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a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion .

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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 .

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the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .

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a solid examination of the male midlife crisis .

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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 .

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manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer .

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it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .

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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 .

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like leon , it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .

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uncommonly stylish but equally silly ... the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions .

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not exactly the bees knees

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there seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there .

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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 ?

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a woman 's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken .

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may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .

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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 .

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the end result is a film that 's neither .

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manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time .

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leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .

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it 's also , clearly , great fun .

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rarely has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign .

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it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel .

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determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult .

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if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy !

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bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .

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delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas .

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does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence .

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it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .

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the film 's performances are thrilling .

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unfortunately , it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .

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it 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .

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i sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand .

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the lower your expectations , the more you 'll enjoy it .

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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 .

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a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .

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pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical .

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` de niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . '

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a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment .

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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 ?

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try as i may , i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` thank you ! '

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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 .

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a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .

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morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern 's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan .

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instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .

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my thoughts were focused on the characters .

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so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi .

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for starters , the story is just too slim .

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this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .

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at the very least , if you do n't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .

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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 .

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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 .

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there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked .

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bad .

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that dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .

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falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun .

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an artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre .

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smart , provocative and blisteringly funny .

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and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .

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this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .

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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 .

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to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east .

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the entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad .

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this time mr. burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again .

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perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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all that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .

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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 .

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the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy .

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my reaction in a word : disappointment .

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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 .

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corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .

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nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun .

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far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series .

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of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .

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as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .

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it provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds .

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this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs .

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reign of fire looks as if it was made without much thought -- and is best watched that way .

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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 .

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it 's not that kung pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all oedekerk 's impish augmentation .

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i 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here .

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affleck and jackson are good sparring partners .

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whether you like rap music or loathe it , you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .

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not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa 's ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur .

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a by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise .

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an occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story .

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brilliantly explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition .

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despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .

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it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen .

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it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong .

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the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .

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dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth 's best soundtrack in years .

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it 's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman .

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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 .

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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 .

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a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution .

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huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair .

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one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year .

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