates naipaul's lively mix of characters from the page to screen . ,1
one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece . ,1
a chaotic panorama that's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags . ,0
"most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; "" frailty "" leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home . ",1
looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights . ,0
"dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm . ",0
"it's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children . ",1
"the first question to ask about bad company is why anthony hopkins is in it . we assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low . ",0
a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy . ,0
"that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks . ",0
the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects . ,0
"frankly , it's pretty stupid . i had more fun with ben stiller's zoolander , which i thought was rather clever . but there's plenty to offend everyone . . . ",0
"glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism . ",0
"while [hill] has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film . ",0
"300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . ",1
oh come on . like you couldn't smell this turkey rotting from miles away . ,0
"to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore . ",0
"in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . ",1
barry sonnenfeld owes frank the pug big time,0
jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema . ,1
there's much tongue in cheek in the film and there's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all . ,1
it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors . ,1
 . . . a trashy little bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,1
"star trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy . ",0
"so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check . ",0
you could nap for an hour and not miss a thing . ,0
one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies ever made . ,1
the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy . ,0
"you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you've seen pornography or documentary . ",1
"not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . ",1
it's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated . ,0
"the funny thing is , i didn't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit . ",1
press the delete key . ,0
"i would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that shouldn't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable . ",1
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
"if somebody was bored and . . . decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus' son , they'd come up with something like bart freundlich's world traveler . ",0
"this is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal . ",1
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations . ",0
[leigh] has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . ,1
"denis o'neill's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others . ",0
starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches . ,0
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle . ,0
"an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more . ",0
"the photographer's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject . ",0
the acting alone is worth the price of admission . ,1
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash . ,1
"feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together . ",0
a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea . ,1
"like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely . ",1
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction . ,0
"in a 102-minute film , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time . . . . most viewers will wish there had been more of the "" queen "" and less of the "" damned . "" ",0
"it's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way . ",1
"subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . ",1
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering . ,0
" . . . one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else . ",0
"lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s . ",0
one of the smartest takes on singles culture i've seen in a long time . ,1
"a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . ",1
"sturdy , entertaining period drama . . . both caine and fraser have their moments . ",1
"suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood . ",0
"some movies blend together as they become distant memories . mention "" solaris "" five years from now and i'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share . ",1
changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say . ,1
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time . ,0
"a sour , nasty offering . ",0
exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . ,1
[d]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful . ,1
" . . . a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . . ",1
"though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . ",1
"like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls . ",1
"the cast is phenomenal , especially the women . ",1
it never fails to engage us . ,1
"it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients . ",1
"insomnia is one of the year's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances . ",1
only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : anthony . hopkins . ,1
blanchett's performance confirms her power once again . ,1
"it's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene . ",1
this isn't even madonna's swept away . this is her blue lagoon . ,0
"whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the "" soon-to-be-forgettable "" section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . it's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0
"there's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that's ok . ",1
"cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment . . . simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . ",0
"once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea isn't funny . ",0
confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . acting cannot be acted . ,1
this thing is just garbage . ,0
creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller . ,0
let's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home . ,0
it's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 . ,1
poor ben bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . ,0
"it's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . ",1
"even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it's documenting . ",1
"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists . ",1
munch's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . his scenes are short and often unexpected . ,1
a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi . ,1
"the first mistake , i suspect , is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student--where's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ? ",0
"a vile , incoherent mess . . . a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg's brilliant 'videodrome . '",0
marries the amateurishness of the blair witch project with the illogic of series 7 : the contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie . ,0
familiar but utterly delightful . ,1
the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of dreams . ,1
" . . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise . ",0
"smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . instead , he shows them the respect they are due . ",1
"culkin , who's in virtually every scene , shines as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield . ",1
it's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . it's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process . ,1
"shunji iwai's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan . ",0
"with a "" spy kids "" sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a "" snl "" has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ? ",0
the ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch . ,0
too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility . ,0
" "" what john does is heroic , but we don't condone it , "" one of the film's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture's moral schizophrenia . ",0
"director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here . ",0
"the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work . ",0
huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . ,1
"the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next . ",0
"as a vehicle to savour binoche's skill , the film is well worthwhile . ",1
"as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . ",1
a charming and funny story of clashing cultures and a clashing mother/daughter relationship . ,1
"with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . ",1
elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy . ,1
"a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china . ",1
clever but not especially compelling . ,0
"the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today's hollywood . ",0
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid . ",1
"there are a few stabs at absurdist comedy . . . but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an iranian specialty . ",1
"i won't argue with anyone who calls 'slackers' dumb , insulting , or childish . . . but i laughed so much that i didn't mind . ",1
the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller . ,0
there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production . ,0
"shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams , trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies . ",0
"with wit and empathy to spare , waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters' striving solipsism . ",1
"purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . oh , and more entertaining , too . ",0
together writer-director danny verete's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt . ,1
"nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while . ",1
"scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . yes , soar . ",1
an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick . ,1
"an even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor . ",0
remarkably accessible and affecting . ,1
"i've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . ",1
"a naturally funny film , home movie makes you crave chris smith's next movie . ",1
it's refreshing to see a romance this smart . ,1
"several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in "" unfaithful . "" why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me . ",0
the cat's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich . . . ,1
"an amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail . ",1
a movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series . ,0
it's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience . ,1
"a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easily forgettable film . ",1
"boldly engineering a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , rose's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer . ",1
meandering and confusing . ,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
[breheny's] lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people . ,1
" sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip . ",0
"adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . ",0
"it's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense . ",0
an infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy . ,1
there's not much going on in this movie unless you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in point pleasant . ,0
"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama's family . ",0
"like a fish that's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . ",0
"uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year . ",1
instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence . ,0
"a moving , if uneven , success . ",1
"despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanovela . ",0
"rabbit-proof fence will probably make you angry . but it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that doesn't make you feel like a sucker . ",1
"lame , haphazard teen comedy . ",0
"nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . ",0
"ozpetek offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves . ",0
what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman's tragic odyssey . ,1
"this rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens . . . or if it were subtler . . . or if it had a sense of humor . ",0
"this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago . ",0
"the movie's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity . ",0
"84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it's also , clearly , great fun . ",1
"the evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear . ",1
friday after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans . ,0
"inside the film's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are good sparring partners . ",1
"the film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority . ",1
"escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie . ",1
 . . . pray doesn't have a passion for the material . he nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race . ,1
no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild . ,0
"the ingenious construction ( adapted by david hare from michael cunningham's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1
a film of delicate interpersonal dances . caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose . it's a sight to behold . ,1
everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing . ,1
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment . ,0
"the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them . ",1
" . . . an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler . ",0
bubba ho-tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by bruce campbell that doesn't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it . ,1
adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie . ,0
"this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men . ",1
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . ,0
a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers' hearts . ,1
"it looks good , but it is essentially empty . ",0
"audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film's tart , sugar-free wit . ",1
"bang ! zoom ! it's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places . ",0
"outside of burger's desire to make some kind of film , it's really unclear why this project was undertaken",0
paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks . ,1
it's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . ,1
this surreal gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes . a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers . ,1
low comedy doesn't come much lower . ,0
"rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next . ",0
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh's rise up the social ladder . ,0
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured soul . ,1
"if you liked the 1982 film then , you'll still like it now . ",0
a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . ,1
"tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun . ",1
"suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let's just say the ingredients don't quite add up to a meal . ",0
campanella's competent direction and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael's evolution . ,1
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once . ,0
to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr . freud . ,1
a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . ,1
execrable . ,0
the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon . ,1
"while cherish doesn't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem . ",1
worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia . ,1
a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1/2 . ,0
"sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean 'dramedy' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors . ",1
serious and thoughtful . ,1
a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese . ,0
"this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . he's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does . ",0
this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head,0
done in mostly by a weak script that can't support the epic treatment . ,0
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluff . ,0
eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler's many talents . ,1
" . . . a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i can't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here . ",0
"crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families . ",0
"a predictable , manipulative stinker . the story passes time until it's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge . ",0
"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 . ",1
"even if you've seen "" stomp "" ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this ! ",1
the milieu is wholly unconvincing . . . and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch . ,0
"all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . ",1
"not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time . ",1
curling may be a unique sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary . ,0
very well-written and very well-acted . ,1
"this is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope . ",1
the action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory . ,0
"if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy . ",1
worthy of the gong . ,0
denzel washington's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony . ,0
this is the best american movie about troubled teens since 1998's whatever . ,1
"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . ",0
"its story may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ? ",0
"more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",0
"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding . ",0
"despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience . ",1
"the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself . ",0
[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing . ,0
"it's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime . ",1
the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie's rude and crude humor . ,0
"the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life . ",1
the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects . ,1
"mark wahlberg . . . may look classy in a '60s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he's dry , dry , dry . ",0
"as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad . ",1
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead . ,1
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . ,1
"if there's one thing this world needs less of , it's movies about college that are written and directed by people who couldn't pass an entrance exam . ",0
"a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb . ",0
"the rest of the plot is impossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , although it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates . ",0
"as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else . ",0
"a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture . ",0
"after watching it , you can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history . ",1
"if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . ",0
"beers , who , when she's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall . . . [but] the script goes wrong at several key junctures . ",0
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound . ",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 . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti",0
"unfortunately , contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie's heart . ",0
it's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong . ,0
"an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that's what makes it worth a recommendation . ",1
"whether or not you're enlightened by any of derrida's lectures on "" the other "" and "" the self , "" derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . ",1
ramsay and morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling . ,1
"even though it's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you can't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth . ",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
"some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . ",0
"a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . ",1
"this pathetic junk is barely an hour long . nevertheless , it still seems endless . ",0
a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lil' bow wow . ,1
"es una de esas películas de las que uno sale reconfortado , agradecido , genuinamente sorprendido . ",1
an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic . ,0
"the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view . ",0
everything is off . ,0
more intellectually scary than dramatically involving . ,0
"the movie's eventual success should be credited to dennis quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor",1
there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness . ,1
" . . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit . ",0
"frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him . ",1
the performances are an absolute joy . ,1
despite its many infuriating flaws -- not the least of which is amy's self-absorbed personality -- amy's o's honesty will win you over . ,1
"biggie and tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame . ",1
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies . . . ,0
"a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . ",0
"impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act . ",0
an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary . ,1
rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment . ,0
a series of immaculately composed shots of patch adams quietly freaking out does not make for much of a movie . ,0
surprisingly powerful and universal . ,1
just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience . ,0
turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters,0
"medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . that's why sex and lucia is so alluring . ",1
"as is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious . ",0
"in the book-on-tape market , the film of "" the kid stays in the picture "" would be an abridged edition",0
this beautifully animated epic is never dull . ,1
"insomnia is involving . still , i thought it could have been more . ",1
"between bedroom scenes , viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap . ",0
"everything about the quiet american is good , except its timing . ",1
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny . ,0
"so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style . ",0
"the story . . . is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band . ",1
"far from perfect , but its heart is in the right place . . . innocent and well-meaning . ",1
"bears is bad . not 'terrible filmmaking' bad , but more like , 'i once had a nightmare like this , and it's now coming true' bad . ",0
amazingly dopey . ,0
"in a big corner office in hell , satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7 . ",0
[plays] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy . ,0
what's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens' deviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough . ,0
"the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy's thanksgiving day parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away . ",0
all too familiar . . . basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when 'angels with dirty faces' appeared in 1938 . ,0
an intriguing near-miss . ,0
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . ,0
"de oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by michel piccoli . ",1
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . it's too bad nothing else is . ,0
"strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre . ",1
each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense . ,0
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence . ,1
there's none of the happily-ever -after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that's part of what makes dover kosashvili's outstanding feature debut so potent . ,1
arguably the year's silliest and most incoherent movie . ,0
the result is something quite fresh and delightful . ,1
"from the big giant titles of the opening credits to elmer bernstein's perfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right . ",1
another useless recycling of a brutal mid-'70s american sports movie . ,0
an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years . ,0
it's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead . ,0
"it's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon . ",1
"for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half . ",1
the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman's posthumously published cult novel . ,1
"alain choquart's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating . ",1
refreshing . ,1
"as the dominant christine , sylvie testud is icily brilliant . ",1
the premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences . ,0
"oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between . ",0
"is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . ",1
"compelling revenge thriller , though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady . ",1
"the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast . ",0
such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema . ,0
"often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself . ",1
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons . ,1
"thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic . ",1
"nothing's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away--still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun . ",1
"the acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year . ",0
"the result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached . ",0
"together , miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey . ",1
a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored . ,1
i'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about . ,0
has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill . ,1
the name says it all . jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set . ,0
sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . ,1
"i don't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but don't treat me like a fool . ",0
"how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $100 million on this ? ",0
"a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats . ",1
it is interesting and fun to see goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen . ,1
viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess . ,0
a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present . ,1
"last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . it's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective . ",1
"in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters — damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide . ",1
"now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism . ",1
"manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney . . . take your pick . all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . ",0
"the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teeth hurt . ",0
"taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . but as a movie , it's a humorless , disjointed mess . ",0
"there's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it . ",0
definitely worth 95 minutes of your time . ,1
"interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals 'red dragon' right from under their noses . ",1
the film is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today's cinema du sarcasm,1
"despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults . ",0
"the draw [for "" big bad love "" ] is a solid performance by arliss howard . ",1
a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale . . . a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more . ,0
the film is flat . ,0
amazingly lame . ,0
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides . ,1
moving and vibrant . ,1
"the movie is well done , but slow . ",1
"rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day . ",1
even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . ,0
"yes , i suppose it's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so i didn't . ",0
"the film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries . ",0
"if it's possible for a sequel to outshine the original , then sl2 does just that . ",1
robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side . ,1
"smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . ",1
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute . ,0
"uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things . ",0
"in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectable sequel . ",1
"off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . ",0
brosnan's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . ,0
"velocity represents everything wrong with ''independent film'' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene . ",0
"maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards . ",1
classic cinema served up with heart and humor,1
"after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go . ",0
all the small moments and flashbacks don't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition . ,0
godawful boring slug of a movie . ,0
"entertaining enough , but nothing new",0
"while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time . ",1
"an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video . ",0
"if there's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid . ",1
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . something like scrubbing the toilet . or emptying rat traps . or doing last year's taxes with your ex-wife . ,0
cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky's diaries . ,1
a chiller resolutely without chills . ,0
"it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest -– audience sadism -- is evaded completely . ",0
a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done . ,1
the film will appeal to discovery channel fans and will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses . ,1
"drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . ",1
an uninspired preachy and clichéd war film . ,0
"the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates . ",0
"so fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . not to mention absolutely refreshed . ",1
"it shares the first two films' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between . ",0
"watching austin powers in goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . it's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied . ",0
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes . ,0
"mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity . ",0
the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing . ,0
"though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static . ",1
"passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . ",1
watching the film is like reading a times portrait of grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it . ,0
this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . hmmm…might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ? ,0
"instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources – good sources , bad mixture",0
"somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . ",0
"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green's half-hearted movie career . ",0
"it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny . ",0
"there's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . and yet , it still works . ",1
nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here . ,0
the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . ,0
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . ,0
"that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . ",0
"extreme oops - oops , ops , no matter how you spell it , it's still a mistake to go see it . ",0
it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that . ,1
"with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap . ",0
"the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats' perspective . ",1
"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool . ",0
an unflinching look at the world's dispossessed . ,1
"i don't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it's a dish that's best served cold . ",1
"a mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original . ",0
"the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television- caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy . ",0
"fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . ",1
"juliette binoche's sand is vivacious , but it's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile . ",0
"this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone . ",0
"nelson's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . it's horribly depressing and not very well done . ",0
"lyne's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded . ",0
long time dead ? not nearly long enough . ,0
one of the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called 'comedy' and not laugh once . ,0
"for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . ",1
an incoherent jumble of a film that's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . ,0
deserving of its critical backlash and more . ,0
"the attempt is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven . ",0
smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise . ,1
"chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement . ",1
"i'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i don't see the point . it's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed . ",0
"a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed . ",0
strictly a 'guy's film' in the worst sense of the expression . ,0
the film's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place . ,0
well-meaning but inert . ,0
"lilia's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth . ",1
"an action/thriller of the finest kind , evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat . ",1
"nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro's right-hand goombah . ",0
is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to find out . ,1
a refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary american film . search it out . ,1
"city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing . ",0
"although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films . ",1
"assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong's versatile stanley kwan . ",1
"it's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru . ",1
"not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and daniel radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as harry , but the film conjures the magic of author j . k . rowling's books . ",1
" . . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course . ",0
"the film's messages of tolerance and diversity aren't particularly original , but one can't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters . ",1
"it's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . ",1
"from beginning to end , this overheated melodrama plays like a student film . ",0
"tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . ",1
" "" brown sugar "" admirably aspires to be more than another "" best man "" clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . ",1
"kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles . ",0
its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists . ,0
"likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes . ",1
"highly irritating at first , mr . koury's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results . ",1
"too ordinary to restore [harmon] to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . ",0
"lejos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios . ",1
"it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience . ",1
 . . . nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects . ,0
son of the bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness . ,1
"kids don't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . 'snow dogs' has both . ",0
"makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff . ",0
"nair and writer laura cahill dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life . ",1
"the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act . ",0
more than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling . ,1
"while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often . ",0
"the film has too many spots where it's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that's especially fit for the kiddies . ",0
much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be . ,1
they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering . ,0
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael . ,1
"during the tuxedo's 90 minutes of screen time , there isn't one true 'chan moment' . ",0
it is definitely worth seeing . ,1
"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 . ",0
it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal . ,0
"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
just a bloody mess . ,0
nair doesn't treat the issues lightly . she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly . ,1
chai's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack . ,0
propelled not by characters but by caricatures . ,0
it all comes down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow . i can't . ,0
"look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music . ",1
"É uma pena que , mais tarde , o próprio filme abandone o tom de paródia e passe a utilizar os mesmos clichês que havia satirizado . ",1
" ( a ) hollywood sheen bedevils the film from the very beginning . . . ( but ) lohman's moist , deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer . . . ",1
strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . ,0
poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures . ,1
"both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . ",0
"if this is the resurrection of the halloween franchise , it would have been better off dead . ",0
"while i can't say it's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie . ",1
a cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary . ,0
"anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly . ",0
"even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . ",1
"louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just doesn't make sense . ",0
a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness as the videogame series that inspired it . ,0
"the performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life . a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged . ",1
marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary . ,1
i watched the brainless insanity of no such thing with mounting disbelief . ,0
"the nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations . ",0
"just like hearst's enormous yacht , it's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination . ",0
"it's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor's cartoonish performance and the film's ill-considered notion that hitler's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances . ",0
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . ,1
an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism . ,0
"the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . ",1
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary . ,1
 . . . a rather bland affair . ,0
suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling . ,0
a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment . ,1
" . . . unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted . ",0
"much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there isn't much there here . ",0
"a smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire . ",1
"though there's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction , the drama feels rigged and sluggish . ",0
"while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging . ",1
"the only upside to all of this unpleasantness is , given its labor day weekend upload , feardotcom should log a minimal number of hits . ",0
 . . . spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative . ,1
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes . ,0
summer's far too fleeting to squander on offal like this . ,0
"the director mostly plays it straight , turning leys' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder . ",0
"[javier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama . ",0
"on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion . ",1
"'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '",0
"at times , however , dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . ",0
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles . ,0
"a teasing drama whose relentless good-deed/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation . ",1
buy popcorn . take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride . ,1
"solaris "" is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work . ",0
if steven soderbergh's 'solaris' is a failure it is a glorious failure . ,1
"it is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie . . . but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash cult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving . ",0
"care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters . ",0
"its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary . ",0
a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life . ,0
"such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you can't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production . ",0
"this charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed . ",1
"chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante ( como é ) , mas acaba representando um passo que vai na direção contrária à evolução dos musicais . ",1
zhang . . . has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast . ,1
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths . ,1
"even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser . ",0
skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd . ,0
 . . . a true delight . ,1
"mr . wedge and mr . saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that i'd hoped the movie would avoid . ",0
"contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing . ",0
"a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy . ",1
by turns very dark and very funny . ,1
"flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent . ",0
a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches . ,0
 . . . built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids . ,0
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film . ,0
"a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . ",1
" . . . has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeon doesn't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites . ",0
a moving story of determination and the human spirit . ,1
"the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team . ",0
a complete waste of time . ,0
"ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it . ",1
"morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan . ",1
"an occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story . ",0
a listless and desultory affair . ,0
"i enjoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory . ",1
 . . . a lesson in prehistoric hilarity . ,1
"death to smoochy is often very funny , but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision . ",1
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen . ,0
deepa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world . ,1
"a hard look at one man's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol . ",1
"if a few good men told us that we "" can't handle the truth "" than high crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we "" don't care about the truth . "" ",0
"director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j . wilson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . ",1
some stunning visuals -- and some staggeringly boring cinema . ,0
quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor . ,1
a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics . ,1
"the only question . . . is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i'm afraid . ",0
"moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . ",1
"there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash . ",1
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else . ,0
we've liked klein's other work but rollerball left us cold . ,0
a wordy wisp of a comedy . ,0
as refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream . ,1
what makes this film special is serry's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context . ,1
 . . . stale and uninspired . ,0
"reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and ryoko hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that . ",0
"poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . ",0
viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget . ,1
"there's no question that epps scores once or twice , but it's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head . ",0
"my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy . in the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more . ",1
"based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",1
'blue crush' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award . ,1
"holy mad maniac in a mask , splat-man ! good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back ! ",1
[an] absorbing documentary . ,1
"as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes weren't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create . ",1
it's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax . ,1
this slight premise . . . works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon . ,1
one of those so-so films that could have been much better . ,0
a compelling film . ,1
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother's hold over her . ,1
"thanks to the château's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises . ",1
"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man's triumph of will into everyman's romance comedy . ",0
"this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them ! ",0
"as befits its title , this pg-13-rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the snuggle fabric softener bear . ",0
"the more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it . ",1
feels like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the lifetime cable television network . ,0
"haneke keeps us at arm's length . guided more by intellect than heart , his story flattens instead of sharpens . ",0
"the result is more depressing than liberating , but it's never boring . ",1
"this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust films , but it's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it's told by the people who were there . ",1
"a formula family tearjerker told with a heavy irish brogue . . . accentuating , rather than muting , the plot's saccharine thrust . ",0
the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man . ,0
it's never a good sign when a film's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition . ,0
"dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny . ",1
all mood and no movie . ,0
needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance . ,0
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market . ,1
the structure the film takes may find matt damon and ben affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a good will hunting trilogy that was never planned . ,0
"though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions . ",1
"as if drop dead gorgeous wasn't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition . ",0
moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995's safe . ,1
"this new zealand coming-of-age movie isn't really about anything . when it's this rich and luscious , who cares ? ",1
"the film doesn't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia . ",0
i'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche . ,0
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report . ,1
so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag . ,0
"an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , 'spy kids 2' is a visual treat for all audiences . ",1
so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it . ,0
gets better after foster leaves that little room . ,0
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie . ,1
bennett's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a morbid appeal that's tough to shake . ,1
"methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain . ",1
nothing but an episode of smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget . ,0
well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process . ,1
it ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of latin america's most oppressive regimes . ,1
"a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences . ",1
"those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie improved . ",1
what bubbles up out of john c . walsh's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch . ,1
"certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . ",0
"kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven . anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning . ",0
"a very pretty after-school special . it's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it . ",1
the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity . ,1
the problem with all of this : it's not really funny . ,0
"smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities . ",1
move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel . ,1
mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values . ,0
"no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . ",0
the whole affair is as predictable as can be . ,0
the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy . ,1
"we've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there's an enthusiastic charm in <i ? fire that makes the formula fresh again . ",1
[ferrera] has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . ,1
on the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . it's just going to take more than a man in a bullwinkle costume to get there . ,0
"the french are rather good at this kind of thing , unlike the americans , who have a passion for musketeers , only to spoof them . ",1
"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 . ",0
uzumaki's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse . . . ,0
its director's most substantial feature for some time . ,1
"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch . ",0
clare peploe's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence . ,0
"what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else . ",0
a sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that isn't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears . ,1
what's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that's tv sitcom material at best . ,0
"leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . ",0
a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them . ,1
works because reno doesn't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience . ,1
"i'm not saying that ice age doesn't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life . ",0
"an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . ",1
simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy . ,1
"it's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones's diary . ",0
" . . . instead go rent "" shakes the clown "" , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance . ",0
"ray liotta and jason patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but don't be fooled : nobody deserves any prizes here . ",1
"a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that doesn't make much sense even on its own terms . ",0
"disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself . ",1
"neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead , but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula . ",1
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . ,0
"the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . ",0
"boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect . ",0
"the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness . ",1
"it will come as no surprise that the movie isn't scary . but here's the real damn : it isn't funny , either . ",0
"it's also clear from the start that the transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial high wears off , the film's shortcomings start to shine through . ",0
"a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring . ",0
'the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',0
"claude chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that's okay . ",1
"i highly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him . ",0
"daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it doesn't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain . ",1
"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 . ",1
"there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2--quite a rarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over . ",1
there's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . ,0
"a very familiar tale , one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , chinese- , irish- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages . ",0
"there are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they're not exactly flattering . ",0
"from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . ",1
"theology aside , why put someone who ultimately doesn't learn at the center of a kids' story ? ",0
"astonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild . ",0
visually striking and viscerally repellent . ,1
"a 93-minute condensation of a 26-episode tv series , with all of the pitfalls of such you'd expect . ",0
"serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst . ",0
the director's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts grow wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design ) . ,0
"a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very best pictures . ",1
"this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce . ",1
"it's a long way from orwell's dark , intelligent warning cry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation . ",0
"because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions . ",1
"the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive . ",1
"as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . ",0
characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better . ,0
a low-rent retread of the alien pictures . ,0
"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture can't quite conceal that there's nothing resembling a spine here . ",0
wanker goths are on the loose ! run for your lives ! ,0
"makes s&m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight . ",1
a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . ,1
"the inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how john malkovich's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line . ",0
"bad in such a bizarre way that it's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste . ",0
"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . ",1
"morton is , as usual , brilliant . ",1
shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling . ,0
"pratfalls aside , barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other . ",1
wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men . ,1
"half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder . . . would be more at home on a daytime television serial . ",0
 . . . fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense . ,0
"we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it . ",1
"this is a truly , truly bad movie . ",0
a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture . ,1
"as a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining . ",1
"trapped won't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness . ",1
it all seemed wasted like deniro's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . ,0
go see it and enjoy . ,1
the director's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that's low on both suspense and payoff . ,0
mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything . that's because relatively nothing happens . ,0
 . . . an inviting piece of film . ,1
a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia,0
a bit of an unwieldy mess . ,0
all but the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure . ,1
not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa's ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur . ,1
"if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . ",1
"the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic . ",1
"however clever nelson has been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging , the question remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release . ",0
"although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs . ",1
"a sterling film - a cross between boys don't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made . ",0
looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way . ,0
the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . . ,0
"unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook . ",0
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges . ",1
barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality . ,0
"one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it's far tamer than advertised . ",1
"a soggy , shapeless mess . . . just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie . ",0
marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula . ,1
"a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere . ",1
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books . ",0
tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script . ,1
"based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness . ",0
veterans of the dating wars will smirk uneasily at the film's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures . ,1
you won't look at religious fanatics -- or backyard sheds -- the same way again . ,1
"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . ",0
"it has the ability to offend and put off everyone , but it holds you with its outrageousness . ",1
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams . ,0
very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . ,1
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting . ,0
"despite its flaws , crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . ",1
one from the heart . ,1
"deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel . ",0
"ou've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane . ",1
"sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema . ",1
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma . ",0
well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons . ,0
lacks depth . ,0
"nair just doesn't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy . ",0
the pace and the visuals are so hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything . ,0
charming and funny ( but ultimately silly ) movie . ,1
everything is pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with 'issues' to simplify . ,0
"the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched . ",0
"like all of egoyan's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . ",1
an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter . ,0
"chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . ",0
"romantic , riveting and handsomely animated . ",1
"the whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by . ",1
"a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy . ",1
"like mike doesn't win any points for originality . it does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism . ",1
"escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions . ",1
not one moment in the enterprise didn't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow . ,0
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . ,1
"while the resident evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games , the movie really only succeeds in the third of these . ",0
"each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top . ",0
an exhilarating serving of movie fluff . ,1
nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one . ,1
"asia authors herself as anna battista , an italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy . ",1
dolgin and franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a brand new name in southern tennessee . ,1
the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side . ,1
"though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium . ",1
"about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . ",1
"even if you don't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why . ",1
[it's] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest . ,1
"while [roman coppola] scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story . ",1
credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment . ,0
"time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . ",0
"while easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points . ",0
writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call 'too clever by half . ',0
"an enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids . ",1
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i'd expected it to be . ,1
likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer . ,1
the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable . ,1
a well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship . ,1
"elegant , mannered and teasing . ",1
"although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . ",1
"while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle . ",0
"isn't as sharp as the original . . . despite some visual virtues , 'blade ii' just doesn't cut it . ",0
"manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas . ",1
"from spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat , vincent's odyssey resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of jean renoir . ",1
a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society . ,1
"the movie's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it doesn't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events . ",0
"the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . ",1
a film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers . ,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
"those of you who don't believe in santa claus probably also think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original . well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts . ",1
"on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa would be forgettable if it weren't such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play . ",1
 . . . standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added . ,0
"despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions . ",1
"a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys . ",1
"the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past . ",1
takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer,1
the combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives italian for beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic . ,1
"the movie doesn't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us . ",0
"though jackson doesn't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees . ",1
"a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that doesn't exactly favour the audience . ",0
i couldn't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy . ,0
"in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine . ",0
"visually , 'santa clause 2' is wondrously creative . ",1
"an intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're getting its metaphysical point . ",1
a very charming and funny movie . ,1
the film is strictly routine . ,0
"despite its visual virtuosity , 'naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . ",0
"this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy . ",1
"bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie . . . is , also , frequently hilarious . ",1
"martin scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo , mas emocionalmente frio . ",0
"the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . ",1
a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail . ,1
there ain't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it's hilarious . ,0
"never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds . ",0
"with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . ",1
"features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances , ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory . ",0
"complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold . ",0
"a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one . ",1
a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp . ,0
 . . . the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning . ,0
demme's loose approach kills the suspense . ,0
"if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear . this is one baaaaaaaaad movie . ",0
 . . . takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport,1
"makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . ",1
"while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . ",1
"sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood . ",1
a pretentious mess . ,0
drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band . ,1
"made me feel uneasy , even queasy , because [solondz's] cool compassion is on the border of bemused contempt . ",0
"these three films form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people . ",1
"the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence . ",1
"coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . ",1
provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust . ,1
"a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . ",1
"there's . . . tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate . ",1
an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . ,1
one of the more glaring signs of this movie's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms . spears . ,0
"it's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins . ",1
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . ,0
"schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms . mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation . ",1
the exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you'll find in this dreary mess . ,0
"an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement . ",1
some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time . ,1
"more intimate than spectacular , e . t . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . ",1
late marriage's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u . s . viewers off their feet . ,0
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . ,1
"what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain . ",1
"there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy . ",1
"filled with alexandre desplat's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience . ",1
"as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely . ",0
"an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach",0
"contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom . ",0
it's exactly what you'd expect . ,0
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others . ,1
"when the film ended , i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while . ",0
vera's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them . ,0
" . . . the one thing this wild film has that other imax films don't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . that's fun for kids of any age . ",1
works better in the conception than it does in the execution . . . winds up seeming just a little too clever . ,0
the movie's biggest shocks come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . ,0
"this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie . ",0
"while howard's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . ",0
lacks dramatic punch and depth . ,0
from blushing to gushing---imamura squirts the screen in ‘warm water under a red bridge',1
"although jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for the return of the king , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of the two towers . ",1
"ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing . ",0
"between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season . ",1
"from the opening scenes , it's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie . ",0
director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line ; what's best about drumline is its energy . ,1
comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . ,0
"a rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means . ",1
while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course . . . director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades . ,1
it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it . ,0
"the actors are appealing , but elysian fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental . ",0
"although it doesn't always hang together -- violence and whimsy don't combine easily -- "" cherish "" certainly isn't dull . ",1
"if you can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like 'masterpiece theatre' type costumes , you'll enjoy this movie . ",1
"sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who doesn't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb . ",0
"as the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe , the picture becomes increasingly mesmerizing . ",1
it's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look . ,1
"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 . ",1
"dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth's best soundtrack in years . ",1
"this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach'ke burstein and his family , transcends ethnic lines . ",1
"the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short . ",0
imagine o . henry's <b>the gift of the magi</b> relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc's drug scene . merry friggin' christmas ! ,1
"even when foreign directors . . . borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . ",1
two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning . ,0
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations . ,0
rates an 'e' for effort -- and a 'b' for boring . ,0
a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion . ,0
a worthwhile way to spend two hours . ,1
"when [de palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done . ",0
empire can't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . it doesn't work as either . ,0
" . . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar . ",0
"it is an indelible epic american story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives . ",1
the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon . ,1
the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread . ,1
"the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales . ",1
"writer/director joe carnahan's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic . ",1
"like the english patient and the unbearable lightness of being , the hours is one of those reputedly "" unfilmable "" novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right . ",1
the story and characters are nowhere near gripping enough . ,0
"having never been a huge fan of dickens' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath's version . ",1
" "" freaky friday , "" it's not . ",0
"if the movie were all comedy , it might work better . but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness . ",0
"it should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring . ",0
"it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie . ",0
"a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory . ",1
"how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . ",1
"rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language . ",1
"colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical . . . the rare sequel that's better than its predecessor . ",1
"it's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it isn't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers . ",1
"quite frankly , i can't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out . ",0
comes . . . uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief . ,0
"a waterlogged version of 'fatal attraction' for the teeny-bopper set . . . a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . ",0
"works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them . ",0
there's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl . ,1
"there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers don't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies . ",1
shrewd but pointless . ,0
there's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers . ,1
takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze . ,1
"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping . ",0
"an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ",1
"the passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange , stark beauty of the mideast desert , so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air . ",1
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy's well-honed prima donna shtick . ,0
much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad . ,0
"it is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it begs to be parodied . ",0
"granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek . ",0
the modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones . ,0
" "" nicholas nickleby "" is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there's no new "" a christmas carol "" out in the theaters this year . charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . ",1
so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film . ,0
sleek and arty . ,1
for all its serious sense of purpose . . . [it] finds a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor . ,1
a tasty slice of droll whimsy . ,1
a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession . ,1
a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope . ,1
"writhing under dialogue like 'you're from two different worlds' and 'tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . ",0
"a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . ",1
" . . . a light , yet engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject – taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . ",1
the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey . ,0
it will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days . ,1
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama . ,1
the film's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that's opened between them . ,1
"one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it . ",1
"viewed on its own terms , treasure planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but true fans of the stevenson's novel will likely prefer disney's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic . ",1
it's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive . ,1
a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales . ,1
collateral damage finally delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans . ,1
"visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction . ",1
one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years . ,1
" . . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form . ",1
"an offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film about the true meaning of the holidays . ",1
"the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t . ",1
"too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging . . . the isle defies an easy categorization . ",0
"instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started . ",0
"evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes . ",1
ms . hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda's ultimate fate . ,1
"if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . an exit sign , that is . ",0
"part comedy , part drama , the movie winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but nevertheless dissatisfied with the movie as a whole . ",0
"the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long . ",0
criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama . ,0
falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that aren't funny . ,0
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence . ,0
"though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention . ",0
"simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kiss is really all about performances . ",1
" . . little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic . ",0
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games . ",1
a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last . ,1
"crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action . ",1
"this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . ",0
a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you've actually spent time living in another community . ,1
"slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ? ",0
"fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm . ",1
"brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade . ",1
"whenever you think you've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop . ",1
"young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work . ",1
"very well made , but doesn't generate a lot of tension . ",0
love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit . ,0
stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time . ,0
"the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way . ",1
"a mild , reluctant , thumbs down . ",0
"the sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblown and tie-in ready . ",0
the movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts . ,0
represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror genre . ,0
"stuart's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert . ",1
"neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers , the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price . ",0
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . ,1
" . . . a solid , unassuming drama . ",1
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family's custom-made christmas card . ,1
"romanek's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures . ",1
"seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . ",0
the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington's fine performance in the title role . ,0
"while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy . ",1
could the country bears really be as bad as its trailers ? in a word -- yes . ,0
promises is one film that's truly deserving of its oscar nomination . ,1
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation . ",0
"overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper . ",0
wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award . ,0
"a picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion . ",1
"it is a comedy that's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) . ",0
"a taut , sobering film . ",1
"like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour . ",0
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way . ,1
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air . ,1
"may take its sweet time to get wherever it's going , but if you have the patience for it , you won't feel like it's wasted yours . ",1
"if this silly little cartoon can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy bastards , more power to it . ",0
the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group . . . and never fails to entertain . ,1
"a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable . ",0
"cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone . ",1
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . ,0
"not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again . ",1
is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ? ,0
"too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . ",0
"high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast . ",1
"an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood . ",1
"a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness . ",1
"vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . ",1
it's as close as we'll ever come to looking through a photographer's viewfinder as he works . ,1
"even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series . ",0
"the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun . ",1
"we've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher . ",1
 . . . think of it as american pie on valium . ,0
"a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . ",0
cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke . ,0
"parker holds true to wilde's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness . ",1
"there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture . ",0
"a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike . ",1
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole' miss in the way of story . ,0
"the action is reasonably well-done . . . yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together . ",0
" "" the mothman prophecies "" is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls . ",1
"a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant . ",1
 . . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that's likely to irk viewers . ,0
"the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . ",0
it seems grant doesn't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all . ,1
"a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original . ",0
