sumptuous ocean visuals and


drag the movie


a smart , romantic drama


the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego


may fall fast asleep .


just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie


lousy one


pedro


the whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels .


davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships


that 's good


as bad a film


satisfyingly scarifying , fresh


, it 's a bargain-basement european pickup .


feel cheated


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


fidel castro


a light-hearted way the romantic problems


with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley


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


slap her - she 's not funny !


guy gets girl , guy loses girl , audience falls asleep


i liked a lot of the smaller scenes .


unbelievable


failing to find a spark of its own


delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .


is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure


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


obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


well-told


few things more frustrating to a film buff


is impressive .


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


waters it down


there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one .


world war ii


cliched and contrived


so that the human story is pushed to one side


's black hawk down with more heart .


children 's ' song


give a pretty good overall picture of the situation


are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces


a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be


earnest emotional core


over-indulgent


, his most personal work yet .


unlimited access to families and church meetings


do better elsewhere


refused


is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .


great american adventure


everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel .


terrorist attacks


falls flat as a spoof .


from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups


, this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and


an unexpectedly sweet story of


has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' , and feels more like lyne 's stolid remake of `` lolita ''


amicable


strangely liberating


traditional


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


upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .


the energy humming


in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars


bluff


is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .


surprisingly engrossing


to sustain a laugh


strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre .


very well-written and


as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped


its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .


as warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .


happily


australia is a weirdly beautiful place


the ingenious construction


overwhelming


enough charming moments


a deficit of flim-flam


joke


it will warm your heart ,


in charm


discovery and humor


to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable


baffled the folks in the marketing department


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


are especially fine


pervasive


the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel


idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise


cast in impossibly contrived situations


the familiar , funny surface


fascinate


who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior


releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in january lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and snow dogs deserves every single one of them


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


possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .


a fullness that does not negate the subject


a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre


with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies


a gamble and last orders are to be embraced


this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .


are becoming irritating .


one of the worst of the entire franchise


a selection of scenes in search of a movie .


middle eastern world politics


he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .


finn


holds the film


falls victim


this slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon .


a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem


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


funny bone


weirdly appealing


helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure


though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head


a rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .


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


and totally disorientated


wildly entertaining


creative instincts


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


remarkably accessible and haunting film


modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance


some good material


indulges in the worst elements of all of them


it preaches


should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it


during that final , beautiful scene


coming back from stock character camp


unfunny wannabe


suspense or believable tension


humorous and


a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films


little mermaid


both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving


sheer dynamism


spectator


quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer


to her inventive director


the proper conviction


contorting itself into an idea of expectation


a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy


beautiful food entrée


director lee has a true cinematic knack ,


with first love sweetly


runs out of ideas


jar-jar binks : the movie


favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .


a delightful comedy centering on food


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


i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life --


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


of heart and unsettling subject matter


if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience -


initially gripping


a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary


a fat man 's navel


to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short


an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids


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


's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .


the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .


man cliché


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


zany mix


raises some worthwhile themes


make 105 minutes seem twice as long


emerges as a numbingly dull experience .


splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us


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


smug


is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean


's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies


in a downward narcotized spiral


talented thesps


class bores


there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp


parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .


holds promise


while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one ,


completely creatively stillborn


like a great missed opportunity


a majestic achievement


a film that 's not merely about kicking undead ***


all comedy


at how much we care about the story


the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .


this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo


truly larger-than-life


rather slow


since the thrills pop up frequently


pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script


by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .


well loved classic


a rich tale


vague without any of its sense of fun or energy


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


dramatic substance


the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers


the french lieutenant 's woman


are quite admirable


, the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama


is entertaining on an inferior level


both lead performances are oscar-size .


are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy


's great for the kids


this pretty watchable


yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie


having a hard time believing people were paid to make it


visually bland


the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience


horrors


every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .


the recording sessions are intriguing ,


a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .


shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .


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


handled with intelligence and care


clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence .


irritates


at its utterly misplaced earnestness


at its best


made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar


so substantial or fresh


of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness


chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries


her subject matter


the casting of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .


rosenthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .


the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo


too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes


pretentious mess .


make it worth watching


directs an equally miserable film the following year


their lack of chemistry


a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone


the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears .


most humane and important holocaust movies


to give the film the substance it so desperately needs


argues


classic


the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --


features a standout performance


depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived


from one arresting image to another


hurt


shiner


climactic burst


a hallmark hall of fame


loosely tied series


hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby


stitch


someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia


the charm of revolution os


a legend


even more predictable


its heightened , well-shaped dramas


sluggish pacing


to learn , to grow ,


the great films


in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance


you 're in luck .


odd but ultimately satisfying


, sprightly spin


to burn every print of the film


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


it irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .


a bad-movie way


predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch


allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly


spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie .


a terrible movie ,


trimmed


the movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .


the excitement is missing


numerous , world-renowned filmmakers


first love sweetly


legendary


the curse of a self-hatred instilled


lead performances


such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls ''


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


the spotlight


misanthropy


it 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .


marvelously


a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action


the movie should win the band a few new converts , too


tense


the major problem with windtalkers


responsible for this illuminating comedy


i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake


hollywood program


no doubt , it 's the worst movie i 've seen this summer


often surprising twists and


cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and


's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .


steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .


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


are n't so substantial or fresh


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue


wheedling reluctant witnesses


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


this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( evans ) had , lost , and got back .


taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history


the ingenuity


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


honest performances and


movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly


of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle


the positives


in the broiling sun for a good three days


, blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .


dimming


like brosnan 's performance , evelyn comes from the heart .


-- drama , conflict , tears and surprise --


has something fascinating to do


was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something


truth-in-advertising hounds


so low


fart


wild


`` red dragon '' is entertaining .


12th oscar nomination


which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them


derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone


mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up


appalling


very stilted in its dialogue


too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary


a rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( seagal 's ) earlier copycat under siege


offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun


as easy to be bored by as your abc 's


is always watchable .


small ... with considerable aplomb


creepy atmosphere


believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


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


turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody


zero-dimensional , unlikable characters


warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people


that 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . ''


beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors


of the really bad blair witch project


furiously


a tour de force of modern cinema


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


brilliant touches


that most frightening of all movies


who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby


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


originality of plot


there is plenty of room for editing ,


would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is


is even lazier and far less enjoyable .


the setting turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions .


be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild


a special kind


would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic


a cesspool


the all-time great apocalypse movies


for this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers ,


a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome .


ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls


a moving story of determination and the human spirit


to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots


in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


contrived , unmotivated ,


some very good comedic songs ,


sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching


that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame


problematic characters


into an urban hades


good action , good acting ,


farcically


to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food


love it ,


deserves a chance to shine


its proper home


a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long


me a lot of memento


plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision .


a lower i.q.


it is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .


as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hours feel like four .


the film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery .


comes off as insultingly simplistic


neat


above the level of an after-school tv special


a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective


a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors


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


fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor


of the best of a growing strain of daring films


distanced us from the characters .


refreshing to see a romance this smart


shows moments of promise but


the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be .


urbane sweetness


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


and refined piece


is consistently amusing and engrossing


a joint promotion


something else altogether -- clownish and


and damaged dreams


touching and funny


( tries ) to parody


than a stifling morality tale


, revolting


this quirky soccer import is forgettable


you instantly know whodunit


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


of an ignored people


and thought-provoking film


the film is well-intentioned


on the cinematic front


a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc


far-flung , illogical ,


four-star movie


everything else about the film tanks .


funny and wise


attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated ,


adventurous indian filmmakers


stylish but steady ,


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


the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker


, the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .


accomplished actress


most accomplished work


saves it ... and makes it


that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world


confused


's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny


lot to recommend read my lips


the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


have been astronomically bad


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


by then , your senses are as mushy as peas


it hates its characters .


this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half .


difficult to fathom


the adventure does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .


comedy and


genuine quirkiness


came up with a treasure chest of material


dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time ,


... stylistically , the movie is a disaster .


