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


street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches ,


's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage


the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here


of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results


allegedly inspiring and easily marketable


a rare treat


good and


your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts


to which anyone can relate


meyjes ' provocative film


prettiest


hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull


a light , yet engrossing piece


a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother .


loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .


`` a '' range


hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy .


in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship


plotless ,


, indescribably bad


's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .


the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .


growing , moldering pile


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


slickly


a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last


grating


would gobble in dolby digital stereo


too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time


it ranks with the best of herzog 's works


its visual imagination is breathtaking


each other against all odds


of those so-so films that could have been much better


that makes it worth checking out at theaters


only has about 25 minutes of decent material .


a case of masochism and an hour and a half


drags , underscoring the obvious


witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and


if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .


both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , what time is it there ?


equally great


contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion


generic


remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity


lovefest


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


that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project


decent ones


two surefire , beloved genres


sweet without the decay factor


are amiable and committed


roiling black-and-white inspires


to match the power of their surroundings


makes no sense


is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .


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


entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .


demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded


an irresistible , languid romanticism


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


lively dream


the thinness of its characterizations


a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string


can seem tiresomely simpleminded


shyamalan 's gifts ,


have marked an emerging indian american cinema


bad hair design


to convince us that acting transfigures esther


watch these two together again in a new york minute


( cuarón has ) created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .


the poor quality


an insultingly unbelievable final act


hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay


be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star ,


does a disservice


is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .


watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through


topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs .


good theatre


of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case


is a truly , truly bad movie


astonishing


truth and realism


even its target audience talked all the way through it


the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .


as beautiful


's touching and tender and


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


are neither original nor are presented in convincing way


this very compelling tale


great help


dehumanizing and ego-destroying process


no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell


goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest


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


shiver-inducing


questionable satirical ambivalence


a very entertaining , thought-provoking film


is brilliant , really


delicate , clever


is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .


at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd .


put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon )


dazzling entertainment


fairly irresistible package


a heavy-handed indictment


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


exist only for its climactic setpiece


one not-so-small problem


the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose .


that made the first film so special


cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style


the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer .


the dullest irish pub scenes


her pale , dark beauty and


squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .


has its moments -- and almost as many subplots .


he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special


may not be an important movie , or even a good one


mediocre fable from burkina faso .


that comes through all too painfully in the execution


, it would still be beyond comprehension


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


get


more entertaining , too


undernourished


phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american .


high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks


some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson


crafty and intelligent


an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .


cornball sequel


is the most visually unappealing .


the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture


too-long , spoofy update


do bad things


illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity


all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .


it 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .


devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry


cultural identity


avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake


full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature


transparently hypocritical work


apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .


struggles


's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .


robbed


some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .


( and beautifully edited


, sylvie testud is icily brilliant .


and mind-numbing indifference


john carpenter 's original


the always hilarious meara and levy


smell the grease on the plot


there 's a lot to recommend read my lips .


of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart


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


pure


earthly


shaky , uncertain film


's a love story as sanguine as its title


is mesmerizing


direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


, it 's mission accomplished


honest emotions


the cat 's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich ...


quirky and fearless ability


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


wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and


should not


a remarkable piece


like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens


its own ironic implications


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


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


renowned


earn our love


if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia


its charms and


watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media


inevitably consigned


with stunning animation


the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise


with a visual style unique and inherent


the sleekness


for a quick-buck sequel


tell you how tedious


it 's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .


way cheaper ( and better )


a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination


graceless and


mr. polanski is in his element here :


an open wound


is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice


entertaining and


johnnie to and wai ka fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .


belly laugh


a laugh riot


glued to the screen


canny and spiced


what saves it ... and makes it


a truly annoying pitch


the hype


a lightweight story about matchmaking


laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half


believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before


is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script


durable


its new england characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial


compatible


a serious drama


tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .


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


the material


is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .


attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight


need , neurosis and nervy


writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .


a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality


self-promotion


to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins


rampant adultery


of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen


help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation


the filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance


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


our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


crudup 's screen presence


comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours


treasured


but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script


of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics


rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .


imperfect , love-hate relationship


the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d .


the annoyance


that it ends up being surprisingly dull


you have the patience for it


it were any more of a turkey


the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time


a shaky , uncertain film


's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny


playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries


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


the most sincere and artful movie


a bad taste in your mouth and questions


unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains


lookin ' for sin , american-style ?


