paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers


boring , pretentious


, it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .


revisionist


a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .


smart-aleck movie


down-to-earth


is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .


it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age


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


mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity


by a noticeable lack of pace


carry the film with their charisma


the fact that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films does n't bode well for the rest of it .


at least during their '70s heyday


most original


's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest


as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects


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


can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere


more mindless


his work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .


fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ...


the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .


lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve


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


is an all-time low for kevin costner .


clever concept


the sum


with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue


of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries


a visually masterful work of quiet power


fascinating and playful


is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances


an extremely unpleasant film


in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby


often food-spittingly


succeed at cheapening it


ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up .


hardly seems worth the effort .


( a ) crushing disappointment


offering an original


an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing


attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern


this poor remake


bland hotels , highways , parking lots


of veracity and narrative grace


money-oriented


hugely rewarding experience


destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage


it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men


, and dramatically moving


a serious contender


, those rejected must have been astronomically bad


immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .


surprising winner


that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy


this disappointed by a movie in a long time


hate this one


of cute animals and clumsy people


technically and artistically inept .


in cynicism every bit


a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office


give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works .


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


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


has n't much more to serve than silly fluff


it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor


a hit -


outdoes its spectacle


one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .


's also nice to see a movie with its heart


brisk hack job


... the plot weaves us into a complex web .


it fascinating


a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from


fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat


raw emotions


in thick clouds of denial


is one of the greatest date movies in years


educates


and con , for adults


is disgusting to begin with


most audacious ,


sucks you in


with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy


marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .


that it 's boring


an accomplished actress


encouraging effort


that 's shapeless and uninflected


shot on ugly digital video .


the more problematic aspects


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


, it is a failure .


intricate magic


goes down easy


otherwise appalling , and


fairly trite narrative


has all the actors reaching for the back row


director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap


hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is


gay-niche condescension


hate it because it 's lousy .


understated performances of ( jack nicholson 's ) career


even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ...


much like a fragment of an underdone potato


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


a distinguished and thoughtful film


at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .


a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .


clever ideas


nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises .


director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries


an artist who is simply tired


is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke


exit


kong master john woo


would n't have the guts to make .


attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


insult the intelligence of everyone


was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man


dazzling , remarkably unpretentious


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


curiously stylized


the odd enjoyably chewy lump


a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment


a deep bow


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


drains


in what is essentially an extended soap opera


liked sometimes


each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,


inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry


that is part biography , part entertainment and part history


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


the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen


lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter .


's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish


utter loss personified in the film 's simple title


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


deeply absorbing piece


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


sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both .


hideously


leave


dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction


mtv schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes


each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time


incredibly dated and unfunny


audacious ambitions


hard-won


plotless


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


who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate


loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness


low rent from frame one .


in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes


whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .


so downbeat and


simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .


play their roles with vibrant charm


is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .


bad seeds


immensely ambitious


in this dreary mess


's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .


come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell


ideally


delightful surprise


being exciting


betrayal , deceit and murder


with all the usual spielberg flair


actually has something interesting to say


brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before


like life on the island


there 's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .


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


he drags it back , single-handed .


whose achievements -- and complexities --


too bad


its limit to sustain a laugh


a cruel story


in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties


most purely enjoyable and satisfying


to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and i wo n't be sitting through this one again


fiercely intelligent


from squirming in their seats


about sex gags and prom dates


give credit to everyone from robinson


have a barrie good time


are both excellent


are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it


hungry-man portions of bad


it feels more forced than usual .


literal


the rueful , wry humor


has cheapened the artistry of making a film


a vehicle to savor binoche 's skill


to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life


hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .


sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .


as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study


improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor


just lapses into unhidden british


once subtle and visceral


the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing


farce


sometimes beautiful


les


in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles


that is actually funny without hitting below the belt


a gushy episode of `` m * a * s * h '' only this time from an asian perspective .


waiting for frida to just die already


a charmer from belgium


fabulously


equals the original


have one saving grace


injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater


good ,


virtue


stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .


a solid pedigree


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


gimmick


, in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack ,


terror


cleverness


crippled children


slack execution


is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .


this is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .


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


of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought


plays like some corny television production from a bygone era


more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .


become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking


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


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


, intricate magic


is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


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


offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .


a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


if you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie .


on crummy-looking videotape


erotically frank


less-compelling


a breadth of vision and


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


curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget


're simply not funny performers


which also seems to play on a 10-year delay


that makes the formula fresh again


playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery


scott 's convincing portrayal


attempts , in vain ,


make `` the good girl '' a film worth watching .


subtle


he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie


as rude and profane as ever ,


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


's easy to like and always leaves us laughing


's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking


a spielberg trademark


is such a blip on the year 's radar screen


realized through clever makeup design ,


funny popcorn


cut their losses


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


if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions


the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating


the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding


a failure


justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival


uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos


served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it


a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective


, most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years .


have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but


a little weak -- and it is n't that funny .


illness


colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill .


what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets


better thriller


powerful , chilling , and affecting study


like a quickie tv special than a feature film


an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .


still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .


to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience


more concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers


trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull


reaffirms life


a pretentious mess ...


ii experience


watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes


clichés and a dim


stress-reducing


that 's hard to resist


an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it


entertaining and moving


's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters


is a tale worth catching


a condition only the old are privy to


gunfight


the excesses of writer-director roger avary


relied too much


a noble failure .


certainly does n't disappoint .


treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film


aids


techno-tripe


genuine mind-bender .


bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival


should get a pink slip


's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .


elegant and


the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next .


entertained by the sight of someone


a wet burlap sack of gloom


a drag


for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film


loved


a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what


at its cluelessness


clever and very satisfying


a rollicking


heroic deserves a look


typical late-twenty-somethings natter


after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here


beyond all expectation


to confront their problems openly


elegant wit and artifice


bludgeoning the audience


tragic )


this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .


overblown


but it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .


the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .


unifying


pascale bailly 's rom-com provides amélie 's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .


does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful


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


b-movie you


is such that the movie does not do them justice


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


red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .


audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .


actually exploiting it yourself


dead-end existence


via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance


, while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .


this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and


fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching


a very distinctive sensibility


also looking cheap


, the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .


recharged


a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach


find comfort in familiarity


a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise


her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


astringent wit


we all ca n't stand


a frightening and compelling ` what if


inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


what a concept


lyrical and celebratory vision


excessively quirky


intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation


with a screenplay to die for


shining


making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative


attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one


wan na watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?


shoestring and unevenly


've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times


any thinking person is bound to appreciate


is too bad


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


is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed


the grease


a been-there , done-that sameness


quiet , confident craftsmanship


laughs --


music fans


is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .


tequila bender


rank with its worthy predecessors


'll be rewarded with some fine acting


high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .


great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex .


a powerfully evocative mood


everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings


the real triumphs in igby


the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man


just dreadful .


oo many of these gross out scenes ...


satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .


plots that never quite gel


hellish


infrequently breathtaking


the movie is silly beyond comprehension


one of the most interesting writer/directors


elevates the experience to a more mythic level


danny huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .


win you over


is a work of outstanding originality


's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film


sad nonsense


there 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .


director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great .


utterly forgettable


a powerful sequel


at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .


something to be fully forgotten


the filmmakers know how to please the eye ,


, ivan is a prince of a fellow


to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests


his sentimental journey


a powerful , naturally dramatic piece


more charming than in about a boy


's episode of behind the music


it 's a loathsome movie


does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself


a witty , whimsical feature debut


too great


as a seven rip-off


leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .


of the best war movies ever made


you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions .


in the very top rank of french filmmakers


the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance .


into the complexities of the middle east struggle and


a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare .


confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and


of a cesspool


adventure and song


stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation .


soulful


lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .


like a party


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


nothing special and , until the final act , nothing


falls far short of poetry


creepy and dead-on


insanely hilarious !


is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon


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


scratching your head than hiding under your seat


delicious crime drama


grating and tedious


instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid


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


dull


plainly dull


crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .


comes across as a fairly weak retooling


'll need a stronger stomach than us


a beautiful , timeless and universal tale


that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country


the energetic frontman


that the highest power of all is the power of love


yawn-provoking


( f ) rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .


, there are great rewards here .


unable


lady


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


stunningly unoriginal


see who can out-bad-act the other


carries you


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


historically significant , and personal


too easily


a big , loud , bang-the-drum bore .


state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .


she is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew .


while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters


it 's good enough for our girls


fantastic visual trope


the material seem genuine rather than pandering


ravishing , baroque beauty


as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program


spiffy bluescreen technique and


may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking ,


capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries


engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story


good-naturedly cornball sequel .


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view


is the best star trek movie in a long time


loses what made you love it


straight from the ages


compassion ,


the positive change in tone


an assurance worthy


as beautiful , desirable , even delectable ,


rude black comedy


acted offbeat thriller


you 'll still be glued to the screen .


( and lovely )


its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music


cast , but never quite gets off the ground


to my great pleasure


with depth


less-is-more


a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit


with remarkable skill


totally lacking


laudable in themselves


succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


a sketchy work-in-progress


has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim


entertaining ride


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


rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it


watered-down


shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '


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


boyd 's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon .


very attractive about this movie


through worn-out material


with the delight of discovery


sweet , even delectable diversion


genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen


sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up


the most original american productions


an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labeled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' .


payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .


the genius of the work


truly terrible


painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people


presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and


merits


has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and


the film 's sopranos gags


incompetent


soullessness


robin tunney


the closest thing to the experience of space travel


is nevertheless compelling


fine , focused


the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .


to honor the many faceless victims


a movie star


of the charm of satin rouge


an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece


ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters


director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage


is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .


with an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera


us love it , too .


the effort is sincere and


badly edited , 91-minute trailer


'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie


infatuation


in imax in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .


rather routine


no interesting concept


deep feeling


are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one


` ron seal the deal


try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but


so downbeat


`` shock humor '' will wear thin on all


a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected


fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill


disgracefully written dialogue


thought-provoking and


endless


most memorable


keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming


with tremendous promise


riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder


gently


poetic ,


earnest dramaturgy


a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn


eloquence , spiritual challenge


a fascinating


overexposed


a stab at soccer hooliganism


something wholly original


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


vibrant and intoxicating fashion


has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation


enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits ,


there is a subversive element to this disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability .


, it 's not very good either .


like a tarantino movie with heart


this silly little puddle of a movie


men of marginal intelligence


so boring


you feel alive - which is what they did


boring talking heads , etc .


captivating drama


skip the film


the flawed support structure


a tone poem of transgression .


lazy material


captivates as it


talented director


wonderfully sprawling


a fairly slow paced


jonathan parker 's bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .


has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .


particularly original


be the end of the world


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


execrable .


perhaps the grossest movie


sentimentalizing


appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept


you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater


murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .


of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence


those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one


strong erotic


to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen


than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter


willing to have fun with it


is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan .


an admirable , sometimes exceptional film


most of his budget


on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior


the opulent lushness of every scene


disposable story


as splendid-looking as this particular film


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo


won -- and


nice evening out


's as entertaining as it is instructive


intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery


enter and accept another world


replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo


some very good acting , dialogue ,


as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice


`` mr. deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .


blue crush is as predictable as the tides .


as plain and pedestrian as catsup


ambitious failure


five hours long


is like reading a research paper


fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .


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


even if you 've seen `` stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !


, the movie is powerful and provocative .


( it 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .


thrusts the audience


underwhelming


we all lose track of ourselves by trying


folks , it does n't work .


enter


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


sobering cautionary tale


breathtakingly spectacular


this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .


the brilliant surfing photography


margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .


vibrant charm


seagal ran out of movies years ago ,


that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable


the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel


plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel .


on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms


an ugly , pointless , stupid movie


the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .


sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act


an engaging storyline


as timely as tomorrow


as entertainment


is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback 's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue


unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing


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


time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers ,


flourish


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


good actors


beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images .


the gallic ` tradition of quality


so short


of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys


the most awful acts


sinks to a harrison ford low .


manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .


eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .


the term epic cinema


never becomes claustrophobic


unbearably dull


sane and healthy


report that it is instead a cheap cliché


is painterly .


shakespeare 's macbeth


their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own


quite admirable


introducing an intriguing and alluring premise ,


takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving


talented writer/director anderson


none of the visual wit of the previous pictures


in full consciousness


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


creeps into your heart .


the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools


engaging charisma


queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame


a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message


unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .


is a trove of delights


it is nevertheless compelling


delight in the images


this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes


of your seat , tense with suspense


, tender hug


from a groundbreaking endeavor


going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend


to little more than punishment


geared


there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but


, the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .


it 's sweet .


a sad and rote exercise


bilingual charmer


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


it 's a lousy one at that .


get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,


imaginative through out


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


offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else


never feels draggy


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


a fascinating case study


been remarkable


a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart


have a whale of a good time


seem to get a coherent rhythm going


gender-bending comedy


than the real thing


captured the chaos of an urban conflagration


unbelievably stupid


long , dull procession


, really , really good things can come in enormous packages


great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .


juicy role


with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering


it might just be the movie you 're looking for .


for no one


asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country


the same love story


utter tripe


bland hotels


the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .


finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films


the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .


, shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .


've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane .


captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction


good as the original


genuine and singular artist


has made its way into your very bloodstream


tedium


'd watch these two together again in a new york minute


ambitious `


it 's so lackluster


julie davis is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .


may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .


a really funny movie


imagine acting that could be any flatter


ago


a man in drag is not in and of himself funny


worthy and


the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours


a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .


that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday


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


to look at or understand


one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work .


to fully endear itself to american art house audiences


those prone to indignation need not apply ;


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


that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary


starts out like a typical bible killer story


to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene


worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .


ineffective


lush , swooning melodrama


strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short


's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss .


tried-and-true


of sensitive observation


cathartic


frittered away


the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism ,


too amateurish and


, they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .


humor , warmth , and intelligence


is lacking any real emotional impact


a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : `


a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale .


its visual panache


i '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 .


no discernible feeling


beauty or humor


cold , gray


the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded .


is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side


ultimately empty


to champion the fallibility of the human heart


surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot


is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity


quiet power


off his game


by sending the audience straight to hell


the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes


on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic


brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors


maddening


figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .


more relevant than 9 1/2 weeks


melodramatic bodice-ripper


a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness


's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive


cleverly worked out


of the more influential works


dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of


is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg


shameless self-caricature


foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster


bludgeoning the audience over the head


like the best of godard 's movies


no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild .


that feels dusty and leatherbound


of the worst titles in recent cinematic history


had been developed with more care


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


retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .


's far from fresh-squeezed


huge heart


a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling


quirky , charming and


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


tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . ''


is authentic .


an intense indoor drama


with aplomb


have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own


looks fake


feel the beat down to your toes


love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence


perfectly


boring , pretentious waste


is a dud .


the fact that it is n't very good


you do n't understand what on earth is going on


home


about a superficial midlife crisis


an action/thriller of the finest kind


a buoyant romantic comedy


is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend .


will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action


kwan 's unique directing style


the town has kind of an authentic feel , but


examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling


demonic


the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .


keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong .


weird and distanced


never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .


because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm


borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own


this long and relentlessly saccharine film


conflicts


offer any new insight


bring out joys in our lives


what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure


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


of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions


frightful vanity film


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


the process comes out looking like something wholly original


a movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated


uniquely


shoddy product


you 'd be wise to send your regrets


perdition


its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace


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


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


exploiting


hypocritical


a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls .


are beautiful


told , with superb performances throughout


like life


a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play .


sweetness and


improved


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


fantasy of a director 's travel


the far superior film


resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .


for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance


amaze


a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people ,


an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter


darker turns


losing my lunch


can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise


confident enough


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


evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters


virtually no understanding of it


the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers


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


run-of-the-mill


a strong pulse


star power


, bloody and mean


cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory


the excruciating end of days


a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them


the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .


kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance


a meatier


maelstrom is strange and compelling


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


those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself


amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio


odd and intriguing


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


every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary


a wickedly undramatic central theme


begins as a seven rip-off


the end of the world


cherish would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .


a head-turner -- thoughtfully written ,


that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane


usual tear


engage children


you feel good


a sultry evening


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


apparent joy


live-wire film


this story still seems timely and important .


deliciously exploitative


geniality


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


sloppy , made-for-movie


implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all


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


that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty


one mediocre movie


various sources


that 's apparently just what ( aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career


ca n't even do that much


hide its contrivances


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


like all four of the lead actors a lot


delicate treatment


empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .


such a tragedy


subtlety has never been his trademark


it may not be particularly innovative


the easy emotional buttons


that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier


a climactic hero 's


one more dumb high school comedy


are universal and involving


possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen


farce ,


is so earnest in its yearning for the days


the proficient , dull sorvino has no light touch , and


obscure this movie 's lack of ideas


even 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 , it would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .


brings to a spectacular completion one


satisfactory overview


observant , unfussily poetic meditation


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


dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding


has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .


the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you


have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable .


samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success


and pulp melodrama


of the vulgar , sexist , racist humor


historic


, but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special .


brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .


in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .


's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message


forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s


with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .


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


france 's foremost cinematic poet


uneven


seem graceless and ugly


merely bad


a welcome and heartwarming addition


everlasting


did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home


heartfelt conviction


to his supple understanding of the role


lax


playful spirit


a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages --


the story has its redundancies ,


the charm of kevin kline


sets a new benchmark for lameness


too loud ,


superficiality and silliness


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


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


this girl


, humorless soap opera


while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain


it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .


seem sure of where it should go


have been worth cheering as a breakthrough


its disgusting source material


one of the best movies of the year .


fine acting


will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .


turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder


no energy


low-budget and


it 's all arty and jazzy


whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle


fast and


absurd plot twists


phony imagery or music


best silly horror movies


good humor


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


not just unlikable .


one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .


a beauty to behold


trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it


overinflated mythology


so striking


does n't quite know how to fill a frame


build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .


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


good poetry


to make it worth watching


, storytelling is far more appealing


to its inevitable tragic conclusion


forgettable effort


otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject


stylists


, ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary .


big round eyes and


allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue


very well


on the brink of major changes


a fascinating , bombshell documentary


is pure punk existentialism


the most ingenious film


cloying messages and irksome characters


knows its classical music , knows its freud and


his ( nelson 's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it .


touching british comedy


beautifully shot ,


is as adult as you can get


otherwise good


provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .


vividly


fresh


an unflinching and objective look


a solid base hit .


amateurish


plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .


i just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie .


has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny


the satire is weak .


sitcomishly predictable and cloying


that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination


enigma is well-made


infuses the film


gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences


replacing john carpenter 's stylish tracking shots


a sane and breathtakingly creative film


shrewd but pointless


a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery


echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies


a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and


mannered


of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly


treasure chest


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


a heroine


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


a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ...


, promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people .


their intelligence


quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy


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


a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie


pinnacle


to churn out one mediocre movie after another


strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss


an overcooked soufflé


sinks further and further into comedy futility


grotesque and boring


no character , loveable or otherwise


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


sincerely crafted picture


is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact


tricky and satisfying as any of david


it 's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .


exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '


filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life


such life-embracing spirit


ultimately , `` mib ii '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .


a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle


all the filmmakers need to do


in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm


when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and


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


several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful . ''


even with its $ 50-million us budget , pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .


in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office


a timid , soggy near miss .


we often reel in when we should be playing out


contemplative , and


wonderful , imaginative


limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists


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


enormously endearing


hate it for the same reason


unusually surreal


less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) .


little morality tale


was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be


too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery


one of the best silly horror movies


strokes the eyeballs


low-brow humor ,


a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions


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


the humor wry and


writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavor with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .


too weak a recipe


dishonesty


weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school


a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed


look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .


my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and


very well-acted


as moronic as some campus gross-out films


zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does .


to bowling you over


the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .


comedy special


annoying


cannibal


most effective


little time


lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise


goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage


has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones


charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular


a much funnier film


it 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel ,


near miss


yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state


in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable


the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and


the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .


the fantastic and the believable


to keep it from being maudlin


an interest


lacks depth .


has something fascinating


an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château


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


another generic drama


typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .


the recording sessions


of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters


the rare imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour .


shapeless inconsequential move


annoying ,


by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .


with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors


a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise


wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths


and artistic transcendence


tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot


treat .


retaining an integrity


look ill at ease sharing the same scene .


a natural sense for what works


throw elbows when necessary


very sluggish


this overproduced piece


as ugly as the shabby digital photography and


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


a funny moment


frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,


payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast


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


noisy and pretentious


` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny


an intensely lived time ,


employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing


of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan


brave


sinister inspiration


but no-nonsense human beings they are and


competent , unpretentious entertainment


to squander jennifer love hewitt


has a way of seeping into your consciousness


tooled action thriller about love and terrorism


putrid writing , direction and timing


breezy blend


if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing .


attracting audiences


whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .


contributions


an amusement


jump cuts , fast editing


in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine .


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


an overexposed waste of film


most of the characters forget their lines


just that it 's so not-at-all-good


listless , witless ,


handsome


a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock


airless cinematic shell games .


next to little insight


mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor ,


cheesy backdrops


peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us ,


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


must have been lost in the mail


utter lack


beneath otherwise tender movements


if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad


follow-your-dream


is no denying the power of polanski 's film


match his ambition


, virulently unpleasant excuse


the confusing sexual messages


queasy infatuation and overall strangeness


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


really solid woody allen film


opulent


with splendid singing


this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history


an intelligent person


small , sweet ` evelyn


if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guy .


buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


desolate


the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes


to break free of her old life


these days are about nothing


terrific casting


it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .


their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment


is the kathie lee gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent


emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort


auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ...


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


technically proficient and


a chilly , brooding but quietly


lazy exercise


predictable than their consequences


proper home


his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress


is rather unexceptional


under-inspired , overblown enterprise


like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen


inject farcical raunch


injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .


is their resemblance to everyday children .


will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned .


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


is one of the best actors there is


is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable


a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically ,


is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .


ugly and destructive


baaaaaaaaad movie


as a detailed personal portrait


delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation


feel sanitised and stagey


direct-to-video/dvd


that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination


fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .


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


difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002


crane 's decline with unblinking candor


written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors


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


more of : spirit , perception , conviction


the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon .


teeth-clenching


the movie is brilliant , really .


entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal


so you can get your money back


timid and soggy


can be made on the cheap


barely realize your mind is being blown .


light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy


( a ) stale retread of the '53 original .


of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme


abhorrent


feels painfully redundant and inauthentic


make it well worth watching


after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .


integrating the characters


brave and


in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look


modestly surprising movie


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


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


wondrous beats


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


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


ability to shock and amaze


another tired old vision


a fascinating character 's


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


a tough pill to swallow


more adventurous


than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point


too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize , and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .


rings false


sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit


human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ;


more than their unique residences


... strips bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .


not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .


of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay


the flowering of the south korean cinema


( and lovely ) experiment


george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks


a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .


undeniably fascinating and playful


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


crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope


this stinker


piercing and feisty


is one of my least favorite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it


before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .


not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .


urban comedy


exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk


is a brilliant movie .


feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal


was worse . ''


it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance .


leaden and predictable


above-average thriller


an elegant and sly deadpan


civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices


i like all four of the lead actors a lot and


high-strung but flaccid drama


guiding lights


reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script


`` b +


one of france 's most inventive directors


sets a new benchmark for lameness .


in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .


tenacious


the brain is engaged


are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction


is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor


about the life


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


engaging manner and flamboyant style


cinematic


to his craft , but to his legend


... hypnotically dull .


is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his


yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless


other foul substances


mounted , exasperatingly


about the general absurdity of modern life


none of this is very original , and


to behold in its sparkling beauty


is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '


brisk hack job .


teacher


it all unfolds predictably


its empty head


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


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


a remarkably alluring film


for sure


a fun and funky look


have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama


has failed him


for everyone


rather unique approach


is oscar-worthy


watching intelligent people making a movie


the modern master


a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find .


is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys


-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --


warped


launch


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


one that was hard for me to warm up to


brought down by lousy direction .


an even less capable trio of criminals


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


for the last 15 minutes


a superfluous sequel ...


too convoluted


with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .


the pictures do the punching


terrific casting and solid execution


thrillers actually thrilled


is the sense that peace is possible


valley of the dolls


how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not .


worm its way into your heart


spellbinding serpent 's


becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on


funniest motion


fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about


the stale plot and pornographic way


handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly


is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .


ebullient


takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .


its visual appeal


once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie


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


wholly believable and heart-wrenching


frightfest


look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor


there are many definitions of ` time waster '


the dullest tangents


switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s


empty head


star power , a pop-induced score


smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


forget about it


feel like a chump


focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness


wo n't enjoy the movie at all


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


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .


effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


great rewards


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


is a mess .


too clichéd and


being able to tear their eyes away from the screen


terrifying message


telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal


compromising that complexity


one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience


suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories


has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed


with brooms and what is kind of special


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


tight and truthful


appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about


lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.


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


with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller


formulaic and forgettable


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


effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres


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


candid ,


you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .


hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like


more sophisticated and


this turd squashed


show-stoppingly hilarious ,


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


is still worth hearing


right conditions


's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .


godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ...


than a leaky freighter


dying fall


ignore the film


you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .


the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny


that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability


an insult


gentle , lapping


rise above the level of an after-school tv special


muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible


feel like time fillers between surf shots


presume


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


the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve .


found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays .


shamelessly manipulative and contrived


lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name


much like a young robert deniro


altogether creepy


jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory --


has any sting to it


see over and over


, you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox


thriller junk .


seeing this trite , predictable rehash


surprisingly funny


mr. polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic .


jump-in-your-seat moment


, this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .


the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .


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


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


chamber of secrets


film that suffers because of its many excesses .


sublime


how


a rustic retreat and pee against a tree


the working out of the plot almost arbitrary


it also will win you over , in a big way


seem tiresomely simpleminded


director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and


prime mystery


it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker


about intelligent high school


an achievement


were the people who paid to see it .


an engaging storyline ,


almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and


too much exploitation and too little art


one film


bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period


a delightfully dour


it trusts the story it sets out to tell .


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


been a good film in `` trouble every day


ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format


... could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .


works its magic


the war of the roses , '


cinematic disaster


a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic .


this dvd


of motherhood deferred and desire


spoofs and celebrates


it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years


broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .


theories


it 's won


a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and


in a sincere performance


there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed


celebrated


the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


becomes an overwhelming pleasure


to be even worse than its title


grossly contradictory


the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ... but


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


it still feels like a prison stretch .


are many tense scenes in trapped


this movie directionless


the film is 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 and dangerously collide .


the art direction is often exquisite ,


a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters


might deliver again and again


scores a direct hit


a humorless journey into a philosophical void .


a foundering performance


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


fine documentary


once playful and haunting ,


way fears and slights


delightful in the central role


the film 's final hour


a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece


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


does n't


dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick


thoughtful , subjective filmmaking


that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness


symbolic examination


be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality


translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard .


into rambling incoherence


icky


occasional slowness


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


nelson 's intentions are good


a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic


it 's black hawk down with more heart .


a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc .


otherwise bleak


, then blood work is for you .


knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest .


the general 's


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


plot and pornographic way


beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images


a kitchen sink


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


excruciating end


make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel


is born to play shaggy !


subtle ironies and visual devices


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


potentially interesting


is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


family fare .


the curse of blandness


is ) a fascinating character ,


director claude chabrol


finds warmth in the coldest environment


flailing around


this orange has some juice ,


historically significant , and personal ,


with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society .


's equally distasteful


is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap


it makes you feel like a chump


there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down .


a dull , dumb and derivative horror


's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd


becomes too heavy for the plot .


loud , violent and mindless


the film certainly does n't disappoint .


here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud .


craziness


noble teacher


graham greene 's novel


a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director 's understanding of the expressive power of the camera .


, howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .


will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .


with spikes of sly humor


ungainly movie


human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard .


regret and , ultimately ,


elegance and


a difficult time


buoyant delivery


most inventive directors


its luckiest viewers


visually striking and slickly staged


fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent .


unsettled


is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .


recommend snow dogs


you would n't want to live waydowntown ,


a brutal and funny


in all its director 's cut glory


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


captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury


an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton .


into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music


farts , urine , feces ,


a big time stinker


artful , watery tones


that 's better than its predecessor


bad luck and their own immaturity


's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but


some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics


richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings


, retrospectively , his most personal work yet .


just because it seems obligatory


improves on it ,


bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .


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


this woefully hackneyed movie


murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed


pretentious types


to the power of women to heal


an original idea


is banal in its message and the choice of material


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


a whole lot of nada


the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect ,


hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .


collateral damage is trash ,


a miraculous movie


very dark and very funny


prostituted muse


is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .


he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty


was chuckling at all the wrong times


it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .


seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar


's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters


formulaic


an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion


lame screenplay


running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .


bad way


seems worse for the effort .


of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen


overflows


austerity and forcefulness


sensational denouements


studiously inoffensive


a gem of a movie .


far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise .


that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes


say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets


may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations


would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 .


it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity


one long


honest and loving


ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but


( a ) mess


to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned


the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders


the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .


this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .


this charming but slight tale


, and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth


involved .


inane


teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing


that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers


a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story


highly predictable


a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing .


the community


he wants you to feel something


better than its predecessor


piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent .


a complete waste of time .


is very believable


shoot themselves


mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary


sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests


friday after next is a lot more bluster than bite .


the self-destructiveness


lightweight but appealing .


its courage ,


feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards


makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective


mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear


ambiguous enough to be engaging


it holds itself


with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers


mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but


pulpy core conceit


has never been smoother or more confident


is at once intimate and universal cinema .


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


the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope


brilliant and


he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities .


cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense


lack of thematic resonance


's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .


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


halle berry does her best to keep up with him


lots of boring talking heads , etc. --


of profound characterizations


the thrills pop up frequently


drags the film


manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .


the numerous scenes of gory mayhem


of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form


arrogant


for self-deprecating comedy


overlong and not well-acted


cheapo animation


i laughed at


whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned


perform entertaining tricks


the harsh reality of my situation


a guilty pleasure


small but rewarding comedy


the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting


closer than many movies


a party political broadcast


dumb high school comedy


an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism .


deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection


bluster and


a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters


but dull and ankle-deep ` epic


of the elements that will grab you


exceptionally


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


bless crudup


it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor .


the limitations of his skill and


wazoo and sets


the final day of the season


something rare and riveting


as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code


a class with that of wilde


i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy


's good


of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title


cutting-edge


a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .


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


like a bad idea from frame one


highly professional film


be an attempt at hardass american


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


such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . ''


manages to bring something new into the mix


by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness


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


has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy


could n't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person


a sense of wonder


of the rotting underbelly of middle america


its uncanny tale


nonsensical and


her grace


inconsequential move


will enjoy it


snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i


nothing distinguishing


the finest


error


my ribcage


, the hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .


for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek , they 'll probably run out screaming .


this dreary mess


subjective


lags badly


adding the rich details


breaks no new ground and


these characters become wearisome .


leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .


stereotypes in good fun


lax and


in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .


with a game supporting cast


, showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .


less charitable


if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .


that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking


in white 's intermittently wise script


end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards


high-minded appeal


fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat


insane


likeable characters


that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .


excruciatingly


armed with a game supporting cast ,


lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) ,


the courageous molly craig


work because there is no foundation for it


you 're engulfed by it .


true for being so hot-blooded


devastation


is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city