hide new secretions from the parental units


contains no wit , only labored gags


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


remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout


on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up


that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment


demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .


of saucy


a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry


are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films


goes to absurd lengths


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


the part where nothing 's happening ,


saw how bad this movie was


lend some dignity to a dumb story


the greatest musicians


cold movie


with his usual intelligence and subtlety


redundant concept


swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .


equals the original and in some ways even betters it


if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick .


a smile on your face


comes from the brave , uninhibited performances


excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic


enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits


which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening


in world cinema


very good viewing alternative


the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish ,


the action is stilted


on all cylinders


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


by far the worst movie of the year


sit through ,


more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film


it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline


heroes


oblivious to the existence of this film


sharply


the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .


sometimes dry


as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count


covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature


a $ 40 million version of a game


gorgeous and deceptively minimalist


cross swords with the best of them and


as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist


proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .


disappointments


the horrors


a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us .


many pointless


a beautifully


contrived , well-worn situations


a doa


poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .


to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room


starts with a legend


far less sophisticated and


rich veins of funny stuff in this movie


no apparent joy


shot on ugly digital video


... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for ? ''


though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie


is pretty damned funny .


we never feel anything for these characters


's a lousy one at that


the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .


of the most highly-praised disappointments i


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


seem fresh


to the dustbin of history


as a director , eastwood is off his game


pays earnest homage to turntablists


weak and


skip this dreck ,


contains very few laughs and even less surprises


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


are an absolute joy


generates


, like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows


based on a true and historically significant story


well-rounded tribute


, though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .


so much like a young robert deniro


khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .


fashioning an engrossing entertainment out


spiffy animated feature


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


alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life


strung-together moments


, generous and subversive artworks


it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world


funny yet


overbearing and over-the-top


it 's robert duvall !


rich and sudden wisdom


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


in memory


respectable new one


yet this grating showcase


hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles


addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history


, this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .


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


do n't work in concert


the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal .


would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further


it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling ,


hawaiian shirt


takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .


provide its keenest pleasures


altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece


grievous but


after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .


hopeless


unpretentious , charming , quirky , original


nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .


very well-written and very well-acted .


are n't many conclusive answers in the film


clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment ,


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


bring tissues .


the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .


brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ) .


as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy


there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us .


just too silly


cinematic bon bons


it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and


a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .


irritates and


collapse


so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws


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


wide-awake all the way through


( vainly , i think )


is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another .


is effective if you stick with it


that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community


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


watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy


absolutely and completely ridiculous and


's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .


the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .


realistic portrayal


as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story


well-thought stunts or


reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .


no lika da


a welcome relief


the promise of digital filmmaking


just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar


justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau


extraordinary faith


have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart


, sometimes beautiful adaptation


about as interesting


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


overlong , and bombastic


derivative and hammily


most audacious , outrageous ,


at its best moments


disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .


that final , beautiful scene


some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,


eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights


the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau .


, compelling


infectiously


the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance .


think of this dog of a movie


's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .


those so-so films that could have been much better


a passable date film


imax in short


i hate it .


's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men


no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting


in this wildly uneven movie


pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license


like one of ( spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it


with color and depth , and rather a good time


silly , outrageous , ingenious


being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100


the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult .


the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy


starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming


men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic .


elvira fans could hardly ask for more .


a good one


, plodding picture


the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions


lost in the translation this time


speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be


enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments


inane and awful


told in scattered fashion


takes chances that are bold by studio standards


believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects


only thing to fear about `` fear dot com ''


whole mess


manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor


working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ... ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up .


a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3


enjoy the ride


very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors


the , yes , snail-like pacing


an extremely unpleasant film .


if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers


the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ...


are all things we 've seen before


poignant and leavened


breathless anticipation


significantly better


as predictable as the tides


bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining


it 's smooth and professional


, unassuming , subordinate


the horror


a technically superb film


the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .


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


a dim


, vicious and absurd


because he acts so goofy all the time


to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside


's at once laughable and compulsively watchable ,


merit its 103-minute length


the value and respect for the term epic cinema


as a dentist 's waiting room


showing honest emotions


amazingly lame .


confessions may not be a straightforward bio


seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little


the story is bogus and


this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .


to spare wildlife


ugly as the shabby digital photography


understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb


traditionally structured


frida is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance .


does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .


are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time


was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one )


carnage and


degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage


second fiddle


about the folly of superficiality that is itself


serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .


tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination .


, esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .


a stylish exercise


halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it


a setup so easy it borders on facile


a thoroughly awful movie


takes hold and grips hard


look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction


the picture 's fascinating byways


guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves


breezy , distracted rhythms


than this mess


evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream


slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .


take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses ,


valuable messages


in no small part thanks to lau


two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up


no new plot conceptions


essentially a collection of bits --


does n't bode well for the rest of it


elevated by it -- the kind of movie


usual worst


hugh grant , who has a good line in charm


arrive early and stay late


is a pan-american movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .


i could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again .


shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown


an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest


considerable aplomb


acted by diane lane and richard gere .


scant


an admittedly middling film


too ludicrous


the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal


rich and full


warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .


that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for


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


, the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .


ultra-cheesy dialogue


added depth and resonance


the sensational


huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them


handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama


's not very good either .


in her most charmless


makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .


a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .


everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .


the cast is spot on and


ugly digital video


can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history


rather choppy


becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates


demands and receives excellent performances


xxx is a blast of adrenalin ,


pure escapism


create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead ***


about love and culture


is worse :


horrifying


mourns her tragedies in private


the action scenes are poorly delivered


it 's so bad


so bad


, 84 minutes is short


dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum


a masterpiece


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


does n't leave you with much .


good acting


like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting


marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress


is less successful on other levels


's still quite worth seeing


intelligent and moving .


he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes


men


accomplish what few sequels can


a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker


i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening


exhilarating , funny and fun .


bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time


, it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .


has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .


endearing , caring


seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days


enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .


not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker


the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process


taboo subject matter


see this


utterly incompetent conclusion


has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ...


you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


run for cover


low budget


a deceptively casual ode


walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , ''


help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact


you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride


a giant step backward


true fans


just copies


quite rich and exciting


luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago


from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own


, you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .


this frozen tundra soap opera


a showdown


is simply too overdone


greatly


free


intriguing species


try and evade


scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv


watching it leaves you giddy


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


far tamer


outrageously creative action


the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings


is never any question of how things will turn out


only open new wounds


despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure


for a story


in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic


right stuff


the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting


high-concept films


sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse


with no reason for being


just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .


invigorating , surreal , and resonant


the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout


have a passion for the material


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


a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's


romanticized rendering


is terrific as rachel


of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls


come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count


with awe


joyous romp of a film .


a nonstop hoot


, partisans and sabotage


gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation


just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart


ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .


the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic .


this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass


naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation


exciting and


schticky


and in the best way


of our most flamboyant female comics


squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel


( less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so


this film special


of the amazing spider-man


the stomach-turning violence


could use a little more humanity


not everything


acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .


a slow-moving police-procedural thriller


a bad idea from frame one


terrific , sweaty-palmed fun


very funny joke


volletta wallace 's maternal fury


complex story


atop wooden dialogue


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


be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen


ca n't miss it


dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent


of the best short story writing


it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama


feeble comedy .


an insult to every family


it is essentially empty


of the film 's problems


makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama


is not even half the interest .


never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding


`` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era


right now , they 're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .


appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem


often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ?


the energy it takes to describe how bad it is


wait to see it then .


could easily be called the best korean film of 2002


largest-ever historical canvas


a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .


comatose ballerinas


oh-so-important


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


formulaic equations


's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived


deserve a passing grade


you 're gon na like this movie .


simply stupid , irrelevant


weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .


a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and


felt performances across the board .


seem weird and distanced


has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive


casual and fun


plodding mess


the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .


the film 's intimate camera work


you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .


of dishonesty


as bestial


as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor


, they prove more distressing than suspenseful .


crackles


a fairly revealing study of its two main characters


high drama , disney-style


may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done .


, good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography .


her bully of a husband


gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story .


the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters


oozing , chilling and heart-warming


stale retread


filming the teeming life on the reefs


an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus .


quite endearing .


with fewer gags to break the tedium


overbearing and


deep deceptions


things will turn out okay


the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural


grand


good-natured fun found in films like tremors


betters it


transfixes the audience


moving and important


dope


an avid interest


blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances


true star


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


is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .


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


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


that 's both charming and well acted


a bad blend


the guy-in-a-dress genre


director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo .


riveting and


excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic .


war movies


an inuit masterpiece


oscar


the cliché-laden screenplay


girlfriends are bad , wives are worse


provide much more insight


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


what you wish for


fluid and mesmerizing


... a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .


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


ransacks


lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .


book report


leave the theater


spousal abuse


the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing ,


a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children .


anyone who suffers through this film


one carried by a strong sense of humanism


for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .


another entertaining romp from robert rodriguez .


directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .


it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas


funny , triumphant ,


underachiever


a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem


of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


dime-store ruminations


worth a


, reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake !


whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .


'll cry for your money back


enthralling


is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening


like max rothman 's future , does not work .


of quirky characters and an engaging story


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and


making kahlo 's art a living ,


bad run


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


many pleasures


is worth searching out


at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless


time bombs


balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .


the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations


plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter .


a sour taste in one 's mouth


decent performance


... familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc .


a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity .


responsible for one of the worst movies of one year


appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived


movie love


human darkness


understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself


it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen


's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 )


a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type --


the perfect movie


ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this


oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor


it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time


see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence


give you enough to feel good about


unexpectedly insightful


allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


is an extraordinary film , not least


a doubt


maudlin or


with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects


a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .


the wan , thinly sketched story


provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen


this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .


again dazzle and delight us


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


aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film


impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter ' was .


failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


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


it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .


laughed at


, future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter


a philosophical void


unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense


intelligence or invention


hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .


hopelessly juvenile


shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --


unique directing style


required to give this comic slugfest some heart


feel more like a non-stop cry for attention


hip hop beat


feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans


no explanation


funniest and


a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be


starts off witty and sophisticated and you


a bargain-basement european pickup


, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons


shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished


taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults


lead a group of talented friends astray


it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating .


this gentle , mesmerizing portrait


genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout ,


draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss


spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek )


is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own


it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success .


handles it in the most unexpected way


those eternally devoted to the insanity of black will have an intermittently good time .


obscenely bad


devastatingly


i do n't see the point


comes off like a bad imitation of the bard


that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone


one of its strengths


of masterpiece


into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto


stiff or just plain bad


makes these lives count


jolts the laughs from the audience --


a delightful stimulus


has no point


of isolation and frustration


winning shot


of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel


feeling guilty for it ... then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .


lewis


that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it


bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy .


father cliché


domestic tension and unhappiness


the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable


called the best korean film of 2002


one of the best rock


it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves


of the holiday box office pie


inexpressible and drab wannabe


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


like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story


's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and


to hate


to be mesmerised


the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version


a lot of energy


for its success on a patient viewer


while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .


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


turned down


timely , tongue-in-cheek


undramatic


the pile of useless actioners


morton deserves an oscar nomination .


weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces


efficiency and an affection for the period


manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it


does not work .


it is n't merely offensive


tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in


it irrigates our souls .


a hint of humor


with a big heart


a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages


its most immediate and most obvious pleasure


there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies


one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them .


made a decent ` intro ' documentary


makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .


the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability


a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .


emotional seesawing


movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid


target audience has n't graduated from junior high school


this intricately structured and well-realized drama


embracing


the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire


a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff .


a pretty listless collection


other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor


almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in


have been called freddy gets molested by a dog


moody male hustler


uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels


the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill


which is mostly a bore


an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans


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


the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart .


love this movie


... the efforts of its star , kline , to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught .


flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community


liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances


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


works smoothly


with a creepy and dead-on performance


might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead .


placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers


a satisfyingly unsettling ride


good a job as anyone


, smart and complicated


the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes --


are pretty valuable these days


( i ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be .


that the only rip off that we were aware of


beautiful to watch and


accentuating


no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time


a wonderful ensemble cast


endear


the truly funny bits


's that painful .


american beauty reeks


clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long


without any of its sense of fun or energy


be the cat 's meow


's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply


wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and


be part of


cinema history as the only movie ever


comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor


accomplished oscar winners


of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it


we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story


an all-time low


enjoyed it just


reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations ,


delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away


colorful , vibrant introduction


the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you


famuyiwa 's feature deals 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 .


a laugh between them


that gradually sneaks up on the audience


photographic marvel


is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .


gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences .


the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood .


while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy .


wow ' factor


hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema .


brazil-like , hyper-real satire


low on both suspense and payoff


find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most


an absolute delight for all audiences


would tax einstein 's brain .


's its first sign of trouble


ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff


moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .


if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution


wedding feels a bit anachronistic .


been lost in the translation this time


revelatory performance


the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion


remains oddly detached


that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film


nifty premise


vein


the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and


go down with a ship as leaky


earnest movie


effective enough


showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times


make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok


going at a rapid pace ,


still fun and enjoyable and


a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking


this thing is virtually unwatchable .


