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the film affords us intriguing glimpses of the insights gleaned from a lifetime of spiritual inquiry , but ram dass : fierce grace does n't organize it with any particular insight .
2
neutral
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 .
0
very negative
a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .
4
very positive
... contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
1
negative
a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb .
0
very negative
you can watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards .
3
positive
it briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely .
2
neutral
earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding .
3
positive
a dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .
0
very negative
the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it .
2
neutral
it is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .
0
very negative
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .
3
positive
cinematic pratfalls given a working over .
2
neutral
underachieves only in not taking the shakespeare parallels quite far enough .
2
neutral
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film .
2
neutral
handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .
4
very positive
this is the best star trek movie in a long time .
4
very positive
a remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .
3
positive
instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .
3
positive
a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others .
4
very positive
writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic .
1
negative
like kissing jessica stein , amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .
3
positive
it 's time to let your hair down -- greek style .
2
neutral
charlize chases kevin with a gun .
2
neutral
an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
3
positive
the directive to protect the code at all costs also begins to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge
2
neutral
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes .
2
neutral
... the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation .
2
neutral
starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .
1
negative
the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .
3
positive
it is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .
4
very positive
eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...
1
negative
a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits , age-wise .
2
neutral
howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .
1
negative
this will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things .
2
neutral
the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .
1
negative
it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind .
1
negative
a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .
0
very negative
belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video\/dvd category , and this is why i have given it a one-star rating .
1
negative
a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .
2
neutral
imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s .
1
negative
without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .
1
negative
this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '
3
positive
what does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ?
3
positive
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
3
positive
` in this poor remake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '
0
very negative
pull -lrb- s -rrb- off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel .
2
neutral
overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .
1
negative
a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes ... almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination .
1
negative
the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .
0
very negative
occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .
1
negative
we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher .
3
positive
easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .
4
very positive
despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .
1
negative
about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .
1
negative
the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill .
3
positive
impostor ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .
1
negative
... either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you 're not .
2
neutral
a great script brought down by lousy direction .
1
negative
a family-friendly fantasy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .
2
neutral
its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition .
2
neutral
new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .
0
very negative
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes .
3
positive
while this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .
1
negative
zoom !
3
positive
it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .
0
very negative
the creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree .
3
positive
every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .
0
very negative
it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started .
3
positive
it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .
3
positive
makes one thing abundantly clear .
3
positive
like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .
2
neutral
cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
1
negative
too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility .
1
negative
into scrooge .
2
neutral
the film is full of charm .
3
positive
it 's not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history .
1
negative
the power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .
2
neutral
the result might look like vulgar .
2
neutral
there are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .
3
positive
while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs -lrb- including a knockout of a closing line -rrb- , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .
1
negative
we admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .
4
very positive
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .
4
very positive
not a schlocky creature feature but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence , more chillingly effective .
3
positive
this movie ... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .
1
negative
one of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt doodled steamboat willie .
4
very positive
malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain .
2
neutral
after a while , hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .
1
negative
it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .
3
positive
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .
1
negative
the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . ''
1
negative
... spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .
4
very positive
what 's next ?
3
positive
in the end , there is n't much to it .
0
very negative
an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message .
1
negative
an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .
0
very negative
the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis .
3
positive
norton is magnetic as graham .
3
positive
the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate .
4
very positive
a remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point .
3
positive