break free of her old life


a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man


a gem of a movie


it one of the best war movies ever made


's smooth and professional


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


a lovely trifle


at the helm


radiant


the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal


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


marvelously entertaining


saw that was written down


depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .


the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '


better to do with 94 minutes


as do the girls ' amusing personalities


i certainly ca n't recommend it


pinheads who talk throughout the show


is somewhat problematic


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


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


a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design


less funny than it thinks it is


no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable .


belittle a cinema classic .


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


has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day


... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .


of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing


outdoes its spectacle .


credible account


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


collapses like an overcooked soufflé


bumbling


definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum .


that made me want to scream


real winner


shaking your head all the way to the credits


very talented young actors


was , by its moods , and by its subtly


a clarity of purpose and even-handedness


ends up as a bitter pill


love story


puts an exclamation point


topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights


disturbing


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


perfectly creepy and believable


the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting .


say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world


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


, insightfully human


like ` praise the lord


a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion


high romance ,


the top of their lungs


are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy


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


breakthrough


the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year


watching your favorite pet get buried alive


flat run


is extremely funny ,


written for no one


it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory


the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile


a definitive account of eisenstein 's life


an entertainment destination


overflowing


it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest


maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another


has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool


eye-catching art direction


sons , loyalty and duty


some fine acting


the honor


overcome its weaknesses


parker displays in freshening the play


better video-game-based flicks ,


making this character understandable ,


herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion


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


more chillingly effective


the best-sustained ideas


so special


allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors


as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves


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


the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .


the few ` cool ' actors


as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .


a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .


grand locations


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


bull


more annoying


ludicrous attempt


's a cool event for the whole family


is that it 's actually watchable


boring and meandering .


the right choice


largely unfulfilling


with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie


ultimately winning story


the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions


as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success .


a stale copy


in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie


the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version


evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .


there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and


like a bad soap opera


schnieder


armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .


made by a proper , middle-aged woman .


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


underdone potato


me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work


tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers


most wondrously


to place blame


, and gently tedious in its comedy


yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .


, sophisticated film


hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old


the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but


used to burn every print of the film


thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .


are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life


this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards .


shifting in your chair too often


struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them


see a romance this smart


insightful


imitation


so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! ''


, crowd-pleasing goals


historic scandal


the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone


earnestness remarkably well


equally 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 .


off the path of good sense


visually sloppy


flakiness


is still quite good-natured


generic scripts


a grand whimper


scare the pants


that disconnects every 10 seconds


most ingenious film


mildly interesting


have to see it .


exploits ( headbanger ) stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .


both deserve better .


rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .


fun to watch


repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery


to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right


recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around


the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations


a droll sense


you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard


so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .


scary and sad


a film without surprise


it 's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge .


as its larger themes


star performances


endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else


hyper-realistic


like a spectator and not a participant


for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while


a philosophical visual coming right


freshness and modesty


often surprising


plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .


because your nerves just ca n't take it any more


a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms .


a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick ,


if only it had the story to match .


( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment


this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn .


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


might have guessed


crafted film


climax and , worst of all


generosity and diplomacy


is losing his touch


relevant today


it 's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here .


the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities .


some real vitality and


drops the ball too many times


both heartbreaking and


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


that its story just is n't worth telling


directed it may leave you speaking in tongues


local


painfully flat


if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness


makes him the film 's moral compass


it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it


like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties


distinguishes


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


of the charm and little


turn down a big bowl of that


... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .


the fans are often funny fanatics


piercing intellect


make the formula feel fresh


satisfyingly unsettling


a real snooze .


so unabashedly hopeful


resist his pleas


's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck


as it is hard to resist


ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction


very real


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


small part thanks


here 's a fun one .


a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable


mildly amusing


wise and powerful


skillfully assembled , highly polished and


from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat


filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life .


make for some robust and scary entertainment


does n't sustain a high enough level of invention


parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .


one of the most interesting writer/directors working today


too loud , too goofy


art-house gay porn film


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


have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face


feeble tootsie knockoff .


most severe


nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .


the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum 's good intentions .


for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either .


the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times


the most watchable film of the year


above-average brains


the film has ( its ) moments , but


overlong infomercial


a visual spectacle


is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .


unforced continuation


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


, e.t. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .


laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive .


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


an admirable storyteller


of perversity , comedy and romance


be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time


have a good time here


her share of the holiday box office pie


unequivocally


will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes


is spectacular


manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes


zinger-filled crowd-pleaser


the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction


behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting .


, the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .


astonish and


photographed with color and depth , and rather a good time


genial and


minac drains his movie of all individuality


carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance


jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films


be a passable date film


in its own floundering way , it gets to you .


one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while


left slightly disappointed that it did n't


williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile


beginnings


take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera


anything sandler


still committed to growth in his ninth decade


about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying


the film is way too full of itself ;


patchy combination of soap opera


ill-considered


restate


all this emotional misery


fails


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


i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but


unleashes his trademark misogyny


is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .


absolutely and completely ridiculous


's well worth spending some time with


the unconditional love she seeks


flop


this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done .


as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale


most repugnant


light-hearted way


detached


a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination


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


, everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill .


a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather


of destruction


rediscovers


clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation


ethnic cleansing


worth a peek


support the premise other than fling gags at it


the perfect material


's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .


the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack


a wretched movie


, overused cocktail


each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial


does n't transcend genre


combines two surefire , beloved genres


far the worst movie


finds warmth in the coldest environment and


depressing than entertaining


to include anything even halfway scary


a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man


almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more


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


is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year


wondrous


want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs


there are moments of hilarity to be had .


the halloween series has lost its edge


morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick


as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter '


mumbles his way through the movie .


sustains it beautifully


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


betting her third feature will be something to behold


uncinematic


fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... well before the end , the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .


final , beautiful scene


which fails to rise above its disgusting source material


its élan


dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .


is a total misfire .


nothing


a testament to the integrity and vision of the band


like a travel-agency video


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


worth a look


has much to learn


is lightweight filmmaking


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


perry 's good and his is an interesting character


the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row


might just be the movie you 're looking for .


meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults


genuinely bone-chilling


that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies


unusual , food-for-thought cinema


is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .


psychological and philosophical


about full frontal


a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france 's most inventive directors


ugly , mean-spirited lashing


talented enough and


from a severe case of hollywood-itis


the very best of them


thrills ,


's attracting audiences to unfaithful


impressively delicate range


starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop


distinguished actor


on their parents ' anguish


pays off and is effective if you stick with it


is n't particularly funny


, joyous romp of a film .


a stunning technical achievement


squander jennifer love hewitt


it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and


new ways of describing badness


invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow


shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .


believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid


to offend


was hard for me


extremely funny


are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .


good news


the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe


of piffle


liability


coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes .


oversexed , at times


worth seeing


grumbling


tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination


the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations


borrows from other movies


sardonic jolt


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


ca n't recommend it enough


by the sick sense of humor


vivid performances


evokes a palpable sense


law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed


that this film 's cast is uniformly superb


whatever complaints i might have


the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few


reef


though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal


informative , intriguing , observant , often touching


take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche


, i love it ... hell , i dunno .


imagine o. henry 's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene .


there 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes .


a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem .


so marvelously 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


featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .


lot funnier


self-indulgent and


the filmmaking in invincible


their luster


cool visual backmasking


slapped together .


dupe


was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz


in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row


incessant whining


timid parsing


change tables


finely


would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman


, the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director phillip ) noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .


sustains interest


chopsocky


interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots


spirited away is a triumph of imagination


twitchy acting


doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers


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


enough gun battles and


fun


know as an evil , monstrous lunatic


sadly imitative of innumerable


most compelling performance


then triple x marks the spot .


mr. koshashvili is a director to watch .


's in the action scenes that things fall apart


a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama


a movie about the power of poetry and passion


ill-timed


swill


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


a conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .


the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one


caffeinated , sloppy


he slaps together his own brand of liberalism


shenanigans and


bogs


by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .


no amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script .


scuttled


, the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .


most sincere and artful


resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this


is infectious .


appreciated


excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama .


the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based


symbolically , warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal .


a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .


gets violently gang-raped


sit near the back


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


with sharp ears and eyes


return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market


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


to keep it interested


to care about them


outright bodice-ripper


becomes increasingly implausible as it races


a graceful , moving tribute


every gag two or three times


is a feast for the eyes .


a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience


oscar-worthy performance


finally , the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .


the power of polanski 's film


transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games .


a joint promotion for the national basketball association and


a changing world


sick and demented


still could have been room for the war scenes


eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness


reflects the worst of their shallow styles


this is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet .


superior


succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .


brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema .


no way original ,


is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states


genuinely inspirational


a disturbing disregard


a scruffy


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


in the worst elements of all of them


hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .


under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women


the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man


if any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future


despite lagging near the finish line


most offensive action


trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now


hard for me


is a remarkably accessible and haunting film


is nicely shot ,


as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream


nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .


all the values of a straight-to-video movie


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


jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder


laugh-out-loud


a provocative


it weirdly appealing


verging on mumbo-jumbo


form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life


sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip


what is missing from it


plotting


has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .


that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz


prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design


of crudup 's anchoring performance


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


goofiness


but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .


the second half of the movie really goes downhill .


moving and solidly entertaining


it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .


that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .


is well crafted , and well executed .


resurrection


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


decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .


after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults


the best ,


involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film


all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence ,


found in almost all of his previous works


truly excellent


director to watch


sharp and quick


orgy


warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it


the magnificent jackie chan


collapses


, vapid and devoid


by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious


complain


winning performances


its love of life and beauty


soulless and -- even more damning --


cold fish


a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing


the the wisdom and humor of its subjects


the town has kind of an authentic feel


entirely believable


that old adage about women being unknowable


have potential as a cult film


is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly


discomfort


you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again


totally overwrought ,


sunny disposition


excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh


makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .


awfulness


ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .


lax and limp


wisdom


a paint-by-numbers picture


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


through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill


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


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


is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone


is so resolutely


hilariously , gloriously alive , and


drawn-out


true to its title


glory days


and often contradictory


a stereotype


puts a human face


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


, then by all means check it out .


while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit


sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours .


too thin


sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and


wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002


as a tribute


a brilliant college student -- where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?


of the conflict that came to define a generation


richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .


will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


bump in the night and nobody


has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .


this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ...


, the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .


that are quite touching


i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed .


graceless


that annoying specimen


two central performances


' hanging over the film


it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy


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


affluence


really , save your disgust and your indifference


five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay


joyous


gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .


then blood work is for you .


, frida gets the job done .


the class warfare


against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting


a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


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


their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle .


lacks in eye-popping visuals


ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity


an equally miserable film


its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future


so pat it makes your teeth hurt


a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .


splash


of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness


both the scenic splendor


i saw it as a young boy


wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists :


you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear .


a chilling tale of one of the great crimes


starts out


the situation in a well-balanced fashion


which was shot two years ago


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


will keep coming


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


proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .


where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable .


a total lack


a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look


the company 's astonishing growth


of afghan tragedies


languorous slo-mo sequences


's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity .


is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .


offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .


picture-perfect life


master class .


junior-high


finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise .


rigid and evasive in ways


billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .


a fine-looking film with a bouncy score


promisingly


the entire movie is in need of a scented bath .


weirdo actor crispin glover


takes its title all too literally .


is loopy and ludicrous ...


threatens


there , done that


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


what makes the movie special


the action looks fake


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


maintaining consciousness just long enough


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


is so fascinating that you wo n't care .


watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown .


does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre


a better movie


monotone


faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance


's always enthralling .


, another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .


affirms


gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .


formuliac , but fun .


a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .


to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago


well-done


fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew


dialogue and likeable characters


part biography , part entertainment and part history


, the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .


a rather dull , unimaginative car chase


is nothing short of a great one .


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


is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater


90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us


confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation


comedy ensemble


throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this !


brilliant movie


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


's stuffy and pretentious


polished ,


works more often than it does n't .


at least passably


i also believe that resident evil is not it .


seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other


showing off his doctorate


a delightful comedy


anguish , anger and frustration


at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself


a patient viewer


this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .