expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women .


good sense


he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .


try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde


comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors


an exceptionally good idea


are sweet and believable ,


full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow !


an obvious rapport with her actors and


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


been told and retold


its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


is supposed to be madcap farce


each one of these people stand out


like .


very much worth


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


strives


an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video .


amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination


a serious movie with serious ideas .


thriller remarkable


, is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is


touching , smart and complicated


angelina jolie 's surprising flair


self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash


cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances


, colorful , semimusical


a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .


leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach


more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine


among the studio 's animated classics


not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics


recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera


tells us nothing new


is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .


the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man


is of the darkest variety


worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .


into splatter movies


derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved


instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way


first real masterpiece


are consistently delightful


strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .


dud from frame one .


maid in manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .


paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script


low-grade


i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and


a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché


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


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


it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america


is rigid and evasive in ways


uneven performances


ingeniously constructed than `` memento ''


a dreary movie .


like a well-made pb & j sandwich


the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious


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


to remake sleepless in seattle again and again


directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue


a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment


seems more tacky and reprehensible


given by the capable cast


a deficit


i 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but real women have curves truly is life affirming .


the widowmaker is a great yarn


screwing things up old school


's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama


equate to being good ,


a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics .


tinged with tragic undertones


extreme action-packed film


that never


of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure


a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week


a successful one


found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style


to our dismay


comparatively sane and healthy


, obnoxious 88-minute


this movie 's got it


putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .


sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices


a string of ensemble cast romances recently


to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget


pointed , often tender ,


sharp and


seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots


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


the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .


warmed-over cold war paranoia


is the most visually unappealing


, the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .


current americanized adaptation


an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema


nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .


into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need


director todd solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies , and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates .


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


tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price


at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .


a very well-meaning movie ,


was just a matter of ` eh


nature film and a tribute


does n't add up


an incongruous summer playoff


beats new life


mundane soap opera


known as ' a perfect family film


to arrest development in a dead-end existence


has several strong performances .


is not


a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity


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


a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office .


somewhat tired premise


has something to say


love , communal discord ,


into the urban heart


of good sense


a light ,


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


lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .


skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience


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


a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration


kaufman 's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .


sell it


exceedingly memorable


a fantastic movie


delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids


crash-and-bash action


slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .


gentle , endearing


happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .


it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


turd squashed


knucklehead swill


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


decide what annoyed me most about god is great


like a mix of cheech and chong


- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked


this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip


self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing kaufman


by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot


brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top ,


we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


no lika


is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience


a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo


it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times


more timely than its director could ever have dreamed


what is kind of special


missed opportunity


undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards


the pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life


, it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence


colors the picture in some evocative shades


undone


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


beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom .


allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself


some cute moments , funny scenes , and


unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france


hardhearted scrooge


7th heaven


ensues are much blood-splattering


unlike


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


dialogue and plot lapses


it comes off as annoying rather than charming


, labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .


manipulating our collective fear


a number of holes


, i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .


good cinematography


's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .


despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes


to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one


a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success


mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face


his boisterous energy


this a high water mark for this genre


a fascinating character study


humor and


the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year .


written , flatly ,


for a breath of fresh air now and then


far superior film


a snore


song-and-dance-man


a sharp script


assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio --


too predictable and


a role of almost bergmanesque intensity


plodding


none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .


goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so


too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .


inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience


strong piece


earns extra points by acting as if it were n't


the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications .


is its utter sincerity .


manipulative and


the plot offers few surprises


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


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


has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


ends up being neither


consummate actor barry has done excellent work here .


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


this distinguished actor


acute expressiveness


goes straight to video


the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay


might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention


releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults


sweet , tender sermon


gaping


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


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


gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air


with such clarity


enigma lacks it .


offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .


a classic theater piece


to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments


it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment


the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .


lack contrast , are murky and


muddled ,


there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but peter mattei 's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note


one of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies


the rich promise of the script


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


some like it


promised ( or threatened ) for later this year


is at 22 a powerful young actor .


an engaging story


the film was better than saving private ryan


as darkly funny , energetic , and


acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .


no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight


an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and


fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter


seems aware of his own coolness


a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it


that was old when ` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938


a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion


marginal


is one of this year 's very best pictures


hyper-artificiality


place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics


sensuous and spirited tale


's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted


scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics


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


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


a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem


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


a such a brainless flibbertigibbet


of tradition and warmth


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


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


splendid performances


an elegant and sly deadpan comedy .


take the viewer inside the wave


watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises


to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy


an overly sillified plot


too much to do , too little time to do it in


, here comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation .


spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say


that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women


reminiscent of alfred hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` signs ' occur while waiting for things to happen .


for insights


, juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre


got me grinning


is charming


tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


supposedly funny


lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .


has a pleasing way with a metaphor


fairly slow paced


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


oddly detached


's never dull


a bad imitation


being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


that made the full monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work


shows deft comic timing .


that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago


the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80


rich and luscious


i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .


the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory


the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative


why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ?


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


feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks


all the same problems the majority of action comedies have


absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers


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


fulfilling


of the grieving process


sort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them .


either 11 times too many or else too few


by the time it 's done with us ,


an engaging and moving portrait


wears out its limited welcome


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


yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so


could have been a daytime soap opera


memorable


the crassness of this reactionary thriller


stuffiest cinema goers


satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,


the filmmakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .


suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .


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


sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth


really bad imitation


goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling


terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing


ca n't sustain it .


refreshed and hopeful


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


a remarkable and novel concept


modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare


somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton


special


could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format


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


as history


that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients


this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .


considerable charm


is enormously good fun .


an enjoyable above average summer diversion .


a good job


that the franchise 's best years are long past


the true impact of the day


is somewhat entertaining


gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .


puréed mélange


thoroughly entertaining


certain charm


it may not be a great piece of filmmaking ,


all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .


the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens


takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about


providing an experience that is richer than anticipated


obvious as telling a country skunk


is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .


enjoy it


that good theatre


for genre fans


a pathetic exploitation film


queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role --


easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year


a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him


less as a documentary and more as a found relic


is a step down for director gary fleder .


all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence .


a serious movie


's to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves


and good intentions


feels like a glossy rehash


pushes too hard


is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .


very charming and funny


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


this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .


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


well-acted ,


laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period


solid cast


damon and


too much obvious padding


talented director as chen kaige


for once


even gritty enough


this is not an easy film .


raw comic energy


the real turns magical


its fun


the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing


could take me back to a time before i saw this movie


that it has n't gone straight to video


accomplished work


it 's plotless , shapeless


subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer


resonant film since the killer


is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little **** .


is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .


along looking for astute observations and coming up blank


, love .


the characters are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .


is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .


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


seem disappointing


the face of death


nature and family warmth


horrendously


is a tale worth catching .


the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement .


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


not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous


the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .


a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish


... manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .


nebrida


gross romanticization


epics


is amazing ,


of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged


an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind


the inherent absurdity


in the truest sense


of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen


another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title .


avoid


carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others


works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times


for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why


is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend


was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy


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


for nearly three hours


mean-spirited film


friend


deeply pessimistic or


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


colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .


instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza


a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age .


bogs down in genre cliches here


when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .


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


, godfrey reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .


a serious movie with serious ideas


breathe life into this somewhat tired premise


drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress


a wry , affectionate delight .


a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity


sucks , but has a funny moment or two


has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism .


gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' - standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth .


goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better


uneven ,


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


clichéd to a fault


you laugh


with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( crane ) becomes more specimen than character --


this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror .


a juicy writer


make you feel like a sucker


's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects


chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .


it is generally amusing from time to time


soap opera-ish dialogue


complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones


poor


is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents


are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones


has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most


two tedious


a nearly terminal case


because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin .


( t ) oo many of these gross out scenes ...


stylistically , the movie is a disaster .


as beautiful ,


genial-rogue shtick


louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense .


giggly


is a pretty decent little documentary .


purgatory county


best and most mature comedy


an elegantly balanced movie


astonishingly skillful and moving ... it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one


is way , way off .


is the central flaw of the film


memorable cinematic experience


of the bad reviews


director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks


we never feel anything for these characters , and


certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike


though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess .


rumor


happy listening to movies


the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me


strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but


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


reach for a barf bag


a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way


genuine insight into the urban heart


`` radical '' or `` suck ''


lurid and less


a dead-end existence


sad nonsense ,


tear their eyes away


run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets


scuzzy underbelly


larded


foundering performance


lulls you into a gentle waking coma .


ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .


resident evil is not it


lead actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .


fighting the same fights


visually atrocious


poking their genitals into fruit pies


the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart .


one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing


the hours , a delicately crafted film ,


a film of delicate interpersonal dances .


a lousy one


at the edge of your seat for long stretches


intimate contemplation


baffling mixed platter


finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


non-exploitive approach


the problem with all of this : it 's not really funny .


from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes


a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades .


charmless


finely crafted , finely written ,


shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time


... unlike ( scorsese 's mean streets ) , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .


an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again


a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants


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


odoriferous thing ...


strongest performance


, your senses are as mushy as peas


, no one can hear you snore


half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2


cruel


relative letdown .


lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .


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


laughs and not the last time


're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license


his future wife


going to be something really good


accessible


earnest study


cunning


includes one of the strangest


most daring


the laborious pacing and


a photographic marvel


massive cardiac arrest


but still quite tasty and inviting all the same


an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection


eisenstein delivers .


soars above the material realm


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


being able to give full performances


humor and


a solid ,


is sorely lacking .


in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk


a definitive account


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


better drama


far short


inviting all the same


a solid and refined piece


suffer the same fate


delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households


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


failing


purposeless


the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride


the story goes nowhere


a glorious dose


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


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


kung pow is oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that .


shallow , noisy and pretentious


posing as a real movie .


a thriller , and the performances


with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver


wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance


heartfelt story


conservative christian parents and


an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation


an extraordinary faith in the ability of images


's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist


a detailed historical document


weaknesses


exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk ,


's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling


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


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


astonishingly skillful and moving


the home video market


plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit


confident filmmaking and


succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture


, it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .


beyond its formula


releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and


a glorious spectacle


sensitive and astute


can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )


an elegant work , food of love


's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .


vulgarity , sex scenes


most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


sleep-inducingly


touching love story


by a disastrous ending


's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet


a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten


authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless ,


sorry use of aaliyah in her one


making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases


in this every-joke-has - been-told-a


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


almost humdrum approach to character development


sassy interpretation


faithful


there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them


redolent of a thousand cliches


of france 's most inventive directors


almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --


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


thirst


in on the resourceful amnesiac


figures prominently in this movie , and


tour de


is a bore


off-puttingly cold


children behave like adults and everyone


his aversion


this beautifully


deeply humanizing


a tone of rueful compassion ...


though the film is static


self-defeatingly decorous


lifeless execution


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


make for one splendidly cast pair .


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


from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen


a pasolini film without passion or politics


could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans


a hallmark film


genuine heart


run-of-the-filth gangster flicks


surrealistic


( maybe twice )


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


-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .


you really want to understand what this story is really all about


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


had no trouble sitting for blade ii .


another clever if pointless excursion


the visual flair and bouncing bravado


with no good inside dope , and no particular bite


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


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


in me


the film has a terrific look and


skidding


the rare sequel


eventful


understand her choices


disposable


admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace


inconclusive


do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money


reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart


gay love stories


a sardonic jolt


cheap scam


to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept


dreadful


ill-advised and


such sensitivity


believe that people have lost the ability to think


that ( jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in venice/venice


ragbag


a warm , moving message


the effort is sincere and the results are honest


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


self-consciously arty


an absorbing look


strangely tempting bouquet


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


the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .


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


the best film of the year 2002 .


pay to see it


is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time


it 's all the stronger because of it


a spark of its own


there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .


poky


great performances


two-day old porridge


whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep


fascinating profile


horrible poetry


hot-button items


immersed


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


` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .


most admirable quality


wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step


ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff


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


come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .


has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player .


i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great ... i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care


there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body


submarine movie


an intriguing what-if premise


in a stunning fusion of music and images


the brain


you 're almost dozing


mind-destroying cinematic pollution


of family , forgiveness and love


a tired tyco ad


is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power


uncinematic but


, verve and fun


is blood-curdling stuff


druggy


things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk ,


used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending


's lots of cute animals and clumsy people


familiar road


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


is strange and compelling


offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable


of renegade-cop tales


is well worthwhile .


has really found his groove these days


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


the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies


so vivid


severe body odor


how clever


used my two hours better watching


no such thing is a big letdown .


the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener


manipulation or corny conventions


pointless mayhem


i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept ,


a mobius strip


nincompoop


truly is life affirming


satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale


well-directed


our best actors


a cohesive story


those with a modicum of patience


not a good movie


fierce grace


it does n't work as either .


