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a pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film .
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neutral
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the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge .
| 0 |
very negative
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crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .
| 4 |
very positive
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the script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .
| 3 |
positive
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a beautiful paean to a time long past .
| 3 |
positive
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uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance .
| 4 |
very positive
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a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol .
| 3 |
positive
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yep , it 's `` waking up in reno . ''
| 2 |
neutral
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throughout , mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .
| 3 |
positive
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an absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss .
| 1 |
negative
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you could hate it for the same reason .
| 1 |
negative
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` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '
| 0 |
very negative
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it has the charm of the original american road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland .
| 3 |
positive
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an exquisitely crafted and acted tale .
| 4 |
very positive
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starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches .
| 0 |
very negative
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as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .
| 2 |
neutral
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underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough .
| 2 |
neutral
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has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere .
| 2 |
neutral
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has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ?
| 1 |
negative
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maggie g. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .
| 4 |
very positive
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human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better .
| 2 |
neutral
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rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .
| 1 |
negative
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longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days .
| 3 |
positive
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the humor is hinged on the belief that knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny .
| 1 |
negative
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despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off
| 2 |
neutral
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ultimate x is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to espn the magazine .
| 2 |
neutral
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instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture
| 0 |
very negative
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the dominant feeling is something like nostalgia . '
| 2 |
neutral
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... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .
| 1 |
negative
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parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings
| 3 |
positive
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everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing .
| 4 |
very positive
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a tv episode inflated past its natural length .
| 1 |
negative
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you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars .
| 0 |
very negative
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everything is pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify .
| 2 |
neutral
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it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through .
| 1 |
negative
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visits spy-movie territory like a novel you ca n't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last .
| 4 |
very positive
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it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .
| 1 |
negative
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a tremendous piece of work .
| 4 |
very positive
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yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable .
| 4 |
very positive
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jonah is only so-so ... the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it .
| 2 |
neutral
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the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .
| 4 |
very positive
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to my taste , the film 's comic characters come perilously close to being amoses and andys for a new generation .
| 2 |
neutral
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purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .
| 0 |
very negative
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mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life
| 4 |
very positive
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while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s. goyer is much sillier .
| 2 |
neutral
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a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world .
| 2 |
neutral
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impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter ' was .
| 4 |
very positive
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a morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take turns hurting each other .
| 2 |
neutral
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-lrb- javier bardem is -rrb- one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .
| 2 |
neutral
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a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .
| 0 |
very negative
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a smart , witty follow-up .
| 4 |
very positive
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a selection of scenes in search of a movie .
| 1 |
negative
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good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing .
| 4 |
very positive
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by turns very dark and very funny .
| 4 |
very positive
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sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .
| 0 |
very negative
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a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho 's fans .
| 3 |
positive
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a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation .
| 4 |
very positive
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twenty years later , reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task .
| 2 |
neutral
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it may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie . ''
| 0 |
very negative
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it 's one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental .
| 4 |
very positive
|
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable .
| 1 |
negative
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the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .
| 3 |
positive
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with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer\/director\/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .
| 0 |
very negative
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few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness .
| 4 |
very positive
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it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .
| 0 |
very negative
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it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling .
| 0 |
very negative
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huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty .
| 4 |
very positive
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it 's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .
| 4 |
very positive
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a less-than-thrilling thriller .
| 0 |
very negative
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maybe i found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .
| 1 |
negative
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thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout .
| 4 |
very positive
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another rent installment for the ian fleming estate .
| 1 |
negative
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i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great ... i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care .
| 0 |
very negative
|
halfway through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .
| 1 |
negative
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hollywood ending just is n't very funny .
| 1 |
negative
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some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations .
| 1 |
negative
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promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish .
| 3 |
positive
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has a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill .
| 1 |
negative
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the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics .
| 1 |
negative
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an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .
| 3 |
positive
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schrader examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor .
| 3 |
positive
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a soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn that ends up being even dumber than its title .
| 1 |
negative
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that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .
| 0 |
very negative
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it will not appeal to the impatient , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth .
| 2 |
neutral
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an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one .
| 0 |
very negative
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too much of the humor falls flat .
| 1 |
negative
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christians sensitive to a reductionist view of their lord as a luv-spreading dr. feelgood or omnipotent slacker will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise god for delivering such an instant camp classic .
| 3 |
positive
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a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .
| 4 |
very positive
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made-up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on america 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude .
| 2 |
neutral
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this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .
| 1 |
negative
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the title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is .
| 0 |
very negative
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daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story
| 3 |
positive
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there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .
| 0 |
very negative
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explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .
| 2 |
neutral
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the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women .
| 1 |
negative
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as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital .
| 2 |
neutral
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an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .
| 1 |
negative
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jeffrey tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is oscar-worthy .
| 4 |
very positive
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shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .
| 1 |
negative
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director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .
| 3 |
positive
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