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the movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .
1
negative
a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .
3
positive
going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through .
2
neutral
the problem is not that it 's all derivative , because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes .
2
neutral
as ex-marine walter , who may or may not have shot kennedy , actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable .
3
positive
the production design , score and choreography are simply intoxicating .
4
very positive
13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , karen sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas .
2
neutral
it 's not a bad plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from .
2
neutral
the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .
3
positive
a gem , captured in the unhurried , low-key style favored by many directors of the iranian new wave .
2
neutral
the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way .
1
negative
according to the script , grant and bullock 's characters are made for each other .
3
positive
a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .
2
neutral
the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .
3
positive
a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making .
1
negative
a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture .
0
very negative
lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .
4
very positive
a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling .
4
very positive
i 'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .
2
neutral
the feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .
1
negative
the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .
1
negative
a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis .
1
negative
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound .
0
very negative
ken russell would love this .
3
positive
has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool .
0
very negative
they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .
3
positive
claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains .
3
positive
the most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield .
2
neutral
kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera .
0
very negative
its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life .
1
negative
sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .
1
negative
first-time director joão pedro rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .
1
negative
salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon .
4
very positive
his scenes are short and often unexpected .
2
neutral
human nature is a goofball movie , in the way that malkovich was , but it tries too hard .
3
positive
the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .
4
very positive
the inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how john malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line .
2
neutral
a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed .
3
positive
the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .
4
very positive
impostor does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast .
2
neutral
it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .
1
negative
the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years .
3
positive
sly , sophisticated and surprising .
3
positive
-lrb- kline 's -rrb- utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it .
4
very positive
more trifle than triumph .
1
negative
like its predecessor , it 's no classic , but it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate .
2
neutral
thanks to ice cube , benjamins feels an awful lot like friday in miami .
2
neutral
fubar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way .
2
neutral
... generically , forgettably pleasant from start to finish .
2
neutral
it 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .
1
negative
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .
1
negative
the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .
1
negative
i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .
4
very positive
she may not be real , but the laughs are .
4
very positive
clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .
0
very negative
a depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women .
0
very negative
scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .
4
very positive
you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .
4
very positive
this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .
1
negative
both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .
3
positive
many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit .
0
very negative
even more baffling is that it 's funny .
2
neutral
you 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .
0
very negative
crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .
3
positive
not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
3
positive
by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .
3
positive
... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .
3
positive
a highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he 's afraid of his best-known creation ?
4
very positive
deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits .
2
neutral
alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes .
3
positive
when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails .
1
negative
it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable .
2
neutral
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .
4
very positive
the pianist is polanski 's best film .
4
very positive
the camera twirls !
2
neutral
oliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition .
2
neutral
you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .
4
very positive
klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .
1
negative
from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .
3
positive
utter mush ... conceited pap .
0
very negative
despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .
1
negative
gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .
3
positive
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy .
1
negative
just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .
3
positive
think of it as gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .
4
very positive
grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .
3
positive
a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .
0
very negative
predictably soulless techno-tripe .
0
very negative
the filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .
1
negative
it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated .
3
positive
the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .
1
negative
the film 's most improbable feat ?
1
negative
the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .
3
positive
one of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way .
2
neutral
there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch .
4
very positive
there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .
1
negative
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .
1
negative
the characters are paper thin and the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects .
0
very negative
a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode .
3
positive
there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .
4
very positive