that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster


that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script


is a triumph of imagination


, it 's black hawk down with more heart .


too evident


is way too stagy


'm afraid .


the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line


is wholly unconvincing


its script and execution


shoot it in the head


stalking


done with noticeably less energy and imagination


ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches


intriguing and


perfectly pitched web


makes it work more than it probably should


schindler 's


sharp


an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream


takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it


rises to its clever what-if concept


cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials


given audiences


used soap


'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .


no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .


it 's worth the concentration .


unlikable characters and


to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness


sweetly conspiratorial


that trademark grin


hollywood magic


cruel but weirdly likable


moving


is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all


it ai n't art , by a long shot ,


're gon na like this movie .


this would-be ` james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie .


cliches and


( woo 's ) most resonant film since the killer .


nominated for an oscar next year


eastwood is off his game


the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed


satisfyingly


a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary


a head-turner


is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .


though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .


could be so flabby


musty


the extent to which it succeeds


disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep


spot on


schizo cartoon


gives an intriguing twist


conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here


masterfully calibrated psychological thriller


nearly as dreadful


in the worst sense of the expression


thriller


fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .


tasty and sweet


is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky


more timely than its director could ever have dreamed , this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .


all the comic possibilities of its situation


his most personal work yet .


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


astounding performance


gets us


's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah


an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .


would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary


can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody


an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated


stereotypes


lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .


avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


the small moments


is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed tosca that you want .


effective portrait


an interesting topic


do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material


idling in neutral


is a film living far too much in its own head


shooting itself in the foot


capped with pointless extremes


a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16


as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema


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


complex than your average film


as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless


's boring


as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth


a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation


its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches


spot-on scottish burr


true-blue


'm giving it a strong thumbs up


the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted


the year 's greatest adventure ,


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


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


when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces


starts slowly , but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying


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


strictly a-list players


a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement


integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape


hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound .


how bad an actress she is


it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen .


manages , with terrific flair ,


something of a public service


, hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .


, it does n't work .


takes you by the face ,


is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors


just ca n't tear himself away from the characters


the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up


this story is really all about


distinctive discourse


an annoying orgy


have no bearing on the story


rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage .


are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .


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


the innocence


a nice change of mindless pace in collision


this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .


puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face .


the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live


their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .


's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .


while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course ... director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .


contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .


actually thrilled


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


the film works well enough to make it worth watching


predictable romantic comedy


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


mystical


given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties


vacuous


video-cam footage


padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation


slight but


old-fashioned-movie movie


strictly a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .


captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty


black-and-white inspires


fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .


the looseness of the piece


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


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


take before indigestion sets in


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


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


producer john penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''


aware of his own coolness


the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie


top-heavy


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


could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .


stirring visual sequence


despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .


, silly and monotonous


grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces


sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking


learns that believing in something does matter


the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing


well done and perfectly


might be with a large dose of painkillers


without a map


piccoli


they love and make


late-summer


to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely


quality


the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place


for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


is n't much fun


adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity


keeping themselves kicking


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


theater


an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .


a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special .


is a likable story , told with competence


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


very good acting


that may make you hate yourself for giving in


of small-town competition


makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering


with the subject of love head-on


makes oliver far more interesting


a compelling and horrifying story


it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way


the lousy lead performances


awe and affection --


has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre .


standard slasher flick


brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results .


`` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.


cute frissons


is no foundation for it


to mesmerize , astonish and entertain


simply , and surprisingly ,


more meaningful


shrill and soporific


has popped up with more mindless drivel


smart , funny and


the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .


able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable


valuable


deliciously


have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera


a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional


succeeds in making us believe


puts an exclamation point on the fact


will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this


elephant feces


it takes your breath away


, the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story is appealing .


more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ...


in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion


television screen


for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .


an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been .


the ` true story ' by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen


without sham the raw-nerved story


as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth


lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .


pretty valuable


something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel


real-life persona


not all of the stories work and the ones that do


impart a message


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


baroque beauty


to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences


represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director


is a pleasant enough dish .