a smart , nuanced look at de sade


graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies .


vital action sequences


instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .


that it risks monotony


result in a movie that works against itself .


a popcorn film , not a must-own ,


give what can easily be considered career-best performances


overstimulated


some of the computer animation is handsome


an absurd finale


the best comedy concert movie


the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery


vulgar innuendo


the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly .


is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that 's hard to resist .


a 94-minute travesty


be mildly amusing


face frightening late fees


one of those all-star reunions


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


stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .


rotten


a vivid imagination


is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .


so insanely stupid ,


`` sorority boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad


it may be a no-brainer


pleasant enough --


a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit


of sly humor


this sensuous and spirited tale


be surefire casting


that verges on the amateurish


that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence


documentary to disregard available bias


deliciously nonsensical comedy


is honestly affecting


a disappointment


are remarkable .


like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net .


uncluttered


are both superb ,


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


as the film has some of the best special effects ever


photographed with color and depth , and rather a good time .


a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness


almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '


seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .


steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .


sink the movie .


if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular


of small town regret , love , duty and friendship


is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail


o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually


older


tired jokes


for the most part , the film is deadly dull


sexiness


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


cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama


action sequences and some of the worst dialogue


racist humor


an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama


a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america


technical flaws


the girls ' amusing personalities


feels incredibly hokey


, i hated myself in the morning .


willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


most splendid


pure venality


irresistible blend


action hero performances


a surprisingly juvenile lark ,


, shrewd , powerful act


even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light


a gritty style and an excellent cast


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


more fun than conan the barbarian


the gloomy film noir veil


as a ghost story gone badly awry


choose to skip it


, brash and mainly unfunny


perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features


it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


, the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .


great team


's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .


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


a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker


jason x is this bad on purpose


edge


entrapment


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


this likable movie


it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break


the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .


does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve


bad to be good


... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .


try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching


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


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


me feel unclean


were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke 's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` do not go gentle into that good theatre . '


clever , offbeat


her pure fantasy character ,


whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy


unfolds as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .


an eye on preserving a sense of mystery


goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan


loved on first sight and , even more important


an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence .


charm , cultivation and devotion to his people


a potentially good comic premise and


charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy .


the film grows on you .


intellectually and logistically a mess .


's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf .


movie-of-the-week


b movie


of adolescent sturm und drang


crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality


for an eagerness


we 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .


the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games


pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .


the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary


find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology


be embraced


, eisenstein delivers .


to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry


the story ... is hackneyed


innocent , childlike


fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .


about surprising us by trying something new


béart and berling are both superb , while huppert ... is magnificent .


on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls


we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society


spontaneous creativity and


the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism .


we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and


oppressive


atypically hypnotic approach


japanese epic


great past


looking down at your watch and


marginal characters


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


be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title


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


a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god


shows excess in business and pleasure ,


for a director i admire


rounded and revealing


conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle


fascinating character 's


is priceless .


be talking about the film once you exit the theater


it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence


taylor 's cartoonish performance and


... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . '


shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film


will forgive the flaws and love the film


one of the most original american productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .


there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale .


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


sorrowful lows


a remarkably original work


, this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .


're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments


only so much baked cardboard i need to chew


disguise 24/7


a great way


to reel in the audience


, the more you will probably like it .


knows how to tell us about people


forget its absurdity


any naked teenagers horror flick


is not an easy film .


noticeable lack


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


ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter


that 's where the film ultimately fails


even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold


their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people


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


the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers


devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower .


young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale


grow increasingly disturbed


a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .


about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution


from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic


disapproval


rape and


silly -- and gross --


visual delights


is n't worth telling


is grand-scale


denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism


-- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --


an intelligent flick


a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart .


beautiful film to watch


can do no wrong with jason x.


lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo


franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler


huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes


believing people were paid to make it


funniest idea


unbearably beautiful


's updating works surprisingly well


two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .


this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .


why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?


a bright , inventive , thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .


stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric


what 's next ?


if you saw it on tv , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .


love and


savvy director robert j. siegel and his co-writers


passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears


j. lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : she 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl .


an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness


doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves


is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


favor


i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .


buried , drowned


is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .


rambling


... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters


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


's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .


the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood


, you will enjoy seeing how both evolve


almost perpetually wasted


thoroughly enjoyable .


is painfully bad


as naturally charming


overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message :


lacking substance and soul


bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material


this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking .


is dreamy and evocative


well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process


a fair bit


makes it worth the trip to the theater


darkly funny


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


sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy


starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner .


to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy


even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread


graceless and devoid


original hit movie


his supple understanding of the role


it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .


serious suspense


embarrassingly ham-fisted


her passionate , tumultuous affair


are spectacular


like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing ,


gon na like this movie


forgiveness and love


why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad


a sweet and sexy film


a decent attempt


is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .


you can almost see mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` this is going to be something really good . '


timeless


is too heady for children , and too preachy


a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics


are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp


heart and unsettling subject matter


that keeps you


misuse


that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch


vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .


may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting


cult classic


unflattering


delivers real bump-in - the-night chills


what 's most memorable about circuit


one thing 's for sure -- if george romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head .


an encouraging new direction


classy , sprightly spin


ca n't help but feel ` stoked .


, sex with strangers is a success .


totally estranged from reality


, delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .


and poorly-constructed comedy


dreadful day


exploitation film


a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography


a vivid personality


the fist is hilarious


see this terrific film with your kids --


farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher


the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .


of creative belly laughs


controversy


needs to pull his head out of his butt


it a step further , richer and deeper


is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin


's hardly watchable


an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships


not amused by the sick sense of humor


are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday


this rich and luscious


its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious ,


it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain


the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .


needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ?


oftentimes funny


has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be


seem to be surefire casting


some intriguing characters


winning family story


a charming , banter-filled comedy ...


alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny


as moronic as some campus


ploddingly melodramatic structure


works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era


laugh as well .


original and highly cerebral


here seems to have recharged him .


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


an impeccable study


see her esther blossom as an actress


minority report '' astounds .


by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material


not well-acted


in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency


, the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .


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


wishy-washy .


each other so intensely , but with restraint


far more interesting


rugrats


, insight and humor


and mind games


unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema


an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement .


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


his characters stage


a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking


while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic


was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...


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


is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .


a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '


keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .


you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation


the psychology too textbook to intrigue


, it 's pretty stupid .


bravo for history


is a winner .


accepting him in the role


of businesses


is a dazzling conceptual feat


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


an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and


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


( b )


which should appeal to women


a nationwide blight


effectively creepy-scary thriller


brutally honest individual


all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax


breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes


crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .


also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience


more hackneyed elements


is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material .


the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair


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


mesmerizing performance


if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake .


an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle


is more depressing than entertaining


wrong reasons


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


put in service


to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor


are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .


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


is sympathetic without being gullible


a great and a terrible story


negligible british comedy .


sacrificing its high-minded appeal


warm


sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts


beautiful , aching sadness


they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .


's compelling


whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude


simplistic , silly and tedious .


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


to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times


as he was about inner consciousness


ugly , pointless , stupid movie


it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .


, amusing and unsettling


rolling your eyes in the dark


, stylized humor throughout


no charm ,


i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché


if only merchant paid more attention the story .


is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving


have its charms


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


every punchline predictable


no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract


feral and uncomfortable .


bogus


are typical sandler fare


plenty of fun for all


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


a colorful , joyous celebration of life


george 's haplessness


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


sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .


compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness


a charismatic charmer


on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness


both the beauty


the riveting performances


bouncing bravado


, no such thing is a fascinating little tale .


should have been a painless time-killer


a minimalist beauty


it 's drab .


an admirable reconstruction


gifted performers


so often end up on cinema screens


the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness


on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns


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


romeo and juliet/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going


good action , good acting


as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions


frustratingly timid and soggy


's real visual charge to the filmmaking


have preceded it


a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely


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


had a wonderful account to work from


barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely


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


a community-college advertisement


asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives


caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .


a mischievous visual style


call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .


interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .


warmth


behind bars


the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story


is notable for its sheer audacity and openness


, steven soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .


this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .


a bit exploitative but also nicely done


the love


more than merely a holocaust movie


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


was painful


charismatic enough


the trip there is a great deal of fun .


manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .


in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .


keeps throwing fastballs


here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .


is that it does n't give a damn


spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an orc from a uruk-hai .


walked out of runteldat


keep watching the skies for his next project


the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow


land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .


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


want the story to go on and on


this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ;


woefully hackneyed


a brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel


re-fried


worthy of the price of a ticket


hope


was just a matter of ` eh . '


carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''


a better person


one summer film that satisfies


so unmemorable


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


's been done before


its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .


bags


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


dignified ceo 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree .


at 18 or 80


cuter


the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it .


tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun .


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


to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .


very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut


thinly-conceived


vividly back


it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .


've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel .


this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .


rewritten , and


snow dogs finds its humor in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him


to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .


explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens


near-fatal mistake


complex and quirky , but entirely believable


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


be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made


banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be


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


more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions


comes from the heart


, funny and beautifully


gone a tad less for grit and a lot more


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


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


a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell


slip into the modern rut of narrative banality


alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale


pretentious


's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable


fahrenheit 451


allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced


tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump


telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug


made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries


the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


was utterly charming .


outnumber the hits by three-to-one .


of purpose


i am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson .


just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting .


it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison .


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


a rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( seagal 's ) earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat .


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


is wondrously creative


chance to learn , to grow , to travel


kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script


are quietly moving


the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .


're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles


down to whether you can tolerate leon barlow


a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .


stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .


( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .


balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness


lousy guy ritchie imitation


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


wheezy


a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up


those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking .


meditative and lyrical


realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times


in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react


consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way ,


lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


here are unintentional .


have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma


the immediate aftermath


blockbusters


blockbuster


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


intriguing subject


to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay


it 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 .


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before


that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .


something is rotten in the state of california


are not to be dismissed


grab us


interesting work


baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within .


why it fails


one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid


that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


pretty moments


the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama


and unfunny tricks


philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest


credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson


insignificant


good inside dope


receiving war department telegrams


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


got something


consciously dumbed-down approach


rut


has no teeth


a very good time


a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks


that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september


seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense


trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge


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


sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .


tensions


the grandeur


the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff ,


both 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


dreaded


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


yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .


be occupied for 72 minutes


is often preachy


very charming and funny movie


a delightful surprise


touching , small-scale story


is twice as bestial but half as funny .


a turkey


beauty


of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract


debt miramax felt they owed to benigni


the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves


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


fragmented


quirky drama


's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work .


money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low


meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots


ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand


some tasty grub


resonant chord


funnier .


that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


a lack


gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along


overripe episode


a fun ride .


is well-made


, overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other


believing it was just coincidence


this region and its inhabitants


c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy .


incompetent , incoherent or


the ups and downs of friendships


skillfully assembled , highly polished


grownups


the problematic script


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


deeply and rightly


its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high


nuances


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


i loved on first sight and , even more important


it stinks


an elegant visual sense


sloppy plotting


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


noteworthy


a thoughtful , reverent portrait


who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest


many insightful moments .


undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality


a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance


able


hate myself most mornings


impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect


an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients


a crisp psychological drama


the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending


's quite fun in places .


cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.


holm does his sly , intricate magic , and


a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood


a pretty good overall picture


oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that


enveloping sounds


only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny


is a gem .


the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite


in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth


without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision


heartwarmingly


brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .


it 's mission accomplished


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


than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films


that 's there to scare while we delight in the images


bittersweet camaraderie and history


all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .


he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic


too many characters


's something there


inside righteousness


wittier


great yarn


provocative stuff


it gets the details of its time frame right


in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .


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


avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation ,


suspend your disbelief here and now ,


nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully


sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept


recommend it for its originality alone


you 're in a slap-happy mood


in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema


an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere .


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


a commanding screen presence


are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters


like a masterpiece


this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits .


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


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


angry potshots


the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson


rare documentary


distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .


unimaginative comedian


some real vitality


with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles


( but none of the sheer lust )


glosses over rafael 's evolution


especially with the weak payoff


will have an intermittently good time .


manages sweetness largely without stickiness


is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80


an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game


offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar


courageous


onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind


put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes


well-acted


found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .


... very funny , very enjoyable ...


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


a beautiful canvas


made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars


good action , good acting , good dialogue ,


there 's plenty to offend everyone ...


delightful entree


so well


plotless


it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .


to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed .


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


recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal


idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well


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


creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .


flat , flat dialogue


no real narrative logic


humorous .


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


put away the guitar ,


proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that


's also pretty funny


if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .


is astounding on any number of levels


stays there for the duration


impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure


a vivid , spicy footnote


does n't leave you with much


film ' in the worst sense of the expression


little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point ... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .


, high-adrenaline documentary .


are gorgeous and finely detailed


has succeeded beyond all expectation .


has a rather unique approach to documentary


be viewed as pure composition and form --


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


and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans


at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken


aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once


works its way up


to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history


the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action ,


an intriguing story


meditative and


villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .


paid enough to sit through crap like this


a film that has nothing


forced drama in this wildly uneven movie ,


none-too-funny commentary


... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .


a high enough level


rather tired


has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .


go where we went 8 movies ago


inane ramblings


a dream


both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations


of terrific


most of the distance


stale first act , scrooge story ,


ignore


the film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .


may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence


he just slopped ` em together here


vital comic ingredient


a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage


candy and cheeky


a full experience ,


the same mistake


two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema


leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions


a painful ride


does n't drag an audience down


an odd drama


the storylines are woven together skilfully


shimmering cinematography


a rich and full life


just plain


is effective


celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs


continues to improve


consistent emotional conviction


a better thriller


film a must for everyone from junior scientists


peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want .


worst thing


is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller .


the dialogue frequently misses the mark


-- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --


develop her own film language


ignite sparks


the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits


, elusive , yet inexplicably


's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly


he 's just adjusting


welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion


poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast


to visit , this laboratory of laughter


one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .


a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i


it 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .


every one ( and no one )


shoddy


jealous


are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed


forgets to make it entertaining


if also somewhat hermetic .


all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment


who are enthusiastic about something and then


by-the-numbers yarn .


this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .


, ( haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .


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


amazement


old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle


admirable reconstruction


notorious reputation


you thought was going to be really awful


legal battle


crash-and-bash


though clearly well-intentioned


his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways


walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .


psychologically probing


dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


is actually one of its strengths


death and mind-numbing indifference


of a big , tender hug


itself -- as well its delightful cast --


it has definite weaknesses


racial profiling hollywood style


being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema


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


they spend years trying to comprehend it


daring and


this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .


that there is no rest period , no timeout


maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor


way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore


is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .


everything is off .


an eventual cult classic would be an understatement


the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .


rape and suspected murder


can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop


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


give it considerable punch


dialogue , 30 seconds of plot


hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie


it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun


the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers


, it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .


composed delivery


visual style


the real deal


cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh .


a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy .


it ultimately delivers


smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors


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


shamefully


confident


, you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .


seems to want to be a character study , but apparently


is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish


most elusive


a hugely enjoyable film


is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .


reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .


he does display an original talent


scream


jovial


may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours


- worst of all -


gentle , lapping rhythms of this film


gets full mileage


preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor


not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .


hollywood trap


lumpen


as a director , eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising


false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices


world traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something .


that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises


is nonexistent .


the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell


apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters


performances


illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey


last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .


following up a delightful , well-crafted family film


better movie experience


katz 's documentary does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it .


be an astronaut


( a ) smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks .


a gripping drama .


slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale


undeniably fascinating and playful fellow


stand in future years as an eloquent memorial


keep my attention


should strike a nerve in many .


the worst elements of all of them


a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington


seems to really care


well acted by diane lane and richard gere .


that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .


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


childlike dimness


terrific casting and


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


love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane


hymn and a cruel story of youth culture


eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .


wondering why lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery


the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing


romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .


the unfulfilling


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


dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and


incorporates so much


already-shallow


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


as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times


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


is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications


the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism


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


is corcuera 's attention to detail .


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


onto a different path


tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah


may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .


large cast


amounts of beautiful movement and inside information


subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other


a great cast


such superficial treatment


admirable storyteller


ludicrous


it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '


sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell


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


limitations


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


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


the astute direction


if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and cliché


a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition


pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic .


conservative christian parents


has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references .


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


ms. phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .


of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale


of spectacular belly flops


catapulting the artist


by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime


a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it


on its way


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


beautiful , entertaining two hours


the edge of your seat , tense with suspense


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


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


a muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations


captivates and shows


is horrible


the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor


increasingly disturbed


is less about a superficial midlife crisis


something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere


a prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp .


an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow


paper thin


that is gorgeously


not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works


, the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son .


sprightly


it was worth your seven bucks


that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category


will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''


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