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


engaging examination


is something of a triumph .


, involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship .


vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends


the performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .


will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .


lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature


hard ground


has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and


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


terms with his picture-perfect life


the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ;


is not only a pianist , but a good human being


through recklessness and retaliation


imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial


during the long build-up of expository material


was at least funny


that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of


its three-hour running time plays closer to two .


delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario .


amusing and


overrun


well shot


sense-of-humour


this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing


exciting moviemaking


, offensive and redundant


rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .


it also treats the subject with fondness and respect


the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday .


various victimized audience members


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


that works .


animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world


a big box of consolation candy


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


the obnoxious special effects ,


giggles and


say you were n't warned


a great premise


cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama ,


a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point


a fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh


cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) ,


a crowdpleaser as


alcatraz


she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground


a low-rent retread of the alien


's great cinematic polemic


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


( soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness


makes it a comic book with soul


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


unstoppable superman


hilarious ode


happy


counter-cultural


deflated


a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message


worthy


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


piffle


freshly


there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid


dreary piece


of magic


birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .


entirely witless and


erotically


unpleasant excuse


a must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle .


could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .


it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee .


has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .


... even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .


is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven


make a hip comedy


perfectly pleasant


jackson 's


and plastic knickknacks


ambitious ` what if


, it has considerable charm .


artistes


stretched out to feature


is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs


quite tasty


a tightly directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways .


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


makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .


all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure


any rock pile will do for a set .


too shallow for an older one .


have stayed there


is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humor and pathos .


lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground


any stylish sizzle


is a director to watch


with a cast of a-list brit actors , it is worth searching out .


even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .


precision


the filmmakers just follow the books


a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence


loveable


you can feel the love .


the devastation of this disease


, this is a must !


could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice


love to have their kids


marvelous


into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion


slick and


robinson 's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates .


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


is the stuff that disney movies are made of


bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio


all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .


that i just did n't care


even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic ,


is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .


lush


familial


absorbing and unsettling psychological drama


this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired .


comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible


, alone , should scare any sane person away .


a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli .


look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .


a masterfully made one


preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


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


meditation )


a not-so-bright mother and daughter


too good


strange


obstacles


funny , even punny 6


invincible


better still


may be shallow


absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion


no unifying rhythm


` time waster '


drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )


aggravating and


stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill


unwieldy contraption .


could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .


suited to capture these musicians in full regalia


this humbling little film ,


laughing at ' variety


of the oscar wilde play


be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie


abandon ''


circa


a familiar road with a few twists


thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending


spectacular performance - ahem


more precious than perspicacious


like a side dish no one ordered


takes every potential laugh


far too cliched


splatterfests


important film


todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique


to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera


most surprising thing


's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful


, memories and one fantastic visual trope


interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic ,


does n't really go anywhere .


the great american comedy


are also


approach to the workplace romantic comedy


in fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .


unimaginative screenwriter 's


too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing


sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip


the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers


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


a mostly magnificent directorial career


imperfect


gloriously alive


executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond


is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while


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


has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen


a sad , sordid universe


bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state


is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries


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


did n't find much fascination in the swinging .


wewannour money


the funniest idea


bean drops the ball too many times ...


could be intriguing


wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals


been remarkable about clung-to traditions


a zippy 96 minutes


also one of the most curiously depressing


that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship


takes your breath away


unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints


dull-witted and disquietingly


a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .


goals


a tasty performance from vincent gallo


commands attention .


off spookily enough


could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies .


overwhelmed by its lack of purpose


enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up


a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh


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


americans


's a rather listless amble down


it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out


what it lacks in outright newness


is a sweet treasure and something well worth


`` frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .


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


with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday


far too tragic


promising cast


overflows with wisdom and emotion .


a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past


an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication .


the plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours


hell-jaunt purists


expressive power


did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery


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


manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .


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


glaring and unforgettable .


the benefit of being able to give full performances


being insightful


before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia


is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything .


's like a drive-by


can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes


urban south korea


to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


has done the nearly impossible .


brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense


simply feel wrong


is extremely thorough


to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy


a fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh , cry and realize , ` it 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '


filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances ,


feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .


involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .


a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york


visual flourishes


is n't really about anything .


it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements ,


astonishing growth


its surreal sense of humor and technological finish


much further than we imagine


their work is fantastic .


it 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles ,


do n't


a most hard-hearted person


your seat a couple of times


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


... bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .


an imaginative filmmaker


for unexpectedly giddy viewing


summer season


if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labeled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '


to be grandiloquent


was daniel day-lewis .


the feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .


love and power


sit through , enjoy on a certain level and


but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .


makes their project so interesting


moralizing


spectacular completion one


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


if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags .


an adventure story and history lesson


to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke


a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .


, the movie is in a class by itself


need not apply


may be disappointed .


a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation


ignite


where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace


absolutely no idea


was developed hastily after oedekerk


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


than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series


a teen movie with a humanistic message


pieces of the famous director 's life


rash


its electronic expression through cyber culture


to be the movie 's most admirable quality


iwai 's gorgeous visuals


, but with material this rich it does n't need it


joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature


could n't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen


damn unpleasant


bittersweet drama


feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap


clear point


of rich detail condensed


esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard


much panache


moments to keep it entertaining


a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring ?


is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .


messy


the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines .


find greatness


too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )


to please others


does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency


so bland


consider 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


is interested in nothing


, quirky , original


also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american ,


the beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor .


repellent


before i see this piece of crap again


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


it 's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .


is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .


an impressive and highly entertaining celebration


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


bombastic and ultimately empty


ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man


ugly behavior


possibly the best actor


a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie


just another disjointed ,


a great piece of filmmaking


breathtakingly


find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop


so vivid a portrait of a woman


in the simple telling


suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies


one of the greatest films i 've ever seen .


love , longing , and


thoroughly satisfying


what results is the best performance from either in years .


, if uneven ,


entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ...


it 's the butt of its own joke


exciting


becalmed


an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise


expects something special but


is silly but strangely believable


just not a thrilling movie


aimless ,


feel funny and light


, they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .


, self-hating , self-destructive ways


tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .


is doa


hip


exhilarating , funny and fun


whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear .


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


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


greengrass


deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities


robbed and


following your dream


it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression


the intricate preciseness


of bland hollywood romance


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


is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction


witless script


the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .


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


resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is


beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve .


should be thrown back in the river


suspense , intriguing characters and


comedy genre


sabotaged


on some levels


a movie theater


would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .


be remembered as one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films


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


highly spirited


draws its considerable power


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


self-glorification and


disguised


suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc


is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another


sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects .


had a lot of problems with this movie .


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


the most unpleasant things the studio


too smug


more than capable


tackling serious themes


even halfway scary


and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .


he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither .


wanes .


is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .


unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .


i loved the look of this film .


adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and


makes you crave chris smith 's next movie


except it 's much


sterile and


, but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored .


the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .


fudged opportunity


thought-provoking picture .


elegant ,


've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .


an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study


would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny


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


into how long is this movie ?


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


so-so slapstick


is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ...


clunky tv-movie approach


a neat premise


goal


defined


essentially `` fatal attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .


the funniest film


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


relayed by superb


is strictly routine


to give you brain strain


great trashy fun


with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption


its social and political potential


're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera


dishonest and pat


to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


fondly


makes up for in heart .


his body


both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks


just more of the same


be really awful


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


but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy


an adrenaline boost


are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .


the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and


would -- with moist eyes


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


spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :


fun


is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen


reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer


special p.o.v. camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen .


offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single


extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .


making kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work


have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy


music you may not have heard before


is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking


white-knuckled and unable to look away


the best short story writing


a jackie chan movie


ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold


christ


( h ) ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .


triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude


the enduring strengths


seen to better advantage on cable


sub


is n't exactly profound cinema


of the worst films of 2002


squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula


it 's not too much of anything .


does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .


warmed over pastiche


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


pathetic as dahmer


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


hold up pretty well


old age and grief


the right to be favorably compared to das boot


consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free


marvelous first 101 minutes


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


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


generate enough heat


can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .


it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul .


girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch ,


out of control


a beyond-lame satire


it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .


blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .


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


revulsion


, splashy and entertainingly nasty


tolerable-to-adults


is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters


with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives .


layered , well-developed characters and


is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences


need of a cube fix


as boring and


breathe out of every frame .


recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .


are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .


the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters .


why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera


as a surprisingly anemic disappointment


who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .


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


adam sandler assault


refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy


, the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


the limits of what a film can be ,


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


the real masterpiece


do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ?


peter out midway


a remarkable new trick


leaves a lot to be desired .