"a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . ",1
[newton]wanders through charlie completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality . ,0
" "" mr . deeds "" is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . ",1
see it . debate it . remember it . ,1
"philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . ",0
kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . ,1
"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means . ",1
but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns . . . this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity . ,1
"while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there's nothing here to match that movie's intermittent moments of inspiration . ",0
bullock's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film,0
"a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices . ",0
the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution . ,1
"there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we're not watching a double . ",0
its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . ,1
bow's best moments are when he's getting busy on the basketball court because that's when he really scores . ,1
"davis has energy , but she doesn't bother to make her heroine's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly . ",0
"an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive "" missing thing . "" ",1
there's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career . ,0
superb production values & christian bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot . ,1
"this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he's already done way too often . ",0
a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood's comic-book adaptations . ,1
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal . ",1
an intoxicating experience . ,1
a wildly entertaining scan of evans' career . ,1
"every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn . ",0
"alex nohe's documentary plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget nc-17 version of tank girl . ",0
does anyone much think the central story of brendan behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ? ,0
"after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . ",0
a frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women . ,1
master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours . ,0
though its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression . ,0
"patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary . ",0
a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale . ,0
"like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . ",0
"for all its failed connections , divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood is nurturing , in a gauzy , dithering way . ",1
"the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief . ",1
"an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view . ",1
"sure , it's more of the same , but as the film proves , that's not always a bad thing . ",1
"credit must be given to harland williams , michael rosenbaum and barry watson , who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves",0
"the biggest problem with roger avary's uproar against the mpaa is that , even in all its director's cut glory , he's made a film that's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything . ",0
"the characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter . ",0
[a] poorly executed comedy . ,0
includes too much obvious padding . ,0
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . ,1
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . ,1
scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . ,0
"berry's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making "" die another day "" one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1
"thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters . mom and dad can catch some quality naptime along the way . ",0
as steamy as last week's pork dumplings . ,0
it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters . ,1
new best friend's playboy-mansion presentation of college life is laugh-out-loud ludicrous . ,0
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience . ,0
"with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . ",1
"like shrek , spirit's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world . ",1
"a big-budget/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as the hours is a distinct rarity , and an event . ",1
"with all the sympathy , empathy and pity fogging up the screen . . . his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles . ",0
"enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary . ",1
"one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the movie is a disaster . ",0
the sweetest thing is expressly for idiots who don't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance . ,0
what was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical . ,0
"unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . ",1
quick : who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security ? ,0
it's splash without the jokes . ,0
one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever . ,1
you don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable b-minus to the emperor's club . ,1
"high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government/ marine/legal mystery , and that's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue . ",0
"though its story is only surface deep , the visuals and enveloping sounds of blue crush make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see . ",1
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters . ,1
"assayas' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel . ",1
[a] crushing disappointment . ,0
"a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration . ",1
it wouldn't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $7 . 00 . ,0
"good for a few unintentional laughs , "" extreme ops "" was obviously made for the "" xxx "" crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction . ",0
the film's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film's production design . ,0
no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population . ,0
comedy troupe broken lizard's first movie is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot . ,0
"lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . it is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it . ",1
"the idea of 49-year-old roberto benigni playing the wooden boy pinocchio is scary enough . the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque . ",0
avary's film never quite emerges from the shadow of ellis' book . ,0
the laughs are as rare as snake foo yung . ,0
"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than "" memento "" ",1
münch's genuine insight makes the film's occasional overindulgence forgivable . ,1
it's so badly made on every level that i'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . ,0
"rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation . ",0
"this would-be 'james bond for the extreme generation' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . '",0
the master of disguise represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe . ,0
director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback . ,0
director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself . ,0
 . . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it . ,0
intriguing and stylish . ,1
"in moonlight mile , no one gets shut out of the hug cycle . ",0
"for a shoot-'em-up , ballistic is oddly lifeless . ",0
it all drags on so interminably it's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time . ,0
"peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . ",1
the cold turkey would've been a far better title . ,0
not so much farcical as sour . ,0
"the 3d images only enhance the film's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen . ",1
"has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre . ",1
"as the movie traces mr . brown's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times . ",1
none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think . ,0
if you open yourself up to mr . reggio's theory of this imagery as the movie's set . . . it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change . ,1
"more honest about alzheimer's disease , i think , than iris . ",1
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate . ,1
"professionally speaking , it's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller . ",0
"'lovely and amazing , ' unhappily , is neither . . . excessively strained and contrived . ",0
it's a coming-of-age story we've all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity . ,1
"first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it's kinda dumb . and second , what's with all the shooting ? ",0
 . . . has virtually no script at all . . . ,0
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing . ,1
"while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . ",0
"bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves . ",1
this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action . ,0
"an inventive , absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist . ",1
"you just know something terrible is going to happen . but when it does , you're entirely unprepared . ",1
this movie has the usual impossible stunts . . . but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie . ,1
"a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera . ",1
a major waste . . . generic . ,0
tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel . ,0
"an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled 'hip' , 'innovative' and 'realistic' . ",0
an imaginative comedy/thriller . ,1
"my thoughts were focused on the characters . that is a compliment to kuras and miller . if i had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong . ",1
"[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you've already seen this kind of thing . ",0
a hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face . ,0
"gee , a second assassin shot kennedy ? moot point . ",0
"considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well . ",0
"not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral--and , hence , more chillingly effective . ",1
simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy . ,0
"a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director's understanding of the expressive power of the camera . ",1
it shows us a slice of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . ,1
"the best you can say about it is it's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now . ",0
friday after next is a lot more bluster than bite . ,0
"a "" black austin powers ? "" i prefer to think of it as "" pootie tang with a budget . "" sa da tay ! ",1
a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism . ,1
melodrama with a message . ,1
"starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end . it's still worth a look . ",1
"if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation . ",0
"a gushy episode of "" m * a * s * h "" only this time from an asian perspective . ",0
"the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible . ",1
"in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh . ",0
"the film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half",1
"elegant and eloquent [meditation] on death and that most elusive of passions , love . ",1
the film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off . ,0
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground . ,0
"the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin couldn't keep my attention . ",0
"the impulses that produced this project . . . are commendable , but the results are uneven . ",0
"first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . ",0
dilbert without the right-on satiric humor . ,0
would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed 'the french lieutenant's woman . ',1
generally provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down . ,1
borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion . ,0
"a taut , intelligent psychological drama . ",1
"an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy . ",0
"no , i don't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money . ",0
fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds . ,0
"if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material . ",1
"apuestas fuertes para el futuro del director , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cinta lo comprueba . . . . ",1
"even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . ",1
what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity . ,1
"by the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , . . . actually pretty good . of course , by more objective measurements it's still quite bad . ",0
"a pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film . ",1
"it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate . ",1
"all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit . ",1
"the story gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill . ",1
"the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious . ",0
a map of the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice drawn with a master's steady stroke . ,1
"the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we don't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament . ",0
"judd's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice . ",0
"will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted . ",0
"its over-reliance on genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops . ",0
"there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title . ",0
a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action . ,1
"for all the complications , it's all surprisingly predictable . ",0
"a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm . ",1
"the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide . ",0
"the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . ",1
"going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through . ",1
"complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effort",0
"the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat . ",0
watching spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode . ,1
"[soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness . ",0
"lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks , but not anyone else . ",0
"too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community . ",0
"if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch . ",1
"the main story . . . is compelling enough , but it's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish . ",1
little more than a well-mounted history lesson . ,0
"i spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . it's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun . ",0
"some body will take you places you haven't been , and also places you have . ",1
a creaky staircase gothic . ,1
about as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local drive through . ,0
"while this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . ",1
a fifty car pileup of cliches . ,0
polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style . ,1
"happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet . ",1
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the italian masterpiece . ,1
it's deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag . ,0
"the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable . ",0
"neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered . ",0
kinnear's performance is a career-defining revelation . ,1
imagine a really bad community theater production of west side story without the songs . ,0
a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being . ,0
[a] rare movie that makes us re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity . ,1
a faster paced family flick . upper teens may get cynical . smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy . ,0
a well-put-together piece of urban satire . ,1
"time out is as serious as a pink slip . and more than that , it's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation . ",1
" "" the emperor's new clothes "" begins with a simple plan . . . . well , at least that's the plan . ",1
a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story . ,1
"as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . ",1
"never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline doesn't live up to barry's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery . ",0
"silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who can't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another . ",0
"while it's nothing we haven't seen before from murphy , i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it's more than a worthwhile effort . ",1
an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . ,1
the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy . ,0
"this film looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience . ",0
the film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry . ,1
"at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . ",0
"i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great . . . i'm not , and then i realized that i just didn't care . ",0
"it has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at . ",1
"with this new rollerball , sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment . ",0
a family-friendly fantasy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise . ,0
ranks among willams' best screen work . ,1
the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . ,0
it's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides . ,1
among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations . ,1
"bears resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences . ",0
" . 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 . . . ",1
"did we really need a remake of "" charade ? "" ",0
what should have been a cutting hollywood satire is instead about as fresh as last week's issue of variety . ,0
" "" the kid stays in the picture "" is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat . ",0
the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show . ,0
" i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint . ",1
"este é apenas mais um ( longo ) episódio do programa da mtv . a única diferença é que , desta vez , a paramount teve o mau gosto de exibi-lo nos cinemas . ",0
"it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject . ",0
"it's the type of film about growing up that we don't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least . ",1
an encouraging effort from mccrudden,0
"i'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché . ",0
"a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . ",1
"feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women . ",0
"sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it . ",0
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you don't want to think too much about what's going on . the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock . ,0
"attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama . he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither . ",0
[at least] moore is a real charmer . ,0
"focuses on joan's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her "" madness "" so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $9 . 50 on this 21st century torture device . ",0
"i don't know precisely what to make of steven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from enjoying much of it . ",1
"collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it weren't . ",1
"sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end . ",0
an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we've been watching for decades,0
its sheer dynamism is infectious . ,1
"dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation . it haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away . ah yes , and then there's the music . . . ",1
about as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life . ,0
"journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . ",0
one of those movies that make us pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society . ,1
arguably the best script that besson has written in years . ,1
the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally . ,1
the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary . ,0
"whatever the movie's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes . ",0
"a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral . ",0
what happened with pluto nash ? how did it ever get made ? ,0
"drug abuse , infidelity and death aren't usually comedy fare , but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the angst . ",1
"this film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions . ",0
one long string of cliches . ,0
roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion . ,0
"both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , what time is it there ? may prove to be [tsai's] masterpiece . ",1
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever . ,1
"hey arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation . still , the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett's story is appealing . ",0
"the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates . ",1
"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it can't escape its past , and it doesn't want to . ",0
"immersing us in the endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world of hip-hop djs , the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch . ",1
"resident evil isn't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail . ",0
"before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . ",0
best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein's life would do better elsewhere . ,1
a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality . ,1
an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product . ,0
the plot is romantic comedy boilerplate from start to finish . ,0
"it's like a "" big chill "" reunion of the baader-meinhof gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists . ",1
"fubar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way . ",1
why spend $9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ? ,0
will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . . ,0
feels untidily honest . ,1
originality is sorely lacking . ,0
"a fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories . ",1
"satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time . ",1
you wonder why enough wasn't just a music video rather than a full-length movie . ,0
"antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it . ",1
"daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails . ",1
"chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution . ",1
this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines . ,0
never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance . ,0
an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . ,1
more a gunfest than a rock concert . ,0
"the video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it's exhausting to watch . ",0
a generic international version of a typical american horror film . ,0
characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle . ,0
the film is really not so much bad as bland . ,0
"sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . ",0
earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . ,0
"this insightful , oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes , gives peace yet another chance . ",1
"initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . ",0
"for the most part , it's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions . ",1
i'll go out on a limb . it isn't quite one of the worst movies of the year . it's just merely very bad . ,0
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself . ,1
kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle . ,1
bottom-rung new jack city wannabe . ,0
"a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships . ",1
has its moments -- and almost as many subplots . ,0
" "" cremaster 3 "" should come with the warning "" for serious film buffs only ! "" ",1
an appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles . ,1
it's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion . ,0
"every bit as bogus as most disney live action family movies are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point . ",0
"all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject . ",0
a no-holds-barred cinematic treat . ,1
"this enthralling documentary . . . is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends . ",1
a rarity among recent iranian films : it's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist's plight . ,1
the lady and the duke is eric rohmer's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama,1
a muted freak-out,1
its one-sidedness . . . flirts with propaganda . ,0
"i'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . ",0
"it's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity . but it's hardly a necessary enterprise . ",1
"it's a talking head documentary , but a great one . ",1
"the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained . ",1
" . . . may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . this scarlet's letter is a . . . as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary . ",0
"with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . ",1
"far too clever by half , howard's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . ",0
"despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pacing . ",1
"this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing . ",0
"a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits , age-wise . ",0
"but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps "" being earnest "" overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference . . . ",1
"every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . frank mcklusky c . i . is that movie ! ",0
"contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden . . . if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . ",0
the film truly does rescue [the funk brothers] from motown's shadows . it's about time . ,1
"it's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 . ",0
rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations . ,0
burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off . ,0
"ultimately , "" mib ii "" succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it can't be dismissed as mindless . ",1
"don't plan on the perfect ending , but sweet home alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life . ",1
"the tale of tok ( andy lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold . ",0
"at its best , which occurs often , michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s . ",1
mckay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness,0
a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze . ,1
"trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein's brain . ",0
"when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there's something there . it's that good . ",1
"when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , 'hey , kool-aid ! '",0
"witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful . ",1
i have a confession to make : i didn't particularly like e . t . the first time i saw it as a young boy . that is because - damn it ! - i also wanted a little alien as a friend ! ,1
"these are lives worth watching , paths worth following . ",1
"it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one . ",1
"it's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth . ",1
it grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration . ,1
"the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had . ",0
"none of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him . ",0
"a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe . ",1
"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there's no scene that screams "" bathroom break ! "" ",1
spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry . ,1
"it's better than mid-range steven seagal , but not as sharp as jet li on rollerblades . ",0
a loving little film of considerable appeal . ,1
i hate this movie,0
"while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel , they're presented with a wry dark humor . ",1
suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness . ,0
"watching haneke's film is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment . but watching huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role , is riveting . ",1
"an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg's the prince of egypt from 1998 . ",0
a sha-na-na sketch punctuated with graphic violence . ,0
"an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china . ",1
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called 'the gift of tears . ',1
" "" punch-drunk love "" is a little like a chocolate milk moustache . . . ",1
"as his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead says 'i'm telling you , this is f * * * ed' . maybe he was reading the minds of the audience . ",0
"an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film . ",0
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as believable as it should be . ,0
"the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",1
"it may not be "" last tango in paris "" but . . . ",1
australian actor/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation . ,1
"[tries] to parody a genre that's already a joke in the united states . the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay . ",0
"bogs down badly as we absorb jia's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance . ",0
"this is dicaprio's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . ",1
"elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy . ",1
a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached . ,1
the warm presence of zhao benshan makes the preposterous lying hero into something more than he reasonably should be . ,1
the ga-zillionth airhead movie about a wife in distress who resorts to desperate measures . ,0
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness . ,0
"filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life . ",0
" . . . has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . it's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its "" men in a sardine can "" warped logic . ",1
"flat , misguided comedy . ",0
"stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom . ",0
"when your subject is illusion versus reality , shouldn't the reality seem at least passably real ? ",0
candid camera on methamphetamines . ,1
"it's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling . ",0
the film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone . ,1
"if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes , then you'll enjoy the hot chick . ",0
this u-boat doesn't have a captain . ,0
a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world . ,1
the world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese . but it doesn't need gangs of new york . ,0
you might not buy the ideas . but you'll definitely want the t-shirt . ,1
"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 . ",0
just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing . ,1
"the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos hadn't blown them all up . ",0
flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production had exactly the same thing in mind . ,0
"'men in black ii creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise . ",0
"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 . ",1
"the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . ",1
"the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock , but also feel optimistic that there's hope for popular cinema yet . ",1
earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner . ,0
to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed . ,0
"the year's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way . ",1
a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore . ,0
"parker updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place . ",0
let's face it -- there aren't many reasons anyone would want to see crossroads if they're not big fans of teen pop kitten britney spears . ,0
a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects . ,1
"a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . ",1
"acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes "" never again "" worthwhile , but [writer/director] schaeffer should follow his titular advice",0
"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 . ",0
tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here . ,1
the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life . ,1
chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe . ,0
"that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . ",1
"the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story's morals . ",1
if this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then the grey zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle . ,1
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . ",0
staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce . ,0
"this is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other . ",1
jones . . . does offer a brutal form of charisma . ,1
"we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle . ",0
new best friend shouldn't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video . ,0
never once predictable . ,1
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time . ,1
"both overstuffed and undernourished . . . the film can't be called a solid success , although there's plenty of evidence here to indicate clooney might have better luck next time . ",0
poignant and funny . ,1
"one minute , you think you're watching a serious actioner ; the next , it's as though clips from the pink panther strikes again and/or sailor moon have been spliced in . ",0
"one of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever . ",1
"a mess . 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 . ",0
"[f]rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels . ",1
"the movie is well crafted , and well executed . if you're paying attention , the "" big twists "" are pretty easy to guess - but that doesn't make the movie any less entertaining . ",1
a cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of [besson's] earlier work . ,0
even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene . what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test . ,0
" . . . if you're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie , you might want to catch freaks as a matinee . ",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
an ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation . ,1
"a nearly 21/2 hours , the film is way too indulgent . ",0
there is greatness here . ,1
"as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . ",0
"as relationships shift , director robert j . siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc . ",1
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west . ,0
"an overemphatic , would-be wacky , ultimately tedious sex farce . ",0
"' . . . the film's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",1
"it's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought . ",1
"the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what's available is lovely and lovable . ",1
"like the series , the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive . ",1
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . ,0
"in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes , director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of . . . outrageous gags . ",0
there's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about . ,0
"a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . ",1
enduring love but exhausting cinema . ,0
"there is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care . ",1
"denis forges out of the theories of class- based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord . ",1
"[n]o matter how much good will the actors generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness . ",0
it's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex . ,0
"a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride . ",1
bravo reveals the true intent of her film by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda . ,0
"the culmination of everyone's efforts is given life when a selection appears in its final form [in "" last dance "" ] . ",1
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries . ,1
"if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor , then triple x marks the spot . ",1
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50's giant creature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today . ,1
"upsetting and thought-provoking , the film has an odd purity that doesn't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them . ",1
"it's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space . ",1
"despite the film's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character's gripping humanity . ",1
el crimen del padre amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors . ,0
you expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup . ,0
 . . . lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar . ,0
"each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as brother-man vs . the man . ",1
"the film's lack of personality permeates all its aspects — from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed . ",0
"parker probably thinks he's shaking up a classic the way kenneth branagh and baz luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde's still-contemporary play . ",0
photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic . ,1
 . . . [a] strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . ,0
"with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge . ",0
"the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . ",1
reggio's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking . ,1
it's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious . ,1
"decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . the unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful . ",1
"led by griffin's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material . ",1
"its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work . ",1
"goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing . . . but she and writing partner laurence coriat don't manage an equally assured narrative coinage . ",0
a deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish . ,1
i spied with my little eye . . . a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0
"although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants , dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell . ",1
"the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo . ",0
"too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel . ",0
its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks . ,0
"[the digital effects] reminded me of terry gilliam's rudimentary old monty python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together . ",1
"though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should . ",0
until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity . ,1
the best of the pierce brosnan james bond films to date . ,1
"there's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence . ",1
"occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma . ",0
"busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang's forte , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy . ",0
this directorial debut from music video show-off higuchinsky is all flash . ,0
"pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director , tony r . abrams , in their feature debut . ",0
"follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun . ",0
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . ,0
"a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana . ",1
"interesting , but not compelling . ",0
always destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation . ,0
"as part of mr . dong's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair . ",1
"[davis] wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . ",0
"the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most . ",1
"it's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . ",0
"sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction . ",0
a bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points . ,0
"to call the other side of heaven "" appalling "" would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be . ",0
offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere . ,1
"a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day . ",1
"debut effort by "" project greenlight "" winner is sappy and amateurish . ",0
"twohy's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels . ",1
"maybe you'll be lucky , and there'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back . ",0
black-and-white and unrealistic . ,0
"demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but he can't disguise that he's spiffing up leftovers that aren't so substantial or fresh . ",0
"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ain't pretty . ",0
"frank capra played this story straight . but the 2002 film doesn't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate 'comedy' scenes . ",0
"it's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once . ",1
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture . ,1
i didn't laugh . i didn't smile . i survived . ,0
as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . this is a movie you can trust . ,1
this film's relationship to actual tension is the same as what christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation . ,0
jackson is always watchable . ,1
gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it's not clear whether we're supposed to shriek or laugh . ,0
everyone should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting . ,1
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . ,0
cq's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best european directors . ,1
"talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it's hard to stop watching . ",1
this is one of polanski's best films . ,1
"in this film we at least see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian . ",0
could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes fatal attraction look like a classic by comparison ? that's the only sane rationale i can think of for swimfan's existence . ,0
a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children's television . ,1
"foster nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling . ",1
"in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in . ",0
i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . ,0
we learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef . ,1
"imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor . the result might look like vulgar . ",0
eight legged freaks ? no big hairy deal . ,0
"much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but words don't really do the era justice . you have to see it . ",1
"remains a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster . . . done up by howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand . ",1
rubbo's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . ,1
"meyjes's movie , like max rothman's future , does not work . ",0
"it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications . ",1
"[sports] admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency . ",1
"holland lets things peter out midway , but it's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals . ",0
"it's not going to be everyone's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on . ",1
it's a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth . ,1
"silly , loud and goofy . ",0
those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi . ,1
"a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature . ",1
in visual fertility treasure planet rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage . ,1
mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was witty . mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness . ,0
"[two] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now . ",0
"although based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours . ",0
"exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven… [the film] addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . ",1
"thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . ",1
" "" catch me "" feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark . ",1
fans of nijinsky will savor every minute of cox's work . ,1
dolman confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy . ,0
"the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt . ",1
"cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and the results might drive you crazy . ",0
consider the title's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept . ,0
"stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious . ",0
"i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither . ",0
an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing . ,1
"though it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further oprahfication of the world as we know it , it still cuts all the way down to broken bone . ",1
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence . ,1
the superior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other . ,0
"…an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller . ",1
scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism . ,1
the campy results make mel brooks' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated . ,0
"not a strike against yang's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached . ",1
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . ,1
"[swimfan] falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting . ",0
sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard . ,0
"as dumb and cheesy as they may be , the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy . ",0
"two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . ",0
"lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year . ",0
most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . ,1
the movie plays up the cartoon's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength . ,1
pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick . ,0
[seagal's] strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year's razzie . ,0
"it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well . ",1
diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy . ,1
gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . ,1
"mostly , [goldbacher] just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . ",1
"while not all that bad of a movie , it's nowhere near as good as the original . ",1
it's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . ,1
audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . ,1
"interminably bleak , to say nothing of boring . ",0
"the film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . ",1
a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almost beside the point . ,0
"strip it of all its excess debris , and you'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it's too long and unfocused . ",1
"its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider's performance is so fine , it's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess . ",0
this picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer . ,0
"a bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events . ",1
"although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters . ",1
"aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships . ",0
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny . ,0
at the bottom rung of the series' entries . ,0
"at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery . . . ",1
i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done . ,0
"not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time . ",1
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama . ",1
hoffman's performance is authentic to the core of his being . ,1
mediocre fable from burkina faso . ,0
"egoyan's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious . ",0
"it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film . ",1
a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy . ,0
"it's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . ",0
"nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he isn't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . ",1
"[i]t's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop isn't as funny as it should be . ",0
"it's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make just a kiss seem minty fresh . ",1
abderrahmane sissako's heremakono ( waiting for happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences . ,1
"wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of allied soldiers went undercover as women in a german factory during world war ii ? um , no . but here's a movie about it anyway . ",0
"can't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde . ",0
"there's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . ",1
it's just plain lurid when it isn't downright silly . ,0
"unexpected , and often contradictory , truths emerge . ",1
kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers . ,1
leaks treacle from every pore . ,0
a bad movie that happened to good actors . ,0
a humorless journey into a philosophical void . ,0
"all that ( powerpuff girls ) charm is present in the movie , but it's spread too thin . ",0
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as action . ,1
" . . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that won't stand the test of time . it's a trifle . ",0
"the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death . ",1
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are . . . an amusing little catch . ,1
you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you don't have to . ,0
narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself . ,0
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . ,0
"proves a servicable world war ii drama that can't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored . ",1
maid in manhattan proves that it's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies . ,0
an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch . ,1
"normally , rohmer's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable . ",0
" . . . the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs . ",0
maybe thomas wolfe was right : you can't go home again . ,1
"others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that 'the urge to destroy is also a creative urge' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating . ",1
nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flick . ,0
"this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare . ",1
"'synthetic' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree . ",0
there is nothing redeeming about this movie . ,0
"a simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past . ",1
happily for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match . ,1
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula . ,1
"just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . ",0
a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man's quest to find an old flame . ,0
a portrait of hell so shattering it's impossible to shake . ,1
delightfully rendered,1
"if this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative . ",1
"the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work . ",1
"rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 . ",1
"though there are many tense scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . ",0
darkly funny and frequently insightful . ,1
better to just call it abc kiarostami . for aids and africa are nothing more than part of the scenery . ,0
"it's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled . ",0
schrader examines crane's decline with unblinking candor . ,1
"all the actors are good in pauline & paulette but van der groen , described as 'belgium's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as pauline . ",1
it trusts the story it sets out to tell . ,1
these people wouldn't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance . ,0
"much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes . ",1
none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest . ,0
"a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze . ",0
"while hoffman's performance is great , the subject matter goes nowhere . ",0
'alice's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures . ,1
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques . ,0
it gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . ,1
boyd's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon . ,0
" "" the ring "" is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspired it , and it carries the same strengths and flaws . ",1
"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2-hour , dissipated length . ",0
"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
most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears . ,0
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted . ,1
a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . ,0
"a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones . ",0
" a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we're all in this together . ",1
"fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience . ",0
"it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . ",0
succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the police academy series . ,0
"for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . ",1
it's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal . ,1
 . . . better described as a ghost story gone badly awry . ,0
"gorgeous scenes , masterful performances , but the sickly sweet gender normative narrative left an acrid test in this gourmet's mouth . ",1
earnest but heavy-handed . ,0
a tv episode inflated past its natural length . ,0
"who is the audience for cletis tout ? anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed . ",1
"not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired . ",0
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility . ,1
"nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme . ",0
"viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama , there's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture . ",0
the film virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness . ,0
"what is captured during the conceptual process doesn't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form . ",0
"woody , what happened ? ",0
"though avary has done his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following . ",0
"uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof . ",1
" . . . is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . ",1
you'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold . yet the act is still charming here . ,1
one of the worst films of 2002 . ,0
"even these tales of just seven children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough . every child's story is what matters . this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost . ",1
this is pretty dicey material . but some unexpected zigs and zags help . ,1
a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say . ,1
"this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it . ",0
exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as kerrigan's platinum-blonde hair . ,0
"shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high . ",1
"like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . ",0
don't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle . ,0
birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked . ,1
probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis . ,1
"when not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack , the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since macy gray's game of chinese whispers with mr bean . ",0
i'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film . ,0
this is a heartfelt story . . . it just isn't a very involving one . ,0
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . ,0
"an easy watch , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character . ",0
opera on film is never satisfactory . the art demands live viewing . the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . ,0
"maneuvers skillfully through the plot's hot brine -- until it's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors . ",1
the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism . ,1
at its best . . . festival in cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in cannes . ,1
"all the queen's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers . ",0
ecks this one off your must-see list . ,0
"although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out . ",0
it's all a rather shapeless good time . . . ,1
"a timid , soggy near miss . ",0
"spielberg's realization of a near-future america is masterful . this makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever . ",1
"ice age won't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i'm giving it a strong thumbs up . ",1
"slap me , i saw this movie . ",0
an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time . ,1
"a gorgeous , high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama . ",1
"too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley's least accessible screed yet . ",0
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart . ,1
the film's performances are thrilling . ,1
"it feels like a community theater production of a great broadway play : even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original . ",0
new yorkers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell . . . ,0
"starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera . ",0
like a poor man's you can count on me,1
family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition&#133 ; whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . ,0
a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here . ,0
"another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black bmw through . ",0
"when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great game , that's when you're in the most trouble : he's the con , and you're just the mark . ",1
"[toback's] fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard . . . blends uneasily with the titillating material . ",0
"did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? ",0
a semi-autobiographical film that's so sloppily written and cast that you cannot believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it . ,0
"in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players . ",1
"the overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there's still a real sense that the star trek tradition has been honored as best it can , given the embarrassing script and weak direction . ",0
"no one can doubt the filmmakers' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive . ",0
it will break your heart many times over . ,1
piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling . ,1
i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tale -- you won't be sorry ! ,1
"smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong . . . it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera . ",0
 . . . the implication is kissinger may have decided that — when it comes to truncheoning — it's better to give than to receive . ,1
"i'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent . ",1
a valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the nba . ,0
"davis' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort . ",1
"so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney won't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned . ",0
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread . ,1
"the premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them . ",0
"the story's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr . day-lewis roars with leonine power . ",1
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son . ,1
"it's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold . ",0
 . . . the picture's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine . ,0
a dreary indulgence . ,0
"nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . ",0
"it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn . ",1
"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 . ",1
"the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious . ",0
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer's bloated effects fest the mummy returns . ,0
the way coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining . ,1
it's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work . ,1
"take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera . ",0
"self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable . ",0
"the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter 'uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . ",0
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor . ,0
"tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's work aspired to , including the condition of art . ",0
the only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow . ,0
a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite son of the bride . ,1
"as teen movies go , "" orange county "" is a refreshing change",1
this is the first film i've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved . ,0
"a profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility . ",0
daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story,1
"a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making . ",1
"this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it can't really be called animation . ",0
"if you are into splatter movies , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea . ",0
"cockettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie . ",1
"a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad . ",1
"the very definition of the 'small' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher . ",1
"the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it's far too sentimental . ",0
 . . . overly melodramatic . . . ,0
is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ? ,0
the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design . ,1
"if this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) . ",0
"will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic . ",0
"whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors . ",0
even better than the first one ! ,1
there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye . ,1
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . ,0
"despite its title , amy's orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one . ",0
"it doesn't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one's imagination will lead when given the opportunity . ",1
"the additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but it doesn't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story . i like the new footage and still love the old stuff . ",1
"despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot , moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair . . . ",0
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast . ,0
"an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video . ",1
"zhang yimou delivers warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones . ",1
"great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no . 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . ",1
"every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency . ",1
"[chaiken's] talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters . ",1
schaefer's . . . determination to inject farcical raunch . . . drowns out the promise of the romantic angle . ,0
"[t]his slop doesn't even have potential as a cult film , as it's too loud to shout insults at the screen . ",0
"from the choppy editing to the annoying score to 'special effects' by way of replacing objects in a character's hands below the camera line , "" besotted "" is misbegotten",0
the plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained . ,0
"the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romance with ryder is puzzling . ",0
"a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy . ",1
proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie . ,0
"shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion . ",1
"instead of trying to bust some blondes , [diggs] should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad . ",0
"though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works , invincible shows he's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . ",1
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching . ,1
together [time out and human resources] establish mr . cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace . ,1
"what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates . ",1
"all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat . ",0
"the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans . ",1
"it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged . ",1
"so young , so smart , such talent , such a wise * * * . ",1
 . . . there's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . ,1
"the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst's forced avuncular chortles . ",1
"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . ",1
what a pity . . . that the material is so second-rate . ,0
"feels at times like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place . ",0
a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality . ,0
"sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours . ",0
a flawed but engrossing thriller . ,1
not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate . ,0
"the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . ",0
too simple for its own good . ,0
"apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just doesn't figure in the present hollywood program . ",0
the film's center will not hold . ,0
"a highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . . it's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",1
a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . ,1
"leigh's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other . ",1
schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film's present with the playful paranoia of the film's past . ,1
the perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide . ,1
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [françois and michèle's] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them . ,0
"with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion . ",0
the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue . ,0
"while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . ",1
"a compelling journey . . . and "" his best friend remembers "" is up there with the finest of specials . ",1
i don't think this movie loves women at all . ,0
innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good . ,0
"like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in the twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten . ",0
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work . ,1
"nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects . ",1
"'moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '",1
a glossy knock-off of a b-movie revenge flick . ,0
"no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest 'tron' anderson , seems entirely improvised . ",0
it's not too fast and not too slow . it's not too racy and it's not too offensive . it's not too much of anything . ,0
escapism in its purest form . ,1
too much of the humor falls flat . ,0
you leave feeling like you've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing . ,0
"a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism 'urban drama . '",0
"from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out . ",0
"sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before . ",1
"kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . ",0
"its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie's presentation , which is way too stagy . ",0
"morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but morvern callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start . ",1
"stands as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11 . ",1
"this movie is about lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray . ",0
[fessenden] is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills,1
a portrait of an artist . ,1
"[it] has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . nothing too deep or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound . ",1
attal mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage . ,1
brave and sweetly rendered love story . ,1
"if you're hard up for raunchy college humor , this is your ticket right here . ",1
"writer/director john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it's disastrous and kate's jealous female friends become downright despicable . ",0
it won't be long before you'll spy i spy at a video store near you . ,0
has all the poignancy of a hallmark card and all the comedy of a gallagher stand-up act . ,0
"plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision . ",1
 . . . a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life . ,1
"we're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments . ",0
has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags . ,0
"add yet another hat to a talented head , clooney's a good director . ",1
"if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror . ",1
"[a] thoughtful , visually graceful work . ",1
"although melodramatic and predictable , this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love . ",1
an unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse . ,0
one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . ,1
"if you can push on through the slow spots , you'll be rewarded with some fine acting . ",1
"while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity . ",0
it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another . ,1
"some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . ",1
"confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture . ",1
"could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals . ",1
"frida isn't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway's the lion king and the film titus , brings . ",1
"takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms . ",1
a real snooze . ,0
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones . ,0
"una película oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora . ",1
"it may seem long at 110 minutes if you're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert . ",1
"watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen . ",0
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . ,1
"the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice . ",0
the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself . ,1
"[taymor] utilizes the idea of making kahlo's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work . this isn't a new idea . it's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion . ",1
"a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ",0
"when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sex life , it already has one strike against it . ",0
what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents' anguish . ,1
"almost as offensive as "" freddy got fingered . "" ",0
"kwan makes the mix-and- match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action . ",0
"like its two predecessors , 1983's koyaanisqatsi and 1988's powaqqatsi , the cinematic collage naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever . ",1
a worthy entry into a very difficult genre . ,1
"tony gayton's script doesn't give us anything we haven't seen before , but director d . j . caruso's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably . ",1
just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer . ,1
grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors . ,1
"it's immensely ambitious , different than anything that's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do . ",1
"it's unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue . ",0
the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly . ,1
"franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic . ",1
"suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative . still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed . ",1
becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring . ,0
the film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film . ,0
"stuffed to the brim with ideas , american instigator michael moore's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition . ",1
"it's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even fans of sandler's comic taste may find it uninteresting . ",0
"when perry fists a bull at the moore farm , it's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart . ",0
"if you're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver's license , you should be able to find better entertainment . ",0
"a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . ",0
"an uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema . ",1
you'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more . ,1
it's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . ,0
"altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece . ",1
abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists . ,0
"hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . ",1
a film in a class with spike lee's masterful do the right thing . ,1
"this may be dover kosashvili's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic . ",1
"like an episode of mtv's undressed , with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance . . . indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper . ",1
"not a cheap slasher flick , as the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey . ",0
"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it . ",0
"a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one's actions . ",1
dignified ceo's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ? ,0
"from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work . ",1
has a long and clunky ending . . . which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience's awkward silence,0
a cautionary tale about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall . ,1
the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls . ,0
you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie . ,0
"it wouldn't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . ",0
"while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production . ",0
"the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . ",0
"if you believe any of this , i can make you a real deal on leftover enron stock that will double in value a week from friday . ",0
"if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it's time to rethink independent films . ",0
"a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . ",1
 . . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch . ,0
"the seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going . ",1
"mr . deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy . ",1
"as conceived by mr . schaeffer , christopher and grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell . ",0
"if you're looking for comedy to be served up , better look elsewhere . ",0
"all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal can't disguise the fact that , really , we've been here , done that . ",0
"a beautiful , entertaining two hours . you get the idea , though , that kapur intended the film to be more than that . ",1
"frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for . ",0
"makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place . ",0
"the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded . ",1
"perhaps it's cliche to call the film 'refreshing , ' but it is . 'drumline' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated . ",1
fantastic ! ,1
the writing is clever and the cast is appealing . ,1
"a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . ",1
"isn't quite the equal of woo's best earlier work , but it's easily his finest american film . . . comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . ",1
"the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery . ",1
"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth can't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . ",1
"light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least artistically . ",1
connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . ,1
"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time . ",1
savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense . ,1
"watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power . ",1
sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance . ,0
"[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by . ",0
a puzzling experience . ,0
the kind of trifle that date nights were invented for . ,1
these two are generating about as much chemistry as an iraqi factory poised to receive a un inspector . ,0
 . . . hokey art house pretension . ,0
"you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes won't still be tapping . ",1
"plods along , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero . ",0
"it's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible . ",1
"there's no emotional pulse to solaris . with an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , soderbergh's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff . ",0
"for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future . ",1
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see . ,1
"though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché . ",0
"star trek : nemesis meekly goes where nearly every star trek movie has gone before . wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty . ",0
ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ? ,0
"fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment . ",1
"in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz . ",0
"dissing a bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . ",0
if you dig on david mamet's mind tricks . . . rent this movie and enjoy ! ,1
"tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu . ",1
"every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . half past dead is just such an achievement . ",0
"pan nalin's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . ",1
the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters . ,0
the film is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann . ,1
"moonlight mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things . it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter . ",1
"the film has a kind of hard , cold effect . ",1
"this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what [evans] had , lost , and got back . ",1
"why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ? ",0
"the special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the oscar-winning sound and james horner's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system . ",1
"we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity . ",0
"there's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is",1
a glorious mess . ,1
an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . ,0
"the film has [its] moments , but they are few and far between . ",0
nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . he makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty . ,1
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli . ,1
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
"whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy , a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us . if horses could fly , this is surely what they'd look like . ",1
"to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy . ",0
"gooding is the energetic frontman , and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . ",1
the title helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you'll read anywhere . ,0
"if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care . ",1
"smart and alert , thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem . ",1
" . . . while dark water isn't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor . ",1
a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy . ,1
"a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who aren't part of its supposed target audience . judging by those standards , 'scratch' is a pretty decent little documentary . ",1
the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . ,1
"the script's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off . ",1
lapaglia's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class . ,1
"if kaufman kept cameron diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he'd have them mate . ",0
does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer jeffrey dahmer boring . ,0
"it's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . ",1
the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized . ,0
"potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults . ",0
an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality . ,1
"zany , exuberantly irreverent animated space adventure . ",1
a pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . ,1
"mr . clooney , mr . kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster . ",1
"on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . ",1
ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon,1
"all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . ",0
"most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie isn't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave . ",0
"it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study . ",1
"the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . ",0
"to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there's no indication that he's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit . ",0
a clever blend of fact and fiction . ,1
a mostly tired retread of several other mob tales . ,0
"impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie doesn't quite fly . for starters , the story is just too slim . ",0
has its share of arresting images . ,1
