can not disguise the slack complacency of ( godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice


of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary


heartfelt concern


watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights


of the worst possibilities of mankind


miserable


( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .


can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself


a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron


a rounded and revealing overview


enjoy the new guy .


is straight from the saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness


a non-stop cry for attention


thoughtful , unapologetically raw


murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team


both heartbreaking


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


absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist


tickles


potty-mouthed enough


clumsy cliché


through kafka 's meat grinder


invite


that were already tired 10 years ago


regret and , ultimately , finding redemption


it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium


the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars


to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .


the minds and hearts of many


sentimental


are simply intoxicating .


is kind of special


the cinematic canon ,


creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .


seem like such a bore


never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days .


eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful


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


sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , ( ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .


if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational


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


the 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about .


simple-minded and stereotypical


gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ...


its unsettling force


half-assed film .


sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning


steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good


hard-hitting


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


incoherent


as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care


sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things


incredibly layered and stylistic


at a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .


with really poor comedic writing


wastes its time on mood


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


greatest mistake


hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over


degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .


carl


the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort


less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .


is a big letdown .


put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today


this thing works on no level whatsoever for me .


they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson


( reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair .


an hour and a half of joyful solo performance .


frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness


is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is


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


ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego .


predictability is the only winner


great crimes


it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but olympia , wash. , based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting


done that ... a thousand times already


no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


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


good thing


the feat with aplomb


strange and wonderful creatures


the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang


slow


ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients


less entertaining


by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing


the film 's ill-considered notion


mattel


the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant


than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up


by its lack of purpose


intimate and


seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else


fat


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


pick your nose instead


'' and `` terrible


the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow


derivative


all , a condition only the old are privy to


more emotional force than any other recent film


is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay


wise-beyond-her-years teen


the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .


the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .


'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen .


so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .


my own tortured psyche


the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich


fun-loving libertine


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


break up


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


eat popcorn


deserves a place of honor next to nanook


is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb


wafer-thin


turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy


the most original fantasy film


's no conversion effort


uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks !


to shout insults at the screen


genuine ones


what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .


that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop


with a bouncy score


one of the year 's best films


a fleeting grasp


appreciate


, there 's something vital about the movie .


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


the euphoria


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


be best forgotten


that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot


a listless and desultory affair .


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


entertaining and informative documentary


and insufferable ball


the sleekness of the film 's present


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


its emotional power


an ordeal than an amusement


well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too


was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .


smooth , shrewd , powerful act


glossy rehash


the one not-so-small problem with expecting


a nicely


unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers


a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be


, delicately performed


perceptive , good-natured movie


almost saves the movie .


race splitting


a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived


exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact )


... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .


as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart


pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws


like a hazy high that takes too long to shake


, and rousing


immature provocations


serve the work especially well


ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film .


graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful ,


that were once amusing


tame


another gross-out college comedy --


best spent elsewhere


distant


the battle


you feel genuinely good


like quirky , slightly strange french films


first major studio production


as a low-budget series on a uhf channel


successfully blended satire


a high-powered star pedigree


a waste


well-made


thought-provoking and


us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way


even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve , and


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


have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries


's worth yet another visit


expressionistic license


the visual flourishes


the script has less spice than a rat burger


explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut


more mindless drivel


simply astounding


incompetent ,


gets the tone just right --


pc stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .


however , it 's invaluable


... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .


personal self-discovery


are great rewards here .


characteristically engorged and


who is chasing who


's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .


just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year


most good-hearted yet


a gratingly unfunny groaner


cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view


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


most disappointing


sophisticated wit


in a summer of clones


cliched dialogue and perverse escapism


a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities .


dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .


feel like three hours


owes enormous debts


bogs down in a surfeit of characters and


insipid


seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


one regards reign of fire with awe .


it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout


has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream


the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing


schneider is no steve martin


murderous maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...


a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal


's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .


twohy 's a good yarn-spinner ,


humanity 's greatest shame


sweet cinderella story


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


makin ' a fool of himself


an engrossing story


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


, for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life


sucking you in ... and making you sweat


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


is in his element


has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavors and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book


a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying


enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary .


it 's a long way from orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .


does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting


a happy ending


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


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


seem one-dimensional


throw each other out windows


though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .


the worst movies of the year


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


ultra-cheesy


playfully


action-packed film


if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in


hefty thematic material


noticeably less


victim


to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy


heart


did n't hate this one


emotionally bruised characters


feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock


pure , exciting moviemaking


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


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


it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .


evasive


most of it given to children


delusional


wimps


who unfortunately works with a two star script


well-acted


moodiness


will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .


modest


of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies


nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and


in by the sympathetic characters


weighted down with slow ,


with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard


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


, in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music


what goes on for the 110 minutes of `` panic room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .


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


of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed


wanes


its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .


one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .


the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them


ms. hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda 's ultimate fate .


enough quirky and satirical touches


a strong dramatic and emotional pull


know better than to rush to the theater for this one


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


fishy


capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance


give it considerable punch .


sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then


will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness


is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype


delight .


become dullingly repetitive


much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments


you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll


there are some fairly unsettling scenes


the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .


the best thing i can say about this film


a very slow , uneventful


fun and funky look


the film is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .


spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .


a generous , inspiring film


an awful movie


allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .


of epic adventure


could bond while watching a walk to remember .


challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means


fast-edit , hopped-up fashion


, ghastly


amusing and unexpectedly insightful


the interior lives of the characters in his film


's both charming and well


downer


the goods


a trifle


one clever line


is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master


've seen some bad singer-turned actors


have to admit i walked out of runteldat .


is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy


new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay


its idiocy


respect and affection


so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside


the requisite faux-urban vibe and


crowd-pleasing


rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world


a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence


itself , a playful spirit and


in an admittedly middling film


is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .


low on energy


it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on .


inventive , fun ,


remarkable achival film


comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break .


makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs


looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus


make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad


which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog


a good video game movie


the score is too insistent


adam sandler 's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .


's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own


the most poorly staged and lit action in memory


of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway


maintains a cool distance


sucks .


of despair


beware the quirky brit-com .


remarkable and memorable film


inspires more than an interested detachment


if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way .


research library dust


to leave this loser


worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .


sad to say


the payoff


like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel


what 's most refreshing about real women have curves


little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out


a bad premise , just a bad movie


pleasant piece


that for the most part , the film is deadly dull


film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure


it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .


that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself


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


this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story


look ill at ease sharing the same scene


beguiling serenity and poise


( silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )


paper-thin characterizations


immersed in a foreign culture only


's definite room for improvement .


is n't even a movie


those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves .


truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent


their super-powers , their super-simple animation and


santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard


an elegant work


filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim


will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .


's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .


with crude humor and vulgar innuendo


slapdash mess


this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece ,


what an idea , what a thrill ride


foolish and shallow


as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today


fabulousness


the screen like a true star


wander about in thick clouds of denial


a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula


all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate


the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time


fatal


an avid interest in the subject


` a ' list cast


rushed to the megaplexes


wit and interesting characters


a boring man


unpersuasive


incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture


that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself


a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude .


made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted


and weakly acted


faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember ''


wholly unnecessary addition


is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy


of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire


a good-hearted ensemble comedy


that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot


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


( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass


language and locations


its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway .


memorable zingers


death


, roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .


phenomenon


imbecilic


fun cheese puff


fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .


's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .


a glass of flat champagne


three-hour cinema master class .


no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him


hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100


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


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


look at that clever angle


one problem with the movie


stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .


( jeff 's ) gorgeous


a personal low for everyone


with a certain degree of wit and dignity


it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia


barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull .


allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .


give a second look


see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices


as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season


work more than it probably should


capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie


never rises above superficiality .


the movie is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes .


some of this laughable dialogue


the irwins ' scenes are fascinating


being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations


mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain


nothing about this movie works .


make creative contributions to the story and dialogue


fun for all


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


is such a mesmerizing one


is a far smoother ride .


has not spawned a single good film .


all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings


thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy


spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t


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


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


did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or


gut-wrenching


interesting


as any hollywood fluff


a touching drama


that ` alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ) ...


is generally amusing from time


wo n't much care about


jumps around


imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor


forgettable , if good-hearted , movie .


flavorful


very insecure


is brilliant , really .


plus , like i already mentioned ... it 's robert duvall !


the level of marginal competence


mergers and downsizing


heartfelt romance


informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .


they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes


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


logistically


miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning


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 .


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


its intended audience has n't yet had much science


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


listless and


approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline


fully formed and


a few ear-pleasing songs


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


you 'll like promises .


, evocative


'll probably love it


your seat for long stretches


angry and


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


a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer


community-college advertisement


definitely a step in the right direction


the delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two


a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder


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


distasteful


uncompromising , difficult


has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .


you never know where changing lanes is going to take you


dark areas


k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia .


a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .


weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting


since the evil dead


whimsical


to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year


surprisingly buoyant


the dark areas of parent-child relationships


as ugly as the shabby digital photography


astonishingly skillful and moving ...


a film with contemporary political resonance


a picaresque view


the campy results make mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated .


be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy


fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances


a documentary to disregard available bias


a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds


it will warm your heart


self-aware , often self-mocking ,


she-cute


's a hellish , numbing experience to watch


french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music


these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation


the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud


a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness


will definitely win some hearts


was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people


more propaganda


a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth )


is funny and looks professional


triumphs


an ugly , revolting movie .


have an intermittently good time


letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be .


rich , and strange


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


red lights , a rattling noise


comedy


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


commanding screen presence


but thoroughly satisfying entertainment


two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears


not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker .


what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film


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


loses its fire


any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap .


it sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .


is clumsy


a remake by the numbers


but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary .


's funniest and most likeable movie in years


a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale .


by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy


innovations and


the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative


than a ` direct-to-video ' release


has a real filmmaker 's eye .


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


, almost generic


misogynist


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


a perceptive , good-natured movie .


's very much like life itself


banal and predictable .


had all its vital essence scooped out


give a thought to the folks who prepare and


combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller


most basic


more holes than clyde barrow 's car


manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .


is more fun than conan the barbarian .


wonderful film to bring to imax


again and quite cheered at just that


the sheer beauty


was as superficial


uncommonly sincere


the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke .


a bonus


to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .


in enough clever and unexpected


emotional force


fun and funny in the middle


s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective


` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '


conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head


keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .


to death


of every bad action-movie line in history


of an ordeal than an amusement


an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world


the following things are not at all entertaining :


an american tragedy


child acting


squanders as much as it gives out .


repressed


so convincing


it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art


as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us


a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions


're over 25


should be relegated to a dark video store corner


rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year


nakata 's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .


optimistic


an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .


tidal


clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...


goldbacher


energy , intelligence and verve ,


finest


shaky


though jones and snipes are enthralling


destruction


spirited


always entertaining


of blaxploitation flicks


of a man with unimaginable demons


compelling and


nothing but an episode of smackdown !


the power of shanghai ghetto


delivers on the promise of excitement


of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory


amused


is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk


transcends their predicament


succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity


visual merits


vicious and absurd


consummate


gore for suspense


downright transparent


that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an


audacity


potential


funnybone


lazy tearjerker


the year 's most intriguing movie experiences


ludicrous


this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs


is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation


full-length classic


a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .


grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience


enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies


sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .


more overtly silly dialogue


gritty enough


a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast


has some unnecessary parts


it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .


stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy


a huge disappointment coming


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks


both oscar winners ,


eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...


at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work


is not real


with big heart


the most creative mayhem


it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace


to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood


charmer


long , intricate , star-studded and


merely offensive


a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .


the worst movies


, the movie is better than you might think .