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


works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever


but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .


a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex


skins has a desolate air


an art


great cast


feels uncomfortably real


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


`` extreme ops '' exceeds expectations .


good fight


kind of an authentic feel


daft by half ... but supremely good natured .


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


that gives hollywood sequels a bad name


entertains


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


scary-funny


favorite


dreadful romance .


so engagingly


that it counts heart as important as humor


bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .


sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach


is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) ,


's like having an old friend for dinner '


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


continuity errors


's always enthralling


with complications


one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .


to guilt-trip parents


it succeeds


that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action


impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change


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


every cliché


the immersive powers


canada


slow , painful healing process


the notion of deleting emotion from people


a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama .


infuses


a wannabe comedy


with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative .


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


crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy


enjoyment


has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end


a huge cut of above the rest


the plot almost arbitrary


delightfully charming


of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions


also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .


awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude


this one is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks .


fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .


will likely prefer to keep on watching .


unclear


getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable


expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .


routine crime


's propelled by the acting


the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad


usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails


a remarkable film by bernard rose .


can easily worm its way into your heart . '


take credit for most of the movie 's success


its leaden acting , dull exposition


the hallucinatory drug culture


comic slugfest


it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular


as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished


that should be punishable by chainsaw


fully ` rendered '


the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .


was n't just bad


the director is a magician


sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen


also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare


to have fun with it


by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate


be nominated for an oscar next year


the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum


spirals downward ,


gentle but insistent sincerity


it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera


, daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope


are n't likely to leave a lasting impression


holocaust literature


a good vampire tale


disease-of-the-week


winning actor


cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos ,


is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family


settled for a lugubrious romance


it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .


its best ,


the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing


k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories ,


an invaluable record


surprising highs


an unusually surreal tone


is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness


makes your teeth hurt


reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al .


a retread


opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest


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


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


in manipulation and mayhem


we have come to love


awesome work :


reveal his impressively delicate range


caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater


it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and


stay with the stage versions , however ,


it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults


was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive


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


a feeble tootsie knockoff .


while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today


many a hollywood romance


immense imax screen


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


in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids


directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing


the summer 's most pleasurable movies


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


some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares


this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .


road movie , coming-of-age story and


eee for excitement


see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising ''


might have required genuine acting from ms. spears


the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story


`` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it


is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics


works so well for the first 89 minutes


the entire cast is extraordinarily good .


had the misfortune to watch in quite some time


about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ;


is a movie that deserves recommendation


a fair share


a rather bland


big time


shame


hallmark film


1937 breakthrough


pleasant


fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of


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


none of this is very original


several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is


preposterous , prurient whodunit


as hilarious


does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy .


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


wonderfully lush


, sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .


were wonderful


twenty years after its first release , e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career .


makes a better short story


-- and timely --


unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it


the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience


-- a straight guy has to dress up in drag --


's no reason to miss interview with the assassin


fun and funny in the middle ,


take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .


were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities


the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem


you can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell .


dull , lifeless , and irritating


garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out .


dark places


a very depressing movie of many


it is very difficult to care about the character , and


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


is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home


was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz ?


struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and


a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .


sincerely


can you take before indigestion sets in


crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .


somnambulant exercise


is destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .


it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle


family fun


white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it .


are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook


presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable .


fans will undoubtedly enjoy it


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


of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy )


to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater


berling and béart ... continue to impress


caper thrills


in a series of relentlessly nasty situations


a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure


establish mr. cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace


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


beneath the familiar , funny surface


definitely funny stuff ,


channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine


serious contender


a talent


contradicts


broadway


none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies


squeeze a few laughs


of a sick and evil woman


diverse and astonishingly articulate


in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality


did i miss something


rather unbelievable


if you recognize zeus ( the dog from snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .


is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie


some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school


cheery and tranquil suburban life


weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .


with a zippy jazzy score


very interesting


nice change


... tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here ...


cheered


undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering


as that sentiment


restrictive and chaotic


is a failure .


candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


is rote work and predictable


while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .


scored and powered


a dreary , humorless soap opera


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


glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat


a terrible strength


have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant


straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .


the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors


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


chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department .


of epic scale


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


there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''


you 'll love this movie .


sheer joy and pride


inspires


is perfectly creepy and believable .