the threat implied in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying – like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming . ,0
the mantra behind the project seems to have been 'it's just a kids' flick . ' translation : 'we don't need to try very hard . ',0
"one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning . ",1
"it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role . ",0
a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze . ,1
"this story still seems timely and important . and there's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends . ",1
"not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but it has clearly been made with affection and care . ",1
"the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating . ",1
invincible is a wonderful movie . ,1
" . . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population's shrugging acceptance to each new horror . ",1
the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati . ,1
"like brosnan's performance , evelyn comes from the heart . ",1
this is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer . ,1
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . ,0
"poetic , heartbreaking . ",1
sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ? ,0
offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . ,1
"when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you're in trouble . ",0
i just loved every minute of this film . ,1
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films . ",1
the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame . ,1
falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun . ,1
"watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . as your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart . ",0
the film is full of charm . ,1
"nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . ",0
painfully padded . ,0
"there's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself . ",0
"the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not . ",0
"this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . ",1
"even if it is generally amusing from time to time , i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have . ",0
the truth about charlie is that it's a brazenly misguided project . ,0
a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes . . . almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination . ,1
this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams . ,1
"the film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor . ",1
"for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son . ",1
[gayton's script] telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience . ,0
is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of wilco's last album ? ,0
really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length . ,0
a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ‘direct-to-video' release . ,1
"steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture . ",1
"a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences . ",1
kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . ,0
"sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation . ",0
"it's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming . ",1
malcolm mcdowell is cool . paul bettany is cool . paul bettany playing malcolm mcdowell ? cool . ,1
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions . ,0
toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick . ,0
"even if you don't think [kissinger's] any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch . ",1
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de la celluloid . ,1
handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy . ,1
a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd . ,1
"like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . ",1
tiresomely derivative and hammily acted . ,0
a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification . ,0
villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) . ,0
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage . ,1
"ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about "" chicago "" in 2002 . zellweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",0
the pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg's schindler's list . but mr . polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr . spielberg's 1993 classic . ,1
"the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims . ",1
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . ,0
an unintentionally surreal kid's picture . . . in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . ,0
a disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by philip glass . ,1
"the film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen . ",1
 . . . fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . ,1
an absurdist spider web . ,1
the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled . ,0
provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz . ,1
"it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical debut , mad cows . ",0
"this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem . ",1
"although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey",1
"passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats . ",1
"for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out . ",1
"lee's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . ",1
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour , i'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl-",1
"if disney's cinderella proved that 'a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio's wallet makes . ",0
"a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick . ",0
the next big thing's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot ) directorial debut . ,0
"made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . the charming result is festival in cannes . ",1
"this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming . ",1
"[t]his beguiling belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film , has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why . ",1
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . ,0
a solid examination of the male midlife crisis . ,1
 . . . one resurrection too many . ,0
"carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , 'if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '",0
"not a bad premise , but the execution is lackluster at best . ",0
[a] rather thinly-conceived movie . ,0
never inspires more than an interested detachment . ,0
exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richard gere . ,1
shallow . ,0
the new film of anton chekhov's the cherry orchard puts the 'ick' in 'classic . ',0
"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . ",0
"while locals will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites , the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious . ",1
the ending is a cop-out . what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue . ,0
neatly constructed thriller . ,1
"despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age . ",1
whether quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable . ,0
"parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic . but mostly it's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . ",1
cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera . ,1
"a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . ",1
"it's like a drive-by . you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise . ",0
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity . ,1
one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters . ,0
graham greene's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world . ,1
the vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful . ,1
"about schmidt is nicholson's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear . ",1
"only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee's jim brown : all american at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents . ",1
the material and the production itself are little more than routine . ,0
"when it's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . ",0
"a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special . ",0
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . ,1
"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 . ",1
"combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption . ",1
the big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing . ,0
feels less like a change in [herzog's] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke . ,0
"day is not a great bond movie , but it is a good bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical bond knock-offs . ",1
"comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible . ",0
excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . ,1
"the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . ",1
a thoughtful look at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995 . ,1
"koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation . ",1
this may be burns's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen . ,1
"i don't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director , but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he's made at least one damn fine horror movie . ",1
"director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you'll find on a french poodle . ",0
"the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them . ",1
"smith's point is simple and obvious -- people's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers . ",1
it's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . if only it had the story to match . ,1
an impeccable study in perversity . ,1
to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor . ,0
"remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? when the twist endings were actually surprising ? when the violence actually shocked ? when the heroes were actually under 40 ? sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . ",0
"it's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it's brilliant . ",1
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . proof of this is ballistic : ecks vs . sever . ",0
"a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . ",1
"the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film . ",0
"the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . ",0
"you really have to salute writer-director haneke ( he adapted elfriede jelinek's novel ) for making a film that isn't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch . ",1
"occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodóvar style . ",1
a simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them . ,1
"his best film remains his shortest , the hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive . ",0
the movie is a mess from start to finish . ,0
mr . soderbergh's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious . ,0
"stevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed , a volatile combination . ",1
'[the cockettes] provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . ',1
a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt . ,0
this thing is virtually unwatchable . ,0
"spider-man is in the same category as x-men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around . ",1
"opens as promising as any war/adventure film you'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled "" glory : a soldier's story . "" ",0
"a few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot hasn't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun . ",0
"there's a reason the studio didn't offer an advance screening . "" the adventures of pluto nash "" is a big time stinker . ",0
"a so-so , made-for-tv something posing as a real movie . ",0
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film isn't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . ,0
it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them . ,1
noyce's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective . ,1
a movie to forget,0
"irwin is so earnest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . ",1
"like a grinning jack o' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded . ",0
incoherence reigns . ,0
"they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness . and we don't avert our eyes for a moment . ",1
"i saw knockaround guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the spanish-american war . . . it's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink . ",0
the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . ,0
"it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho . ",1
"nervy and sensitive , it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives hollywood . ",1
"belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video/dvd category , and this is why i have given it a one-star rating . ",0
"think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world's most generic rock star . ",0
there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has- been-told-a- thousand-times- before movie . ,0
"a masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . ",1
"if you don't flee , you might be seduced . if you don't laugh , flee . ",1
schütte's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close . ,1
what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart . ,1
runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino's performance . ,1
many of benjamins' elements feel like they've been patched in from an episode of miami vice . ,0
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . ,0
"all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence . ",0
gaping plot holes sink this 'sub'-standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth . ,0
"it's an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable . ",0
sometimes smart but more often sophomoric . ,0
nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks . ,0
can i admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ? ,1
the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes . ,0
" if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish . ",0
"the camera whirls ! the camera twirls ! oh , look at that clever angle ! wow , a jump cut ! ",0
all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility . ,0
one sloughs one's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . ,0
a film that clearly means to preach exclusively to the converted . ,0
what we get . . . is caddyshack crossed with the loyal order of raccoons . ,0
"this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . ",0
"it kinda works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others . ",0
"though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by james spader and maggie gyllenhaal , i felt disrespected . ",0
watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay's sappier elements . . . and sustains off the hook's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer . ,1
"it's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast . ",0
"every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least four times . every joke is repeated at least--annoying , isn't it ? ",0
"lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . ",0
most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement . ,0
"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . ",0
there's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us . ,1
able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history . ,1
"if you're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger , enough is just the ticket you need . ",1
"as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr . murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold . ",0
can't seem to get anywhere near the story's center . ,0
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it isn't merely offensive . ,0
"massoud's story is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history . ",1
at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious . ,1
rare birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable . ,1
witless but watchable . ,1
the film seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino picture,0
"it may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie's most admirable quality",1
"the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end . ",1
a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties . ,0
 . . . plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller . ,0
"earnest but earthbound . . . a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast . ",0
"like the best of godard's movies . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . ",1
imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with footage from behind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno . ,0
"the only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound . ",0
"huppert's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women's augustine . ",1
"violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining . ",0
the film's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go . ,0
"performances are potent , and the women's stories are ably intercut and involving . ",1
"humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention . ",0
"working from elliott's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character- and- relationship study he's favored for decades . ",1
"it's not life-affirming — its vulgar and mean , but i liked it . ",1
 . . . the plot weaves us into a complex web . ,1
"has none of the crackle of "" fatal attraction "" , "" 9 ½ weeks "" , or even "" indecent proposal "" , and feels more like lyne's stolid remake of "" lolita "" . ",0
"dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart . ",1
it's made with deftly unsettling genre flair . ,1
"though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial . ",1
"if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell . ",0
it's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah . ,0
a picture as erratic as its central character . ,0
your appreciation of it will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make . ,0
"directed by kevin bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut . ",0
the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier . ,0
"by presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world , pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what's possible and what we might do to make it so . ",1
"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness . ",1
a rather tired exercise in nostalgia . ,0
"elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . ",0
"not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes . ",0
"equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid . ",0
"while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman's warmest . ",1
the film goes from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending . ,0
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived . ,0
"imperfect ? yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy . ",1
"what will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . ",0
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes . ,0
"american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize . and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new . ",0
has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ? it is now . ,1
"sunshine state lacks the kind of dynamic that limbo offers , and in some ways is a rather indulgent piece . ",0
"moretti . . . is the rare common-man artist who's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness . ",1
"unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . i found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic . ",0
"as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko's how to kill your neighbor's dog is slight but unendurable . ",0
"even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there's something vital about the movie . ",1
so much about the film is loopy and ludicrous . . . that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened . ,0
effective but too-tepid biopic,1
kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities . ,0
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey . ,0
"while scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that "" gangs "" is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about . ",1
"the film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class . ",0
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans . ,1
"everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented . ",0
"i'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r . nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . ",0
it's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . ,1
"laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale . ",1
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . ,1
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue . ,1
"the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain . ",0
"in the second half of the film , frei's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-analysis . ",0
ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action . ,0
"a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set . ",0
"we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies . ",1
a refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale . ,1
"sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed . ",0
"despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy . ",0
offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . ,1
[a] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks . ,1
"other than a mildly engaging central romance , hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst . ",0
 . . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie . ,0
a bit too eager to please . ,0
a pleasant romantic comedy . ,1
got a david lynch jones ? then you'd do well to check this one out because it's straight up twin peaks action . . . ,1
"a resonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution . ",1
it's young guns meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy . ,0
"the heat of the moment prevails . it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . ",1
"exploits [headbanger] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . ",1
"though it is by no means his best work , laissez-passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them . ",1
credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic . ,1
"whether it's the worst movie of 2002 , i can't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears . but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title . ",0
"the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so . ",0
fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way . . . that feels very human and very true to life . ,1
"talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it's still quite worth seeing . ",1
"offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works . ",1
"it's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . ",0
"it's a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story . ",0
"the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters . ",0
a thriller without a lot of thrills . ,0
the movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it weren't true . this is the stuff that disney movies are made of . ,1
"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 . ",1
do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman doesn't work ? ,1
"sluggish , tonally uneven . ",0
"a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it . ",1
one thing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou . ,0
"it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you . ",1
"another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theme make up for it . ",1
"pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical . ",1
"the smash 'em-up , crash 'em-up , shoot 'em-up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense . ",0
it has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it's over . ,1
despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed . ,1
what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles' book does not translate well to the screen . ,0
"el título no engaña : la película narra una historia donde una mujer enfrentará cierta realidad , y donde el sexo es . . . ",1
"all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that's both charming and well acted . it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face . ",1
decent but dull . ,0
"beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce . . . lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments . ",0
"if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo . if nothing else , "" rollerball "" 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j . ",0
"the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace doesn't organize it with any particular insight . ",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
"at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture . ",1
"i found myself liking the film , though in this case one man's treasure could prove to be another man's garbage . ",1
"things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . ",0
"the movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness . ",0
it would work much better as a one-hour tv documentary . ,0
this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . ,1
"the movie is our story as much as it is schmidt's , no matter if it's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale . ",1
" . . . blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves . ",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 . ",1
"despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless . ",0
the limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie . ,1
sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation . ,1
"full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie that's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low . ",0
"at least it's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii . ",0
"slap her - she's not funny ! no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half . ",0
"it may be an easy swipe to take , but this barbershop just doesn't make the cut . ",0
"with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low . ",0
"one of the pleasures in walter's documentary . . . is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject's mysterious personality without ever explaining him . ",1
playfully profound . . . and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows . ,1
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension . ,0
"leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . ",1
"a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story . ",1
"the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . ",0
compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children . ,1
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany . ,0
"this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable . ",0
"once one experiences mr . haneke's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth , and little else . ",0
"you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you've completely lowered your entertainment standards . ",1
"if you're burnt out on it's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol , it might just be the movie you're looking for . it depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept . ",1
"lathan and diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new . ",1
a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart . ,1
"while there's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor . ",0
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love . ,1
"the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it's no glance . it's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing . ",1
"in the end , there isn't much to it . ",0
"hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired . ",0
"clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades . ",0
"superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line . ",1
"although it tries to be much more , it's really just another major league . ",0
"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being . ",1
"miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet . ",1
"not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare . ",1
"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull . ",0
"like leon , it's frustrating and still oddly likable . ",1
"the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them . ",1
disturbing and brilliant documentary . ,1
"confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it . ",0
a film that suffers because of its many excesses . ,0
bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability . ,1
"pumpkin struts about with "" courage "" pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back . ",0
"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable . ",0
the tone shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy . ,0
the spalding gray equivalent of a teen gross-out comedy . ,0
"schnitzler's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying . ",0
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struggling nobody . ,1
narc is all menace and atmosphere . ,0
a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world . ,1
" . . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking . ",1
a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili . ,1
"[clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh . ",1
"for a good chunk of its running time , trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller . ",1
"zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does . ",1
"downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message . ",0
"it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that's more or less how it plays out . ",0
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . ,0
it's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another . ,0
"handled correctly , wilde's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé . ",0
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . ,0
a brutally dry satire of middle american numbness . ,1
"bisset delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie . ",0
enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast . ,1
a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music . ,1
"the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp . ",0
"the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset . ",0
as unseemly as its title suggests . ,1
"for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one . ",0
"static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year . ",0
"it's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan's unique directing style . ",1
a charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest dogme film and among the most enjoyable . ,1
this idea has lost its originality . . . and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture . ,0
the story and structure are well-honed . fresnadillo's dark and jolting images have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that won't go away . ,1
"even if you're an elvis person , you won't find anything to get excited about on this dvd . ",0
really dumb but occasionally really funny . ,0
the movie's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast . ,1
 . . . the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . ,0
"prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment . ",1
slight but enjoyable documentary . ,1
a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer . ,0
"it's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured . ",1
the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony . ,1
"to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion . ",0
arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year,1
"a twisty , moody slice of southern gothic . . . ",1
"a quiet , pure , elliptical film",1
"as a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions . ",1
" "" looking for leonard "" just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something . ",0
"what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery passion . ",1
"there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel . ",0
"there's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes . ",0
"it's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly won't win any honors . ",0
this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies . ,1
"this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book . ",0
"yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . ",1
"egoyan's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose . ",0
"snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like 'masterpiece' and 'triumph' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers' time with a gobbler like this . ",0
hollywood ending just isn't very funny . ,0
"reassuring , retro uplifter . ",1
a mixed bag of a comedy that can't really be described as out of this world . ,0
the filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls' environment . ,1
somehow ms . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . ,1
pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle . ,0
"it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . ",0
a coarse and stupid gross-out . ,0
"it's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties . ",1
"a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . ",1
"formuliac , but fun . ",1
 . . . somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks . ,1
"it might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons – a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness . ",0
has all the depth of a wading pool . ,0
"in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st . ",1
"with recent tensions rekindled by the kathleen soliah trial and the upcoming trial of sla members emily and william harris , not to mention sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate fire's bright side . ",0
"this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be . ",0
"bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . it's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing can't possibly be enough . ",1
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it's in danger of going wrong . ,1
a film that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . ,1
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters . ,0
a film that loses sight of its own story . ,0
"if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after , there's no better film than half past dead . ",0
"swimfan , like fatal attraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub . ",0
"the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the "" webcast . "" ",0
"this is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man . ",1
"it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory . ",1
 . . . either you're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you're not . ,1
"far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love . ",0
" . . . even if you've never heard of chaplin , you'll still be glued to the screen . ",1
"i didn't find much fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . ",0
a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian . . . life . ,1
"the only thing to fear about "" fear dot com "" is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film . ",0
sparse but oddly compelling . ,1
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian . ,0
"no worse than a lot of the crap we've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go . ",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
"[a] rare , beautiful film . ",1
"it's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful . ",1
"in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life . ",0
"hart's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently can't quite decide which character . ",0
"at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability . . . all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he's not trying to laugh at how bad it",0
any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things . ,0
a winning and wildly fascinating work . ,1
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story . ,1
"spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . ",1
a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie . ,0
showtime is closer to slowtime . ,0
"despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . ",1
i'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease . ,0
a well acted and well intentioned snoozer . ,0
"not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches . ",0
"texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . ",1
a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies . ,1
"it's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm's shelf . ",0
a tour de force of modern cinema . ,1
"if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . ",1
at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance . ,1
"well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . ",0
"anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . ",0
"the film may appear naked in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine",1
extremely bad . ,0
"all in all , it's a pretty good execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own . ",1
"its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it's too slowly paced to be a thriller . [but it's] worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by michael caine and brendan fraser . ",1
"skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor . ",1
the filmmakers lack the nerve . . . to fully exploit the script's potential for sick humor . ,0
the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film's characters . ,0
nicholas nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into scrooge . ,0
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market . ,0
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . ,1
the cartoon is about as true to the spirit of the festival of lights as mr . deeds was to that of frank capra . ,0
"with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . ",1
exciting documentary . ,1
"you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , 'this is going to be something really good . ' and it is . ",1
"without september 11 , collateral damage would have been just another bad movie . now it's a bad , embarrassing movie . ",0
"if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be "" how does steven seagal come across these days ? "" or maybe "" how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ",0
the gags are often a stitch . ,1
"a tender , heartfelt family drama . ",1
"sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman can't save it . ",0
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's interest and an adult's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . ,1
"with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi's , dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy . ",1
this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life . ,0
murderous maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy . . . ,1
"[a] soulless , stupid sequel . . . ",0
gere gives a good performance in a film that doesn't merit it . ,0
it all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer . ,0
"maud and roland's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy . ",1
"a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . ",0
"sometimes this 'blood' seems as tired as its protagonist . . . still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game . ",1
a very average science fiction film . ,0
a mess when it comes to the characters and writing . . . but works its way underneath the skin like few movies have in recent memory . ,1
"the beautiful images and solemn words cannot disguise the slack complacency of [godard's] vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice . ",0
"a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you're going to alter the bard's ending , you'd better have a good alternative . ",0
"what's next : "" my mother the car ? "" ",0
one of the funnier movies in town . ,1
"children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it . ",0
puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman . ,1
"the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten . . . make that three minutes . ",0
"in the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love , chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest . ",0
"an uplifting drama . . . what antwone fisher isn't , however , is original . ",0
"it is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment . ",0
tv skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen . ,0
"halloween : resurrection isn't exactly quality cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . ",1
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs . there can be no other explanation . hilariously inept and ridiculous . ,0
the first fatal attraction was vile enough . do we really need the tiger beat version ? ,0
some people want the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the ball and chain . ,1
"children of the century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers . ",0
"a fragile framework upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming . ",0
a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem . ,1
so purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it's a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride . ,1
"bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted- from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen . ",1
"since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . ",0
"boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun . ",1
 . . . its stupidities wind up sticking in one's mind a lot more than the cool bits . ,0
"that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . ",1
os universos de chuck barris e charlie kaufman são complementares . e igualmente fascinantes . ,1
"writer-director's mehta's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres . ",1
madonna still can't act a lick . ,0
"rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut . ",1
"a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies . ",1
"a weird , arresting little ride . ",1
"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . ",1
"viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for holm's performance , the film would be a total washout . ",0
"it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it's just a weird fizzle . ",0
"this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that 'they don't make movies like they used to anymore . '",1
"some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat . ",1
a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance . ,1
"saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion . ",1
"apart from anything else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen . ",1
"as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved . ",0
"woody allen's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz . ",1
"the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [it] comes off like a hallmark commercial . ",0
"a generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith . ",1
"brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . ",1
occasionally amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going . ,1
"just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided , here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation . ",0
"you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they're each interesting . the movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll . ",1
a movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't want to be . ,1
i loved looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . ,0
"it is a likable story , told with competence . ",1
"a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady's direction is prosaic . ",0
"all's well that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags . ",0
the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . ,0
"the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . ",0
"lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling . ",0
"comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man . ",0
"a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser . ",1
"unfortunately , kapur modernizes a . e . w . mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks "" the four feathers "" bare . ",0
don't waste your money . ,0
"this is not chabrol's best , but even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer . ",1
one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years . ,1
"[reynolds] takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . ",1
"a 'girls gone wild' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation isn't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers aren't removed and inquisitive enough for that . ",0
"a melancholy , emotional film . ",1
"dogtown and z-boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become "" the punk kids' revolution . "" ",1
"except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made . ",0
"a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . ",1
"fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten",1
"in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded . ",1
the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil . ,0
"if you love the music , and i do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary . . . ",1
the film oozes craft . ,1
the film's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip . ,1
gloriously goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff . ,1
"amid the cliché and foreshadowing , cage manages a degree of casual realism . . . that is routinely dynamited by blethyn . ",0
"definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum . ",0
"ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character's blank-faced optimism . ",0
feels like a cold old man going through the motions . ,0
the film's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes . . . drag the movie down . ,0
narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films . it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special . ,1
"mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun . ",1
"in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns . ",1
"while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing , the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise . ",0
"ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory . ",1
"what started out as a taut contest of wills between bacon and theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence . ",0
this is not one of the movies you'd want to watch if you only had a week to live . ,0
"entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel . ",0
kaufman and jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion -- our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing . ,1
"if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life's urgent questions . ",1
"it's a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack . ",1
"kung pow is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that . ",0
"an uplifting , near-masterpiece . ",1
the story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence . ,0
"it throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , "" look at this ! this is an interesting movie ! "" but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging . ",0
the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair . ,0
a must see for all sides of the political spectrum,1
a fun ride . ,1
birot's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) isn't so much bad as it is bland . ,0
 . . . rogers's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle . ,1
"we know the plot's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish . ",1
"deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and juliet/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going . ",0
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . ,0
the issue of faith is not explored very deeply,0
"one long , numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before . ",0
like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film . ,1
feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series . ,0
a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives . ,1
"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience . ",0
"maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is . ",1
[a] real pleasure in its laid-back way . ,1
robert harmon's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in -the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film's thick shadows . ,1
" . . . a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable . ",0
"for the first time in several years , mr . allen has surpassed himself with the magic he's spun with the hollywood empress of ms . leoni's ellie . ",1
two hours of junk . ,0
"performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances . ",1
aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . ,0
"drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . ",1
"it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages . ",1
"full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre's definitive , if disingenuous , feature . ",0
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . ,0
"the story may not be new , but australian director john polson , making his american feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly . ",1
"evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet's "" house of games "" and last fall's "" heist "" so much fun . ",1
it's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison . ,1
"because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , 'swimfan' left me with a very bad feeling . ",0
"kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . ",1
"entertains by providing good , lively company . ",1
"my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family film , ' because it's about family . ",1
"if "" lilo & stitch "" isn't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since "" dumbo "" certainly ranks as the most original in years . ",1
"a wonderful , ghastly film . ",1
"mike white's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make "" "" the good girl "" a film worth watching . ",1
"the vampire thriller blade ii starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun – toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout . ",0
could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? ,1
"not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending . ",0
tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth . ,1
"over-the-top and a bit ostentatious , this is a movie that's got oodles of style and substance . ",1
pray's film works well and will appeal even to those who aren't too familiar with turntablism . ,1
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy . ,0
real women have curves doesn't offer any easy answers . ,1
grant isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine . ,0
"in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . ",1
"what's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . ",0
cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes . ,0
"a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats . ",1
a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard . . . and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels . ,1
just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over . ,1
"an ill-conceived jumble that's not scary , not smart and not engaging . ",0
"it's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story . ",0
"simplistic , silly and tedious . ",0
"birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie's darker turns . ",1
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it's impossible to care . ",0
"watching e . t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision . ",1
"at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer . ",0
" . . . the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor . . . ",1
it's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's . ,1
the balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman . ,0
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . ,1
exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaos . ,0
this is art paying homage to art . ,1
"highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up . ",1
handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism . ,0
"a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who's the scariest of sadists . ",1
"it's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence . ",0
"the inspirational screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end . ",1
a candid and often fascinating documentary about a pentecostal church in dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services . ,1
"too often , son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained "" big moment "" will occur and not "" if . "" ",1
"while there's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying 'get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",0
it's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects . ,1
"thanks to haynes' absolute control of the film's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act . ",1
"a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film . . . ",0
"is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies ? as hannibal would say , yes , 'it's like having an old friend for dinner' . ",1
"a depressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women . ",0
"the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . the voices are fine as well . the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script . ",0
"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals . ",0
craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters . ,1
"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back . ",1
a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood . ,1
"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",1
"[the film] tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . ",1
it uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color . ,0
"to my taste , the film's comic characters come perilously close to being amoses and andys for a new generation . ",0
"returning aggressively to his formula of dimwitted comedy and even dimmer characters , sandler , who also executive produces , has made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy . ",0
"the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is . ",0
"while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth . ",1
a sentimental mess that never rings true . ,0
a technically well-made suspenser . . . but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide . ,0
there's not enough to sustain the comedy . ,0
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . ,0
"the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious . ",0
"the words , 'frankly , my dear , i don't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate . ",0
what begins as a film in the tradition of the graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant . ,1
"at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside . ",1
"behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting . quelle surprise ! ",0
"a dark , dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires . ",0
a . . . cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers . ,1
"marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film . ",1
"very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both . ",1
boisterous and daft documentary . ,1
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters . ,1
for all its problems . . . the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring . . . which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience . ,1
"the story , like life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions . ",1
"ah , the travails of metropolitan life ! alas , another breathless movie about same ! ",0
"efficient , suitably anonymous chiller . ",1
one of the greatest films i've ever seen . ,1
"a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels . ",0
the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb,1
this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit . ,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
this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . ,1
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip . ,0
"red dragon "" never cuts corners . ",1
"stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection . ",1
"shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . ",0
"the film's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard . . . ",1
every note rings false . ,0
"the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort . ",0
"this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . ",0
"unfortunately , carvey's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg . ",0
"piercingly affecting . . . while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying . ",1
animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots . ,0
"just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . ",0
"a worthwhile documentary , whether you're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll . ",1
"the streets , shot by cinematographer michael ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them . ",0
"a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . ",1
"spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations",0
it's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns . ,0
"never again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction . ",0
"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen's men is finally just one long drag . ",0
"the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart . ",1
"4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly . ",0
"beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images . ",1
you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time . ,0
the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne . ,0
that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin's film serves up with style and empathy . ,1
"by the end of no such thing the audience , like beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster . ",1
"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there's a certain style and wit to the dialogue . ",1
"loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness . ",0
"george , hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please . ",0
"until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . ",1
"unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style . ",0
made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . ,0
absolutely ( and unintentionally ) terrifying . ,0
"after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned . but no . ",0
"eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation . ",0
"there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see . ",0
"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 . ",1
"it's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage . ",1
"this movie is so bad , that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad . ",0
an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . ,1
"there's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . ",0
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . ,0
intriguing and downright intoxicating . ,1
"whether our action-and-popcorn obsessed culture will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama isn't much of a mystery , unfortunately . ",1
"the film's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style . ",0
the thrill is ( long ) gone . ,0
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh's three lead actresses . ,1
this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time . ,0
"yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other's existence . ",0
there's a lot of tooth in roger dodger . but what's nice is that there's a casual intelligence that permeates the script . ,1
while much of the cast has charm -- especially allodi and nolden -- the performers are sunk by the film's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy . ,0
"places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . ",0
"i can't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there's only one problem…it's supposed to be a drama . ",0
"behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart . ",1
"it's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it's entertaining enough and worth a look . ",1
 . . . unbearably lame . ,0
"a slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered . ",1
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . ,1
a work of astonishing delicacy and force . ,1
"while not quite "" shrek "" or monsters , inc . "" , it's not too bad . it's worth taking the kids to . ",1
rarely has a film's title served such dire warning . ,0
mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and rely on stupidity as a substitute for humor . ,0
"there are a couple of things that elevate "" glory "" above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall . ",1
"an enthralling aesthetic experience , one that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty . ",1
a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats . ,0
"effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . ",1
"the whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film . ",1
"watching this film , what we feel isn't mainly suspense or excitement . the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . ",1
"in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses . ",0
"little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point . . . is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable . ",0
what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level . ,1
"[gulpilil] is a commanding screen presence , and his character's abundant humanism makes him the film's moral compass . ",1
an affectionately goofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary . . . ,1
"majidi's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser , if a bit draggy at times . ",1
"obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de idiomas , y todo aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor . ",1
statham employs an accent that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british . ,0
"barney's ideas about creation and identity don'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
"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip . ",0
very predictable but still entertaining,1
"a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed . ",1
"warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality . ",1
"an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century . ",1
"the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . ",0
"oh , james ! your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna's cameo doesn't suck ! ",1
"the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they've told a nice little story in the process . ",1
obvious,0
"once the audience figure out what's being said , the filmmaker's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care . ",0
"a gripping , searing portrait of a lost soul trying to find her way through life . ",1
"but the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film's narrative . ",0
it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera . ,0
director rob marshall went out gunning to make a great one . ,1
a film that will enthrall the whole family . ,1
"contrived as this may sound , mr . rose's updating works surprisingly well . ",1
"like mike is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real nba's off-season . ",1
knows how to make our imagination wonder . ,1
"if you want to see a train wreck that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is . ",1
everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized . ,0
 . . . hypnotically dull . ,0
the cartoon that isn't really good enough to be on afternoon tv is now a movie that isn't really good enough to be in theaters . ,0
"the quiet american isn't a bad film , it's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar . ",1
"time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . ",1
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets . ,0
the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . the end result is a film that's neither . ,0
the marquis de sade couldn't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be . ,0
"i felt sad for lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier , by rohmer , for example . ",0
"the creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts' haunting is routine . ",0
"although sensitive to a fault , it's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . ",0
"the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight . ",1
"a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it doesn't work . ",0
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . ,1
"this is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous . ",0
jason patric and ray liotta make for one splendidly cast pair . ,1
it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert . ,0
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . ,0
"an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . ",1
"it makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing . ",1
"an incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy",1
a sequel that's much too big for its britches . ,0
"the good is very , very good . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . ",0
"secretary "" is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal . maggie g . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . ",1
it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . arnie blows things up . ,0
" "" its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right . "" ",1
has the feel of an unedited personal journal . ,0
steven soderbergh doesn't remake andrei tarkovsky's solaris so much as distill it . ,1
it's a very valuable film . . . ,1
"while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel . ",1
"even if the ring has a familiar ring , it's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror . ",1
"the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ) . ",0
"shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . ",1
it thankfully goes easy on the reel/real world dichotomy that [jaglom] pursued with such enervating determination in venice/venice . ,1
an escapist confection that's pure entertainment . ,1
"if hill isn't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché . ",0
a good thriller . ,1
"it further declares its director , zhang yang of shower , as a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future . ",1
"one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made . ",1
"directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves aren't all that interesting . ",0
"benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it's dong jie's face you remember at the end . ",1
demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack . ,0
"a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two",1
'like a child with an important message to tell . . . [skins'] faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty . ',1
'rare birds' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience . ,0
"while some of the camera work is interesting , the film's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . ",0
"eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm doesn't do a load of good . ",0
"director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates . ",1
a painfully funny ode to bad behavior . ,1
"somewhere short of tremors on the modern b-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes . ",1
"the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era . they just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way . ",0
"it's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it's all about the silences and if you're into that , have at it . ",0
"a swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith . ",1
most folks with a real stake in the american sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant . ,0
"a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii espionage thriller . ",0
the central story lacks punch . ,0
"mandel holland's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by phifer and black are ultimately winning . you'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . ",0
"a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothing else , will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . ",0
"though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it's exploitive without being insightful . ",0
"the pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes . ",0
"it's hard to believe that a relationship like holly and marina's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom , and its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive . ",0
"too much of storytelling moves away from solondz's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur's professional injuries . ",1
"director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin's deterioration and barbara's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger . ",1
predictably soulless techno-tripe . ,0
"prurient playthings aside , there's little to love about this english trifle . ",0
"you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet . ",1
the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable . ,1
simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad . ,1
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . ,0
brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day . ,1
"it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story . ",1
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame . ,0
a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age . ,1
"there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false . ",0
"even though the film doesn't manage to hit all of its marks , it's still entertaining to watch the target practice . ",1
"were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , 'do not go gentle into that good theatre . '",0
"the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . i sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie doesn't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand . ",0
the master of disguise falls under the category of 'should have been a sketch on saturday night live . ',0
"a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director anthony friedman's similarly updated 1970 british production . ",1
" . . . a solid , well-formed satire . ",1
"there isn't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients . ",0
buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr . chips off the old block . ,0
this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood . ,1
i'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls,1
[macdowell] ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is . ,0
"she's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . ",1
"tends to pile too many "" serious issues "" on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written . ",1
this isn't a movie ; it's a symptom . ,0
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances . ,1
"worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees . ",1
"feardotcom's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work . ",1
a singularly off-putting romantic comedy . ,0
"supposedly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large human tragedy . alas , getting there is not even half the interest . ",0
the movie gets muted and routine . ,0
you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it's a heck of a ride . samuel l . jackson is one of the best actors there is . ,1
"my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag . . . ",0
"it's slow -- very , very slow . it's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie . that's pure pr hype . ",0
a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft . ,0
the inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth . ,1
boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . ,0
"when the fire burns out , we've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that's where the film ultimately fails . ",0
"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 . ",1
"this is one of mr . chabrol's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny . ",1
the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . ,0
a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . there isn't a weak or careless performance amongst them . ,1
"the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . ",1
comes across as a fairly weak retooling . ,0
storytelling feels slight . ,0
"allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración",1
"it will grip even viewers who aren't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way . ",1
"you come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that's at the center of the story . ",0
"if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters , he doesn't hold them in contempt . ",1
"if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing . ",1
"it is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some . i haven't seen one in so long , no wonder i didn't recognize it at first . ",1
"parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious , pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casings",1
"what saves it . . . and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice . ",1
"director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you see . ",1
"the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess . ",1
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie . ,0
may be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country . ,1
it doesn't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes . it still feels like a prison stretch . ,0
"some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves . ",0
"'pocas ideas interesantes , un final pseudo místico que no corresponde al tono general del filme y que deja una sensación de inconformidad que hace pensar más de una vez si vale la pena ir a la taquilla y reclamar el precio del boleto . '",0
"leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute . ",1
"cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . ",0
"greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders . ",1
"a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget . ",1
vereté has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs . ,1
"it strikes hardest… when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . fifty years after the fact , the world's political situation seems little different , and [director phillip] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill . ",1
"by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . ",0
"muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . ",0
a remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive eisenhower era about one suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life . ,1
it's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish . ,0
"trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the "" gadzooks ! "" ",0
"recoing's fantastic performance doesn't exactly reveal what makes vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat . ",1
"the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people . ",1
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum . ,0
"i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed . ",1
one of [herzog's] least inspired works . ,1
"' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '",1
"i kept thinking over and over again , 'i should be enjoying this . ' but i wasn't . ",0
"this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos . ",1
there's suspension of disbelief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter . ,0
a processed comedy chop suey . ,0
the film is one of the year's best . ,1
"by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . ",1
a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children . ,1
"it will not appeal to the impatient , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth . ",1
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism . ,1
"even if the ride's a little bumpy , with a final lap that's all too suspiciously smooth , you gotta give director roger michell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying . ",1
"this is no "" waterboy ! "" ",0
"a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . ",1
if your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can't miss it . ,1
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . ,1
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . ,1
makes 98 minutes feel like three hours . ,0
"even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold . ",1
"it's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring . ",0
" "" spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff . if you're a comic fan , you can't miss it . if you're not , you'll still have a good time . "" ",1
"too often , the viewer isn't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance . ",0
by turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy . ,0
 . . . a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause . ,0
"no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story . ",0
offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication . ,1
"if you're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x . ",1
"it doesn't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than "" confessions of a dangerous mind . "" ",0
"with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity . ",0
a marvel of production design . ,1
"an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he'd gone the way of don simpson . ",0
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version . ,1
"to the film's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . ",1
a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities . ,0
the movie makes absolutely no sense . its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ? ,0
a refreshing korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters . ,1
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i couldn't help being captivated by it . ,1
majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast . ,1
"you'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . ",1
"the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . ",1
"at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it's so fascinating you won't be able to look away for a second . ",1
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most 'right-thinking' films . ,1
"sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading . ",0
none of birthday girl's calculated events take us by surprise . . . ,0
plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . ,0
"cold and scattered , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying . ",0
an hour and a half of joyful solo performance . ,1
scherfig's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky . ,1
"everything's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull . ",0
a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation . ,0
"the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh's book trainspotting . ",1
"hey arnold ! the movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing . ",0
tsai ming-liang's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being . ,1
"despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire . ",0
manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting . ,1
the script feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of 'hypertime' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for spy kids . ,0
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it's looking for . ,0
davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces . ,1
engagingly captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship . ,1
"de ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter . ",0
"deflated ending aside , there's much to recommend the film . ",1
"shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera . ",0
a bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort . ,0
"it's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom . ",1
it's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds . ,1
"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine . ",0
exists then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise . ,0
"as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment . you'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids . ",1
"director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks . ",0
its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch . ,1
the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays . ,1
formula 51 is so trite that even yu's high-energy action stylings can't break through the stupor . ,0
video games are more involving than this mess . ,0
"by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [jones] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity . ",1
helps to remind the first world that hiv/aids is far from being yesterday's news . ,1
the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter . ,0
"the strong subject matter continues to shock throughout the film . not everyone will play the dark , challenging tune taught by the piano teacher . ",1
"hawke's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours , doesn't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes . ",0
predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell . ,1
an impressive hybrid . ,1
"it could change america , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment . ",1
a winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s . ,1
it's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force . ,1
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin . ,0
it's hard not to feel you've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story . ,0
did the film inform and educate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat went astray . ,0
"'charly' will divide its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy . . . ",1
"the film didn't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due . ",0
"an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller . ",1
"what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits . ",0
all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . ,0
" "" me without you "" is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades . ",1
a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis . ,1
"an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake . ",1
nothing about it fits . ,0
"charles' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams' attempts to get his shot at the big time . ",1
"shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life . ",1
every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here . ,0
there is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down . and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen's men . ,0