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


lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but


satisfying niblet


there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .


i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike


then go see this delightful comedy .


appropriate


should see this movie


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


doomed by its smallness


does n't reveal even a hint of artifice


derive from this choppy and sloppy affair


dark-as-pitch


some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time


an incoherent jumble


to video


starts off with a 1950 's doris day feel


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


's film ' in the worst sense of the expression


... a light , yet engrossing piece .


miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .


the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ...


a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it .


you can release your pent up anger


some wickedly sick and twisted humor


an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound


a minor treat


at the peak of their powers


most poorly staged and lit action


grace and humor


of a travesty of a transvestite comedy


a distinct rarity , and


a moving , if uneven , success


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


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


unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache


your kids


normally could n't care less


that deserves more than a passing twinkle


bold choices


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


deeply unpleasant experience


no apparent reason except


tawdry trash


eclipses


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


amusing , let alone funny


a sleeper success


the worst movie


short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil


what 's the russian word for wow !? '


for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better )


dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted


a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone


as if drop dead gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .


gedeck ,


mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another


unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance


top shelf


afraid of the bad reviews


in this forgettable effort


has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making


what an idea


is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel ,


the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore 's the scarlet letter .


a wet burlap sack


that the entire exercise has no real point


loathsome movie


snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza


the ya-ya sisterhood


an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes


looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale


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


these women 's souls right open


a naturally funny film ,


rich performances


while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .


material this rich


a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst .


earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones


you could change tables


all sing beautifully and act adequately .


as thought-provoking


up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick


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


of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,


appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up .


pretty decent little documentary


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


we started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine


hoped i would -- with moist eyes


stinks


warmest


manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .


choppy ending


spellbinding


unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .


as simultaneously funny , offbeat


entertained


cheesy screenplay


can smell the grease on the plot


you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids


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


albeit a visually compelling one


overly convenient plot twists


a big-budget/all-star movie


just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .


that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book


maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout ,


that it 's far too sentimental


that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him


frighteningly fascinating contradiction


quality twist


hip-hop prison thriller of stupefying absurdity .


anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts


the salton sea works the way a good noir should


golden


a rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .


pacino is the best he 's been in years


goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .


demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking


frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .


that things fall apart


chilling advantage


made a walk to remember a niche hit


while this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .


coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs --


unbearably lame .


a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit


the problem with movies about angels


inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers


digital


lethargic


out of reach


utterly charming


two gifted performers


... the good and different idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend `` never again . ''


delivers the same old bad trip


sending the audience


with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage


call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .


might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john


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


touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot


its ludicrous and contrived plot


the film is well under way --


but what is missing from it all is a moral .


grant is n't cary and bullock is n't katherine


gripping documentary


this unimaginative comedian


septic


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


is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever


directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made


lets things peter out midway


as a serious drama about spousal abuse


most audacious , outrageous


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


, we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .


this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .


is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .


accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel


never inspires more than an interested detachment .


the wanton slipperiness of * corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .


sulky teen drama


being memorable


, here 's a fun one .


exhilarating place


, getting there is not even half the interest .


hack


is exceedingly pleasant ,


collateral


solidly entertaining and moving family drama


adding


laugh


brisk hack


deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure


negatives


career


the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and


88-minute highlight reel


spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods .


but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish


courage and happiness


get made-up and


awakens


beautifully produced


familiar -- and not in a good way


its characterization of hitler and


have their funny bones tickled


it the adventures of direct-to-video nash


is n't quite


derived from a lobotomy ,


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


there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but


familiar but utterly delightful .


cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy


veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


there are some laughs in this movie ,


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


an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters


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


at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .


comes off as a pale successor


reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy


something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities


left of his passe ' chopsocky glory


the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career


radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film


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


goes awry


bibbidy-bobbidi-bland


bogs down in insignificance ,


its committed dumbness


ca n't even do that much .


cobbled together out of older movies


real dawns , comic relief


you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .


feels like very light errol morris


unimpressively fussy


might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .


created a provocative


of cinematic perfection


it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time


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


, badly cobbled look


's back in form ,


the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


loose , unaccountable direction


a good ear for dialogue


tasty and


dramas like this make it human .