an already obscure demographic


is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams


a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and


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


that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes


cliched dialogue and


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


an actual story


it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why


makes barbershop so likable


the precision of the insurance actuary


deserving


turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny


the one-sided theme


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


a minor miracle of self-expression


of hackery


hack script


has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange


becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters .


like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable


a retread story


sense-of-humour failure


blaxploitation spoof


bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .


would force you to give it a millisecond of thought


smart and funny


jim brown


layered


hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s. --


splashy and


thoroughly formulaic film


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


cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash ,


goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots


will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers


with a smile that says , ` if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master


suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .


with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count


others do n't ,


humble , teach and


never once predictable


increasingly amused


too-frosty exterior


jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette


by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances


few cheap shocks


still charming


the formula is familiar but enjoyable .


quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation


lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .


it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good , but it is


feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy


insulted


men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance


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


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


the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain


my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures .


swooning melodrama


stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable


make a clear point


fertile


energetic and sweetly whimsical


but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history


playful but highly studied and


it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime


the river


laudable


this overproduced piece of dreck


there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .


a keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters


vibrance and


cute animals and


tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise


going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster


faux-urban


's most memorable about circuit


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


audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching ,


semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet


its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .


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


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


reassuring


with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation


very talented but underutilized


extraordinary journalism


works more often than it does n't


skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation


with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report


a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products ...


it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it .


good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart


foul-mouthed


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


the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned


particularly amateurish episode


failed jokes ,


downward


's tough to watch


tragedies


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


as with all ambitious films , it has some problems


a frustrating patchwork


like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film


cheap , ludicrous attempt


deftly executed


hugh grant 's act is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are .


not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .


chance to shine


to be somebody , and


is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls


would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .


sexual relationship


of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy


for the film 's winning tone


the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had .


the enjoyable undercover brother


is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend


rant


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


has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .


when you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .


inactive


worst films


ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time


, they ca n't go wrong .


the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong .


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


' the play more has partly closed it down .


, nonsensical and formulaic


sexy beast


, we need agile performers


entertainingly


tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian


the brawn , but not the brains


this might have been an eerie thriller


solidly


a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher


plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .


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


's a bargain-basement european pickup .


inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage


conned


it 's kinda dumb .


video , and


beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade


user-friendly


the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe


a very distinctive sensibility ,


a movie as artificial and soulless


broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and


us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer


its predecessors proud


by mediocrity


keep it entertaining


is ) the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike


's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .


done and perfectly


the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,


they do in this marvelous film


is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time


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


the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it 's insanely violent and very graphic .


rape-payback


of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion


a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment


is more of an ordeal than an amusement .


, murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling .


jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .


like a drunken driver


... unbearably lame .


now it is a copy of a copy of a copy


the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself .


are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations


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


less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates


of hope


is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .


this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer


a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame .


a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast


is , by itself , deserving of discussion


gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .


tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .


an accessible introduction


, but far more witty


this wedding


exceptional honesty


is more than a movie .


too many


ugly-duckling


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


mostly repetitive


the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest


the director 's many dodges and turns


the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack


none of which ever seem to hit


while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances


are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,


handily


it 's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .


dutifully pulling on heartstrings


( kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code ,


an oscar-worthy performance


the bland songs


succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .


kind of special


that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary


rush to the theater


end all chases


a fan


be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid


all its strange quirks


have failed


proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings


director jay russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning .


had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear


's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .


is , in a word , brilliant


's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .


well


most damning


force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover


that the material is so second-rate


by the time the credits roll across the pat ending


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


trapped and


enjoyed it just as much !


tale


in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris .


would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop .


elicits strong performances


good qualities


paranoia


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


in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears


his life , his dignity and his music


looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise


disconcertingly


mel


realism , crisp storytelling


supposed to feel funny and light


scare


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


catches dramatic fire


recycling


broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .


you feel like running out screaming


with a sharp script and strong performances


-- and not in a good way


been there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better .


sneaks up on the viewer


gasp


do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?


decorous


gets vivid performances


as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad '


a dashing and absorbing


that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen


a buoyant , expressive flow


such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and


the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream


by storm


, it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .


, violent , self-indulgent and maddening


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


no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing .


to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama


assured in its execution


a terrible movie


illuminated


poignant if familiar story of a young person


homogenized and a bit contrived


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


is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it


producer john penotti


is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up


smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams


from being a total rehash


international acclaim


his self-inflicted retaliation


you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out


p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance


something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern


surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work


eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch


fast-paced


of a film that does n't know what it wants to be


the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched


perceptive


's kinda dumb .


opens today


dead gorgeous


a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall .


there are entertaining and audacious moments


by all means


about sorority boys


feels like a book report


dull , inconsistent , dishonest


neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy


the most accomplished work


this rush to profits


to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art


the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental


of martha stewart decorating program run amok


by a natural sense for what works


unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head


creep


directed the film from the back of a taxicab


the marvelous verdu


has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break


would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?


zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies


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


is a riot .


of demme 's good films


but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .


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


structure and


drug-induced bowel


matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible


does n't deliver a great story ,


soul-searching


is masterful .


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


the work of a genuine and singular artist


's nowhere near as good as the original


really good premise


of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone


just is n't worth telling


never rises to its clever what-if concept .


an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .


by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails


you know there 's something there .


into a warmed over pastiche


wear thin


weighs down


promising debut


heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .


by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat


stunning film


a quaint , romanticized rendering .


that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature


potty-mouthed


listless sci-fi comedy


combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?


comic voice


with strange and wonderful creatures


the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies


that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally


, i was entranced .


but arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .


bad


looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


's that good


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


it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


, open-hearted film


sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic


is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people ,


everett remains a perfect wildean actor ,


about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast


choppy and sloppy


for all the wrong reasons besides .


so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama


to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out


the best special effects


more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --


the urge to doze


studios


amusing and engrossing


imagines


with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music


its unerring respect


adds an almost constant mindset of suspense


virulent and foul-natured


watching these two actors play


their seats


's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .


's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention


a true adaptation


admirable rigor


sweeping ,


of authentically impulsive humor


would have likely wound up a tnt original


the way chekhov is funny


rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


-- sadly -- dull


the always hilarious meara and


, love , duty and friendship


, a ripping good yarn is told .


explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence


virtuosity


sympathizing


phony relationship


, poignant and leavened


what on earth is going on


a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .


a gorgeous film


major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche


tara reid plays a college journalist ,


it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today .


's most substantial feature for some time .


powerful and deeply moving


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


the touch is generally light enough


arbitrarily plotted


every visual joke is milked


sappy ethnic sleeper


give


facetious


new insight


straight-to-video movie


double-barreled rip-off


and drab wannabe


are intriguing and realistic


trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '


rather leaden and dull


child abuse


the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .


a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .


unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest


moral favorite


'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget


as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such


when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '


its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing


a woefully dull


avid interest


to the nonconformist in us all


the superficially written characters ramble


torture


its old-hat set-up and


a solid , well-formed satire .


in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself


offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch


interminable , shapeless documentary


trying to have it both ways


demanding than it needs to be


general absurdity


obnoxious title character


could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment


if you 're a comic fan , you ca n't miss it .


filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .


no charm , no laughs ,


effectively chilling guilty pleasure


that rare documentary


the unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman has carved from orleans ' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality


have a good time


if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience


entirely irony-free zone


depress you


an eloquent memorial


that is n't afraid to admit it


the most part a useless movie , even


the film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .


goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ...


with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama


subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements


the biggest husband-and-wife disaster


interesting character


with the pubescent scandalous


delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .


feel pissed off


that just does n't have big screen magic


rarely seem sure of where it should go


begin to long for the end credits


the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title


, i enjoyed .


revelation


delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy


badly cobbled look


, is wry and engrossing .


poignant and uplifting


never feel anything for these characters


the dullest kiddie flicks


its provocative conclusion


sucked up all


as sci-fi generic


portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man


become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay


tonally uneven


the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


could young romantics out on a date


stale first act , scrooge story


... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .


any hollywood fluff


hideously twisted


dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale


enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating


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


, it will probably be a talky bore .


a fake street drama


about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics


: celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .


there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer


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


genial than ingenious


a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '


time fillers between surf shots


weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil


kids will love its fantasy and adventure ,


i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .


a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable


as bad as you think , and


without in any way demeaning its subjects


never gaining much momentum


clichés ,


takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion


are fleshed-out enough to build any interest


is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .


a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film


so many red herrings , so many false scares


this movie is hopeless


the power and grace


goes to the essence of broadway


batman


roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' -


piecing the story together frustrating difficult


's what makes it worth a recommendation


the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so .


