beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .


with added depth and resonance


one of the best films


the allegory with remarkable skill


has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels


offbeat sensibilities


a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore


like the work of someone


strikes hardest


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


is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .


mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .


inelegant


gedeck


or `` suck ''


like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .


succumbs to gravity and plummets


is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump


comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited


provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable .


, sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .


green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that


's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over


that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie


comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter


various amusing sidekicks


deeply out of place in what could have


director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood


be well worth your time


are sweet and believable , and


forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone


it pretends to investigate


it 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name .


viva le resistance


magnificent directorial career


won -- and wins still


niro performance


tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists


, energetic and sweetly whimsical


his imagination so vivid


its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation


timely and


is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations


an important movie , or even a good one


be bad


evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .


, point and purpose


put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .


ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting


all the sibling rivalry and


the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice


his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family


is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors


you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .


sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that


moving , and adventurous directorial debut


engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .


the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism


the most compelling performance


dangerous and domineering


too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style


spell things out for viewers


offbeat humor , amusing characters , and


kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven .


a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it


slow pacing


crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction .


suits the script


are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d .


a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie


it 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .


a spiritual aspect


an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie


try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment .


spare but quietly effective retelling .


both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


one fantastic visual trope


maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is


a trend


sad but endearing


... also one of the most curiously depressing


gushing


are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d


easily


has no clue about making a movie


would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway


scummy


low comedy


sham actor workshops and an affected malaise


required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


phoney-feeling


might be intolerable company


will surely be profane , politically


exceptional film


the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .


dying for this kind of entertainment


flows as naturally


i have to admit i walked out of runteldat .


queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame .


with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names


, 91-minute trailer


are often funny fanatics


of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar


tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .


d )


with an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitely a director to watch .


is familiar but enjoyable


in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay


a wooden delivery


with superb performances throughout


villain


as an actress in a role


an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 .


tawdry b-movie scum


that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film


family-friendly


kudos to the most enchanting film of the year


precious circumstances


the lengths


marveling


for the better


figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats


`` 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 .


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


what 's invigorating about


must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride


has no character , loveable or otherwise


who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films


hate myself most mornings .


cho 's latest comic set


invaluable historical document thanks


the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine


even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player


's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly


resembling humor


comes off like a hallmark commercial


of that special fishy community


clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes .


throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue


talented and notorious subject


the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .


to find an old flame


gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .


come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another


ploddingly sociological


a funny moment or


the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron .


an enthralling aesthetic experience


the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script .


topics that could make a sailor blush


heaven


proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery


do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are


filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another


readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention


evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .


never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence


its characters ' decisions


great pleasure


household name


is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , color and cringe .


credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .


has something interesting to say


sell many records


the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all


that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women


has turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .


the film 's shortcomings


's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .


follows the formula ,


that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise


in a big corner office in hell


cute partnership


gets you riled up


may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


( jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent .


inadvertent


generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters


before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy


emptiness and


hokum but


worthless


of a paint-by-numbers picture


grin


, you might soon be looking for a sign .


the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery .


that he forgets to make it entertaining


watch with kids and use to introduce video as art


has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment


like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome


far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins


must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans


a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling


the kind of energy it 's documenting


nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray ,


sharper


has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller ,


wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller


it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years , and chaykin and headly are priceless


colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ...


represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .


the best actors


bad reviews


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


the charms


caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty


early work


ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling


their memorable and resourceful performances


into one terrific story with lots of laughs


steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph


engrossing and grim


it drowns in sap .


do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic


purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something


the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman


moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .


with this masterful


remind us


a rather listless amble down


is not , nor will he be , back


no way original


of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids


`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws


bona fide


an inventive ,


shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels


cult favorite


this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '


bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling


somber , absurd ,


convey a tiny sense of hope


may marginally enjoy the film


deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


many ways the perfect festival film :


a question for philosophers , not filmmakers


hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming


with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it


just how much more grueling and time-consuming


to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen


with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes


wizened


it drags


throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh .


characterization , poignancy , and intelligence


, kissing jessica stein is one of the greatest date movies in years .


`` pretty woman '' wanted to be


arduous


suspense ,


barely tolerable


their shallow styles


a brilliant motion picture


buoyant feeling


falls somewhat short


one of the worst movies of one year


that never springs to life


, it has some problems


brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel


, desiccated talent


mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress


with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .


sharp objects


are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal


will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then


it 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .


begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .


the deliberate , tiresome ugliness


a sterling ensemble cast


they may be as history


guarantee


we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .


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


the only problem


quite enough of them


this is n't exactly profound cinema , but


will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one


asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in


comic set


certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .


is reasonably entertaining


left on a remote shelf


each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and


deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell


such clarity


've completely lowered your entertainment standards


an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation


major waste


their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes .


like to ride bikes


sincere and artful


a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5


soulful gravity


mindless without being the peak of all things insipid


is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .


better celebration


slick production values


its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy .


is fully formed and remarkably assured


line between passion and pretence .


undisputed scores a direct hit .


people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it


to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget


profound cinema


in spite of its predictability


flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas


there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry


is sentimental


pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve


go but down


too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice


a feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about .


sets out


maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while


aging sandeman


tinny self-righteousness


happy


achieve


'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .


it 's hardly watchable


one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison .


twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster


here the love scenes all end in someone screaming .


a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack


goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering


lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan


'' is never lethargic


can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art


is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .


all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another


rousing ,


stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory


even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .


for children


very predictable


bad rock concert


for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .


elaborate continuation


was a freshman fluke


nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .


ill-fitting


watch these two


to be distasteful to children and adults alike


most breezy movie


a cruel deception


hated myself in the morning


but darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .


seem so impersonal or even shallow


the strength


just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .


one very funny joke and


's pathetic


that it 's the butt of its own joke


drowned me in boredom


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


ambitious film


not remotely incisive enough


's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .


terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project


it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .


's just plain lurid


spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .


bad animation and mindless violence


academic


preposterous , prurient


workmanlike


be drawn in by the sympathetic characters


of love that strikes a very resonant chord


of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic


the tale with bogus profundities


a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical


` moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . '


a well-made pb & j sandwich


mediocre special effects


's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .


british stage icon


has a film 's title served such dire warning .


that was n't at least watchable


lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants


if this is cinema , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .


it 's icky .


has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope


's a brazenly misguided project


character-driven storytelling


every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .


it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy


trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge


can not engage .


this is one baaaaaaaaad movie .


but no sense of pride or shame


like their characters


illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,


unsentimental


elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior


an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind


even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time


is a tribute


comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness


the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb


like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome .


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


campanella 's competent direction


sparkling


for its sheer audacity and openness


farce and blood-curdling family intensity


that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything


restrained and


entertaining british hybrid


coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings


the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy


a hoot


something has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .


to dumb down the universe


no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out


a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper


the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure


shameful


too narrow to attract crossover viewers


inspiring


disastrous


relies less on forced air than on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius


the animation and game phenomenon


jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky 's writings to perform ,


backwater


it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .


an expiration date passed a long time ago


sexy , surprising romance


enjoyed themselves


everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy


may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark


they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .


this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .


with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity


in other words , about as bad a film


a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it


's just tediously bad


brooding and slow


graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .


the most depressing movie-going experiences i can think of


emotionally satisfying


rusted-out


have nothing better to do with 94 minutes


that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him


than a spy thriller like the bourne identity


about kicking undead ***


sandler is losing his touch


build a feel-good fantasy


who does n't think about percentages all day long


generally smart casting


fails to keep it up and


stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise


just another teen movie


that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most


lovely


did they not


is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter


is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable


's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie


was so endlessly , grotesquely ,


that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all


while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,


yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...


not , difficult and sad


curves


... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .


is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .


made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences


the heart and


a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and


lulls you


it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .


weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids


sorrow


completely creatively stillborn and


occasionally interesting


of a very lively dream


's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism .


transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem


it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over


enthusiastically


give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip


some effecting moments


a deft , delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph .


on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee


then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .


adding the rich details and


affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror


caddyshack


is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out


it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s


too bad kramer


it 's quite diverting nonsense .


laugh therapy '


goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises .


with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages


a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads


of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma


independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood


that led to their notorious rise to infamy


lustrous


, intimate and intelligent


it 's all bluster and cliché


is so thoughtlessly assembled


statements and dime-store ruminations


repugnant


the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving .


hollow , self-indulgent ,


a degree of affection rather than


weird amalgam


greatest hits


it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .


a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets


definitely worth 95 minutes of your time


savagely hilarious


valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious


not one clever line


privileged moments and


clever and funny


to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt


so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar


is at 22 a powerful young actor


undermining the movie 's reality and


comedically labored


a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair


nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history


the masses with star power , a pop-induced score


let-down


the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring .


is all over the place , really .


well worth


one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination


just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .


wiggling energy


bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .


superb performances throughout


scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic


a worthwhile glimpse


is clever and funny ,


a fairly enjoyable mixture


takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point


unspeakably , unbearably dull


is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .


quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to


be madcap farce


most edgy


an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance .


that is often quite rich and exciting


jackass


of being the big


pompous and garbled .


oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly


were a series of bible parables and not an actual story


david letterman and the onion


its recent predecessor miserably


the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand


to the otherwise bleak tale


spirit-crushing


it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and


should please history fans


the cast is appealing


's awfully entertaining to watch


as katzenberg


be invented to describe exactly how bad it is


little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic .


the transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull


a more measured or polished production


worthy addition


deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them


not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece


can be made


the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .


a powerful and deeply moving example


of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families


affirming and heartbreaking


crossing-over


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


thud


the plot ` surprises


, self-indulgent and maddening


this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that


spellbinding fun


make the stones weep


flat-out amusing ,


astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment .


from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material


feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time


'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve


expected flair


to his son 's home


itself is far from disappointing , offering an original


's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .


talented , charismatic and tragically


can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music


would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris


is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .


dramatically forceful


content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger -


its heart


exceedingly clever


he delivers fascinating psychological fare


the ` wow ' factor


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


feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority


a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but


be seen as hip , winking social commentary


make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool


have the patience for it


unfairly


the problem


humor


keenly observed and refreshingly natural


, that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .


undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .


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


gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .


the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy


more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are


completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure


a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side


fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget .


keen eye , sweet spirit


gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .


an overall sense of brusqueness


with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film


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 ;


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


it has fun with the quirks of family life


though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and


do n't even like their characters .


suspenseful enough for older kids but


fascinating experiment


sleek and arty


most alive


probing or penetrating


as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


the wild wild west


seem like mere splashing around in the muck


whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .


do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version .


found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound


bittersweet


silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .


viscerally repellent


is a wonderful thing ;


semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .


the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious .


as-nasty -


how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering


, two towers outdoes its spectacle .


your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door


it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ;


is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism


exuberantly


of poetry and passion


unlaughable


it 's good enough to be the purr


, dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .


's exactly what these two people need to find each other


this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .


plunging deeper


to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song


what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and


continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision


an elegant visual sense and


twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style


like a glossy rehash


wants


more emotional force


creeps into your heart


simplistic and more than a little pretentious


of its title character


the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand ,


at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .


of good


this dubious product of a college-spawned ( colgate u. ) comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a mix of cheech and chong and chips .


, let alone funny


an extraordinary dramatic experience .


splendidly


that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans


this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent


the manner of a golden book sprung to life


striking a blow for artistic integrity


justifies its own existence


on the strength of their own cleverness


vile


time out is as serious as a pink slip .


be any flatter


most immediate and most obvious pleasure


a luis buñuel film


wish you had n't seen


fussy


brutally dry


airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .


hideous


is almost an afterthought


medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt


feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .


in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears


pleasure to watch


... begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .


french cinema at its best


whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply


insightful enough


lofty


the film 's length becomes a part of its fun


that offers no easy , comfortable resolution


film to drag on for nearly three hours


with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


must have been lost in the translation


empty exercise


predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting


disjointed mess


emerges as powerful rather than cloying


atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation


by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out


as the most offensive action


all end


is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often


an excellent 90-minute film


a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece


i walked out of runteldat


it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ...


( scherfig ) has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .


wild , endearing , masterful documentary


is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins


, `` minority report '' astounds .


give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once


a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being


comes off winningly ,


brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy


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


can admire


wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be


, changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .


a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains


be numbing


credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it


this dubious product


a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts


though occasionally fun enough to make you


pure disney


has a true cinematic knack


this laboratory of laughter


audacious-impossible yet compelling


're treading water at best in this forgettable effort


a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn


basic flaws


this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering .


memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and


they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood


unfunny and


wickedly fun


romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks


there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message


, fits the bill perfectly


an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .


very strong


love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has


payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process ,


( stephen ) earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have .


qualities


almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... `` my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart


predictable and


of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore


a bad clive barker movie


a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art


of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors


is nicely shot , well-edited and


usual intelligence and subtlety


as it stands i


which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard


is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling


rediscover the quivering kid inside


the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set


its agonizing , catch-22 glory


the acting is fine


a terrible movie in every regard


a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality ,


of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee


i admire


if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making


compellingly


to skip it


their charm does n't do a load of good


hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script


coos beseechingly


the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar


so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits


how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is ,


vapid actor 's exercise


the divine calling


warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level


slap me , i saw this movie .


to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom


this deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .


like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story .


with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters


a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle


treads heavily into romeo and juliet/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going


the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus


none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal


with great help from kevin kline


hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .


tov to a film about a family 's joyous life


a frightful vanity film


, there is n't much there here .


uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch


for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience


takes a backseat in his own film to special effects


words and


propaganda


stimulate


with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit


a moving and important film .


a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up


though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy


is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .


beautifully read


( denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle


the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability


dizzy


the integrity


are as subtle and as enigmatic


the year 's greatest adventure , and


hilariously , gloriously alive ,


is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans


provocative and prescient


we 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 .


features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair


recent hollywood trip tripe


jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains ,


first


struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious


even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances


never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .


a hallucinatory dreamscape


put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario


fake documentary


appeals to you


a fiercely clever and subtle film ,


making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ...


made for the tube


michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .


has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places


saccharine as


a particularly amateurish episode


a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices


sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff


tediously


of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day


should be punishable by chainsaw


that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy .


it succeeds .


` this movie sucks . '


if there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .


about as humorous


fluffy neo-noir


casting excellent latin actors of all ages


dramatic punch and depth


repulse


pleasuring


watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .


acclaimed


a company of strictly a-list players


the cinema world 's great visual stylists


the entire exercise has no real point


solidly constructed


score


high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation


the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but


'' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff


represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chicago 's south side


most moronic


murky cinematography


is able to visualize schizophrenia


this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama


brims with passion


always fairly


for the memorable character creations


an extraordinary faith


inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack


yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .


watch and -- especially -- to listen to


an interesting slice of history


a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary


( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book )


sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue


striking new significance


while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part


to be mildly amusing


grown tired of going where no man has gone before


bring out the cake


thoughtful , emotional


all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity


that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence


the suspense never rises to a higher level


may fall fast asleep


of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints


a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film


dirty jokes


, it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .


which ones shtick


complaints i might have


tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls


, unconvincing dramatics


no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .


local flavor


a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium


that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism


, someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .


the plot has a number of holes , and


build some robots , haul 'em to the theater with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year .


a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism


, far more meaningful story


like a classroom play in a college history course


, jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .


spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels


an enormous amount of affection


dress up in drag


jersey lowbrow accent uma


own style


she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain


the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving


'' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year .


does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .


touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and


creates sheerly cinematic appeal .


sense-spinning


come to life


a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .


a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them .


, the plot 's saccharine thrust


you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch


emptiness


a rollicking adventure


, despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .


denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag


is authentic to the core of his being


annoying orgy


( orlando jones )


overly melodramatic ...


often surprising twists


bother thinking it all through


an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .


one of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect .


wooden dialogue


a tedious picture


cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .


some truly excellent sequences


, satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7 .


even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor .


available


abandoned , but


very hollowness


the rich details


exceeds expectations .


the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .


gifted korean american stand-up


the simple fact


a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie


there is a real subject here


the film is competent


none-too-original premise


for a critical and commercial disaster


bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary


, flat drama


the people laughing in the crowd


the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .


is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate .


... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself .


balanced or fair


by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy


overbearing and over-the-top as the family


unbridled delight


my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...


miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .


into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell


their own mortality


a fascinating glimpse


an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event


new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .


put you to sleep


was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights


that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but


puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it


what punk rock music


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


images you wish you had n't seen


witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic


in its bold presentation


it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances


this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .


the result is disappointing


it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes


chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years ,


simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .


walked out on a movie


dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and


is powerful and provocative


taken it a step further , richer and deeper


all the hallmarks of a movie


wonderfully speculative character


not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired .


managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb


a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title


squeeze a few laughs out of the material


the sorriest and most


a terrible movie that some people will nevertheless find moving .


real humor


collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy


the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness


a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece


does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us


creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light


hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire .


a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences


feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering


vanity film


are some fairly unsettling scenes


venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival


watered-down it almost loses what made you love it


remarkably mature


fall dreadfully short .


the condescending stereotypes


going to feel like you were n't invited to the party


it 's definitely worth taking a look


gives the film its lingering tug


`` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .


of motherhood and desperate mothers


recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms


guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy


dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy


quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism


derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting ,


flies out the window


bill morrison 's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful .


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


secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .


one of the all-time great apocalypse movies


sweet , genuine chemistry


drags it


real pleasure


heavy-handed moralistic


that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie


there 's an excellent 90-minute film here


this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary


see coming a mile away


do what he does best


a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .


proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness


works as pretty contagious fun


would that greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility .


berlin


at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen


as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies


of the company 's astonishing growth


unappealing


its own staggeringly unoriginal terms


a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera .


a coming-of-age movie


were once amusing


show blind date , only less


as it turns out , you can go home again .


human nature


trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable


's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .


as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you


discord


sure , it 's contrived and predictable ,


, it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .


the film starts promisingly , but


sparkling beauty


be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .


playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a


's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow .


reassuringly familiar


beloved genres


that likely


clearly evident poverty and hardship


amusing from time


the most thoughtful fictional examination


with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit


parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances


without chills


, overblown enterprise


ignorant


ambitious


with scenes so true and heartbreaking


beautifully crafted and


in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


it 's not really funny .


story and pace


joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy


a powerful entity


down-and-dirty


funny feast


ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense


does display an original talent


praises


of the ultimate scorsese film


fascinating , compelling story


physical energy


a gift


to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies


make the film relevant today


who , exactly , is fighting whom here ?


as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs


cute moments


takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''


maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while .


irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .


-- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .


like their romances to have that french realism


the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .


be two hours gained


humor and bite


are really going to love the piano teacher


growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body


is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .


of the worst movies of one year


miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity


grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion


the everyday lives


dumbed-down approach


turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions .


dynamism


coma-like state


feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful


cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .


vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm


sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny


vulgar


winning and wildly fascinating


is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .


waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this


that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough


portuguese master manoel de oliviera


banal and predictable


that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture


tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun


on a pedestal


to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage


even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .


a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '


strays


often pointless


setting off


desirable


of stale gags


is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's ,


gutless


very complex


an intriguing bit


shines like a lonely beacon


, it 's the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .


it lacks the detail of the book


all movies


see something that did n't talk down to them


explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


in the characters you see


huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine


clarity and audacity


hanging


from a fine cast


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


people have lost the ability to think


frightening late fees


littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups


's also somewhat clumsy


adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism .


lift


( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence ,


the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .


kids to watch too many barney videos


a fun family movie


about friendship , love , and the truth


all-powerful ,


sweetly


stale copy


make paid in full worth seeing


is so often less


does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago .


an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch .


its charm


that the theme does n't drag an audience down


they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low


infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .


did the screenwriters just


still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .


some soul


it 's loud and boring


there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair


an essentially awkward version


the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy .


ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks


those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right


the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug


a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness .


that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way ,


purpose and finesse


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


if you can push on through the slow spots


is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach


there 's a heaven for bad movies


mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .


touchingly


been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity


it 's a fantastic movie


achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .


big box office bucks


is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director


the story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count .


reeking of research library dust


when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic


proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .


brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans


of joy and energy


iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin


press the delete key


, shoot-em-up scene


wonder of wonders --


the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles


to be spectacularly outrageous


without lectures or confrontations


singing long after the credits roll


forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five


the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film


the first half of sorority boys


may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work .


is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .


honest and loving one


reveals itself slowly ,


ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang


lucy liu never comes together


that if the filmmakers just follow the books


hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans )


that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory


offers an intriguing what-if premise .


human power


that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form


scenes and vistas and pretty moments


a funny yet dark and seedy clash


an unprecedented tragedy


'll wait in vain for a movie to happen


it 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .


several scenes of this tacky nonsense


good-hearted


the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .


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


it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and


as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy


comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional


few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending


a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not


's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer


is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative


message-mongering moralism


a tawdry b-movie scum


undisputed is nearly incoherent , an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins .


colorful


casting call


this fascinating -- and timely -- content


a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior


's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .


reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness .


berling and béart ... continue to impress , and


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


are so believable that you feel what they feel


is never satisfactory .


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


incomprehensible


with every cinematic tool


rival the filmmaker 's period pieces


far-flung ,


oscar-caliber performances


( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy


captivates and


under his control


skid-row


it 's stupid


their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


mostly undeterminable


soap-opera quality twist


melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project


never inspired


that this is n't something to be taken seriously


see a devastating comic impersonation


some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid


kline 's superbly nuanced performance ,


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


self-consciously poetic


this remarkable and memorable film


love stories you will ever see .


deserves a sequel


surprisingly flat


celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity ,


as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .


this is classic nowheresville in every sense


she ca n't provide any conflict


is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .


simple , sweet and romantic comedy


a fascinating examination


` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation


an impressive hybrid .


its relaxed , natural-seeming actors


an insultingly inept and artificial examination


feels contrived ,


like a cold old man going through the motions .


intriguing and honorable ,


that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .


to forgive that still serious problem


minor-league soccer remake


humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence


boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome .


really a thriller


mush


a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy


the film 's problems


a refreshingly forthright one


an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .


, hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .


a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans


painful and refreshing


, the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .


gentle , unforced intimacy


a bit of heart


an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs


being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone


like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls .


belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers


it 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking .


falling into the hollywood trap


well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie


that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be


a group of extremely talented musicians


much more ordinary


through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse


the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity


cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .


a painfully slow cliche-ridden film


that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


the precious trappings


director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films .


, i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .


undistinguished


like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .


natural-seeming actors


is unusual but unfortunately also irritating


of knucklehead swill


filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .


impeccable


cross between highlander and lolita


's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films


burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored


prefer to keep on watching


throwing up


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


the enterprise


, and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings


seen as hip ,


this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love


wonderful but


it ends up falling short as a whole


makes this film special


been better


the story compelling


self-indulgent


an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .


just plain dumb


sacrifices its promise


brisk delight


their surroundings


holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and


his ( nelson 's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting


it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .


a thrill ride


shows why , after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers


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


of a good vampire tale


is his best film


we just do n't really care too much about this love story .


polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .


kurys ' direction is clever and insightful


randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing


artificial


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


that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough


at his most sparkling


chilling tale


italian freakshow


mordantly funny and


... a bland murder-on-campus yawner .


the master of innuendo


firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action


deeply moving


can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes


feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .


, tiresome nature


named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort


slow and ponderous ,


will likely be nominated for an oscar next year


a smashing success


, well-developed characters


intriguing plot


sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care


a plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists .


glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .


with morality


groan and


makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen


for fun-seeking summer audiences


it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied


smart and taut .


to play one lewd scene after another


the way this all works out


future years as an eloquent memorial


ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations ,


its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises


does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .


leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love


a film in which the talent is undeniable


to care about the character


the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance


a lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity


, it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part


you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri


flawed support structure


strong themes of familial ties and


vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of


dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie


to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus


weirdly likable


likely to witness in a movie theater for some time


intensely


the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized


its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups


that 's pure entertainment


's an unhappy situation all around


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


it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker


unparalleled proportions


a perfect show


these women 's


and wai ka fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests


a strong thumbs up


she 's a pretty woman ,


artistic


better than ` shindler 's list '


'' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .


resonant gem


a brutal 90-minute battle sequence


the dull


this tale has been told and retold ;


conniving wit


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


smallness


passion , creativity , and fearlessness


give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions


most edgy piece


seems twice as long


revelatory about his psyche


the slow parade of human frailty fascinates


spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream :


distinguish one sci-fi work from another


an epic of astonishing grandeur


all sides


might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .


sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy


to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity


idealism


offers a guilt-free trip


violent , self-indulgent and maddening


paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller


for but a few seconds


sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .


the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept


with brutal honesty and respect for its audience


you to accept it as life and go with its flow


's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose


packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message


blood-curdling family intensity


shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain


outstanding soundtrack


limp biscuit


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


plays like a student film


a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire


noyce has worked wonders with the material .


a great team


deeper every time


does not really


are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery


kooky and overeager


the biggest problem i have


's an unhappy situation all around .


drag as soon as the action speeds up


a breath of fresh air now and then


fresh again


peerlessly


a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '


this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn


slopped ` em together here


the perverse pleasure


makes the film special


just the labor involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light


punches


put away the guitar , sell the amp , and


dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated


really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions


does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) .


independent-community


's the inimitable diaz


a great companion piece


this fascinating look


but something far more stylish and cerebral


an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .


it washed out despite all of that


illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .


terrifically entertaining specimen


emotionally and spiritually compelling journey


uneasy


have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama


reggio 's


gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner


sex toys and offers


conceivable


the film seems as deflated as he does


was a better film


if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor


even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .


the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy


its personable , amusing cast


pompous


no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish


of exceptional honesty


allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard ,


can be a knockout


the extravagant confidence


intriguing and stylish


an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures


this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation .


is a depressing experience


about 3/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity


the project should have been made for the tube .


let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him


does n't add up to much


several old themes


after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .


topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .


's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .


a film that plays things so nice


sexual jealousy , resentment


technically sumptuous


an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent .


self-determination


a dentist 's waiting room


at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar


lacks the detail of the book


and cinemantic flair


succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape


's surprisingly decent ,


elegant film


of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking


if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .


from stark desert


a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .


supremely good natured


, marvelously twisted shapes history


digitally altered footage


big stars and high production values


, self-assured


more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations


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


formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .


is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee ,


induce sleep


uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year .


, it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .


flat


-- and it is n't that funny .


because it 's lousy


a characteristically engorged and sloppy


wastes its time


you there is no sense


's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .


that 's superficial and unrealized


a negligible work


though the film is well-intentioned


the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more


the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably


a lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic


laughing at his own joke


does n't reach them


the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy .


can depress you about life itself


you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school


extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles


's a very very strong `` b +


spirit


short and sweet


it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message


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


the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant


is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .


swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes


everything that 's good


the boozy self-indulgence


, it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .


fears


left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments


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


using his storytelling ability


wishy-washy


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


picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch .


cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle


's tremendously moving


lots of effort and intelligence are on display but


, you can feel the love .


surprisingly juvenile


land beyond time


a weak and ineffective ghost story


'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time


're - doing-it-for - the-cash


of too many story lines


a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate


( n ) o matter how much good will the actors generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .


exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble


lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .


to feed to the younger generations


be liberating


a compelling allegory


, the film shatters you in waves .


the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it


a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural


once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent


this story about love and culture


one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory


sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?


more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition


which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance


probably the best case for christianity


best part '


it is a whole lot of fun and


, my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , color and cringe .


an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline


serious critique


is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer .


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


of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years


any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out


for most movies , 84 minutes is short


loss and denial


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


the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it


a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '


unusually surreal tone


conceited pap


cool stuff


... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .


actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


great missed opportunity


not zhang 's forte


hopkins , squarely fills the screen .


happy gilmore or the waterboy


achieving some honest insight


so fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .


perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` serving sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff .


watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert


proves you wrong on both counts


oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .


's lovely and amazing ,


's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film


his ` angels of light


bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy ,


in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players .


but not great )


familiar , funny surface


this unexpectedly moving meditation


your own precious life


as a touching , transcendent love story


genre-busting film


) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code


provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood


exploitation flick


brilliantly


an unremittingly ugly movie


be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form


satisfaction


remotely probing or penetrating .


it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such


propulsive


hero


talents


asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life


with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be


, right-wing , propriety-obsessed family


i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down .


flat


like an overcooked soufflé


, there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .


bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals


great cinema can really do


surprisingly


innocent


the astute direction of cardoso and


for every cheesy scene


spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion


is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .


taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating


by then


told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times


racism


outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines


intelligent screenplay


because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh


an immensely entertaining look


a meditation on faith and madness


wistful new film


is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad


it 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .


, the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '


chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special


whose pieces do not fit


in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition


a little uneven to be the cat 's meow