clunky on the screen


a look


not to be moved by this drama


of the worst of the entire franchise


this illuminating comedy


times uncommonly moving


become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair


there 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .


describes this film : honest


it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers .


the molehill


there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .


distinguished film legacy


is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .


a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither


absurdly simplistic picture


sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theater


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


to smash its face in


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


, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness


seems endless


fighting off the urge to doze


flavors


in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment


to be the cat 's meow


're supposed to shriek


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


the cleverness


its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy


a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else


cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter


be cherished


the wildly popular vin diesel


love , duty and friendship


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


hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit ,


a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery


stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal


moving , if uneven , success


undermining the story 's emotional thrust


lacks aspirations of social upheaval


strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time


a complicated hero


a mediocre exercise in target demographics


ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .


seen it all before in one form or another


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


are not to be dismissed .


the film falters


was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard


the film sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects .


of fascinating performances


the best advice


scotland , pa is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept .


overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot


an improvement on the first blade


moments of breathtaking mystery


an inspired portrait


high-wattage


performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances .


this smart


there 's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm .


a master


brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons


made nature film and a tribute


satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time


harmed


the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone


carved their own comfortable niche in the world


, worse ,


there 's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm


across as lame and sophomoric


a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads


thematically


reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .


ordinary , pasty lumpen


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


in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .


for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains


has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .


his ninth decade


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


, duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .


last 15 years


treasure


in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .


grand a failure


completely transfixes the audience .


long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken


are a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall


intelligence and verve


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


great cinematic polemic


sometimes inadequate


even a little dated


unique culture


plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101


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


almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson


waste viewers ' time


what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .


one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films


fails to spark this leaden comedy


have come to term an `` ambitious failure


is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .


are poorly


the ultimate movie experience


happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality


sword-and-sorcery


with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .


more down-home flavor


the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez


, imaginative


a properly spooky film about the power of spirits


many bona fide groaners


a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn


interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience


spectacularly beautiful


ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .


to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman


( and funnier


of a war zone


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


charismatic and tragically


un-bear-able '' project


mild hallucinogenic buzz


suffocate


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 .


while not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original .


among the most pitiful directing


... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ...


a rip-roaring comedy action


often-hilarious farce


contentedly


the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences


rare trick


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


conjured up more coming-of-age stories


nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own


portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery


the scuzzy underbelly


see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


, we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking


thoughtful and unflinching examination


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


beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .


adam sandler


an eloquent , reflective and beautifully


here is doa .


a movie that keeps throwing fastballs


yawner


of a-list brit actors


hiss


actors in bad bear suits


like a rash


it 's loud and boring ;


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


fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing .


further sad evidence


steven seagal


a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy


stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece


seek and strike just the right tone


mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .


is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts


rooted in a sincere performance


amazingly dopey .


an edgy thriller


emotionally strong and politically potent piece


run-of-the-mill .


, this movie is hopeless


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


, obnoxious


` funny


did they not have the nerve to speak up


instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash


nonconformist


behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance .


to decide what annoyed me most about god is great


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


humorless , self-conscious art drivel ,


is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .


twisted


wait to see it then


while the film is not entirely successful


like most of jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand .


the adventures of direct-to-video nash


interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy


artless sytle


with a core of decency


the film works as well as it does because of the performances .


through clever makeup design


's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .


blatant and sickening product placement


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


defiantly and delightfully against the grain


full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery


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


best forgotten


big bloody chomps


rejection by one 's mother


although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .


one of the funnier movies in town


some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk


snared in its own tangled plot


honest insight


like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure ,


delicious and


has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama .


silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight


that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...


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


fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society


's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him


manipulative and contrived


coarse , cliched and clunky


of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination


of sexy intrigue


be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience


miserable and


an intriguing and alluring premise


even the hastily and amateurishly


spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese


the perkiness of witherspoon


takes advantage of the fact


lost ideal


the town has kind of an authentic feel ,


i also wanted a little alien as a friend !


the film 's lack


thrilling movie


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


has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .


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


with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action


crisp framing , edgy camera work ,


riveting and surprisingly romantic


spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .


they 'll probably run out screaming .


it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .


the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles


a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past


road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing


needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese .


is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work


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


a puzzle whose pieces do not fit .


gutter


franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic


engage


evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


a downer and a little


would n't make trouble every day any better .


delivers a powerful commentary


proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors


decrepit freaks


is going to be something really good


believe it


sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films .


the problematic characters and


long for the end


be why it works as well as it does


like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 .


funny and touching


a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script .


is tragically


gimmicks


lively and engaging examination


works so well for the first 89 minutes ,


rohmer still has a sense of his audience


's no real sense of suspense


comes together


for his first attempt at film noir , spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .


go where the moment takes them


mopes


exquisite motion picture


darkly funny


a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .


rambling and incoherent


genre-busting


trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards


lots of obvious political insights


a headline-fresh thriller


starts promisingly


the two and


of lingerie models and bar dancers


is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year .


would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .


a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images


down memory lane


there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman .


the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma


from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc


( russell ) makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and


padding


bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it


overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .


in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance


soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich


of grief and loss


sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams


the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic


bean drops the ball too many times


there , done that ,


credible and remarkably mature


clever and insightful


takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .


make this a charmer


with his effortless performance


have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again


laughingly


jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight


give you


celebrates the human spirit


show to steal


is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and


funny , sweetly adventurous


of useless actioners


taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and


twinkly-eyed


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


this is an interesting movie ! ''


's really sad


it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries


in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled .


imagination and authentic christmas spirit


vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale


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


the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other --


director peter kosminsky


hollywood expects people to pay to see it


true events


a remarkable and novel


if tragic )


it 's splash without the jokes .


insurance company office


feels homogenized and a bit contrived ,


a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor


become expert fighters


is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .


runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours


shrewd and effective film


do in this marvelous film


tongue-in-cheek


forged in still-raw emotions


a lumbering , wheezy drag


of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan ''


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


is labored


sassy


in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil


did we really need a remake of `` charade ? ''


plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults


you can taste it ,


finds its moviegoing pleasures


that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly


for a film about explosions and death and spies , `` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .


his usual intelligence and subtlety


compelling and horrifying


say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here


an amusing little catch


misogyny


lacks a sense of dramatic urgency


eighth-grader


an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys


which never reach satisfying conclusions


of pure craft and passionate heart


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


hackneyed , threadbare comic setups


dull , dumb and derivative horror


keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum


a tale full of nuance and character dimension


seem disappointing in its generalities


had gone in for pastel landscapes .


the waste of a good cast


need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work


's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film


headline-fresh thriller


a solid , psychological action film from hong kong .


this movie ... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .


a part of its grand locations


schmaltzy


frustrates and captivates


oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama


it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings


brings out the allegory with remarkable skill


amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship


filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy


is an accomplished actress


bogs down in rhetoric and cliché


landmark


me want to scream


the laughs


are both superb


is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings


it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .


wholesome


uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters


fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .


works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing


detailed performances


but the performances of pacino , williams , and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .


is why i have given it a one-star rating


feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ...


it 's nowhere near as good as the original .


stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck .


just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .


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


the first fatal attraction


party-hearty


gates


it 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them ,


struggle


of a well-made pizza


a heck of a ride


a few tasty morsels under your belt


a sheer unbridled delight in the way


we hate ( madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground .


eloquent ( meditation ) on death and


a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary


is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either


both leads are up to the task


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


lee 's achievement


slow .


into the sort of heartache everyone


an eventual cult classic


suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense


it 's sort of in-between


, this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing


suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer


is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . ''


than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry


cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas


feel-good territory


it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up


` masterpiece ' and ` triumph '


much-needed levity


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


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


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


a surprisingly funny movie


mediocre one


the match that should be used to burn every print of the film


a quietly moving


need n't waste their time on it


observed character piece .


is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama


an interesting controversy


they prove more distressing than suspenseful .


hugely entertaining


is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .


marking the slow , lingering death of imagination


dullness


a kick


ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered


unimaginative and


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


to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement


versace


the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .


quite the career peak


worth a look


can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one


true emotional connection or identification frustratingly


you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves


educates viewers with words and pictures


with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie


at how clever it 's being


perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable


it is instructive


bad and baffling


high-minded snoozer .


one helluva singer


comes off as a pale successor .


