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each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense .
| 2 |
neutral
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certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire .
| 0 |
very negative
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i have n't laughed that hard in years !
| 4 |
very positive
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sorvino is delightful in the central role .
| 3 |
positive
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a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost .
| 4 |
very positive
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possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .
| 2 |
neutral
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what a great way to spend 4 units of your day .
| 3 |
positive
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a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .
| 4 |
very positive
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both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .
| 4 |
very positive
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and vin diesel is the man .
| 3 |
positive
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just a kiss is a just a waste .
| 1 |
negative
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meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the - making .
| 2 |
neutral
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hilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud .
| 2 |
neutral
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murder by numbers just does n't add up .
| 1 |
negative
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all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .
| 1 |
negative
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this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- , but it feels like unrealized potential
| 3 |
positive
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-lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent , but spacey 's .
| 2 |
neutral
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in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .
| 3 |
positive
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tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu .
| 2 |
neutral
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an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening .
| 1 |
negative
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the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .
| 0 |
very negative
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bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .
| 0 |
very negative
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dramatically lackluster .
| 0 |
very negative
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made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .
| 3 |
positive
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this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .
| 4 |
very positive
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yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it .
| 3 |
positive
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their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle .
| 1 |
negative
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all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .
| 1 |
negative
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tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality .
| 0 |
very negative
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a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .
| 3 |
positive
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tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span .
| 1 |
negative
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the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .
| 3 |
positive
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the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways .
| 2 |
neutral
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you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .
| 1 |
negative
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lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all .
| 1 |
negative
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sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .
| 4 |
very positive
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directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .
| 1 |
negative
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it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .
| 3 |
positive
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the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .
| 1 |
negative
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is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .
| 1 |
negative
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the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .
| 1 |
negative
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spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .
| 3 |
positive
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this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .
| 3 |
positive
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for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced .
| 3 |
positive
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... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror .
| 0 |
very negative
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an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .
| 0 |
very negative
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enticing and often funny documentary .
| 4 |
very positive
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but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary .
| 0 |
very negative
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the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure .
| 1 |
negative
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whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .
| 3 |
positive
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the komediant is a tale worth catching .
| 3 |
positive
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the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot .
| 1 |
negative
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worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .
| 3 |
positive
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a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy .
| 2 |
neutral
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let 's hope not .
| 2 |
neutral
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it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes .
| 1 |
negative
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an encouraging effort from mccrudden
| 3 |
positive
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i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise .
| 4 |
very positive
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such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . ''
| 4 |
very positive
|
initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama .
| 3 |
positive
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this is not a jackie chan movie .
| 1 |
negative
|
chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans .
| 4 |
very positive
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you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer .
| 2 |
neutral
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lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .
| 1 |
negative
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a timid , soggy near miss .
| 1 |
negative
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a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration .
| 3 |
positive
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a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness .
| 3 |
positive
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smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .
| 3 |
positive
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i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .
| 1 |
negative
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thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .
| 1 |
negative
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i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down .
| 0 |
very negative
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if only it were , well , funnier .
| 1 |
negative
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it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .
| 0 |
very negative
|
from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work .
| 3 |
positive
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charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions .
| 1 |
negative
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kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party .
| 0 |
very negative
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its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary .
| 1 |
negative
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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 .
| 3 |
positive
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for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience
| 0 |
very negative
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somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .
| 1 |
negative
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first and foremost ... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings .
| 4 |
very positive
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connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus .
| 3 |
positive
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gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -lrb- harris -rrb- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman .
| 3 |
positive
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left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation .
| 3 |
positive
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the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .
| 1 |
negative
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it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate .
| 2 |
neutral
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combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .
| 3 |
positive
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like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr. wong 's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting .
| 2 |
neutral
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loud , chaotic and largely unfunny .
| 0 |
very negative
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the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .
| 0 |
very negative
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a movie to forget
| 1 |
negative
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the film 's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen .
| 2 |
neutral
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rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue .
| 1 |
negative
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labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : he 's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film .
| 2 |
neutral
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starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter .
| 1 |
negative
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
| 3 |
positive
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a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration .
| 3 |
positive
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an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .
| 1 |
negative
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the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .
| 1 |
negative
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every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .
| 2 |
neutral
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