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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 .

but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .

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 .

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 does n't do a load of good .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

if only it were , well , funnier .

nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .

it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .

nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

disgusting .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

but the actors make this worth a peek .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

never inspires more than an interested detachment .

full of surprises .

waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .

full of surprises .

there 's nothing to gain from watching they .

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 .

if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .

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 .

and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .

and that is where ararat went astray .

it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .

and that is where ararat went astray .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

full of surprises .

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

it 's just rather leaden and dull .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

a marvel of production design .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

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 .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

incoherence reigns .

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 ?

adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt

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 ?

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .

in fact , even better .

and vin diesel is the man .

in fact , even better .

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .

if only it were , well , funnier .

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 .

if only it were , well , funnier .

if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

disgusting .

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

these people are really going to love the piano teacher .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

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 .

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 .

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 .

a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .

a surprisingly funny movie .

the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .

a surprisingly funny movie .

a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .

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 does n't do a load of good .

a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .

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 does n't do a load of good .

and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

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 .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

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 .

though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

a surprisingly funny movie .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

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 .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

and that is where ararat went astray .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

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 .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

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 .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .

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 .

an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '

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 .

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

a marvel of production design .

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 .

happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .

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 .

no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

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 .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

and vin diesel is the man .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

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 does n't do a load of good .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

execrable .

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 .

a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .

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 .

with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .