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the journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie . | 2 | neutral |
serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . | 4 | very positive |
though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work . | 3 | positive |
an awkward and indigestible movie . | 1 | negative |
i regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough . | 1 | negative |
engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying . | 2 | neutral |
all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . | 0 | very negative |
something the true film buff will enjoy . | 4 | very positive |
the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . | 4 | very positive |
audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school . | 0 | very negative |
automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf . | 0 | very negative |
bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film | 0 | very negative |
legendary irish writer brendan behan 's memoir , borstal boy , has been given a loving screen transferral . | 3 | positive |
pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless todd solondzian satire and callow student film . | 1 | negative |
it 's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish . | 1 | negative |
the best movie of its kind since ` brazil . ' | 4 | very positive |
the film takes too long getting to the good stuff , then takes too long figuring out what to do next . | 1 | negative |
-lrb- t -rrb- hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepford wives mentality does n't work in a modern context . | 1 | negative |
what was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical . | 1 | negative |
it 's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner . | 2 | neutral |
one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know was being taken . | 4 | very positive |
painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances . | 3 | positive |
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . | 1 | negative |
places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller . | 1 | negative |
a dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle . | 0 | very negative |
it represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience . | 4 | very positive |
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit . | 1 | negative |
sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . | 4 | very positive |
dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver . | 4 | very positive |
despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like -lrb- seinfeld 's -rrb- revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . | 1 | negative |
the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing . | 3 | positive |
taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise . | 1 | negative |
i like frank the pug , though . | 3 | positive |
it could change america , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment . | 4 | very positive |
an original gem about an obsession with time . | 3 | positive |
so clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart . | 1 | negative |
resourceful and ingenious entertainment . | 4 | very positive |
a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless . | 2 | neutral |
a classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done . | 4 | very positive |
if you 're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . | 0 | very negative |
is n't quite the equal of woo 's best earlier work , but it 's easily his finest american film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his hong kong films . | 3 | positive |
still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different . | 3 | positive |
windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself . | 3 | positive |
thurman and lewis are hilarious throughout . | 4 | very positive |
just pound away . | 2 | neutral |
had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent , we all could have stopped watching long ago . | 0 | very negative |
but based on cq , i 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project . | 3 | positive |
it becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . | 1 | negative |
for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded . | 4 | very positive |
the film might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles . | 1 | negative |
for a shoot - 'em - up , ballistic is oddly lifeless . | 1 | negative |
it 's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-soviet russia . | 4 | very positive |
while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production . | 2 | neutral |
too leisurely paced and visually drab for its own good , it succeeds in being only sporadically amusing . | 2 | neutral |
writer-director burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear . | 3 | positive |
the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing . | 3 | positive |
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . | 0 | very negative |
an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions . | 1 | negative |
with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast . | 3 | positive |
good ol' urban legend stuff . | 3 | positive |
the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging . | 0 | very negative |
the disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on . | 2 | neutral |
the cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed . | 4 | very positive |
one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . | 3 | positive |
what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness . | 3 | positive |
it 's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script . | 1 | negative |
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality | 2 | neutral |
exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven ... -lrb- the film -rrb- addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce . | 4 | very positive |
nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichés and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera . | 1 | negative |
it 's hard not to be seduced by -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max . | 3 | positive |
feels less like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers . | 1 | negative |
that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . | 3 | positive |
the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud . | 1 | negative |
a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie . | 1 | negative |
renner 's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing . | 4 | very positive |
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected -lrb- and gentle -rrb- way . | 3 | positive |
literally nothing in the pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes . | 2 | neutral |
kwan makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action . | 1 | negative |
rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down . | 1 | negative |
cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience . | 4 | very positive |
can see where this dumbed-down concoction is going . | 1 | negative |
nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the year . | 4 | very positive |
a masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . | 4 | very positive |
kinnear gives a tremendous performance . | 4 | very positive |
you 're better off staying home and watching the x-files . | 0 | very negative |
birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . | 1 | negative |
sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna does n't suck as an actress . | 3 | positive |
this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy . | 2 | neutral |
all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . | 0 | very negative |
despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions . | 3 | positive |
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness . | 4 | very positive |
writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability . | 0 | very negative |
is this progress ? | 1 | negative |
the film seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino picture | 2 | neutral |
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured -lrb- and torturing -rrb- artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on . | 1 | negative |
focuses on joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century torture device . | 0 | very negative |
polished korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as hollywood action epics . | 2 | neutral |
-lrb- fessenden -rrb- is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills | 3 | positive |
lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically . | 3 | positive |
hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette 's dialogue . | 4 | very positive |
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