's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .


provides a strong itch to explore more .


is worth the price of admission


smart and taut


a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad .


the better of obnoxious adults


a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding


, their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .


smarter and more diabolical


this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` why


might not have noticed


would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways


cheesy backdrops ,


it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .


the wrong times


one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave '


in getting under the skin of her characters


nasty


, provocative drama


and immature provocations


is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness


a chocolate


stroked , luridly colored , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain


whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone


bogs down in genre cliches


's hard to say who might enjoy this


entirely suspenseful ,


hard , endearing , caring


the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .


it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .


murphy and owen wilson


the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad .


is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .


it goes nowhere


under our skin


decent


otherwise excellent


one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced .


muddy


slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing


predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game


that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time


this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy


though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .


a nice little story in the process


way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness


is a vulgar


chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece


interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity


some very good acting , dialogue


it 's a brazenly misguided project


primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of


anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .


inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth


find a place among the studio 's animated classics


that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing


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


a big corner office in hell


on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye


smart new comedy


get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy


's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments


too slow for a younger crowd


as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable


a long , unfunny one at that


is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love


who comes to america speaking not a word of english


obviously desired


interesting cinematic devices


an uneasy marriage


evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun .


proves as clear and reliable an authority on that


gripping performances by lane and gere


romantics


the name of high art


based on stock clichés


really has no place to go since simone is not real


mind-bending


may scream low budget


is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .


return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families ,


a high water mark for this genre


a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .


shyamalan 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 .


far more witty


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


the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece


as darkly funny ,


family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition


that made it all work


( a ) real pleasure in its laid-back way .


a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions


is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm


ill-advised


insane liberties


dreadfully earnest inversion


created a monster


freeman ca n't save it


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


its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .


us is a minor miracle


three hours and with very little story or character


is a feast for the eyes


shot all the way .


her confidence in her material is merited


female friendship that men can embrace and


the intrigue from the tv series


tight and truthful ,


while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .


of the big summer movies


wet burlap sack


disguised as a feature film


a welcome lack


would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic .


what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen .


is more like something from a bad clive barker movie


does


ahola )


action-packed an experience as a ringside seat


as a castrated


views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point


we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .


a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document --


wewannour money back


endlessly challenging


do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director


most touching movie


every articulate player


a fantastic dual performance


, this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .


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


sweet ,


the stunt-hungry dimwits


romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here .


, it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .


be growing


sleekness


about how lame


war 's


to the script 's refusal of a happy ending


if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers .


even that 's too committed .


nalin


an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 ,


the chaos of an urban conflagration


an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type


lower i.q.


the film 's plot may be shallow , but


with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes


that resonate with profundity


viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


a fine


steal your heart away


savvy producer


been too many of these films


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


be a most hard-hearted person


unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook .


into a mundane '70s disaster flick


flashy


indulgent


cultural elite


begin with


a generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually


corruption


intriguing


as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes


japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .


with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie


moments of genuine insight into the urban heart


felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .


classified as one of those ` alternate reality '


disturbingly


is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone


never rises to a higher level


clumsy dialogue ,


bravo 's


pale , dark beauty


fires the winning shot


there 's no conversion effort


an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf


on the local flavor with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza


throws you for a loop


obvious copy


because 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


michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ,


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


're out there ! ''


would be easy for critics to shred it


star performance


it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality


gong li and a vivid personality


yes .


wonderfully vulgar


plotless , shapeless


is compelling enough


could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination


though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity


touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ... might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants .


alexander payne 's ode to the everyman


as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries


will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device


sports aficionados


moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .


it 's as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows .


makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .


take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters


prejudices


unfocused , excruciatingly tedious


drown yourself in a lake


, brutally clueless


dreams ,


in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat


, and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


truly magical movie


the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake .


it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .


created a substantive movie out


are as mushy as peas


, almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .


handsome and


but it is entertaining on an inferior level .


being wasabi 's big selling point


a playful spirit


overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .


to make us share their enthusiasm


's like dying and going to celluloid heaven


zero-dimensional


good yarn-spinner


there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit .


will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker


that you root for throughout


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


captures the wonders and worries of childhood


suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands .


it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling


the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .


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


is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists


the most depressing movie-going experiences


refreshingly smart and newfangled


is bright and flashy


the acting is fine but


flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool


may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not .


woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters


there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch


are immaculate


their incessant whining


i like all four of the lead actors a lot


of a golden book sprung to life


the marvelous first 101 minutes


morbid one


's also cold , gray , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .


humorless soap opera


genuine and


the holocaust


utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing --


excess debris


a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .


irritating ( at least to this western ear )


a remarkable movie


do a homage


... quite endearing .


than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role


're down


with passable performances from everyone in the cast


keep you watching , as will the fight scenes


torments


, the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery


really rather special


too many pointless situations


works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun


sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching


, unfussily poetic


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


about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man


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


affirming and


the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .


a child 's interest and an adult 's patience


sparking


fails to fascinate .


it gets very ugly , very fast


please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel


banal as the telling


conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all


while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .


is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy


dazzling dream


a tired one


bad clive barker movie


the hurried , badly cobbled look


of soft-core twaddle


that you feel like running out screaming


lunacy


any awards


will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot


they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and


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


so devoid of artifice and purpose


do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action


of puerile


devastated


attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and ,


in three words : thumbs friggin ' down


an inferior level


off-putting romantic comedy .


frida with a visual style unique and inherent


own solemn insights


like the best of godard 's movies ... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .


too sappy for its own good .


smart and dark


found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .


generous and subversive


a mexican soap opera


the film 's considered approach


are odd and pixilated and


the unsung heroes of 20th century


, and for the memorable character creations


a captivating and intimate study about dying and loving


so i do n't know what she 's doing in here


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


not the great american comedy


not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny


children 's entertainment , superhero comics


this slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon


and rough-hewn vanity project


normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad


if it belongs on the big screen


comfort food


makes this a high water mark for this genre .


far more appealing


it does in trouble every day


indie comedy


a solid , anguished performance


suspenseful enough


what i liked about it


every once in a while a film


the abiding impression


, then triple x marks the spot .


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


, seamless and sumptuous stream


the point of ridiculousness


pessimism


has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society


brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema .


only the odd enjoyably chewy lump


situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets


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


it is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .


unsatisfying muddle


and it 's a lousy one at that .


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


, rohmer 's talky films fascinate me


his slop


of devito 's misanthropic vision


the uncompromising knowledge


has nothing


of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band


sloppiness


our reality tv obsession , and even


recycled plot


smartly written


no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


want nothing else than to show us a good time


nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair


pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting


it 's better suited for the history or biography channel ,


close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be


gives added clout to this doc


has little insight into the historical period and its artists ,


vowing , `


is a subzero version of monsters , inc. ,


too manipulative


that the e-graveyard


the sum of its pretensions


virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it


fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing


perverse


wilco fans will have a great time


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


a bodice-ripper for intellectuals


the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ;


gets vivid performances from her cast and


set out to lampoon , anyway .


emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable


hypermasculine


right-thinking ' films


real bump-in - the-night chills


childish things


used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


film school brat


immaculately


guilt-suffused melodrama


is spooky and subtly in love with myth


self-hatred and


from which no interesting concept can escape


it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky


sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches


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


with witty dialogue and inventive moments


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


an oddly winning portrayal


do n't make movies like they used to anymore


satisfying summer


a superlative b movie -- funny , sexy , and rousing .


of its heightened , well-shaped dramas


a battle between bug-eye theater and dead-eye


like a good guy


constrictive


tender and heart-wrenching


watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours


the unacceptable ,


this gorgeous epic


does n't quite know how to fill a frame .


re-voiced version


elite


in that are generally not heard on television


is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .


is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .


this rather unfocused , 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 .


is a goofy pleasure


remains mostly undeterminable


bizarre


should serve detention


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


strong narrative


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


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


becomes a testament to faith .


hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .


can only be described as sci-fi generic .


burns out


it does have one saving grace .


( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo .


satisfyingly scarifying


, enveloping affection


thoughtless ,


remarkably cohesive


comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt


a thriller without a lot of thrills .


middle east


the week blown up for the big screen


is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries


of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either


appreciation


the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .


any way of gripping what its point is , or


slap her


seeking to pull a cohesive story out


ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up


fast-moving


wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender


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


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


a florid turn


impressive stagings


immensely appealing couple


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


delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story


but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .


little visible talent and


as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year


interesting and


so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess


iosseliani


mysterious and brutal nature


going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous


it may not be particularly innovative ,


an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground


too ludicrous and


against governmental odds


odd and weird .


adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .


was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash


her cheery and tranquil suburban life


the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure


disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .


at a bad rock concert


's like an all-star salute


muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch


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


paints a grand picture of an era


an intelligent , realistic portrayal


ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters


's all quite tasteful to look at


with some powerful people


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


funniest film


of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter


is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and


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


remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


french shocker


it 's simply unbearable


filmmakers and performers of this calibre


the jokes ,


pretty decent


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


sterile


gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms


phlegmatic bore


, bad movie


refresh our souls


unimpeachable clarity


, it must be labeled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '


a visionary marvel ,


is a lot more bluster than bite


as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow


the compelling historical tale


this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior )


delicate , clever direction


rock-solid little genre picture


a sturdiness and solidity


plateau


is attractive .


it falls far short of poetry ,


sharp and quick documentary


robert harmon 's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills


is silly but strangely believable .


it falls short


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


found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .


fast-paced and


too silly to take seriously .


i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .


not without cheesy fun factor .


enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd


rewarding .


secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting


able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man


cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set


with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but


the nation


some remarkable achival film


for this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull sorvino has no light touch , and rodan is out of his league .


enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions


the past via surrealist flourishes


pictures


punching up the mix


the sally jesse raphael atmosphere


sunk


the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant


joyless ,


a good deal


a thoughtful , emotional movie experience


video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose


cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel


a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .


to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good


, it runs for 170


extraordinarily talented


try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .


with cardboard characters and performers


anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '


rude


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


annoying and artificial


first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .


an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .


, the film is extremely thorough .


of ghandi gone bad


soderbergh 's best films , ``


the need for national health insurance


shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors


the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but


he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .


make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


written , flatly , by david kendall


vividly and


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


a pleasant distraction


in a poorly


confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually


seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover .


the leanest and meanest of solondz 's misanthropic comedies .


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


incongruous


entertainment


ride for the kiddies , with enough eye


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


guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves


that kate is n't very bright , but


as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .


to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours


you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices


was entranced


the limitations of his skill


elevated by michael caine 's performance


its poignant and uplifting story


( davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters .


delivers on that promise .


a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy


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


chill


yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere


alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary


simply put , `` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .


enhances the personal touch of manual animation .


directed , barely , by there


is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .


all portent and no content


aimlessness


atmospheric weirdness


mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo


that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters


done way too often


this odd , distant portuguese import more or less borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film .


perfect show


looking at his 12th oscar nomination


seem barely in the same movie


spielberg knows how to tell us about people .


the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .


a fragment of an underdone potato


have fun with it


great charm , generosity and diplomacy


falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace


much funnier than anything


the movie 's most admirable quality


the longest 90 minutes


disguising this


pale successor


a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .


a film worth watching


by it -- the kind of movie


excellent


was lazy but enjoyable


what the movie lacks in action


with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing


another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective


, the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,


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


gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy


like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .


dramaturgy


odd and


play out realistically if not always fairly


a masterpiece -- and a challenging one


like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .


flaws igby


surehanded


too long and


is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .


small delights


composed or edited


the best possible ways


hopes and dreams


made watchable by a bravura performance


exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming .


is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable


to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .


a backstage must-see for true fans


enjoyable undercover brother


tremendous , offbeat sense


worse


struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .


to question why somebody might devote time to see it


's a real shame


an ungainly movie ,


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


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


a remarkable amount


inventive ,


an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers


allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc


unexpected blast


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


a vivid imagination and


a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth


even better than the first one


you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .


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


visually engrossing , seldom hammy ,


love it , too


take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that


weird


does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .


a rather unique approach


it 's tremendously moving


hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .


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


best films


completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque .


suspect it might deliver again and again


is a desperate miscalculation


have you talking 'til the end of the year


a sense of action


has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .


they fascinate in their recklessness .


's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title


it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective


tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident .


often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers


her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style


keep it from being a total rehash


uneven but a lot of fun


hitting your head on the theater seat


an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience


hypocritical work


lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor


laden with plenty of baggage


with complicated plotting and banal dialogue


plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .


uninspired


just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work


a pleasant piece


an excellent cast


it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism


episode


have an original bone in his body


is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces


feel absolutely earned


slippery slope


gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast ,


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


by turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .


sickly


impossible as it may sound , this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .


probably want to see it twice


by his lack of self-awareness


the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner --


, it 's also cold , gray , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .


that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence


's bright


, the emotions seem authentic


close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air .


, ' it also rocks .


life-changing chance encounters


female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor


is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --


audacious-impossible


the visual panache


in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life


a more measured or polished production ever could


appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans


a stylish thriller .


the movie is a trove of delights .


constructs


nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .


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


chris


it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had


it might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home


a sly female empowerment movie ,


whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears


hits the bullseye


with formalist experimentation in cinematic art


's a very sincere work


searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ...


a dualistic battle between good and evil


unembarrassing but unmemorable


are becoming irritating


expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash


comes together as a coherent whole .


improvement


languishing


even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .


leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''


forget that they are actually movie folk


's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires


rush


is amiss in the world .


overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man


twice as powerful


but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr. de niro .


intriguing and stylish .


from the movie gods


( sometimes hilarious )


reassuring , retro uplifter .


fresh air now and then


to a satisfying crime drama


laugh-out-loud lines


a wonderful , ghastly film .


sell us on this twisted love story


britney 's cutoffs


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


struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .


the cliché-riddled genre


certified


straightforward and old-fashioned


` innovative ' and ` realistic '


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


creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees


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


is attractive


is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle


amusements


director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema


seem goofy rather than provocative


the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure


something i would rather live in denial about


it ca n't really be called animation


motivated by something more than franchise possibilities


with the lovely hush


roussillon providing comic relief


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


of the clients


the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .


own fear and paranoia


elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .


the highest production values


( the film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all


a breadth of vision


flawless amounts


lush scenery


romantic thriller


dancing


wonderfully creepy mood


the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture


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


-- if predictable --


crack a smile at


emphatic


what 's best about


, cultivation and devotion


there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .


in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned .


surprisingly powerful and universal .


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


who are alternately touching and funny


trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and


spirals downward


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


loves both dance and cinema


i enjoyed barbershop


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


silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another .


shines like a lonely beacon .


satisfy the boom-bam crowd


pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys


the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams


one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved .


for an unfocused screenplay


chaotic


me no lika da accents so good ,


an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening .


spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .


smeary and blurry


serious


some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but overall the film never rises above mediocrity .


care too much about this love story


pause and think of what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society


a visionary marvel


such a mechanical endeavor (


ca n't stand


tiresomely simpleminded


derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold


ultimately tragic


funny scenes


are attached to the concept of loss


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


organic


excellent use of music


every conceivable mistake


his intellectual rigor or


not good


recognizable and true


secondary


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


the best actor


blab and


marvelous first


jolt you out


one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .


it takes you somewhere


is it a comedy ?


cry for your money back


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


the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg


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


kline 's superbly nuanced performance


mr. chabrol 's subtlest works


is nothing 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


unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy --


not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .


with too little


a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance


an unholy mess


improvised on a day-to-day basis during production


laughable dialogue


a colorful , vibrant introduction


the most creative , energetic and original


's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud


, wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .


befuddled


strangely hollow at its emotional core


, gritty , sometimes funny


stupidity


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


a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships .


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


entertain or


hallmark card sentimentality and


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


it made me feel unclean , and i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies .


substitutable


is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .


a rich and intelligent film


get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .


tacky nonsense


pass up


to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis


certainly


it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror .


generic villains


of a good cast


parker 's creative interference


actually amusing


shockingly manages to be even worse than its title


convincing intelligence


timeless and unique


a terrible movie , just


the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .


than julie taymor 's preposterous titus


of our best actors


auschwitz


special qualities


a lovely and beautifully photographed romance .


bang your head


tiresomely


this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off


fluidity and sense


best man ''


as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .


the story 's promising premise


sloppy , amusing


this is a must !


who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair


ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .


so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .


feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film


a really bad imitation


the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists


` cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about


sensational true-crime


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


powder blues


sequel-for-the-sake


a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral .


call me a cynic ,


your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .


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


the film 's hero is a bore


blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative .


romantic crime comedy


is a movie you can trust


there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe


no-surprise series


, it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end


the suckers


of substance about a teacher


is as often imaginative as it is gory


parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast


the thrill


a lower i.q. than when i had entered


ranges from bad


presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years


a beyond-lame satire ,


the magic


a good race


than either of those films


boorish


it certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time .


committed performances


a hard time


before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar


to camouflage how bad his movie is


offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility


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


top-notch creative team


it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .


some problems


while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .


the script ?


fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor .


is an interesting movie !


examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country


leon


was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .


it 's not a great monster movie .


, sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .


the big summer movies


creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .


touching melodrama


wry observations


in amazement over the fact


an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema


a bunch of strung-together tv episodes


ugly


through dahmer 's two hours


insomnia


gives ample opportunity


's never as solid


bad name


surefire casting


( less a movie than )


throwing up his hands in surrender


that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit


although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .


... a confusing drudgery .


is supremely unfunny and unentertaining


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


the whole enterprise


as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine .


takes big bloody chomps


like this film


draws us in


's already been too many of these films ...


derivative horror film


it 's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .


the best and most mature comedy


individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing


remains prominent ,


is an amicable endeavor


one resurrection too many .


of weird performances and direction


great film noir


do n't care to understand


is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety .


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


clotted


an amazing slapstick


seems more tacky and reprehensible ,


comic possibilities


daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails .


a black hole of dullness


still leaves shockwaves


the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy


the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and


uses grant 's own twist of acidity


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


yourself praying for a quick resolution


is appealing .


a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling ,


things interesting


of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it


a well-executed spy-thriller .


children 's entertainment , superhero comics ,


more emotional


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


a formula comedy redeemed by its stars


broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .


the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .


a fascinating glimpse of urban life and


can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .


the biggest problem


gags to break the tedium


's a terrible movie in every regard


a cheap , ludicrous attempt


wit to keep parents away from the concession stand


is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him


with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera


bound to show up at theaters for it


pizazz


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


should have been made for the tube


told a nice little story in the process


abuse


disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious


kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and


it a comic book with soul


a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience


not-so-bright mother and daughter


even better


circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .


multi-layered


certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department


, should scare any sane person away .


