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0 | Moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured. |
1 | For those who like quirky, slightly strange French films, this is a must! |
0 | Too often, Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained "big moment" will occur and not "if." |
1 | The mood, look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a T. |
0 | A muddled limp biscuit of a movie, a vampire soap opera that doesn't make much sense even on its own terms. |
1 | A certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents. |
0 | Why "they" were here and what "they" wanted and quite honestly, I didn't care. |
0 | Shallow. |
1 | A work of extraordinary journalism, but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry. |
1 | But Toback's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again. |
1 | All three women deliver remarkable performances. |
1 | Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and, in turn, his self-inflicted retaliation. |
0 | Off the Hook is overlong and not well-acted, but credit writer-producer-director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all. |
1 | There is a subversive element to this Disney cartoon, providing unexpected fizzability. |
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. |
0 | "Freaky Friday," it's not. |
0 | an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we've been watching for decades |
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. |
1 | 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. |
0 | This is one baaaaaaaaad movie. |
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 | Brims with passion: for words, for its eccentric, accident-prone characters, and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life. |
0 | Borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion. |
0 | Appropriately cynical social commentary aside, #9 never quite ignites. |
0 | The story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head. |
0 | This u-boat doesn't have a captain. |
1 | Spectacular in every sense of the word, even if you don' t know an Orc from a Uruk-Hai. |
1 | 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 | You will likely prefer to keep on watching. |
1 | A film that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure. |
0 | It's leaden and predictable, and laughs are lacking. |
0 | The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play." |
1 | It's a lovely, eerie film that casts an odd, rapt spell. |
1 | One fantastic (and educational) documentary. |
1 | The word that comes to mind, while watching Eric Rohmer's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady, is painterly. |
1 | A funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park's. |
1 | He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue. |
0 | An incoherent jumble of a film that's rarely as entertaining as it could have been. |
1 | Cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio. |
0 | Instead of panoramic sweep, Kapur gives us episodic choppiness, undermining the story's emotional thrust. |
1 | I love the robust middle of this picture. |
0 | 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. |
1 | It's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience. |
1 | Intriguing and downright intoxicating. |
1 | A sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception. |
1 | I still like Moonlight Mile, better judgment be damned. |
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. |
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. |
0 | Steve Oedekerk is, alas, no Woody Allen. |
1 | George Lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension. |
0 | Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a Pandora's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest. |
0 | With the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof, which They isn't, it is more likely to induce sleep than fright. |
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. |
1 | "Auto Focus" works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era |
0 | With jump cuts, fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics, Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is. |
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. |
1 | Except it's much, much better. |
1 | Good fun, good action, good acting, good dialogue, good pace, good cinematography. |
1 | It's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects. |
0 | is that it's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime. |
1 | Jason Patric and Ray Liotta make for one splendidly cast pair. |
1 | Its compelling mix of trial movie, escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy. |
1 | insightfully written, delicately performed |
0 | Shyamalan should stop trying to please his mom. |
0 | 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 | 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 directing and story are disjointed, flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor's doorstep. |
1 | The movie's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing. |
1 | It's no lie -- Big Fat Liar is a real charmer. |
1 | A gorgeously strange movie, Heaven is deeply concerned with morality, but it refuses to spell things out for viewers. |
0 | You'll cry for your money back. |
0 | The package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic. |
1 | A subtle, humorous, illuminating study of politics, power and social mobility. |
1 | I loved the look of this film. |
0 | This little film is so slovenly done, so primitive in technique, that it can't really be called animation. |
0 | Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting. |
1 | It has its faults, but it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie, and Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression. |
0 | A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise. |
0 | The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute. |
1 | 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 | A slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time. |
0 | What you expect is just what you get...assuming the bar of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height. |
1 | The campy results make Mel Brooks' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated. |
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 | Two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity. |
0 | Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion, which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships. |
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 | The AAA of action, XXX is a blast of adrenalin, rated EEE for excitement. |
0 | It's all surface psychodramatics. |
1 | Comedian, like its subjects, delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun, no-frills ride. |
1 | 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. |
0 | It's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters. |
1 | It's a sweet, laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth. |
1 | Scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario. |
0 | Replacing John Carpenter's stylish tracking shots is degraded, handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage. |
1 | 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 | It thankfully goes easy on the reel/real world dichotomy that (Jaglom) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice/Venice. |
0 | A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them. |
0 | Like Showgirls and Glitter, the most entertaining moments here are unintentional. |
0 | The story is predictable, the jokes are typical Sandler fare, and the romance with Ryder is puzzling. |
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