an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle . ,0
you're better off staying home and watching the x-files . ,0
"pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two . ",0
"not everything works , but the average is higher than in mary and most other recent comedies . ",1
a high-minded snoozer . ,0
"winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars . ",1
it's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . ,1
hits one out of the park for the 'they don't make 'em like that anymore' department . ,1
this charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make jay and silent bob's excellent adventure seem understated . ,0
"forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending . ",0
"not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well . ",0
"the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to one . ",0
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered . ",0
"it can't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy . ",0
"para hitler , o mundo era sua tela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica . ",1
"ver wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless . ",0
"the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . and vin diesel is the man . ",1
"there's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . or for the year , for that matter . ",0
"so routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated final draft computer program . ",0
"deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises",1
waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love' is the director's epitaph for himself . ,1
"the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history . ",1
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . ,0
"the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . ",1
it's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure . ,0
"not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at . ",0
a compelling portrait of moral emptiness,1
"i have no problem with "" difficult "" movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out . but first , you have to give the audience a reason to <b>want</b> to put for that effort , and "" i",0
"the subtle strength of "" elling "" is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation . ",1
brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women's depression . ,1
the film's essentially over by the meet-cute . ,0
overall very good for what it's trying to do . ,1
"if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there . ",1
"in his latest effort , storytelling , solondz has finally made a movie that isn't just offensive -- it also happens to be good . ",1
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson . . . ,1
"cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a 'back story . '",0
"for all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale . ",0
it's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice . ,1
'tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . ',1
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone . ,1
"i'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back . ",0
"a coda in every sense , the pinochet case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british court's extradition chess game and the regime's talking-head survivors . ",1
don't even bother to rent this on video . ,0
oddly compelling . ,1
"as the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , [franco] has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability . ",0
" "" sorority boys "" was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad . ",0
it's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high . ,0
"a distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of hogan's heroes star bob crane . ",1
"given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors' workshop that it is . ",0
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left . ,0
"at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion . ",0
plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year . ,0
"not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general . it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them . ",0
too clever by about nine-tenths . ,0
"like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll . ",1
"in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition",1
degenerates into hogwash . ,0
"[morgan] , judd and franklin can't save the script , rooted in a novel by joseph finder , from some opportunism . ",0
some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations . ,0
"like most of jaglom's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand . ",0
what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . ,0
this is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years . ,1
sweet home alabama certainly won't be remembered as one of [witherspoon's] better films . ,0
"the piano teacher is not an easy film . it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . ",1
"an ambitious movie that , like shiner's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that don't come off . ",1
[a] devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama . ,1
a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . ,1
"the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it's really well directed . ",1
"this isn't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it's the cliffsnotes with pages missing . ",0
it's been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our hollywood has all but lost . ,1
"though the opera itself takes place mostly indoors , jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set . ",0
"an involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings . ",1
unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling . ,1
"christina ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire . ",0
"yes , one enjoys seeing joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch , but her love for the philandering philip only diminishes her stature . ",0
it's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe . . . but it's far from a groundbreaking endeavor . ,0
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin' . ,1
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . ,0
a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie . ,0
"whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one . ",1
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . ,0
"never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches . . . gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving . ",1
"pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . ",1
"a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy . ",1
mark pellington's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth . ,1
"it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say . ",0
"this is what imax was made for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space . ",1
"it's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy ! ",0
"dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten . ",1
"there is no entry portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . ",0
"surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy . ",0
consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire . ,0
writer-director burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear . ,1
frida's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it's among the most breathtakingly designed films i've ever seen . ,1
godard's ode to tackling life's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess . . . in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that's unfocused and tediously exasperating . ,0
too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . ,0
"sometimes it feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and starred chevy chase and goldie hawn . ",0
"instead of panoramic sweep , kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story's emotional thrust . ",0
"long after you leave justine , you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean . ",1
"aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand . ",0
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides . ,1
"an "" o bruin , where art thou ? "" -style cross-country adventure . . . it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack . ",0
"a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia's film history . ",1
"a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole . ",0
mildly amusing . ,0
looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due . ,0
"it pulls the rug out from under you , just when you're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character , something happens to send you off in different direction . ",1
this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship . ,0
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . ,0
a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film . ,1
"a hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life . ",1
"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 . ",1
more good than great but freeman and judd make it work . ,1
a reality-snubbing hodgepodge . ,0
kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious . ,0
"a strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half . ",0
ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolution . ',1
"with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man's monster movie . ",0
"it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1
"overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek's novel by some way . it settles for being merely grim . ",0
"the problem with this film is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago . ",0
"the story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing sayles dialogue . ",1
"[screenwriter] pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation . ",0
delirious fun . ,1
"it's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull . ",0
"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 . ",1
"disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical "" bedknobs and broomsticks , "" which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime . ",1
"collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9/11 , an antique , in the end . as are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness . ",0
"i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights . ",1
"it's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) , and barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . ",1
"leading a double life in an american film only comes to no good , but not here . matters play out realistically if not always fairly . ",1
"the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction . ",0
nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic . ,0
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals . it's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after . ,1
marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue . ,0
"it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds . ",1
"strange it is , but delightfully so . ",1
it's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . ,0
the original wasn't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece ! ,0
has a solid emotional impact . ,1
"adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they won't enjoy the movie at all . ",0
"charlotte sometimes is a brilliant movie . it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity . ",1
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters . . . margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake . ,0
"niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press",1
"unfortunately , as a writer , mr . montias isn't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor . ",0
they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending . ,0
"a tightly directed , highly professional film that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways . ",1
a culture clash comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is . ,0
"in an effort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy . ",0
"one of the best , most understated performances of [jack nicholson's] career . ",1
" "" i blame all men for war , "" [the warden's daughter] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment . ",0
"essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality",0
"bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he can't help throwing in a few of his own touches . ",1
a bravura exercise in emptiness . ,0
is it a total success ? no . is it something any true film addict will want to check out ? you bet . ,1
disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material . ,0
exhilarating but blatantly biased . ,1
"we root for [clara and paul] , even like them , though perhaps it's an emotion closer to pity . ",1
morton deserves an oscar nomination . ,1
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get . ,1
it's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes . . . finally seem so impersonal or even shallow . ,0
"this breezy caper movie becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are . ",1
displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver,0
"less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving , which is powerful in itself . ",1
" . . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . ",0
"it's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes . ",1
"much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date . ",0
"a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers . ",0
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . he has a great cast and a great idea . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work . ,0
"light , silly , photographed with colour and depth , and rather a good time . ",1
"a lovely film . . . elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity . ",1
kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night matthew was killed . ,1
"almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai's villainous father to the endless action sequences . ",0
"after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music . ",0
"for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them . ",1
"well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . ",1
"the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on imax it seems better , not just bigger . ",1
"the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well . ",0
any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes . ,0
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great . ",0
"it's really just another silly hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows . ",0
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's . ,1
"it takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about . so here it is : it's about a family of sour immortals . ",0
"as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . ",1
cusack's just brilliant in this . ,1
"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful . ",1
"there's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable . ",1
"phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene's prose , and it's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american . ",1
"ninety minutes of viva castro ! can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included",0
"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman's point-of-view . ",1
"that is essentially what's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point . ",0
"film can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . ",1
"i'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking . ",0
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues,1
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime . ,0
"it's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out 'amateur' in almost every frame . ",0
"ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mim , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável . ",1
"scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle . ",0
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . ,0
proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts . ,1
merchant hasn't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage . ,0
"a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants . ",0
"earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . ",1
"while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . ",1
"despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america's sweetheart . ",0
a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . ',0
"despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development . ",0
"a bright , inventive , thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy . ",1
"the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . ",0
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . ,1
a preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in brooklyn circa 1958 . ,0
"from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait . ",1
 . . . delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story . ,0
"for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale . ",1
knockaround guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up . but they lack their idol's energy and passion for detail . ,0
the film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . ,1
"in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box . ",1
much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep . ,1
a smart little indie . ,1
"greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",1
"in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way . ",1
plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv's dawson's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story . ,0
fails to bring as much to the table . ,0
"the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally couldn't care less . ",1
suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands . ,0
"why , you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ? there's no good answer to that one . ",0
"with each of her three protagonists , miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path . ",1
"maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment . ",1
"they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they'd earn . they were right . ",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
samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process . ,1
"an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living . ",0
"mattei so completely loses himself to the film's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money . ",0
the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life . ,1
the wild thornberrys movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate . ,1
"these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i'm all for that . ",1
"the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . ",1
gondry's direction is adequate . . . but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script . ,1
"assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation . ",1
neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . ,0
"reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . ",0
tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident . ,0
the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs . ,0
"at a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons , it's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is , and knows the form's history . ",1
"truth to tell , if you've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there's nothing here you haven't seen before . ",0
"a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original . this is a story of two misfits who don't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent . ",1
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games . ,0
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . ,1
"i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it'll be on video by then . ",0
"a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun . ",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 . ",0
"not for the prurient or squeamish , it's a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics . ",1
"the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . ",0
vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role . ,1
"beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself . ",1
"lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unfree . ",1
odd and weird . ,0
"[ "" take care of my cat "" ] is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals . ",1
"a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity . ",1
"it has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame . ",1
"i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . ",1
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness . ,1
a standard haunted house tale transplanted to the high seas . ,0
"never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive . ",1
"it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made [eyre's] first film something of a sleeper success . ",0
the film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . ,1
the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves . ,0
not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear . ,1
"still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at 'face value' to recommend to anyone looking for something different . ",1
never comes together as a coherent whole . ,0
among the year's most intriguing explorations of alientation . ,1
"light the candles , bring out the cake and don't fret about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat . ",1
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down . ,0
"it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . ",0
"a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households . ",1
a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen . ,0
a terrible movie that some people will nevertheless find moving . ,0
"instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life . ",1
"unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you're going to feel like you weren't invited to the party . ",0
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it's potentially just as rewarding . ,1
it is scott's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph . ,1
"hey , who else needs a shower ? ",1
chan's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . ,0
"though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable . ",0
 . . . a magnificent drama well worth tracking down . ,1
"the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance . ",0
it's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . ,1
"a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . ",1
"leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago . ",1
"the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a brain . ",1
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful . ,1
i'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . ,0
"unfortunately , it appears that [jackie] chan's us influence is starting to show in his hong kong films . ",1
it will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster . ,1
"this piece of channel 5 grade trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast . ",0
"the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality . ",0
…an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle . ,1
"it may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul's-eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case . ",1
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood . ,1
you can practically hear george orwell turning over . ,0
"the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation . ",0
a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration . ,1
"the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a "" dungeons and dragons "" fantasy with modern military weaponry . . . ",1
the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited . ,1
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards . ,0
"it's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . ",1
"some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments . ",0
[allen's] best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be . ,0
"like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless . ",0
"when the first few villians are introduced as "" spider "" and "" snake "" you know you're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak . ",0
cherish would've worked a lot better had it been a short film . ,0
you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic ! ,0
this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs . ,0
"even by dumb action-movie standards , ballistic : ecks vs . sever is a dumb action movie . ",0
"the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner . ",0
"a terrific date movie , whatever your orientation . ",1
catch it . . . if you can ! ,1
an intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch . ,1
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet . ,1
"the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . ",1
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong . ,0
"it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film . ",1
"aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it . ",1
"for a film about two mismatched buddies , crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry . ",0
"the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality . ",1
the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies . . . but the film suffers from its own difficulties . ,1
"whether or not you buy mr . broomfield's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr . broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover . ",1
"the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them . ",1
"like kissing jessica stein , amy's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor . ",1
it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . ,1
"shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage . ",0
"i've always dreamed of attending cannes , but after seeing this film , it's not that big a deal . ",0
"the film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables . ",0
"twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . big time . ",0
the only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infants . . . who might be distracted by the movie's quick movements and sounds . ,0
"although olivier assayas' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation . . . its three-hour running time plays closer to two . ",1
a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise . ,0
"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism . ",0
"bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate . i admit it , i hate to like it . ",0
"whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen . ",1
what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between . ,0
" . . . will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . after seeing the film , i can tell you that there's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it . ",0
[t]he ideas of revolution #9 are more compelling than the execution,0
"it uses an old-time formula , it's not terribly original and it's rather messy -- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie my big fat greek wedding . ",1
the script ? please . ,0
"i just saw this movie . . . well , it's probably not accurate to call it a movie . ",1
shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors . . . ,0
"though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes . ",1
by the final whistle you're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just doesn't have big screen magic . ,0
'easily my choice for one of the year's best films . ',1
beautifully produced . ,1
jacquot's tosca is a treat . ,1
mctiernan's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . ,0
 . . . a well-observed and disturbing little movie,1
a feel-good picture in the best sense of the term . ,1
"stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little * * * * . no cute factor here… . not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . ",0
"the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . ",1
"you watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises . ",1
spend your benjamins on a matinee . ,1
"very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality can't hide the giant achilles' heel in "" stuart little 2 "" : there's just no story , folks . ",0
"don michael paul uses quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for seagal ) . ",0
an ambitious 'what if ? ' that works . ,1
"starts slowly , but adrien brody – in the title role – helps make the film's conclusion powerful and satisfying . ",1
"it's burns' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown . ",1
 . . . works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once . ,1
"slow , dry , poorly cast , but beautifully shot . ",0
"pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal . ",0
"as it turns out , you can go home again . ",1
"sorvino is delightful in the central role . she nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit . ",1
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . ",0
"the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family . ",1
vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order . ,1
it never rises to its clever what-if concept . ,0
"we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas . ",0
"it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . ",1
it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept . ,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
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs . ,1
a little weak -- and it isn't that funny . ,0
the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . ,1
a small movie with a big heart . ,1
no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander's uninspired story . ,0
sensitive though not quite revelatory documentary . ,0
director jay russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning . ,0
"witty , touching and well paced . ",1
a flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds . ,1
an exquisitely crafted and acted tale . ,1
"steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen . ",0
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade . ,1
the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . ,1
works as pretty contagious fun . ,1
boomers and their kids will have a barrie good time . ,1
"although estela bravo's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it's still a guilty pleasure to watch . ",1
an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movie dogma . ,0
"it's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it's one of the worst of the entire franchise . ",0
"the film's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations . ",1
"j . lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she's a pretty woman , but she's no working girl . ",0
"ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , 'what's the point ? '",0
"kinnear doesn't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . ",1
"hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script . . . that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire . ",0
"the more kevin costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels , the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like dragonfly tossed at them . ",0
provide[s] nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue . ,1
"mr . deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . ",1
"it puts washington , as honest working man john q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . ",0
i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . ,1
"director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seen 10 , 000 times . ",0
more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat . ,0
genuinely unnerving . ,1
bring on the sequel . ,1
"a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat . ",1
it just didn't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by ) . ,0
a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration . ,0
"while the script starts promisingly , it loses steam towards the middle and never really develops beyond attacking obvious target . ",0
 . . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen . ,0
"literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds . ",1
a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip . ,0
"the message of such reflections--intentional or not--is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one . ",1
"while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience . ",1
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . ,0
the film apparently takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other . ,0
it is just too bad the film's story does not live up to its style . ,0
"the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief . ",0
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . ",0
"all in all , there's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone . ",0
"the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice . ",0
"as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion . ",1
"fans of critics' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . ",1
"belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film . ",1
"a turgid little history lesson , humourless and dull . ",0
japan's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date . ,1
"intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being . ",1
"it's inoffensive , cheerful , built to inspire the young people , set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery , it's about as exciting as a sunburn . ",0
"oddly , the film isn't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . ",1
this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar . ,0
"most consumers of lo mein and general tso's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons . ",1
"a gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing . ",1
foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill . ,1
a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be . ,1
it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart,1
"it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is . ",1
interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen,0
"it's not hateful . it's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical . ",0
"hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast . ",0
"when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily . ",1
one of the worst movies of the year . ,0
overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances . ,1
"this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . ",1
[grant] goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it . ,1
"like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions . ",0
"this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . in fact , it's quite fun in places . ",1
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility . ,0
"rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle",1
"i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it's too long and it goes nowhere . ",0
"what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it's icky . ",0
[a] stuporously solemn film . ,0
"it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth . ",1
"a pleasing , often-funny comedy . ",1
"only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry . ",0
"the wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic . ",1
it's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition . ,0
"if you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still wouldn't add up to the time required to boil a four- minute egg . ",0
"for the future , one hopes mr . plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter . ",0
skip work to see it at the first opportunity . ,1
holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma . ,1
"this is a good movie in spurts , but when it doesn't work , it's at important times . ",0
"a very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel . ",0
"this amiable picture talks tough , but it's all bluster -- in the end it's as sweet as greenfingers . . . ",1
"the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi . ",0
westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that's both saucy and endearing . ,1
the sword fighting is well done and auteuil is a goofy pleasure . ,1
[howard] so good as leon barlow . . . that he hardly seems to be acting . ,1
"somewhat blurred , but kinnear's performance is razor sharp . ",1
"'you'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter . . . '",0
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script . ,1
"an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama . ",1
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest . ,0
one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . ,1
"a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind . ",0
[scherfig] has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters' lives after the clever credits roll . ,1
"it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks . ",1
aniston has at last decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil . ,1
"its strengths and weaknesses play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film . ",0
"hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film . ",0
"for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed . ",1
the last three narcissists left on earth compete for each others' affections . ,0
"lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it's also drab and inert . ",0
it's a movie forged in the fires of chick flick hell . ,0
has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes . ,0
"one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you didn't know was being taken . ",1
 . . . the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) . . . ,0
even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor . ,0
"this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller . ",1
"yeah , these flicks are just that damn good . isn't it great ? ",1
"a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions . ",1
"a era do gelo diverte , mas não convence . É um passatempo descompromissado – e só . ",0
"grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length",1
it's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill . naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation . ,1
"`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 . ",0
"sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramáticos para arrancar lágrimas do espectador , o pianista é um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emocionante . ",1
woody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending . now he makes them . ,0
woefully pretentious . ,0
bearable . barely . ,0
"loud , chaotic and largely unfunny . ",0
"as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance . ",1
it's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . ,0
"the script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material . ",0
"good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing . ",1
little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick . ,0
"a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . ",1
"lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck . ",0
i loved the look of this film . ,1
"many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i don't think that a . c . will help this movie one bit . ",1
"a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets . ",0
about the best thing you could say about narc is that it's a rock-solid little genre picture . whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . ,1
"the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr . mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy . ",1
one gets the impression the creators of don't ask don't tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes . too bad none of it is funny . ,0
"home alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . besides , real movie producers aren't this nice . ",0
"serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . ",0
a thought-provoking picture . ,1
"an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . ",0
a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally . ,0
"there's no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 mgm version . ",0
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age . ,1
"there are some laughs in this movie , but williams' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak . ",0
the filmmaker's heart is in the right place . . . ,1
"celebrated at sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that's hard to beat . ",1
"the very definition of what critics have come to term an "" ambitious failure . "" ",0
jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives . ,1
"every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you're on the edge of your seat . ",1
"apart from its own considerable achievement , metropolis confirms tezuka's status as both the primary visual influence on the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience . ",1
a vivid cinematic portrait . ,1
highly engaging . ,1
there has to be a few advantages to never growing old . like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you're over 100 . ,1
"though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama . ",1
falls short in explaining the music and its roots . ,0
"byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama . ",1
the minor figures surrounding [bobby] . . . form a gritty urban mosaic . ,1
diane lane shines in unfaithful . almost everything else is wan . ,0
moretti's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss . ,1
[westbrook] makes a wonderful subject for the camera . ,1
"there's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present . ",0
"a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . ",1
"the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get . ",0
one of the more intelligent children's movies to hit theaters this year . ,1
"all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely . ",1
this story of a determined woman's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments . ,1
"combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . ",1
"the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . ",0
" . . . a story we haven't seen on the big screen before , and it's a story that we as americans , and human beings , should know . ",1
"oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single . ",0
a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian-themed fun . ,1
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite . ,0
"this is as powerful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives . ",1
the real question this movie poses is not 'who ? ' but 'why ? ',0
not too far below the gloss you can still feel director denis villeneuve's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters . ,1
"alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick . ",0
"i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . ",0
"in auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer . ",1
"you don't need to know your ice-t's from your cool-j's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california . ",1
wise and deadpan humorous . ,1
"walter hill's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros . b picture , and i mean that as a compliment . ",1
great over-the-top moviemaking if you're in a slap-happy mood . ,1
"the re-release of ron howard's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . ",1
"for all its plot twists , and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . ",1
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower . ,1
the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it's actually watchable . even more baffling is that it's funny . ,1
"one of those rare , exhilarating cinematic delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind . ",1
"even in its most tedious scenes , russian ark is mesmerizing . ",1
"on a cutting room floor somewhere lies . . . footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire . ",0
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . ,0
"if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . ",1
" . . . a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll . ",1
"overall , it's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love . ",1
the am-radio soundtrack and game cast -- tierney and the inimitable walken especially -- keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit . ,1
secretary is just too original to be ignored . ,1
"whenever its story isn't bogged down by idiocy involving the cia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his american wife/colleague , terri -- is a movie children should enjoy . ",0
an impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent . ,1
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . ,0
"a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy . ",1
"on top of a foundering performance , [madonna's] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag . ",0
griffiths proves she's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession . ,1
an irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale . ,1
a movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle . ,0
"sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . one of the best of the year . ",1
sucking all the 'classic' out of robert louis stevenson's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent angst . . . ,0
"in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . ",1
i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art . ,0
"the pain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother , donald , and directed by spike jonze . ",1
what might have been a predictably heartwarming tale is suffused with complexity . ,1
a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity . ,1
"too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , david arquette . ",0
"this may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-age . ",0
"the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . ",1
"this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . ",1
"bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i haven't encountered since at least pete's dragon . ",0
"goyer's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast . ",1
"expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street . ",1
a beautifully made piece of unwatchable drivel . ,0
"this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border . ",1
"if this is the danish idea of a good time , prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps . ",0
"taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise . ",0
an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort . ,0
"like dickens with his passages , mcgrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel . ",1
"a warm , funny , engaging film . ",1
"its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy . ",1
if you're a fan of the series you'll love it and probably want to see it twice . i will be . ,1
"a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable",0
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy . ,1
"macdowell , whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role . ",1
"like the tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on",0
"though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance . ",1
"shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail",1
this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people . ,0
"[w]hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands . ",0
dense and enigmatic . . . elusive . . . stagy and stilted,0
[fincher's] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . ,1
sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group . ,1
it's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again . ,1
"the soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too . ",0
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . ,0
"an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . ",0
a moody horror/thriller elevated by deft staging and the director's well-known narrative gamesmanship . ,1
a lame comedy . ,0
"skip this dreck , rent animal house and go back to the source . ",0
"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 . ",1
"melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . ",1
"an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular . ",1
the corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption . ,0
a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds . ,1
"for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride . ",1
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . ,0
"solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he isn't talking a talk that appeals to me . ",0
"spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama . ",0
"ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he's a disloyal satyr . ",0
"hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script . ",0
"unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of…emotional recovery . ",1
" "" what really happened ? "" is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience . ",1
"most haunting about "" fence "" is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen . noyce's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us",1
"ensemble movies , like soap operas , depend on empathy . if there ain't none , you have a problem . ",0
"the film's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter . ",1
" . . . generically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish . ",0
all the movie's narrative gymnastics can't disguise the fact that it's inauthentic at its core and that its story just isn't worth telling . ,0
"secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving . ",1
a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her . ,0
fans of so-bad-they're-good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess . ,0
too bad maggio couldn't come up with a better script . ,0
brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness . ,1
"affirms the gifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together . ",1
"terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . a little uneven to be the cat's meow , but it's good enough to be the purr . ",1
"the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes",0
"la cinta comienza intentando ser un drama , rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",0
"sum "" is jack ryan's "" do-over . "" give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . especially give credit to affleck . ",1
movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . how about surprising us by trying something new ? ,0
"fontaine's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal . ",1
"aside from rohmer's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . ",1
"it's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . ",1
"well-intentioned though it may be , its soap-opera morality tales have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special . ",0
"we just don't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting . ",0
"that storytelling has value cannot be denied . not even solondz's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . ",1
a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise . ,1
"tom shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it . ",0
it's easy to love robin tunney -- she's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices . ,0
the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it doesn't make any sense . ,0
"a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor . ",0
"this is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video --with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes . ",0
a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity . ,0
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . ,0
the premise itself is just sooooo tired . pair that with really poor comedic writing . . . and you've got a huge mess . ,0
rosenthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . ,0
"director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . ",1
"please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film . ",0
a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . ,0
[hell is] looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara isn't even halfway through . ,0
"'in this poor remake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '",0
one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company's previous video work . ,1
a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact . ,1
" . . . plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director can't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . in fact , it doesn't even seem like she tried . ",0
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it – as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product . ,0
"though not for everyone , the guys is a somber trip worth taking . ",1
"[cuarón has] created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy . ",1
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor . ,1
"with dickens' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . ",1
"soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence . ",0
"…the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid . ",0
"davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . ",1
"[t]he script isn't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent . ",0
"as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure . ",0
"van wilder doesn't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like tomcats , freddy got fingered , and slackers . ",0
manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time . ,1
"director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , cannot overcome blah characters . ",0
"any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors . ",0
"love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly wasn't feeling any of it . ",0
"if you can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore , you'll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii . ",1
"an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to . ",1
largely a for-fans artifact . ,0
good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueless does south fork . ,0
"the essential problem in orange county is that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do . ",0
"as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . ",1
"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 . ",1
"although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . ",1
davis . . . gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . ,1
"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
i was sent a copyof this film to review on dvd . for free . i still want my money back . ,0
"there are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises . ",1
friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it's called where's chris tucker when you need him ? ,0
"[ramsay] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor . ",1
"is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i don't think so . nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . ",0
bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side . ,0
"a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series . ",0
old-form moviemaking at its best . ,1
"berling and béart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppert . . . again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters . ",1
"more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . . ",1
it's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins . ,0
"argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock . ",1
"a fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie . ",1
"gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways . ",1
i could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again . ,0
" . . . routine , harmless diversion and little else . ",0
"although it bangs a very cliched drum at times , this crowd-pleaser's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious . ",1
"whatever complaints i might have , i'd take [its] earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor's club any time . ",1
the irwins' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . ,0
"none of his actors stand out , but that's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere . ",1
a dreary movie . ,0
"with danilo donati's witty designs and dante spinotti's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children's movie -- if only benigni hadn't insisted on casting himself in the title role . ",0
"this is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults . the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory . the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens . ",1
"a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . ",1
"on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality . ",0
one can't deny its seriousness and quality . ,1
renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . ,1
this is amusing for about three minutes . ,0
"morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he's taken one of the world's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating . ",0
"mr . goyer's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way . ",0
"although barbershop boasts some of today's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ‘70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom . ",0
"enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . ",1
"definitely funny stuff , but it's more of the 'laughing at' variety than the 'laughing with . '",1
a compelling allegory about the last days of germany's democratic weimar republic . ,1
nothing about this movie works . ,0
"director hoffman , his writer and kline's agent should serve detention",0
both damning and damned compelling . ,1
"when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts . . . had this much imagination and nerve . ",1
"scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . it's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job . ",0
"the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . ",1
"lavishly , exhilaratingly tasteless . ",1
"watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing . almost . ",0
 . . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs . ,1
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together . ,0
"though it draws several decent laughs , it's low-cal woody at best . ",0
"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 . ",1
"obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque . ",0
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . ,1
"despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off",0
one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out . ,0
the only entertainment you'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles – several of them . ,0
highly watchable stuff . ,1
"with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee . ",0
"where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable . ",1
"for something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets [sci-fi] rehash . ",0
the movie's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . ,1
"caso você sinta necessidade de sair da sala antes do término da projeção , não se preocupe : ninguém lhe enviará penas simbolizando covardia . ",0
"the images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker's misfit artist is concerned . ",0
"if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil . ",0
an uneven look into a grim future that doesn't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k . dick stories . ,0
" . . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . ",0
"a blair witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast . ",0
"[t]here's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them . ",0
you don't know whether to admire the film's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . or both . ,1
"will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings . ",0
"the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that wasn't at least watchable . but it's also disappointing to a certain degree . ",1
 . . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i've seen in quite a long time . ,1
it's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent . ,1
"with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller",1
the movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects . ,1
meant to reduce blake's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane's superhero dystopia . ,1
"skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt . ",0
"both stars manage to be funny , but , like the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie . ",0
" with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness . ",1
"beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . ",1
"for a film about explosions and death and spies , "" ballistic : ecks vs . sever "" seems as safe as a children's film . well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies . ",0
"with a completely predictable plot , you'll swear that you've seen it all before , even if you've never come within a mile of the longest yard . ",0
the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid . ,0
"were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good , freundlich's world traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year . ",1
"a supernatural mystery that doesn't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . it ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors . ",0
a compendium of solondz's own worst instincts in under 90 minutes . ,0
"dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter . ",0
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . ,1
it may . . . work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns . ,1
"depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . ",1
a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film . ,0
"here's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you . ",1
grating and tedious . ,0
the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed . ,1
"it's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , couldn't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ‘em together here . ",0
"despite bearing the paramount imprint , it's a bargain-basement european pickup . what's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",0
"all ms . jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters . ",0
"fast and funny , an action cartoon that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . ",1
"not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of 'eh . '",0
"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they can't go wrong . better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel . ",1
it's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that doesn't feel it has to prove anything . ,1
"the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true "" us "" versus "" them "" . ",1
"high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . ",0
"chris columbus' sequel is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original . ",1
"despite the fact that this film wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be , it's still not a good movie",0
"if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you've seen him eight stories tall . ",1
"comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class . . . . designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , "" crossroads "" instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns . ",0
"that 'alabama' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) . . . ",1
"what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves . ",1
jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness . ,1
"it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it . ",0
couldn't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ? ,0
"white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that doesn't mean you won't like looking at it . ",1
what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera's attention to detail . ,1
"overall , interesting as a documentary -- but not very imaxy . ",1
like the chelsea's denizens . . . burdette's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste . ,0
"an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer's previous collaboration , miss congeniality . ",0
"the venezuelans say things like "" si , pretty much "" and "" por favor , go home "" when talking to americans . that's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of "" dragonfly . "" ",0
"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love's dissolution . ",0
"we can't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . unfortunately , we'd prefer a simple misfire . ",0
vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love . ,1
the concept is a hoot . the trailer is a riot . the movie is a dud . ,0
the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . ,0
an often unfunny romp . ,0
"in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works . ",0
"full of profound , real-life moments that anyone can relate to , it deserves a wide audience . ",1
an engaging overview of johnson's eccentric career . ,1
"this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them . ",1
" . . . a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920's . . . the film's ending has a "" what was it all for ? "" feeling to it , but like the 1920's , the trip there is a great deal of fun . ",1
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form . ,1
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum's good intentions . ,0
"i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound . ",1
"if there's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . ",0
"unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film's impressive performances and adept direction aren't likely to leave a lasting impression . ",0
"what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean . ",0
"the film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments . ",0
"this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains oddly detached . ",0
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters . ",1
"bad . very bad . stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad . ",0
what the four feathers lacks is genuine sweep or feeling or even a character worth caring about . ,0
"an impossible romance , but we root for the patronized iranian lad . ",1
life is a crock -- or something like it . ,0
combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . ,1
plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . ,0
"there's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . ",0
"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 . ",1
" . . . "" bowling for columbine "" remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film . . . ",1
"there's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . ",0
"how can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) . ",0
"emerges as something rare , an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one . ",1
"the x potion gives the quickly named blossom , bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately don't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays . ",0
"corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . it's the perfect kind of film to see when you don't want to use your brain . at all . ",1
the backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense . ,0
"unspools like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers . ",0
"it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love 'real' . ",1
"a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . ",1
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . ,0
"in his debut as a film director , denzel washington delivers a lean and engaging work . ",1
if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . ,0
"unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater near you . ",0
it's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that's just too boring and obvious . ,0
"a deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph . ",1
"when a film is created solely because it's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested . ",0
" . . . bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film . ",1
[majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day . ,1
a well-executed spy-thriller . ,1
"andy garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and mick jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , performance . ",1
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers . ,1
"comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . ",0
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be . ,0
"in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . ",1
"the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film . ",0
"it won't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee . ",1
this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film . ,1
"though the film's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare . ",1
the ya-ya's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . ,1
"funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic . ",1
"it's a bad sign when you're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest . ",0
this version of h . g . wells' time machine was directed by h . g . wells' great-grandson . they should have found orson welles' great-grandson . ,0
"if only it were , well , funnier . ",0
"as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . ",1
doesn't amount to much of anything . ,0
"with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie . ",1
"young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . ",1
red dragon makes one appreciate silence of the lambs . ,1
too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash . ,0
"like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest . ",0
"missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane . ",1
"impostor can't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies . ",0
"something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously . ",0
fessenden's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy . ,1
"rain is a small treasure , enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic . ",1
"you might say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible . suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled . ",0
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it cannot even be dubbed hedonistic . ,0
it's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them . ,1
"visits spy-movie territory like a novel you can't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last . ",1
"it does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they're being streamed over a 28k modem . ",0
"the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks . ",0
"in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , ballistic : ecks vs . sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase . ",0
the movie is as padded as allen's jelly belly . ,0
traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill . ,0
"brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism . ",0
"even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it doesn't make for completely empty entertainment",1
don't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you don't have kids borrow some . ,1
consummate actor barry has done excellent work here . ,1
the movie bounces all over the map . ,0
an awful snooze . ,0
"reggio's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad . ",0
to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago . . . ,0
"the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements . ",0
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be one of them . ,0
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane . ,0
"despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining . ",1
"unfortunately , it's also not very good . especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie . ",0
"the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . immediately . ",0
that rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . ,1
charlize chases kevin with a gun . courtney chases stuart with a cell phone . the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing . ,0
"admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . ",1
"everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . it goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste . ",0
[an] hilarious romantic comedy . ,1
montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters . ,1
"proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report . ",0
this is not a jackie chan movie . it's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it . and that makes all the difference . ,0
"the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment . ",0
"borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy . ",0
"when it's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , "" real women have curves "" is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams . ",1
one regards reign of fire with awe . what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea . ,0
" . . . an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn't hurt talented young gaghan's resume . ",1
yet another weepy southern bore-athon . ,0
"a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . ",1
"even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . ",1
"there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling . ",1
"a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man . . . about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy . ",1
as happily glib and vicious as its characters . ,0
"about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces . . . positively dreadful . ",0
"a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world . ",1
" "" frailty "" has been written so well , that even a simple "" goddammit ! "" near the end takes on a whole other meaning . ",1
"if h . g . wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin's reworked version , what would he say ? 'it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '",0
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable "" formula 51 "" is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger . ",0
"sometimes , fond memories should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well . ",0
" "" 13 conversations "" holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point . ",1
"the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away . ",1
" "" men in black ii , "" has all the earmarks of a sequel . the story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care ? ",0
"while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii . ",1
"driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm . . . the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs . ",1
"murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . ",1
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism . ,0
"with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel , bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry . ",1
"the movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students . ",0
"a grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level . ",0
"it's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout . ",1
deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance . ,1
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . ,0
"it might be 'easier' to watch on video at home , but that shouldn't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience . ",1
"unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most hollywood offerings , character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of italian for beginners . ",1
"the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who can't get out of his own way . ",0
"shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere . ",0
"like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through , the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover . ",0
"the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in [this] meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot . ",0
"flat , but with a revelatory performance by michelle williams . ",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
"takes one character we don't like and another we don't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn't very funny . ",0
"what's the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well , it's not as pathetic as the animal . ",0
troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal . ,0
"it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world . ",0
distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine . ,0
"nair's cast is so large it's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . ",1
"a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem . ",0
"it's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you're more than six years old . ",0
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . ,1
"though the plot is predictable , the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters . ",1
"[russell] makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards . ",1
the central character isn't complex enough to hold our interest . ,0
"it's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs . cinematic pratfalls given a working over . the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back . ",1
this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that doesn't reveal even a hint of artifice . ,1
meyjes . . . has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics . ,1
"this isn't a stand up and cheer flick ; it's a sit down and ponder affair . and thanks to kline's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . ",1
" "" austin powers in goldmember "" has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end . ",1
the movie's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension . ,0
" . . . no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch . ",0
"the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough . ",1
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . ,1
"a perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie . ",0
"holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin . ",1
"the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes . ",0
"an unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage . ",1
what begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes . ,0
"a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience . ",1
"be forewarned , if you're depressed about anything before watching this film , you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards . ",0
illuminating if overly talky documentary . ,1
almost gags on its own gore . ,0
only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm . ,0
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks . ,1
meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment . ,1
"with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . may put off insiders and outsiders alike . ",0
"well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious . ",1
what could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination . ,0
"a serviceable euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom — handguns , bmws and seaside chateaus . ",1
the first half bursts with a goofy energy previous disney films only used for a few minutes here and there . ,1
"a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours . . . a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . ",0
mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it's a pleasurable trifle . the only pain you'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . ,1
"this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool . ",0
evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children--and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good . ,1
"it's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series . ",1
"often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie . ",1
"the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less- than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before . ",1
"so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat . ",0
"this limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982's tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh . ",0
the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie . ,1
"it's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona . ",1
even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that's ultimately rather inconsequential . ,0
"though certainly original in form , altar boys requires a taste for swamp thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score . ",0
the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed . ,1
"suspend your disbelief here and now , or you'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . ",1
"the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing . ",0
"terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man . ",1
"despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow , the weight of water is oppressively heavy . ",0
"rock's stand-up magic wanes . hopkins , squarely fills the screen . action - mechanical . ",0
"cattaneo should have followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different . ",0
"the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting . ",1
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation . ",0
"it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . ",1
"measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . ",1
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast . . . have made the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . ",1
"there's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one . ",1
"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos . ",0
slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by . ,0
i admired this work a lot . ,1
"a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . ",1
warmed-over hash . ,0
"it's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic . ",0
"cuba gooding jr . valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy . ",0
"the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react . ",1
"what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action . ",1
"the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it . ",0
"if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon didn't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it . ",0
no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story . ,0
ahhhh . . . revenge is sweet ! ,1
stephen earnhart's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens . ,1
a sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply . ,0
[a] satisfying niblet . ,1
choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy . ,0
"build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year . ",0
the movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time . ,0
"there's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing . ",1
one of the film's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret . ,1
"funny in a sick , twisted sort of way . ",1
"the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers . ",1
"it's all entertaining enough , but don't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper . ",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
"director kevin bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the "" miami vice "" checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks . he doesn't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show's trademark style and flash . ",0
"disney's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem . ",1
"it may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but i enjoyed barbershop . it's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . ",1
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while . ,1
"as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming . ",1
"the humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant . ",0
"a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho's fans . ",1
"any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of god are framed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors . ",0
"without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking . ",0
it's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies . ,1
"fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots . ",1
es triste tener que decirles que lo único grato de la cinta es el cuerpo desnudo de la heather . . . ,0
"take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length . ",1
"though it's become almost redundant to say so , major kudos go to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class . ",1
"standing by yourself is haunting . . . [it's] what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction . ",1
"chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . ",1
imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made . ,1
"i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old . ",1
"la de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido . ",0
an average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality . ,1
"at times , it actually hurts to watch . ",0
"if you can get past the fantastical aspects 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 see anywhere else . ",1
"i've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . ",1
i love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off . ,1
presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency . ,0
"who are 'they' ? well , they're 'they' . they're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . they exist for hushed lines like "" they're back ! "" , "" they're out there ! "" and "" they're coming ! "" ",0
"for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no less subservient to bond's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero . ",0
the ending feels at odds with the rest of the film . ,1
"whereas last year's exemplary sexy beast seemed to revitalize the british gangster movie , this equally brutal outing merely sustains it . ",0
both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes . ,1
"jaunty fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used . ",1
"you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production . ",0
"an uplifting , largely bogus story . ",0
the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle . ,0
"ultimately , sarah's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness . ",0
wow . i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time . ,0
enough similarities to gymkata and howie long's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs . ,0
"the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there's just not much lurking below its abstract surface . ",0
"brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate . ",1
"a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight . ",0
"the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected . ",0
hardly a film that comes along every day . ,1
all prints of this film should be sent to and buried on pluto . ,0
"an awful lot like one of [spears'] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it . ",0
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored . . . audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . ,1
"this one is a few bits funnier than malle's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks . ",0
much of what is meant to be 'inspirational' and 'uplifting' is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing [the movie's] mindset . ,0
genuinely touching because it's realistic about all kinds of love . ,1
my wife's plotting is nothing special ; it's the delivery that matters here . ,1
it's a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements . ,1
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you . ,1
devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special . ,0
"the entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad . ",0
"makes one thing abundantly clear . american musical comedy as we know it wouldn't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway . ",1
the film sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects . ,1
this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's hooters . ,1
a gem of a movie . ,1
"when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ? ",0
"for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love . ",1
charlotte sometimes is a gem . it's always enthralling . ,1
"it's still adam sandler , and it's not little nicky . and for many of us , that's good enough . ",1
"the delicious trimmings…arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute…with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . ",1
 . . . a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year . ,1
i am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson . ,1
"it wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy . ",0
lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned . ,0
"for the most part , director anne-sophie birot's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama . ",1
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything's in place but something's just a little off-kilter . ,0
"as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them . ",0
"a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . ",1
this movie got me grinning . there's a part of us that cannot help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something . ,1
"a drama of great power , yet some members of the audience will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy . ",1
"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
"to those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer's 'divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that's not saying much . ",1
"because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags . ",0
"the members manage to pronounce kok exactly as you think they might , thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible . it's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle . ",1
"streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , "" big trouble "" is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter . ",1
"occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . ",1
both deeply weird and charmingly dear . ,1
"at the very least , if you don't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you won't know much more when you leave . ",0
"there's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that's what makes it irresistible . ",1
bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . this is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer . ,0
how this one escaped the lifetime network i'll never know . ,0
"while van wilder may not be the worst national lampoon film , it's far from being this generation's animal house . ",0
"sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ? ",0
"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002's first great film",1
"[washington's] strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene . ",1
"guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep . ",0
everyone's to blame here . ,0
"while super troopers is above academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling . ",0
"it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg's film is that it truly is romance",1
the subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . ,0
"despite the opulent lushness of every scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings . ",0
"more concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , soderbergh's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem . ",1
"while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket . ",0
"worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades . ",0
" . . . has about 3/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor — but it's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake- of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity . ",0
"as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . ",0
"this road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you'll be glad you went along for the ride . ",1
"there's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . ",1
allen's funniest and most likeable movie in years . ,1
"the film's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen . ",1
"sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony . ",0
it treats ana's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . ,1
k 19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick,1
even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate . ,1
hands down the year's most thought-provoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . ,1
"further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap . ",0
high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it can't help but engage an audience . ,1
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 . ,1
"the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . but death to smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end . ",0
"i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them . ",0
will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it . ,1
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it's geared toward an audience full of masters of both . ",0
an ambitious and moving but bleak film . ,1
 a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . ,1
"it's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that . ",0
"even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture . ",0
"this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment . ",0
visually captivating . ,1
the hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork . ,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
murderous maids may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth . ,1
its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing . ,0
"this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style . ",1
"a weird little movie that's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l . a . 's show-biz and media subcultures . but it doesn't leave you with much . ",0
matches neorealism's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives . ,1
eric byler's nuanced pic avoids easy sentiments and explanations . . . ,1
"spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but "" spider-man "" certainly delivers the goods . ",1
the problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . a rumor of angels doesn't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness . ,0
"there's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance . ",0
"by the end of the movie , you're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular . ",1
"i have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but i've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than i want to believe . ",1
"hoffman notches in the nuances of pain , but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of wilson's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness . ",1
a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of . ,0
"though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract . ",0
writer and director otar iosseliani's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls . ,1
"family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . ",1
"although there are several truly jolting scares , there's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at . ",0
"an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship . ",1
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding . ,0
"awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another 'spectacular spectacle . '",1
parker cannot sustain the buoyant energy level of the film's city beginnings into its country conclusion,1
rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style--casting excellent latin actors of all ages--a trend long overdue . ,1
"if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann's revolution no . 9 . ",1
"ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . ",1
"rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf's encounter with the world . ",0
"scotland , pa is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept . ",0
you . . . get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone . ,0
"in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . sometimes , that's enough . ",1
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries . ,1
"once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera . . . ",1
the movie doesn't add anything fresh to the myth . ,0
"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it's the ultimate redneck road-trip . ",1
might be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people . ,0
dismally dull sci-fi comedy . ,0
"might have been better off as a documentary , with less of mr . eyre's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage . ",0
here's a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah . ,0
one fantastic ( and educational ) documentary . ,1
"blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . ",1
" "" the time machine "" is a movie that has no interest in itself . it doesn't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor…it's just plain bored . ",0
"suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video . ",0
an excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind . ,1
contrived pastiche of caper clichés . ,0
"a sad , superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life . ",1
"this one is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics . ",0
"not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the genes . ",1
"watching "" ending "" is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor's garage sale . you can't believe anyone would really buy this stuff . ",0
draggin' about dragons,0
"beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . ",1
"at a time when we've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture . ",0
visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying . ,0
a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know . ,1
"devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking . ",1
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 . ,1
'how many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? ',0
"witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . it's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs . ",1
"yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack . . . and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable . ",1
the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year . ,0
brian tufano's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . ,1
"everyone's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships . ",1
"the film , like jimmy's routines , could use a few good laughs . ",0
leigh makes these lives count . and he allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range . ,1
'interesante y disfrutable trabajo gracias a que prescinde del clásico elemento estadounidense patriotero y manipulador . ',1
"just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail . ",0
"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary . ",1
"tom green and an ivy league college should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 . ",0
"the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . ",1
"the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer's secondhand material . ",0
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . ,1
i hated every minute of it . ,0
 . . . a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual,1
"for its 100 minutes running time , you'll wait in vain for a movie to happen . ",0
an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race . ,1
"while the stoically delivered hokum of hart's war is never fun , it's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-saving private ryan tributes to the greatest generation . ",1
"it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs . ",0
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right . ,1
hugh grant's act is so consuming that sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are . ,0
"oedekerk wrote patch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me . ",0
"a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . ",1
"exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes . ",1
"birthday girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments . ",1
"novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach . ",1
features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . ,1
"a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j . m . barrie's peter pan . ",0
"has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release . ",0
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio . ",0
"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 . ",1
"call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . ",1
"it is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0
"what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america . . . sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1
"for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience",0
a painfully leaden film destined for pre-dawn cable television slots . ,0
verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies . ,0
"third time's the charm . . . yeah , baby ! ",1
"if the film's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying , its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start . ",1
"a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . ",1
derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone . ,0
"the most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank . ",0
allen's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal . ,1
"this isn't a narrative film -- i don't know if it's possible to make a narrative film about september 11th , though i'm sure some will try -- but it's as close as anyone has dared to come . ",1
"made for teens and reviewed as such , this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age . . . and then only as a very mild rental . ",1
"hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse . ",1
"polished , well-structured film . ",1
"a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but doesn't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a total rehash . ",0
"by the time you reach the finale , you're likely wondering why you've been watching all this strutting and posturing . ",0
told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings . ,1
i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho's . ,0
"an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud . ",1
"my goodness , queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . she must have a very strong back . ",1
"it provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot . ",1
"a triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light . ",1
the best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . then lower them a bit more . ,0
"the movie turns out to be [assayas'] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness . ",0
a little better than sorcerer's stone . ,1
"roman coppola may never become the filmmaker his dad was , but heck – few filmmakers will . but based on cq , i'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project . ",1
"world traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it's certainly an honest attempt to get at something . ",1
conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' . . . where the characters' moves are often more predictable than their consequences . ,0
"the series' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls' amusing personalities . ",1
a movie that at its best doesn't just make the most out of its characters' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection . ,1
"despite a story predictable enough to make the sound of music play like a nail-biting thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it . ",1
"intended to be a comedy about relationships , this wretched work falls flat in just about every conceivable area . ",0
[a] painfully flat gross-out comedy . . . ,0
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance . ,0
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney . ,1
"austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later . ",1
generic thriller junk . teens only . ,0
"confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . ",0
"ludicrous , but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining . ",1
"it provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of gaza . ",1
compellingly watchable . ,1
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . ,1
"witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it's dench who really steals the show . ",1
"flotsam in the sea of moviemaking , not big enough for us to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising . ",0
the rare imax movie that you'll wish was longer than an hour . ,1
de niro cries . you'll cry for your money back . ,0
greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior . ,1
a less-than-thrilling thriller . ,0
"this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath . ",1
has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best . ,1
a pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances . ,1
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . ,0
"this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap . ",1
 . . . about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season . ,0
"needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey . ",0
"amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it . ",1
been there done that . ,0
"one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . ",1
"take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he'll be your slave for a year . ",1
it's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit . ,0
"in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms . shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to 'lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . ",0
my response to the film is best described as lukewarm . maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventional . ,0
"although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . ",0
the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . ,1
like old myths and wonder tales spun afresh . ,1
"this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it . ",1
"it has the charm of the original american road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker's motherland . ",1
"a sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling . ",1
"the unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession . ",0
fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for . ,1
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense . ,0
"this version's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful . ",1
what the director can&#8217 ; t do is make either of val kilmer&#8217 ; s two personas interesting or worth caring about . ,0
"there's nothing exactly wrong here , but there's not nearly enough that's right . ",0
shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting . ,0
"a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",0
it has become apparent that the franchise's best years are long past . ,0
it's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure . ,1
the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . we don't even like their characters . ,0
"though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . it's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history . ",1
"a charming , banter-filled comedy . . . one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface . ",1
"'aunque recurre a ciertos clichés del género , la poderosa actuación de robin williams perdona las fallas del guión . '",1
a stirring road movie . ,1
"don't judge this one too soon - it's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going . ",1
"it's jagger's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . ",1
 . . . could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 . ,1
"pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins . ",1
" . . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work . ",0
going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film . ,0
"elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . if you're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it's 51 times better than this . ",0
"scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great . / but daphne , you're too buff / fred thinks he's tough / and velma - wow , you've lost weight ! ",0
"it's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself . ",0
"director paul cox's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky's diaries is both stimulating and demanding . ",1
"as written by michael berg and michael j . wilson from a story by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . ",0
"richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold . ",0
a surprisingly 'solid' achievement by director malcolm d . lee and writer john ridley . ,1
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in intelligence and b-grade stylishness . ,1
hayek is stunning as frida and . . . a star-making project . ,1
"if you saw benigni's pinocchio at a public park , you'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police . ",0
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . ,1
"what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . ",1
"partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless . ",0
"very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all . ",0
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies . ,1
john mctiernan's botched remake may be subtler than norman jewison's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . it's also stupider . ,0
these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they're simply not funny performers . ,0
"many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short . ",0
"evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones . ",1
"throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another . ",1
"bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie . ",0
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . ,0
"why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ? wouldn't one about their famous dad , author of death in venice , etc . , be more valuable ? ",0
"doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie's spycraft and uses damon's ability to be focused and sincere . ",1
blue crush is as predictable as the tides . . . . the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies . ,0
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . but it's worth the concentration . ,1
consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g,0
full of surprises . ,1
"vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes . ",1
"the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne",1
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach . ,0
"a lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . ",1
"this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . delight your senses and crash this wedding ! ",1
"the film is all over the place , really . it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum . ",0
"its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the man in the iron mask and the musketeer . ",0
"andersson creates a world that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad . ",1
'unfaithful' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . too bad . ,0
makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases . ,0
phoned-in business as usual . ,0
terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life . ,1
"you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . thumbs down . ",0
"a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm . ",1
a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 . ,1
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary . ,0
"slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious . ",0
"the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece . ",1
"a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . ",0
crikey indeed . ,0
"romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here . ",1
"a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really isn't . ",1
"on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film . ",1
"as it stands , crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster's path of destruction . ",0
disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids' books to the screen . . . tuck everlasting is a little of both . ,1
"the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm . ",1
"human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard . ",0
much monkeyfun for all . ,1
"this film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay . ",0
the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . ,0
you'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy . ,0
a film of quiet power . ,1
"for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck's film from coming together . ",0
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity . ,1
one of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt doodled steamboat willie . ,1
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls . ,0
"tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham . ",1
"forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining . ",0
"a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this isn't . ",0
a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime . ,1
the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste . ,0
"offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life . ",0
"this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '",0
"too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes . ",0
"harris is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden . ",0
"with lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted . ",0
"any film that doesn't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss . ",0
"all in all , a great party . ",1
"has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they're not interested . ",1
"for the most part , the film does hold up pretty well . ",1
jolie's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips . ,0
"much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché . ",0
it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up . ,0
"auto focus is not your standard hollywood bio-pic . schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . ",1
"this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force . ",1
"as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them . ",0
"the film sometimes flags . . . but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace . ",1
a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it . ,1
"grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte . ",1
labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone . ,1
it's hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby . ,0
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . ",1
a solidly seaworthy chiller . ,1
pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film . ,0
at its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers . ,1
it's the filmmakers' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion . ,1
"it's soulful and unslick , and that's apparently just what [aniston] has always needed to grow into a movie career . ",1
might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper . ,0
it's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller . ,0
" "" mostly martha "" is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see . ",1
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound . ,0
sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out . ,0
the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset . ,0
"instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick . ",0
"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it's still pretty tasty . ",1
"it's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas . ",1
"unfortunately , heartbreak hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit . ",0
 . . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie' . . . ,1
it's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . ,1
"it's endearing to hear madame d . refer to her husband as 'jackie' -- and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer . ",1
as pedestrian as they come . ,0
"throughout , mr . audiard's direction is fluid and quick . ",1
"harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate . it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you'll likely think of this one . ",0
"the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring . ",1
"while the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what's supposed to be a comedy . ",0
this film puts wang at the forefront of china's sixth generation of film makers . ,1
"blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy . ",0
"triumph of love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree . ",1
they do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film . ,0
"the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone . ",0
"'linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project . . . '",0
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered . ,0
"what makes the movie work — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . ",1
"anyway , for one reason or another , crush turns into a dire drama partway through . after that , it just gets stupid and maudlin . too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it's not a total loss . ",0
"passable entertainment , but it's the kind of motion picture that won't make much of a splash when it's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards . ",1
a quietly reflective and melancholy new zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl's life . ,1
it's a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by elizabeth hurley in a bathing suit . ,0
disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances . ,0
" . . . a movie that , quite simply , shouldn't have been made . ",0
"feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake . ",0
remarkable for its intelligence and intensity . ,1
"abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care . ",0
"admirable , certainly , but not much fun to watch . for caine lovers only . ",0
a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film . ,1
simply a re-hash of the other seven films . ,0
[l]ame and unnecessary . ,0
a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation . ,1
ferrara's best film in years . ,1
directed in a paint-by-numbers manner . ,0
the movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting . ,1
family fare . ,1
the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist . ,1
"this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month's end , is tepid and tedious . ",0
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously doesn't have his heart in it . ,0
"this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives . ",0
"an admirable , sometimes exceptional film",1
"even if you can't pronounce "" gyro "" correctly , you'll appreciate much of vardalos' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries . ",1
"the film's strength isn't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears . ",1
"scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation . ",1
"infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane . ",1
full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in . ,0
"ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . ",1
there's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . ,0
"by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story . ",1
"despite its title , punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed . the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center . ",1
an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music . ,1
"scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . ",1
should have been someone else-,0
"plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on "" the simpsons "" has . ",0
an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction . ,1
"when not wallowing in its characters' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . ",0
"movies like this are selling the old european candor , the old wink of 'bold' revelation . but in 2002 , such revelations wilt . ",0
the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . ,0
notorious c . h . o . has oodles of vulgar highlights . ,1
"it showcases carvey's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one's patience to get to the good stuff . ",0
the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken . ,1
"if mr . zhang's subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially american , his approach to storytelling might be called iranian . ",1
"the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms . ambrose . ",1
"for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer . ",0
"though excessively tiresome , the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore . ",0
"this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed . ",1
a lot smarter than your average bond . ,1
the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . ,1
"on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc . , without the latter's imagination , visual charm or texture . ",0
"max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve . . . as far as art is concerned , it's mission accomplished . ",1
"boy , has this franchise ever run out of gas . ",0
if you're not the target demographic . . . this movie is one long chick-flick slog . ,0
"how i killed my father would be a rarity in hollywood . it's an actor's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones . ",1
audacious-impossible yet compelling . . . ,1
"metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story . ",1
"the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot . ",1
"for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized . ",1
"barry convinces us he's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful . ",1
the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry . ,0
"the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to end . ",0
"this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few . ",0
routine and rather silly . ,0
"writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags . ",0
"leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here . ",1
the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen . ,1
"although life or something like it is very much in the mold of feel-good movies , the cast and director stephen herek's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles . ",1
"not a bad choice here , assuming that . . . the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly . ",1
"that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums . ",1
there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film . ,0
"a mess , but it's a sincere mess . ",1
"rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding . ",1
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy . ,0
"a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love . ",1
"sweetly sexy , funny and touching . ",1
"a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised . ",0
"slow and ponderous , but rohmer's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . ",1
"showtime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again . ",0
fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race . ,0
"yes , ballistic is silly . unfortunately , it's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies . ",0
"shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from josh koury . ",1
a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work . ,0
"everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line . ",0
"two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more's the pity . ",1
"an infuriating film . just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense . ",0
lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy . ,1
"longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . ",1
maguire is a surprisingly effective peter/spider-man . ,1
every sequel you skip will be two hours gained . consider this review life-affirming . ,0
 . . . you can be forgiven for realizing that you've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already . ,0
"if you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you're far better served by the source material . ",0
"fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix . ",0
"and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest . if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy ! ",0
two-bit potboiler . ,0
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll . ,0
"it's like an old warner bros . costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie errol flynn always wanted to make , though bette davis , cast as joan , would have killed him . ",1
"buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role . ",1
i got a headache watching this meaningless downer . ,0
it's basically an overlong episode of tales from the crypt . ,0
"the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
the casting of von sydow . . . is itself intacto's luckiest stroke . ,1
"there's an energy to y tu mamá también . much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . ",1
"you wouldn't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit . ",1
"brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema . ",1
"mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative . ",0
no way i can believe this load of junk . ,0
"the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that's a bad sign when they're supposed to be having a collective heart attack . ",0
"the great pity is that those responsible didn't cut their losses – and ours – and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home . ",0
"a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy . ",1
"the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport . ",1
"what you would end up with if you took orwell , bradbury , kafka , george lucas and the wachowski brothers and threw them into a blender . but that's just the problem with it - the director hasn't added enough of his own ingredients . ",0
"a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products . ",0
"writer/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results . ",0
"this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow . ",1
"finally , the french-produced "" read my lips "" is a movie that understands characters must come first . ",1
"if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther's story is a compelling quest for truth . ",1
"examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as wiseman's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers . ",1
"the tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable . ",1
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . ,1
it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen . ,0
it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant . ,0
"what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music . ",1
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent . ,1
"the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events . ",1
"when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game . ",0
a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system,1
"the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it's propelled by the acting . ",1
watching beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it . ,1
"while the film is competent , it's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires . ",0
"the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of "" 7th heaven . "" ",0
"the band performances featured in drumline are red hot . . . [but] from a mere story point of view , the film's ice cold . ",0
"stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish . yep , it's "" waking up in reno . "" go back to sleep . ",0
"a difficult , absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear . ",1
"it doesn't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . ",0
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands . ,1
"first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film . ",1
"it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its "" dead wife communicating from beyond the grave "" framework is even remotely new or interesting . ",0
"the redeeming feature of chan's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what's worse , routine . ",0
"it's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . ",1
"the journey to the secret's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough . ",1
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . ,1
"the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history . ",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
a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) . ,0
death might be a release . ,0
tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable . ,1
" "" simone "" is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality . ",1
"the messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated old testament tale of jonah and the whale . determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor didn't quite engage this adult . ",0
"though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities . ",0
"a truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort . ",1
"may be far from the best of the series , but it's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation . ",1
"sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now . . . and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors . ",1
a genuine mind-bender . ,1
"there aren't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but "" elling "" manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year's most enjoyable releases . ",1
seems like someone going through the motions . ,0
broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force . ,1
the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises . ,0
a decidedly mixed bag . ,0
rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic . ,0
it's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience . ,0
"the film wasn't preachy , but it was feminism by the book . ",0
 . . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film . ,0
"flavorful and romantic , you could call this how martha got her groove back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with . ",1
'what's the russian word for wow ! ? ',1
"depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it's being . ",0
showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation . ,1
you can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood isn't going to jell . ,0
"schaeffer isn't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does . ",1
fans of behan's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy . ,1
"i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . ",0
"daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation . ",1
suffers from all the excesses of the genre . ,0
"in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . ",1
"no , it's not as single-minded as john carpenter's original , but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels . ",1
a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe . . . the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history . ,1
it's tough to be startled when you're almost dozing . ,0
"since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your random e ! true hollywood story . ",0
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level . ,0
an original gem about an obsession with time . ,1
"gaghan captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing . ",0
a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over . ,1
it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . so i just did . ,0
"there is a kind of attentive concern that hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons , and now it is time for their first public recital . ",1
"pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and unremarkable . ",0
the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure . ,1
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america's winter movie screens it's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative . ,1
"the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him . ",0
the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ) is that it's not as obnoxious as tom green's freddie got fingered . ,0
"a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice . ",1
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite . ,0
"though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . ",1
the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film's problems . ,1
this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . ,1
"the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( "" laissez-passer "" ) wears its heart on its sleeve . ",1
feels strangely hollow at its emotional core . ,0
mr . spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . ,1
"payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . ",1
"the filmmakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l . a . to that end , they mock the kind of folks they don't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers don't care to understand , either . ",0
"the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments . . . but it's such a warm and charming package that you'll feel too happy to argue much . ",1
"between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . ",1
" . . . a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor . ",1
"unfortunately , one hour photo lives down to its title . thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film . ",0
"crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy . ",1
"baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children . ",1
" "" collateral damage "" goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment – until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",0
"this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one . ",1
"the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . ",1
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved . ,1
there aren't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv . ,0
the film jolts the laughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod . ,1
"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off- broadway play . ",1
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit . ,0
"once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . ",0
"contando com uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória . ",1
"showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant "" if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny "" syndrome . ",0
"rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual . ",1
the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst . ,1
digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world . ,1
ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance,0
"if you're a crocodile hunter fan , you'll enjoy at least the "" real "" portions of the film . if you're looking for a story , don't bother . ",0
"mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . ",1
"a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages . ",1
a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception . ,1
"this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie . ",0
"shallow , noisy and pretentious . ",0
one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off,0
detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor . ,0
"at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . ",0
there's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy . ,0
aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters . ,0
"the sight of the name bruce willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind--maybe too much . ",0
"although the editing might have been tighter , hush ! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern japan . ",1
you've already seen heartbreak if you've watched the far superior nurse betty or sunset boulevard . even the unwatchable soapdish is more original . ,0
a loquacious and dreary piece of business . ,0
time of favor could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation . ,0
 . . . this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . ,0
we may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again . ,0
"featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil , "" sade "" covers the same period as kaufmann's "" quills "" with more unsettlingly realistic results . ",1
" . . . tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i don't know what she's doing in here . . . ",0
"like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significant without being overstated . ",1
"when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . ",1
a great companion piece to other napoleon films . ,1
"the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes . ",0
"seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director's experiment is a successful one . ",0
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines . ,0
blithely anachronistic and slyly achronological . ,1
"usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . ",0
a crisply made movie that is no more than mildly amusing . ,0
this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hook . ,0
"oops , she's really done it this time . that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel . ",0
"while guzmán frustratingly refuses to give pinochet's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable . ",1
warm and exotic . ,1
there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country . ,1
report card : doesn't live up to the exalted tagline - there's definite room for improvement . doesn't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) . ,0
"drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that three seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality . ",0
"not as good as the full monty , but a really strong second effort . ",1
"whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it's an unhappy situation all around . ",0
hilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud . ,0
russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage . ,1
the entire movie is in need of a scented bath . ,0
"as lo-fi as the special effects are , the folks who cobbled nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that george lucas has long forgotten . ",1
it appears as if even the filmmakers didn't know what kind of movie they were making . ,0
the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours . ,0
" . . . a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life's endgame . ",1
"according to the script , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guess that from the performances . ",0
scorsese doesn't give us a character worth giving a damn about . ,0
"may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow . ",1
" . . . the good and different idea [of middle-aged romance] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend "" never again . "" ",0
"the movie's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow . ",1
"an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . ",1
"what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we've shared a great adventure . ",1
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . ",1
"does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character's story . ",1
"it's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer . ",1
a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on . ,0
"enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . ",0
you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory . . . but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools . ,0
"whether kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion . ",1
what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! ,0
"it's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortunately , that's precisely what arthur dong's family fundamentals does . ",0
"though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . ",0
a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events . ,1
 . . . bibbidy-bobbidi-bland . ,0
"one of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating . ",0
harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research . ,1
"i've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake . ",0
"what i saw , i enjoyed . ",1
now here's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud . ,0
"humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath's version of 'nicholas nickleby' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days . ",1
there is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew . ,0
it's definitely a step in the right direction . ,1
"it's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best 'old neighborhood' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists . ",1
"it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter . ",1
"what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . in other words , it's badder than bad . ",0
"it's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance . ",1
"shiner can certainly go the distance , but isn't world championship material",1
"an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc . ",0
a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . ,1
"a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran . ",1
a charming but slight comedy . ,1
"i never thought i'd say this , but i'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies ! ",0
"sit through this one , and you won't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you . ",0
this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain . ,1
the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise . ,0
a work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse . ,0
"it's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo . ",0
too close to phantom menace for comfort . ,0
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage . ,0
"downright transparent is the script's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a "" cooler "" pg-13 rating . ",0
it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde's classic satire . ,1
 . . . hopefully it'll be at the dollar theatres by the time christmas rolls around . wait to see it then . ,0
i'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring . ,0
some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . ,0
top-notch action powers this romantic drama . ,1
"though the film never veers from its comic course , its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous . ",1
"large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder isn't better . ",0
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid . . . a curiously constricted epic . ,0
"hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old's suicidal poetry . ",0
"it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that cannot be denied . ",1
everything that's worthwhile about collision course can already be seen on television . ,0
"filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water . ",0
"a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy . ",1
the performances are remarkable . ,1
"when mr . hundert tells us in his narration that 'this is a story without surprises , ' we nod in agreement . ",0
it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film's length becomes a part of its fun . ,1
beneath clouds is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from rabbit-proof fence . ,1
"jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart . ",1
"oh , it's extreme , all right . extremely dumb . extremely confusing . extremely boring . ",0
cool ? this movie is a snow emergency . ,1
an awkward hybrid of genres that just doesn't work . ,0
" "" antwone fisher "" is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by washington . it won't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking . ",1
noyce films it more as a shocking history lesson than as drama . ,1
"a gorgeous , somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising . ",0
"on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist byatt . ",1
"a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart . ",1
this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter . ,0
"i can imagine this movie as a b&w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless . ",0
"unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes . ",0
"although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . ",1
"the movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you . ",0
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm . ,0
"[shyamalan] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count . ",1
a very funny look at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage . ,1
[sen's] soap opera-ish approach undermines his good intentions . ,0
"yet another iteration of what's become one of the movies' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally "" superior "" friends , family . . . ",0
"overall , it's a pretty mediocre family film . ",0
"this is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy . ",0
a film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world . ,1
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work . ,1
the episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored . ,0
a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise . ,0
"the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future . ",0
we get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of americana that hollywood couldn't possibly fictionalize and be believed . ,1
a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line . ,0
"it's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence . ",1
easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year . ,1
" at its best , it's black hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it's rambo- meets-john ford . ",0
"a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro . ",1
"with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . ",1
"[raimi's] matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you'll ever see . ",1
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted . ,0
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . ,1
"as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace . ",1
" "" the dangerous lives of altar boys "" has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1
leigh's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom . ,1
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair . ,1
"hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie's political ramifications . ",1
"it irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . ",1
fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense . ,1
"an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment . ",1
"workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies . ",1
a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . ,0
the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications . ,0
"a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions . ",1
the result is an 'action film' mired in stasis . ,0
" . . . although this idea is "" new "" the results are tired . ",0
a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents . ,1
one lousy movie . ,0
"ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ? ",0
"in execution , this clever idea is far less funny than the original , killers from space . ",0
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
"a bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe for terror . ",1
"a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . ",1
as original and insightful as last week's episode of behind the music . ,0
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . ,1
"its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers . ",0
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold . ,1
"though nijinsky's words grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature . ",1
its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director's previous popcorn work . ,1
"surprisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it . ",1
"a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python's meaning of life . ",1
"there's a heavy stench of 'been there , done that' hanging over the film . it's everything you'd expect -- but nothing more . ",0
"director-chef gabriele muccino keeps it fast -- zippy , comin' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale . ",0
this is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documentary ! ,1
"a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece . . . so dull that its tagline should be : 'in space , no one can hear you snore . '",0
"starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . ",0
"legendary irish writer brendan behan's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . ",1
it's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good . ,0
don't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye see you is pure junk . ,0
a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late . ,0
"cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . not as good as the original , but what is . . . ",1
"while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you won't care . ",1
"there is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine . ",1
"drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power . ",1
"how many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ? ",0
it's an 88-minute highlight reel that's 86 minutes too long . ,0
"if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably wouldn't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way . ",0
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would . ,0
"the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart . ",1
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,0
"for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera . ",1
the film's heady yet far from impenetrable theory suggests that russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality . ,1
"charming , if overly complicated . . . ",0
the gantzes' interviews tend to let the guys off the hook . ,0
"the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it's actually pretty good in the first few minutes . ",0
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject . ,0
less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle . ,0
"a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation . ",1
a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama . ,1
the film's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . it's just filler . ,0
the cast comes through even when the movie doesn't . ,1
a remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution . ,1
"the gags , and the script , are a mixed bag . ",0
corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . ,0
no reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously didn't invest much into itself either . ,0
"a brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel . ",1
"the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor . ",1
this action-thriller/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage . ,0
"a vivid , sometimes surreal , glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior . ",1
"the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep . ",1
for dance completists only . ,0
no screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of clones' last 45 minutes . ,1
"frankly , it's kind of insulting , both to men and women . and it's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting . ",0
romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . they cheapen the overall effect . ,0
watching it is rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good . ,0
"using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead . ",1
"after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . ",0
"a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending . ",1
'stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight train of a film . ',1
"yes they can swim , the title is merely anne-sophie birot's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through . ",0
"an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them . ",1
"almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like "" the addams family "" to everyone looking in . . . "" my big fat greek wedding "" comes from the heart . . . ",1
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory . ,0
"muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they don't have , and how this gets us in trouble . but even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic . ",1
"a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . he may have meant the internet short saving ryan's privates . but windtalkers doesn't beat that one , either . ",0
"if jews were catholics , this would be catechism",0
"its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff . ",1
haneke challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration . ,1
" . . . for all its social and political potential , state property doesn't end up being very inspiring or insightful . ",0
the kind of spectacularly misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated . ,0
damon brings the proper conviction to his role as [jason bourne] . ,1
"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper . ",0
the major problem with windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character . ,0
"this isn't a "" friday "" worth waiting for . ",0
"there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners can't overcome , but it's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling . ",1
"for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking . ",0
"will only satisfy those who can't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly . ",0
"in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic . ",0
a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that's so prevalent on the rock . ,1
this is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party . ,1
the strength of the film lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife . ,1
"this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work . ",0
overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue,0
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling . they just don't work in concert . ,1
zaidan's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight . ,0
"this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell . ",0
"shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . ",1
resourceful and ingenious entertainment . ,1
michael moore's latest documentary about america's thirst for violence is his best film yet . . . ,1
"often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed . ",1
"to paraphrase a line from another dickens' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato . ",0
i've heard that the fans of the first men in black have come away hating the second one . i wonder why . they felt like the same movie to me . ,0
"it's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s . ",1
" . . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . ",1
the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . ,1
"all in all , the count of monte cristo is okay , but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based . ",1
"while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it's alarmingly current . ",1
evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking . ,1
"yes , 4ever is harmless in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to spirited away ? ",0
"cacoyannis' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts . ",0
"it's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth . ",1
"an enigmatic film that's too clever for its own good , it's a conundrum not worth solving . ",0
"so what is the point ? lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . ",0
beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm . ,1
"the film seems a dead weight . the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt . ",0
 . . . a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional . ,0
"the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet . ",0
"this kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch . but director danny devito and screenwriter adam resnick ( remember cabin boy ? ) just pound away . ",0
"[kline's] utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who can't quite live up to it . ",1
"as green-guts monster movies go , it's a beaut . ",1
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice . ,1
"though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . ",1
"yes , it's as good as you remember . in fact , even better . ",1
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion . ,0
the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant have worn threadbare . ,0
"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . ",1
"manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer . ",1
"nair's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances . ",1
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film . ,0
a thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation . ,1
"a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics . ",1
a sophomoric exploration of 'life problems' most people solved long ago -- or at least got tired of hearing people kvetch about . ,0
"jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability . ",0
"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable . ",1
"helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome . ",0
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit well together and neither is well told . ,0
"while bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who aren't . ",1
topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs . ,1
"the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and george ratliff's documentary , hell house , reflects their earnestness — which makes for a terrifying film . ",1
" . . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around ) ",1
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . ,0
"the movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious . ",0
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did . ,0
dramatically lackluster . ,0
" . . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games . ",1
"an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds . ",1
"blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden . ",1
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it's not even a tv special you'd bother watching past the second commercial break . ,0
"it's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter . ",1
"maybe it's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , i want a little more than this . ",0
"what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is . ",1
"more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . ",1
he's the scariest guy you'll see all summer . ,1
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up's i'm the one that i want . ,1
harland williams is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment . ,0
apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap . ,0
"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud . ",0
constantly slips from the grasp of its maker . ,0
"rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world , it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust . ",1
"gay or straight , kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years . ",1
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera . . . ,1
"there's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to . ",0
[siegel] and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie . ,0
"all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . ",1
"it's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . ",0
"coppola's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema . ",1
"the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale",0
"as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . ",0
entertainment more disposable than hanna-barbera's half-hour cartoons ever were . ,0
the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor . ,1
"it's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas . ",1
what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ? ,0
the recording session is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom . ,1
"both lead performances are oscar-size . quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver . ",1
"could have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies . ",1
"expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery . ",0
"it's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit . ",1
" . . . certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . but something seems to be missing . a sense of real magic , perhaps . ",1
"not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiability that allen personifies . ",0
"what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . ",1
plays less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial . ,0
"the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld ( who is also one of the film's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy . ",0
"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest . ",1
bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be . ,0
there's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies . ,0
"spielberg's picture is smarter and subtler than [total recall and blade runner] , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences . ",1
`hey arnold ! ' has some visual wit . . . but little imagination elsewhere . ,0
one of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . ,1
"though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . ",1
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . ,1
"vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . ",1
"some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny . ",0
kosminsky . . . puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting . ,1
"the script is smart , not cloying . ",1
an enjoyable experience . ,1
the movie is ingenious fun . see it . ,1
" "" 13 conversations about one thing "" is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . ",1
one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade . ,1
offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux . ,1
"by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better . ",1
"there's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms isn't it . ",0
"a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry . ",1
"huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she'll crack . ",1
"despite the authenticity of the trappings , the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style . ",0
"ritchie may not have a novel thought in his head , but he knows how to pose madonna . ",0
"i'm sure if you're a hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself . . . me , i didn't care for it . ",0
it's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction . ,0
"an entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story with an intimate heart . ",1
"it delivers some chills and sustained unease , but flounders in its quest for deeper meaning . ",0
"madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's nose . ",0
"because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we've somehow never seen before . ",1
" "" it's all about the image . "" ",1
"a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films . ",0
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us . ,1
the worst film of the year . ,0
the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . ,0
"the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster . ",0
"a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre",0
"this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . ",1
"renner ? s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance . see it for his performance if nothing else . ",1
these characters become wearisome . ,0
" "" roger michell ( "" notting hill "" ) directs a morality thriller . "" ",0
both awful and appealing . ,0
formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market . ,0
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real—she can't provide any conflict . ,0
"sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness . ",0
"eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you don't care who fires the winning shot . ",0
"a quiet , disquieting triumph . ",1
the date movie that franz kafka would have made . ,1
the weakest of the four harry potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins . ,1
"there's a lot of good material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . ",0
the cast is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is merely mildly charming . ,0
"a movie that's just plain awful but still manages to entertain on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it's-funny level . ",1
the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull . ,0
"enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment . ",0
"there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them . ",0
and people make fun of me for liking showgirls</> . ,0
intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story's least interesting subject . ,0
"undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters . ",0
the film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold . ,0
the kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself . ,1
"though it's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal , the film shatters you in waves . ",1
yakusho and shimizu . . . create engaging characterizations in imamura's lively and enjoyable cultural mix . ,1
"watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown . ",1
"this is a children's film in the truest sense . it's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it's great for the kids . parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there isn't enough clever innuendo to fil",0
to portray modern women the way director davis has done is just unthinkable . ,0
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one . ,0
i'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute . ,1
"ratliff's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon . ",1
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad . ,0
"if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though . . . you will likely enjoy this monster . ",1
"the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission . . . if "" gory mayhem "" is your idea of a good time . ",1
reggio and glass put on an intoxicating show . ,1
"the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing . ",0
"más sarcástica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos . ",1
a riveting story well told . ,1
"the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface . ",0
"despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it . ",1
"about schmidt belongs to nicholson . gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . as schmidt , nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance . ",1
an opportunity missed . ,0
"there is very little dread or apprehension , and though i like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill . ",0
"its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time . ",1
"rymer doesn't trust laughs -- and doesn't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects . ",0
often silly – and gross – but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . ,0
"despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of "" lilo "" could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script . ",1
"ultimately . . . the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . ",0
"the thing about guys like evans is this : you're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but as you watch the movie , you're too interested to care . ",1
one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison . ,0
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured . ,0
"samira makhmalbaf's new film blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal",0
"human nature , in short , isn't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart . ",0
a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to . ,0
" . . . a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway . ",1
"while the film is not entirely successful , it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work . ",1
a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special . ,0
"there's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity . ",0
"it's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered . ",1
a richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind . ,1
"[allen's] been making piffle for a long while , and hollywood ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now . ",0
"mana gives us compelling , damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt . ",1
like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior . . . circuit gets drawn into the party . ,0
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure . ",1
like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr . wong's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting . ,1
it might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a three's company-style laugh track . ,0
"ms . fulford-wierzbicki is almost spooky in her sulky , calculating lolita turn . ",1
"such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us "" the skulls "" and last year's "" rollerball . "" enough said , except : film overboard ! ",0
"most of the supporting characters in eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . this one's weaker than most . ",0
"a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching . ",1
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant . ,1
"it's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary . ",0
it's everything you don't go to the movies for . ,0
there's a lot to recommend read my lips . ,1
the execution is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl . ,0
the isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor . ,0
"if borstal boy isn't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece . ",1
"you can see where big bad love is trying to go , but it never quite gets there . ",0
a tone poem of transgression . ,1
my own minority report is that it stinks . ,0
it's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just can't take it any more . ,1
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software anarchy . ,0
a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away . ,0
a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion . ,1
people cinema at its finest . ,1
"an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium . ",0
"there's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on three or four more endings . ",0
"just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite . ",0
"an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie . ",1
the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . ,1
"every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . there's no energy . ",0
"no better or worse than 'truth or consequences , n . m . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater . ",0
"'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director's cut . '",1
"once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . chances are you won't , either . ",1
"the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . ",0
another rent installment for the ian fleming estate . ,0
"a better title , for all concerned , might be swept under the rug . ",0
"pull[s] off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel . ",1
"a morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-tv look , rigid performances and an asinine 'twist' that brazenly rips off the sixth sense . ",0
"lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings . ",0
"jeong-hyang lee's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . ",1
"if you're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you -– decasia",1
the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that's all too rare in hollywood's hastier productions . ,1
"it's hard to pity the 'plain' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash . ",0
"you really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this . ",0
"narc may not get an 'a' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . ",1
"director kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and this is a better film than his earlier english-language movie , the overpraised elizabeth . ",1
"for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . ",0
"too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets . ",1
"smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way . ",1
"when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read 'seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '",0
the directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge,1
 . . . myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-tarantino pop-culture riffs . . . ,1
the fast runner' transports the viewer into an unusual space,1
"it may be a prize winner , but teacher is a bomb . ",0
"if you're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining , you're in luck . ",1
"we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they'll wind up together , and michele's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest . ",0
an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . . ,1
"moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not . ",1
the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative . ,0
director david fincher and writer david koepp can't sustain it . ,0
"a gorgeous , witty , seductive movie . ",1
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . ,0
"tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy . ",1
the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we've long associated with washington the actor . ,1
"resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you're likely to see all year . ",0
" . . . familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes' word processor . ",0
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas . ,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
"an absorbing , slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true . ",1
"a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition . ",1
"the script's judgment and sense of weight is way , way off . ",0
" . . . pitiful , slapdash disaster . a doa dud from frame one . ",0
"'if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",1
"a summary of the plot doesn't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . ",0
"you'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll laugh . ",1
"does paint some memorable images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",0
"william shatner , as a pompous professor , is the sole bright spot . . . ",0
"nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the year . ",1
"'it's better to go in knowing full well what's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . cynics need not apply . '",1
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment . ,1
"good , solid storytelling . ",1
 . . . a roller-coaster ride of a movie,1
[u]nrelentingly stupid . ,0
"the movie obviously seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne's '20 , 000 leagues under the sea' and the george pal version of h . g . wells' 'the time machine . ' but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless . ",0
"if the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of 'there but for the grace of god , ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world . ",0
"while the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it doesn't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde's wit and the actors' performances . ",0
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . ,0
"caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness . . . but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . ",1
showtime's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment . those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de niro . ,0
the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment . ,0
"a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man's dying fall . ",1
a potent allegorical love story . ,1
the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies . ,0
another entertaining romp from robert rodriguez . ,1
becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't . ,0
it's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by comparison . ,0
contrasting the original ringu with the current americanized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii,1
" . . . while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustain a high enough level of invention . ",0
"beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it's a lyrical endeavour . ",1
maudlin and melodramatic we expected . boring we didn't . ,0
"colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory . ",1
"a baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie [woody allen] has made in the last twenty years . ",0
the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . ,0
"the plot combines the blues brothers and almost famous ( but with bears , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . ",0
there's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits . ,0
"now i can see why people thought i was too hard on "" the mothman prophecies "" . ",0
"perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that isn't this painfully forced , false and fabricated . ",0
punitively affirmational parable . ,0
i'd watch these two together again in a new york minute . ,1
raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings . ,1
"suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks' face than his wife is . ",1
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor,1
"the santa clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but i've got to give it thumbs down . ",0
"passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly . . . ",1
"scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . ",0
"a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor . ",1
 . . . manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal . ,1
" "" not really as bad as you might think ! "" ",0
"the story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that's rare in film today , but be warned : it's a slow slog to get there . ",1
equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 . ,0
"the film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once . . . a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller . ",1
"martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid . ",1
idiotic and ugly . ,1
"williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . ",1
"without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers . ",0
a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . ,0
"rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that's true . ",1
"at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center . ",1
"i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all . ",0
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness . ,0
"it's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this "" two weddings and a funeral "" fun . ",1
"the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . ",1
"made me unintentionally famous — as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i've seen . ",1
if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun . ,1
"as a film director , labute continues to improve . ",1
what an embarrassment . ,0
the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants . it's like watching a nightmare made flesh . ,1
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . ,1
"it is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film . ",0
credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . ,0
"before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg's adaptation of mary gaitskill's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience . ",0
"divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances . ",1
the film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling . ,0
"the format gets used best . . . to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups . ",1
john leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie . ,0
an amused indictment of jaglom's own profession . ,1
"stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about . ",0
adaptation is simply brilliant . ,1
"no worse a film than breaking out , and breaking out was utterly charming . ",1
"an operatic , sprawling picture that's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length . ",1
one groan-inducing familiarity begets another . ,0
a penetrating glimpse into the tissue-thin ego of the stand-up comic . ,1
"the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey feel . ",0
i can't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies . ,0
nearly every attempt at humor here is doa . ,0
a woman's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken . ,1
"grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . ",1
"it's the kind of movie you can't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet you can't bring yourself to dislike it . ",0
captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics . ,1
"once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard . ",0
too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped . ,0
the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced . . . it's a pity that [nelson's] achievement doesn't match his ambition . ,0
"guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . some of the characters die and others don't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares . ",0
"what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time . ",0
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it . ,1
this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come . ,1
a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man . ,0
"as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling . ",0
this story of unrequited love doesn't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . ,0
feels familiar and tired . ,0
"the charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin . ",0
"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . ",1
"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 . ",1
"implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all . ",1
"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
"an enthralling , entertaining feature . ",1
"see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . but be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still . or that the battery on your watch has died . ",0
"not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics . ",1
"the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom . ",0
"made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america's skin-deep notions of pulchritude . ",1
"in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises . ",0
" . . . a bland , pretentious mess . ",0
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones . ,0
"there are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust . ",0
"cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth . ",0
low rent from frame one . ,0
chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . ,1
wishy-washy . ,0
"maybe it's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that really isn't all that bad . ",1
"a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary . ",1
campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . ,1
spain's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy . ,0
never [sinks] into exploitation . ,1
will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 . ,0
hugely accomplished slice of hitchcockian suspense . ,1
a good piece of work more often than not . ,1
strange and beautiful film . ,1
what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . ,1
"like a tarantino movie with heart , alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing . ",1
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines . . . there just isn't much to laugh at . ,0
"a pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors . ",1
"the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . ",0
"it's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids . ",1
"it's an ambitious film , and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems . but on the whole , you're gonna like this movie . ",1
"i wish i could say "" thank god it's friday "" , but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over . ",0
"hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy . ",1
an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams . ,1
"the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast isn't the least bit mesmerizing . ",0
"broomfield's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient . ",0
brisk hack job . ,0
"in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . ",0
"sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . ",0
"it's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . ",1
"as tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool , you yearn for a few airborne tv sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up . ",0
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental . ,0
"it's the sweet cinderella story that "" pretty woman "" wanted to be . ",1
"grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue . ",1
so relentlessly wholesome it made me want to swipe something . ,0
"myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another . ",0
"the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination . ",1
"oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough",0
"though tom shadyac's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . ",0
"spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . here , thankfully , they are . ",1
"this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese's best in more than a decade . ",1
so unique and stubborn and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is . ,1
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
"constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . ",1
"the dramatic crisis doesn't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously , but huppert's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience . ",1
one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year . ,1
"payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business . ",1
"engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying . ",1
"the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens . ",0
"sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , [ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that doesn't produce any real transformation . ",0
"heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on petter næss' delicate , clever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius . ",1
cho's latest comic set isn't as sharp or as fresh as i'm the one that i want . . . but it's still damn funny stuff . ,1
slick piece of cross-promotion . ,0
"one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers . ",1
"more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again . ",1
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy . ,0
"it's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all . ",1
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . ,1
"one big blustery movie where nothing really happens . when it comes out on video , then it's the perfect cure for insomnia . ",0
"despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break . ",0
terrible . ,0
"however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence . ",0
there is truth here,1
"a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations . ",0
queen of the damned is too long with too little going on . ,0
"the film doesn't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences . ",0
the disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . ,1
"leigh isn't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love . ",1
"the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . ",0
a piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness . ,1
"in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film . ",1
"what madonna does here can't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it's moving and it's talking and it's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once . ",0
i'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment . ,0
the movie's blatant derivativeness is one reason it's so lackluster . ,0
"far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it's a work of enthralling drama . ",1
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience . ",0
"as immaculate as stuart little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . ",0
"sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it's a sitcom without the snap-crackle . ",0
"with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters' quirks and foibles never jell into charm . ",0
"daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget . ",1
"according to wendigo , 'nature' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves . ",0
"remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it's an adventure story and history lesson all in one . ",1
"there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's life imaginable . ",1
late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love . ,1
"murder by numbers' isn't a great movie , but it's a perfectly acceptable widget . ",1
once you get into its rhythm . . . the movie becomes a heady experience . ,1
"generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it's not without style . ",0
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minutes . ,1
calculated swill . ,0
"stephen earnhart's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition – wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text – when it's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type . ",0
miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection . ,1
"divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy . ",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
"it's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety . ",1
shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker's bottomless pit of self-absorption . ,0
"the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood . ",0
"the emperor's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . ",1
"watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat . ",1
star wars is back in a major way . ,1
"aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with townsend . when she speaks , her creepy egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music . ",0
"an intelligent , moving and invigorating film . ",1
"to be influenced chiefly by humanity's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw . ",0
frenetic but not really funny . ,0
"like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery . ",0
it's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . ,1
"the characters . . . are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script . ",0
"it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right . ",1
"jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company . ",0
"ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout — and meat loaf explodes . ",0
"dark , resonant , inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement . ",1
" . . . tunney is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope . ",1
"an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . ",0
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but . . . it's at least watchable . ,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
"if this movie belonged to a sorority , it would be called beta alpha delta . ",0
"the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact . ",1
"this is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself . ",0
kinnear gives a tremendous performance . ,1
any movie that makes hard work seem heroic deserves a look . ,1
"as played by ryan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction . ",1
"although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . ",0
"the bourne identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood . ",1
"this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . ",1
"like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it's never too late to learn . ",1
"the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm . ",0
"a frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls . ",0
"no , it's not nearly as good as any of its influences . ",0
"the movie tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy . ",0
about nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes -- a low-down version of the american dream . ,1
"when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . woo , it looks like woo's a p . o . w . ",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 impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day . ,0
"like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance . ",1
has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke . ,1
 . . . the movie is just a plain old monster . ,0
"nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant . ",0
"the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries . ",1
"a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . ",1
gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife . ,1
"there's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefeminist plight , so we're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity . ",0
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie . ,0
it's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate . ,1
"the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came . ",1
a beautifully observed character piece . ,1
a flick about our infantilized culture that isn't entirely infantile . ,1
"perry's good and his is an interesting character , but "" serving sara "" hasn't much more to serve than silly fluff . nor is it a romantic comedy . ",0
"good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat . ",1
"combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time , beck seems to be under the illusion that he's shooting the latest system of a down video . ",0
solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke,0
full frontal is the antidote for soderbergh fans who think he's gone too commercial since his two oscar nominated films in 2000,1
"the long-range appeal of "" minority report "" should transcend any awards it bags . this is one for the ages . ",1
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding . ,0
"it is nature against progress . in fessenden's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale . ",1
"ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film . ",0
"dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver . ",1
i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x . ,0
 . . . pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards--with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism . ,0
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight . ",1
an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it . ,0
"despite its shortcomings , girls can't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre . ",1
"the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years . ",1
"smart , provocative and blisteringly funny . ",1
a film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not . ,0
this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror . ,0
"a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message . ",1
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josé campanella's reputation in the united states . ,1
undercover brother doesn't go far enough . it's just a silly black genre spoof . ,0
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . ,0
"it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor . ",0
"plodding , peevish and gimmicky . ",0
"an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one . ",1
"the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other . ",1
a joyous occasion,1
"possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . it falls far short of poetry , but it's not bad prose . ",0
"harvard man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality . ",0
all of the filmmakers' calculations can't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness . ,0
"in exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if i'd been sitting naked on an igloo , formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey . ",0
"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory . ",1
"the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed . ",0
a thinly veiled look at different aspects of chinese life clashing with each other . ,1
well-made but mush-hearted . ,0
"the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen . ",1
"it's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world . ",1
"the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . ",1
what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ? ,0
the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . it's too bad that the rest isn't more compelling . ,0
the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art . ,1
"ultimately , it ponders the reasons we need stories so much . ",1
"boy oh boy , it's a howler . ",0
"the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . ",1
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . ,0
"the intent is almost exactly the same [as the full monty] . all that's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight . ",0
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore . ,1
neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn . ,0
"if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but wasn't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor . ",0
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . ,1
it's a grab bag of genres that don't add up to a whole lot of sense . ,0
"chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws . ",1
"originality ain't on the menu , but there's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . ",1
will grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them . ,1
"gives us a lot to chew on , but not all of it has been properly digested . ",1
"if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . ",1
"this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering . instead , it'll only put you to sleep . ",0
"a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community . ",1
"one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily . ",0
"this is so de palma . if you love him , you'll like it . if you don't . . . well , skip to another review . ",1
"this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air . ",1
"you don't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that's the mark of a documentary that works . ",1
"the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety . ",0
so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises,0
the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . ,0
"steven soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . ",1
"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers . ",1
"in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like "" girl in bar #3 . "" ",0
"a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum . ",0
there are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . where's the movie here ? ,0
"it's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner . ",0
"a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making . ",0
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn . ,0
"you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy's holes , and the scripters don't deserve any oscars . but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment . ",1
"unintelligible , poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , harvard man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic . ",0
"el peso de un líquido incoloro , el peso del líquido vital , del amor como elemento de vida , y de muerte . . . ",1
"'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel . ",0
"shame on writer/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull . ",0
"it's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more . ",1
we get the comedy we settle for . ,0
obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of hey arnold ! the movie will reach far beyond its core demographic . ,0
"a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . ",1
"no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing . robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show . ",0
julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan . ,0
"the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh doesn't always improve the over-the-top mix . ",0
befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject,0
"a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect . ",1
"in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled . ",0
a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . ,0
culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf . ,0
…its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself . ,0
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame . ,0
no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina . ,0
"may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting . ",1
"the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke's artistic aspirations , but he hasn't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul . ",0
"the bland outweighs the nifty , and cletis tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is . ",0
"it's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful . ",0
poignant japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak . ,1
"mendes still doesn't quite know how to fill a frame . like the hanks character , he's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . ",0
"using an endearing cast , writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred . ",1
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but can't afford the $20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . ,1
parris' performance is credible and remarkably mature . ,1
a riveting documentary . ,1
"sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her life did , too . ",1
"clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . ",1
"like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they're struggling to create . ",0
"the screenplay sabotages the movie's strengths at almost every juncture . all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . ",0
it looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has . ,0
"kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie . ",1
a surprisingly funny movie . ,1
nothing more than a mediocre trifle . ,0
"quite simply , a joy to watch and--especially--to listen to . ",1
"ritchie's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller's polemical allegory , but it's self-defeatingly decorous . ",0
"having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public , khouri then gets terrific performances from them all . ",1
a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer . ,0
"[hayek] throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . ",1
"it's a treat – a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score… grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun . ",1
" . . . the story , like ravel's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with . ",1
"its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling . ",1
"whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . ",1
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap . ,0
exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo's real strength . ,1
" "" birthday girl "" is an actor's movie first and foremost . ",1
"like schindler's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way . ",0
"the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again . ",0
below is well below expectations . ,0
"plays as hollow catharsis , with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights . ",0
don't let your festive spirit go this far . ,0
a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others . ,1
this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy . ,0
a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . ,0
" "" the turntable is now outselling the electric guitar . . . "" ",1
"a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter . ",1
'they' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying i'm still stunned . and i've decided to leave a light on every night from now on . ,1
"barney has created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful . ",1
a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more . ,1
[has] an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it's all true . ,1
this is so bad . ,0
life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why . ,1
only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate . ,0
"i prefer soderbergh's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies . ",1
" "" the best disney movie since the lion king "" ",1
yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . ,0
jaglom . . . put[s] the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters,1
"ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms . paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability . ",0
"i've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we've got something pretty damn close . ",1
"trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere . ",0
[woo's] most resonant film since the killer . ,1
"here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha . ",0
the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment . ,0
"a hugely rewarding experience that's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary . ",1
like other great documentaries . . . this goes after one truth ( the ford administration's complicity in tearing 'orphans' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling . ,1
"with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story doesn't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell . ",1
all the well-meaningness in the world can't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . ,0
combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why didn't hollywood think of this sooner ? ,1
utter mush . . . conceited pap . ,0
the film's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality . ,1
a remarkable film by bernard rose . ,1
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray's scratch . ,1
" "" juwanna mann ? "" no thanks . wewannour money back , actually . ",0
"o ótimo esforço do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos são explicados . ",0
"after making several adaptations of other writers' work , armenian-canadian director atom egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject . ",1
"throughout all the tumult , a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ? ",0
made by jackasses for jackasses . ,0
quietly engaging . ,1
the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking … because you get it . ,1
"if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey . ",0
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli . . . ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . ,1
"edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . ",1
nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . . ,1
"insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it doesn't disgrace it , either . ",1
"it's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but westbrook's foundation and dalrymple's film earn their uplift . ",1
"her fans walked out muttering words like "" horrible "" and "" terrible , "" but had so much fun dissing the film that they didn't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero . ",0
"if you love motown music , you'll love this documentary . ",1
if you grew up on scooby -- you'll love this movie . matthew lillard is born to play shaggy ! ,1
"has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . ",1
the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series . ,1
"fans of plympton's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers . ",0
"this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've seen this summer . ",0
"at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow . ",0
"although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . ",1
the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships . ,0
this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states . ,0
"as comedic spotlights go , notorious c . h . o . hits all the verbal marks it should . ",1
"for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either . ",0
suffers from a flat script and a low budget . ,0
"imagine the cleanflicks version of 'love story , ' with ali macgraw's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes . ",0
"it's a gag that's worn a bit thin over the years , though don't ask still finds a few chuckles . ",0
"it moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss ; it doesn't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise . ",1
stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight train of a film . ,1
doesn't really add up to much . ,0
a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth . ,1
this is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable . ,1
serving sara doesn't serve up a whole lot of laughs . ,0
it's exactly the kind of movie toback's detractors always accuse him of making . ,0
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . ,1
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow . ,1
sexy and romantic . ,1
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring . ,0
throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh . ,1
"the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well . ",0
"reyes' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script",0
the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la,1
"this is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all . ",1
"it's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas . ",1
"affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that ford effortlessly filled with authority . ",0
"the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday . ",1
"it's up to you to decide whether to admire these people's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life . ",1
"lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery . ",1
"great story , bad idea for a movie . ",0
"scooby-doo doesn't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick . ",0
those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one . ,0
bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description . ,0
"qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere . ",1
"an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance . ",0
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested . ,0
heavy-handed exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension . ,0
what better message than 'love thyself' could young women of any size receive ? ,1
something has been lost in the translation . . . another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . ,0
" . . . with "" the bourne identity "" we return to the more traditional action genre . ",1
"try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment . ",1
"the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . ",1
there's a disturbing 'great white hope' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its message of christian love and compassion . ,0
"what's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class . ",0
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . ,0
"this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f . kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative . ",1
reno himself can take credit for most of the movie's success . he's one of the few 'cool' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness . ,1
"accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to use more poetic license . ",0
"doesn't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez . ",0
"shouldn't have been allowed to use the word "" new "" in its title , because there's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie . ",0
"a pale xerox of other , better crime movies . ",0
"if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out . you'll probably love it . ",1
"it becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . "" interview "" loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into . ",0
i know that i'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again,1
"a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . ",1
"elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and it's therapeutic to laugh along with them . ",1
"captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper . ",1
"though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . ",1
"it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise . ",1
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . ,1
koepp's screenplay isn't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own . ,0
"tells a fascinating , compelling story . ",1
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster ? ,0
a strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama . ,1
gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance . ,0
bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time . ,1
"the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride . ",1
completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . ,0
"a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre . ",0
a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . ,1
"so beautifully acted and directed , it's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . ",1
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not . ,0
the lousy lead performances . . . keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired . ,0
"so clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart . ",0
"often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it's very much like life itself . ",1
just one bad idea after another . ,0
worth the effort to watch . ,1
"it's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet i found it weirdly appealing . ",1
"often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part . ",1
"utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention , roberto benigni's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film . ",0
offers absolutely nothing i hadn't already seen . ,0
"not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . ",1
"in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995's forget paris . but even then , i'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes . ",0
dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments . ,1
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution . ,1
"drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the- past numbness . ",0
more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller . ,0
"like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories . ",0
"tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . ",1
perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director mitch davis's wall of kitsch hard going . ,0
[t]he film is never sure to make a clear point – even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation . ,0
" . . . wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams . ",1
"screenwriter chris ver weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability . ",0
"unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making . ",0
"contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster . ",0
"has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents . ",0
"it's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin' out loud . if that doesn't clue you in that something's horribly wrong , nothing will . ",0
"some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since "" saving private ryan "" have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war . ",1
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ,1
"it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound . ",0
"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it's haunting . it's like a poem . ",1
george clooney proves he's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . ,1
it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide . ,1
"nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head . ",1
"it's not a bad premise , just a bad movie . ",0
miyazaki is one of world cinema's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . ,1
eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof . ,0
a movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire . ,0
 . . . one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages . . . ,1
"[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised , unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes . ",0
"with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives . ",1
"highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . ",1
"tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother . ",1
"if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side , that's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in…and making you sweat . ",1
the film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard . ,1
"if the count of monte cristo doesn't transform caviezel into a movie star , then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago . ",1
"if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $99 bargain-basement special . ",0
just isn't as weird as it ought to be . ,0
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering . ",1
"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 . ",1
"without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . ",1
"henry bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect",1
"illiterate , often inert sci-fi action thriller . ",0
"if you're part of her targeted audience , you'll cheer . otherwise , maybe . ",1
"i admire it and yet cannot recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . ",0
forgettable horror -- more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . ,1
it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original . ,1
i wonder what the reaction of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation . ,0
"mild , meandering teen flick . ",0
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
"feels less like it's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers . ",0
"expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished . ",0
"no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars . ",0
bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not . ,0
i can't remember the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail . ,0
"on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness . ",1
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . ,1
"high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd . ",0
"funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , "" a city where people still read . "" ",1
"critics need a good laugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps . ",1
you know that ten bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we don't get paid enough to sit through crap like this . ,0
"for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships . ",1
terminally brain dead production . ,0
skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you're sure to get more out of the latter experience . ,0
"not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one . ",1
"the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . ",1
eerily accurate depiction of depression . ,1
worth catching for griffiths' warm and winning central performance . ,1
really quite funny . ,1
"like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable . ",0
the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel . ,0
"another week , another gross-out college comedy--ugh . ",0
"a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium . ",1
the film's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . ,0
"with notorious c . h . o . cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . ",1
the son's room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos . ,1
a gripping drama . ,1
"as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses . ",0
"with generic sets and b-grade special effects , jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv's defunct cleopatra 2525 . ",0
goes on and on to the point of nausea . ,0
"the film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , southern california locations and star power . ",0
the film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses . ,1
trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible . ,0
"the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before . ",1
"the heightened symmetry of this new/old cinema paradiso makes the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time . ",1
kept aloft largely by a comically adept ensemble . ,1
the one not-so-small problem with expecting is that the entire exercise has no real point . ,0
"for a story set at sea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed 'surprises . '",0
"thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began . ",1
"to better understand why this didn't connect with me would require another viewing , and i won't be sitting through this one again . . . that in itself is commentary enough . ",0
an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story . ,1
"instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miramax should have hidden it from everyone . ",0
"sandra nettelbeck beautifully orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed martha as her heart begins to open . ",1
"a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional . ",0
"meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant . ",0
"there aren't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys . ",1
o Último suspeito ganha força ao também funcionar em uma esfera adicional : a do drama familiar . ,1
"this is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary . ",1
deliciously slow . ,1
"in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it . ",0
"a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking . ",1
"the year's greatest adventure , and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate . ",1
"this is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm . ",0
"after seeing swept away , i feel sorry for madonna . ",0
"a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country . ",1
"laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl's dilemma . ",1
interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story . ,1
"rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema . ",1
"if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh . ",0
"taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! ) , the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller . ",1
often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . ',1
"when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks . ",0
more tiring than anything . ,0
"director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ? ",0
"paid in full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma's scarface . that's a cheat . ",0
despite the premise of a good story . . . it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . ,0
"the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and kurys' direction is clever and insightful . ",1
director andrew niccol . . . demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . his healthy sense of satire is light and fun . . . . ,1
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . ,1
"the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world . ",1
"green might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project . ",0
a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about . ,0
do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ? ,0
"big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level . ",0
"i've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic . . . ",0
"an energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up . ",1
canada's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people . ,1
the next generation of mob movie . part low rent godfather . part three stooges . ,1
this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong's john woo . he's not good with people . ,0
"the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter's ghosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second . ",0
there isn't one moment in the film that surprises or delights . ,0
"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then . ",1
stay away . far away . ,0
guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it's not scary in the slightest . ,0
"if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it's to this film's ( and its makers' ) credit that we believe that that's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves . ",1
presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it . ,1
"slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a sour taste in your mouth . ",0
"a different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling . ",1
"this picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc's , despite a few whopping shootouts . ",0
upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute . ,0
"seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it's a sad , sick sight . ",0
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama . ,0
"my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . ",0
"a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work . ",1
"most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river . ",0
"'all in all , reign of fire will be a good ( successful ) rental . '",0
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break . ,0
"as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner . ",1
 . . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs . ,0
"neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm . ",1
the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them . ,0
"there's something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties . ",0
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock's best work in some time . ",1
salma goes native and she's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon . ,1
"at the film's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . ",1
"a frankenstein mishmash that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick , bartleby performs neither one very well . ",0
"it's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previous full frontal . ",1
"impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter' was . ",1
thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer . ,1
"a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that's pretty toxic in its own right . ",0
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience . ,0
"with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . ",1
a movie that seems motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with dead poets society and good will hunting than by its own story . ,0
it provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds . ,1
"it's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie's strangeness . ",1
"by applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject . ",1
rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid . . . ,1
does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets . ,1
"a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans . ",1
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . ,1
"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie . . . tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life . ",1
"the son of the bride's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also isn't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be cherished . ",1
you can practically smell the patchouli oil . ,0
labute's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering . ,1
"as social exposé , skins has its heart in the right place , but that's not much to hang a soap opera on . ",0
"a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . ",1
not a stereotype is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid . ,0
the armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment . ,0
"it doesn't quite work , but there's enough here to make us look forward to the russos' next offering . ",0
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation . ,1
the fact that the 'best part' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme's good films doesn't bode well for the rest of it . ,0
a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film . ,1
"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable . ",0
the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . ,1
a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously . it is also beautifully acted . ,1
a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc . ,0
"the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington gives "" mothman "" an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . ",1
"she's not yet an actress , not quite a singer . . . ",0
not at all clear what it's trying to say and even if it were – i doubt it would be all that interesting . ,0
kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business . ,0
"never does "" lilo & stitch "" reach the emotion or timelessness of disney's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as "" mulan "" or "" tarzan . "" ",0
"[director peter] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not . ",1
the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . ,1
"as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights . ",1
it's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who doesn't think about percentages all day long . ,0
"her film is like a beautiful food entrée that isn't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless . ",0
"totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time . ",0
"analyze that regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film's successes , with a few new swings thrown in . ",0
initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience . ,0
an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . ,1
"against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine . ",1
competently directed but terminally cute drama . ,0
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues . ,1
feels more like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening . ,0
"despite auteuil's performance , it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . ",0
one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud . ,0
"welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst . ",0
 . . . too sappy for its own good . ,0
"with its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , the ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . it's painful . ",0
anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . ',0
"for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . if you're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . ",1
"not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . ",1
"the sundance film festival has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon utah each january to ferret out the next great thing . 'tadpole' was one of the films so declared this year , but it's really more of the next pretty good thing . ",1
has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick . ,0
sandra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot . ,0
"triple x is a double agent , and he's one bad dude . when you've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . ",1
norton holds the film together . ,1
"in some ways , lagaan is quintessential bollywood . except it's much , much better . ",1
"an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . ",1
"femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience . are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ? ",0
"efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug . ",1
the 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about . ,0
kudos to the most enchanting film of the year . ,1
"full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure . ",0
the film favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) . ,0
this director's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera . ,0
"with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't much better . ",0
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero . ,1
less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession . ,0
"the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover . ",0
"unless you're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooby' don't . ",0
a marvel like none you've seen . ,1
"broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles . ",1
"the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . it's in the action scenes that things fall apart . ",0
what [frei] gives us . . . is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows . ,0
one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced . ,0
 . . . a bland murder-on-campus yawner . ,0
there's . . . an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm . ,1
rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down . ,0
"the people in abc africa are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras . ",0
"theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues . ",0
time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term . ,1
"its direction , its script , and weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes , if that's what you're in the mood for . ",1
"renner's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . ",1
"lookin' for sin , american-style ? try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name . ",1
it's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread . ,0
"it takes you somewhere you're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it's surprisingly old-fashioned . ",0
"instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . ",0
" "" analyze that "" is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . ",0
"impostor doesn't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast . ",0
"the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution . ",0
"it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at . ",1
"let's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate . ",0
a three-hour cinema master class . ,1
"the unexplored story opportunities of "" punch-drunk love "" may have worked against the maker's minimalist intent but it is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson . ",1
"[næs] directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage . ",1
the plan to make enough into ‘an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong . ,0
"a woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai's vaunted empathy . ",0
"as [the characters] get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound . ",0
"overall , it's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs . ",1
"the film's real appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers . ",1
pacino is the best he's been in years and keener is marvelous . ,1
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy . ,0
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression . ,1
"all very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it's worth , with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion . ",0
ararat feels like a book report,0
"a bilingual charmer , just like the woman who inspired it",1
"gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable . ",0
 . . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . ,1
"possession is elizabeth barrett browning meets nancy drew , and it's directed by . . . neil labute . hmm . ",1
"an unremarkable , modern action/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title . ",0
"the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece . ",0
"the trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through . ",0
"tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . ",0
"finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original . ",1
"jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . ",1
depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . only masochistic moviegoers need apply . ,0
equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama . ,0
what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears' first movie . ,0
those eternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time . feel free to go get popcorn whenever he's not onscreen . ,0
"as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life . ",1
"this nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an eddie murphy film . and just when you think it can't get any more gay , in pops nathan lane . ",1
it's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental . ,1
"this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes , but it's a tad slow . ",0
"children may not understand everything that happens -- i'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted . ",1
"a chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an extended publicity department . ",1
i wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways . ,0
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing . ,1
"godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . ",1
"open-ended and composed of layer upon layer , talk to her is a cinephile's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations . ",1
there's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long . ,0
robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role . ,0
"the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new "" conan "" and that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal . ",1
" . . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . ",1
"nicks , seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh , runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy . ",0
"it's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments . ",0
it reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death . ,1
"began life as a computer game , then morphed into a movie -- a bad one , of course . ",0
"where last time jokes flowed out of cho's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines . ",0
"visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reimagine it . ",0
"would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . ",1
most of the action setups are incoherent . ,0
"not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece . ",1
manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time . ,1
an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immortal plays were written by somebody else . ,1
"your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film . ",1
"it's a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it's implosion rather than explosion you fear . ",1
"i know we're not supposed to take it seriously , but i can't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary . ",0
"whether [binoche and magimel] are being charming or angst-ridden , they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria . ",1
a sports movie with action that's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it . ,1
"straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . ",1
good ol' urban legend stuff . ,1
"shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity . ",0
"enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody . ",0
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script . ,1
"the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one . ",0
"this movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one , but it's not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it . ",1
"like the best 60 minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining . ",1
"the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . ",1
an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . ,0
pompous and garbled . ,0
"this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends . ",1
"literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . ",0
"not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see . ",1
"as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even ms . redgrave's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality . ",0
"it's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible . ",0
"by the end , you just don't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please ! ",0
"ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year's best acting , personal velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum . ",1
"the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted . ",0
"when 'science fiction' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience hasn't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre . ",0
it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . ,0
"the film is quiet , threatening and unforgettable . ",1
"sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . ",0
"broder's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs . ",0
"do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . ",0
the movie is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted . ,0
"even when he's not at his most critically insightful , godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work . ",1
"allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap . ",0
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . but the movie that doesn't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences,0
"beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness . ",1
"[garbus] discards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation . ",0
"a "" home alone "" film that is staged like "" rosemary's baby , "" but is not as well-conceived as either of those films . ",0
automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf . ,0
"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 lead . ",0
"unlike his directorial efforts , la femme nikita and the professional , the transporter lacks besson's perspective as a storyteller . ",0
"a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . ",1
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . ,0
"[a] superbly controlled , passionate adaptation of graham greene's 1955 novel . ",1
the skills of a calculus major at m . i . t . are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ? ,0
'a' for creativity but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . ,0
"you come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated . ",1
"while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . ",0
i liked a lot of the smaller scenes . ,1
"whenever you think you've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . but , no , we get another scene , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain . ",0
"while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other . ",0
"a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture . ",1
"a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere . ",0
the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . ,0
"warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . i loved this film . ",1
"proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness . ",0
"almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . ",1
"more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . ",1
"expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially seven , which director william malone slavishly copies . ",0
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . ,0
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here's betting her third feature will be something to behold . ",1
"put it somewhere between sling blade and south of heaven , west of hell in the pantheon of billy bob's body of work . ",0
"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching . . . gives a human face to what's often discussed in purely abstract terms . ",1
"presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable . ",0
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years . ,1
makes even the claustrophobic on-board quarters seem fun . ,1
"essentially "" fatal attraction "" remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 . . . . this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along . . . ",0
"you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz . ",0
speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . ,1
"this version moves beyond the original's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema's inability to stand in for true , lived experience . ",1
"cho's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . her delivery and timing are flawless . ",1
"despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable",0
borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu . ,0
"not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . this isn't my favorite in the series , still i enjoyed it enough to recommend . ",1
too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could've been an impacting film . ,0
tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often . ,0
all three women deliver remarkable performances . ,1
"as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . ",1
this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater,0
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme doesn't drag an audience down . ,1
"despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j . k . rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore . ",0
 . . . would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie's edges . ,0
succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen . ,1
"a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations . ",0
"human nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control . ",0
tells ( the story ) with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot's persnickety problems is simply a matter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood . ,1
"the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you loving what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredible ! ",1
"return to never land is much more p . c . than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing . ",0
" "" bad "" is the operative word for "" bad company , "" and i don't mean that in a good way . ",0
"birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . ",0
a well-acted movie that simply doesn't gel . ,0
"unlike trey parker , sandler doesn't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself . ",0
the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work . ,1
heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascension . ,1
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views . ,1
city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for . but how it washed out despite all of that is the project's prime mystery . ,0
"[drumline] is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it doesn't do . ",1
"enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons . ",0
"the plot's clearly mythic structure may owe more to disney's strong sense of formula than to the original story . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . ",0
"problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on . ",0
"apallingly absurd . . . the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 "" black and white portable tv . ",0
quite funny for the type of movie it is . . . ,1
"seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie . ",0
"it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition . ",0
"thoughtful , provocative and entertaining . ",1
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion 'grandeur' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism . ,0
a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness . ,0
"still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love . ",1
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen . ,0
a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary . ,1
"there's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream . ",0
"the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it doesn't go too much further . ",1
"sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . ",1
ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier . ,1
"as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . yet it's not quite the genre-busting film it's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe . ",1
"the script kicks in , and mr . hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow . ",0
it's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant . ,0
"ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters . ",1
you'll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee's character didn't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery . ,0
a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours . ,1
it's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . ,1
"lasker's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter . ",1