: an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie


when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .


of testing boundaries


both as a historical study and as a tragic love story


it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .


that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and


delusions to escape their maudlin influence .


to be embraced


most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial


received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film


recognized


graceless , hackneyed


inane and


this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country


miss


play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking .


a vastly improved germanic version


dense


dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material


decent drama/action flick


the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing


has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought .


this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch ,


, narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .


contrasting the original ringu with the current americanized adaptation is akin to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii


timely and important


pleasant


high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / marine/legal mystery , and


a-list


's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party


cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most


fit the incredible storyline to a t.


roars with leonine power


a generic international version of a typical american horror film .


doing nothing


swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm


, this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .


loves its characters and communicates something


it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably


uplifter


'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence


my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad '


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


a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains ...


carries almost no organic intrigue


know how to please the eye


gathering dust on mgm 's shelf


less successful


to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and


some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan '' have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war .


offers the none-too-original premise


impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story


this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film


adaptation is intricately constructed


is engaged


share


works spectacularly well


troubling


bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time .


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


feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .


a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids


comedy spectacle


a supremely hopeful cautionary tale


this beautifully drawn movie


lacking substance and soul , crossroads comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs .


that provide its thrills and extreme emotions


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


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


most ardent


obligatory cheap


nothing to show


all the loss


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


carmen ( vega ) and


that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


if you 're not deeply touched by this movie


an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh .


lacks a strong narrative


shines in her quiet blue eyes


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


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


all-star


no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch


more hackneyed


labute masterfully


, mad love looks better than it feels .


succumbing to sentimentality


a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs .


a passing twinkle


its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and


sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation


significantly better than its 2002 children 's - movie competition


rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage


whole lot scarier


substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite


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


hate to tear your eyes away from the images


offering fine acting moments and pungent


though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .


stands for milder is n't better .


works as well as it does because of the performances


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


an argentine retread


huston performance


is clever and insightful


a beautifully sung holiday carol


computer-generated cold fish


( clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined ,


, never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .


admire ...


's so devoid of joy and energy


of a respectable summer blockbuster


children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .


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


a masterpiece -- and


always hilarious


knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record


that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,


was right about blade


is well below expectations .


it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .


elegant technology


all in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate they 're forced to follow .


is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows


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


what happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares ?


whiny and defensive


must see for all sides of the political spectrum


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


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


grand tour


provide any conflict


the folly of superficiality


turn his movie in an unexpected direction


rather beautiful


a gangster movie with the capacity


nifty twists


will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy


moving and


while some of the camera work is interesting


having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .


ethnic sleeper


fascinating curiosity piece


of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship


coming-of-age comedy .


been bland


`` 13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .


is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .


already knows it 's won


has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place


belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .


like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking


this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men


directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways


through sincerity


has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .


admit i walked out of runteldat


the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other .


the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant


with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .


topple


she has n't been worth caring about


instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel .


handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .


his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence


its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet


evocative shades


respectable


formulaic


is full of charm


when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain


godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence .


want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes


utterly misplaced earnestness


an awful movie that


relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


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


who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them


... not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .


this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre .


's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .


have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming


the top and movies


's a sad , sick sight


the worst excesses of nouvelle


delightfully charming --


went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside


is commentary enough


hard to stop watching


is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show


works the way a good noir should


a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth


that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing


a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original .


races and rackets


body humor and reinforcement


copout


found a tough beauty


it worth watching


possibly will enjoy it


another useless recycling


when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene


which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project


the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and


will enjoy


lost .


clever pseudo-bio


if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you .


`` besotted '' is misbegotten


's no place for this story to go but down


has been overexposed


in earnest dramaturgy


action man cliché


a witty expose


flaccid odd-couple sniping


is the best performance from either in years


, hilariously wicked black comedy ...


it is a failure .


fairytale


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


a loud , brash and mainly unfunny


charming 2000 debut shanghai noon


it reveals


young adult life in urban south korea


disjointed ,


funny no-brainer


of a fanciful motion picture


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


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


behavior and severe flaws


no way original , or even


very good comedic songs


terminally bland ,


epic adventure


can enjoy as mild escapism


, oozing , chilling and heart-warming


hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .


of dazzling entertainment


a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .


discarded


mixed up


the sheer dumbness


made him bitter and less mature


is appealing


an intriguing bit of storytelling


idiotic and


you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride


make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .


love


's quite diverting nonsense


pleasuring its audience


... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages ...


that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original


sweet and memorable film


a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images


most horrific movie experience


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


lame .


takes hold


the lazy material


so short could be so flabby


been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon


wanders


achingly unfunny phonce


convincing and radiant


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 .


is as thought-provoking as it


better than


blair witch video-cam footage


whatever flaws igby goes down may possess


give-me-an-oscar


proves that even in sorrow you can find humor


shows crushingly little curiosity about


, this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .


proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be


delight your senses and crash this wedding


poorly dubbed


should stick to his day job .


, meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious


irritatingly transparent


two-dimensional offerings


most depressing movie-going experiences


like bad cinema


it 's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion .


, this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit .


, all-enveloping movie experience


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


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


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


there , done that ... a thousand times already


visually striking


throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary


has value can not be denied


offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life


busy urban comedy is clearly not zhang 's forte


cinema master class .


at a grade-school audience


fascinating examination


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


this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker ,


it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .


are made for each other .


is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .


too much of storytelling


indie of the year ,


it 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .


is actually quite entertaining


those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` scratch '' a second look .


gooding is the energetic frontman , and


spy flick worthy


does cathartic truth telling


preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film


generous , inspiring


that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .


an almost unbearably morbid love story .


, and


find it more than capable of rewarding them


similarly styled gremlins


, this movie just goes on and on and on and on


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


in as much humor as pathos


like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... circuit gets drawn into the party .


seal the deal


discoveries


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


a weak script


a brief amount of time


painfully forced


simplistic , silly and tedious


the funnybone thanks


the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .


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


's never dull and always looks good


a raise


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


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


an intelligently made


a story already overladen with plot conceits


ignore but a little too smugly superior


ong 's promising debut


damon/bourne or


autistic


chillingly effective


an equally impressive degree


real heroism and abject suffering


really get inside of them .


pair that with really poor comedic writing ...


see it


that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world


's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre


to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures


with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering ... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .


a prince of a fellow


demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides


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


makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .


staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce .


is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .


is even more embracing than monty ,


romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .


vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings


utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team


elegantly produced and expressively performed


recovering from its demented premise


best about


that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you


determined , ennui-hobbled slog


dogged


the film has a terrific look


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


a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration


's certainly laudable


how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made


hot and the john wayne classics


were hailed as the works of an artist .


ethereal


what to make of this italian freakshow


confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece


a classic movie franchise


is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work


then proceeds to flop


under your belt


( creates ) the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .


the most original american productions this year


thoughtful , reverent


flamboyant


serious subject matter and


is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .


that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure


the guise of a modern motion picture


one of the more influential works


overcomes


elegantly produced


appetizer that leaves you wanting more


does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .


went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is


denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role


a fresh infusion of creativity


's icky


this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


harmoniously


a mere excuse


officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny .


it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .


less-than-thrilling thriller .


beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama


the slippery slope


an uncompromising film


sinuously plotted and


but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination


flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny


but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .


the original was n't a good movie but


contrived , nonsensical and formulaic


a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .


irritating soul-searching garbage .


put on a show


is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival


is one helluva singer


comes to dreaming up romantic comedies


, the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .


constantly touching ,


have been a painless time-killer


reading your scripts before signing that dotted line


waterlogged script


, well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .


mundane '70s


're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why


, but it is a refreshingly forthright one


of genuine excitement


steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .


's a lot to recommend read my lips


in lovely and amazing


the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .


cranky


like the hours as an alternative


without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision


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


of a minor miracle in unfaithful


sing beautifully and


there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again


all the queen 's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers .


a capable thriller


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


some success


the rich performances


ugh


hilariously wicked black comedy


poignant and gently humorous


a step in the right direction


just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you


washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today


soothe and break


believe that something so short could be so flabby


modest , crowd-pleasing goals


's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage


daring as john ritter 's glory days


required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?


powerful entity


it 's hard to stop watching


last-minute action


real psychological grounding


good romance


this project was undertaken


has all the hallmarks of a movie


dashing


neatly constructed thriller


is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie


unflattering comparisons


a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel


falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan


soap opera


a sweetly


turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme


stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom .


it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good


a visually masterful work


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you :


even murphy 's expert comic timing and famed charisma ca n't rescue this effort .


the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes


get more out of the latter experience


a bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events


highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie


a depressingly retrograde


derisive


a whale of a good time


confident , richly


murder