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due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality .

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very bad .

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a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j.m. barrie 's peter pan .

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a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .

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birthday girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments .

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so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie .

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expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery .

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a smart , witty follow-up .

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chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .

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like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .

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it 's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism .

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there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours .

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it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way .

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the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness .

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and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .

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richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez .

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good film , but very glum .

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there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through .

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preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment .

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verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies .

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two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated .

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in all , this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .

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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 .

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atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues

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slick piece of cross-promotion .

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well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull .

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majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .

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the movie is n't just hilarious : it 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .

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filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels .

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the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .

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( a ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment .

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in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan .

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true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable .

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a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...

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no screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of clones ' last 45 minutes .

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more romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original .

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this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .

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if you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies , what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever .

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once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .

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stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .

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an effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it .

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sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos .

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because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , ` swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .

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no aspirations to social import inform the movie version .

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sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .

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for the first time in years , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .

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not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .

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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 . ''

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... routine , harmless diversion and little else .

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is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ?

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even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy .

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the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque .

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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

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a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance ...

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every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .

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how do you spell cliché ?

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no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie .

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director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand .

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i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .

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less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins .

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overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .

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they should have called it gutterball .

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corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .

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( a ) n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s .

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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 .

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wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty .

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a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .

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this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .

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whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting .

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worth watching for dong jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change .

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a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality .

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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 .

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vera 's three actors -- mollà , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances .

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it 's everything you do n't go to the movies for .

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( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle .

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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 .

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velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene .

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but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , the queen of the damned can not be said to suck .

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the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses .

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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 .

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but what are adults doing in the theater at all ?

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like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... how can something so gross be so boring ?

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the man from elysian fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .

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this is n't even madonna 's swept away .

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the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not .

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american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize .

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my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor .

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... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down .

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oscar wilde 's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century .

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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 .

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but it still jingles in the pocket .

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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 .

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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 .

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one from the heart .

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made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss .

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people cinema at its finest .

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what 's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you .

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and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .

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a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .

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nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .

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