bottom-rung new jack city wannabe .


to show us why it 's compelling


is hardly a masterpiece


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


emerge with unimpeachable clarity


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


this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events


poorly-constructed comedy


aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice


rousing , g-rated family film


absurdist wit


a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis


hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being .


bill morrison 's decasia


usually dread encountering the most


sure to win viewers ' hearts


ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .


must have been lost in the translation .


despite auteuil 's performance


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


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


the thin veneer


the delicate forcefulness


if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness


will just as likely make you weep


's still a guilty pleasure to watch .


like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .


nation


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


scream low budget


the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .


of the potential for sanctimoniousness


interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity


lacks dramatic punch and depth


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


you want to slap it


great performances , stylish cinematography and


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


garden music video


nice piece of work


knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized


a re-hash


is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ?


tired old vision


lame


snl '' has-been


horrible .


a pretentious and


is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade


any movie with a life-affirming message


to the experience


even worse


every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy


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


tub-thumpingly loud


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


how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg


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


highly uneven


one of the most exciting action films


offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience


is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .


cliché-riddled genre


a better script


, then go see this delightful comedy .


disguise the slack complacency of ( godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice


absurdist


seem like a bad idea from frame one


of grace


bright shining star


romantic and serenely


a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .


ick


it 's not a motion picture ; it 's an utterly static picture


is far from disappointing ,


cliffhanger


photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .


its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before .


fussing over too weak a recipe


touched by an unprecedented tragedy


looking for a return ticket to realism


really is enormously good fun .


includes battlefield earth and showgirls


for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors


over-the-top trash


that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it


because of the universal themes , earnest performances


makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes ,


's nothing wrong with that


convincing portrayal


it drags during its 112-minute length


, it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .


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


an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .


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


aimless , arduous , and arbitrary


a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him .


sports extravaganza


i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and


loose , poorly structured film


and as bland


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


where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for ''


its audience giddy


implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history


piercing


its recycled aspects ,


its true-to-life characters ,


limpid and conventional historical fiction


pity anyone who sees this mishmash .


dark to be decipherable


stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites


seem to match the power of their surroundings .


that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s


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


's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical


is dark , brooding and slow


hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers


there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .


handed down from the movie gods


are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .


that it avoids the obvious with humor and lightness


get excited about on this dvd


'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 .


of artifice and purpose


that surprises or delights


is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless .


was immensely enjoyable


pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale


easier to digest


contest to see who can out-bad-act the other


what an idea , what a thrill ride .


from a television monitor


no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater .


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


fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile


a good human


the most surprising thing about this film


unfortunately also


a great american adventure


imaginative


of his most daring , and complicated , performances


aimless , arduous ,


too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece


is where ararat went astray .


prove diverting enough


to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie


a generic bloodbath


everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized .


the novel charm


pathetic idea


a bad improvisation exercise ,


a major waste ... generic


only surprise


as beautiful , desirable


come away 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 .


wonderful fencing scenes and


sure , it 's contrived and predictable


absolute joy


heart as important as humor


creative energy and wit to entertain all ages


into a poem of art , music and metaphor


laughed that hard in years


this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest


, assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others


mostly fool 's gold


know what it wants to be when it grows up


its amiable jerking


emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment


a boring , pretentious muddle


, it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie


gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality


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


not only a pianist , but a good human being


what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .


owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?


'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 .


driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm


well-put-together


is so rich with period minutiae


grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor


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


more ambivalent set


i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies .


rambles aimlessly


a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .


sweeping , dramatic


numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before .


edits


is n't entirely persuasive


smart and well-crafted


sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and


some laughs and a smile


derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films


so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but


the movie is better than you might think .


by a british cast


an intimate feeling


recommended --


tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims


a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense


humble , teach and ultimately


first-class , natural acting and


gross-out humor


solemn pretension


about memory and regret


best indie of the year , so far .


the byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen ( vega ) and juni ( sabara ) cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .


like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11


fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... well before the end


enjoyable family fare


a more mythic level


strong supporting players


watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement


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


well-behaved film


a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago


of a handsome and well-made entertainment


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


, i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .


showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings


best little `` horror '' movie


amélie 's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest


every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?


found a cult favorite


feels familiar and tired


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


familiar , funny


imaginatively mixed


cold blanket


no idea what in creation is going on


i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking


the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere ,


a century and a half ago


sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously


a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .


i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture ,


bad movie .


being neither


is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration


a huge heart


lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold


the wrong things


kids-cute sentimentality


raunchy and frequently hilarious


a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long


improvise and scream


big bad love


the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia .


do n't want to think too much about what 's going on


what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors


delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph


rich with period minutiae


sick , twisted sort


just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on


laziness and arrogance


two fatal ailments


it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .


this clever and very satisfying picture


the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .


with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks


the trailer is a riot .