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


something must have been lost in the translation .


with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .


rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations .


of hollywood fluff


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


to faith and rainbows


fascinating study


cheeky


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


an athlete , a movie star


championship


he 's willing to express his convictions


emphasizing


itself are little more than routine .


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


terrorists are more evil than ever !


was more melodramatic


it ultimately satisfies with its moving story


guessing plot and an affectionate


a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama


admitted egomaniac


because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work


's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes


constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense


's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts )


overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm


live up to material


follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and


which makes its message resonate .


the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility .


titillating


aplenty


morally alert


richly detailed , deftly executed and utterly absorbing


what the english call ` too clever by half


is to be mesmerised .


the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .


for all the dolorous trim


hell


introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers


its occasional charms


from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona


although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage


on the soullessness of work


glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit


, the characters move with grace and panache


stifles creativity


amusedly


repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences ,


comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire


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


kinky fun


delight your senses and crash this wedding !


a technical triumph and an extraordinary


plot holes


is nearly incoherent


amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .


too long with too little


it 's a pity that ( nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition


score points for political correctness


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


gutsy and perfectly


, endearing


have saved this film a world of hurt


what makes barbershop so likable


let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists


represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .


watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making


, what an idea , what a thrill ride .


hugh grant , who has a good line in charm ,


one of the best films i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .


unadorned


less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably


what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery


is one of this year 's very best pictures .


is flat


pair that with really poor comedic writing


by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment


far superior


almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half


enjoyable trifle


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


moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance


does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .


it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe


unnoticed


a movie that 's held


smartly and wistfully


enervating determination


a man has made about women since valley of the dolls


little more than a mall movie designed to kill time


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


becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle


the leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting .


hugely enjoyable film


effort to watch this movie


delivering oscar-caliber performances


it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast .


of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies


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


delightful , well-crafted family film


with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set


the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore ,


and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .


those exceedingly rare films


that works


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


a decent tv outing


embraces its old-fashioned themes


's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten


as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --


unbearably


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


return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing .


stylistic austerity and forcefulness


the most enchanting film of the year


eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good


as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california


its need to reassure


that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower


limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror


stunning fusion


slight but sweet


's packed with just as much intelligence as action


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


cinematic pollution


's too loud to shout insults at the screen


extremely bad .


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


such a well loved classic


, who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .


hard to be mythic


's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .


mishandled here


above all


the awfulness of the movie


rises to its clever what-if concept .


with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .


a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with


there is one word that best describes this film : honest .


a weird fizzle


superior moral tone


have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life


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


utter mush


sad , sordid universe


best possible senses


two marvelously


from the demented mind


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


have been a sketch on saturday night live


looks neat


feels like a prison stretch .


like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm


a non-stop funny feast


, it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .


conceptually brilliant


leather pants &


candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take


wonder of wonders


banged their brains into the ground so frequently


can easily be considered career-best performances


begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully


can say


good looks


you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .


the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen


still has a sense of his audience


as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise


if festival in cannes nails hard - boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing .


half-assed


the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars


than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies


a compelling story of musical passion


intelligent , caustic


for teens to laugh , groan and hiss


comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .


ending surprise


were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play


features a standout performance by diane lane


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


toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well


no big whoop , nothing new to see


the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey .


anonymous chiller


, indie trick


a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank


this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot


aging , suffering


works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently


bronze


is a fascinating film


uninvolving storytelling


bordering on confessional


of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it


his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him


effective moments


earnest moment


you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out


invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion .


spectacular


a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious


feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .


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


somber , absurd , and , finally ,


also happens to be good


what 's infuriating about full frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .


if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow


sincere acting


deep , uncompromising


he has no character , loveable or otherwise


pretends to be passionate and truthful but


a `` home alone '' film that is staged like `` rosemary 's baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .


makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose


are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .


eastwood 's loyal fans


has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky


that upends nearly every cliché


a movie with no reason for being


the most fluent of actors


sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster


expert fighters


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


dreary and overwrought


the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest


feel sanitised and stagey .


meandering and pointless


a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope


the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo


enjoyed the thrill of the chill


glows


splash without the jokes


of its gaudy hawaiian shirt


the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast


far more alienating than involving


uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks


café


( a ) strong piece of work


a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera


sweet and sexy


a moving tale


that remains vividly in memory long


is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .


coming-of-age theme


as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics


huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people


that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing


the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . '


this supposedly funny movie


full-bodied


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


writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . '


crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .


most enchanting


as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets


a touching , small-scale story


a muddy psychological thriller


due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired


any real emotional impact


seem so real in small doses


the best of both worlds


an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood


captivatingly quirky hybrid


director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon ,


with a solid cast ,


weird and wonderful


is that it 's a rock-solid little genre picture .


's not bad prose


to capture these musicians in full regalia


huge fan


a predictable connect-the-dots course


` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set


faith in the future


crap like this


complex ,


flatly


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


is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination ,


many talented people


the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste --


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


a marvel


just unlikable .


are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .


of teen-speak and animal gibberish


a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .


driven by appealing leads


the cast is phenomenal , especially the women .


`` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section


anchoring performance


a glorified sitcom , and


costner 's


quirky , charming and often hilarious


mediocrity


esoteric


the same old silliness


yields surprises


have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks


a terrific screenplay


definitely worth


capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .


emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds


a loathsome movie


hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure


songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time .


dead


enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins


real-time rhythms


elegant , mannered and teasing


aggravating


an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .


unlikeable people


of naiveté and sophistication


a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life


lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .


a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ...


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


's not enough substance here


is a hoot


to keep things interesting


feeble


it well worth watching


all end in someone screaming


... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .


viewed and treasured


, surrealistic moments


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


leave you cold


that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them


overwrought comedy/drama


hate ( madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes


so much about the film is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened .


distasteful and downright creepy


funny documentary


deep intelligence


a cold blanket


the nicest thing


you care about the characters


more enjoyable than its predecessor .


so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style


're at the right film


an interesting look


pulling on heartstrings


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


true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus


the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction


need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is


i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry !


oscar-caliber


nothing better to do with 94 minutes


're over 25 , have an iq over 90 ,


uninventive


is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot .


the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks


the hastily and amateurishly


becomes a tiresome cliché


is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .


distinctive


engaging storyline


is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen


a surgeon mends


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


a terrific role


too many barney videos


is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer


a flood of emotion


the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way .


, with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .


overacted


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


kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them


it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one


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


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


gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances


paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe


inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids


'll cheer


typical junkie opera


change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies


we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses


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


the stories work and


slumming


very ambitious


scene-chewing


amuse even


having sucked dry the undead action flick formula


more than a bait-and-switch


the comic possibilities


who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public


a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director anthony friedman 's similarly updated 1970 british production .


there 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .


to endure instead of enjoy


it might deliver again and again


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


guessing plot and


cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly


lurid


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


another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke


from a flat script and a low budget


a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture .


match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try


the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense


glossy melodrama


some flashy twists


of a great one


another classic for the company


an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and


an artist who is simply tired --


freakish


cascade over the screen effortlessly


straightforward , emotionally honest


with slow pacing


'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop


a bravura performance


discovering your destination in life


, it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .


, banter-filled comedy


needed .


average , at best , i 'm afraid .


an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


tiresomely derivative and hammily acted .


, political intrigue , partisans and sabotage


the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal


want to be jolted out of their gourd


directed with purpose and finesse


timeless and universal tale


stories work


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


the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions .


may have been born to make


quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie ,


first-timer


pubescent


staggers


fizzle


of cliches that the talented cast generally


fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough .


thoroughly enjoyed themselves


feels uncomfortably real ,


a performance that is masterly


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


there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally


it 's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .


then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time


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


while the third feels limited by its short running time


it has its moments


it might have held my attention ,


much worse than bland or


solidly constructed , entertaining thriller


, pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .


because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world


rich details


breakdown


by an angel simplicity


helps create a complex , unpredictable character


has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over


can only be described as sci-fi generic


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


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


you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it


monumental


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


not exaggerated enough


interest can not be revived .


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note :


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 . '


newcastle , the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood


no means a slam-dunk


it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style


could be so light-hearted ?


that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne


is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama


senseless


unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke


manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time


can feel the love .


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


has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .


recommend big bad love only


the resourceful molly


a vile , incoherent mess


thoughtful screenplay


parental units


as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile .


invitingly upbeat overture


is by far the worst movie of the year


is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work


hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references


can take the grandkids or the grandparents


to the gifted korean american stand-up


, it actually hurts to watch .


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


not a trace


an unendurable viewing experience


a more than satisfactory amount of carnage


otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés


we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher


a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater


the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .


few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .


- i also wanted a little alien as a friend !


terrific b movie


whole family


it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus ,


antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it .


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


is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie


both times


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


, fetishistic violence


bombshell documentary


we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together


a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire


high note


the charming result


also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality


toilet humor


smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play


are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us .


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


make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and


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


perfect quiet pace


with the waldo salt screenwriting award


a vivid imagination and an impressive style


here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .


's never too late to believe in your dreams .


of corny dialogue and preposterous moments


needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about


it is to be ya-ya


is degraded , handheld blair witch video-cam footage .


self-deprecating comedy


that makes it attractive throughout


the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .


wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life


's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts


is really frustratingly timid and soggy


even better than the fellowship


in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast


by this tired retread


a give-me-an-oscar kind


is prime escapist fare .


first-rate performance


sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up


, but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .


forget about it by monday


weird .


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


is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .


has some of the best special effects ever


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


the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context


actually improves upon the original hit movie


dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions


generally amusing from time


lame comedy .


a rock-solid gangster movie


necessary viewing for sci-fi fans


smarter and more unnerving than the sequels


grand picture


was going to be really awful


nicely combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of ` requiem for a dream . '


squanders its beautiful women


it is a remarkably original work .


childlike smile


brave and sweetly


no real surprises


gangster no. 1 drips


sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama


a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set


the result is somewhat satisfying


directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable


, triumphant ,


a nice album


confidently


except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes


an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .


the script 's endless assault


moving experience


it can easily worm its way into your heart . '


it 's badder than bad .


is an enjoyable big movie


, well , funnier .


little excitement


seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely


paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .


it 's definitely a step in the right direction .


electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness


interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story .


wonderful as the long-faced sad sack


fun with it


twenty-first


a genius


real situations and characters


the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .


light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least artistically .


pathetically compare notes about their budding amours


the genuinely funny jokes


worth sitting through


( or worth rooting against , for that matter )


's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs


a fascinating little tale


skilfully


the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation


is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson


the jokes , most at women 's expense


laid back


despite modest aspirations


you 're a struggling nobody


'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away


as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks .


plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad ,


an unsettling picture


is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve


opera on film is never satisfactory .


uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion


a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy


one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages


very compelling tale


distasteful and


it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed


's really so appealing about the characters


brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock


russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement


about existential suffering


, it will be well worth your time .


the land


might actually want to watch


it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy


no affinity


of charm


mesmerize , astonish and entertain


is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents


nijinsky says , ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .


the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .


to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits


begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining


sometimes exceptional film


clarity and


mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns .


laughter and self-exploitation


mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .


a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible :


disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and


exceptionally dreary and overwrought


a coming-of-age tale


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


maintains an appealing veneer


because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .