a sexy , surprising romance


i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless .


seems a prostituted muse ...


sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons


does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .


could make you weep


goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle


predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .


the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .


define a generation


is still worth


, painful


, fireballs and revenge


a typical bible killer story


a flawed but engrossing thriller .


endearing cast


drowns in sap .


that it 's offensive ,


'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow .


( at least ) moore is a real charmer .


the laborious pacing


a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative


especially clever


has wonderfully funny moments


would have saved this film a world of hurt


infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm


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


i 'll go out on a limb .


as beautifully shaped and


as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder


overlong and not well-acted , but


howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective .


their own rhythm


an incomprehensible


vicious and


... unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .


will want to see over and over again


sophisticated , discerning taste


will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .


long and eventful spiritual journey


nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .


-- and timely


could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population


love moore or


frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and


a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television


the comedy is nonexistent .


in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script


about ten


with amazing finesse


movie-biz


seen such self-amused trash


veers


team


of self-congratulation between actor and director


come off too amateurish and awkward


prolific director


many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill


unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks


like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .


works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing


a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors


well-meant but unoriginal


ghandi


, kinky fun


refreshed and


tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony


discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again


may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black


overwrought ending


otto-sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye .


form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare


drown out


the phenomenal , water-born cinematography


bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .


production values & christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot


this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze


enigma is well-made , but it 's just too dry and too placid .


played and smartly directed .


has no reason to exist


has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar


few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury ,


a beautiful , aching sadness


throwaway


of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story


been all but decommissioned


's badder than bad .


a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy


does so without compromising that complexity


explosive physical energy and


only belly laughs


nice , harmless


except : film overboard


been cobbled together onscreen


laborious


damned funny


bad luck and


has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery


a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .


who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .


the down-to-earth bullock


of hell so shattering it


a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs


's just grating


of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay


pleasing at its best moments


is often very funny


off more than he or anyone else could chew


an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be


're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity


like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours


the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel


definitely funny stuff


the only thing scary about feardotcom


kafka


it 's a very sincere work


nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me


no timeout


a colorful , joyous celebration of life ;


that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note


provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history


the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .


teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes


could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals


just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm


that delivers a surprising


you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .


lyrical and celebratory


career-best performances


for technical flaws to get in the way


sixties ' rockumentary milestones


the film , while it 's not completely wreaked


endearing about it .


whenever you think you 've figured out late marriage


sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '


bargain-basement


via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy


lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .


director michael cacoyannis


is breathtaking


is a particularly vexing handicap


yet , it must be admitted ,


script is n't up to the level of the direction


fairly solid


roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .


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


an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending


when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling


definitely tasty and sweet


balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams


strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder


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


kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .


glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .


layered and stylistic


a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession


anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .


menace


ambiguous and nothing


one-dimensional


gross


's all the stronger because of it


no new plot conceptions or environmental changes


of death in this bitter italian comedy


this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .


art-house to the core


she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .


windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .


, it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair


depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .


becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion


, it may just scare the pants off you .


mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete


a loud , witless mess


, ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .


and yet , it still works .


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


an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion


the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way


of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


fine-looking film


sucker


who could too easily become comic relief in any other film


mindless action flick


with too much exploitation and too little art


content merely


of malaise


hot


if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing


portrayals


a bold biographical fantasia


using an endearing cast


its make-believe promise of life


sweet treasure and something


great companion piece


holds itself


the theater in the first 10 minutes


a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience


devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama .


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


slick


, madonna 's cameo does n't suck !


i could n't recommend this film more .


these are textbook lives of quiet desperation .


scratching your head in amazement over the fact


's not original enough .


though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .


while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .


fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film


often hilarious .


miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .


much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .


recognize any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end


come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook


makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place .


right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong


with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .


agonizing , catch-22


the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions .


to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life


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


all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital


inept direction ,


beauty reeks


sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


foul up


cinematic appeal


the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .


a seriously bad film


at the right film


stereotypical


written


woefully hackneyed movie


, it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .


low-budget hybrid


reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled ,


but also nicely done


acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts


is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems


succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad


-- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same


's mildly entertaining


, manipulative


there 's a plethora of characters in this picture ,


a menace


a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula


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


by the most random of chances


bright , inventive


some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .


each story is built on a potentially interesting idea ,


that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over


benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .


outweigh the positives


make a classic theater piece


a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale


a ploddingly melodramatic structure


satisfying summer blockbuster


the barriers finally prove to be too great


gay and lesbian children


a rather listless amble


that you wo n't care


will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long


obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered


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


the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .


's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original


heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this


nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants


of being able to give full performances


denuded


existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god


a fresh idea


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


's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen


film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '


means to face your fears


i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone


sophomore effort


, stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .


it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases


bland , obnoxious 88-minute


are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny


shapes history


pretty watchable


a japan bustling


one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness


fiercely clever and subtle


is an object lesson in period filmmaking


the worst titles in recent cinematic history


great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood


in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .


reprehensible


that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy


some interesting storytelling devices


engaging fantasy


as bad as you think


is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .


is trite


has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you


an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare


if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong


be , by its art and heart , a necessary one


self-deprecating , biting and witty feature


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


power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror


routine stuff yuen


vile , incoherent mess


while cleverly worked out


is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage


plot lapses


smartly and


like a true star


of intelligence or invention


so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation


the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing


upscale


material realm


of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim


, the project should have been made for the tube .


, featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore .


signature style


zings all the way


pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious


smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling


( t ) he script is n't up to the level of the direction


hugely entertaining and


to the integrity and vision of the band


a little more special


nothing good can happen


cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .


is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel .


uninspired preachy and clichéd


wears


deeply unpleasant


the only thing avary seems to care about


a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action


i think even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting


maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips


everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial


the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .


nonsensical


sustain laughs


mannerisms and self-indulgence


is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend


made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


, bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action


has a fluid , no-nonsense authority


you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller


girl-meets-girl romantic comedy


the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based .


witty and sophisticated


more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .


intermittently hilarious


second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief


probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis .


becomes lifeless and


to some talented performers


a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters


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


itself is about something very interesting and odd that


guest appearance


it 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame .


an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .


hart 's war seems to want to be a character study , but apparently ca n't quite decide which character .


me


is thought-provoking .


its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting


has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .


sports


we 're drawn in by the dark luster .


terribly episodic and


gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .


the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium


more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .


during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness


it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate


this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...


can actually feel good


some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither


wilson and murphy


a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro .


a-list players


made the full monty a smashing success ...


wooden delivery


it , offering fine acting moments and pungent


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made


propels


draggy


damn


transcends ethnic lines


rapturous


run out of clever ideas and visual gags


he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills -- his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows .


warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family


one of the best gay love stories ever made


crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .


with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in .


seem smart and well-crafted in comparison


lawrence should stick to his day job .


boring , self-important stories


a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free


its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale


, he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .


scattered


find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests


swooning elegance


deep as a petri dish


, it 's nowhere near as good as the original .


viscerally exciting


's nowhere near


leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending


a stirring , funny and


it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair


this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .


well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell


still eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch


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


a tremendous piece of work


absorbing


relentlessly saccharine


a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more


really gives the film its oomph


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


a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads .


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


silly summer entertainment


those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .


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


goes easy on the reel/real world dichotomy that ( jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in venice/venice .


, david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .


rich and intelligent film


brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman


may be lovely


its broad racial insensitivity


feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film


, there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .


seriously bad


shock and amaze


it were , well , more adventurous


mimics everyone and everything


just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .


you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again


more accurately , it 's moving


making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female


( a ) satisfying niblet


engages


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


the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .


curiosity factors


depressed fifteen-year-old 's


, incoherent , instantly disposable


provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex


can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial .


boring despite the scenery


clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .


you 'll enjoy this movie .


disappointed by a movie


a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped


as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .


one terrific score and


michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest


pinochet


shreve 's graceful dual narrative


hard to imagine anyone 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


's a very very strong `` b + . ''


amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario ,


is high on squaddie banter


for good


is highly pleasurable .


life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor ,


one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable


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


was n't a good movie


is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives


is a masterfully conducted work


that constantly defies expectation


you 'll find in this dreary mess .


the unmistakable stamp of authority


it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera


a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .


beautiful ,


the artwork is spectacular and


to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's


humorous observations


nifty plot line


strongest and most touching movie of recent years


ca n't save it


comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation .


tear their eyes away from the screen


this dumas adaptation entertains


i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless


is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump


whiny and


only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments


most practiced


intolerant


should have gone straight to video .


though it was written for no one , but somehow


sexual and romantic tension


merchandised-to-the-max


in which the script and characters hold sway


one of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar


emotional conviction


is : ` scooby ' do n't .


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


would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .


its characters , weak and strong


small in scope ,


majidi shoe-loving


a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people .


a depressing experience


competence


an absolute delight


a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration


nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through


bad direction and bad acting


their place in the world


mr. deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .


satisfying complete


the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore


cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


it will be ,


lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho ,


thrilling


is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie


the action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory .


, but wanes in the middle


insensitivity


, find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .


was put through torture for an hour and a half


and altogether creepy


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


the always hilarious meara


plot holes sink this ` sub '


come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together


is without intent .


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


his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators


's really wrong with this ricture !


from burkina faso


joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed ,


unabashedly romantic picture


it 's a funny no-brainer


one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .


a dark-as-pitch comedy


has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .


is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious


this region and


for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing


drivel


nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear


itself is actually quite vapid .


... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .


, trouble every day is a plodding mess .


needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds


with all its flaws


it may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer .


a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction


's what makes their project so interesting


got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane


adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .


's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .


intelligent , realistic portrayal


funnier than being about something


a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history


all the way


is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .


other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or


convincing way


into too many pointless situations


... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .


a sentimental mess that never


the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient


stale retread of the '53 original


trial movie


starts making water torture seem appealing


is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex


the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )


servicable world war ii drama


the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet


rodrigues 's


are too obvious


walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost


an accessible introduction as well as


an energetic , violent movie


than a more measured or polished production ever could


a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .


's more enjoyable than i expected , though


wonderfully funny moments


i just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie


of fresh air


, resistance and artistic transcendence


funny ( sometimes hilarious )


the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed


fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .


be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares


agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


too indulgent


hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge .


a fairly impressive debut


the best ensemble casts of the year


what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


shines through every frame .


at every opportunity to do something clever


a younger lad


much to recommend the film


the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit


life


this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture


a cutesy romantic tale


uplifting , funny and wise


detract from the affection of that moral favorite


... an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .


as little cleavage


prolonged and boring


confrontations


fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation


the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and


a rather unique approach to documentary


like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand


this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped


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


( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


with a sensitivity


for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york


capture the minds and hearts of many


offensive and redundant


caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare


memorable directorial debut


do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .


comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment


soulless


thinking someone made off with your wallet


an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband


the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges .


dramatic enough to sustain interest


it 's a very very strong `` b + . ''


just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity


on the santa clause 2


if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '


despite juliet stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .


funny and


, xxx is a blast of adrenalin ,


the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past


its essential problem


starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill .


an inexplicable nightmare ,


a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic


may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .


a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff .


playful paranoia


one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .


of softheaded metaphysical claptrap


grievous but obscure


enjoy yourselves without feeling conned


a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .


enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events


worked wonders with the material


the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air


a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger .


inconsistent , dishonest


are what makes it worth the trip to the theater .


the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .


good music


thematic resonance


winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


skip this turd


thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity


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


pretentious .


coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock .


a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .


to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie


high drama


appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy


an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness


gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic


tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run


horribly depressing and not


a moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .


this quality band may pick up new admirers


demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested


this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '


a superior moral tone


over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .


convoluted


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


a unique culture


self-deprecating


manages for but a few seconds


be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors


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


's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor .


a therapeutic zap of shock treatment


the slapstick is labored


your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .


difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny


she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo


the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script


filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration


, the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .


of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen


is better than you might think


the pacing is often way off and


biggest names


cynical creeps


a more credible script


good line


-- sometimes tedious --


earnest


while the humor is recognizably plympton


stunningly trite


a movie this bad


her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled


a low-budget hybrid of scarface or


to ensnare its target audience .


probably wo n't stand the cold light of day


move over bond ;


a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .


delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition


inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening


glides


's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie


the smug self-satisfaction


a realistic , non-exploitive approach


an embarrassment .


with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace


surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue


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


be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense


's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty


more timely in its despairing vision of corruption


hideously and clumsily


of a particular theatrical family


rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke


with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes


the most impressive player


a deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams


majestic achievement


wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way


transcendent love story


vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .


unerring


someone going through the motions


snipes is both a snore and utter tripe .


all menace and atmosphere


a vibrant , colorful world


loses all


already overladen with plot conceits


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


uncomfortably timely , relevant ,


to think about the ways we consume pop culture


with unblinking candor


i ca n't wait to see what the director does next


a less-compelling soap opera


this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !


digital photography


its face


captivates


of masters of both


a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming


been acted out


this dreck


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


often watchable


the film is not only a love song to the movies but


play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life


to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours


a new treasure of the hermitage


is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap


their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script


the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache .


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


is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture


uncertainties


all-too-familiar


, confident


its leaden acting , dull exposition and


narcissistic


worthwhile effort


the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all


a longtime tolkien fan


a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .


both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .


it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down


has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .


swipe 90 minutes of your time


emotionally and spiritually compelling


revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of miramax chief harvey weinstein 's bluff personal style


icily brilliant


it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .


like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .


the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .


for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism .


not for every taste


using an endearing cast , writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred .


gloriously goofy way


'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .


in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution


sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long


more than enough sentimental catharsis


delights and


ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful


by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot


the problem with `` xxx ''


whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments --


is what we call the ` wow ' factor


another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .


all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations


were less densely plotted


more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .


he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh


gives his best screen performance


otherwise comic narrative


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


to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


an extraordinary poignancy , and the story


paper-thin supporting characters


of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking


very tasteful rock


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


by and large this is mr. kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since the doors .


a tasteful , intelligent manner


similarly ill-timed antitrust


an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film


powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama


has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .


is never clear .


delightful


as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .


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


the movie is silly beyond comprehension ,


peevish and gimmicky


the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .


to admit that i am baffled by jason x.


watching spy


sure hand


dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .


i killed my father compelling


dysfunctional


seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material


episodic choppiness ,


a surgeon mends a broken heart


as tawdry trash


a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability


philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and


one of the very best movies


a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography


luckiest viewers


pointless


if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . ''


catches dramatic fire .


find compelling


all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king


overblown enterprise


artificial and soulless


a metaphor for a modern-day urban china


the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor .


a step further , richer


saddens


schmucks


sheer beauty


's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since sept. 11 ) .


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


some surprises


, dark beauty


that they are actually releasing it into theaters


it 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what ( aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career .


it 's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .


it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .


that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power


assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation .


in the manner of a golden book sprung to life


petty thievery


a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .


a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you


, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master


same old bad trip


turns that


's refreshing


its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd


sharply comic and surprisingly touching


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


feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark


after ( seagal 's ) earlier copycat under siege


notable for its sheer audacity and openness


it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .


rate annie


rekindles


good natured


that it 's impossible to care


he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary


a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing .


slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty


into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey


what made you love it


is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states .


it a party worth attending


there is no sense


it 's all arty and jazzy and 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 .


a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension


weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and


invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion


sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait


ferrara 's


a bit exploitative but also nicely done ,


a quaint ,


the clever credits roll


from their incessant whining


seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .


of complacency


that rare movie


such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy


, compulsive life


there 's definite room for improvement .


stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence


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


's often overwritten


i did n't care .


well-contructed


works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .


dying and going


humor and pathos


a waste


stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter


invaluable record


eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .


veered off too far into the exxon zone


skip this dreck , rent animal house and


not a bad way to spend an hour or two


of moronic stunts


dramedy '


you feel good ,


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


a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick


, shiri is a must for genre fans .


slapping its target audience


dumb drug jokes


decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies


, is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .


gentlemen


gentle jesus


that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely


asia , where ms. shu is an institution


of the tortured and self-conscious material


beautifully made


the affection of that moral favorite


support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick


head cutter


the big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .


an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop


an 88-minute rip-off of the rock


while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .


blast


was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends


manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .


makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality


consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable


is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .


why is this so boring ?


stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes


conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences .


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


veered off too far


a massive infusion


are married for political reason


that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema


brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .


ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film .


a coma-like state


left slightly unfulfilled


intermittently powerful


's quite an achievement


the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny ,


which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile


to extremist name-calling


a lynch-like vision


popcorn


rising


can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience


vividly


not very absorbing characters


informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ...


riveting story


is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises


make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey


smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still


to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and


has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing


barker movie


some cute moments , funny scenes


tiring than anything


, but it is a refreshingly forthright one .


, mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .


satisfying evening


hearts and minds


parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '


to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude


the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials


is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power


even delectable


a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid


the pungent bite of its title


hopkins looks like a drag queen


this crazy life


squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching


is somehow guessable from the first few minutes ,


is a director to watch .


how to win the battle


is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing


creeping in others


recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it


gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements ,


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect .


gets the look and the period trappings right


the film grounded in an undeniable social realism


can not disguise the slack complacency of ( godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .


dicey screen material


ramble


relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations


good period reconstruction


a tasty performance


required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike


befallen every other carmen before her


`` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .


waste of time , money and celluloid


too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche


amusing personalities


chan has done in the united states


just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ...


stupid and annoying


without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .


the misleading title


in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .


charming , sometimes infuriating


builds its multi-character story


that embraces its old-fashioned themes


a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter


spirited


recommend it for its originality


does n't make much


an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .


very compelling ,


that was followed by the bad idea


though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers


the enjoyable undercover brother ,


does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it


romantic tale


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


fails him


hurts


offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes


is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .


passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .


more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films


everything about the quiet american is good , except its timing .


the paranoid claustrophobia


there are some laughs in this movie , but


emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions


that will keep them guessing


does no justice


a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .


does somehow manage to get you under its spell .


though it 's equally solipsistic in tone


cause massive cardiac arrest


all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new


negative


, for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .


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


a `` snl '' has-been


its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome


he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up


broke out into elaborate choreography


the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist ,


film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers


appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .


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


very entertaining , thought-provoking film


to make absurdist observations


you were thinking someone made off with your wallet


at least passably real


as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness


with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


for the quirky


real documentary


evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story


expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre


whatever fills time --


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


, this is even better than the fellowship .


leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute .


an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive


at ninety minutes , it drags


cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .


like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries


only had a week to live


love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it .


as one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films


, with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .


an odd show


comfy


younger lad


see it for his performance if nothing else .


lazily


` true story '


this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .


familiar and insufficiently cathartic


the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics


manipulative claptrap ,


, just for them


interesting


if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out


be delightfully compatible


a charmer


overachieving


adrenalin


is repulsive and depressing


to love the piano teacher


as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes


enough cool fun here


deserves a place of honor


give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works


leave you speaking in tongues


love in the time of money


look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes


to those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .


consider it ` perfection .


as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system


sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen


a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides


fraction


it suits the script


moving and revelatory


a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film .


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


it belongs on the big screen


could force you to scratch a hole in your head .


scenes brim


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


landing squarely on `` stupid ''


'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year


backbone


hugely imaginative and successful


that proceeds


viewers out in the cold


, er , bubbly


disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with


far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama


disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


... stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier .


's also nice


this unique and entertaining twist


you try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .


become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one


the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .


's an adventure story and history lesson all in one


the film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed crudup out of pre-9 / 11 new york and onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind .


is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .


equals the sum of its pretensions .


by the standards of knucklehead swill


through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '


schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs ,


keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation


greatest date movies


having an old friend


has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy


certainly ca n't recommend it


not a classic


alias betty is richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing .


this simple , sweet and romantic comedy


wastes an exceptionally good idea .


that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


hélène angel is definitely a director to watch .


many genuine cackles


a worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll .


's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations


while remaining true to his principles


just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen


memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension


powerful rather than cloying


a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people


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


is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be


glizty but formulaic and silly ... cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .


intriguing , provocative stuff


heroine


hooked


clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own


privy to


director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve .


the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel


collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .


our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie . '


inexperienced


a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama


yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care ,


the rut dug by the last one


images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


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


supremely unfunny and unentertaining


its best


an irrepressible passion


can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included


a party worth attending


scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting


it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end


hodgepodge


a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes


parents beware


a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times


i walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .


finely detailed


, reflective and beautifully


adaptation is simply brilliant .


chase to end all chases


any enjoyment


if i stay positive


spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch


this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines .


the original hit movie


deserves more than a passing twinkle


how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls


includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick


their recklessness


well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too


intelligence and


is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .


hard to resist


dahmer


working-class subjects


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


far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat ,


go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories


the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .


a work of extraordinary journalism


de niro )


a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie .


to the annoying score


if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .


is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan


like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way


an engaging


is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff


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


a strong and unforced supporting cast


delivered in grand passion


nolan 's penetrating undercurrent


crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment


that the journey is such a mesmerizing one


's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough


it 's burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .


a thoughtful what-if


tough to watch


lots of laughs


is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful .


the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes .


it 's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ) ,


girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre


the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge


take us by surprise ...


a film of freshness , imagination and insight


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


the story 's pathetic


graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake .


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


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


on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly


enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film


already obscure


toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard


thrill you , touch you and


it falls far short of poetry


ego-destroying


the jokes are sophomoric


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


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


love him


sweet , genuine


, it can easily worm its way into your heart . '


similar obsessions can dominate a family


advancing


the right direction


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


bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun


fits


the young actors , not very experienced ,


, dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters


loved the people onscreen ,


appear foolish and shallow


... comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .


first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans '' make this a charmer .


fairly lame


rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .


of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole


, oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly


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


breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks


overly convenient


the success of undercover brother


loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again ,


they fall to pieces


pseudo-intellectual kid


releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults ,


a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .


assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony


of funny situations and honest observations


certainly clever in spots


your ego


it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted


holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .


ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...


soap-opera emotion


in its perfect quiet pace


this is one of the year 's best films .


it 's uninteresting .


a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast


it 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space .


not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?


emotional and moral


very ambitious project


, it is clearly a good thing .


superbly acted offbeat thriller


add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .


looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .


, more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite


shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .


is n't as weird as it ought to be


incredibly flexible


caton-jones


a surprising , subtle turn


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


whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent


nice


luscious


this 65-minute trifle


insultingly inept and artificial


a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy .


trailer-trash style


a slapdash mess


watchable up


stay away


manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .


thinking about how good it all 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 the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one


invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once


full flush


eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it


the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings


ghandi gone bad


is astonishing


the first movie


to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms. mirren , who did )


french malapropisms


might actually want to watch .


necessary to document all this emotional misery


is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country


concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and


a moving and weighty depiction


a no-holds-barred cinematic


knows how to hold the screen


`` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years


a worthwhile addition


with restraint and a delicate ambiguity


characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil


film school undergrad


a cellular phone commercial


i 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .


there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs


will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning


return ticket


to feel funny and light


the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food


alienation


spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .


an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china .


've completely


loses its overall sense of mystery and


enough flourishes and freak-outs


lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents )


the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . ''


's a testament to the film 's considerable charm


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and


fascinating little thriller


's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .


quietly vulnerable


inauthentic


mental illness


is weak .


the exuberant openness


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


gag


is the director 's talent


for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them .


is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .


it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half


lacks aspirations of social upheaval .


( less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment .


becomes lifeless


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


on `` stupid


is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .


's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them


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


its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that


killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .


go back to sleep .


does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke


the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels


mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as


at your neighbor 's garage sale


everyone 's to blame here .


cut open a vein


into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary


true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .


bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality


win any academy awards


awkwardly paced


whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .


) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined


this movie worth seeing


wryly amusing


evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .


more complex


balances both traditional or modern stories


progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony


joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .


hastily dubbed


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


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


proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .


this insipid , brutally clueless film


mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --


the disjointed mess


make the film relevant today ,


is just garbage


could have been much better


may strain adult credibility


bad acting


an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty


a riot


pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter


as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro


despite the opulent lushness of every scene


another best


comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .


comical


thinly-conceived movie .


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


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


a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men .


gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving


of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism


hollywood too long has ignored


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


like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless


painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama


by this gentle comedy


a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution


been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks


the simpering soundtrack and editing


the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline


it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .


is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches .


at soccer hooliganism


despite terrific special effects and funnier gags


the most important and exhilarating forms


fred schepisi 's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .


a disaster


not a participant


it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken


sags in pace


inadequately motivated


able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting


it 's the image that really tells the tale .


captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe


be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being


silly horror movies


in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity


vivid characters and


, blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .


's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .


something for everyone .


comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire .


a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .


with a moral


achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation


chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in


few early laughs


... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .


transcends


straight-to-video


could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up


great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood .


the original new testament stories so compelling


here is unusually tame


a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare


safe


for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


it 's a loathsome movie , it really is


there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but peter mattei 's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .


lazy , miserable and smug


, for the most part , credible


their parents


the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made


byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .


starts off witty and sophisticated


makes this movie worth seeing


of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances


most creative mayhem


with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer


fun factor


original fantasy film


entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel .


its characters tissue-thin


time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .


there is n't one true ` chan moment ' .


canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people .


this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .


cinematic experience


reach much further than we imagine


make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see


run-of-the-filth


incoherence


a no-holds-barred cinematic treat .


addict


it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .


second helpings


wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching


awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story


up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream


as generic as its title


the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season


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


will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .


is an ` action film ' mired in stasis


of its sense of fun or energy


to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson


breathtakingly assured and stylish work


hogwash


let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best ,


to drag on for nearly three hours


tired , talky feel


praise


ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie


the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts


exquisite


exasperatingly


for most of the characters


like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy .


big ending surprise


if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or


amazingly evocative film from three decades ago


not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers


that the film is never dull


a lackluster script


stooping to base melodrama


it 's a thin notion


sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama


he thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .


a niche hit


comes across as both shallow and dim-witted


cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences ,


the brawn , but not


mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting


make for a winning , heartwarming yarn


upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product


counter the crudity


accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people


chilling , unnerving film


has become the master of innuendo .


unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle


's soulful and unslick


still serious problem


a winning comedy


suicide


the major problem


that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm


the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession


of passion , grief and fear


the hours represents two of those well spent


trouble


the auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .


that 's something i would rather live in denial about


the torments and angst


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination


to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything


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


the shocking conclusion


deals with first love sweetly


it does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain .


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


in all fairness


laid-back


's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself


and pat storytelling


a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself


made the original men in black such a pleasure


while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .


stirring ,


appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,


fiend


pure craft


pokémon 4ever is terrifying


might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .


that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film


a grim future


the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and


skip the film


for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


to sit through it again


also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


a flawed human


a good match


a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and


attractive about this movie


were more repulsive


too long , and larded with exposition


found the movie as divided against itself


goodness


, in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions


part of the charm of satin rouge


the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent


that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors


're on the edge of your seat


from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story


the works of an artist


edge to it


significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old


its director could ever have dreamed


an awkwardly contrived exercise


to easy feel-good sentiments


, collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure


if we 're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she 's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?


is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be


wise and deadpan humorous .


've a taste for the quirky


of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least


is completely lacking in charm and charisma


takes big bloody chomps out of it


imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread


it 's provocative stuff ,


to accomplish what few sequels can


a memorable directorial debut


aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script


an inconclusive ending


passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .


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


a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .


a great script brought down by lousy direction .


content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool


'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .


zinger-filled


clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and


, you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .


bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right


murder and mayhem


nearly incoherent


is n't particularly assaultive


that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth


to a sunshine state


introspective and


for the tube


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


with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie .


of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny


the rest is just an overexposed waste of film


emotionally strong and


wholly unnecessary


keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong


i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material ,


beloved


transcendent performance


an oscar


a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun .


on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers


, in a better movie , you might not have noticed .


is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon


that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow


more ridiculous


the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking ,


dramatic arc


an extraordinary poignancy ,


absurdities and


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


unoriginal


that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


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


takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors


take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis


a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true


whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau


a college keg party


, low-budget and tired


mira sorvino 's limitations


is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks


hostile


a copout


while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying


earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .


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


its apparent glee


profanities


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


surprisingly decent


am baffled by jason x.


it offers hope


an experience that is richer than anticipated


you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars


have given this movie a rating of zero .


style and humor


most magical and most


as deep as a petri dish


of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone


something for everyone


it looks neat


fights


is meaningless , vapid and devoid


it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him


aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash


what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors


the scarifying


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


strongly


first mistake


needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese


'' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .


this broken character study


sensitive , cultivated treatment


torture and


seagal


little more than routine


both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one


shockers since the evil dead


spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns


the movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity


's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .


of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them


does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen .


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


... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .


, an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 . ''


to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers


the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy