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if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way .
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very negative
a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans .
3
positive
clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .
3
positive
the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .
1
negative
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .
1
negative
it 's like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism .
1
negative
`` the tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask '' was for jim carrey .
2
neutral
like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create .
0
very negative
i do n't even care that there 's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff .
2
neutral
though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .
1
negative
the first fatal attraction was vile enough .
0
very negative
a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters .
3
positive
measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .
4
very positive
and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
1
negative
... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ...
3
positive
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work .
3
positive
it 's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .
1
negative
friday after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans .
1
negative
it is also beautifully acted .
4
very positive
this dubious product of a college-spawned -lrb- colgate u. -rrb- comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a mix of cheech and chong and chips .
1
negative
it 's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story .
2
neutral
all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .
4
very positive
... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .
4
very positive
it 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing .
4
very positive
a gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema
3
positive
if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .
2
neutral
such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .
1
negative
the cameo-packed , m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ... then mike myers shows up and ruins everything .
2
neutral
the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . '
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negative
poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action .
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very negative
if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .
1
negative
passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .
3
positive
definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum .
3
positive
this story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .
3
positive
well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .
1
negative
... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape .
1
negative
as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings .
0
very negative
the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday .
4
very positive
the movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance .
3
positive
another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .
0
very negative
a laughable -- or rather , unlaughable -- excuse for a film .
0
very negative
but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns ... this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity .
2
neutral
too silly to take seriously .
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negative
low comedy does n't come much lower .
1
negative
it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .
3
positive
meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .
3
positive
davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .
3
positive
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play .
3
positive
all analyze that proves is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise .
2
neutral
ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .
0
very negative
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower .
0
very negative
hard to resist .
3
positive
there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 .
1
negative
director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here .
3
positive
while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .
2
neutral
like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .
3
positive
no cute factor here ... not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .
0
very negative
suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers .
1
negative
it 's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .
1
negative
an incredibly narrow in-joke targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .
1
negative
a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .
3
positive
... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .
3
positive
the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .
4
very positive
for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured .
2
neutral
quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver .
3
positive
most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved
0
very negative
a poignant comedy that offers food for thought .
4
very positive
deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and juliet\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going .
1
negative
there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .
0
very negative
secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .
4
very positive
everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .
1
negative
this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air .
3
positive
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks .
1
negative
ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over .
1
negative
the movie has a script -lrb- by paul pender -rrb- made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions .
0
very negative
the filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .
3
positive
it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .
3
positive
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
1
negative
it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .
3
positive
they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .
1
negative
- west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .
3
positive
as part of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .
3
positive
a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .
0
very negative
all in all , brown sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .
4
very positive
represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema .
3
positive
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy .
0
very negative
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .
3
positive
tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to liyan 's backyard .
2
neutral
a stylish thriller .
4
very positive
constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .
3
positive
this harrowing journey into combat hell vividly captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked .
2
neutral
an estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote -lrb- and cannier doppelganger -rrb- to diesel 's xxx flex-a-thon .
2
neutral
birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .
3
positive
meanders between its powerful moments .
2
neutral
with lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted .
2
neutral
a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .
0
very negative
that rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults .
4
very positive
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran . '
4
very positive
there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
1
negative
unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from france .
3
positive