conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible


just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller .


, solid storytelling .


's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries


a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all


its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and


though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled


the lovable-loser protagonist


though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough


evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes .


green men


, this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .


teddy bears '


feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something


poor quality


an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing ,


jazzy score


loquacious


is prime escapist fare


the film 's needlessly opaque intro


, if disingenuous ,


much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .


making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be


very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive


a travesty of a transvestite comedy


godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating


... is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .


worthy idea


have been better off staying on the festival circuit


saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory


an intoxicating


all the earmarks of french cinema at its best


also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .


is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing


be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds


to fruition in her sophomore effort


super


does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background .


i do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .


that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain


would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .


watching `` ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale .


an interesting and at times captivating


will assuredly have their funny bones tickled


its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control ,


the movie sputters


suited neither


big bloody stew


from its unsettling prognosis


, deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .


a mournful undercurrent


is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout


a verbal duel between two gifted performers


time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .


this is no `` waterboy ! ''


swiftly


fairly enjoyable


a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination


deeply biased , and


an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it


tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .


the level of an after-school tv special


the movie is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .


rich tale


a fascinating profile


prepare


shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale


honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama


`` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .


the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present


an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .


buddy cop comedy


horrific


i 'm all for that


's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary .


the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus


wit and originality


'' admirably


the pay-off is negligible


designed strictly for children 's home video ,


to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar


its shortcomings


that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span


this italian freakshow


the nerve to speak up


are infectious


some serious soul


the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea


slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation


the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book


its core


standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow


, `` real women have curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


sumptuous stream


have the best of both worlds


very moving and revelatory footnote


about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love


wow .


beautifully animated epic


an engaging fantasy


riveting power and sadness


and inventive moments


hiding behind cutesy film references


it 's a heck of a ride


overwrought


music and life


is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .


when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year


do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl


creeping into the second half


damaged-goods people


is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .


to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter


a witty


does its predecessors proud .


such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating


what ` blade runner ' would


a little underconfident


cinemantic flair


, it 's a lyrical endeavor .


have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .


annoying specimen


rock solid family fun out


i 'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .


a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( evans ) had , lost , and got back


to make up for the ones that do n't come off


been 13 months and 295 preview screenings


like any good romance


a step further ,


spirit is a visual treat , and


of a 20-car pileup


is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life


maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature


street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or


solid emotional impact


in clichés and mawkish dialogue


tom green 's freddie got fingered


increasingly implausible as it races


beckons us all


filling


first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast


dying and loving


fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .


an unsettling sight , and


the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path


work -- is charming


the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one .


american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone .


this engaging film


not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


`` solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .


an affected malaise


tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush


impeccable study


swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .


a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie


extremely thorough


worth seeing at least once


is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking :


devolves into a laugh-free lecture


unforgivingly


i liked this film a lot ...


byron and luther


the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence


the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound


if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .


perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .


and , there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .


that tears welled up in my eyes both times


that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship


by letting you share her one-room world for a while


of constant smiles and frequent laughter


offended


is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually


is just a little bit hard to love .


it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .


's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy


( city ) reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year .


another boorish movie


at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .


that attracts the young and fit


something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality


have made it an exhilarating


lazy but enjoyable


the best didacticism


'm all for that


in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself


macdowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .


be shallow


with a `` spy kids '' sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?


, it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .


, the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens


favorite musical


complex , sinuously plotted and , somehow , off-puttingly cold .


another useless recycling of a brutal mid


downbeat


unfaithful


not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer


another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype


a haunting tale of murder and mayhem .


is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two .


more successful


suspenseful spin


scant place for the viewer


cedar 's


utter sincerity


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing


the predictability of bland comfort food


and witty feature


feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer


with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .


, nothing good can happen


( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto


seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense


older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag


therefore i know better than to rush to the theater for this one


reactionary ideas about women


bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction


stillborn


an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness


the lively appeal of the last kiss


featuring an oscar-worthy performance


cheap junk


this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .


the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but


it just seems manufactured to me and artificial


it 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .


, hilarious


this overlong infomercial ,


an intelligent screenplay


it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .


executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor


had their hearts in the right place .


playwriting 101 premise


thin notion


meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced ,


the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence


that does not move


something provocative , rich , and strange


i 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent .


an effective portrait


i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors ,


too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash .


send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments


loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin .


like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .


a profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .


slightly disappointed


proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .


a must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those


could n't keep my attention


really earned my indignant , preemptive departure


reverent


his sentimental journey of the heart


an astoundingly rich film


i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .


loves them to pieces


so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer


goodwill


family-friendly comedy


before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon


is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .


missed the point


answered yes , by all means


as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .


the right choices at every turn


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining


with honesty , insight and humor


ambitious films


be captivated


here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck


will likely


this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen


takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about .


the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug


to make the formula feel fresh


is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus


the most brilliant work


from the dullest science fiction


friendly kick


suitable


i bought this movie


, folks , it does n't work .


, there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .


is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona


from `` promising ''


a romance this smart


fessenden continues to do interesting work


will most likely doze off during this one


a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last .


there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus ,


the credits roll across the pat ending


, and totally disorientated


who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable


'd probably turn it off ,


warm , moving message


the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised


feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting


a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


an in-depth portrait


performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks


acquire the fast-paced contemporary society


distinctly sub-par


mediocre movies


most politically audacious films


if that 's not too glorified a term


keeps this pretty watchable , and


the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves


awesome


sun-splashed whites


is as bad at it is cruel


will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .


these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before


from the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line


glides gracefully from male persona to female


world traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something


because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low


ya-yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film .


pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance .


williams ' anarchy gets tiresome


, it 's icky .


far less endearing disabilities


lacking in charm and charisma


toilet-humor


of this tacky nonsense


a tragedy


sluggish


mixed up together like a term paper


while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and


the screenplay to keep the film entertaining


has considerable charm .


a comedic moment in this romantic comedy


simply runs out of ideas


reaching the comic heights it obviously desired


the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing ,


... quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .


everywhere


this is a superior horror flick .


( kline 's ) 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


sneaks up on you and


good pace


redundant


it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but


appropriately


creepy and vague


illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters


's hard to resist his enthusiasm


the delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two .


moving story


in their recklessness


because it was particularly funny


appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .


horribly


pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year


a copy of a copy


many good ideas


is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast


to reveal his impressively delicate range


men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance --


a snore and


lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy


oft-brilliant


one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie ,


is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees


that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body


the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat .


for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters


flinching


well-meaning


is a good and ambitious film


hackneyed story


sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes


seem to hit


drunken


a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago


evolved from star to superstar some time


go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset


does probably as good a job as anyone


is flawed


the butt


plenty of entertainment value


, fine music never heard


the credit for the film 's winning tone


an ` a ' list cast and


chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .


, touching , smart and complicated


a satisfying summer blockbuster and


a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite son of the bride .


the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite ,


, they wo n't enjoy the movie at all .


a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears


a superior horror flick


a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .


, it is n't much fun .


a major director is emerging in world cinema


a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness


in a well-balanced fashion


feeling like a great missed opportunity


of hard-bitten , cynical journalists


skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd .


original cartoon


every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera


the strength of their own cleverness


like this movie a lot .


's definitely a step in the right direction .


's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style


is why anthony hopkins is in it .


an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays


worn-out


pouty-lipped poof


not enough puff


difficult and


this film puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers .


steers clear of the sensational and


well-wrought story


its nauseating spinning credits sequence


is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .


a shiver-inducing


somebody might devote time to see it


should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .


unexpected ways , touching


trouble every day is a success in some sense ,


murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death


fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships


all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .


if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time


little film noir organized crime story


a crowdpleaser


, it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer


realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch


its ultimate demise


the music makes a nice album


new , or inventive , journey


its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline


fan to appreciate scratch


a certain ambition


that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace


a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet .


law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey


un-bear-able


a small movie with a big impact


chilling , and affecting study


it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .


the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin


a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates


numbness


it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it


that everlasting conundrum


is fine


ravishing waif


the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public


feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment


is the action as gripping


it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not


the pitch-perfect forster


leave


be compelling , amusing and unsettling


a choke leash


fused with their humor


by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery ,


that reaches across time and distance


as beautiful , desirable , even delectable


brilliantly constructed work


the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience


the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and


that really gives the film its oomph


limpid and


force you to scratch a hole in your head


librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized


much humor


to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .


two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance


a flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile .


off the page , and for the memorable character creations


drumline ' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .


dog


an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out


cool crime movie


establishes a wonderfully creepy mood


dullest tangents


is needed to live a rich and full life


by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company


this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .


to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense


( no more racist portraits of indians , for instance )


gets the job done .


sharp writing


depressed


much better


is actually funny without hitting below the belt


things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall


time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge


be a different kind of film


while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .


a very charming and funny movie .


with vibrant charm


a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family


a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and


manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .


stephen earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type .


insightful discourse


to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong


surprisingly funny movie


a creaky `` pretty woman ''


numbness .


every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable .


it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .


kids


buried , drowned and


remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre


heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment


expert comic timing


the broiling sun for a good three days


necessary and timely


it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while .


the film itself is small and shriveled


of emotional comfort


care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories


crafted a deceptively casual ode


, but solidly entertaining


i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it .


the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching


mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar


masterful


there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .


talk about for hours


one of the best , most understated performances of ( jack nicholson 's ) career .


the pacing is often way off


the original


'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie


kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and


delightful comedy


offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor


just a simple fable done in an artless sytle ,


memorable film


funny look


the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy


entertainingly presented


raucously


animated epic


unique feel


unrewarding


of modern life


minor film


of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries


has little insight


with little logic or continuity


its own action is n't very effective


be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother


if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .


it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going


undoubtedly


( clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh


sweet , funny , charming


you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .


inferior level


just a string


has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point


how low brow


he expresses our most basic emotions


warmth to go around , with music and laughter and


the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way


of great charm , generosity and diplomacy


little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up


sodden


cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries .


into the upper echelons of the directing world


keen


foolish


idiotically


would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative


real narrative logic


nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone


powerful drama


muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through


a trip


does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution


create a complex , unpredictable character


engaging and exciting narrative


looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way .


an engrossing entertainment


stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner


great idea


psychological case study


yet another visit


it almost loses what made you love it


uncomfortably real


achieves ultimate insignificance


that extravagantly redeems it


it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .


the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away .


of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions


it goes awry in the final 30 minutes


got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile


is such a perfect medium for children


lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable


what makes it worth a recommendation


'' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .


lifts your spirits


jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and


the delusions


a feast


rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .


by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .


, it 's just grating


illogical


on the success of bollywood


, even delectable


devolves into the derivative


tick-tock pacing


a rollicking good time for the most part


the heat of the moment prevails .


be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general


nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


best part ' of the movie


a guiltless film


while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart


... there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .


where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves


entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed


as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success


will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


dry humor


is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while


because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product


slightly pokey


pink floyd tickets


a winning and wildly fascinating work


lukewarm and


the visual panache , the comic touch , and


oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' )


companion piece


wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .


bidder


most improbable


succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics


be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser


its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight


while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .


plays out like a flimsy excuse


family responsibility and care


toss logic and science


that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief


love .


good actors ,


give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


that rare animal


one-of-a-kind


a good , hard yank


this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .


broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .


the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .


, mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .


's so bad


torn away


humble , teach


fax


knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .


understated piece of filmmaking


there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but


she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon


a compelling story


bring off this wild welsh whimsy


he or anyone else


that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives


most excruciating 86 minutes


the film , while not exactly assured in its execution ,


is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing


no explanation or even plot relevance


you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already .


a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .


so intimate and sensual and funny and


one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence


no


profoundly stupid


... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .


will enthrall the whole family


good performances and


like many of his works


's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii .


is repetitious


demented premise


knows , and very likely is


a beautifully


one of the funniest motion pictures of the year


object lesson


clever and unflinching in its comic barbs


of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit


with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack


, realistic portrayal


is a just a waste


wind up using them as punching bags


pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate


spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes


pitch-perfect


the unfulfilling , incongruous


... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time


the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble .


accept it as life and go with its flow


sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers .


embodies the transformation of his character completely .


the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence


cinematic knack


duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks


fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )


that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery


demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world


jokester highway patrolmen


a very good viewing alternative


a domestic melodrama


interminably


michel piccoli 's moving performance is this films reason for being .


carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff


undercuts


well-edited


is classic nowheresville in every sense


should pay reparations to viewers


courageous molly craig


awfully deadly


insecure about its capacity


flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror


convenient


less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith


piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work


, heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .


intricately structured and well-realized


it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes


, self-important stories


a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism


is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context .


indifferent


easy sanctimony


austin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .


the sorriest


much colorful


about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .


very effective


sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor


, xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement .


a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation


there 's nothing else happening


this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater


schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms. mirren , who did ) , has succeeded beyond all expectation .


vibrant


captures both the beauty of the land and the people


it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition


the annoying score


in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy


although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america .


show-stoppingly hilarious , but


can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored


an erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .


pretty tattered


get out


particularly memorable


i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture


is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .


rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines


best inside-show-biz


manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .


ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired


the movie does not do them justice


systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage


in the pile of useless actioners from mtv schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes


before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .


one hour photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .


a family-oriented non-disney film


as saccharine as it is disposable .


successful one


give a second look if we passed them on the street


without a fresh infusion of creativity


has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but


idiosyncratic humor


with incredible subtlety and acumen


that scalds like acid


care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor


the adventures of pluto nash '' is a big time stinker .


's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness


a small , personal film


geriatric dirty harry


this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life


it is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


suited to a quiet evening on pbs


elaborate


a splendid job


so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough


get on a board and , uh , shred ,


want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned


the respect they


some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo


lecherous


vulgarities


overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue


pristine style and bold colors


, it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .


the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .


about the worst thing chan has done in the united states


mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated


built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids


to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo


very experienced


's something about mary and both american pie movies


blessed with a searing lead performance


recommend `` never again


really unclear


a sexy slip of an earth mother


obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque


with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors , eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare .


a heroine as feisty and principled as jane


measured or polished


offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .


you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,


zero


that annoying specimen of humanity


this ludicrous film


fanciful motion picture


efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .


epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be


every member


these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i 'm all for that .


of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal


there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys


of invention


uneven action comedy


as a classic movie franchise


peculiar and always entertaining


they finally feel absolutely earned


blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering


gleefully


'' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .


only half-an-hour long or


taking the easy hollywood road


prepackaged


full of elaborate and twisted characters


paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .


such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .


mediocre horror film


is better than you might think .


fine effort


through than in most ` right-thinking ' films


snoozer


's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive


between flaccid satire and what


the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .


could have been crisper and punchier , but


effects that are more silly than scary


from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb


worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .


intense and engrossing head-trip


is a big time stinker .


's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but


even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck


disintegrates


pure misogynist evil


criticism


have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows


mostly magnificent directorial career


caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch


that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema


a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .


a lovely film


this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style .


an empty shell


artistically


buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly


despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places


that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and


there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but


join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks


( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction


keeps this pretty watchable ,


what we call the ` wow ' factor


the best of comedies


to be truly prurient


ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit


laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .


that satisfies


futuristic sets


a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict


sickeningly savage


88-minute rip-off


( t ) his slop


an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .


an enthralling


the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook


the acting is just fine


rarity


tolerate leon barlow


this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone .


is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels


beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ...


watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain


old-fashioned , occasionally charming


hollowness


to enjoy good trash every now and then


the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won


to unexpected heights


that 's low on both suspense and payoff


conjure proper respect


i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .


enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit


quite unengaging


every sequel you skip


gently comic even as the film breaks your heart


made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others


its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors


just offensive


the soul of a man in pain


of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters


the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy .


whose derring-do puts the x into the games


low , very low , very very low


of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects


falls into the trap of pretention almost every time


is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture


as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .


little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film


virulently unpleasant excuse


full of cheesy dialogue ,


arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .


oscar wilde 's classic satire


`` simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .


worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance


contrived as this may sound


crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary


with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography


of old-fashioned hollywood magic


, i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...


through ill-conceived action pieces


an overly familiar scenario


, you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .


the most consistently funny of the austin powers films .


, predictable rehash


reaction


the true impact


( a ) crushing disappointment .


enjoy seeing how both evolve


both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .


absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes


beyond-lame


classical actress


banal in its message and the choice of material


irrational , long-suffering but cruel


masochistic


it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .


earnest homage


the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller


have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .


charming , funny and beautifully crafted import


drab wannabe


wow


the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


remarkably well


desperate for the evening to end


struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy


dreamlike


it 's provocative stuff


a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés


into an inhalant blackout


projector 's


is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


excuse for a film


designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering


some strong supporting players


in practically every facet of inept filmmaking


when ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science


it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple


of sentimental ooze


ultimately empty examination


marvelous performance


ludicrous terms


if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons


into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films


, it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head


gentle


to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting


this engaging mix


wo n't be an )


through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one


everyone 's


a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale


flawed but engrossing


even shallow


extraordinarily good


swallow thanks to remarkable performances


her third feature will be something to behold


no new plot conceptions or


works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera


the vulgar , sexist , racist humor


may have been a good film in `` trouble every day


out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos


a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in


humanize


so many merchandised-to-the-max movies


contrived as this may sound , mr. rose 's updating works surprisingly well .