, creativity , and fearlessness


oh , james !


trashy teen-sleaze equivalent


that try too hard to be mythic


worst of all --


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


feature-length running time


emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them


keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats


the exploitative


a distinct rarity


a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief


liked


blazing


tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film


is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers


a great director at the helm


lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


string together enough charming moments


so many red herrings


kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book


incredibly inane


the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and


sappy as big daddy


one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised .


you love the music


's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look


who 's being conned right up to the finale


unabashed sweetness


sordid and disgusting


valid


his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic


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


psychologically


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


he 's got as potent a topic as ever here


little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy


coffee


would seem to be surefire casting


an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle .


but unfortunately also


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


funny situations and honest observations


outstanding performance


cliché-laden screenplay


this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker


be white-knuckled and unable to look away


for deft punctuation


a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings


's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through


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


break


a compelling pre-wwii drama


the dispassionate gantz brothers


's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations


too campy to work as straight drama


going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about


's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments


is n't much fun .


bring off this kind of whimsy


floundering


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


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


its splendor


to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


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


boring


each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments .


an uplifting ,


am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies


an enjoyable feel-good family comedy


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


an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence


this time , the old mib label stands for milder is n't better .


as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


, not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .


a been-there


sort of amazing


shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .


deep inside righteousness


the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes


is somehow making its way instead to theaters


not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me


almost saccharine domestic interludes


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


all of the filmmakers ' calculations ca n't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness .


me want to pack raw dough in my ears


this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .


by uneven dialogue and plot lapses


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


earnest as a community-college advertisement


a wholesome fantasy for kids


best irish sense


flaccid satire and what


's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism


cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace


of an adoring , wide-smiling reception


easy to be bored by as your abc 's


under-rehearsed and


utterly ridiculous


odd and pixilated


because there 's no rooting interest


grown-up voice


though the story ... is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .


painfully slow


a true


comedy since being john malkovich


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


truth


's not only dull because we 've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed


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


a watch


simply stupid ,


hurts to watch


picked me up


celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music


tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage .


damned


kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise


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


spooks


, rent the disney version .


is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city .


get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show


another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix


has its rewards


genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama


quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time


` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '


stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable


acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense ,


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


's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs


think they


a tribute


uptight


a trove


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


with just as much intelligence


surprising highs ,


to see three splendid actors


comes off like a bad imitation of the bard .


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


could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot


hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart


a film that relies on personal relationships


ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon


the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .


intellectually and logistically


to gluing you to the edge of your seat


the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project


you wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies .


real-life strongman ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .


freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box


it ends up being surprisingly dull


the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying


be better to wait for the video


something more user-friendly


heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends


for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


smart and fun , but far more witty


the vagueness of topical excess


degraded things


family drama


the funniest motion


anyone who wants to start writing screenplays 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 .


if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .


with an inauspicious


( and lovely


likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?


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


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


toilet humor ,


a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm


the long-faced sad sack


the finest films of the year


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


undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject


one of the year 's best


originality


it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied


lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary


she fails to provoke them .


its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious


this equally derisive clunker


by which time it 's impossible to care who wins


is more interesting ( and funnier )


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


is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless .


any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships


is a great yarn


serenity and discipline


unpretentious


most purely enjoyable


's kinda dumb


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


about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor


come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes


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


of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen


yiddish stage


weirdly , 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 .


cranky adults


a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity


serviceability , but


perfectly entertaining


of an already obscure demographic


stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but


gary larson 's far side humor


hit that may strain adult credibility .


'll love it and


, wide-smiling reception


the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff .


keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good


its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length


loves them


of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream


a guilty pleasure to watch


uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .


's as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese .


intellectual masterpieces


eyes


of your eyes


left a few crucial things out


that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style


egocentricities


the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue .


a cheap cliché


fairly involving as far as it goes


a delightfully dour , deadpan tone


combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction


devoted to the insanity of black


it has plenty of laughs .


not-very-funny comedy


her skin


is grossly contradictory


unimaginatively foul-mouthed


becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair .


most impressive player


the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .


an 88-minute rip-off


a treat


is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .


its one good idea


of california


is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients


the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable


across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle


workplace ambition


disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves


wishy-washy melodramatic movie


as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes


critics be damned .


of love , longing , and voting


love it


it 's a sit down and ponder affair


that good


a movie just for friday fans , critics be damned .


completely forgettable


uncompromising , difficult and


underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community


light-hearted profile


a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition


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


cool event


the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


more likely to induce sleep than fright


cheap-looking version