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Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line.
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Jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema.
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A pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between XXX and Vertical Limit.
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Max pokes, provokes, takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve...as far as art is concerned, it's mission accomplished.
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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.
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'Punch-Drunk Love is so convinced of its own brilliance that, if it were a person, you'd want to smash its face in.'
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A sentimental mess that never rings true.
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A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it.
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(Janey) forgets about her other obligations, leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes, maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies.
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The only problem is that, by the end, no one in the audience or the film seems to really care.
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A film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity.
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...although this idea is "new" the results are tired.
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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.
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Mike White's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark, funny humor make "The Good Girl" a film worth watching.
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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.
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This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar.
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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.
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The trouble is, its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through.
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Even when Crush departs from the 4W formula ... it feels like a glossy rehash.
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Nair doesn't treat the issues lightly.
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A compelling motion picture that illustrates an American tragedy.
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It's that painful.
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Smart, sassy interpretation of the Oscar Wilde play.
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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.
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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.
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The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us.
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(Cho's face is) an amazing slapstick instrument, creating a scrapbook of living mug shots.
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If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution, this is it.
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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.
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Terminally brain dead production.
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(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.
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The movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected.
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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.
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While most films these days are about nothing, this film seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world.
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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.
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Well-meant but unoriginal.
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It's an effort to watch this movie, but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it.
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It's Burns' visuals, characters and his punchy dialogue, not his plot, that carry waydowntown.
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The real triumphs in Igby come from Philippe, who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest, and Sarandon, who couldn't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron.
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The Quiet American isn't a bad film, it's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar.
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No.
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Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities.
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family film,' because it's about family.
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Even though many of these guys are less than adorable (their lamentations are pretty much self-centered), there's something vital about the movie.
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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.
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An ugly, revolting movie.
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If you are into splatter movies, then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea.
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The characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity, with the ironic exception of Scooter.
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Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski's The Pianist, but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high.
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But it's hardly a necessary enterprise.
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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.
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Distinctly sub-par...more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine.
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It's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow.
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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.
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Leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing.
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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.
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It's the kind of under-inspired, overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name.
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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.
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Really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length.
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A breezy blend of art, history, esoteric musings and philosophy.
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Unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet, uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of...emotional recovery.
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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.
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My Wife Is an Actress works as well as it does because (the leads) are such a companionable couple.
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About Schmidt is Nicholson's goofy, heartfelt, mesmerizing King Lear.
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A comedy that is warm, inviting, and surprising.
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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.
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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.
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This sensitive, smart, savvy, compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem.
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Enigma looks great, has solid acting and a neat premise.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This ready-made midnight movie probably won't stand the cold light of day, but under the right conditions, it's goofy (if not entirely wholesome) fun.
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Hampered -- no, paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire.
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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.
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Several uninteresting, unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in "Unfaithful."
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...a low rate Annie featuring some kid who can't act, only echoes of Jordan, and weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school.
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This version does justice both to Stevenson and to the sci-fi genre.
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Surprisingly, considering that Baird is a former film editor, the movie is rather choppy.
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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.
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...it wasn't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film...It was the unfulfilling, incongruous, "wait a second, did I miss something?"
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Wiseman is patient and uncompromising, letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children, and too preachy for adults.
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Couldn't someone take Rob Schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person?
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In the wrong hands, i.e. Peploe's, it's simply unbearable
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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.
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Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace, Mad Love looks better than it feels.
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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.
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Miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise, expertly plucking tension from quiet.
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It has no affect on the Kurds, but it wore me down.
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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.
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The real star of this movie is the score, as in the songs translate well to film, and it's really well directed.
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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.
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This Tuxedo ... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations.
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Ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one?
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The film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer.
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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.