a whole heap


pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel


thumbs friggin ' down


is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie


just a simple fable done in an artless sytle


makes a wonderful subject for the camera


a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .


the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight .


a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale


bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically


wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .


its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences


the raw comic energy


, this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .


that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why


if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves


follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .


it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time .


amidst the action , the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''


in insignificance


is tenderly observant of his characters


parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature


ca n't go wrong .


by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit


the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid


continues to improve .


the effort is sincere and the results are honest ,


inept


cuisine and palatable presentation


of that


ingenious and


permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed


dull-witted and


winning performances and some effecting moments


a sexy , surprising romance ... idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger


the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds


is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming


boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . '


catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images


is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low


they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused


be building suspense


the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad ' .


has created such a vibrant , colorful world


except it 's much , much better .


goofy , life-affirming moments


a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama


built for controversy


a powerful 1957 drama


you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson


can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial


so crisp and


's still too burdened by the actor


with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .


are believable as people


percolating


especially well-executed television movie


so much farcical


as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor ,


psychologically revealing


a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .


emerges as the very best of them


a portrait of alienation


is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable


the proficient , dull sorvino


seems so larger than life and yet so fragile


, empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .


deserves an oscar nomination .


a whale of a good time for both children and parents


far less crass


's definitely worth taking a look


of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance


unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope


swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard


suffers from all the excesses of the genre


to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem


of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work


take this film at face value


an mtv , sugar hysteria ,


clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style


turn away from one


well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .


a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .


skip this turd and


is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance


is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops


fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references


the power of spirits


is definitely a cut above the rest


intense and


victim to sloppy plotting ,


beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates


too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one .


the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life


fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall )


's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie


feel like it 's wasted yours


a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood 's comic-book


oppressively


becoming too cute about it


even while his characters are acting horribly


the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it


is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish


blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .


heartbreak


unchanged dullard


writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .


director david fincher and writer david koepp ca n't sustain it .


cuteness


is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not


familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same


frenetic , funny , even punny 6


no reason to watch


fuel our best achievements and other times


more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice


crafty


somewhat short


'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... '


yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .


a date


who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron


a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play


realistic , urgent


in this tepid genre offering


is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .


never seems hopelessly juvenile .


rather thin


the symbols


he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation


most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise


be a one-trick pony


make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series


disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it


is his best film yet ...


nothing new to see


shock-you-into-laughter intensity


feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on


how bad this movie was


an imitation movie


of a sports extravaganza


are immaculate ,


should be used to burn every print of the film


, kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .


out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment


at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live )


audacity to view one of shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy


adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture


playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows .


bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension


into heaven


what 's missing


is often exquisite


while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché


inappropriate


a terrific b movie --


has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .


an uncomfortable movie ,


decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three .


a story of dramatic enlightenment


queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .


distinctly minor


as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter


the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes


stinks


if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks


bogging down in a barrage of hype


with cliche


a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit


it is very difficult to care about the character ,


go at all the wrong moments


soderbergh 's best films ,


another routine hollywood frightfest


trash


that rare quality


's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting


difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish


denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle


is as predictable as the tides


be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it


stupid characters


offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past


so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance


's potentially just as rewarding


oddest


comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .


yawner .


a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn


genius


spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together


the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties


alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .


slow , predictable and


is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet


that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


preachy and


's unfortunate


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact


while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .


not counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .


10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .


by a self-indulgent script


often-funny comedy


is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .


proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls


rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge


is just a little bit hard to love


whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three


one-sidedness


lame romantic comedy


hilarity


an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely


pollution


you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler


culture-clash comedy


suffocating rape-payback horror


this modern mob music drama


( has ) an immediacy


delivers .


feel alive -


acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses


the heroes of horror movies try to avoid


resist his pleas to spare wildlife and


the only reason


awful complications


seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .


a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images


as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace


technically sophisticated in the worst way


's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references


for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .


utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story


a lump of play-doh


a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade


really won my heart


to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway


as a reverie about memory and regret


shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and


lacks in depth


charming and funny


worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés


given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it , the project should have been made for the tube .


he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film


, sobering , heart-felt drama


proper respect


a fifty car pileup of cliches .


suspense on different levels


all its fusty squareness


and pasta-fagioli comedy


held my interest precisely


entertained by


, nutty , consistently funny .


by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience


more slowly


, original


too stupid


for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers


was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel


like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables


collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series


so insanely dysfunctional


nice , light treat


intimate and universal cinema


incredibly captivating and


a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination .


what the hell was coming next


is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action


an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .


forget


are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .


'd bother watching past the second commercial break


tasty morsels


suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length


needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism .


think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star .


the best of herzog 's works


`` the good girl '' a film worth watching


drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .


is as generic as its title


this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .


you might want to check it out


the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt


going to take you


the filmmaker 's extraordinary access


arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .


being unique


jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier .


with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do


works on some levels and


dawns , real dawns , comic relief


refracting


a strong script , powerful direction


rigged and sluggish


affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed


from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing


what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .


no cute factor


would be an abridged edition


seen through the right eyes


something hip and transgressive


sweet , charming


are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .


is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .


a xerox machine


they do n't fit well together and neither is well told


that powerhouse


concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway


a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title


most excruciating 86 minutes one


a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking


the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .


in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse


a fully developed story


screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation


one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout ,


with celluloid garbage


if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? ''


about identity and alienation


to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one


girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy


it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions


simple tale


one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher


fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6


as an important , original talent in international cinema


at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .


than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note


the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while


the performances are often engaging


a retread story , bad writing , and


that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium


laid-back good spirits


is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .


struggling nobody


traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery


the worst of the brosnan bunch


be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and


that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame


rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .


so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump


's too long and unfocused .


as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved .


made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money .


admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions


do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .


performances of exceptional honesty


wears out


that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs


, uninhibited


, this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .


were paying dues for good books unread


are ...


translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard


genuinely good


the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short


despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .


begins to fade from memory


there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty


will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .


to probe questions of attraction and interdependence


an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances


as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity


is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just


what he could make with a decent budget


a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .


the most surprising thing


i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .


a dumb comedy


filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie


i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :


fill time


terrific film


reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .


the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot


, poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography


watch your merchant ivory productions


you need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work .


in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers


worth the look


serious minded patience , respect and affection


, you can do no wrong with jason x.


the thing ' and a geriatric


's surprisingly decent


a good documentarian


stress ` dumb


charming


her confidence in her material


the usual movie rah-rah


crafted


show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck


an honest , sensitive story


a complete shambles


has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project


steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .


to his pulpy thrillers


painful lie


it the most


it can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter .


if the film has a problem


an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and


truly annoying pitch


a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .


a huge action sequence


deadpan cool , wry humor


brilliantly


wannabe


( westbrook ) makes a wonderful subject for the camera .


a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination


one scene


, inner-city autistic


a way that few movies have ever approached


sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not


some movies that hit you from the first scene


the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud ,


needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting


hell is ) looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through .


bottom


a fluid , no-nonsense authority


it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions


why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .


a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor


makes it worth a recommendation


angst-ridden


a tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with


is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .


most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


see this movie


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 .


but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery .


ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '


packed with just as much intelligence as action


delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle


the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years


does not make for much of a movie .


far less sophisticated


an awful sour taste


is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato


seems suited neither to kids or adults .


i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and


( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy ,


a relentlessly globalizing world


well done , but slow


it lacks in outright newness


of psychopathic pulp


touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths .


so compellingly with us is a minor miracle


be in video stores by christmas


turns a blind eye


this gutter romancer 's


be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other


is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann .


intelligent , well-made b movie


despite besson 's high-profile name being wasabi 's big selling point , there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .


casts its spooky net


you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ...


is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance


, it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .


case zero .


energizes it


of the best of the swashbucklers


is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus


even more remarkable


abbass 's understated


undeniably intriguing film


of a freshly painted rembrandt


great impression


is seriously compromised by that


allen 's funniest and most likeable movie in years .


find in this dreary mess


this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .


mugging their way through snow dogs


the tasteful little revision works


're in luck .


will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll


that frenetic spectacle ( on the tv show ) has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout .


personable , amusing cast


make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous


to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal


mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .


it deserves to be seen everywhere .


is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop ,


practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte


is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle


very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure


personally , i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet .


the magic that made it all work


at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution


breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d


shallow and


that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics


writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin


there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but


is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive


truly bad


90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping


this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain


a good human being


poverty


just such a dungpile


this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity


lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .


to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved


flamboyant style


have done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age .


... an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit .


more good than great but freeman and judd make it work .


received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen


brave and challenging


be considered a funny little film


gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .


stilted and unconvincing


this alleged psychological thriller


veered off too far into the exxon zone , and


imbued with passion and attitude


almost seems like a documentary in the way


its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


in tight pants and big tits


true to its animatronic roots :


when ( reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al. , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .


the `` a '' range ,


fills the eyes


is oppressively heavy .


the climactic hourlong cricket match


make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie


in the film that surprises or delights


find much fascination


a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism


joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed


hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre


it may not be a great piece of filmmaking


but overall the halloween series has lost its edge


the simpering soundtrack and editing more so


lost its edge


a poignant and gently humorous


completely honest


good enough to be the purr


then by all means check it out .


on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script


made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime


a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but


is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action .


elling builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy .


considerable


the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock


created such a vibrant , colorful world


but it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .


a tired , predictable


struggle furiously


extravaganza


a depressing story


that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation


pyrotechnics its punchy style promises


might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson


the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and


take as long as you 've paid a matinee price


it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash. , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .


is firing his r&d people


that such a talented director as chen kaige


and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .


she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .


for the future , one hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .


both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .


does not have


an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them


feels impersonal , almost generic .


are poorly delivered


, often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story


as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation


too clichéd and too often strains


to be a compelling


i 'm likely to see all year


fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie


turn out okay


impeccable comic skill


of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal


redundant and


terrible .


far more meaningful


director lee has a true cinematic knack


the gorgeous piano and


a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .


three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot


no one in the audience or the film seems to really care


box office money that makes michael jordan jealous


the greatest date movies in years


is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .


is a children 's film in the truest sense


cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .


of routine stuff yuen


flatter


a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '


reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding --


the field no favors


scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv


a wise and powerful tale


the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious


elegant and eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions , love .


breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people


forget about it by monday , though


eerily accurate


a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries .


bogdanovich puts history in perspective


you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides


thrill you , touch you


visuals and enveloping sounds


an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves .


what results is the best performance from either in years


this overlong infomercial


remains surprisingly idealistic


rodan is out of his league


as particularly memorable or even all that funny


trashy


to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists


it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .


well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie


too cliched


fabulously funny and


it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before


it 's also not very good .


there is truth here


substantive


may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards


is spot on


to triumphantly sermonize


it is a refreshingly forthright one


, contrived sequels


wannabe .


over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference


the rich and sudden wisdom ,


consistent embracing humanity


indigestion sets


empowerment tale thinly


this is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .


undernourished and plodding


glorious


this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and


beautiful , self-satisfied


long-lived friendships and


are far more alienating than involving


punching people in the stomach again


a soul-stirring documentary


you are likely to witness in a movie theater for some time


should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .


entertains not so much


the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .


sordid universe


it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls


a remarkably accessible and haunting film


for the ones that do n't come off


host to some truly excellent sequences


pure composition


i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week


the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run


like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but


compelling supporting characters


equally miserable film


its invitingly upbeat overture to


juxtapositions


this beautifully animated epic


a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .


as it is , it 's too long and unfocused .


demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh .


trusted audiences


a bad film


is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .


it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller .


in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize


glamorous machine


for some very good acting , dialogue ,


form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .


good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace


but quietly effective retelling


wannabe-hip crime comedy


it 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .


recreation to resonate


becoming


profoundly


could easily be dealing with right now in your lives


halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and ,


little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation


' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .


all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .


emotional and


somehow makes it all the more compelling .


intriguing and alluring


disbelief


, pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .


for people who like their romances to have that french realism


every bit as high


a feast for the eyes


i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits


tackled a meaty subject and


irresistibly uncanny ambience


warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .


would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is


a true and historically significant story


awfully


it takes to describe how bad it is


slap her


die-hard french film connoisseurs


a sincere performance


credulous


does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .


the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up


's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene


, so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ?


emotionally grand


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up ,


's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .


acute writing and a host of splendid performances


that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans


you 'll just have your head in your hands wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .


's definitely a step in the right direction


have developed some taste


a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience


refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body


exactly how bad it is


award


slightly less successful


bad action movie


successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters


achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


contradictory


is loaded with good intentions


the e-graveyard


a smart comedy


's a very valuable film


enticing and


a step down


a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .


an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents


reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .


borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires ,


that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog


is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .


brimming


is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film


you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .


any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast


worst cinematic tragedies


and completely ridiculous


the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional


if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .


does a great combination act


employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities


organized