, this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .


no rooting interest


remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny .


entertaining thriller


this is n't a stand up and cheer flick ; it 's a sit down and ponder affair


robotically italicized


incompetent cops


mind-numbing


become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters


common sense


bodacious


this director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera .


lead actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile ,


well-meant but unoriginal .


we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life


thuds


setting distracts


asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well


a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales .


both heartbreaking and heartwarming ...


of this sad , compulsive life


told and retold


joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins


in the series


written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .


slow


be a single iota worse


protect your community


a bit repetitive


elegant


meaningful cinema


strongest film


dumb gags , anatomical humor ,


it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story


a stupid , derivative horror film


this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy


revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


efficient


can certainly go the distance ,


with a teeth-clenching gusto


delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling


helpful


succeeds through sincerity .


as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done .


exceptional performances


it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .


alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but ayurveda does the field no favors .


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


has value can not be denied .


amusing for a good while


clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .


major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera


make a delightful comedy centering on food


imbue the theme with added depth and resonance


staggeringly unoriginal terms


contradictory things


a blair witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast


compelling investigation


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


are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .


has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best


i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next


you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists


masterpiece


as a friend


abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .


rated eee for excitement .


made the full monty a smashing success


wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd


to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story


bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor


is a complete mess


honestly


intriguing and downright intoxicating


slick and sprightly cgi feature


the hilarious writer-director himself


a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in


throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling


terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ;


have a bad , bad , bad movie


for no apparent reason except


see a better thriller


, it drags


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


reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon


the feel of poetic tragedy


had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain


lack depth or complexity ,


, this is the ultimate movie experience


cerebral


i stay positive


be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still


a believable mother/daughter pair


1993 classic


pretty funny movie


-- farts , boobs , unmentionables --


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


it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .


dinner guest


degenerates


has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children 's home video , a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment , as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting


students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .


told with humor and poignancy


an unexpectedly sweet story


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


the problems with the film


analyze this , not


expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence


washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him


sounds like horrible poetry


to ignite sparks


is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .


kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business .


so intimate


it does so without compromising that complexity .


most charmless


love , family


a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence .


endearing , masterful


befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject


a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy .


a dull girl ,


you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger


graceful , moving tribute


is enticing


we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic


the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .


mordantly funny and intimately knowing ...


spinning a web of dazzling entertainment


make fun of me for liking showgirls


as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension


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


wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother


mediocre


the songs translate well to film


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


bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points


the joy the characters take in this creed


a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich


romantic comedy


no solace here , no entertainment value


madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .


in rapt attention


is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .


get lost in the murk of its own making


woozy


is its reliance on formula , though


if you grew up on scooby -- you 'll love this movie .


it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .


an interesting technical exercise


weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting .


why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?


is a visual treat for all audiences .


our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and


some body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .


been there done that


contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs


the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph


in a dead-end existence


talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise


the painstaking


the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby


you 'll regret


do all three quite well ,


funnier version of the old police academy flicks .


a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds


a sweet and modest and


anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .


strikes a potent chemistry with molina


it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies


to the energetic and always surprising performance


yong kang


it looks good


well-crafted letdown .


puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material


about hatred


his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us


the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance


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


flailing reputation


might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek ) .


well-deserved reputation


just is n't very funny .


deeper and more engaging


their lamentations are pretty much self-centered )


insightfully


's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .


arresting


a delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels .


worthy predecessors


idol


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


it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .


call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made


, danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .


adams just copies from various sources --


trashy fun


as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief


the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .


on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy


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


tasty performance


some kind of goofy grandeur


worshipful


a gripping documentary that


a brazil-like , hyper-real satire


a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy


not the craven of ' a nightmare


its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .


as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .


a love story as sanguine as its title


movie dawdle


those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one .