its demented premise


an articulate , grown-up voice


alive and


whether or not


dour


the best story


carries you along


put away the guitar , sell the amp ,


about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore


with a twisted sense of humor


the movie 's progression


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


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


, this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .


the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia


tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history


played for maximum moisture


has several strong performances


misconceived final 5


the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .


a weird and wonderful comedy


strands his superb performers in the same old story


is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other


a mere plot pawn


powerful young actor


dark , gritty , sometimes funny


it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet


term epic cinema


if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ;


the lack of linearity


the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard


tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation


short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .


they see the joy the characters take in this creed


natural affability


surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players


one never overwhelms the other


the upscale lifestyle


cannon 's confidence


sharp


all those famous moments


their parents , wise folks that they are


overtly disagreeable


is nothing short of refreshing


who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely


the wonder of mostly martha


despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '


a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator


provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride


become a spielberg trademark


harsh conceptual exercise


applying definition to both sides of the man


the movie 's charm


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


intelligence and subtlety


a film 's title served such dire warning


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


is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces .


a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy , betrayal , forgiveness and murder


are still looking for a common through-line


the film is essentially juiceless .


you 're an elvis person


populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life


eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants .


it made me feel unclean


so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment ,


bogging down


's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight


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


you 're far better served by the source material .


sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments


he 's been in years


while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision


, it is twice as bestial but half as funny .


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


great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting


what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .


's not a great monster movie .


triumph over a scrooge or two


's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness


an encouraging effort from mccrudden


believe it or


fresh and absorbing


a funny yet dark and


cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences


during sunset


yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but


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


a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace


of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach


will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .


what he 's already done way too often


come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


goofy , nutty , consistently funny .


walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible ,


by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again


cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects


morally bankrupt


easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story


to being very funny


are as timely as tomorrow


to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick


pure


the low-grade cheese standards


a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey


is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .


`` serious issues ''


is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists


more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn


director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .


would do better elsewhere


posey


this junk


a nice little story


skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience .


frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy


revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .


a bittersweet contemporary comedy


the comic effects of jealousy


the powerful success


merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press


very sincere


lack contrast , are murky


funny film .


just die already


superficial midlife crisis


as delightful


achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture


that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling


watchable stuff .


looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .


as gripping


the movie 's success


monsoon wedding


, davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air


girl entry


cliche-ridden


fathom


kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .


a mediocre movie trying to get out


that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton


as if it were an obligation


creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old --


we never really get inside of them .


smarter offerings


is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens


succeeded only in making me groggy .


you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .


under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name


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


with great sympathy and intelligence


in such a gloriously goofy way


are really surprising


an addictive guilty pleasure


upper teens may get cynical .


is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .


deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy


to the climactic burst of violence


a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department


pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde


little narrative momentum


cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump


the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture .


not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream


into one good one


sometimes funny


of relentlessly nasty situations


real characters


deserves a look


an extraordinary


that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming


it 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


drag audience enthusiasm


obscenely


a terrible story


a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers


rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except


airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe


, the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor


deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context


be profane


achieves the near-impossible


some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights


a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour .


has not a trace of humanity or empathy


stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why


more balanced or fair portrayal


from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients ,


it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? ''


far less enjoyable


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


imax sound system


any flaws that come later


this date-night diversion


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


touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable


is one reason it 's so lackluster .


can not be revived .


artificial suspense


is the score , as in the songs translate well to film


a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's


are what makes it worth the trip to the theater


nothing about crime


it can comfortably hold


is strictly routine .


has a tired , talky feel


futility


affected and boring


a hollywood film


relegated to a dark video store corner


piercingly affecting


of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film


the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .


hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock 's memorable first interrogation of gosling .


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


an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


refuses


eccentric , accident-prone characters


about one of cinema 's directorial giants


told with an appropriate minimum of means .


such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


debut effort by `` project greenlight '' winner is sappy and amateurish .


warm .


can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work


one ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .


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


of new york locales and sharp writing


steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty


set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine


the good fight


fare with real thematic heft .


the audience award


is an exercise in chilling style , and twohy films the sub , inside and out ,


grim future


an mtv , sugar hysteria , and


, remarkably unpretentious


it 's too long and unfocused .


most virtuous


for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem


clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation


drop everything and run to ichi


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


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


ultimately , sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .


to a new scene , which also appears to be the end


contrived and secondhand


a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment .


stages his gags


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


this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family


'm guessing the director is a magician .


combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions


imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb


ultimately vapid


for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .


old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame .


to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor


balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy


it should be poignant


it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison


infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .


crossroads comes up shorter than britney 's cutoffs .


an endless trailer


the dreadfulness


modestly


turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema


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


the growing , moldering pile


the title , many can aspire but none can equal


the dullest science fiction


salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation


, from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner


re-imagining of beauty and


the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work


lousy tarantino imitations


that rare combination


, and intelligence


it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .


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


a well-put-together piece of urban satire .


highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .


keep you wide awake and ... very tense


has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .


sugar-coated rocky


the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .


for laughs


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


in freshening the play


to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads


it 's great cinematic polemic


an often intense character study


more contemptuous of the single female population


a very capable nailbiter .


of warmth


like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community .


dozens of bad guys


the upbeat ending feels like a copout


can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell


is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer


handled well


sick society


the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue


histrionic


overworked


of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing


lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense


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


blockbuster


most haunting about `` fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen .


the brutality


's pauly shore awful .


those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart


's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones


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


a painful lie


just right


coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro


it is effective


are still unconcerned about what they ingest


in grand passion


as averse as i usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies , this one got to me .


a sure hand


that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence


brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade


purdy


captivating and intimate study


going to make his debut as a film director


with enough action


charming and evoking little ditty


does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us


's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers


anachronistic quick edits and


laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in


complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out


these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .


the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and


makes it attractive throughout


like a promising work-in-progress


most breezy movie steven spielberg


intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries


rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks


is never lethargic


( lin chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional


none can equal


confuses its message


predictably efficient piece


equally impressive


assurance


expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show


wedgie


most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .


an incredibly narrow in-joke


enjoy yourselves


with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties


to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house


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


than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap


, lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .


the awe in which it holds itself


to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman is off-putting , to say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved .


first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans ''


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 ,


this much imagination


brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness


of the acting breed


does n't quite get there


'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .


helmer


infectious enthusiasm


terminally bland


's about issues most adults have to face in marriage


than much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand


dramatic , funny and poignant


divine monument


this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .


as a durable part of the movie landscape


peppered with false starts and


by talented writer/director anderson


accomplished


knockaround


the movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .


rely on an ambiguous presentation


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


though a morbid one


nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore


he has a great cast and a great idea .


all the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .


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


life affirming and heartbreaking


burn the negative and the script


to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness


flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .


so slick and


is remembering


stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish .


suspense , intriguing characters


thought was going to be really awful


bouncy


wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why


the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .


although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league .


a social injustice , at least


if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out .


if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .


there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but


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


serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm


to be something of a sitcom apparatus


than a worthwhile effort


you could hate it for the same reason .


just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .


broken character study


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


clever makeup design


a creative urge


muddled and


this movie has the usual impossible stunts ...


killing time


a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor


another entertaining


escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars


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


inept , tedious


his strongest performance


a rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount


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


broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles


crafted picture


, intelligent , and humanly funny film .


class resentment


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


there 's plenty to impress about e.t.


as the dominant christine , sylvie testud is icily brilliant .


the charm of the first movie is still there ,


to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s


is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .


hideously and


witty and


refreshingly


guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest .


both exuberantly


a delicate ambiguity


an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale


it 's a rock-solid little genre picture


what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail .


one lousy movie


that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace


make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not


cheap-shot


's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything


spicy footnote


the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention


astonishingly vivid


particular , anciently demanding métier


sticky and unsatisfied


whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone


, worse


the rollicking dark humor


a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france :


sick character


every bit as fascinating


i realized the harsh reality of my situation


so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny


of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues


are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .


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


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


nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album


all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh


harps on media-constructed ` issues '


it 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen .


has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence


the actors are simply too good , and


stains


flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong


some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat .


effecting change


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


rich visual clarity and deeply


have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .


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


, why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free ?


such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me


no clue


, it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .


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


you doze off thirty minutes into the film


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


little visible talent and no energy


to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face


hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and


is pretty damned funny


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


action laudable


if only it were , well , funnier .


the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,


cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix


some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson


moving and stark


is certainly easy to watch


exceptionally good idea


'' is a big time stinker .


an impressive achievement


thumbs down .


seasonal holiday kids


teasing


fun with the quirks of family life


such self-amused trash


mixed-up


ballistic :


succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them


this chiaroscuro of madness and light


a wonderful subject for the camera


written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there


of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick


foul up shum 's good intentions .


doltish and


directed , barely


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


the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .


going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal


like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances '


upbeat


berry 's saucy


makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison


can be safely recommended as a video/dvd babysitter .


an achingly enthralling premise , the film


i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and


is always watchable


lowered your entertainment standards


imagination


the tragedy beneath it


can feel the love


good action


barf


much like its easily dismissive


too many characters saying too many clever things and


this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music


well told .


jfk conspiracy nuts


filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo


has little insight into the historical period and its artists


family togetherness


with grace and humor and gradually


the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .


survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller


the idiocy of its last frames


the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting


sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama


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


for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time


unforgivingly inconsistent


is n't as sharp as the original


an uneasy mix


a convincing brogue


, slow scenes


a touching , sophisticated film


purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .


give committed performances


poetry


hits all the verbal marks it should


an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .


no means a slam-dunk and


a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell .


genuinely sweet


become very involved


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


an architect of pop culture


with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability


broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all ,


something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics


conceit


stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music


a testament to the film 's considerable charm


brutally labored and unfunny hokum


a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place


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


though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous .


to like any of these despicable characters


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


so true and heartbreaking


son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''


a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .


a strangely tempting bouquet


, accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams


's fairly lame


wildly popular


being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something


the stars


author 's


much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes


suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .


sweet gentle jesus


its lavish formalism


strangely believable


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


visual virtuosity


, see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .


the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller


an overripe episode of tv 's dawson 's creek and


terribly


is the director 's talent .


a catastrophic collision


that gives pic its title an afterthought


thanks largely


is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .


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


his subject justice


brain strain


an oscar nomination


her inventive director


a few nice twists in a standard plot and


amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and


humanistic


with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around


the film works in spite of it


to be a boy truly in love with a girl


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


sillier , cuter ,


can not be revived


as pretty contagious fun


guilt


in its lack of poetic frissons


screaming but yawning


unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow


plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line .


a pleasant and engaging enough sit ,


probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent


foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .


masterly


the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film ,


loses himself to the film 's circular structure


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


unfocused


an auspicious feature debut


as original and insightful as last week 's episode of behind the music .


a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes


like this movie


this stylish film


an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground


's horribly wrong


a historically significant , and personal , episode


are committed


a dull , somnambulant exercise


reward


rare treat


developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else


werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken


with verve


with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids


fanciful


an unflinching ,


is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge


sensitive story


a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans .


bleak


other words , about as bad a film


a true star


's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .


the integrity and vision


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


may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .


baffled by jason x.


philosophical void


an exercise in chilling style ,


actually makes the heart soar


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


talky


like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor


no psychology


meandering , low on energy


's only in fairy tales


vivid personality


in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .


to be oblivious to the existence of this film


more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch .


a true pleasure .