's a minor treat


the action and


skilled actors


without your pulse ever racing


growth


it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers --


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


i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit


celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity


that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable


even though it 's common knowledge that park and his founding partner , yong kang , lost kozmo in the end , you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .


a moving picture that does not move .


a frustrating patchwork :


as hilarious lunacy


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


spreading


very depressing movie


are mesmerizing


might add -- slice of comedic bliss


dreamy and evocative


painfully unfunny farce


is n't very bright


move over bond


definitive account


an interesting exercise


the only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .


writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .


's the sweet cinderella story


the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times


as darkly funny


a disaster of a drama


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


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


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


sour


like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks


all the bad things in the world /


this is the most visually unappealing .


as good , if not better than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand


delirious fun .


lisa rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension .


is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one


look like cheap hysterics


's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling


to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity


reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking


's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles


that malarkey


monster/science fiction flicks


to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable


that special annex of hell


incredibly hokey


fluffy and disposible


fascinating little tale


it 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '


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


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


so many explosions


the scorpion king is more fun than conan the barbarian .


nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending .


seems timely and important .


, soap opera-ish dialogue


close to losing my lunch


settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs


director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move ,


a lot of the smaller scenes


chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe .


with a great premise


appalling as any ` comedy '


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


love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .


hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as


's icky .


wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt


made me feel unclean


like saturday morning tv in the '60s


astonishing grandeur


fully endear itself to american art house audiences


is a step down


does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes


be this good


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


heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations


two towers outdoes its spectacle .


antic spirits


mark ms. bullock 's best work


of slapstick sequences


imaginable


is a hilarious adventure


more trifle than triumph .


's mission accomplished


a mediocre tribute to films like them


unmemorable filler


well-made entertainment


what little grace ( rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves


which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way


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


is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort


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


but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote


oozes craft .


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


where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say


succeeds .


that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone


well-done supernatural thriller


the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations .


is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .


vulgar dialogue


sweet time building


of the best gay love stories


a dirty old man


it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .


no special effects , and


the real thing


female friendship that men can embrace


of emotional desperation


watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .


makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should ,


a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .


threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .


silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans


several cliched movie structures : the road movie ,


faster , livelier and


, funny , and even touching


is well


its own style


of nijinsky


interesting controversy


incinerates frank capra 's classic


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining .


this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen ,


sweet and fluffy


) are such a companionable couple


how good


dull , brain-deadening hangover


little sticky and unsatisfied


charisma and


also a -- dare i say it twice --


blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '


eccentrics


's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug


anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering .


leaves scant place for the viewer


even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .


of the victorious revolutionaries


a positive ( if tragic ) note


intelligence and originality


also somewhat touched


its lackluster gear of emotional blandness


cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche


much worse than bland


took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .


overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration


assured and stylish


a ragbag of cliches .


of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with


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


the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .


rubbish


even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .


a breathtaking adventure


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 esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard


wind-in-the-hair exhilarating


of true inspiration


a good movie ye who enter here


a flat , unconvincing drama


are so hilarious


great to look at , and funny


russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage .


dread


may seem disappointing in its generalities


extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability


more offended by his lack of faith in his audience


to its clever what-if concept


so crazy !


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


make like the title and dodge this one


a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind


a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age


balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident


remarkable and


warmth and gentle humor


life affirming


the whiney characters bugged me


wilco fans will have a great time , and


19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick


ask for a raise


a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say ,


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


a hard time sitting through this one


is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film


perversity


does n't have much to say beyond the news


a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth


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


frighten and


ruin


intriguing look


is that it avoids the obvious with humor and lightness


very handsomely produced


do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies


films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature


a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .


is gratefully received


's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters


two bodies and hardly a laugh between them


a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism


pays off and


that the talented cast generally


you see this film you 'll know too


every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .


the efforts of a first-rate cast


pleasant tale


frothy ` date movie ' ...


laugh-a-minute


deflated


nice piece of work .


trying to be more complex than your average film


recording


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


's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective


yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so i did n't


fresh , sometimes funny ,


visually , ` santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .


it 's not scary in the slightest


than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades


, imaginative kid 's movie


have an interest in the characters you see


sheerly cinematic appeal


the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor


is hard to resist


that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one


parents love to have their kids


feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema


perfect festival film


, simple-minded and stereotypical


the filmmakers know how to please the eye


offend everyone


in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot


although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , `` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .


virtually joyless


is fluid and quick


with a searing lead performance


it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work .


feels contrived


, holds the screen like a true star .


in a class with spike lee 's masterful


is actually quite entertaining .


's definitely an improvement on the first blade


silly-looking


a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together .


altogether darker side


unrelated


is really funny


richer and more observant


cleverness , wit or


the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .


insightful and


shockingly bad and


eloquent film


is painfully formulaic and stilted .


anyone who wants to start writing screenplays


cartoonish performance


the redeeming feature of chan 's films


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


the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing


most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots .


p )


the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .


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


even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century


attempts to be grandiloquent , but


want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again


like horrible poetry


that sink it faster than a leaky freighter


gives poor dana carvey nothing


a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness


benefit


the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit


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


unique


in the best irish sense


amours


is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .


it 's a treat watching shaw , a british stage icon , melting under the heat of phocion 's attentions .


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


at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age


intense and effective


nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion


not enough of interest onscreen


a weird , arresting little ride


dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie


ghetto fabulousness


be with a large dose of painkillers


has a nearly terminal case of the cutes


they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .


christian parents


for all its shoot-outs


putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love


empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun


wears its heart


strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hook .


adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt


it points out how inseparable the two are


relying on animation or dumb humor


it 's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction .


being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses


the writing is clever and


i simply ca n't recommend it enough .


edit


should be able to find better entertainment


the show 's concept


on the promise of excitement


is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .


resorting to camp or parody


an integrity


eye-popping


in its dry and forceful way , it delivers the same message as jiri menzel 's closely watched trains and danis tanovic 's no man 's land .


in this crass , low-wattage endeavor


of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen


boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory


the very top rank


chilly , clinical lab report


makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


picture-perfect beach


farcically bawdy fantasy


with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .


dramatic interest


ballsy and


the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was


a unique , well-crafted psychological study


is fascinating ...


spain 's greatest star wattage


wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time


's surprisingly harmless .


scope and


morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating


this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell .


zoom !


it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned


whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes


compelling mix


in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance


's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .


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


has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .


hong kong master john woo


poo


rare sequel


tepid and


well paced and satisfying little drama


of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him


dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .


easy to watch


more likely


not at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- i doubt it would be all that interesting .


precise


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


hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks


probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems


thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd


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


with flailing bodily movements


spontaneous


feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story


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


highlight reel


a well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature


tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise ,


brilliant piece


the final product is a ghost


) comes off like a hallmark commercial


devastating testimony


plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .


excellent performances


a gorgeously strange movie , heaven


getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good


resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .


it is repetitious


've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world


it 's compelling


, heart-felt drama


purr


at leading lives of sexy intrigue


like a film that strays past the two and a half mark


'd rather watch them on the animal planet


could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ?


an epic four-hour indian musical


become comparatively sane and healthy


, one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .


an overstylized , puréed mélange


showtime deserves the hook .


of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure


barney 's


cranked out on an assembly line


is funny ,


is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels


crack a smile


would seem to be surefire casting .


sights


there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .


ignore but a little too smugly superior to like


care less


perform


it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory


smart , savvy , compelling


hated


builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption


superficiality


skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears


bad ideas and awkwardness


a career-defining revelation


an inarticulate screenplay


cohesive


just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer


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


too clumsy


better than inconsequential


going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


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


humbuggery


, the stories are quietly moving .


a teenybopper ed wood film ,


sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill


are so generic


cultural and economic subtext


... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .


pretends to expose the life of male hustlers


is strong as always


truly larger-than-life character


is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was


it 's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties .


dramatize life 's messiness


distractions


over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage


its elegantly colorful look


guilty about it


'll probably run out screaming .


might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned


classic movie franchise


deepa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world .


is all but useless


a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic


precarious


grey zone


which gives you an idea just how bad it was


ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 .


martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying


if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for


too predictable and far too cliched


chelsea hotel


is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable


, like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with


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


duvall 's throbbing sincerity


making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden


misguided project


a transparently hypocritical work


are more compelling than the execution


share no chemistry or engaging charisma


tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo


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


well-worn situations


begging for attention ,


goes further


to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate


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


, ingenious


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


believing in something does matter


a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency


so stunning


elaborate and twisted characters


by an esteemed writer-actor


one of the finest films of the year


, difficult and sad


the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ;


like a film so cold and dead


von sydow ...


artistry


earnest and heartfelt


howard and his co-stars all give committed performances ,


inspiring hope


bring new energy


to liven things up


block


pairing clayburgh and tambor


one of the great submarine stories


is delightful in the central role


develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide


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


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


all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale


watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination


what once was conviction


a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way


taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight


takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .


there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces


little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that


wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,


, then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .


maybe he was reading the minds of the audience .


give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film


their lack


contemplative , and sublimely beautiful


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


appreciates


a joyous occasion


think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet


touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes ,


great artistic significance


these people mattered


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


an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds


is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues


another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .


it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .


truly edgy --


directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year


strip


suffered and bled


this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie ,


a kind of ghandi gone bad


set the cause of woman warriors back decades


misguided acts of affection


would quickly change the channel


how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .


are funny .


retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought


appropriately cynical social commentary aside


's work as well as a remarkably faithful one .


most damning censure


dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director


old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas


the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure ,


heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis


reflected in almost every scene


jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set .


the movie is amateurish


fortify this turgid fable


, the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .


most hollywood romantic comedies


skill and determination


the pre-teen crowd


humor and poignancy


has settled for a lugubrious romance


enter the fist is hilarious


an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women


rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue


quick-witted than any english lit


of those rare pictures


redeeming feature


-- full of life and small delights --


such a perfect medium for children


a treasure chest


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


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


are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama


it 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting .


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


it has fun with the quirks of family life , but


very amusing


a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .


him to churn out one mediocre movie after another


a life like this can sound so dull


as comfort food often can


to just die already


vibrantly


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


it 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .


the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity .


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


often touching


too bad maggio could n't come up with a better script .


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


just another voyeuristic spectacle


munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters .


played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters


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


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


blacked out in the lobby


downright movie penance


like you were n't invited to the party


honesty , insight and humor


their computer-animated faces


it 's an effort to watch this movie


where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .


puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman


by extension , accomplishments


gender politics


gorgeous beaches


a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights


( jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions


makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should


comes alive


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


, paralyzed


are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field


stands as one of the great films about movie love .


deliver a fair bit of vampire fun


the actors involved in the enterprise


always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction


i 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .


a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery


delighted


predictable and cloying


to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it


thanks to huston 's revelatory performance


is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch


my little eye is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years .


like one long


energy


beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .


cheated


irritating films


stopped challenging himself


the four feathers is definitely horse feathers , but


an unabashedly romantic picture


play fine


that 's not saying much


sleazy


a homage


the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year


i like it .


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


nervy and memorable


photographed and beautifully recorded


ace


tired retread


never takes hold .


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


ill-wrought hypothesis


ararat far more demanding than it needs to be


take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year .


so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark


original talent


was beginning to hate it


not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet .


has a handful of smart jokes


ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's


are woven together skilfully


barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .


is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like ,


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


your own cleverness


disoriented but occasionally


voice is rather unexceptional


a really cool bit


reach satisfying conclusions


director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture


a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism


refreshingly ,


nearly every cliché


something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance


manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy


pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish


speaks more of the season than the picture


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


cleaner , and deeper


a lot of people wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential .


chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists


loud , low-budget and tired formula film


's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids


see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .


is a brilliant movie


is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .


of time , money and celluloid


because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin


be depressing ,


is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything .


into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long


with such confidence


that , in itself , is extraordinary .


starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points


the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis


coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film


some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care


uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .


a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults


own brightly colored dreams


of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure


is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw


's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .


the downward spiral


, they succeed


, directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .


... `` bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...


indispensable


invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .


a heavy stench of ` been there , done


midlife crisis


brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life .


from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen


` it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .


extremely languorous rhythms


as it provides a fresh view of an old type


as a bitter pill


even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .


episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight


the mediterranean sparkles


does a good job


seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it


for lameness


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


... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .


the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians


truly in love with a girl


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


comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is


the origins


something of a stiff --


a disaster of a story


disappoint the action


wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time .


's really wrong with this ricture


worthy and devastating


the same blueprint


never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .


impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon


an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism


with unimpeachable clarity


too is a bomb .


kong action


a walk to remember ''


superficially written


rush to the theater for this one


compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people


much of a plunge


` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '


you 've seen it all before


seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception


the slapstick is labored ,


frequently misses the mark


congrats disney on a job well done , i enjoyed it just as much !


... another example of how sandler is losing his touch .


of visual flair


superb


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


, to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


their lofty perch


showdown


quirky characters and an engaging story


alfred hitchcock 's thrillers ,


goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability


what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .


comic touch


has little clue


meandering , low on energy , and


gives her best


bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon .


like being trapped at a bad rock concert


forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


enticing prospect


swung me around


for most of the movie 's success


essentially ruined --


treats us


remarkable ensemble cast


i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't


be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families


in the dullest kiddie flicks


interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) ,


at best , i 'm afraid .


's , it 's simply unbearable


lucratively


an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .


are a little too big for her mouth


dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot


between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .


intended for the home video market


'' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases


works well enough to make it worth watching


it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .


the best , most


the self-image of drooling idiots


toilet-humor codswallop


combined with the misconceived final 5


for those who like quirky , slightly strange french films


hold dear about cinema


while broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .


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


the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate


a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration


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


a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .


if you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .


wonderfully loopy


loud , ugly , irritating


resorting to camp


so bland and


care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining


funny pace


, it 's a pale imitation .


will most likely doze off during this one .


an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work


stop-and-start pacing


sucked .


logic and misuse


you have to check your brain at the door


, timeless and universal tale


ruined his career


the pool drowned me in boredom .


it 's what makes their project so interesting


good thriller .


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


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


rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness


provocative


love , memory , history


's thoroughly winning tone


as saccharine movies go


comforting


seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was


is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force


to believe in your dreams


he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me


only self-aware neurotics engage in


contriving


for a silly hack-and-slash flick


of education


provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen


it 's still quite worth seeing


's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest


a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say


finds its humor


walter hill 's undisputed is like a 1940s warner bros. .


the perfect star vehicle for grant


as telling a country skunk


the perfect movie many have made it out to be


, sometimes funny


contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .


a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding


offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .


a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy .


long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy


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


intelligence , wit or innovation


though its story is only surface deep


exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit


burning


its clever concept


like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening


well-mounted history lesson


the komediant is a tale worth catching .


is what we call the ` wow ' factor .


may be based on a true and historically significant story


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


the plot and a powerfully evocative mood


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


to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats


is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .


's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth


the result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .


is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining


a very tasteful rock and


poor remake


brought off with considerable wit


its weaknesses


stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid .


non-stop funny feast


with this silly little puddle of a movie


's uninteresting .


a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop


crummy


destroy is also a creative urge


has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again


's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something


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


's not too fast and not too slow .


lucky break is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump .


pilot episode


evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up


, eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .


the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but


already littered with celluloid garbage


the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ...


scrutiny


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


give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed .


an imaginatively mixed cast


the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead


to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing


did n't smile .


satisfy


the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .


at a tough-man contest


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


infantile cross-dressing routines


plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .


'll only put you to sleep .


cold light


based on dave barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .


is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film


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


a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team


, the trip there is a great deal of fun .


be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing


funny situations


as those monologues stretch on and on


is a career-defining revelation


is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities


make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .


and sickening product placement


of the startling intimacy


yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit .


a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage


enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .


listless and desultory


a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor


poor casting


a tour de force of modern cinema .


underrated professionals


of elegant wit and artifice


's horribly depressing and not very well done .


the master of disguise falls under the category of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live . '


farts , urine


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


while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .


left us cold


refreshed


lifeless execution .


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


an art film


echoes


including a knockout of a closing line


a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man


a harrowing account


predictably


bland , surfacey


admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies


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


what 's infuriating about full frontal


the buoyant energy level


think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline


when various characters express their quirky inner selves


few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works


that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny


to cram earplugs


, it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .


's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once .


you wanting to abandon the theater


can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody .


as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die


blob


its awkward structure


excuse to eat popcorn


the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt


over the head with a moral


are actually releasing it into theaters


castrated


are included


entering


-- you 'll love this movie .


it has its faults , but


brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness


quirkily appealing minor movie


hitchcock 's


media-soaked


a hands-off approach


its most delightful moments


daring and beautifully made .


lost on the target audience


hopelessly out


far from disappointing


suck up


's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue


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


to seek our tears , our sympathies


- hour , dissipated length .


photographed and beautifully recorded .


be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans


falls short


collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't .


will probably


is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still


uplifting


too placid


shows crushingly little curiosity about ,


if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences


in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film .


one big blustery movie where nothing really happens .


will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach


is marvelous


hoary dialogue , fluxing accents


some of the more overtly silly dialogue


the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .


look ahead and resist living in a past


the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before .


sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit


crafted , and well


highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making


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


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


tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ;


the perfect cure for insomnia


almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time


reason to miss interview with the assassin


is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale


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


's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this


on a potentially interesting idea


runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .


just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie


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


's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels


real women have curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


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


made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .


feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life


its best moments


a disappointingly thin slice


a pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties .


is not


refreshing


go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .


the most disappointing woody allen movie


garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '


the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea


creative action


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


delivers


humor and humanity


enthralling drama


gorgeous and


to trivialize the material


resist


, the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .


the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .


a stately sense


that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances


claustrophic , suffocating and chilly


warmth to go around , with music and laughter


the performances are remarkable .


that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama


looked like crap , so crap is what i was expecting .


tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie


skeeved


one bright shining star


is doa .


this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least .


full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow


all things insipid


compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering


heartwarming film


iconoclastic uses


the novel


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


on an intoxicating show


the acting ranges from bad to bodacious


grandiloquent


one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness


powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt


with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral .


more intellectually scary than dramatically involving .


wonderful tale


uncompelling the movie


an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson


near-masterpiece .


in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt


dismay


a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it .


, that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...


who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor


the book 's irreverent energy


a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable .


uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt


the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


( than leon )


provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee


its intended audience -- children --


the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it


be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play


ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album


how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were


enjoy much of jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor


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


fuzziness


plain lurid


very believable


a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .


her tragedies


waking coma


terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences


they will have a showdown , but ,


a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films


giving it a strong thumbs up


no satisfaction


the tear-jerking demands


is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves


like acid


shallow and glib


by turns very dark and very funny


this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .


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


a different and emotionally reserved type


engaging criminal


groundbreaking endeavor


enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over .


is really all about performances


the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded ,


the baseball-playing monkey


as stiff , ponderous and charmless


's pretty stupid .


of the worst dialogue


no amount of imagination ,


go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike


its chosen topic


vivid imagination


one terrific score


rah-rah


brutally honest


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


too few laughs


thoughtless , random , superficial humor and


oddly whimsical


freshman fluke


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


seemingly


ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and


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


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


to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb


more repetition than creativity


designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense


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


was essentially ,


anything fresh


the film is bright and flashy in all the right ways .


the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and kurys ' direction is clever and insightful


penetrating


as intelligent


the emotions seem authentic


sexy and


the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags


a solid movie


the worthy successor


captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .


of the best films


wit and warmth


rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue .


its low groan-to-guffaw ratio


difficult , endless


, super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .


a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .


at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois


does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue


good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat .


will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .


a loose , poorly structured film


faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember '' succeeds through sincerity .


the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history


juicy soap opera


a charming but slight comedy .


you see it in these harrowing surf shots


the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts


whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .


, however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .


to this film that may not always work


a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes


admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint


might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog


only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind


's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .


rank frustration from those


gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill


is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .


the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .


failed jokes , twitchy acting


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


is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film ,


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


structured and


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


angel


just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market


the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile


lacks in outright newness


interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .


rich detail condensed


just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through


does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve .


janey


more tacky and reprehensible


a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur


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


as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit


enormously good


but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time


is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters


offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor


hollywood war-movie stuff


, like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .


wafer-thin movie


seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum


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


that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire


that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel


understated performances of ( jack nicholson 's ) career .


that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again


true to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .


poignant and wryly amusing film


the historical , philosophical , and


miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life


rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics


much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .


eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons


patchy combination of soap opera ,


these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and


be forewarned , if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film


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


a sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception .


the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and


his surprising discovery


children


served up with heart and humor


bring their characters to life


, poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull


works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful


an awfully good , achingly human picture .


take on the upscale lifestyle


dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation


so insanely stupid , so awful


coma


guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort


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


takes a hat-in-hand approach


always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story


i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care


captures a life interestingly lived


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


and it is .


most uncanny


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


emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking


tender sermon


we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .


secondhand ,


one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .


to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense


overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph


'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point .


have been lost in the translation


, dramatized pbs program


i know i should n't have laughed , but


abject suffering


a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop


's not that funny --


retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him


the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive


is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious


skip the film and


compels


rich historical subject


put up with 146 minutes of it


sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special


finds warmth


, funny


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


liking showgirls


a film , and such a stultifying ,


bad film


under cars


susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up


the best performance from either in years


a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project


mushy as peas


undercut by the voice of the star of road trip


right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together


a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally .


fantasies


the ranks


survive a screening with little harm done


may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen


, the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .


sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead


a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation


if they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .


yeah


been done before but never so vividly or


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


with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope


really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .


ploddingly sociological commentary


is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort


just does n't make sense


myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign


the highest production values you 've ever seen


exuberance


is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham .


naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks


will forgive the flaws and love the film .


a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish


the story relevant in the first place


heart or conservative


unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness


careless


nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding


paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal


obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque .


see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings


that rohmer still has a sense of his audience


lightweight


works superbly here


period-perfect


an uncomfortable movie


crimes


constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human .


it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though ,


a rock-solid little genre picture


an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut


deliciously


bring off


have given it a one-star rating


she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl


mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .


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


you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort


a film so cold and dead


its director 's cut glory


suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction


directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism


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


gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry


if it 's not entirely memorable , the movie is certainly easy to watch .


able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history


the following things are not at all entertaining


to create images you wish you had n't seen


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


burnt-out


with talent


rush through


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


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


keeps you


that rare family movie --


have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches


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


hoary dialogue ,


oscar-sweeping


deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture


be disappointed


starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie


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


deal funnier


the first one charming


uplifter .


so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun


did n't know what kind of movie they were making


the performances are so overstated


cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels


without ( de niro ) , city by the sea would slip under the waves .


can be fertile sources of humor


a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny


death to smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito 's misanthropic vision .


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


the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .


that might be best forgotten


rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .


leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .


sick and


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


... an interesting slice of history .


is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .


( ferrera )


it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .


unusual power


shimmeringly lovely


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


are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?


wears thin


be captivated ,


in remembrance


the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and


so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film


better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh


keep this fresh


reasonably creative eighth-grader


the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance


it 's an entertaining movie , and


, it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .


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


that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title


unlikable , uninteresting ,


the plot is paper-thin


creepiness


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


is just sooooo tired .


looks closely , insightfully


the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma .


modestly surprising


a lot of flavor and spice


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


stands out


phoned-in business


of the funniest motion


evolves


a work of extraordinary journalism ,


the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy


helped change a nation


pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick .


get the same love story and parable


exactly how bad


in crisis


not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see


a guilt-free trip


like the wanderers and a bronx tale


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


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


unblinking work


her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair


( a ) wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting .


instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull


emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .


part of that delicate canon


this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight ,


one terrific story


the story is predictable


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


a movie you can trust


it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special


, besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .


the home alone formula


is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings


horrid


shallow and immature character


the best


real masterpiece


good little movie


exceedingly rare


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


professionals


of the best rock


, has stopped challenging himself


more than a worthwhile effort


ms. bullock 's best work


's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés


abandon


is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting


to be that rarity among sequels


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


a fresh , entertaining comedy that


competent , unpretentious


really solid


an undeniably moving film to experience ,


been there done that .


designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe


a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .


itself , a playful spirit


one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt


real pleasure in its laid-back way


recommend


makes two hours feel like four


, the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .


takes hold .


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


the acting , for the most part


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


that 's a liability .


which is often preachy and poorly acted


when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?


the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational ,


melancholic


funny in a sick , twisted sort of way


as well its delightful cast


is the far superior film


modernize it with encomia


has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net


if you liked the previous movies in the series


this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine


the saturday morning cartoons


flourishes and


bounces


one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years


new york 's finest


cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .


swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award


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


retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision


your interest until the end and


to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


some of the computer animation is handsome ,


much more watchable


stylish but steady , and


with tension


as sharp as a samurai sword


gritty police thriller


low-tech magic realism and , at times ,


most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved


counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity


is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .


gradually makes us believe she is kahlo


a fine , understated piece of filmmaking


is still good fun


unexpectedly rewarding


moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it


of emotional blandness


the startling intimacy


shame on writer/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull .


nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives


so graceless and devoid


do n't bother


liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed


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


it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer


promising premise


bad premise


is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie


dehumanizing and


strongest and


equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 .


a delightful entree in the tradition


it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .


uses the last act to reel in the audience


several survivors ,


a fall


tired of going where no man has gone before


's endgame


strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin


is well established


smirk


the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa


of mediocre acting


leaning on badly-rendered cgi effects


is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context


with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many


somewhat touched


once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea is n't funny .


amoral assassin


most aggressive and most sincere attempt


hot topics


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


a high-end john hughes comedy ,


is rote spookiness


the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance


occasional smiles


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