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


stay away


gets under your skin and , some plot blips


pretty much delivers on that promise .


hard time


parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings


it wo n't hold up over the long haul ,


feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema


boasting this many genuine cackles


religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and


will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades


be a huge cut of above the rest


genuinely unnerving


that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience ,


cheap-looking


a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .


the whole thing never existed


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


big fat pain .


independent or


and crude storyline


the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second


a brilliant college student --


for humor in so many teenage comedies


far-flung


first-rate , especially sorvino


transparent attempts


feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life


can relate


it feels accidental


be said to squander jennifer love hewitt


most entertaining moments


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


far more impact


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


this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .


inadequate


watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards


hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful


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


gang


hanukkah


the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work


virtually nothing to show


the hackneyed story


is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth


, dumb


veiling tension


with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery


justify his exercise


kitschy goodwill


modern art


pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference


work the words `` radical '' or `` suck ''


wise and elegiac ...


of the creative act


a spirited film and a must-see


is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .


, luridly colored , uni-dimensional nonsense machine


its superior cast


is a remarkably original work


's appealingly manic and energetic


an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '


actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode


has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life


sympathizing with terrorist motivations


a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead


, wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films .


at once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .


a solid cast


is worth seeking .


technically


chuckles


amounts to little more than punishment


the music makes a nice album ,


like mike is a slight and uninventive movie


've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed


, there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .


me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story


sheridan had a wonderful account to work from ,


stylized sequences


to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images


sinks into by-the-numbers territory


more enjoyable than i expected


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


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


about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook .


a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions --


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


manages , with terrific flair


its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham


on both sides it falls short


marvelous series


does n't have all the answers


the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray


seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags


the filmmaker would disagree


connection or identification frustratingly


provide insight


turned out to be a one-trick pony


's hard to resist


found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally


rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek


short running


fake , dishonest


... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .


then you 're in for a painful ride .


director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention


inspired '' was a lot funnier


can do even more damage


a strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing


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


quiet , confident


a legal thriller


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


guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep .


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


feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo


you do n't care who fires the winning shot


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


better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .


affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad


, thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .


mind crappy movies as much as adults ,


deliberately and skillfully


insomnia is one of the year 's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances


too many films


banal , virulently unpleasant excuse


an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen


are both superb , while huppert ... is magnificent .


the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale


smile-button faces


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


like mike shoots and scores


the none-too-original premise


once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue


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


leave us with a sense of wonder


barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle


to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television


did n't care .


precocious


dog soldiers does n't transcend genre


a twisted sense of humor


the power-lunchers do n't care to understand


performers who rarely work in movies now


that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original


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


utilizing


balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness ,


the proverbial paint dry


once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .


bad and


ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant


michel


deeply humanistic artist


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


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


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


as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema


the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com '' is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film .


personal tragedy and


is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia


repetitive


it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs .


despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .


the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children


joyful


, thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks .


they could have been in a more ambitious movie


hard to be emotional


as a pink slip


was reading the minds of the audience .


your pulse ever racing


ca n't miss it .


interesting and


the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped


is first-rate , especially sorvino .


anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels


of the outstanding thrillers of recent years


purports


there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff


with the best of herzog 's works


's plenty to enjoy


designed as a reverie about memory and regret ,


though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem


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


that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action


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


excellent


incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap


play out realistically if not always fairly .


imitation movie


let the subtitles fool you


a morbid one


's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow


achingly honest


nice little story


better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh .


tiresome as 9


mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart


a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace


, a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .


the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks


its awkward structure and a final veering


is beautiful and mysterious


is very original


, it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .


a rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and japanese animation


a confusing drudgery .


sitting through this one


it 's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .


dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting ,


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


thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks .


remarkable performances


possibly the worst film


the three leads produce adequate performances ,


confusing


a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways


a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over


historically significant work


is exceedingly pleasant


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


's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone


compelling new material


this distinguished actor would stoop so low


this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special


is surely


's far from a groundbreaking endeavor


probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters


exhilarating new interpretation


that 's been done before


chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and


sweet


an intelligent movie


's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role


hollywood fluff


manipulative


like ravel 's bolero


a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies


overcome his personal obstacles and


sam mendes


create something original


simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , the last kiss is really all about performances .


be smarter and more diabolical


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


if good-hearted


is n't heated properly ,


gets around to its real emotional business


more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .


that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees


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


, hollywood is sordid and disgusting .


stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener


her defiance


a 90-minute , four-star movie


is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst


downright creepy


a limp eddie murphy


have potential


, lacks fellowship 's heart


a sun-drenched masterpiece ,


obnoxious and didactic burlesque


this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .


are sexy


extraordinary debut from josh koury .


it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments


scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation


bad bluescreen


empathy and pity fogging up the screen ...


cheapen


to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation


as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia ,


who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


treasure


thoroughly enjoyed the love story


be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story


sparkling newcomer


the paper-thin characterizations


takes big bloody chomps out


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


impress about e.t.


the talents of his top-notch creative team


laughably , irredeemably awful .


is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .


than its fair share of saucy


passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly ...


enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne


inspirational love story


pile too many `` serious issues ''


take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride


is conversational bordering on confessional


effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us


have a good shot


strong as always


one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another


watered down


reverent , and subtly different


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


a good idea


the jokes are flat ,


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


especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera


grab your kids and run and then probably call the police


sitcom-worthy solutions


an intensely lived time


plotting and mindless


to add the magic that made it all work


is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying


an object lesson in period filmmaking


air of gentle longing


while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift


though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .


the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film


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


insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion .


is a career-defining revelation .


funny and fun


witty dialog between realistic characters


, why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?


the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film


doze off during this one


watch , giggle


a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters


expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape


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


buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block


baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic


nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film


romantic , riveting and handsomely animated .


by its own pretentious self-examination


it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it .


turmoil


long-faced sad sack


a flawed but engrossing thriller


a rude black comedy


pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart


christian love


douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically .


the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life


the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .


understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue .


sickeningly


strangely funny


the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency


a perfect medium


plays like a tired tyco ad .


while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place


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


if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours


a classy , sprightly spin on film .


is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes


makes the grade as tawdry trash .


hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .


of extraordinary journalism


turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .


pill to swallow


's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it


dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder


is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor


too clear


are simply dazzling ,


raw urban humor


returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension


on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film


you 're likely to see all year .


forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining .


a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind


tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .


the funny bone


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


bad taste


the only young people who possibly will enjoy it


was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and


career - kids = misery )


a bad premise , just


nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper


recite some of this laughable dialogue


mandy moore leaves a positive impression


it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .


the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past


the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon


more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge '


laughs are lacking


for easy , seductive pacing


in this elegant entertainment


too good to be bad


a lot of warmth


, every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .


christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists


a vibrant and intoxicating fashion


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


big-budget/all-star movie


meaningless


that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad


is as consistently engaging as it is revealing


portray themselves


, ( goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .


to really care


take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire


same old garbage


the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half


but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner


a passion for the material


is a fascinating little tale .


skip this dreck , rent animal house


is that it goes nowhere


a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care


the most resolutely unreligious parents


seeking an existent anti-virus


part biography , part entertainment


goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography


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


's like having an old friend for dinner ' .


so compelling


fails to fascinate


i have a new favorite musical --


common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .


of the summer 's most pleasurable movies


sink this ` sub '


once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me


a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ...


found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances


enough sardonic


if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun .


seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming


that seagal 's overweight and out of shape


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


in a bid to hold our attention


it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead


of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions


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


the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone


ditsy


grace


detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world


sweet , and intermittently hilarious


far more often than the warfare


you feel like a chump


is n't a bad film


self-flagellation


it makes up for in heart .


its title implies


was worth your seven bucks


corny dialogue and preposterous moments


topic


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


to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times


organic intrigue


car chase


help this movie one bit


the rock on a wal-mart budget


evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .


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


so aggressively cheery


cut their losses -- and ours -- and


would be terrific to read about


bewilderingly


, it 's awfully entertaining to watch .


oddly colorful and


a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foster child


is clearly a good thing


frustrating


than franchise possibilities


but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .


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


romp that 's always fun to watch


, one would hope for the best


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


a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much


director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries ,


as mushy as peas


is a genuinely bone-chilling tale


these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes


its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change ,


incoherence and sub-sophomoric


a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare


would n't make trouble every day any better


a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque


such a graphic treatment of the crimes


into a deadly bore


rich , shadowy black-and-white


a fascinating glimpse of urban life


the film sits with square conviction


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


while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .


have a 90-minute , four-star movie


great writer


remarkable movie


, the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .


, well-crafted psychological study


through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause


thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser


in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .


to be genuinely satisfying


a genre gem


to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags


sylvie testud is icily brilliant .


chillingly


politically charged


witty , vibrant , and intelligent .


seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine


the perfect star vehicle


has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .


befuddling


's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents


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


becoming a better person through love


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


the last kiss is really all about performances .


well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises ,


a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny


it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .


that might have made no such thing


gondry 's direction is adequate


experimentation and improvisation


`` superior ''


the extraordinarily rich landscape


clever ways


a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable


fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .


off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all .


a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues '


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


leonine power


so primitive in technique


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


some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier


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


a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you


the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?


both excellent


groan


's also too stupid


supernatural thriller


`` 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 ? ''


exquisite , unfakable sense


captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock


a ray of hope


obvious or self-indulgent


dated and unfunny


a slow death


impassive a manner


the movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster .


, harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .


has no point and


the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with .


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


never once predictable .


stick to his day job


every joke is repeated at least four times .


a serious contender for the title


is pure , exciting moviemaking .


set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock .


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


calm , self-assured portrait


can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken


extends to his supple understanding of the role


on the whole , you 're gon na like this movie .


is ultimately


is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time


a quaint


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


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


the characters seem one-dimensional ,


the timeless spectacle of people


does little that is actually funny with the material


most frightening


it 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .


though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story


harmless fun .


large-format


constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas


's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure ,


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


's both charming and


soulful , scathing and joyous


the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow


an ` a ' list cast


, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .


got


you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie


a decomposition


feels impersonal , almost generic


has a compelling story to tell .


a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller


, one the public rarely sees .


of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


pained


lost his touch


is too long with too little going on .


is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script


, accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .


` just letting the mountain tell you what to do


is a visual treat


powerfully evocative mood


a must-own


hilarious place to visit


performed a difficult task indeed


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


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


cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure


luckiest


, i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .


aged past his prime


the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .


hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours , does n't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes .


often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy


its own clichés


a question for philosophers , not filmmakers ;


there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but it is not what is on the screen


the first lousy guy ritchie imitation


a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth


occasion


to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater


concept doofus


get a kick out of goofy brits


that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters


serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .


a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling


( and fairly unbelievable ) finale


only scratches the surface


something vital about the movie


an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal


is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience


cinematic postcard


a thriller


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


... bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .


that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama


follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films ,


memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and ,


a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture .


might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .


director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place .


natural and


bargain-basement special


no wit , only labored gags


has a huge heart


a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds .


puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers


look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten


a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence


in amusing us


it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo .


the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america


quirky , odd movies and/or the ironic


it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .


this three-hour endurance test


well-paced and


unexpectedly sweet story


awfully good , achingly human


the heart of the film


like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it


the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear


of his reserved but existential poignancy


creative animation work


it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .


really get inside of them


lust and love


that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened


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


gaping plot holes sink this ` sub '


laughing


there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 .


is ) the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein ,


ominous mood and tension


competent direction


burns 's strongest film


hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory


want a real movie


hollywood disregard


weaving a theme throughout this funny film


a potentially good comic premise


a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format


soulless techno-tripe


to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart


originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller


of continuity errors


it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy


sent back to the tailor for some major alterations


none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1/2 weeks '' ,


is left slightly unfulfilled


deserving of its oscar nomination


the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .


not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose


the poor quality of pokemon 4


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


likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies


lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,


the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative


rock solid family fun


will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .


a barf bag


300 years of russian history and culture


winning portrayal


of warmth and humor


sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick


will have you talking 'til the end of the year


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


cliched


the real-life story is genuinely inspirational


wonderfully warm


, interestingly told film .


the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .


too many tried-and-true shenanigans


seem more like medicine


a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich


emotionally intense


a bump on the head


friendship , love , and


comedies to hit the screen in years


ultimately fails


the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid


refreshingly realistic ,


it 's a sad , sick sight


... rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle .


appealing about the characters


, potent exploration


feel like a short stretched out to feature length


a recycled and dumbed-down version


energy and wit to entertain all ages


she gets to fulfill her dreams


be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming


that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent


a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie


, elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .


tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough


sweet , funny , charming , and


by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy


how to make us share their enthusiasm


loosely tied


feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick


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


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


except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it


a lovely film ...