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . ,1
"the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . ",0
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance . ,1
don't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action . ,0
passably entertaining but also mechanical and joyless . ,0
poignant and delicately complex . ,1
"a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director's travel through 300 years of russian history . ",1
a stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for kissinger as a calculating war criminal . ,1
the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . ,0
"presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation . ",1
"the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama . ",0
this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short . ,1
"it's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to . ",1
"it's tough to watch , but it's a fantastic movie . ",1
it's just not very smart . ,0
"though uniformly well acted , especially by young ballesta and galan ( a first-time actor ) , writer/director achero manas's film is schematic and obvious . ",0
"a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades . ",1
"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer is much sillier . ",0
"like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake . ",1
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . ,0
"an elegant work , food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing . ",1
"never having seen the first two films in the series , i can't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . ",0
" . . . a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs – sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . ",1
 . . . they missed the boat . ,0
"the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact . ",1
"droll caper-comedy remake of "" big deal on madonna street "" that's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate "" bellini "" begins to look like a "" real kaputschnik . "" ",1
an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike . ,0
"a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless . ",0
a great script brought down by lousy direction . same guy with both hats . big mistake . ,0
i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin' down . ,0
"if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . ",0
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . ,0
"symbolically , warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal . ",1
"partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected tv show . ",0
"it's not a bad plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from . ",0
"here's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior . ",0
"the ring is worth a look , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment . ",1
it's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . you could put it on a coffee table anywhere . ,0
"a mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison . ",0
"for 95 often hilarious minutes , [cho] riffs on the diciness of colonics , on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outré sexual practice . ",1
"the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one . ",1
the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . ,1
to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist . ,0
"as an introduction to the man's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it's invaluable . ",1
the latest vapid actor's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler's reigen . ,0
"a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship . ",1
"somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates . ",0
you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions — disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions . ,1
"plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king . ",0
uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth . ,0
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . ,0
"i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away' on this screenplay . ",0
another best of the year selection . ,1
this will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things . ,0
"this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question 'why ? '",0
"it's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you don't try to look too deep into the story",1
plays like some corny television production from a bygone era,0
"i can't begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents . . . ",0
"the film delivers what it promises : a look at the "" wild ride "" that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans . ",1
"gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . ",0
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . i tried to read the time on my watch . ,0
the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill . ,0
"the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take . ",0
spy-vs . -spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together . ,0
"no one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . and if you're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you've got ice water in your veins . ",1
"it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . ",0
there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently . . . but peter mattei's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note . ,1
doesn't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago . ,0
less than fresh . ,0
this is a very fine movie -- go see it . ,1
"the movie is for fans who can't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it . ",1
"shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience . ",1
"the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . ",1
show me the mugging . ,0
" . . . a plotline that's as lumpy as two-day old porridge . . . the filmmakers' paws , sad to say , were all over this "" un-bear-able "" project ! ",0
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . ,0
" . . . the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there's already been too many of these films . . . ",0
possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another . ,0
millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry . ,0
"call this the full monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux . ",1
the comedy makes social commentary more palatable . ,1
"dragonfly has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but costner , flailing away . it's a buggy drag . ",0
it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill . ,0
as we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- jason is a killer who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit . ' the filmmakers might want to look it up . ,0
the whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well . ,0
"liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase . ",0
"seriously , rent the disney version . ",0
"preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . ",1
"john carlen's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling . ",0
"the comic performances are all spot on , especially lee ross's turn as ken . ",1
this is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another . ,0
"while glover , the irrepressible eccentric of river's edge , dead man and back to the future , is perfect casting for the role , he represents bartleby's main overall flaw . ",0
the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms . sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine . ,0
"well , jason's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , don't shoot the messenger ) . ",0
"ice cube isn't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin . ",0
nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure . ,1
a sudsy cautionary tale . ,0
" . . . a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice's second installment of her vampire chronicles . ",1
"a thoroughly awful movie--dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy . . . a weird amalgam of 'the thing' and a geriatric 'scream . '",0
 . . . liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad . ,0
a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . ,1
"rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative . ",0
"it's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast . ",1
"seeing seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but . ",1
turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,1
"a superlative b movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing . ",1
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality . ,0
the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . the results are far more alienating than involving . ,0
"it's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u . s . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it's in french ( well , mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically 'significant' because of that . ",0
mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls . ,0
the two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . . ,1
"a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality . ",1
worth a look as a curiosity . ,1
"the idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run . ",0
adam sandler is to gary cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse . ,0
too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient . ,0
"stay clear of reminding yourself that it's a "" true story "" and you're likely to have one helluva time at the movies . ",1
"the story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i'd care to count . ",0
"while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0
"verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action , tedium for thrills . ",0
neil burger here succeeded in . . . making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present . ,1
one hour photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions ; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight . ,1
"a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films",1
"works because we're never sure if ohlinger's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks . ",1
nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that's giving it the old college try . ,0
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear . but one thing's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary . ,0
a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama . ,0
"i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr . holland's class for the music , or to robin williams's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . ",0
"davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine . ",0
it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . ,0
"a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable . ",1
don't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it's anti-catholic . hate it because it's lousy . ,0
"this time mr . burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again . ",0
"it's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile . ",0
"by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters , i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie . ",0
"expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women . ",1
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted . ",0
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess's home video of their baby's birth . ,0
a rip-roaring comedy action fest that'll put hairs on your chest . ,1
"would've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film's predictable denouement . then nadia's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all . ",0
 . . . a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture . ,1
"a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s . ",1
"the furious coherence that [deniro] brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing . ",0
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they won't much care about . ,0
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney's 'top of the world' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel . ,0
"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 . ",1
"sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna doesn't suck as an actress . ",1
"one of recent memory's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise . ",1
"the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults . ",0
flaunts its quirky excesses like a new year's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat . ,0
"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of aliens . ",1
a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee . ,0
"over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor . ",1
uneasy mishmash of styles and genres . ,0
"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water may well be the year's best and most unpredictable comedy . ",1
"a tough go , but leigh's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film's often-mined and despairing milieu . ",0
"this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment . ",0
"his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level . ",0
diane lane's sophisticated performance can't rescue adrian lyne's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing . ,0
"hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love . ",1
"there is no insight into the anguish of heidi's life -- only a depiction of pain , today's version of greek tragedy , the talk-show guest decrying her fate . ",0
"mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion . ",1
"the salton sea has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety . ",1
"the director , mark pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head . ",1
it makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film . ,1
this movie . . . doesn't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is . ,0
brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable . ,0
"michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he's got as potent a topic as ever here . ",1
"some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent . ",0
moonlight mile doesn't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy . ,1
simone is not a bad film . it just doesn't have anything really interesting to say . ,0
"even if you don't know the band or the album's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century . ",1
too bad kramer couldn't make a guest appearance to liven things up . ,0
"if they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn . ",0
"for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype . ",0
the situations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels . ,0
"the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle . ",0
"provides a porthole into that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all . ",1
they kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who haven't read the book . ,0
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . ,1
clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . ,0
it's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere . ,0
"instead of contriving a climactic hero's death for the beloved-major- character-who-shall- remain-nameless , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens' laser guns actually hit something for once ? ",0
"a boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater . ",0
an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco . . . ,1
"who knows what exactly godard is on about in this film , but his words and images don't have to add up to mesmerize you . ",1
"cold , nervy and memorable . ",1
"for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there's something creepy about this movie . ",0
whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black . ,0
"by the time we learn that andrew's turnabout is fair play is every bit as awful as borchardt's coven , we can enjoy it anyway . ",1
"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 . ",1
"an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery . ",0
"what with the incessant lounge music playing in the film's background , you may mistake love liza for an adam sandler chanukah song . ",0
"the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him . ",1
"an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1
 . . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank . ,0
smarter than its commercials make it seem . ,1
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting 'chops' and they take full advantage . ,1
"chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of jeffrey dahmer , serial killer . ",1
"the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone . ",0
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 . ,1
"without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace . ",0
rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material . ,1
this ill-fitting tuxedo is strictly off-the-rack . ,0
overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube . ,0
"there's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent . ",0
"while it's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( sugar hill gang , etc . ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences . ",0
the story . . . is moldy and obvious . ,0
no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas . ,0
"'dragonfly' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue . ",0
"an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool . ",1
a delirious celebration of the female orgasm . ,1
"at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less blab . ",0
"the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time there's some mold on the gold . ",1
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad . ,0
"hard , endearing , caring , warm . bring tissues . ",1
"directing with a sure and measured hand , [haneke] steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . ",1
"elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks , scrappy doo and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into one . ",0
it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing . ,1
morrissette's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it doesn't signify a whole lot either . ,0
the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie's power as a work of drama . ,0
"a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage "" be careful what you wish for "" is given a full workout . ",1
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish . ,0
"it's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i'd say the film works . ",1
"its maker , steven spielberg , hasn't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping indiana jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray . ",1
"just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever . ",1
veers uncomfortably close to pro-serb propaganda . ,0
"despite the film's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving . ",1
the dangerous lives of altar boys' take on adolescence feels painfully true . ,1
"by taking entertainment tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy , auto focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing . ",1
daring and beautifully made . ,1
"there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i wouldn't be interested in knowing any of them personally . ",0
"a heady , biting , be-bop ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego . ",1
the locale . . . remains far more interesting than the story at hand . ,0
'enigma' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . a waste of good performances . ,0
"looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton's exemplary costumes , rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . ",1
too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style . ,0
"crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama . ",0
flawed but worthy look at life in u . s . relocation camps . ,1
"it's so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just can't get no satisfaction . ",0
"certainly not a good movie , but it wasn't horrible either . ",0
"comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . ",1
my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it's virtually its own hollywood remake . ,1
a workshop mentality prevails . ,0
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire . ,1
the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and didn't reserve enough for his second . ,0
huppert's superbly controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face . ,1
"the parts are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) . ",0
looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination . ,0
those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them . ,1
"all right , so it's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast . ",1
the script isn't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work . ,0
"the movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . ",0
what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama . ,0
"evelyn's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn . ",1
u . s . audiences may find [attal and gainsbourg's] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts . ,1
dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material . ,0
it's crap on a leash--far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins . ,0
howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective . ,0
"a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . ",1
a cutesy romantic tale with a twist . ,1
"goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab . ",0
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they can't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up . ",0
"just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain . ",1
"in his debut as a director , washington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive . ",1
a selection of scenes in search of a movie . ,0
"i like this movie a lot . i like that smith , he's not making fun of these people , he's not laughing at them . ",1
"too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . ",0
"hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic . ",1
"soul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself . ",0
"give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour . ",0
an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution--acted mostly by the actual people involved . ,1
intelligent and moving . ,1
"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp . ",0
"apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter . ",1
"with a story as bizarre and mysterious as this , you don't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door . ",0
the entire movie is filled with deja vu moments . ,0
"go for la salle's performance , and make do as best you can with a stuttering script . ",0
"the town has kind of an authentic feel , but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial . ",0
"gran historia sobre el amor , la familia , la lealtad y la traición que seguramente se convertirá en un nuevo clásico del género . ",1
this is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever . ,1
a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino . ,1
director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . ,1
not a bad journey at all . ,1
somehow both wildly implausible and strangely conventional . ,0
"this isn't a terrible film by any means , but it's also far from being a realized work . ",0
aggravating and tedious . ,0
"the film is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity . ",1
"not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching . ",1
"there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ? ",0
overly long and worshipful bio-doc . ,0
"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
fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . and forget about any attempt at a plot ! ,0
the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects . ,0
just plain silly . ,0
the innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be . ,0
perhaps the most annoying thing about who is cletis tout ? is that it's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . ,0
a big fat pain . ,0
"a perceptive , good-natured movie . ",1
"as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago . . . has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . ",1
melanie eventually slugs the yankee . too bad the former murphy brown doesn't pop reese back . ,0
" . . . ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters' crises with seriousness and compassion . ",1
"creepy , authentic and dark . this disturbing bio-pic is hard to forget . ",1
achieves a sort of filmic epiphany that revels in the true potential of the medium . ,1
director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff . ,0
"this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . ",1
director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking . ,0
an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . ,0
"as an actor's showcase , hart's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . as a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired . ",0
"occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story . ",0
"stealing harvard doesn't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor . ",0
"just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be . ",0
it's one long bore . ,0
a noble failure . ,0
"if you've ever wondered what an ending without the input of studio executives or test audiences would look like , here it is . ",1
it is too bad that this likable movie isn't more accomplished . the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward . ,0
"a combination of standard , stiff tv-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move . ",0
it's a masterpiece . ,1
i don't think i've been as entranced and appalled by an asian film since shinya tsukamoto's iron man . ,1
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . ,0
"if it's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch . ",1
 . . . too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . ,0
it's drab . it's uninteresting . it squanders chan's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt ! ,0
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be . ,0
"but buying into sham truths and routine "" indie "" filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . it's not horrible , just horribly mediocre . ",0
"simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship . ",1
"outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent . ",0
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment . ,1
"in both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . you end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that . ",0
"it's got the brawn , but not the brains . ",0
"a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece . ",0
"a colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters . ",1
to show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape -- is overkill to the highest degree . ,0
the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat . ,0
"a somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race . ",1
"a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . ",1
"ill-considered , unholy hokum . ",0
a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . ,0
"de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins . ",0
it was a dark and stormy night . . . ,0
a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility . ,0
"the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude . ",1
"while this has the making of melodrama , the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that's more interested in asking questions than in answering them . ",1
"graças às interações entre seus personagens , o filme torna-se não apenas uma história divertida sobre uma curiosa perseguição , mas também um belo estudo de personagens . ",1
"if you can stomach the rough content , it's worth checking out for the performances alone . ",1
"a sexy , surprising romance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . ",1
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly . ",0
 . . . a pretentious mess . . . ,0
"where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . ",0
"chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book . ",0
"[shyamalan] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision . ",1
the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors . ,1
"sodden and glum , even in those moments where it's supposed to feel funny and light . ",0
it's secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours . ,1
the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head . ,0
"a road trip that will get you thinking , 'are we there yet ? '",0
there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending . ,0
"it's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind . ",0
"a respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact . ",0
"are monsters born , or made ? ",0
the movie is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors' moments . ,0
"once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . ",0
even the digressions are funny . ,1
"a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller . ",1
"this time out , [sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested . ",1
"mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully . ",1
"vaguely interesting , but it's just too too much . ",0
an entertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots . ,0
energetic and boldly provocative . ,1
it's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel . . . ,1
"bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love . ",1
"the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons . ",1
"ultimately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with . ",0
"plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story . ",0
"benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice . ",0
"obviously , a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . ",0
"they're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood . ",1
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes . ,1
" . . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno . ",1
sits uneasily as a horror picture . . . but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family . ,1
"anchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women's self-actualization knows few continental divides . ",1
"the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . ",1
"the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it weren't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . ",0
easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen . ,1
"when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence . ",0
visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay . ,0
sheridan's take on the author's schoolboy memoir . . . is a rather toothless take on a hard young life . ,0
it's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good . ,1
" ( it ) highlights not so much the crime lord's messianic bent , but spacey's . ",0
so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt . ,1
"a well-acted , but one-note film . ",0
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1
"how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? on the evidence before us , the answer is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough . ",0
"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated . ",0
"it's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational , and yet it's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff . ",0
"some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck . ",0
a sensitive and astute first feature by anne-sophie birot . ,1
the action clichés just pile up . ,0
"hilarious , acidic brit comedy . ",1
'opening up' the play more has partly closed it down . ,0
schneider's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story's continuity and progression . ,0
"the whole thing's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels . ",0
"was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck's next project . let's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what's next . . . ghost blimp ? ",0
"a ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking . ",0
"the story of trouble every day . . . is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult . ",0
the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . you try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored . ,0
smothered by its own solemnity . ,0
"the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me . ",1
"the makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . i like frank the pug , though . ",0
"the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise . . . then mike myers shows up and ruins everything . ",0
"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker . ",0
the best thing that can be said of the picture is that it does have a few cute moments . ,0
a yawn-provoking little farm melodrama . ,0
"while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut . ",0
"the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a halloween that died . ",0
feels as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum . ,0
"there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why . ",1
wiseman reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror . ,1
less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) . ,1
"wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . ",1
a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps . ,0
[reaches] wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair . ,1
"the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it's extremely well played and often very funny . ",1
"though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament . ",1
at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth . ,1
" . . . a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of legally blonde and drop dead gorgeous , starring piper perabo in what could be her breakthrough role . ",1
"to enjoy this movie's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by jolie and burns , you have to gloss over the no sense ending . ",0
"a blessed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy . ",1
nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition . ,1
bland but harmless . ,0
"it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? ",1
'de niro . . . is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . ',1
cattaneo reworks the formula that made the full monty a smashing success . . . but neglects to add the magic that made it all work . ,0
"i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that . ",1
it's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen . ,0
"a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . ",1
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . ,1
"a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story . ",0
"not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse , it's almost funny . ",0
you have no affinity for most of the characters . nothing about them is attractive . what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom . ,0
"the people in jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we're never sure how things will work out . ",1
"it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion . ",1
"no dia em que aceitou dirigir esta continuação , harold ramis deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerdo . e aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme também . ",0
tennessee williams by way of oprah's book club . ,0
the bourne identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups . ,1
"charming and witty , it's also somewhat clumsy . ",1
"none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting isn't , either , and you wouldn't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ? ",1
"sometimes this modest little number clicks , and sometimes it doesn't . ",0
"some of seagal's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot . ",0
"meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the- making . ",0
"director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt's gentle , endearing 1975 children's novel . ",0
"for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence . ",0
"as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies , this one got to me . ",1
"' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",1
spare yet audacious . . . ,1
"in between all the emotional seesawing , it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . but they fascinate in their recklessness . ",1
"the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers . ",0
"american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone . ",1
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory . ,0
woody allen has really found his groove these days . the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another . ,0
"all in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that don't really care for the candidate they're forced to follow . ",1
the first bond movie in ages that isn't fake fun . ,1
"an artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre . ",1
 . . . understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation . ,1
"with the film's striking ending , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved . ",1
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . ,0
topkapi this is not . ,0
crummy,0
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . ,1
" "" auto focus "" works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era",1
five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before . ,0
"i don't think i laughed out loud once . and when you're talking about a slapstick comedy , that's a pretty big problem . ",0
a yarn that respects the marvel version without becoming ensnared by it . ,1
"khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum . ",1
"no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are 'german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . ",0
"this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . ",1
"forgettable , if good-hearted , movie . ",0
"the premise of "" abandon "" holds promise , . . . but its delivery is a complete mess . ",0
'cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,0
cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . ,0
"dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . ",0
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . ,1
it's never dull and always looks good . ,1
adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean's themes without being a true adaptation of her book . ,1
"a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort . ",0
you live the mood rather than savour the story . ,1
anyone who can count to five ( the film's target market ? ) can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going . ,0
"with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , [crane] becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report . ",0
one of the best movies of the year . ,1
"even with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown . ",0
nós gosta muito de as duas torres . ,1
"it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness . ",0
"on its own , it's not very interesting . as a remake , it's a pale imitation . ",0
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work . ,0
festers in just such a dungpile that you'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you . ,0
an artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art . ,0
"bluto blutarsky , we miss you . ",0
"hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped ? i didn't think so . ",0
"a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but can't really call it a work of art . ",0
 . . . a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet . ,1
both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics . ,1
"it's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it doesn't take itself so deadly seriously . ",1
"once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional . ",0
another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . ,1
"just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . ",1
"by its modest , straight-ahead standards , undisputed scores a direct hit . ",1
"there is a subversive element to this disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability . ",1
far more enjoyable than its predecessor . ,0
i liked this film a lot . . . ,1
steve irwin's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume . ,1
caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely . ,1
the plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back . ,0
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling . ,0
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . ,0
"in a strange way , egoyan has done too much . he's worked too hard on this movie . ",0
"a great ending doesn't make up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell doesn't even have a great ending . ",0
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience's chain . ,0
"everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david's point of view . ",0
"for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words "" radical "" or "" suck "" into a sentence . ",0
the reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies . ,1
"bad company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script . ",0
" coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . ",0
"the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy . ",1
"wallace directs with such patronising reverence , it turns the stomach . ",0
"a perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy . ",1
" . . . mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return . ",1
"shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that's something i would rather live in denial about",0
"there's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme . ",0
"it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi . ",0
a chick flick for guys . ,1
"a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty . ",1
"the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride . ",1
"i didn't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood . ",0
"this film , starring anthony hopkins and chris rock , is your typical 'fish out of water' story . you've seen them a million times . just one problem : fish out of water usually die . this one does . ",0
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill . ,0
"even if britney spears is really cute , her movie is really bad . ",0
"this is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . ",1
"it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense . ",0
the leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting . ,0
"there's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout . ",1
"the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial . ",0
 . . . really horrible drek . ,0
mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peek . ,1
skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . ,1
morvern rocks . ,1
"an empty , purposeless exercise . ",0
"scotland , pa . blurs the line between black comedy and black hole . ",0
"adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel . ",1
eh . ,0
"the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard . ",1
"though in some ways similar to catherine breillat's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . ",1
"after all the big build-up , the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying . ",0
what's infuriating about full frontal is that it's too close to real life to make sense . what's invigorating about it is that it doesn't give a damn . ,1
"lacking substance and soul , crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs . ",0
"even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man . ",1
"a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv's big brother . ",1
it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens,0
"an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . ",0
"' . . . mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name . ,0
"goofy , nutty , consistently funny . and educational ! ",1
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 . ,1
returning director rob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine job of updating white's dry wit to a new age . ,1
"beneath the film's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve . ",1
" "" home movie "" is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book . ",1
"a zombie movie in every sense of the word--mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . ",0
"at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s . at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects . ",0
"those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give "" scratch "" a second look . ",1
"[fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall] show us the world they love and make us love it , too . ",1
"'god help us , but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves . '",0
the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes . ,1
"this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you hadn't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . ",1
"viewers of "" the ring "" are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes . ",1
"some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . ",1
"a dull , dumb and derivative horror film . ",0
writer/ director m . night shyamalan's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable . ,1
" . . . grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces . ",0
"the hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . the hours is what movies are supposed to be . . . ",1
"successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . ",1
"if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash . ",0
"for decades we've marveled at disney's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . prepare to marvel again . ",1
[reno] delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion . ,1
"…it wasn't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film…it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , "" wait a second , did i miss something ? "" ending . ",0
"if you've got a house full of tots -- don't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then . ",0
"it's a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic . ",1
the entire cast is extraordinarily good . ,1
"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why didn't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ? ",0
"not always too whimsical for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy never really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs . ",0
"bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . ",1
sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . ,0
peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments . ,1
it's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before . ,0
it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo . ,1
"this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking . ",1
it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions . ,0
"byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground . ",1
"the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do next . ",1
"an empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility . ",0
the master of disaster - it's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . ,0
this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own . ,0
"whatever eyre's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place . ",0
"weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting . ",0
it's a lovely film with lovely performances by buy and accorsi . ,1
"it's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it's also pretty funny . ",1
"a dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise . ",0
"dull , lifeless , and amateurishly assembled . ",0
 . . . del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . ,0
"unofficially , national lampoon's van wilder is son of animal house . officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny . ",0
"is truth stranger than fiction ? in [screenwriter] charlie kaufman's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking . ",1
"worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames . ",0
"a woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect . ",0
the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances . ,1
"rob schneider's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . ",0
"here polanski looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably . ",1
"bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . but for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness . ",0
"one of the most original american productions this year , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . ",1
"you could say that it's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people wouldn't , but one thing you couldn't say is that alias betty is predictable . ",1
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions . ",0
" "" frailty "" offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . and , there's no way you won't be talking about the film once you exit the theater . ",1
diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful . ,1
"a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film . ",1
director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims . ,1
significantly better than its 2002 children's-movie competition . ,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
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . ,1
"it's a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings , of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests . ",1
"weird , vulgar comedy that's definitely an acquired taste . ",1
"this rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film knows how to please a crowd , and that's about all it does well . ",0
"thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces don't quite fit together . ",0
van wilder brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'comedy gag . ' at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . ,0
there's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles . ,1
"say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue . ",0
"as a singular character study , it's perfect . it's also the year's sweetest movie . ",1
"tsai ming-liang's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ? , is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly . ",1
"it just goes to show , an intelligent person isn't necessarily an admirable storyteller . ",0
the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just won't fly with most intelligent viewers . ,0
noyce creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism . ,1
the truth is that the truth about charlie gets increasingly tiresome . ,0
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . ,1
has its charming quirks and its dull spots . ,0
a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . ',1
in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title . . . amounts to surprisingly little . ,0
"the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc . ",0
thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic . ,1
"it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . ",0
this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn . ,0
"even fans of ismail merchant's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one . ",0
"feel bad for king , who's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who's shot himself in the foot . ",0
duvall is strong as always . ,1
"moore's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a david and goliath story that's still very much playing itself out . ",1
serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time . ,0
" "" one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? "" um… . . isn't that the basis for the entire plot ? ",0
"dreary , highly annoying . . . 'some body' will appeal to no one . ",0
"a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . ",1
" in the end , white oleander isn't an adaptation of a novel . it's a flashy , star-splashed reduction . ",0
"directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name",0
"watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals . ",1
"collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . ",0
"witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic . ",0
plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel . ,1
i'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here . ,0
the film serves as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people . ,1
"my little eye is the best little "" horror "" movie i've seen in years . ",1
"the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself . she's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner life . ",0
"angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . ",1
it's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant . ,1
there's nothing remotely topical or sexy here . ,0
the film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition . ,1
"[davis] has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race . ",0
what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts . ,1
"naipaul fans may be disappointed . those who are not acquainted with the author's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep . ",0
"dull , a road-trip movie that's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . ",0
"succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of non-god spiritual-uplift movies . ",0
"'punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you'd want to smash its face in . '",0
a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity . ,0
"in all , this is a watchable movie that's not quite the memorable experience it might have been . ",1
"almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . and in a sense , that's a liability . ",0
"if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride . ",0
like being trapped at a perpetual frat party . . . how can something so gross be so boring ? ,0
"the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted needn't waste their time on it . ",0
"uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity . ",1
the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name . ,0
"writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza . ",1
a gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema,1
"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",1
"desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro . ",1
" . . . by the time it's done with us , mira nair's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over . ",1
"its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . ",0
"more a load of enjoyable , conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the mummy pictures represent . ",1
first-time director joão pedro rodrigues' unwillingness to define his hero's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on . ,0
"taken as a whole , the tuxedo doesn't add up to a whole lot . ",0
"a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images . ",1
"never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . ",0
high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character . ,0
"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway . ",0
"anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity . ",0
fred schepisi's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point . ,1
throw smoochy from the train ! ,0
…passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house of life type of flick . strictly middle of the road . ,0
"if this disposable tissue has one wild card , it's john turturro , who's simply fab as a spanish butler with a foot fetish . ",0
troubling and powerful . ,1
"there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger , and to the script's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there's no place for this story to go but down . ",0
i can't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops . ,0
"super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers . ",0
"call me a cynic , but there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message . ",0
"it believes it's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile . ",0
it tells more than it shows . ,0
how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ? ,0
"even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller's hand often feels unsure . ",0
the movie is like scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot . ,0
it's all surface psychodramatics . ,0
"peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . ",1
a rehash of every gangster movie from the past decade . ,0
"flawed , but worth seeing for ambrose's performance . ",1
"it uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . the result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking . ",1
the film's most improbable feat ? it didn't go straight to video . ,0
works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making,0
"except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion . ",0
"it's . . . worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts . ",1
the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel . ,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
an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a new year of magic and mischief . ,1
"it's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . ",1
"if we're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they're clueless and inept ? ",0
"ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family . ",1
"a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags . ",0
"with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as perry's boss , there isn't a redeeming moment here . ",0
you're too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous . ,0
"it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that . ",0
the chocolate factory without charlie . ,0
"the movie is full of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene weigel , his wife . ",1
you'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous [than leon] . ,0
"the film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime . ",1
"the old-world- meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that , by the end of monsoon wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater . ",1
manages to delight without much of a story . ,1
a cop story that understands the medium amazingly well . ,1
that frenetic spectacle [on the tv show] has usually been leavened by a charm that's conspicuously missing from the girls' big-screen blowout . ,0
an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously . ,0
"cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective . ",1
one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch . ,0
"there is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them . ",1
"after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky . ",0
"it remains to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? ",1
a little objectivity could have gone a long way . ,0
"the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah . . . never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment . ",0
"far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise . ",1
"it's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers don't make often enough . ",1
"a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe . ",1
"a pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties . ",1
"hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading . ",0
stevens' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . ,1
"funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . ",1
"the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that doesn't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people . ",0
about as cutting-edge as pet rock : the movie . ,0
"the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . ",0
"blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time . ",1
[a] shapeless blob of desperate entertainment . ,0
yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit . ,0
ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled . ,1
"it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from "" promising "" to "" interesting "" to "" familiar "" before landing squarely on "" stupid "" . ",0
"an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion . ",1
"majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . ",1
"you're not merely watching history , you're engulfed by it . ",1
bad and baffling from the get-go . ,0
there are now two signs that m . night shyamalan's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs . ,0
"armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . ",1
"while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative . ",0
michael gerbosi's script is economically packed with telling scenes . ,1
"what 'dumb and dumber' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script . ",1
an intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives . ,1
"i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible . ",1
"i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise . ",0
"finely crafted , finely written , exquisitely performed",1
"do you say "" hi "" to your lover when you wake up in the morning ? ",0
"the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i can't remember a single name responsible for it . ",0
the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it . ,0
"the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . ",1
"although . . . visually striking and slickly staged , it's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . ",0
"while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it doesn't . ",1
"like most bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike . a heavy reliance on cgi technology is beginning to creep into the series . ",1
"despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . ",1
"it's unnerving to see recoing's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . good film , but very glum . ",1
"the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . ",1
it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references . ,0
"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim . ",1
"the emperor's club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but . . . ",0
"if we don't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose , we deserve the trash that we get . ",0
"there's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects . ",0
"just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit . ",0
"aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane . ",0
a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . ,1
"those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up . ",1
"like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie doesn't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome . ",1
it's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer . ,1
"in imax in short , it's just as wonderful on the big screen . ",1
"you come away thinking not only that kate isn't very bright , but that she hasn't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another . ",0
"smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise . ",1
"while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale . ",1
"this is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be . ",1
"like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but didn't know how to handle it . ",0
a well-crafted letdown . ,0
"a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . ",0
"no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make . ",0
you'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . you'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus . ,0
there's no reason to miss interview with the assassin,1
barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull . ,0
" . . . expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . ",0
steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches . ,1
another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting . ,0
"while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer's appetite , the film's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving . ",1
"everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids . ",1
"a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designed to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objective sense , but it does mostly hold one's interest . ",0
"the best part about "" gangs "" was daniel day-lewis . ",1
cube's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche . ,1
"washington overcomes the script's flaws and envelops the audience in his character's anguish , anger and frustration . ",1
watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy . ,1
"claude chabrol's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . ",1
"like showgirls and glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional . ",0
"in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel's closely watched trains and danis tanovic's no man's land . ",1
"in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , without benefit of song . ",0
"though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed . . . that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr . schepisi's seems skimpy and unclear . ",0
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans . ,0
"may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless . ",1
"although it's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . ",1
there's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids' movie . . . that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . ,0
"scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition , meanwhile , reads more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas . ",0
"try as you might to resist , if you've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there . ",1
japanese director shohei imamura's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . ,1
"it's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it's just grating . ",0
for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . ,1
"a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . ",1
hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . ,0
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . ,1
"this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times . ",1
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play . ,1
makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greatness . ,1
"finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less . ",1
" ( caine ) proves once again he hasn't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film . ",1
"the movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and then it caved in . ",1
a slight but sweet film . ,1
"this movie may not have the highest production values you've ever seen , but it's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep . ",1
good-naturedly cornball sequel . ,1
"mr . parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom . ",1
this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder . ,1
 . . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job . . . ,1
"[taylor] takes us on a ride that's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb . ",0
"a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . ",1
may puzzle his most ardent fans . ,0
"at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts . ",1
"whaley's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting . ",0
staggeringly dreadful romance . ,0
"an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer/director john mckay can swallow . ",0
woody allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . but i had a lot of problems with this movie . ,0
"ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine . ",1
"a depressing confirmation of everything those of us who don't object to the description "" unelected "" have suspected all along : george w . bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide . ",1
it's just rather leaden and dull . ,0
"morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema . ",1
so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming . ,0
it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions . ,0
"a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst . ",1
"when a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that's a bad sign . a very bad sign . ",0
martyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more . ,1
"newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . ",1
"the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ; a movie , like life , isn't much fun without the highs and lows . ",0
"[city] reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this' ( 1999 ) and 'analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year . ",1
"anemic , pretentious . ",0
"despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book . ",0
"jacquot's rendering of puccini's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera . in his first stab at the form , jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically . ",0
" . . . a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war . ",1
"amazing ! a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing ! ",1
"like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . the film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet . ",0
"if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . ",1
"what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i'm not quite sure what the point is…",1
so brisk is wang's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe . ,0
"its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart . ",1
"spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative . ",0
"it comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if ba , murdock and rest of the a-team were seen giving chase in a black and red van . ",0
"the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . ",1
less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan . ,0
"although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film doesn't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything . ",1
who needs love like this ? ,0
it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . ,1
"let's hope -- shall we ? -- that the 'true story' by which all the queen's men is allegedly "" inspired "" was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together onscreen . ",0
jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers . ,1
a stylistic romp that's always fun to watch . ,1
"unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . ",1
how i killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you're watching an iceberg melt -- only it never melts . ,0
"an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected . ",1
"the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end . ",0
"at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot . ",0
"a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale . ",1
"enormously likable , partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd . ",1
"'butterfingered' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . ",0
there's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him . ,1
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . ,0
"the results , if not memorable , are at least interesting . ",1
"it doesn't help that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel . ",0
 . . . salaciously simplistic . ,0
"carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper . ",1
an atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding . ,0
"if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea's interpersonal drama , it ain't half-bad . ",1
the film grows on you . and how . ,1
"it dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile . ",1
"everything that has to do with yvan and charlotte , and everything that has to do with yvan's rambunctious , jewish sister and her non-jew husband , feels funny and true . ",1
"the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes . ",0
"lovely and amazing is holofcener's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you . ",1
"it takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as 'worse than expected , ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that . ",0
"painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed . ",1
almost peerlessly unsettling . ,1
a non-mystery mystery . ,0
a chilling movie without oppressive gore . ,1
"a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man's right to raise his own children . ",1
'this movie sucks . ',0
"sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . ",1
"loosely speaking , we're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin . ",0
"with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . ",1
"after an uncertain start , murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock's memorable first interrogation of gosling . ",1
a poignant comedy that offers food for thought . ,1
a solidly entertaining little film . ,1
an extraordinary dramatic experience . ,1
"it's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise . ",0
"it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time . ",0
turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting . ,1
george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension . ,1
gibney and jarecki just want to string the bastard up . ,0
you might be shocked to discover that seinfeld's real life is boring . ,0
earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding . ,0
"a movie that , rather than skip along the seine , more or less slogs its way through soggy paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . ",0
"a poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda . ",0
not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . ,0
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin . ",1
"there is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out . ",1
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers . ,0
"when one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the best",0
"if you're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then mostly martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite . ",1
"it's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic . ",1
the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . ,0
it's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . ,1
"it's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn . ",1
"es divertida , visualmente espectacular y muy entretenida . simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá . ",1
"a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . ",0
a film with a great premise but only a great premise . ,0
"a hit- and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped . ",0
this dramatically shaky contest of wills only reiterates the old hollywood saw : evil is interesting and good is boring . ,0
"enigma is well-made , but it's just too dry and too placid . ",0
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists . ,1
"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 . ",0
"if you're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film . ",1
"puportedly "" based on true events , "" a convolution of language that suggests it's impossible to claim that it is "" based on a true story "" with a straight face . ",0
the production values are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable . ,1
" . . . a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . ",0
"it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression . ",1
those who don't entirely 'get' godard's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . ,1
"jirí hubac's script is a gem . his characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . the scope of the silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . . ",1
a movie that's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts . ,0
"ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid . ",1
claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications . ,1
god help the poor woman if attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional yvan's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse . ,0
where the film falters is in its tone . ,0
a lifetime movie about men . ,0
strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery . ,0
"peralta's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight . ",0
"'[hopkins]doesn't so much phone in his performance as fax it . no , even that's too committed . he gets his secretary to fax it . "" ",0
"the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye . ",1
new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is . ,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
"a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it's the butt of its own joke . ",0
the film has several strong performances . ,1
how do you spell cliché ? ,0
a keep-'em-guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters . ,1
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines . ,0
"windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live . ",1
a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep 'epic . ',0
"though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle . ",1
"the concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers . ",1
"in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . right now , they're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination . ",0
rarely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign . ,0
thoroughly awful . ,0
"it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . ",0
"it has the right approach and the right opening premise , but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material . ",0
the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . ,0
"even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . ",1
"the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any "" jackass "" fan could want . ",1
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you won't be disappointed . ,1
even die-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge . ,0
"[carvey's] characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . ",0
"graphic sex may be what's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake . ",1
"thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . ",1
two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama . ,1
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and jason still kills on auto-pilot . ",0
the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland . ,0
"some episodes work , some don't . ",0
"has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a "" 2 "" at the end of its title . ",1
"a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . certainly the big finish wasn't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for . . . but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps . ",1
the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . ,0
what's so striking about jolie's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair . ,1
"wes craven's presence is felt ; not the craven of 'a nightmare on elm street' or 'the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of 'deadly friend . '",0
one of [jaglom's] better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love . ,1
"de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story's inability to create interest . ",0
"such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . ",0
"that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults . ",1
"call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid . ",0
count on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater . ,1
"more busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining . ",0
"ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible . ",1
" . . . unlike [scorsese's mean streets] , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . ",0
 . . . a guiltless film for nice evening out . ,1
a moving and weighty depiction of one family's attempts to heal after the death of a child . ,1
"an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . ",1
"it's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america . ",1
a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed . ,1
 . . . watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . and if the hours wins 'best picture' i just might . ,0
more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now . ,0
puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself . ,0
labute was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public . ,0
"dog soldiers doesn't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it . ",1
"despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype . ",0
"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 . ",1
"at times the guys taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage . it's not a motion picture ; it's an utterly static picture . ",1
"cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent's days",1
"gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive . ",1
what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . ,1
"if you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun , wasabi is a good place to start . ",1
"irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater . ",0
"enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary . ",1
i'm just too bored to care . ,0
"challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . but it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . ",1
"elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christian ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . ",1
it took 19 predecessors to get this ? ,1
a movie of riveting power and sadness . ,1
"'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatural calm that's occasionally shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . '",1
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they'd need a shower . ,0
"a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives . ",1
it's a frankenstein-monster of a film that doesn't know what it wants to be . ,0
"the movie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh . ",0
"feels haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot . ",0
"a visionary marvel , but it's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this . ",1
"first and foremost . . . the reason to go see "" blue crush "" is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings . ",1
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturing . ,0
"this is a nervy , risky film , and villeneuve has inspired croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi . ",1
an exhilarating experience . ,1
"singer/composer bryan adams contributes a slew of songs — a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story — but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece . ",1
"even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities . ",0
a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . ,0
"ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on . ",0
not since freddy got fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through . ,0
filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . ,1
"awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . ",1
demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces . ,1
"a respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films . . . cross over to a more mainstream audience . ",1
cho's fans are sure to be entertained ; it's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- i'm not one of them . ,0
alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . ,1
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults . ,0
"though it's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans' saga of hollywood excess . ",1
" . . . feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something . ",0
there's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie . ,0
unwieldy contraption . ,0
"jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory . ",1
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality,1
most of the characters come off as pantomimesque sterotypes . ,0
"what's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors . ",1
its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up . ,0
it's just plain boring . ,0
"pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance . ",1
"watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in . ",0
"without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor's home videos . ",0
"this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . ",1
"occasionally melodramatic , it's also extremely effective . ",1
humor in i spy is so anemic . ,0
a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world . ,1
less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990 . ,1
an off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world . ,1
"will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably won't have you swinging from the trees hooting it's praises , but it's definitely worth taking a look . ",1
it's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil' bow wow . ,0
"britney's performance cannot be faulted . lucy's a dull girl , that's all . ",0
"it smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original . ",0
"to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs . sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . ",0
"hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . ",1
"the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive . ",0
only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience . ,0
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . ,1
the title's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is . ,0
"post 9/11 the philosophical message of "" personal freedom first "" might not be as palatable as intended . ",1
"an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton . if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than anything in the film . . . ",0
"much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , haneke has a different objective in mind--namely the implications of our craving for fake stimulation . ",1
richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez . ,1
"the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i'm likely to see all year . ",1
"one of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year . ",0
it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman . ,0
"director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of "" iris "" or "" american beauty , "" but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . ",1
you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . dramas like this make it human . ,1
big fat liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities . ,0
"nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . ",0
"each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception . ",0
"a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . ",0
"a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching . ",0
… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awful . ,0
"a sweet-natured reconsideration of one of san francisco's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads . ",1
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . ,0
all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . ,0
a great idea becomes a not-great movie . ,0
"twenty years later , e . t . is still a cinematic touchstone . ",1
"unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck . ",1
"it's fun , but a psychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet . ",0
one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history . ,0
the komediant is a tale worth catching . ,1
a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord . ,1
"although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women . ",1
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . ,1
"distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . ",0
"[e]ventually , every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism . ",0
"drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story . ",0
could as easily have been called 'under siege 3 : in alcatraz' . . . a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . ,0
"while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . ",1
not exactly the bees knees,0
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . ,1
"entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining ! ",1
"the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery . ",0
"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate . ",1
this formulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone's career . ,0
the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . ,1
"it's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty . ",1
banal and predictable . ,0
the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness . ,0
"with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . ",0
"yes , i have given this movie a rating of zero . but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . consider it 'perfection . '",0
it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning . ,1
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format . ,1
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing . ,1
"we hate [madonna] within the film's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground . ",0
"a highly spirited , imaginative kid's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he's afraid of his best-known creation ? ",1
warmed-over tarantino by way of wannabe elmore leonard . ,0
"a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale . ",0
"go , girls , right down the reality drain . ",0
"occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . ",0
"despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . ",1
"as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances . ",1
as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet's airless cinematic shell games . ,1
"in the telling of a story largely untold , bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar . ",0
"it's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire ! ",1
sex is one of those films that aims to confuse . ,1
gloriously straight from the vagina . ,1
"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 ? ",1
astonishing . . . [frames] profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment . ,1
the overall effect is less like a children's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts . ,0
leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . ,1
chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about . ,0
a painfully slow cliche-ridden film filled with more holes than clyde barrow's car . ,0
"precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . anyone else seen this before ? ",1
the film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers . ,1
"priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . ",0
"another one of those estrogen overdose movies like "" divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood , "" except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better . ",1
" . . . perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world . ",0
desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats . ,0
an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh . ,1
"splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings . ",0
"the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing . ",1
"if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows . ",0
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications . . . that have no bearing on the story . ,0
hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining . ,1
"hatosy . . . portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue . ",1
it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke . ,1
"lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it doesn't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) . ",0
"quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house . ",1
"at first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin . ",0
alternative medicine obviously has its merits . . . but ayurveda does the field no favors . ,0
"lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest . ",1
"contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin . ",0
those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really want to know . ,1
"a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave . ",1
a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation . ,1
"although huppert's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun . ",0
"halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary . ",0
plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up . ,0
"by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannot be revived . ",0
worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . ,1
about one in three gags in white's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . ,0
a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling . ,1
the warnings to resist temptation in this film . . . are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean . ,1
"a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes . ",0
"while the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it's awfully entertaining to watch . ",1
i can't quite recommend it -- it's too patched together -- but i almost can ; it's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it . ,0
"ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he's well worth spending some time with . ",1
"a wild , endearing , masterful documentary . ",1
"a jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages . ",0
the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . ,0
"such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go . ",0
"its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary . ",0
"it's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ",1
the movie's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ? ,0
" ( danny huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk . ",1
 . . . quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks . ,1
"although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success . ",0
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could . ,1
"as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers . ",1
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal . ,1
a perfectly competent and often imaginative film that lacks what little lilo & stitch had in spades -- charisma . ,1
"both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter . ",1
"clint eastwood's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb& j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises – but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . ",1
"the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together . ",1
"nonsensical , dull "" cyber-horror "" flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting . ",0
zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted . ,0
"[hawn's character]is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten . ",1
"compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get . ",1
"a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist . ",1
the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demme's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects . ,0
"few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying . ",1
"if there's no art here , it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days . ",1
"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 . . . ",1
"unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france . ",1
"claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains . ",1
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 . ,1
"muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner . ",0
"so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly . ",0
this rough trade punch-and-judy act didn't play well then and it plays worse now . ,0
" . . . while the humor aspects of 'jason x' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks . ",0
"if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . ",0
"his [nelson's] screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it . ",0
"as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . ",1
"clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie . ",1
"kidman is really the only thing that's worth watching in birthday girl , a film by the stage-trained jez butterworth ( mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of british comedies in the post-full monty world . ",0
it is so refreshing to see robin williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he's been making for the last several years . ,1
"kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults . ",1
just not campy enough,0
fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we're seeing something purer than the real thing . ,1
a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between highlander and lolita . ,0
"after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen . ",1
teen movies have really hit the skids . ,0
"a slick , engrossing melodrama . ",1
"the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . ",0
vile and tacky are the two best adjectives to describe ghost ship . ,0
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition . ,1
"this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer's star trek vi : the undiscovered country . ",1
"donovan . . . squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences . ",0
better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . ,1
obstacles are too easily overcome and there isn't much in the way of character development in the script . ,0
"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 . ",0
a subtle variation on i spit on your grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men . ,0
"delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas . ",0
"if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would go back and choose to skip it . fortunately , you still have that option . ",0
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either . ,0
"the pianist [is] a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single man's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music . ",1
"if religious films aren't your bailiwick , stay away . otherwise , this could be a passable date film . ",0
"spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don' t know an orc from a uruk-hai . ",1
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . ,0
we want the funk - and this movie's got it . ,1
the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it's insanely violent and very graphic . ,0
entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from venus and men from mars can indeed get together . ,1
nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . . ,1
"an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort . ",1
"a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience . ",1
"technically , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial . ",0
maryam is more timely now than ever . ,1
 . . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . ,0
 . . . hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves . ,0
"nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career . ",0
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor . ,1
a small movie with a big impact . ,1
"the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema . ",1
so lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun . ,0
"an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . ",1
" . . . [the film] works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay . ",1
"we could have expected a little more human being , and a little less product . ",0
"awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful",1
sayles . . . once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . ,0
in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest . ,1
"a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it doesn't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . ",1
"a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling . ",1
"attal's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it's a wonder that he couldn't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident . ",0
"while the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think . ",0
directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . ,1
"trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , something terrible happens . ",0
"famuyiwa's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer . ",1
"at nearly three hours , the whole of safe conduct is less than the sum of its parts . ",1
"throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material . ",0
"i suspect that you'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . if you go , pack your knitting needles . ",0
"a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title . ",0
"swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then . ",0
much of the movie's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . their computer-animated faces are very expressive . ,1
a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption . ,1
"an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values . ",1
"a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs . and neither do cliches , no matter how 'inside' they are . ",0
"the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere . ",0
"a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad . ",0
a wildly inconsistent emotional experience . ,0
"contradicts everything we've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . ",1
"one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . ",1
"the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . ",0
"witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy . ",1
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . ,0
"in his u . s . debut , mr . schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist . ",1
some remarkable achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escaped the holocaust . ,1
rare is the 'urban comedy' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie . ,1
steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . ,1
great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex . ,1
"[t]hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepford wives mentality doesn't work in a modern context . ",0
"a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . ",1
sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth . ,0
"the title , alone , should scare any sane person away . ",0
"godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . ",0
[a] mess . ,0
witless and utterly pointless . ,0
"as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr . lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline . ",1
"involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd . ",0
"pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . what results is the best performance from either in years . ",1
it's been 20 years since 48 hrs . made eddie murphy a movie star and the man hasn't aged a day . but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . ,0
a modestly surprising movie . ,1
"a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well . ",1
"largely , this is a movie that also does it by the numbers . ",0
dreary tale of middle-class angst,0
"for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them . ",0
it is quite a vision . ,1
"it's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time . ",0
trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease . ,1
"if this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called the hills have antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins . ",0
"nearly surreal , dabbling in french , this is no simple movie , and you'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . i enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme . ",1
"the movie's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself doesn't stand a ghost of a chance . ",0
but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it's about a very human one . ,1
"personal velocity ought to be exploring these women's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces . ",0
ihops don't pile on this much syrup . ,0
"cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in . ",1
"well , it does go on forever . ",0
"it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding . ",1
"it isn't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems . ",1
"as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've ever seen . ",0
like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions . ,0
beautifully directed and convincingly acted . ,1
"beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gone in for pastel landscapes . ",1
a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged . ,0
"each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time . ",0
"forget the misleading title , what's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? ",0
an almost unbearably morbid love story . ,1
"it's mostly a pleasure to watch . and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . ",1
"a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers . . . ",1
"tries too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . ",0
"[the film's] taste for "" shock humor "" will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of tom green and the farrelly brothers . ",0
there's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance . ,1
a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr . chicken . ,0
a lovely film for the holiday season . ,1
"in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve . ",1
spare but quietly effective retelling . ,1
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with . ,1
"[the kid's] just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow . ",0
"lástima por schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones . ",0
the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases,1
often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers . ,1
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going . ,0
"a miraculous movie , i'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion . ",1
"loud , silly , stupid and pointless . ",0
"it's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart . ",1
"rollerball is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine . ",0
"you might not want to hang out with samantha , but you'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . ",1
ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay . ,0
walsh can't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm . ,0
"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
a relative letdown . ,0
"it may be a no-brainer , but at least it's a funny no-brainer . ",1
"it's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable . ",0
"one of the best films i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense . ",1
binoche and magimel are perfect in these roles . ,1
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card . ,0
"the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . ",0
plays like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . ,0
"flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . ",1
" . . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just isn't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead's specific gifts . ",0
the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down . ,0
"herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but the notion that a strong , unified showing among germany and eastern european jews might have changed 20th-century history is undermined by ahola's inadequate performance . ",0
"helmer devito . . . attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids' tv and revenge . ",0
"the problem with concept films is that if the concept is a poor one , there's no saving the movie . sorry , charlie",0
"the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe . ",0
"will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year . ",1
"a quaint , romanticized rendering . ",0
"for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat . ",1
bean drops the ball too many times . . . hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay . ,0
"functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing . ",1
" "" . . . 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 . "" ",1
"the movie isn't just hilarious : it's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it isn't even all that dumb . ",1
"it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb , distracted audience . ",1
it's an awfully derivative story . ,0
tends to plod . ,0
exciting and well-paced . ,1
it's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . and it's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it . ,0
 . . . manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun . ,1
"has its moments , but it's pretty far from a treasure . ",0
"starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion . ",0
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . ,0
the whole talking-animal thing is grisly . ,0
that it'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture,1
"a witty , whimsical feature debut . ",1
"without [de niro] , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed . ",1
"kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera . ",0
"[moore's] better at fingering problems than finding solutions . but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more . ",1
"if villainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . ",1
"memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual . ",0
"an ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen . ",0
a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities . ,1
"very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan",1
this thing works on no level whatsoever for me . ,0
"[schweiger is] talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists . ",1
"a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences . ",1
a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity . ,0
"jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder . ",0
"woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the "" saving private ryan "" battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ? ",0
" . . . only bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction . ",1
"if you like peace , you'll like promises . ",1
"the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers . ",0
serving sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it . ,0
"though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work . ",0
"minority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report . ",0
"green ruins every single scene he's in , and the film , while it's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that . ",0
gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing . ,0
one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature . ,1
"no matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus , accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way . ",0
"the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . ",0
"[green is] the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i'm just about ready to go to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike . ",0
all the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure . ,0
"it's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes . ",0
this off-putting french romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of amélie . ,0
"gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . ",0
"although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . ",0
 ( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . ,1
you'll end up moved . ,1
it is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs . ,1
"sure , i hated myself in the morning . but then again , i hate myself most mornings . i still like moonlight mile , better judgment be damned . ",1
"the acting is just fine , but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff . ",0
"a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome . ",1
"dull and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit",0
"while we want macdowell's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her . ",0
it'll keep you wide awake and . . . very tense . ,1
"run , don't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen . ",1
 . . . there is enough originality in 'life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens . ,1
nothing more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle . ,0
an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication . ,1
"as home movie gone haywire , it's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i'd rather listen to old tori amos records . ",1
"the story line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . couldn't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment . ",1
"the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way . ",1
p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible . ,1
a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look . ,1
the sequel has turned completely and irrevocably bizarre to the point of utter nonsense . ,0
"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable , nothing to write home about . ",0
"trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all . ",0
"not only unfunny , but downright repellent . ",0
"the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . ",0
fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references . ,0
does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background . ,1
predictably melodramatic . ,0
too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience . ,1
"if you are curious to see the darker side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there's nothing very attractive about this movie . ",0
the leanest and meanest of solondz's misanthropic comedies . ,1
an ideal love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre . ,1
"as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . ",0
"the band's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring , especially for aging hippies ( this one included ) . ",1
"it's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . ",1
the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line . ,0
a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers . ,0
"nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book . ",1
the formula is familiar but enjoyable . ,1
a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy . ,1
"a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics aren't likely to enter the theater . ",0
"in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight . ",1
truly terrible . ,0
"can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers . still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral . ",0
"a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama . ",1
"it's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that's actually sort of amazing . ",1
just dreadful . i don't blame eddie murphy but shouldn't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? ,0
a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido . ,1
"this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success . ",1
the movie sticks much closer to hornby's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of high fidelity did . ,1
a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown . ,1
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? ",0
"the phone rings and a voice tells you you've got seven days left to live . then you get another phone call warning you that if the video isn't back at blockbuster before midnight , you're going to face frightening late fees . o . k . , not really . ",0
cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . ,1
"it's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between morgan and redgrave . ",1
"she's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations . ",1
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself . ",0
fairly run-of-the-mill . ,0
 . . . as the story congeals you feel the pieces of the star wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement . ,1
"a lousy movie that's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable . ",0
"while it's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . ",0
"the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . ",1
this remake of lina wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . ,0
"this is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that's as entertaining as it is instructive . ",1
"it's a very sincere work , but it would be better as a diary or documentary . ",0
francophiles will snicker knowingly and you'll want to slap them . ,1
the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn . ,0
 . . . a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind . ,1
"just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay . ",0
just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat . ,1
i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . ,1
"a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional . ",1
"as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects . ",1
an extraordinary swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage -- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that bille august does best . ,1
"every potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol . ",0
"so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality . ",1
greengrass ( working from don mullan's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation . ,1
mais um momento inspirado de david fincher . ,1
"whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment . ",1
the film offers an intriguing what-if premise . ,1
is office work really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effectively makes it ? ,1
"the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises . ",0
k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . ,1
"wallace gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste . ",0
a small gem from belgium . ,1
rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . ,1
a plodding teen remake that's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists . ,0
"i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they're treading water at best in this forgettable effort . ",0
this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre . ,1
10 minutes into the film you'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away . ,1
the movie is a trove of delights . ,1
"the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache . ",1
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond . ",1
"the talents of the actors helps "" moonlight mile "" rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing . ",1
a coming-of-age movie that hollywood wouldn't have the guts to make . ,1
a biopic about crane's life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video . ,1
a gentle and engrossing character study . ,1
"all the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in something that is improbable . ",1
it's a movie -- and an album -- you won't want to miss . ,1
"if a big musical number like 'praise the lord , he's the god of second chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . ",1
a prison comedy that never really busts out of its comfy little cell . ,0
"although tender and touching , the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing . ",1
raimi and his team couldn't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen . ,1
"provides the kind of 'laugh therapy' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel better already . ",1
"at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood . ",1
"a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment . ",0
the film's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john . ,0
the modern remake of dumas's story is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action . ,1
makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience . ,0
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . ,1
"it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule waiting to scream : "" got aids yet ? "" ",0
the movie succumbs to being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark . ,0
a moving picture that does not move . ,0
boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing . ,1
"as a science fiction movie , "" minority report "" astounds . ",1
"an awfully good , achingly human picture . ",1
"it is amusing , and that's all it needs to be . ",1
"cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of denmark's dogma movement . ",1
"does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively . ",1
has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope . ,1
"[a] boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain . ",0
a incompetência de marcus adams como roteirista só é superada por sua péssima direção . ,0
not even the hanson brothers can save it,0
this is one of the year's best films . ,1
"it's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one . ",0
as saccharine as it is disposable . ,0
"it's mildly amusing , but i certainly can't recommend it . ",0
"eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . it's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it's only acting . ",0
"once again , director jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action/effects on the spectacular scale . ",1
it's as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese . ,0
"for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2-hour running time . ",0
national lampoon's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion,0
"offers much to enjoy . . . and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends . ",1
old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment . ,1
"bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them . ",0
ya-yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film . ,1
a feeble tootsie knockoff . ,0
more precious than perspicacious,0
"if you're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle , quitting hits home with disorienting force . ",1
a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france's most inventive directors . ,1
"spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning . ",0
perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . ,1
"though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch . ",0
"has not so much been written as assembled , frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups . ",0
"[while the last metro] was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history . ",1
must be seen to be believed . ,1
"due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . ",0
i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . ,0
"meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull . ",0
"the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . ",1
secret ballot is too contemplative to be really funny . ,0
"it's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - six days , seven nights , maybe , or that dreadful sabrina remake . ",0
plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . it's a great performance and a reminder of dickens' grandeur . ,1
"a witty , low-key romantic comedy . ",1
"katz's documentary doesn't have much panache , but with material this rich it doesn't need it . ",1
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . ,0
this is carion's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach . ,1
i didn't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot . ,0
"this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters . ",1
sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . ,1
"been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called the professional . ",0
"the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . ",1
any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment . ,0
"jae-eun jeong's take care of my cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema . ",1
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set . ,0
"it wraps up a classic mother/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it's not all new , at least it looks pretty . ",0
"it virtually defines a comedy that's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while . ",0
"apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . ",0
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home . ",1
ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what- time-it-is tedious . ,1
"short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty . ",1
diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance,0
"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character . ",0
you have enough finely tuned acting to compensate for the movie's failings . ,1
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago . ,0
"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",1
"an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity . ",0
"although german cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world's best cuisine , mostly martha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists . ",1
there's no clear picture of who killed bob crane . but here's a glimpse at his life . ,1
"nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit . ",1
"that the chuck norris "" grenade gag "" occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is . ",0
drowning's too good for this sucker . ,0
enticing and often funny documentary . ,1
a dazzling dream of a documentary . ,1
"at its worst , the movie is pretty diverting ; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best . ",1
"nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy . ",0
a savvy exploration of paranoia and insecurity in america's culture of fear . ,1
"doesn't do more than expand a tv show to movie length . however , it's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome . ",1
"we need [moore's] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones . ",1
"personal velocity has a no-frills docu-dogma plainness , yet miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . she boxes these women's souls right open for us . ",1
abysmally pathetic,0
"the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett's familiar quotations",1
outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be going for this time . we miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride . ,0
"the three leads produce adequate performances , but what's missing from this material is any depth of feeling . ",0
"only for young children , if them . their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes . ",0
"with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they isn't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright . ",0
"after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be . ",0
"about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological . ",1
the holiday message of the 37-minute santa vs . the snowman leaves a lot to be desired . ,0
the tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern china in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology . ,1
ali's graduation from little screen to big is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier . ,1
"a guilty pleasure at best , and not worth seeing unless you want to laugh at it . ",0
"if not a home run , then at least a solid base hit . ",1
"any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years . ",0
"apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it . ",0
"even if you're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor . ",1
"excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters . ",0
"after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . ",0
"by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious . ",0
"woven together handsomely , recalling sixties' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to don't look back . ",1
"a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . ",0
they threw loads of money at an idea that should've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans . ,0
does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in- the-blanks with a tragic past . ,0
"both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas . ",1
set in a 1986 harlem that doesn't look much like anywhere in new york . ,0
"a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever waited in a doctor's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office . ",1
"dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring . ",0
beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling . . . recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly . ,1
i can't recommend it . but it's surprisingly harmless . ,0
what's missing is what we call the 'wow' factor . ,0
"unlike most surf movies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . by the end you can't help but feel 'stoked . '",1
"gangster no . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults . ",1
"should have gone straight to video . it looks like an action movie , but it's so poorly made , on all levels , that it doesn't even qualify as a spoof of such . ",0
"there's no denying the elaborateness of the artist's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity . ",0
it's a rare window on an artistic collaboration . ,1
"audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . ",1
the film can depress you about life itself . ,0
"as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances . ",1
"you won't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him . and that's a big part of why we go to the movies . ",1
it's not original enough . ,0
predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king . ,0
"solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts . ",1
 . . . stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier . ,0
"in death to smoochy , we don't get williams' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . ",1
"if deuces wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that's so bad it starts to become good . but it wasn't . ",0
"i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . '",0
"often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? into how long is this movie ? ",0
you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject . ,1
the worst kind of independent ; the one where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors,0
"invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . ",1
chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of 'ethnic cleansing . ',1
"a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . ",0
"the film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . ",1
"fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored . ",0
"the unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right . ",1
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . ",0
"why come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from shirley jackson , richard matheson . . . and puke up something like rose red ? ",0
"any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it . ",0
"while this film has an 'a' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love . ",0
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic . ,0
"has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy can't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original . if i want music , i'll buy the soundtrack . if i want a real movie , i'll buy the criterion dvd . ",0
no amount of nostalgia for carvey's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey's considerable talents are wasted in it . ,0
"there are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door . the same should go for movie theaters . ",0
jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama . ,1
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this won't seem like such a bore . ,0
well-meant but unoriginal . ,0
"never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three . ",0
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen . ,0
"…a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason . ",0
"lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial disney boy movie . ",1
this overproduced and generally disappointing effort isn't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd . ,0
"the reason to see "" sade "" lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( auteil ) and emilie ( le besco ) . ",1
"to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin's greatest hits . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking . ",1
a captivating new film . ,1
"it's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence . ",0
" "" abandon "" will leave you wanting to abandon the theater . ",0
"a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction . ",1
"it's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni . ",0
"just what makes us happy , anyway ? ",1
"though writer/director bart freundlich's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup's anchoring performance . ",1
"while the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun . ",0
just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time . ,0
"although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , "" orange county "" is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be . ",1
"a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups . ",0
features fincher's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity . ,1
great character interaction . ,1
"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 many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit . ",1
an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal . ,0
"while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even . ",0
"it's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance . ",0
"de niro looks bored , murphy recycles murphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal . ",0
this is nothing but familiar territory . ,0
"while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , "" in the bedroom , "" moretti's film makes its own , quieter observations",1
a carefully structured scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling--but unquestionably alive . ,1
"if you pitch your expectations at an all time low , you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce . ",0
"the art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack . ",0
hard to resist . ,1
"in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate . ",0
"holds limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp . ",0
gently humorous and touching . ,1
"despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this . ",0
"it's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year . ",1
transforms one of [shakespeare's] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . ,1
"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy . ",1
"uncommonly stylish but equally silly . . . the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions . ",0
"the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie . ",0
"imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s . ",0
cinematic poo . ,0
"a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . ",1
"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it . ",1
"in its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works . ",1
"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . ",0
"this extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long . ",0
"poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . ",1
thoroughly enjoyable . ,1
"the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure . ",1
a collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to other films . ,0
"most new movies have a bright sheen . some , like ballistic , arrive stillborn . . . looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future . ",0
"you needn't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes' work . though haynes' style apes films from the period . . . its message is not rooted in that decade . ",1
"replacing john carpenter's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage . of all the halloween's , this is the most visually unappealing . ",0
"jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked . ",0
i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes . ,0
"thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot of very bad scouse accents",0
one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking . ,1
absorbing character study by andré turpin . ,1
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
"both heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it's tremendously moving . ",1
my wife is an actress works as well as it does because [the leads] are such a companionable couple . ,1
"the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies . ",0
"the actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . the characters never change . ",0
"the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it . ",0
it bites hard . ,0
"a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance . ",1
"i'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing's happening , or the part where something's happening , but it's stupid . ",0
an epic of grandeur and scale that's been decades gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of hollywood . ,1
the master of disguise is awful . it's pauly shore awful . don't say you weren't warned . ,0
"when [reno] lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w . bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al . , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture . ",0
"it's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today . ",1
a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 . ,1
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . is this progress ? ,1
horrible,0
"though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film doesn't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown's life . ",1
"this film seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities . ",1
"pretty darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura . ",1
ice cube holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance . . . ,1
"it's tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you'll feel like mopping up , too . ",0
this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic . ,0
"hardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world . ",0
a delightful coming-of-age story . ,1
"like its predecessor , it's no classic , but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate . ",1
"insightfully written , delicately performed",1
"like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it's one tough rock . ",1
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and doesn't pummel us with phony imagery or music . ,1
the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie's hideous yellow 'do . ,0
"cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing . ",1
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation . ",0
we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but no sense of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict . ,0
"the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . mr . koshashvili is a director to watch . ",1
worth watching for dong jie's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change . ,1
"the film meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but wasn't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing . ",0
meanders between its powerful moments . ,0
"as an actor , the rock is aptly named . ",0
douglas mcgrath's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically . ,1
"none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any 'comedy' to ever spill from a projector's lens . ",0
"waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality . ",1
"though moonlight mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama . ",0
"arliss howard's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws . ",1
the pianist is polanski's best film . ,1
"i still can't relate to stuart : he's a mouse , for cryin' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough . ",0
it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth . ,0
a lovably old-school hollywood confection . ,1
a tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship . ,0
demeo is not without talent ; he just needs better material . ,0
this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done . it's a scorcher . ,1
"pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . it's fun , but it's a real howler . ",0
"a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise . ",1
"a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely cannot last . ",1
"though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining . ",0
"for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . ",1
"both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . ",1
the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare . ,0
frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances . . . keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease . ,1
it's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie . ,0
"what begins as a seemingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film's end , a feminist action fantasy . ",0
"cannon's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film's saving graces . ",1
"too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one . ",0
"[it's] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones , but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy . ",0
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . ,1
[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise . ,1
"[lin chung's] voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at least to this western ear ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters . ",0
"despite besson's high-profile name being wasabi's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone . ",1
 . . . the last time i saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches was during my sats . ,0
while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo . . . broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity . ,1
"for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast . ",1
"despite hoffman's best efforts , wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher ; his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before . ",0
"a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design . ",1
"the inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power , as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time . ",1
" . . . very funny , very enjoyable . . . ",1
a momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year . ,0
my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack . ,0
it's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge . ,0
"the film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all can't stand . ",1
" "" on guard ! "" won't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time . ",1
"even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping . ",0
oscar caliber cast doesn't live up to material,0
"a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness . ",1
"every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary . ",1
"a gimmick in search of a movie : how to get carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible , plot mechanics be damned . ",0
"hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares . ",0
too silly to take seriously . ,0
everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel . ,0
has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together . ,0
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral . ",0
"baran isn't the most transporting or gripping film from iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations . ",1
it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel . ,0
"as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly doesn't disappoint . ",1
"for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us . ",0
"too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . ",0
"brown's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie . ",0
"message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular ? alas , it's neither . ",0
"this is not a retread of "" dead poets' society . "" ",1
"not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season . ",1
"a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really doesn't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird . ",0
"a shambles of a movie--visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly . . . its hilarity is completely unintentional . ",0
the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you can't fight your culture . ,1
"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots . ",0
"'es en verdad una pena que mandoki esté realizando cintas tan malas desde hace algún tiempo , pues talento tiene , pero quién sabe dónde lo tiene escondido . '",0
it's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground . ,0
"deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had entered . ",0
the script by vincent r . nebrida . . . tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot . ,0
most of crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness . ,1
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action . ,0
"an erotic thriller that's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either . ",0
very stupid and annoying . ,0
"a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution . ",1
"in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a whole new level . ",1
broomfield turns his distinctive 'blundering' style into something that could really help clear up the case . ,1
has something to say . . . but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller . ,0
"there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us . ",1
"it's funny , as the old saying goes , because it's true . ",1
"time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool "" clockstoppers , "" but that doesn't mean it still won't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life . ",0
a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem . ,1
"with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1
"the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved . ",0
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack,1
"the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . ",1
[a]n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s . ,1
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . ,1
the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . ,1
"they presume their audience won't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes . ",0
"we can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer . ",1
the best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites . ,1
"while surprisingly sincere , this average little story is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing . ",1
 . . . the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity . ,0
"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 . ",1
"[cho's face is] an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . ",1
"i can't say that i liked homeboy ; it'd be more accurate to say that i found it intriguing , bizarre , dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way . ",1
"grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that's all that matters . ",1
" . . . best seen as speculative history , as much an exploration of the paranoid impulse as a creative sequel to the warren report . ",1
"the beautiful , unusual music is this film's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep . ",0
" "" red dragon "" is entertaining . an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ? but it is entertaining on an inferior level . it is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see . ",1
"what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion . ",1
what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish . ,1
"if you're a wwf fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in a . i . , you'll probably like rollerball . ",0
"the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . killing time , that's all that's going on here . ",0
"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore . ",0
"at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential . ",0
" . . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey doesn't really go anywhere . ",1
"the pleasures of super troopers may be fleeting , but they'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor . ",1
" "" my god , i'm behaving like an idiot ! "" yes , you are , ben kingsley . ",0
that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year's worst cinematic tragedies . ,0
the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs . ,1
"if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick . ",0
"wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it isn't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited . ",0
"[gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . ",1
"'a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '",1
"skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults . ",1
"freundlich's made [crudup] a suburban architect , and a cipher . ",0
"a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . ",0
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential . ",1
girls gone wild and gone civil again,1
perhaps the best sports movie i've ever seen . ,1
"most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence . ",0
it's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more . ,1
children and adults enamored of all things pokemon won't be disappointed . ,0
"i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . ",1
"while puerile men dominate the story , the women shine . ",1
an enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside st . petersburg's hermitage museum . ,1
"a work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy . ",1
"like a can of 2-day old coke . you can taste it , but there's no fizz . ",0
"characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs . ",0
ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar . ,1
"the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive . ",0
"an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great ‘what you don't see' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",1
"for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new star wars installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one . ",0
"watching trouble every day , at least if you don't know what's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms . ",0
a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival . ,1
"what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point . ",1
real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros . ,1
"the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy . ",1
"[johnnie to and wai ka fai are] sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers . ",0
"it's dumb , but more importantly , it's just not scary . ",0
"evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention . ",0
"conceptually brilliant . . . plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown . ",1
"typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names . ",0
"while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . ",0
schindler's list it ain't . ,0
it's just a little too self-satisfied . ,0
underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough . ,1
"shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic . ",1
"this pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but if saccharine earnestness were a crime , the film's producers would be in the clink for life . ",0
"there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . paul cox needed to show it . it is up to you to decide if you need to see it . ",1
"there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels . ",0
"the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children . ",0
nice piece of work . ,1
"there's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy's club . ",0
soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . what's left is a rich stew of longing . ,1
"the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly… alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . ",0
"like mike isn't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net . ",1
"a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation . ",1
"director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place . ",0
an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it didn't try to . ,1
"theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical . ",1
"an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . ",0
"while you have to admit it's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out "" when you're a jet , you're a jet all the way , "" it's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to "" tonight . "" ",0
"you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see "" simone , "" and consider a dvd rental instead . ",1
"[director] o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . ",0
"an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",1
the best thing i can say about this film is that i can't wait to see what the director does next . ,1
the closest thing to the experience of space travel,1
less worrying about covering all the drama in frida's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie . ,0
a sometimes tedious film . ,0
"with tightly organized efficiency , numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension , miller's film is one of 2002's involvingly adult surprises . ",1
"the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no . 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . ",1
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ',1
i don't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . but i do . ,1
"directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . ",0
"i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest . ",1
qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating . ,0
"there's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavinia , to go the conservative route . ",0
yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a can't-miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong . ,0
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . ,0
"devolves into the derivative , leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects . ",0
the tenderness of the piece is still intact . ,1
"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . ",0
"the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie . ",1
"sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . ",1
"with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . he fails . ",0
"'estupendamente actuada , sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana , es una experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'",1
"it's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but resident evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure . ",0
"the result is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone . ",0
"'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
"it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come . ",1
"unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate . ",0
"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you don't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role . ",1
"a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . ",1
"audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie . ",1
"it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness . ",0
"ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are . ",1
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . cinematic poetry showcases the city's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything . ,1
"with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés . ",0
"by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . ",0
it's a sometimes interesting remake that doesn't compare to the brilliant original . ,0
"opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist's death bed and doesn't get much livelier in the three hours in between . ",0
a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions . ,1
"creeps you out in high style , even if nakata did it better . ",1
"the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam'ron seal the deal . ",1
earnest and tentative even when it aims to shock . ,0
"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 . '",0
"the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie weren't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is . ",1
"as allen's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator david presson . ",1
graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies . ,1
more trifle than triumph . ,0
"the entire cast is first-rate , especially sorvino . ",1
"ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film . ",0
"if you're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life , eisenstein delivers . ",1
"[less a movie than] an appalling , odoriferous thing . . . so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you'll want to crawl up your own * * * in embarrassment . ",0
"even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good . ",1
the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . and diesel isn't the actor to save it . ,0
"too much power , not enough puff . ",0
"sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . and in this regard , on guard delivers . ",1
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment . ,1
if only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con . ,0
"once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back . ",0
"sure , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it's never as solid as you want it to be . ",1
"[haynes'] homage to such films as "" all that heaven allows "" and "" imitation of life "" transcends them . simply put , "" far from heaven "" is a masterpiece . ",1
"without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality . ",1
manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . ,1
"not counting a few gross-out comedies i've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . ",0
"brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . ",1
too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle's carpets . ,0
"sweet home alabama "" is what it is – a nice , harmless date film . . . ",1
final verdict : you've seen it all before . ,0
"writer/director walter hill is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable . ",1
god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness . ,1
about as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come . ,1
"those who managed to avoid the deconstructionist theorizing of french philosopher jacques derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary derrida . or , you can do something fun tonight . ",0
a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss . ,1
"while broomfield's film doesn't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system . ",1
sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . ,0
"this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against . ",0
part of the film's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz . ,1
the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny . ,0
"tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . ",1
one of the worst movies of the year . . . . watching it was painful . ,0
"'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",1
"the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his . ",0
"old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship . ",1
the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher . ,0
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be . ,1
deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits . ,0
"both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others . ",1
"a relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . ",0
"sadly , hewitt's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks . ",0
"mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service . ",0
"if the first men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it's fun lite . ",1
don't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . . ,1
"land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored . ",1
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way . ,1
" . . . the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught . ",0
"a jewish ww ii doc that isn't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! who knew . . . ",1
i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies . ,1
"although i didn't hate this one , it's not very good either . it can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter . ",1
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength . ,0
begins as a promising meditation on one of america's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt . ,0
it confirms fincher's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight . ,1
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her . ",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
what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material . ,1
"the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness . ",0
"while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out . ",1
"without resorting to camp or parody , haynes ( like sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange . ",1
"purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that u . s . foreign policy has played in the rise of castro . ",1
"tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple — he's understated and sardonic , she's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better . ",0
"for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured . ",1
"the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but there's not enough to the story to fill two hours . ",0
"there are touching moments in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject . ",0
you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason . ,1
it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . ,0
"rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . ",0
your taste for jonah - a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit . ,0
"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
"it's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . no , it's the repetition of said behavior , and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else . ",0
"here's my advice , kev . start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line . ",0
one can't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest album . ,0
"one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . ",0
"gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western . ",1
you will likely prefer to keep on watching . ,1
"boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie . ",0
"though catch me if you can isn't badly made , the fun slowly leaks out of the movie . ",0
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . ,0
 . . . digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations . ,1
it's quite diverting nonsense . ,1
"not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream american audience , but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit . ",1
the most consistently funny of the austin powers films . ,1
"miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness . ",0
"the film's plot may be shallow , but you've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . ",1
"the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s . ",1
"spectacularly beautiful , not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing . ",1
what sets ms . birot's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . ,1
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars . ,0
"when the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility . ",0
anemic chronicle of money grubbing new yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups . ,0
often hilarious . ,1
"in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtime's 'red shoe diaries . '",0
"this is a nicely handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch . ",1
a wonderful character-based comedy . ,1
"for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular , it's an eye-opener . ",1
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherish' a very good ( but not great ) movie . ,1
will no doubt delight plympton's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting . ,0
"written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer ed decter . ",0
"despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine . ",0
"in the end , ted bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there's no larger point , and little social context . ",0
"a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you cannot separate them . ",1
"it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson's book , which is a treasure in and of itself . ",1
"meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it's so bad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . ",0
"yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling . ",0
murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . ,0
"fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . ",0
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct . ,0
"at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . ",1
"in his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter , silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls . ",0
"the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal . ",1
a lovely and beautifully photographed romance . ,1
"holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . ",1
"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . ",1
"narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess . ",0
its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . ,1
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . ,1
[a] stale retread of the '53 original . ,0
"the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . ",0
"see scratch for the history , see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion . ",1
"laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters . ",0
the pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film can't help but go soft and stinky . ,0
"ms . phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther's initial anomie or her eventual awakening . ",0