's also undeniably exceedingly clever


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


an entertainment destination for the general public


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


england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing


to the enduring strengths of women


surprisingly faithful


the numerous scenes


exaggerated and


takes a really long , slow and dreary time


improved upon the first


that might have made it an exhilarating


k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn .


humorless


thank


just because a walk to remember


bite


amounts to little more than punishment .


the humor is recognizably plympton


likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes .


makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult


a fascinating , compelling story


the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence


a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .


whimsical and relevant today


see the it


tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss


grotesque narcissism


funny and sad


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


it wore me down


be so stupid


as refreshing


what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie .


has created a brilliant motion picture .


from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american


a beautiful food entrée


us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable


the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence


his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters


does not live up to its style


scenes of cinematic perfection


love liza 's tale


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


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


go see this delightful comedy .


worst sense


propelled by the acting


presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .


human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard


overplayed


should be poignant


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


visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet


kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .


mug shots


the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing


another masterpiece


an incredibly layered and stylistic film


a classic story


daring


wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .


haute


convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .


ugly and


a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick


any insight


a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .


passionate , tumultuous affair


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


an enjoyable experience .


've had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama .


is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .


well to cram earplugs


who is simply tired


it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin


both convincing and radiant


smart and dark -


emaciated flick


jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects


point at things that explode into flame


jolts the laughs from the audience


heralds something special


has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one


a perfect performance


this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative


an unsuccessful attempt at a movie


sometimes confusing


superlative


buy the soundtrack


's sharply comic and surprisingly touching ,


a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes ... almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination .


to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies


the folly of superficiality that is itself


lumbering load


a 95-minute commercial for nba properties


though many of these guys are less than adorable


peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .


is deadly dull


inferior


big-hearted and frequently


striking deep chords of sadness


laughs aplenty


schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .


loud , ugly , irritating movie


is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer


the scorpion king more than ably


make a pretty good team


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


does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .


bill plympton , the animation master


impossible task


that in a good way


a watch that makes time go faster rather than


very best pictures


lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail


and church meetings


than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine


compassionate


will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective


hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves


an ebullient affection


somehow snagged an oscar nomination


manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics


` realistic '


nicely done


a summer of good stuff


the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .


sustains


neither is it as smart


fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages


the movie is powerful and provocative .


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


sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness


those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .


not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .


'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen


like to skip but film buffs should get to know


narrative discipline


samuel l. jackson


is this films reason for being .


the old saying goes , because it 's true


take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture


aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire


come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films


embracing than monty


is it hokey


as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony


that 's hardly any fun to watch


get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth


it 's on par with the first one


is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once


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


is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable


above most of its ilk


with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .


from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script


change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and


i do n't think so .


devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking


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


great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi


bile , and irony


a faulty premise ,


haphazardness


the plot grows thin soon ,


beloved-major


by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .


crossing-over mumbo jumbo


virtually unwatchable


its premise is smart , but


was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise .


who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent


light-hearted


heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations .


to show us a good time


pitiful , slapdash disaster .


is one of the year 's best


even witty


a fierce dance


crippled


this piece of crap


... the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience .


the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film .


its story about a young chinese woman , ah na , who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream


particularly impressive


in the process comes out looking like something wholly original


submerging


nearly as fresh or enjoyable


miserable and smug


my great pleasure


it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense .


fascinating , dark thriller


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 .


down the reality drain


the only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film might be with a large dose of painkillers .


a historic scandal


that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty


cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.


idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances


their lamentations are pretty much self-centered


a pretty decent kid-pleasing ,


of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires


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


is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music


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


give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard


the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well


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


serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey


insistent and repetitive


nausea


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


no art


seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece


more silly than scary


's funny .


its execution and skill


's coherent , well shot , and tartly


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


's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance


underdeveloped


the jokes are flat


a heartening tale of small victories


suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies ,


a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for


with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life


nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .


do we really need the tiger beat version ?


the disadvantage of also looking cheap


churn out one mediocre movie after another


once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave .


this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .


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


sexual and romantic


what begins brightly


then just fell apart


despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .


every top-notch british actor


is awful .


a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast


will nevertheless find moving


great


like `` horrible '' and `` terrible


provide an intense experience


is off-putting


gets bogged down over 140 minutes .


, this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end .


a pack of dogs who are smarter than him


this is a very funny , heartwarming film .


with such provocative material


this film biggest problem ?


with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for


stylish and


it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .


measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor


are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent


it plainly has no business going


a larger-than-life figure ,


is truly gorgeous to behold


devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry --


the most affecting depictions of a love affair


stereotypical caretakers


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


made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .


yet permits laughter


marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .


some serious suspense


waster '


an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller


salton sea surprisingly engrossing


no place for this story to go but down


can open the door to liberation .


are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay


another best of the year selection .


flat ,


exceptional lead performances


positive impression


much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand


that heralds something special


muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious .


dreamy


the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination


the qualities


than losers


comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women


flashy , overlong soap


get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory


's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .


sweetheart


by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


it still works .


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude


a well paced and satisfying little drama


begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents


loves


, dopey old


because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive


wrenching performances


kids , spirit


the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears


escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real


trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead


quickly becomes a tiresome cliché


unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk


a perceptive , good-natured movie


keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease


be completely forgettable


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


low-brow humor , gratuitous violence


the best of a growing strain of daring films


gripping portrait


it 's actually watchable


an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing .


a bland animated sequel


his films


a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and


festival


trouble every day is a plodding mess .


to be consumed and forgotten


, the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired .


its one-sidedness


, thought-provoking film


uneven film


is n't heated properly , so that it ends up


takes off in totally unexpected directions and


tried as a war criminal


is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema .


can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost


to make such a worthless film


a celebrated wonder in the spotlight


devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .


a technically superb film ,


a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ...


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


what a reckless squandering


assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation


off-beat and fanciful


its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and


like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story


by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen


time-consuming


charlotte sometimes is a gem .


is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own


so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower


can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today


a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the bollywood films .


epic treatment of a nationwide blight


fresh-faced


the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake


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


the film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality .


worth a recommendation


bigger


our best achievements and other times


sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team ,


everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .


in private


has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but


of anti-semitism ever seen on screen


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


makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare


invigorating about


's mildly entertaining ,


it 's about family


life and love


questionable


a twist


with leonine power


quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself


gaps in their relationships


we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but


it 's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman .


badly edited


run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through


i am baffled by jason x.


to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival


a smoother , more focused


is not first-rate


are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty .


zealand coming-of-age movie


dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks


p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible


rises above superficiality .


a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


comes across as a fairly weak retooling .


masterful british actor ian holm


the hearts and minds


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


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


blab


is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .


-- that you should never forget


has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler


more than ably


and a terrible story


's that painful


is a monumental achievement


a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks .


comedic writing


humorous and touching .


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


it 's easy to love robin tunney


i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .


a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort


, the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .


what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else .


more graceful way


an uninspired preachy and clichéd war film .


will turn out


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


perfect material


one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio


( seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression


gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .


promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .


offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending


in a grisly sort of way


nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


more frustrating


lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse


there are laughs aplenty , and


lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings


of sleaziness


this too-long , spoofy update


shoddy male hip hop fantasy


, cynical


like puppies with broken legs


that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing


knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers


excited about on this dvd


just is n't as weird as it ought to be .


should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie


as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life


many of the things that made the first one charming


as if by cattle prod


struggling


beautiful paean


entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive


all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .


begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .


dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better


dreadfulness


it 's not very interesting .


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


a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller


out


it does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .


an all-around good time at the movies


humor in i spy is so anemic .


the by now intolerable morbidity


touched by the film 's conviction


a spoof comedy


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


seem tired and ,


one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed


pointed , often tender , examination


touching reflection


a smartly directed , grown-up film


help overcome the problematic script .


show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty


this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario


put together a bold biographical fantasia


slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption .


as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle .


drowned me


a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon )


haneke 's script ( from elfriede jelinek 's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .


though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .


, scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . '


a screwed-up man


rumblings


an incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture


sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart


lightweight filmmaking


and satirical touches


is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .


a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood


hackneyed concepts


a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .


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


a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .


as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and


wickedly undramatic


a legendary professor


is magnetic as graham


has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .


deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history .


to watch too many barney videos


be able to look away for a second


heartfelt performances


a legacy


an evil , monstrous lunatic


smoky and inviting


the wisdom and humor


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


excruciatingly tedious


beyond redemption


the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt


sleep-inducing


coen brothers


never rises above mediocrity


no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror


well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .


farts


a wonderful tale of love and destiny


the fourth `` pokemon '' is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .


've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before


patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .


hackneyed and meanspirited


makes a meal of it


the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and


mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service .


the unacceptable


violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining .


shockingly bad


run of the mill


is n't a very


most amazing super-sized dosage


is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .


spies


4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos ,


laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser


the opulent lushness


( allen ) manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .


the writing and direction to the soggy performances


went back


unfunny


good film


a simplistic narrative and


plodding , peevish and gimmicky .


finely written


attentive


a canny crowd pleaser ,


real and amusing


a dependable concept


straight from the saturday morning cartoons


least


very light


thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except


dying a slow death


some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life


lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .


under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic


transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality


to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them


downright intoxicating


with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .


especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand


vaporize from your memory minutes


energetic


's the inimitable diaz , holding it all together .


decrepit


two guys yelling in your face for two hours


bloody beauty as vivid


cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth


is not handled well


long and eventful


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


suffocating


has considerable charm


for its extraordinary intelligence and originality


stink


good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch


kids will love its fantasy and adventure


( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really


, to my great pleasure ,


one of the most entertaining bonds in years


in a standard plot


the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended .


been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit


b movies


to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style


from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent


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


for pretentious arts majors


see a movie with its heart


reek of a script


bottom tier


delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them


an admirable reconstruction of terrible events


's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director


as john ritter 's glory days


fights a good fight


is god


floating narrative


stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy


a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior


of this dog of a movie


too bad kramer could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up .


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


yet depressing film


does pack some serious suspense .


descends into such message-mongering moralism


gripping humanity


fall fast asleep


virtually no aftertaste


inane and unimaginative


's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances ,


bound


self-absorbed


see the forest for the trees


's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good


intolerable company


talky , artificial and opaque


for one splendidly cast pair


underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice .


convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons


are ... impeccable throughout .


driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs


horror/action hybrid


of the finest films of the year


lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .


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


director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .


is too long with too little going on


much needed


jones and snipes are enthralling


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


participation


you can smell the grease on the plot


such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and


human impulses that grew hideously twisted


still fun and enjoyable


this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged


a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside ,


often overwritten


to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies


nearly impossible


down-to-earth bullock


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


proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film


one-hour mark


the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun


not constant bloodshed


offers no new insight on the matter


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


overwhelmingly


spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick


tastelessness and gall


bad action-movie line


grows


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


contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive


the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way


any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly


caliber


balanced film


of run-of-the-mill profanity


feel like three hours .


excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone


is built on a potentially interesting idea


is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be


laughably


been kind enough to share it


of bland hotels , highways , parking lots


with a large dose of painkillers


liked a lot of the smaller scenes


wastes


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


, mind-numbingly , indescribably bad


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking ,


a river of sadness that pours into every frame


menacing


incessantly


bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers .


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


at existing photos


helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy ,


as funny nor


gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .


we want the funk - and this movie 's got it


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


devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable .


lacks balance


hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild


revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .


tv


an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .


demonstrating vividly


it 's sweet and fluffy at the time ,


marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .


a powerful , inflammatory film


favor of tradition and warmth


begins on a high note and


has much to recommend it


a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition


a simple tale


despicable characters


` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .


, director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .


this amiable picture


that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions


a markedly inactive film


saves this deeply affecting film


cold , nervy and memorable


exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise


the gratuitous cinematic distractions


manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .


the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic


insanely hilarious


does n't work because there is no foundation for it


surprise us


relative modesty


coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker


remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .


, if good-hearted , movie .


makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .


inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material


no pastry is violated


is very difficult


i 'll buy the soundtrack .


hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic


is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical


to the genre and another first-rate performance


an adventurous young talent


predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol


intricate plot


, this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .


to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product


will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo


as i laughed throughout the movie


impossibly contrived situations


fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals


a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor


is the best ` old neighborhood ' project


others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .


make italian for beginners worth the journey


most good-hearted


a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france


a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .


poignant and funny


thanks to a small star with big heart


impersonal and abstract


it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film .


-- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline


if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .


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


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


too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe


accents so good


a classy , sprightly spin on film


an original


a thing that already knows it 's won


as punching bags


nothing to sneeze at these days


ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona


good-natured


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


's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen


brought to life on the big screen


an entertaining movie


is a very funny , heartwarming film .


more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks


encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .


that gets under your skin


be half as entertaining as it is


turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end


a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .


a rollicking adventure for you


that even its target audience talked all the way through it


prickly indie comedy


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


ethics


that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film


other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time


and crude film


could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .


with real world events


it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .


mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .


sanctimonious , self-righteous and


it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas


acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable


one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original


the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .


is why anybody picked it up .


vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes .


like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok


seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick


that takes itself all too seriously


with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast


has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .


even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel


through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people


the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .


's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre


the piano teacher is not an easy film .


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


daft by half ... but supremely good natured


much power


of carnage


this picture


increasingly diverse french director


muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious


features nonsensical and laughable plotting


served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick


's plenty to offend everyone


reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans


save their children


that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways


surprisingly touching


come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy


worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz


's one of the worst of the entire franchise .


, the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .


an obvious rapport with her actors


a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .


existential exploration


road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire


commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute


may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking


inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone


both shrill and soporific , and because everything


sinister


than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds


aground


amazing


have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize


for that comes through all too painfully in the execution


open-ended questions


like brosnan 's performance


counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget


sense is a movie that deserves recommendation


the road


phrase ` life affirming '


an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe


little more than a well-mounted history lesson .


to the film 's music


and dog lovers


moving tale


no surprises


crawls along


sure mainstream audiences will be baffled


begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .


oddly humorous to tediously sentimental


grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .


lonely


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


there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but


has been


, cry and realize ,


does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .


told well by a master


from a ploddingly melodramatic structure


a show forged in still-raw emotions


to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject


of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original


captivates


much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad .


drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other


you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines


the filling


it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but


angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy


queasy-stomached


the ` ick ' in ` classic


very choppy and monosyllabic


psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds ,


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


a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and


welcome with audiences


everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .


the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances


startling story


do with imagination


rage


dumplings


more interesting -- and , dare i say ,


exactly assured in its execution


'll keep watching the skies for his next project


as tiresome as 9


plot , characters ,


does not work


that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


seem self-consciously poetic and


back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .


has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy


authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment


satisfying


revolutionary spirit


a crowd-pleaser , but then ,


anemic ,


a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place


spielberg 's first real masterpiece


the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness


the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael 's evolution


is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .


while peppering the pages with memorable zingers


falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .


, truths emerge .


those words


the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .


by cliches , painful improbability and murky points


generous , inspiring film


tossed off


this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism


of more appealing holiday-season product


sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special


a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle


like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place


dialogue and sharp


the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .


graduated


nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible


enriched


to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time


a pretty decent kid-pleasing


unrecoverable


that manages to invest real humor


articulate , grown-up voice


commercialism all in the same movie


nifty


's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .


a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions .


some delightful work on indie projects


making up for any flaws that come later


terrific effort


the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid


xmas


, it does give exposure to some talented performers


a cheap scam


once one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .


does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .


falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer


paints a grand picture of an era and


of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games


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


it is a likable story , told with competence .


originality is sorely lacking .


especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget


the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down .


balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply


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


no-nonsense authority


idiocy


moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


, visually graceful


sappiness


the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came


loose


looking and stylish


the three leads produce adequate performances , but


drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst


a beautiful film to watch


writer-director david jacobson


's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand


neither romantic nor comedic


the movie dawdle


with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs


good-natured and sometimes quite funny


a complete waste of time


largely devoid


to cheesier to cheesiest


piece , a model of menacing atmosphere


of last summer 's bloated effects


a low-budget series on a uhf channel


satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time .


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


use a few good laughs


someone made off with your wallet


's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .


dodge this one


this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre


played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .


this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .


benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness


in its sparkling beauty


`` brown sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .


features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film .


( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence


lively


it seem fresh again


tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet


good guys and


the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and


the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny


clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .


cannibal lust above the ordinary


spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it


will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .


feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way


spectacularly


construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt


to break the tedium


the ridiculousness


well-done film


's not that funny


inhuman cinematic punishment


of its epic scope


pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy


of heartfelt performances


fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema


poetic road movie


play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen


there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it .


you 've figured out late marriage


one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .


teddy bears ' picnic ranks


dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated


right place


oddly sweet


a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story


pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .


so second-rate


an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they


a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay


engaging characters


, twisted , brilliant and macabre


a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse


tootsie knockoff .


need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 .


britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .


unfortunately , that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does .


than what 's been cobbled together onscreen


deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen


a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind


expresses our most basic emotions


for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .


huge gap


a very moving and revelatory footnote


a non-mystery mystery .


fascinating -- and timely -- content


loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time


a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist


gut-clutching piece