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


well worthwhile


feels the dimming of a certain ambition


is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much


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


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling


its writer-director 's


it 's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .


bomb


no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised


skip the film and


colorfully


the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen


who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world


it is


convincing


bits funnier


that stubbornly refused to gel


has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .


it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and i think even fans of sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .


all the bad things


is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane .


the enticing prospect


prettiest pictures


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


this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent


from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired


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


is laughingly


is more than a movie


perfectly rendered


hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .


a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .


suspenseful


intriguing and honorable


about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise


like a fish that 's lived too long


is more accurately chabrolian .


this is one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .


deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance .


found it weirdly appealing


it 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled


has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors


smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy


contemplation


exciting documentary .


this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it .


plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air


a compelling piece


beautifully sung holiday carol


best work


famous moments


he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


lovely and amazing


nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences


, in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic


it unexpectedly rewarding


's no rooting interest


forgettable


a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination


downright comically evil


preachy and clichéd


broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness


the passion , creativity , and fearlessness


through its otherwise comic narrative


enlivens


dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances


a great american adventure and


the director 's talent


the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .


the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances


the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .


` wow ' factor


is well crafted , and well executed


very stupid and annoying


it wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt .


that it 's also one of the smartest


contenders


undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy


i wo n't be sitting through this one again


this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie .


put through torture for an hour and a half


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


landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch


most wondrous


the movie is without intent .


incredibly captivating and insanely funny


, the four feathers comes up short


the most entertaining monster movies


stellar


keep it from being simpleminded


visual flair


done-to-death material


bad people


it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .


( russell ) makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards


donovan ... squanders his main asset


rude and


stink bomb .


i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .


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


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


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


strip it of all its excess debris ,


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


its pretensions


throw smoochy from the train !


loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin


becomes compulsively watchable


dull ,


work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse


triteness


evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain


gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls


is all the more remarkable because it


keep it up


certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories


with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone


unpleasantly


if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened


a return ticket


hardened indie-heads


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


takes to describe how bad it is


a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry


movie rapes


... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics .


brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade .


rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language .


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


snow dogs deserves every single one of them


incredibly layered and stylistic film


at a snail 's pace


a better satiric target


flair and bouncing bravado


a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .


get weird ,


the execution is pretty weary


is at once intimate and universal cinema


complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days


surgeon mends


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


flawless film , ( wang )


no palpable chemistry


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


uncreative


its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing


is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery .


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


lustrous polished


offers an interesting look


can not engage


translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya .


how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible


as visually bland


look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role


this somewhat tired premise


are your cup of blood


limps along


a terrific effort


go down in the annals of cinema


remarkably original work


it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers


excruciatingly unfunny and


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


unmistakable , easy joie


, touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot


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


entirely stale concept


will amuse or entertain them


wobbly premise work


drifts aimlessly


town


is an uneven film for the most part


does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers


of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves


is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism


a cold movie


hard-sell image-mongering


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


story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre


lie


, its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .


less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese


interesting and accessible


has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .


, remote , emotionally distant piece


crime drama


's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .


's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .


sexy , and rousing


may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .


a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness


, the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .


its premise is smart


boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun


for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .


's tv sitcom material at best


resident evil


often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .


the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and


forget its absurdity .


was kind of terrific once


mind-numbing indifference


ambition but no sense of pride or shame


the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though


a crucial third act miscalculation


the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project


a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel


the soulful nuances


shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles


value whatsoever


tricky and satisfying


, cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .


originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies


's very beavis and butthead ,


sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions


ripoff


is long on narrative and ( too ) short


hastily written


has some problems


remains vividly in memory long


made the first one charming


take it


a fifty car pileup of cliches


're struggling to create .


not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .


it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad


improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary


highly uneven and inconsistent


still-raw emotions


clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .


overladen with plot conceits


assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony


into clichés


big stars and high production values are standard procedure


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


is one big , dumb action movie .


must be the end of the world


coordinated his own dv poetry


leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .


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


yes , but also intriguing and honorable ,


is instead a cheap cliché


a modestly surprising movie .


keep it interested


the very definition of epic adventure


jams too many prefabricated story elements


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


in the same old story


a compelling , gut-clutching piece


should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .


frozen tundra soap opera


the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable .


cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults


embraces life in public


is generally quite funny .


showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches


a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight


the fierce grandeur


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


a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian-themed fun


feeble comedy


thought-provoking


michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .


have bitterly forsaken


deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered .


with some fine acting


do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


lee 's achievement 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 .


consummate actor


to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal


rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .


pungent bite


has all the values of a straight-to-video movie


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


a stirring visual sequence


darned assured


plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast


dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .


are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .


an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending


thoroughly awful


technically superb


a dashing and resourceful hero


with heart


cutesy romantic tale


sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys


irritating


dopey


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


the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series .


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


dullard


this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .


sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating


eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece


instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos .


about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances


a more sheerly beautiful film


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


snide and prejudice


from both a great and a terrible story , mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .


a movie with a bigger , fatter heart


had more to do with imagination than market research


was n't at least watchable


sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago .


engaging and intimate


blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .


a brilliant , absurd collection


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


this movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101 .


expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup .


almost as offensive


will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .


fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller


i liked the movie ,


really vocalized


the lion king


is a winner


a new favorite musical


the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself


captain


with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .


too little excitement and zero compelling storyline


flaws


that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about


a re-hash of the other seven films


a well-made pizza


noticeably less energy and imagination


there 's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .


, beloved genres


's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies


collapses into an inhalant blackout


at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty --


a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what


the hype , the celebrity ,


the best advice is : ` scooby ' do n't .


the modern master of the chase sequence


much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present


serve no other purpose


both overplayed and exaggerated


that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other


, this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .


a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special .


easy to make such a worthless film


to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins


so crass


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


's nowhere near as exciting as either .


precious little of either


that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .


extraordinarily


be as bored watching morvern callar


crisp framing , edgy camera work , and


fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .


( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina


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 .


big , fat , dumb


spreads itself too thin ,


a rumor of angels should dispel it .


what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .


while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter


solid pedigree


's the element of condescension ,


from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school


better off staying on the festival circuit


exciting and well-paced


is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .


if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .


to mention absolutely refreshed


a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy


beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game


staggeringly dreadful romance .


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


into a future they wo n't much care about


it is n't much fun .


just does n't work


, achingly human


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


becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten


with memorable zingers


final verdict : you 've seen it all before .


affectingly


starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers


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


becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship


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


great submarine stories


of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement


at his 12th oscar nomination


managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood


little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )


seem at least passably real


not exactly assured in its execution


is a big time stinker


a bland , surfacey way


who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest


nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but


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


as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus


looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes


a peculiar malaise that renders its tension


be delightfully compatible here


is among wiseman 's warmest


interminably bleak


naïveté and arbitrary


witless mess


oddly fascinating depiction


a stylish cast and


dropped


more confused


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


a pleasure


no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us


is a commanding screen presence


something that really matters


offers no easy , comfortable resolution


only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick


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


hard , endearing , caring , warm .


lack-of-attention span


clever by about nine-tenths


forget


the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times


too dry and


into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies


imaginative kid 's movie


to surrealism and black comedy


the sheer ugliness of everything else


on shame


that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other


there are some fairly unsettling scenes ,


american and


fine , old-fashioned-movie movie


rooting against ,


overly-familiar


missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play


exploitation piece


stuffy


you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy


an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter


ten


the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack


a reader 's digest condensed version


transcends culture and race


brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .


that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny


there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat


but seriously , folks , it does n't work .


the execution


offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex ,


that should be used to burn every print of the film


thoroughly involving


more than a little pretentious


wilco fans will have a great time ,


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


a bad movie that


failure .


morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed


that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack


cheap shocks


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


the worst -- and only -- killer website movie


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


a glorified sitcom


reasonable


just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years


an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .


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


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


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


all over this `` un-bear-able '' project


the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .


clean-cut


wonderfully funny


is never able to pull it back on course .


helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses


ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel


disorientated


it arrives


enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension


the son of the bride 's humor is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .


focus


exuberance and passion


65-minute trifle


as the very best of them


seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings


disguise the fact


a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy


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


exasperating


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


incredible subtlety and acumen


droning


two of those well spent


shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .


only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .


that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby


there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit


bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .


the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor


glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .


such blatant and sickening product placement


have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way


captivating new film .


to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project


making it par for the course for disney sequels


gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug


has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short


needing other people


it 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun .


ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling


at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left


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


oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material


trailer-trash style .


wonderfully edited


's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie


imax trip


an intelligent screenplay and


so vivid a portrait


jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .


spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry


mention `` solaris '' five years from now and i 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share .


in the knowledge imparted


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


captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world


it 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .


what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender


, implausible


with its wry observations


it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers


handled affair , a film about human darkness but etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch


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


unrelentingly grim -- and


sweetest thing


in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .


the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent


biography channel


the tuxedo was n't just bad


i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .


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


with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .


quite vapid


well-done


i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material


its awkward structure and


a powerful commentary


recalls


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


the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls .


people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny


, history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence


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


goofiest stuff


pleased


short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy