is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still


wide-smiling


appeals


the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes


the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake


viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .


be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil ,


what more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?


it is nearly impossible to look at or understand


an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers


manages to string together enough charming moments to work


a thought-provoking and often-funny drama


tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .


buck or


the beauty of the piece


the acting is robotically italicized ,


to be ( tsai 's ) masterpiece


manufactured to claim street credibility


better than any summer blockbuster


too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy


shame


much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them


jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains


letdown .


an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and


top-notch


some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe


top form


ranks as the most original in years .


this leaden comedy


this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert


holland lets things peter out midway , but


a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .


represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .


discursive but oddly riveting documentary


back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present


most ordinary and obvious


is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem


's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .


really a thriller so much


charming , banter-filled comedy


the film delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .


uncomfortable class resentment


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


, loud , painful , obnoxious


of junk


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


's drab


those who are drying out from spring break


a slight but sweet film


one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin


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


leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts


terrific insider


hopelessly


several cliched movie structures :


messy and frustrating


with vivid characters and a warm , moving message


most brilliant and brutal uk crime film


plotless collection


manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience


, the movie grows boring despite the scenery .


henry bean 's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect


what `` empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .


energy and excitement


in imagination and authentic christmas spirit


natured


injects just enough freshness


gentle but insistent


life in the performances


unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker


, this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .


most daring , and complicated , performances


devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu


, baroque beauty


a chance to see three splendid actors


constantly defies expectation


lacking a depth


a film that will enthrall the whole family .


two flagrantly fake thunderstorms


cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want


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


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and


's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , 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


be clever , amusing and unpredictable


and yet completely familiar


was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival


's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .


immature and unappealing


the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly


, something is rotten in the state of california


should see it as soon as possible . '


because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison


ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .


paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age


is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny


birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while


an addictive guilty pleasure but the material


plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once


-- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --


films crammed with movie references


they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half


that 's all that 's going on here .


a masterful work of art of their own


approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .


a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga


affectionately


a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant .


howler


brutal mid


the best espionage picture to come out in weeks


can aspire but none can equal


in all the right ways


the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly .


better video-game-based


covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature --


a forceful drama


old-fashioned scary movie


engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic


unmemorable


connection and concern


blatantly biased


captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .


manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material


that may not always work


through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh


take on loss and loneliness .


stretches of impact and moments of awe


by exceptional performances


the film has ( its ) moments , but they are few and far between


humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him


director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?


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


lose their luster


well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies .


an awfully good , achingly human picture


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


several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes


one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .


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


it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor


impressively


donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan


triumphantly


one terrific score and attitude to spare


haphazard , and inconsequential romantic


mall movie


the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises .


that extra little something


big trouble could be considered a funny little film .


lacks the inspiration of the original


morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .


helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter


you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair


trailer trash cinema


's worse , routine


and uninspired .


grave


comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance


the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want .


a wonderfully creepy mood


grows on you -- like a rash .


its success


is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes .


energetic and engaging film


that even its target audience talked all the way through it .


( has ) an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it


instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games


too erotic


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


quite worth


've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie


never rise above the level of an after-school tv special


of technical skill and rare depth


a real documentary


acting that could be any flatter


the misconceived final 5


strain


intelligently


such message-mongering moralism


one-sided


saves this deeply affecting film from being merely


's mostly a pleasure to watch


is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work


what makes their project so interesting


is the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low


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


will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .


people who like their romances to have that french realism


of my greatest pictures , drunken master


pure venality --


no content


a picture that was n't all that great to begin with


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


although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .


a sexy , surprising romance ...


two fine actors


going at a rapid pace , occasionally


just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .


emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show


the film becomes predictably conventional .


sometimes tedious --


its floating narrative


playwriting


creativity , and fearlessness


its laziest


the battle bots


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


terrific to read about


of insulting , both to men and women


an unsympathetic hero


pathetic , starving and untalented


builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia


get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen


, period-perfect biopic hammers


much worse than bland or better than inconsequential


it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three


an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


discover that the answer is as conventional as can be


never clearly defines his characters


what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .


if uneven ,


wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion


, the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .


all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect


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


is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality


, lifeless


a potentially incredibly twisting mystery


a poor fit


credible gender-provoking philosophy


wisely


energetic and smart


this was lazy but enjoyable


suffers from a flat script and a low budget


brash , intelligent and


represents two of those well spent


efficient , suitably anonymous chiller .


ourside the theater roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with


that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming


make this an eminently engrossing film .


mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .


a gracious , eloquent film


is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance


to gorgeous beaches


it searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say


skims over the realities of gay sex


, low-wattage


a true cinematic knack


of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film


a one-star rating


an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .


is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .


drug culture


not a hollywood product


a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs


it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson


over his head


pays tribute


disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service


laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and


the acting is amateurish ,


the film that surprises or delights


, it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie


waiting for things


speaks for itself


to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending


... a pretentious mess ...


wildly alive


companionable


brightly optimistic


the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art


even less capable trio


turning into a black hole of dullness


emerges as a numbingly dull experience


original nor terribly funny


minded patience , respect and affection


sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards


mindless action


is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss .


is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut


should definitely get top billing


a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most


viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances


to go around , with music and laughter


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


on an inferior level


frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds


go hand in hand


manage to be spectacularly outrageous .


a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter


an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza


a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .


premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings


best short story writing


a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half


characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time


a pleasant and engaging enough sit


the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences .


particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull


captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes


that they are doing it is thought-provoking .


the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all ,


the thornier aspects


of cliches


are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series .


puts the sting back into the con


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


thoroughly satisfying entertainment


it 's great for the kids


to absurd lengths


absurdities and clichés


a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions


'' is entertaining .


does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .


oddly honest


visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .


less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine


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


its 112-minute length


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


little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding


issue you a dog-tag and an m-16


the top japanese animations of recent vintage


little action , almost no suspense or believable tension ,


a courageous scottish lady


about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities


most daring ,


without sacrificing its high-minded appeal


not once does it come close to being exciting .


a rambling and incoherent manifesto


claim to express warmth and longing


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


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


undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice


a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans


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


the film for anyone


about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza


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


... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .


hooks us completely


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


through this mess


a schlocky creature


director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy .


employs to authenticate her british persona


davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .


imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty


has a flair for dialogue comedy


lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments


fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality


watching a rerun


the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild ,


masochism


the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them .


as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover


this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .


frequent flurries of creative belly laughs


to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )


loud , silly , stupid and pointless .


a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm .


daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story


its intelligence and intensity


poignant and moving


captivating .


bombshell


rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''


some clever scripting solutions


major pleasures


sick and demented humor


should appreciate its whimsical humor


humanly funny film


is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay .


a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving


truly distinctive


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


a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell


an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries


head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work


one of my greatest pictures , drunken master


the best next generation episodes


it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .


pleasurable movies


at keeping themselves kicking


's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter


offers large rewards


have done in half an hour


high-adrenaline documentary .


honor the many faceless victims


a treatise on spirituality as well as


good match


irksome characters


, labute continues to improve .


entirely memorable


been called freddy gets molested by a dog


mindless


a been-there ,


that is sure to win viewers ' hearts


this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature


told with competence


is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus


as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds


soul-searching garbage .


sharper , cleaner script


generally a huge fan


really busts out of its comfy little cell


... the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .


that i think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass american but sometimes just lapses into unhidden british


rank


iconic


the wise-beyond-her-years teen


of liveliness


have finally aged past his prime ... and ,


hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .


this obscenely bad dark comedy ,


schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself


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


appropriately cynical social commentary aside ,


colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical


is genuinely inspirational


most thoughtful fictional examination


how can you charge money for this ? '


the ultimate scorsese film


heightened , well-shaped dramas


a director i admire


plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael


a breakthrough


listless , witless , and


excels in spectacle and pacing .


to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago


a fully engaged supporting cast


low-rent -- and even lower-wit


'' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .


unknowable


a spirit that can not be denied


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


be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera


you 'll still have a good time . ''


the modern rut of narrative banality


has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .


if you open yourself up to mr. reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .


cram too many ingredients


great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense


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


thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations


a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but


it an above-average thriller


impossible spot


dave barry 's popular book of the same name


as unusually and unimpressively fussy


too much exploitation


one key problem with these ardently christian storylines


a film in a class with spike lee 's masterful


furious


saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek )


have to admit i walked out of runteldat


the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure


style and


crisp and purposeful


cute animals


a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic


is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .


hugely enjoyable in its own right


wo n't enjoy the movie at all .


recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes


depressing


pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .


vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much


violent and mindless


taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al .


interested


a worthwhile documentary ,


pedestrian


does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .


scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious


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


he 's the god of second chances '


a high-end john hughes comedy


made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters


is rich in emotional texture


that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and


inimitable


has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .


with the same number of continuity errors


extraordinarily rich


ultimate movie experience


the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience


pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and


old-fashioned in all the best possible ways


never succumbs to sensationalism


spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .


will be well worth your time .


a very good viewing alternative for young women


interesting enough


77 minutes of pokemon


fanboy


a disappointment


drag two-thirds through


more interested in entertaining itself


only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch


a slice of american pie hijinks


coming apart at its seams


transcends ethnic lines .


lacking any sense of commitment to


the director 's


a memorable directorial debut from king hunk


works better in the conception than it does in the execution


welsh whimsy


a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending


plucks


quirky movie to be made from curling


this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten .


the shackles of its own clichés


soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore


this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .


put away


has-been


drag it down to mediocrity


a brilliant piece


most savagely hilarious


the plot ` surprises '


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


what 's worse , routine


as much humor as pathos


navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb


tacky and reprehensible


the best straight-up


provides a fresh view of an old type


it was at least funny


simple and soapy


trying to be other films


schneider 's performance is so fine


a big heart


stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .


the personal touch of manual animation


demons


if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .


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


gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling


very compelling , sensitive


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


contradiction


trudge


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


do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role


yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .


in fact , the best in recent memory


a kind of hard , cold effect


clever in spots


is as delightful as it is derivative


has it beat by a country mile


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


the more you will probably like it .


the unnamed , easily substitutable forces


the needlessly poor quality


be distinguished from a mediocre one


has never looked uglier .


need comforting fantasies about mental illness


rage and alienation


very stupid and annoying .


thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem .


but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .


an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .


the story has its redundancies


delivers a surprising


that is presented with universal appeal


huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine .


beautifully shot , delicately


counts heart as important as humor


heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable


too neat and new pin-like


scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics ,


a monumental achievement


sweet


brainless ,


waters it down ,


ludicrous and contrived plot


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


probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists


cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment


gets bogged down over 140 minutes


started with a great premise and then just fell apart


a dashing and resourceful hero ;


avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill


complicated plotting and banal dialogue


the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .


ineffable


failings


metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story .


the characters sound like real people


standout performance


comatose


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


an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition


novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .


` cultural revolution


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


come even easier .


fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved


hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit


mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material


the answer is as conventional as can be


human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart


recommend it


the charisma and ability


uneven


so lackluster


natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel


never again , while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .


is its essential problem


caffeinated , sloppy brilliance


what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean .


seem fresh again


the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .


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


the screenplay , but rather


for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood


we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .


remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career .


a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory


a little old-fashioned storytelling


's a heaven for bad movies


the biggest names in japanese anime


rushed , slapdash ,


something special


it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief


comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .


modus


a film with almost as many


retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing


-- in the title role --


the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter


become a household name


invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs


fit in any modern action movie


rich in emotional texture


as if it belongs on the big screen


the production details are lavish


mr. goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction


an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast


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


the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore


unimaginable demons


goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly


these people are really going to love the piano teacher .


should get all five


hackery


but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .


the point of nausea


realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .


be of interest primarily to its target audience


blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance


just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided


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


deserves , at the very least ,


its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .


leave this loser


's no accident


manufactured to me and artificial


delicious , quirky movie


everyone 's insecure in lovely and amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .


any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country


emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing


it 's not particularly well made


, and unforgettable characters


a sad , soggy potboiler


the overall fabric is hypnotic , and


also is difficult to fathom .


busts out of its comfy little cell


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


companion


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


through the constraints of its source


laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy


aimless for much of its running time ,


the superficial tensions


the charm of satin rouge


that it looks neat


across as shallow and glib though


after several scenes of this tacky nonsense


you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth


funniest and most accurate depiction


's really well directed


strong filmmaking


foolish choices


celebratory


about otherwise dull subjects


funny and human


such conviction


sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy


no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story .


well spent


engrossing piece


taboo


lame and sophomoric


, my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures .


a remarkably faithful one


the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humor went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is


the cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired


a superior crime movie


may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed


, a formula comedy redeemed by its stars ,


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


whether we 're supposed to shriek


gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters


showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .


charming and quirky


as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary


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


racism and homophobia


robbed and replaced


that best describes this film : honest


flexible


the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce


poetic force and


as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects


ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film


quite tasty and


i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point .


's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .


's hardly any fun to watch


an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message .


has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic


is visually smart ,


a visually compelling one


talky films


climax


glaring triteness


pretty and gifted , it really won my heart


like real people


be fertile sources of humor


has no point and goes nowhere


the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess


best and most unpredictable comedy


eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension


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


with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .


, it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .


precious and finely cut diamond


take us on his sentimental journey of the heart


( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense .


wide-awake all the way


it struck a chord in me


to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies


the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up


clichés


despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .


the movie lacks in action


alienating


be consigned to the dustbin of history


saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate


settles too easily along the contours of expectation


us


young talent


- spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together .


a helping hand


filmmakers david weissman and bill weber


this much imagination and nerve


tiny little jokes and nary an original idea


confused , and totally disorientated


business and pleasure


artwork


the human race splitting in two


sexy slip


a satisfying crime drama


merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way


its overinflated mythology


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


narratively complex


the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen


savvy director robert j. siegel and


magic and whimsy


terrible , banal dialogue ;


slow , uneventful


love interest


its attractive young leads


that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be


this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .


without a glimmer of intelligence or invention


leaping from one arresting image to another


'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls


low-budget , video-shot


from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film


's a bad action movie


keep this


great help from kevin kline


jane wyman and


a compassionate ,


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


do n't care about being stupid


farcical and loathsome


neatly


is too short


too goodly ,


you will never forget


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


vivid with color , music and life


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


well-defined


one of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing .


of no real consequence


staggers between flaccid satire and what


her material is not first-rate


real audience-pleaser


the humor wry and sprightly


, lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious


forced to follow


as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something


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


dismally dull sci-fi comedy .


give what may be the performances of their careers


satisfying well-made


does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this


of quiet power


nevertheless efficiently


it 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet i found it weirdly appealing


does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .


rolling over in their graves


to the power of the eccentric and the strange


, washington has a sure hand .


, this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .


will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .


unreligious


too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .


bloated plot


the high standards of performance


saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy


a cool event for the whole family


the annoyance of that chatty fish


accessible and


a tart , smart breath of fresh air


movie star charisma


gracefully


there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and


who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep


atrocious


, this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock .


the delicious trimmings


the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt ,


you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .


share their enthusiasm


( and beautifully edited )


grips and holds you in rapt attention from


ferocity and thoughtfulness


terrible story


finely crafted , finely written


stylish sizzle


that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood


pokey


the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen


of spirit


a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story


is not a bad movie , just mediocre .


a certain charm


tries too hard to be emotional


quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it does n't have all the answers .


, it 's quite fun in places .


vibrant with originality


the peak of all things insipid


the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .


is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well


spare wildlife


is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy


is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted


the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .


an hour-and-a-half-long commercial


makes one thing abundantly clear .


pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them


outstanding originality


to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers


that 's what makes it worth a recommendation


, non-exploitive approach


a wonderful tale


ages that is n't fake fun


a fresh view


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


it 's sort of in-between , and it works .


, energetic and original


the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood ,


much entertainment value


wrong with this ricture


elegant entertainment


like a wet burlap sack of gloom


called `` jar-jar binks : the movie


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


's just as wonderful on the big screen


rather dull , unimaginative car chase


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


the story has some nice twists but the ending and


, pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .


often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .


talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing .


bad-movie way


outstanding feature debut


it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story .


creative contributions


kinda wrong in places


a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .


so larger than life and


we were soldiers


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


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


in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack


shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .


the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film


in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings


find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie


of the worst films of the summer


super -


squeezed the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had


's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out


an underachiever ,


, politically charged tapestry


treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody


screeching-metal


savvy , compelling


does n't make for great cinema


a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution .


love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899


, is of overwhelming waste


a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor ,


like its hero


is funny , scary and sad .


new adaptation


, at least terribly monotonous


is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating


of nonsense


taylor 's cartoonish performance


performances of ( jack nicholson 's ) career


elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk


it 's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i 'd say the film works


it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


to call the film ` refreshing


even less capable


of torture and self-mutilation


intricate , intimate and intelligent


is well told


has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .


if i want music , i 'll buy the soundtrack .


worldly knowledge


is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics


drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .


the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one .


a smile , just sneers and bile


and murky cinematography


is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time


pixar 's


makes the experience worthwhile


that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots


the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions


string together enough charming moments to work


to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior


be an important movie , or even a good one


wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring


to be a part of that elusive adult world


as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film


sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play


perfect balance


feels strangely hollow at its emotional core


water torture


you wo n't care


most sincere and artful movie


alternately melancholic , hopeful


paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor


everyone , especially movie musical fans


the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes


than awe


partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success --


cyndi lauper


its contrivances


it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .


the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and


created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy


too-frosty


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 .


gives a superb performance full of deep feeling


this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and


polished and vastly entertaining caper


hugely enjoyable


negligible work


she boxes these women 's souls right open for us .


that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling


the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else


clear and reliable


irresistible package


gets under our skin and draws us in long


sad and rote exercise


is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences


is extraordinarily good


an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode .


once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window .


draw people together


derring-do


femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience .


prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences


every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices ,


have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .


what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest


slam-bang extravaganza


can see the forest for the trees


up as the worst kind of hubristic folly


devastating indictment


this thing is just garbage .


makes its point too well


bold ( and lovely ) experiment


might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants


the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough


is a little tired


an off-beat and fanciful film


jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe ,


will be friends through thick and thin


brought something fresher


through the gloomy film noir veil


the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing


from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness


the more influential works


the fun


simple and innocent


result in a movie that works against itself


his reserved but existential poignancy


a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works


bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals


stay with the stage versions


be me : fighting off the urge to doze


simple but absorbing


in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers


this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part


work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose


with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .


the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .


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


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


donovan ... squanders his main asset ,


would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .


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


a bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points .


see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''


bo derek


edward burns ' best film


overproduced piece


cutting impressions


is that her confidence in her material is merited .


noble endeavor


shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film


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


gangster


of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty


to top form


that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it


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


an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength


spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?


, it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .


this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole


the border collie is funny


is both convincing and radiant


with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns


weighted down


where the film ultimately fails


intense and effective film


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


pointed personalities , courage ,


maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .


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


embellishment


it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy


bland hollywood romance


intelligent flick


strong and unforced


rohmer 's talky films fascinate me


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


, ` how can you charge money for this ? '


thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening


the substance it so desperately needs


the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .


car-wreck


could be this good


an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .


meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .


one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director


it 's in the action scenes that things fall apart .


to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium


a quirky , off-beat project


it does n't take itself so deadly seriously


impressive fake documentary


either 11 times too many or else


the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .


conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .


what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion .


e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg 's misunderstood career .


by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes


struggled


who is too crazy to be interesting


seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered


a naturally funny film , home movie


no good inside dope , and no particular bite


a film with a great premise but only a great premise


millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .


smokers only


snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .


watching a walk to remember


a smart , compelling drama .


a chilling movie without oppressive


that 's 86 minutes too long


the new thriller 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 .


a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme


sade achieves the near-impossible :


is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .


satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood


about the pitfalls of bad behavior


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


f


gorgeously


porno flick


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


rather toothless take


as an evil , monstrous lunatic


, inflammatory film


cutesy reliance


a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease


in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic


choppy and sloppy affair


as i 'm the one that i want


down to mediocrity


crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude


an uncomfortable experience


`` ( hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .


no solace here , no entertainment value ,


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


intensely romantic ,


of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent


ever-watchful


comes across as lame and sophomoric


a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor


overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper


there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .


utter mush ... conceited pap .


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


across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length


and there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends .


take heart


ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation


odd , poetic road movie


... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .


to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise


, very enjoyable ...


frustration


for a barf bag


he 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .


doze off thirty minutes


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


concocted


warm , inviting ,


the most magical and most fun family fare


shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper


it 's also disappointing to a certain degree .


poignant lyricism


it 's tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her , and after viewing this one , you 'll feel like mopping up , too


vivid , convincing


gives it a buoyant delivery


rises )


is n't much to it .


, violent movie


proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep


comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .


that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


of dazzling pop entertainment


which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies


depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece


a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings


very sincere work


precious little substance in birthday girl


it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be .


short-story quaint


big selling point


, energetic and smart


the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it


return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad .


it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness .


loopy


love that strikes a very resonant chord


ugliness


a bang-up job


fascinating stories


will probably be a talky bore .


watch if you only had a week to live


we 're seeing something purer than the real thing


lovely , eerie film


luckiest stroke


in the place where a masterpiece should be


breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina


youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point


that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline


guy ritchie 's lock ,


cracked lunacy


is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip .


low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard


's not too bad


good human


introspective portrait


everything that was right about blade


most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies


enters a realm where few non-porn films venture ,


profound ethical and philosophical questions


just becomes sad


well-mounted


is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics


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


from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense


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


steven soderbergh 's earlier films


so much to look


violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart


seeing things from new sides ,


ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film ,


dumb action movie


a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium .


good noir


plucking tension from quiet


the most memorable moment


that it stinks


like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot


tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge


is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love


-- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --


a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull


this an eminently engrossing film


live in denial about


purely enjoyable


pull a cohesive story out


chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .


in a good way


give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise


this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .


take the grandkids or the grandparents


schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .


sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure


difficult


is generally amusing from time to time


one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time


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


like whether compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people


would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered


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


murderous


generates little narrative momentum , and


a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas


is one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .


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


between passion and pretence


a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer


misfiring


... might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?


zzzzzzzzz


smart and


the piece works


to be interesting


excellence


a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


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


genuine


have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor


of smart jokes


directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .


to be more complex than your average film


the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks


a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story


welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst .


the movie 's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling .


enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .


by laurice guillen


tiny acts of kindness


the movie has no idea of it is serious


often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast


coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .


is truly funny


silly overkill


this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied


an inept , tedious spoof


it 's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought .


it 's just a kids ' flick


the film has a kind of hard , cold effect .


some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale , but


i killed my father


... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .


... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .


is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess


so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .


cultivated


delicate balance


stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time


incessant use


the most original


candid , archly funny and


, while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing


what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this


for a movie that tries to be smart


maybe twice


likely to induce sleep than fright


social injustice


any


is as often imaginative


flick cliches


more revealing , more emotional and


an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep


the mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . '


of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity


something hip


phenomenal ,


the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .


is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and


incredible imax sound system


the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing


dim-witted


you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz


i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .


acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's .


a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction


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


would have a hard time sitting through this one


serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history


to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering


fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic


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


big letdown


the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction


special fishy community


sour , bloody and mean


's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan .


is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential


soon-to-be-forgettable '' section


what enlivens this film


is , as comedy goes ,


is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .


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


an erratic career


wasted .


most purely enjoyable and


it 's a pale imitation .


... one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave ' .


fascinating look


, this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .


a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex


on action


dramatic and emotional pull


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


helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games


real characters and compelling plots


truly funny


a bilingual charmer ,


of the most exciting action films


offers little insight


as both shallow and dim-witted


lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie


imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie


dazzling


a better film


ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut


he fails .


sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser


any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster


the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut .


fly with most intelligent viewers


fly at such a furiously funny pace


ai n't art ,


wit and compassion


it 's also cold , gray , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .


completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque


a cinematic car wreck ,


nothing but net


a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .


you second-guess your affection for the original


was followed by the bad idea


is a film living far too much in its own head .


an unforced , rapid-fire delivery


is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


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


` amateur ' in almost every frame


is filled with strange and wonderful creatures


the film has a lot of charm .


quirky iranian drama secret ballot


punch and depth


arrive early and stay late ,


so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian


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


of love and destiny


is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination ,


eminently engrossing film


, i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .


animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .


it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults


a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .


, crossroads comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs .


its faults


rollicking good time


the most inventive


a surprisingly sensitive script co-written


it is n't scary .


have a radar for juicy roles


hated myself


, low-budget constraints


passion and energy


its courage , ideas , technical proficiency


is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution


inconsequential road-and-buddy pic .


it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though


disquieting


a distinguished film legacy


of being boring


i usually dread encountering the most


's the very definition of epic adventure .


somber pacing and lack


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


to either effort in three hours of screen time


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


the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time


return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families


heartache everyone


a lovably old-school hollywood confection .


compassionately


companionship


honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers


have that kind of impact on me these days


repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense


's not enough substance


holm does his sly , intricate magic


remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .


from the classics


more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal


william james once called ` the gift of tears


half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening


a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity


a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking


glum


almost mystical work


comedy to start a reaction


effective


is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills


rolling over


the best star trek movie in a long time


as single-minded as john carpenter 's original


it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem


extravagantly redeems it


a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg


original and highly cerebral examination


a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers .


it had a sense of humor


`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws ,


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


overwritten


is a lumbering load of hokum but


has actually bothered to construct a real story this time .


a heady , biting , be-bop


at this beautifully drawn movie


is too crazy to be interesting


an entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .


suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison


and slack direction


the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and


features


aggrieved father cliché


the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl


full of masters of both


tear your eyes away from the images


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


lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and


turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy


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


droning house music


than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending


at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --


influential


almost wildly alive


psychopathic


hollywood-action cliches


balances real-time rhythms


alive and admirable


even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold .


it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama


's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about


a fascinating documentary


it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art


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


budding amours


, sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium


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


overstays its natural running time


happens that tells you there is no sense .


ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter


dudsville


has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare


in too many conflicts


, the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .


willie would have loved it


sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables


it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned --


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


cable channel


it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .


remarkably original


its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters


gigantic proportions


crummy


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


stunning new young talent


a friend


its keenest pleasures


there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch .


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


easily and , in the end , not well enough


much colorful eye candy


for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .


the writing is clever and the cast is appealing .


inventive ,


, revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling


my least favorite emotions ,


washed out despite all of that


, ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .


eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups ,


is an extraordinary film , not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal .


are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie


the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness


swirling


make for one splendidly cast pair


hollywood-predictable


from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival


here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .


aimless story


vapid vehicle


perfect starting point


that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him


bounces around with limp wrists


drama , conflict , tears and surprise --


speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best ,


what makes it worth watching is quaid 's performance .


been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe


some glimpses of nature and family warmth


fabulous


when one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the best


one-star


in denial about


thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .


as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats


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


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


extraordinary dramatic experience .


loosely connected characters


farts , boobs ,


all-star reunions


those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theater


it 's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .


sometimes beautiful adaptation


essentially ruined -- or , rather


miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes


headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender


the film is not entirely successful


the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity


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


carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders


paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel


nearly impossible to care about


saved this film


handsomely produced


pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling


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


will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals


i imagined a movie ever could be


static set ups , not much camera movement


deceptively simple ,


of this slick and sprightly cgi feature


shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera .


, it comes to life in the performances .


nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful


is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .


a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker


to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism


vital


close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air


actress-producer and writer


spectacularly ugly-looking broad


which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues


enjoying the big-screen experience


a damn fine


unwatchable


of its spirit


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


very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and


is basically just a curiosity


juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious


make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment


) becomes more specimen than character


self-important summer fluff


monotonous


, it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .


transcend


the insanity


is elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world


a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle


a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing


game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters


will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face


professional film


in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times


is ) looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through .


a handful


a chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department .


's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .


baaaaaaaaad


needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance


is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .


love the robust middle of this picture .


funeral


blatant derivativeness


full of deep feeling


holds the screen like a true star .


thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began .


worth a look as a curiosity


than a mall movie designed to kill time


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


is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau


grinning


the most ordinary and obvious fashion


with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline


just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller


to sustain laughs


drown yourself in a lake afterwards


provocative and


does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music


makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens


the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year


ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior


`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company ,


'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .


more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch


full of nuance and character dimension


admire the film 's stately nature


is atrocious


do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .


best short


let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out


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


placing their parents


gives the story some soul


novel


the shameless self-caricature


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 .


in formal settings with motionless characters


as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing


bogs down in insignificance


nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time


though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .


a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .


hipness


while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads


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


is completely lacking in charm and charisma ,


... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs .


making me groggy


filled with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience .


totally unexpected directions


feces


lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all .


danis


successful animated movies


much of the writing is genuinely witty


feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field


very humble


valiantly keep punching up the mix .


its superstar


no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all


no conversion effort


is recognizably plympton


to be wholesome and subversive at the same time .


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


of quality


is one big , dumb action movie


the sequel


williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .


ultimately comes off as a pale successor .


by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '


, this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .


flatulence


an intriguing look


many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit


demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces


's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .


deserve better .


a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation


one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity


worth telling


naipaul , a juicy writer


the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor


hard-hitting documentary .


dumb and cheesy


for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .


daytime


a welcome , if downbeat , missive


, this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .


weirdly beautiful


an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations .


, clarity and emotional


`` crazy ''


melodrama and tiresome love triangles


fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy .


overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .


visceral and


rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment


its cutesy reliance


ill-considered , unholy hokum .


daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope


its lyrical variations on the game of love


that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in


endeavors


gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself


is a new treasure of the hermitage .


is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .


boisterous , heartfelt comedy .


in this remarkable and memorable film


proves tiresome ,


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


equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .


most brilliant


been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker


has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced


christian bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot


juiced


more problematic aspects


say it 's on par with the first one


acceptable ,


remarkably alluring film


the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is ,


an equally great robin williams performance


and often-funny drama


of deft and subtle poetry


should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come


poignant and


ca n't compare friday after next to them


that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16


the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .


it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day


meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot


has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project .


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ;


add up to more than body count


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


just ca n't take it any more


the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian


can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '


mindless


self-destructiveness


noteworthy characters


to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking


a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode


absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man


fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but


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


that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot


canny , meditative


the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .


but first , you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort


a movie that will make you laugh


interesting characters


as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .


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


the movie 's captivating details


once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy


in conveying its social message


director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line


, you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state .


you are wet in some places


hell-jaunt


allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --


conceptually brilliant ... plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .


we believe in them


remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities


'' lacks in depth


achieves its main strategic objective


delicately performed


plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .


racist


want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters


insanely funny


has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .


a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation


the lines work


nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself


quite able


's not only dull


a crowd-pleaser


nary a glimmer of self-knowledge


-- even more damning --


far more stylish


dedicated


full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .


shines


a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ...


that tries too hard to be emotional


what a reckless squandering of four fine


rollicking dark humor


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


and neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .


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


truly wonderful tale


some cute moments


pack raw dough in my ears


an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera


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


it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '


just goes on and on and on and on


the playful paranoia of the film 's past


shot two years ago


saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .


shines through every frame


there 's much to recommend the film .


a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera


in rhetoric and cliché


changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say .


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


a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence


there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout


takes such a speedy swan dive


you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs


said the film was better than saving private ryan .


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


perfectly describes pauline & paulette


make the attraction a movie


an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche


there 's a lot of tooth in roger dodger .


can report that it is instead a cheap cliché


settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking


tootsie


absorbing characters


putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film


change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days


ends up falling short as a whole