like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .


would have a good time here .


doze off for a few minutes or


to life in the performances


unlikable characters


is often preachy and poorly acted


red dragon '' is entertaining .


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


terrific performance


shows excess in business and pleasure


that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking


this summer that do not involve a dentist drill


is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .


tank


the movie knew what to do with him


you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works


like nothing we westerners have seen before


( ramsay ) visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .


even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .


a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import


romantic , riveting and handsomely


sensual delights and simmering violence


it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but


we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes .


charm and charisma


see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade


laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany .


a film with a great premise but only a great premise .


like `


check your brain


tells this very compelling tale


guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling


is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem


justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess


this elegant entertainment


a visual style unique and inherent


by acute writing and a host of splendid performances


too long and unfocused


boasts enough funny


is needed to live a rich and full life .


, outrageous , ingenious


third time 's the charm


refusal


visually flashy


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


will enjoy seeing how both evolve


listen to extremist name-calling ,


of the lovable-loser protagonist


his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass


real raw emotion


the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and


the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .


's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax .


as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star


self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and


a ragbag of cliches


need of some trims and


miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .


best


big shear


it should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring .


the gifted pearce on hand


grotesque and


this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale


of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness


is not only a love song to the movies


its dying


affected child acting


this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected .


broomfield dresses it up


poorly-constructed


moving tragedy


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


has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh


if considerably less ambitious ,


gave people seizures


ring hollow


made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not


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


is just lazy


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


ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving


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


're desperate for the evening to end


struggle tragically


makes the same mistake as the music industry


the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy


pooper-scoopers


introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix


of male-ridden angst


dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam


earlier copycat under siege


( and probably should have


's needed so badly but what is virtually absent


ferrara 's best film in years .


proficiency


an autopsy , the movie


deserve but rarely receive it


the good ,


, the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .


, the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy .


90 punitive minutes


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


, you might want to check it out


it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .


very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .


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


little cleavage


a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action


relentlessly globalizing


comes through all too painfully in the execution


is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


committed to growth in his ninth decade


... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .


of film entertainment


executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity ,


the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful .


its rapid-fire delivery


phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose ,


a source of high hilarity


there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .


depressingly thin and


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


little visible talent


's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet


include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms. mirren , who did )


better effects ,


brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and


that movie was pretty bad


an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst


vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing


a stand up and cheer flick


slightest difficulty


twists to make the formula feel fresh .


good-hearted ensemble comedy


has little to do with the story ,


truly revelatory about his psyche


of the plot ` surprises '


as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone


done , so primitive in technique


the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension


does n't put you off


between two gifted performers


sumptuous work


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


the world they love and make


starts off witty and sophisticated and


ludicrous and contrived


all-star salute


proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy .


're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


every family


's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely


visionary


seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk


dwindles


on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


strong cast and surehanded direction


draws its considerable power from simplicity


quietly inspirational


the auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights


ruined


of pointless mayhem


no-surprise


the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ... it 's a pity that ( nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition .


most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment


be a bit disjointed


the footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knight


terminally brain dead production .


although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .


though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .


fascinating case study


a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .


an iconoclastic artist


sensitivity and skill


make the stones weep -- as shameful


polished , well-structured film .


nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness


crisp psychological drama


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


it familiar and insufficiently cathartic


it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast


flopped


vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition


a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion ,


there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases .


it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .


crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy


little style


a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter


knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record .


that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees


powerful and deeply moving example


the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again .


a tired , unnecessary retread


where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone


quiet , decisive moments


not a strike


's informative and breathtakingly spectacular


-- and gross


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


and whirling fight sequences


the heart soar


because the film deliberately lacks irony


as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day


has never


an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity


the edge of their seats


, charming


's a talking head documentary , but a great one .


an interesting psychological game


's both charming and well acted


arrogant richard pryor wannabe


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


glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum .


treasure .


terrifying angst


i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes


in the right direction


gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and


the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy


big time stinker


murky


as an intense political and psychological thriller


those who like quirky , slightly strange french films


none of the plot ` surprises '


number 1


some first-rate performances


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


most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes


is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .


's `


of french cinema at its best


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


watch the film


its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and


deadeningly


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


the man and


bold presentation


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


a throwback war movie


lost


its unhurried narrative


it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net


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


downright silly


unrelentingly exploitative


who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate


if you 're looking for a story , do n't bother .


approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all


a captivating coming-of-age story


pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities


mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .


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


a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity .


sloppily


gawky


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


simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .


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


comically


enjoyed it just as much


many such biographical melodramas


victorious


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


it 's not an easy one to review .


effectively chilling


less capable


is why film criticism can be considered work .


a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky


this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .


an enjoyable big movie


there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is


definitive , if disingenuous , feature


in his u.s. debut , mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .


raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit


this aging series


's made at least one damn fine horror movie


see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue


morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .


hilarity .


overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over rafael 's evolution .


are in tatters


why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out


ballistic : ecks vs. sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .


the unacceptable , the unmentionable


good actors , good poetry and


this waste


a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages


no bearing on the story


in as flat


at lengthy dialogue scenes


the somber pacing and lack


very good ( but not great )


it made me feel unclean ,


it 'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .


've seen it all before


the way


it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind


morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .


a remarkable film


a wonderfully warm human drama


, with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .


a work of outstanding originality


an unfortunate title


fanciful thinkers


i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back


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


his most critically insightful


is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens


the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances


can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas


new best friend ''


a greater attention


it a failure as straight drama


an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight


plain bad .


staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .


like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .


to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes


of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen


in the form of dazzling pop entertainment


the densest distillation of roberts ' movies


heart and humor


funny and touching .


hazy high


a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation


the overall fabric is hypnotic


toothless


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


notice the glaring triteness of the plot device


an ordeal


, it 's not half-bad .


an energy to y tu mamá también


bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them .


, incoherence and sub-sophomoric


has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .


between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows


tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her


is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized


delusions


cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts


so hideously and clumsily


solid execution


a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way


a wildly entertaining


it has some problems


frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution


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


to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before


of the unsalvageability


talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be ,


matthew lillard is born to play shaggy !


with an amateurish screenplay


the best ` old neighborhood ' project


poor editing , bad bluescreen , and


it would be better to wait for the video .


manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents


hit you from the first scene


's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise


while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up


is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses


miserably


amusing us


in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain


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


creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances


natural , even-flowing tone


'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche


take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film


assured , vital and well wrought


captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . ''


damning and damned compelling


not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .


boring , pretentious muddle


as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention


irrelevant


get top billing


blind to the silliness


home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .


evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up ,


of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt


the positive change


is one word that best describes this film : honest .


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


ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another


a surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director malcolm d. lee and writer john ridley


manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum


desultory


if this is cinema


should be tried as a war criminal


directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann


other than the very sluggish pace )


, natural acting


content


as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .


arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut


what may be the performances of their careers


rare insight


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


mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .


blessed


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


you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .


the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism


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


of great monster/science fiction flicks


for a great film noir


's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us


on the monster 's path of destruction


is to substitute plot for personality .


an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .


, it does n't disappoint .


its courageousness , and


incapable of being boring


this sad , compulsive life


i saw this one


director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers


paints an absurdly simplistic picture


treasure and


was particularly funny


is in need of a scented bath


the park


like running out screaming


through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy


if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .


a must-see


be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic


burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,


directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured .


beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen


' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .


a travesty


queen of the damned is too long with too little going on .


america , history


nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite


charming , thought-provoking new york fest


corrupt and hedonistic weasels


superfluous sequel


has a new career ahead of him


wore


'' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


are they like humans , only hairier


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


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


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


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


lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing


like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .


of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light


hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before


not too filling


worst movies


on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches


some visual virtues


more coming-of-age stories


a marginal thumbs


an unbelievably stupid film


skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor


alienate


to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch


dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors


offers a ray of hope


a generic bloodbath that often becomes


the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale


reasonably good time


and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .


a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency


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


committed dumbness


the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences


inside an enigma


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


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


creepy , intermittently powerful study


funny or


on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt


tits


may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .


see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting ''


the worst kind of hubristic folly


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


a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and


the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second


unmentionable


ethnic


the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring


extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking


the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ...


has already reached its expiration date


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


fantasy and adventure


if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is


that rare family movie


a fascinating character


been better than the fiction


simple and precise


grow boring


taken as a whole , the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .


is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .


just about the surest bet


plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up .


great american comedy


middle-of-the-road blandness


seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary


that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films


freeman and judd make it work


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


its sparkling beauty


read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .


hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light


's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery


as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ;


clichéd and


at once both refreshingly different


is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year


trivializing it


that both thrills the eye and


the bad sound ,


this submarine drama earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot .


enjoy


a spark of new inspiration in it


powerful


know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama


the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film .


all the halfhearted zeal


contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls


have reinvigorated the romance genre


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


the kind of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of .


a freshness and modesty


create


banal bore


manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability


uniformly superb


squandering


mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion .


comically dismal social realism


never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy


things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films


this girl deserves a sequel


treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina


's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight


and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .


no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 -


is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn


is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .


desperately needed


, he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable


unexplainable


one of the year 's best films


disquieting triumph


elegantly


attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident .


the problem with wendigo ,


interesting topic


has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear


the power


have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role


passe '


when one has nothing else to watch


the people in jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out .


achingly sad


medium-grade network sitcom


characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity


an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking


thought-provoking film


where nothing really happens .


with material this rich it does n't need it


beautifully detailed performances


it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists


charged music to the ears of cho 's fans


crisp , unaffected style


brims with passion :


a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain


manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .


could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy .


enough interest


behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco


lower-wit


in the best possible senses of both those words


find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating


a sudden turn and devolves


a little more intensity


anticipated


without cheesy fun factor


the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity


it look as though they are having so much fun


is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot


more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms


detract from the athleticism


no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .


's brilliant `


of hollywood heart-string plucking


most offensive


overwrought and crudely literal


the lousy tarantino imitations


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


's nothing very attractive about this movie


scarcely worth a mention


like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas


its considerable power


scary , action-packed chiller


a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism .


dramatic urgency


extended , open-ended poem


for humor and bite


brings us another masterpiece


bad trip


many bona fide groaners among too few laughs


than to rush to the theater for this one


indecent


a less-than-thrilling thriller .


lavish period scenery


luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing


is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves


what one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .


depth or complexity


purposefully reductive movie


last year 's lame musketeer


deeply pessimistic


that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something


storytelling


of riveting power and sadness


uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds


... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .


also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .


, they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .


reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap


miracle


the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better )


she is a lioness


distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,


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


the kind 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 executed idea .


becoming irritating


delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory


the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining


laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling


's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points


of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants


deceit


young man 's


is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness


guilt-free


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


farts , urine , feces


the martial arts master to top form


bargain-basement european pickup


successful adaptation


nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride


its metaphors


wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some


borderline insulting


disingenuous ,


does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but


god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness .


cheap , graceless , hackneyed


we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity


to be fully forgotten


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


watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell


're desperate for the evening to end .


surprisingly short of both adventure and song


for all the wit and hoopla


excellent use


absorbing look


searing lead performance


aging series


i ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .


this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .


good than great


combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture


has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favor of an altogether darker side


thinks-it-is joke


this dog of a movie


seem like the proper cup of tea


falters


are far more alienating than involving .


a true study , a film with a questioning heart


lots of effort and intelligence are on display


has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline


`` horrible '' and `` terrible


if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication


the shining , the thing ,


it 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .


rent the disney version


have been the ultimate imax trip


, wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .


ability to think


is one summer film that satisfies


a lot to recommend read my lips


beauty and


dupe the viewer


valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in


ultimately life-affirming


turd


humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .


committed


two fine actors ,


love it , too .


there are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .


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


hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really


expertly plucking tension from quiet


america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony


within a wallflower


superb performers


little-known perspective


is stiff or just plain bad .


be something to behold


executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond .


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


drags it back


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


mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant


jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style


fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty


a minimalist beauty and the beast


is n't quite out of ripe


toilet humor , ethnic slurs


any less entertaining


overflowing septic tank


objective documentary


then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .


, savvy , compelling


sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are


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


put you off


downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message


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


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


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


solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy


carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect


some unpaid intern


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


a moving and weighty depiction of one family


at ease sharing the same scene


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


adams just copies from various sources


an interesting slice of history .


add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments


is too much of a plunge


of our making


excels


makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything


fast-paced and wonderfully edited


the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john


the most compelling performance of the year


the best actors there is


twice as bestial but half as funny


there are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .


a phlegmatic bore ,


the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul


's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images


self-discovery handled with such sensitivity


will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists .


every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible


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


intimate and panoramic


of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor


in unexpected ways , touching


first-rate performances


cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and


anguished


make for a bad film


to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories


is truth


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


in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage


unfocused and tediously exasperating


genuine excitement


on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .


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


they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .


a total washout


summer fluff


unmistakable , easy


a clear-eyed


the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters


as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous


entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's


manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .


attributable to a movie like this


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect


craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .


presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale


hard-driving narcissism is a given


being surprisingly dull


in a fat man 's navel


rejected must have been astronomically bad


a simple `` goddammit


thornier


while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .


film buffs will eat up like so much gelati


claustrophobic


with tremendous skill


blazingly alive and admirable on many levels


of cinema 's directorial giants


drags during its 112-minute length


enthralling aesthetic experience


gets the tone just right


turns out to be ( assayas ' ) homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness


fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless


paper-thin and


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


no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same


the next a turgid drama


is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world


proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .


negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship


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


's hardly a necessary enterprise .


malcolm mcdowell is cool .


ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin


suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


in all the best possible ways


, i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .


smart , romantic drama


, you 're on the edge of your seat


um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?


to the illogic of its characters


a low-budget series


's not trying to laugh at how bad


has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama


has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense


long and relentlessly saccharine


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


highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast


lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this


sensual and funny


written , flatly


she 's not funny


terrific special effects


is one of the year 's best .


if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , jacquot preserves tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .


made , on all levels ,


as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops


enthusiastic charm


be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense .


glancing vividly back


that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history


've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness


remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt


is a horrible movie


clever and suspenseful


a three-hour cinema master class .


the film 's desire to be liked sometimes


a smartly written motion picture


their outrageousness


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


relies less on forced air than on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script


a creepy and dead-on performance


unfortunately , 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 .


you missed the point


has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud ... and parmentier .


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


has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness


deceptions


proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny


but a little too smugly


most flamboyant female comics


the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and


the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry


a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists


believe that resident evil is not it


well-crafted family film


thrill


awesome


piercing domestic drama


go back and choose to skip it


run-of-the-mill profanity


bittersweet


mediocre movie


all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own


the movie is about as deep as that sentiment .


solid and refined piece


it 's not too fast and not too slow .


with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill .


93 minutes of unrecoverable life


's self-defeatingly decorous


but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .


a sour taste in one 's mouth ,


high-profile name


of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days


the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem


this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts


it is also beautifully acted .


sprightly spin


maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul


college


from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .


of the most genuinely sweet films


the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey ... ( it ) comes off like a hallmark commercial


obnoxious 88-minute


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


the fat


is disappointing


footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire


plainly dull and visually ugly


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


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


the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .


it 's a spectacular performance - ahem


presents a frightening and compelling ` what if


even predictable remake


puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula


we value in our daily lives


as an actor 's showcase , hart 's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player .


is distressingly rote


captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics


none of this is meaningful or memorable , but


all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain


with humor


a sobering and powerful documentary


casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back ,


, amusing study


technical triumph


gluing you to the edge of your seat


fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .


who deserve but rarely receive it


most aggressive and most sincere


be used to burn every print of the film


takes too long to shake


like a prison stretch


it 's self-defeatingly decorous


a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility


its own direction


exciting documentary


their own cleverness


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


is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice


a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !


neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief


for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .


it 's not really funny


savagely


that storytelling has value can not be denied .


is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .


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


concentration


tendency to slip into hokum


is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .


admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and


funny , and even touching


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


find an escape clause


spout hilarious dialogue


disturbing disregard


in the arguments of competing lawyers


of that moral favorite


by folks worthy of scorn


achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence


confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture .


a failure of storytelling


jackass is a vulgar and


drama that takes itself all too seriously


is extraordinary


, but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera


some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .


dislikable


voyeuristic spectacle


as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,


updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place


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


nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a -


pretty funny


striking style


contains no wit , only labored gags .


bogged down over 140 minutes


fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency


gently funny , sweetly adventurous


a majestic achievement ,


star-studded


undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama


to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors


... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet .


a cut above the rest


that interweaves individual stories


sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it


old porridge


as an eloquent memorial


familiar and predictable ,


iconic hero


a big splash


a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made


a joy


articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .


understands characters must come first


it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .


is its reliance on formula


it feels much longer


marvelous documentary touches


, sweaty-palmed fun


freddy gets molested by a dog


sadly , ` garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '


what kind of sewage


can see coming a mile away


the script by vincent r. nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .


lots of hollywood fluff


awful snooze .


sentimentalized


an astonishing voice cast


popular gulzar and jagjit singh


a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie


an ambitious movie


witty


too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy


prozac nation


dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .


, ` santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .


a fine effort


the triumph of his band


mediocre end


is amateurish


the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .


're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic


's too close to real life to make sense


feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark .


illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood


at heart is a sweet little girl


tainted


tired stereotypes


seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .


tragic waste


after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .


a deft pace master and stylist


godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .


they do n't fit well together


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


moulin rouge


colorful , dramatized pbs program


're far better served by the source material


of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome


authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .


the intended , er , spirit


as well-conceived as either of those films


a sharp script and


have a fun , no-frills ride


deep-seated , emotional need


personified in the film 's simple title


implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses


good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it


condescending stereotypes


is amazing , yes


it has a genuine dramatic impact


`` sorority boys '' was funnier ,


its sweet time


thoughtfulness


watch people


as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah


visual clarity and deeply


a loud , low-budget and tired formula film


video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all


looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .


honest , sensitive story


( t ) he ideas of revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution


he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does .


a halfway intriguing plot


klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .


2002 's first great film


its paint fights , motorized scooter chases


do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going .


little action , almost


it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie


to believe in it the most


the full monty , but a really strong second effort


has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .


clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes


too stagey


requiring a great deal of thought


enduring strengths


offers a desperately ingratiating performance


tired , unimaginative and derivative


is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .


stale


an undeniably moving film to experience , and


its whimsical humor


its good qualities


one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms


jaw-droppingly beautiful work


there are laughs aplenty ,


funny and well-contructed black comedy


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


will be well worth your time


seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times .


same old story


is solid , satisfying fare for adults


shallow styles


efficiency and


set up


as an actress , madonna is one helluva singer .


ends up sounding like satire


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


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


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


begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject


are great rewards here


terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating


the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible


slapstick sequences


suitably elegant


the most moronic screenplays


i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me


a splash


is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes


comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .


the 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 .


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


, at times sublime , visuals


a.c. will help this movie one bit


be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker


disquietingly


abstract approach


a sleek advert


variable


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


muddy psychological


a film that comes along every day .


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


's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


thoughtlessly assembled


edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde


though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


( carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated


it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something


cheap cliché


slopped `


faint of heart or conservative of spirit


the upbeat ending


makes each crumb of emotional comfort


a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent


of the lightweight female empowerment


that 's as crisp and to the point


snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .


writer/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results .


can take the grandkids or the grandparents and


addition to being very funny


a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism


to hit all of its marks


one of the year 's best films , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore .


of purpose or even a plot


olivier assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama


do all three quite well


seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .


to suffer '


made tucker a star


's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess


adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say


children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and


is workmanlike in the extreme


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


of his sweetness and vulnerability


putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a pandora 's box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest


humanly possible


is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .


the off-center humor


overtly silly dialogue


the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy


happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares


amiable but


terribly funny


a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy


just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence


a colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters


bad writing ,


maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in


an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent


with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life


to make their way through this tragedy


directs , ideally


a movie like the guys is why film criticism can be considered work .


just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .


leave them singing long after the credits roll


have decades of life as a classic movie franchise


the journey does n't really go anywhere .


'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .


of ridiculousness


a milquetoast movie


, it 's a work of enthralling drama


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


so believable that you feel what they feel


is difficult to fathom .


a road-trip drama


best date movie


flat and


godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment


full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing .


bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness


into an intense and engrossing head-trip


( clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but


camaraderie


by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .


film that loses sight of its own story


a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .


moore wonderfully


crafty , energetic and smart


run for your lives


truly terrible .


sweetness , clarity and emotional


severe flaws


get on television


adorably ditsy but


sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .


seriously dumb


ear-pleasing songs


old garbage


, bad , bad movie


love liza 's


, can prevent its tragic waste of life


it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and


searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful


's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland .


romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here


suffers from all the excesses of the genre .


uniformly good


solidly entertaining and moving


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


a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project !


takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative


green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese .


austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .


the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion


visual poetry


still seems timely and important .


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


is impressively true for being so hot-blooded


while not for every taste


eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions


weepy melodrama


flimsy flicks


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


the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him


special walk


that shows the promise of digital filmmaking


suited


fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context


in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .


, tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage


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


consistently intelligent


classy


did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy


evocative imagery


would be a total washout .


shakes you vigorously for its duration


's a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .


` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science


a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .


beg the question ` why


brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne )


twisted shapes history


this refreshing visit


lurid and less than lucid work .


the movie looks genuinely pretty .


fine music never heard


denzel


visually compelling one


relentlessly downbeat


a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects


director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times .


bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary


attraction


, eloquent film


, his little changes ring hollow


a special kind of movie


a fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it


terrific look


to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen


the retro gang melodrama


sentimentalizing it


overcooked soufflé


not-so-funny


still shines in her quiet blue eyes


what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .


portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue


'' overcome its weaknesses


each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture


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


fit well together


a tidal wave of plot


that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful


to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky


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


would have made vittorio de sica proud


a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise .


dumb story


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


that would have made vittorio de sica proud


me without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .


that actually manages to bring something new into the mix


provocative central wedding sequence


where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony


a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke


sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .


the earnest emotional core


amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise


retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash


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


plastered with one hollywood cliche


-- and far less crass


for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope , there 's something creepy about this movie .


, the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .


weird little movie


poo-poo jokes


america 's thirst


emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right


the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy ) genre a bad name .


a thinking man 's


the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery .


breathtakingly assured and stylish


is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack


proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .


i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious


of ( witherspoon 's ) better films


revelatory


an average b-movie


confined


sinks further and further


poetic , heartbreaking


is funny , insightfully human


a playful respite


us to forget most of the film 's problems


bad company .


layered , well-developed characters and some surprises


pointed personalities , courage , tragedy


any less psycho


runs on the pure adrenalin


, peculiar and always entertaining costume drama


, you 're a jet all the way


worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production


is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )


film that will enthrall the whole family


too stagy


we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold .


easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root


the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots


a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film


could n't really figure out how to flesh either out


fairly predictable psychological thriller


witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic .


especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english


teeth-gnashing actorliness


an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow


high art


one of them


telling a fascinating character 's story


anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket


too heavy for the plot


for reverence and a little wit


too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .


fun ,


an uneasy mix


if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


drawn engaging characters


most good-hearted yet sensual


a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .


muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .


are incredibly captivating and insanely funny ,


manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .


the film is not only a love song to the movies


just a string of stale gags


this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .


is little else


because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple


lacks the utter authority of a genre gem


, this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary .


, it already has one strike against it .


where a masterpiece should be


'll like it


solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke


liked by the people who can still give him work


exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza


the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but


jet


with its own cuteness


chasing who


engaging mix


take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead


's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast


but because of the startling intimacy


are acting horribly


the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable


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


at 2002 's sundance festival


a way that verges on the amateurish


strikes a potent chemistry


old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment .


buy is an accomplished actress ,


hugely entertaining and uplifting


certainly the performances are worthwhile .


too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .


intensely lived


is bad


about this love story


me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes


dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography


exuberant


may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not


impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .


is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .


heated sexuality


reinvigorated


... watching it was painful .


evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .


` unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .


world trade center tragedy


refreshingly smart and newfangled variation


constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .


plod


a riveting documentary .


, featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .


personal velocity


went 8 movies ago


are an immensely appealing couple


discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus


it promised it would be


are incredibly captivating and insanely funny


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


too mushy


dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater


's just rather leaden and dull .


all as very important


the only question ... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .


of what it actually means to face your fears


the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and


is vivacious


von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke


lumbering , wheezy


you feel like a sucker


is n't one true ` chan moment '


delivers without sham the raw-nerved story .


routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny


florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama


a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .


the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romance with ryder is puzzling


charismatic


clumsiness


an amazing breakthrough


due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .


there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling ,


it actually improves upon the original hit movie


smart , provocative drama


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


tremendous


parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they


could restage the whole thing in your bathtub


a low-budget affair , tadpole


do anything


make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime


funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy


bias


is hartley 's least accessible screed


conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year


's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in bridget jones 's diary


slightly less successful than the first


moving performance


a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige


there are n't many conclusive answers in the film ,


it 's a work of enthralling drama


meets his future wife


, we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .


instantly forgettable


unsatisfying


a glorified episode


's a lousy one at that .


unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .


wars


honestly nice little film


the humor and humanity


bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness


because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving


are neither original


unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .


a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .


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


his intellectual rigor


honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film


dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue


a disney pic


, crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .


undeniably moving


into a lyrical and celebratory vision


walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .


does n't live up to material


is rather choppy


of the movie 's success


the astonishingly pivotal role


that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people


the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces


grow boring ...


invites unflattering comparisons


the right conditions


brisk , reverent , and subtly different


shakes you vigorously


proves it 's never too late to learn


why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .


oddly moving


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


that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people


mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .


, imagination and insight


the edge of your seat


it 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .


jack o '


naturalistic acting


's secondary to american psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .


by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war


sex with strangers is a success .


, director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers


compassion , sacrifice , and christian love


they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .


is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ?


permits laughter


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


it 's affecting , amusing , sad and reflective .


by now intolerable


although made on a shoestring and unevenly


with steven seagal


is consistently amusing and engrossing ...


you feel good , you feel sad ,


is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts


( sports ) admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .


captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better


, credible


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


's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival


this waste of time


that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic


conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects


a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire


wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way


cheap , b movie way


i was entranced .


a copy of a copy of a copy


mesmerizing


pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars


realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and


transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil


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


for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster


a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring .


is enjoyable family fare


, instantly disposable


an almost sure-fire prescription


sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .


one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year


smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise


a good shot


redundant , sloppy


do n't even like their characters


little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors


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


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


good things happen to bad people


if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .


no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting ,


lifeless rumblings


major problem


not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times


is analytical


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


coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting


is warm , inviting , and surprising


a fine idea


the charm of the first movie is still there , and


vanity project


's very beavis and butthead , yet always


a vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that


warm your heart


, no-frills ride


, unmemorable filler .


the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters


emotional intelligence


fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies


visceral and spiritual


he 's a better actor than a standup comedian .


, this dumas adaptation entertains


the man


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


confessions is n't always coherent ,


flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .


but it was n't .


crummy-looking videotape


this is downright movie penance


the slow , lingering death of imagination


director douglas mcgrath


of a first-rate cast


nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .


all the outward elements of the original


of riveting set pieces


a very valuable film


openness , the little surprises


is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew


, it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .


no thanks .


this comic slugfest


a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them


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


is lacking


buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free


, the hot chick is pretty damned funny .


a lot of talent


problematic


what 's even more remarkable


has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .


authenticate


should share screenwriting credit


chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact


the fun


, hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .


feel fresh


the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery


it 's his strongest performance since the doors


's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur .


embraces it , energizes it


del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .


without reeking of research library dust


a much needed kick , making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years


fling gags at it


stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying


it does give exposure to some talented performers


's never dull and


only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them


gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .


michael moore 's latest documentary about america 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...


unfunny tricks


stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline


cruel , misanthropic stuff


bland police procedural details , fiennes


succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .


's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .


that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring


control-alt-delete simone


's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message


with one of france 's most inventive directors


character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her


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


terrible


the cultural distinctions


tiresome jargon


even more predictable , cliche-ridden


unrelentingly grim --


heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart


a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists .


rock 's stand-up magic


fear and paranoia


high-adrenaline documentary


above anything sandler


there 's not nearly enough that 's right


is a riveting , brisk delight


the movie is all portent and no content


creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images


ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans


incurably romantic


vibrance


take for granted in most films are mishandled here .


remarkable yet


i have given this movie a rating of zero .


well-thought stunts


but certainly hard to hate


a wry , affectionate delight


scores a direct hit .


is n't downright silly


every moment crackles with tension , and


wildlife


is careless and unfocused .


a bit exploitative


welled up in my eyes both times


inspires more


fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian


the leads ) are such a companionable couple


gutter romancer 's


this is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .


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


shrewd


a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship


heart-felt


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


peculiar and always entertaining costume drama


shamelessly enjoyed it


the most part a useless movie


crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins


thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment


the best film of the year 2002


ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh


the material and the production itself are little more than routine .


to be taken seriously


this is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one


a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause .


an ingenious and often harrowing


shabby digital photography


a pretty good execution


rerun


, wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .


of the most affecting depictions of a love affair


is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche


a technical triumph and


the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug


unpleasant


's an excellent 90-minute film here


ambitious


fun and nimble


allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper


purposefully


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


cheesier to cheesiest


muddled


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


an ambitious ` what if ? '


enjoying himself immensely


will be two hours gained


bore most audiences


a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick


a crisp psychological drama ( and ) a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode


feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams


a few good laughs


is more fully


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


takes its central idea way too seriously


annoying and


you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


would require many sessions on the couch of dr. freud .


sweet-tempered


that underlies the best of comedies


fairly harmless


no big whoop


arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation


an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


solid performances and


occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold


to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction


mature and frank fashion


dopey old


craven


explicit


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


most horrific


most immediate and most obvious


gaunt


be a bit of a cheat in the end


aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats


something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life


with enough unexpected twists


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


a movie that understands characters must come first


being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe


weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past


how good


philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing


also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .


as it should be


of fighting hard for something that really matters


amiable


unfulfilling


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


plays closer to two .


direct-to-video stuff


, e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .


funny ,


a can of 2-day old coke


charge money for this ?


feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain


over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense


assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne


through this picture i was beginning to hate it


so many red herrings ,


be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work


technical flaws to get in the way


the triviality


articulates


kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .


the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art


substantive movie


is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7 .


is so pat it makes your teeth hurt


sensual


that pollyana would reach for a barf bag .


the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose


wildly inventive mixture


delightfully unpredictable , hilarious comedy


an uplifting , near-masterpiece .


is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .


's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions


uncompromising knowledge