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ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .
| 2 |
neutral
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enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers .
| 3 |
positive
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i prefer soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers over tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies .
| 2 |
neutral
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this is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .
| 1 |
negative
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a pale xerox of other , better crime movies .
| 1 |
negative
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strange it is , but delightfully so .
| 3 |
positive
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the story has little wit and no surprises .
| 1 |
negative
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crummy .
| 0 |
very negative
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just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller .
| 0 |
very negative
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this is a very funny , heartwarming film .
| 4 |
very positive
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` rare birds ' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .
| 2 |
neutral
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good-naturedly cornball sequel .
| 3 |
positive
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the tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .
| 2 |
neutral
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the french director has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .
| 0 |
very negative
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it 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after .
| 1 |
negative
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feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work .
| 2 |
neutral
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a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes .
| 2 |
neutral
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a small movie with a big impact .
| 4 |
very positive
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the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .
| 1 |
negative
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crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .
| 3 |
positive
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an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .
| 4 |
very positive
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-lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character .
| 3 |
positive
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and it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .
| 3 |
positive
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though it inspires some -lrb- out-of-field -rrb- creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .
| 2 |
neutral
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in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled .
| 1 |
negative
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reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .
| 1 |
negative
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marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula .
| 3 |
positive
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there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?
| 1 |
negative
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a movie that 's held captive by mediocrity .
| 1 |
negative
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screenwriter chris ver weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull , but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability .
| 2 |
neutral
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an admirable , sometimes exceptional film
| 4 |
very positive
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this is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .
| 3 |
positive
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a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish .
| 3 |
positive
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... spiced with humor -lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb- and witty updatings -lrb- silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around -rrb-
| 3 |
positive
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has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness .
| 1 |
negative
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not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .
| 3 |
positive
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a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .
| 4 |
very positive
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matthew lillard is born to play shaggy !
| 4 |
very positive
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a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .
| 1 |
negative
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there 's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x.
| 3 |
positive
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the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .
| 3 |
positive
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at its best , it 's black hawk down with more heart .
| 3 |
positive
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`` home movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .
| 2 |
neutral
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invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion .
| 4 |
very positive
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a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
| 1 |
negative
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patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .
| 1 |
negative
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a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it 's a tougher picture than it is .
| 2 |
neutral
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a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .
| 3 |
positive
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rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...
| 3 |
positive
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arnie blows things up .
| 2 |
neutral
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if you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices , you 're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid .
| 2 |
neutral
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a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .
| 1 |
negative
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should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .
| 1 |
negative
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-lrb- barry -rrb- gives assassin a disquieting authority .
| 3 |
positive
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its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more .
| 1 |
negative
|
a moving and important film .
| 4 |
very positive
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these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
| 4 |
very positive
|
a disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate imax trip .
| 1 |
negative
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a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .
| 1 |
negative
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yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .
| 3 |
positive
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`` cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! ''
| 3 |
positive
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this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow .
| 2 |
neutral
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what 's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .
| 3 |
positive
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surprisingly insightful
| 3 |
positive
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to those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .
| 3 |
positive
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the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone .
| 0 |
very negative
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earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .
| 1 |
negative
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brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .
| 4 |
very positive
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a glorious mess .
| 2 |
neutral
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unfortunately , contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .
| 2 |
neutral
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arguably the best script that besson has written in years .
| 4 |
very positive
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it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it .
| 1 |
negative
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pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .
| 1 |
negative
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you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars .
| 0 |
very negative
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truly terrible .
| 0 |
very negative
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it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .
| 0 |
very negative
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you just know something terrible is going to happen .
| 2 |
neutral
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each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top .
| 1 |
negative
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fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .
| 1 |
negative
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a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ...
| 4 |
very positive
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do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle .
| 2 |
neutral
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one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time .
| 4 |
very positive
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a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't .
| 1 |
negative
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too ordinary to restore -lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience .
| 2 |
neutral
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highly watchable stuff .
| 4 |
very positive
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exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richard gere .
| 4 |
very positive
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there 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to .
| 2 |
neutral
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content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance .
| 1 |
negative
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a charming but slight comedy .
| 3 |
positive
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you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ?
| 2 |
neutral
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everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented .
| 2 |
neutral
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an unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture .
| 3 |
positive
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a beyond-lame satire , teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .
| 1 |
negative
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it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .
| 0 |
very negative
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takes one character we do n't like and another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny .
| 2 |
neutral
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but mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .
| 4 |
very positive
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as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .
| 3 |
positive
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young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .
| 4 |
very positive
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excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama .
| 4 |
very positive
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the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .
| 3 |
positive
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