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it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .
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if you can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb- and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes , you 'll enjoy this movie .
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a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi .
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simply a re-hash of the other seven films .
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hmmm ... might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?
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a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .
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death might be a release .
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the movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .
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a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .
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as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .
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the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating .
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the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .
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the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way .
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according to the script , grant and bullock 's characters are made for each other .
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the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .
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a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .
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a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture .
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lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .
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a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling .
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the feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .
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the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .
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a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis .
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an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound .
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ken russell would love this .
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has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool .
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they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .
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claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains .
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kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera .
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its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .
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sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .
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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 .
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salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon .
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human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard .
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the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .
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a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed .
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the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .
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it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .
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the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years .
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sly , sophisticated and surprising .
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-lrb- kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it .
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more trifle than triumph .
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it 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .
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murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .
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the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .
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i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .
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she may not be real , but the laughs are .
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clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .
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a depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women .
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scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .
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you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .
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this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .
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both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .
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many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit .
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you 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .
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crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .
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not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
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by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .
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... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .
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a highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he 's afraid of his best-known creation ?
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alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes .
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when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails .
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this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .
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the pianist is polanski 's best film .
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you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .
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klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .
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from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .
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utter mush ... conceited pap .
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despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .
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gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .
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... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
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just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .
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think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .
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grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .
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a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .
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predictably soulless techno-tripe .
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the filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .
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it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated .
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the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .
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the film 's most improbable feat ?
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the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .
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there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch .
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there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .
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possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .
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the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects .
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a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode .
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there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .
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time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .
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a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation .
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mr. spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .
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what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb- , sour , bloody and mean .
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mr. polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .
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a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism .
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it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
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it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .
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diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .
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but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .
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darkly funny and frequently insightful .
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formuliac , but fun .
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there 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes .
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damon brings the proper conviction to his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb- .
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