's something vital about the movie


touching , raucously amusing


the worst films of the summer


pat , fairy-tale conclusion


a grating , emaciated flick .


among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .


lose their luster when flattened onscreen .


the picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .


charming and witty


simply ca n't recommend it enough .


buried at the heart of his story


through torture


that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that


'' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home


touches the heart and the funnybone thanks


but oddly compelling


sophisticated and unsentimental treatment


portrays their cartoon counterparts well


... a solid , unassuming drama .


a visual delight


's a heck of a ride


standard formula


even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other


's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something


to have been lost in the translation this time


is simply brilliant .


gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers


engaging enough


second-rate


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


of the great films about movie love


pale


ranks with the best of herzog 's works


an inelegant combination


harrowing account


this is going to be something really good


substandard performances


the movie is amateurish ,


to the awfulness of the movie


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


sappy dialogue


's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits


his surprising discovery of love and humility


such an engrossing story


have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster


flatter it


triple x marks the spot .


put on an intoxicating show


one 's appetite for the bollywood films


a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic


most offensive thing


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


the film 's lack of personality permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .


is by far the worst movie of the year .


repellantly out of control


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


go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans


tremble without losing his machismo


but it 's hardly a necessary enterprise .


by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one , ms. mirren , who did )


be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance


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


their lack of chemistry makes eddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , familiar vaudeville partners


skip it


's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .


, big trouble could be considered a funny little film .


cell phones , guns , and


undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation


the wasted potential


are uniformly good .


about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses


becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are .


none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1/2 weeks '' , or


to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish


steers refreshingly clear


in the film 's verbal pokes


cliches and pat storytelling


tics


be sorry


defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks


an overexposed waste


a satisfying evening


's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter


an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances


that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life


a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship


unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .


new


curse


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


haphazard theatrical release


destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal


, the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .


garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out


clichés and sneering humor


that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects


the junk-calorie suspense tropes


transcend its genre


entertainment that parents love to have their kids


mr. soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .


has no real point


they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting


, we never really get inside of them .


witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .


seems so real


to easy jokes and insults


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama


a fresh and absorbing look


of jaglom 's own profession


it makes up for with its heart .


dumb


cliched to hardened indie-heads


of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live


is a success in some sense


it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act --


has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew


miss congeniality


it 's at least watchable


'll end up moved


fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution


in his latest effort , storytelling , solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good


shrek


more confused ,


dominated


a low rate annie


insufficiently


goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures


is a magician


wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago


the perkiness


a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films .


it will be well worth your time .


immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful


the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material


enlightening , insightful and entertaining


like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow


spent elsewhere


please the eye


a complex story


awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions


disservice


's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span


celluloid garbage


this tepid genre offering


nothing wrong with performances here


strong finish


i 've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic ...


soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .


delightfully against the grain


insultingly


, the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic .


i love the robust middle of this picture .


hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .


disappointingly thin


bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .


other , better crime movies


we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .


succeeded in


genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental


capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's


it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels


a perfectly entertaining summer diversion


swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus


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


moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama


affection


from the people laughing in the crowd


between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .


a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness


the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes


make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .


frank capra played this story straight .


as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism


boldly stroked , luridly colored , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .


a moving and important film


then becomes unwatchable


immersive


about discovering your destination in life


slow scenes


how bad his movie is


the film 's story does not live up to its style


has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .


it might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience .


delectable


there '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 .


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


so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament


the only winner


gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut


a paunchy midsection ,


` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '


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


an uncomfortable experience ,


almost unbearably morbid


may really need the company of others


a vivid , sometimes surreal ,


grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration


best story


entirely wholesome


the viewer wide-awake all the way through


an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era


is well done


needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us


this flat run


'll forget about it by monday , though


the story is lacking any real emotional impact


a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it


's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue .


made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half


precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen


the movie 's rude and crude humor


vivid


beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay


is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema


a perfectly rendered period piece


thriller as lazy


, slow and dreary


the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .


i loved this film .


is funny


to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic


one of a really solid woody allen film


faithful


the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense


soulless techno-tripe .


in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis


in terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused .


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


`` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance


the magnificent swooping aerial shots


it 's not particularly well made , but


is never especially clever and often


enough moments to keep it entertaining


for the whole family


halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles .


to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness


a genuine dramatic impact


deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .


'll see a better thriller this year


villains


to the concession stand and/or restroom


's appealingly manic and energetic .


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


rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year


something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects


an interesting topic , some intriguing characters


a psychological mystery


most opaque , self-indulgent


is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .


to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance


loud , chaotic and


by a strong and unforced supporting cast


the director 's experiment is a successful one .


the worst movie i 've seen this summer


hopkins


is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience


staged violence overshadows everything


with a sweet


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


make an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic


the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .


illustrates


fully developed story


is too impressed with its own solemn insights


subtlest works


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


butterfingered


a negligible british comedy .


about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80


's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller


their noble endeavor


swimfan does catch on


randall wallace


of the most curiously depressing


the film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .


twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .


a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why


incredibly irritating comedy


and mainly unfunny


the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure ,


it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .


the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie


when she should be building suspense


confidence


gets old quickly .


pass this stinker off as a scary movie


emotionally stirring


, possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .


in boredom


the movie makes two hours feel like four .


appealing enough


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


of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it


contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .


new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers


delete key


this toothless dog , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen .


never loses its ability to shock and amaze .


of the insurance actuary


is a whole lot of nada .


the fantastic


of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes


on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences


the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones ,


piffle .


be seen everywhere


an indisputably spooky film


david and


always hilarious meara


routine action and jokes like this


is extraordinary .


a comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .


fun-for-fun 's


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


tie together beautifully


dense , exhilarating documentary .


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


, rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings


is even better than the fellowship


makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role


clunky tv-movie


return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation


believable performances


too damn weird to pass up , and for the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets .


fall together without much surprise


the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons


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


enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity


boomers and their kids will have a barrie good time .


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


what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining


profoundly stupid affair


even dies .


sad


assurance worthy


deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .


hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film


tired


but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .


provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies


for dance completists only .


mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings


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


disquieting and thought-provoking film


nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .


about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )


the best movies of the year


, the acting is robotically italicized ,


gorgeous to look at but


most antsy youngsters


it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .


, entertaining thriller


rowdy participants


are canny and spiced with irony .


an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense


's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion .


with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences


with his picture-perfect life


91-minute trailer


enticing and often funny documentary .


asian neo-realist treasure .


had much science


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


a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length


symbolic characters


is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits


having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material


rich and full life


somber , absurd , and


directed with sensitivity and skill


, despite many talky , slow scenes


discerning taste


the pacing is deadly


being forceful , sad without being shrill


mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady


, it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun


steal


this bad on purpose


earthy


drunken driver


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


as boring and as obvious


the best script that besson has written in years .


an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans


you enough to feel good about


found with an devastating , eloquent clarity


wreaked


long and tedious


proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages


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


are simply dazzling


incoherence


artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson


sex with strangers is fascinating ...


songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .


i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael


dismal


just as much intelligence


sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .


contriving a climactic hero 's death for the beloved-major


an intoxicating experience .


of the two bewitched adolescents


hatred


wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .


hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power


fun , with an undeniable energy


complexity


so sloppily written and


i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold !


shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits


humbuggery ...


could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format ?


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


impressively true for being so hot-blooded


nice to see what he could make with a decent budget


be dismissed as mindless


raunchy as south park


three sides of his story with a sensitivity


is a must


krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone


tested by bad luck and their own immaturity


most importantly ,


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


random glass-shattering


to jimmy 's relentless anger


a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .


does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve )


witty , wistful new film


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


gets very ugly , very fast


into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy


the attempt to complicate the story


if you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .


the incomprehensible anne rice novel


's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .


the gorgeous locales and


an erotic thriller that


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


appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience


indie of the year , so far .


enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded


a humanistic message


this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people .


thoughtful , visually graceful


reign


rough


nurtured his metaphors


single-minded as john carpenter 's original


once in a while a film


a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .


from firing on all cylinders


watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement .


new treasure


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


an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit .


eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .


particularly memorable effect


jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time


as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .


at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting


whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around .


pale script


in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance


their charisma


but none of which amounts to much of a story


's ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .


an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off .


a soufflé gone wrong


daring and verve


staggered from the theater


you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours


with actorish notations on the margin of acting


finds his inspiration


a gritty police thriller


helped


a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode


watchable .


efficiently minimalist style


a sharp script and strong performances


about thoroughly vacuous people


the call of the wild


does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .


win you over , in a big way


bore


exceptional to justify a three hour running time


accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .


's just tediously bad ,


inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot


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


is the best star trek movie in a long time .


purpose


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


to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone


sci-fi generic


an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni


a subtle and richly internalized performance


filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .


brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal


's moving


the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .


deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this


the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


a poignant and wryly amusing film


oddly compelling .


a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .


like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film


's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film


spectacle


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


speaks volumes


a cockeyed shot all the way .


a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,


crap


of the stand-up comic


is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh


manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation


a pointed , often tender , examination


( like saturday morning tv in the '60s )


discerned here that producers would be well to heed


a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that


this loser


cheap trick


impressive and highly entertaining


completely enlightening


gooding is the energetic frontman ,


musicals back 40 years


's far from a frothy piece


muted


all the hearts it won -- and wins still


its fusty squareness


jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod


a more annoying


highlander


is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories


( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .


a wide summer audience


oscar caliber cast


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


's splash without the jokes


the extensive use of stock footage


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


most colorful and controversial artists


while it 's nothing we have n't seen before from murphy , i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .


everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and


be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still


terrific performances


all awkward ,


you 're on the edge of your seat


, eastwood is off his game


watch , giggle and get


the way home


adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances ,


, this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .


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


broomfield has compelling new material


, unsubtle and hollywood-predictable


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


one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party


a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise


the first place


to be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame


, collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .


from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces '' , you can feel the love .


could use a little more humanity ,


warm , inviting , and


fun for kids of any age


brand name


the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is


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


i did n't smile .


, is repellantly out of control .


ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third


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


the wild thornberrys movie


it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn ,


these ambitions , laudable in themselves


best-known creation


increasingly amused irony


beautiful ,


is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish


of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated


worn-out material


somewhat clumsy


unremittingly ugly movie


lost their movie mojo


translate well to film


scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away


favorite


me grinning


one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then


pack your knitting needles


is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes


ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .


a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,


be much funnier than anything


when it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , `` real women have curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .


is a pleasant enough dish


the new insomnia


simple , sweet and romantic


lacked any


fails .


ignored it


sick and twisted


is visually smart


real visual charge to the filmmaking


reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .


revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway


produced in recent memory , even if it 's far tamer than advertised


confusing and horrifying


`` abandon ''


the tale commands attention .


a day at the beach


why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie


complex and quirky


oo many of these gross out scenes


have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .


the best film


high-octane jolts


processed comedy


sexy , funny and touching


a stylish psychological thriller


winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it


an asian landscape painting


is more of an ordeal than an amusement


impresses


are strong


a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6


is mostly a bore


seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world


is just as obvious as telling a country skunk


excellent cast


the right film


buy is an accomplished actress


... blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves .


pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .


of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure


personal tragedy


the director 's experiment


assassination


chilling


shekhar kapur


broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car


the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth


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


buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary


genuinely satisfying


offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded


least accessible


when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve .


believe that people have lost the ability to think and


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


a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured


is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery


this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies


disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects


good-looking but


visually


can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby


are n't


disdain


narrative and ( too ) short


spiritual survival


` how can you charge money for this ? '


a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner


both hugely entertaining and uplifting


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


loathe


grating and tedious .


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


much to our dismay


with sean penn 's monotone narration


after next spreads them pretty thin


, walt becker 's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .


a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look


a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy


begins with promise , but runs


incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music


of any film more challenging or depressing


the heat of the moment


professional


as they do in this marvelous film


that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at


anemic , pretentious


may be as history


is merely a charmless witch .


take on a great writer and dubious human being


to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy


the classics


miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise , expertly plucking tension from quiet .


funny in the middle


even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .


is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it


's not a great monster movie


certainly raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before .


for decades we 've marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .


with heart and humor


have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up