an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years .	0
a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification .	0
while it would be easy to give crush the new title of two weddings and a funeral , it's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of hugh grant whimsy .	1
a recent favourite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard's pyromania .	1
the movie has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects .	1
smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way .	1
it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .	1
the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .	1
on its own cinematic terms , it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist byatt .	1
surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .	0
you leave feeling like you've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .	0
the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .	0
toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .	0
there are things to like about murder by numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements don't gel .	0
so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .	0
bennett's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a morbid appeal that's tough to shake .	1
though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .	1
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format .	1
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .	0
if you are curious to see the darker side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ! ? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there's nothing very attractive about this movie .	0
in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtime's 'red shoe diaries . '	0
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother's hold over her .	1
journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull .	0
director oliver parker labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .	0
as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short .	0
this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .	0
the film favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) .	0
as a singular character study , it's perfect . it's also the year's sweetest movie .	1
while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .	0
children , christian or otherwise , deserve to hear the full story of jonah's despair -- in all its agonizing , catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it .	0
edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery .	1
a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man's quest to find an old flame .	0
deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel .	0
the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . killing time , that's all that's going on here .	0
what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it's icky .	0
an impossible romance , but we root for the patronized iranian lad .	1
what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i'm not quite sure what the point is…	1
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .	0
a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy .	0
[hawn's character]is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten .	1
greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill	1
 at its best , it's black hawk down with more heart . at its worst , it's rambo- meets-john ford .	0
star wars is back in a major way .	1
sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house .	0
a humorless journey into a philosophical void .	0
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .	0
the film's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen .	1
 . . . a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism .	1
feels shrill , simple and soapy .	0
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .	0
this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper . it should have stayed there .	0
while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary .	0
brown's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .	0
what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .	0
an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .	1
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .	0
fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn .	1
this is a very fine movie -- go see it .	1
having never been a huge fan of dickens' 800-page novel , it surprised me how much pleasure i had watching mcgrath's version .	1
feels like a cold old man going through the motions .	0
 . . . a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .	0
lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist .	1
 . . . a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original .	1
japan's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date .	1
murderous maids may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth .	1
 . . . jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just isn't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead's specific gifts .	0
a perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie .	0
it doesn't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes . it still feels like a prison stretch .	0
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit .	0
it's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .	0
by-the-numbers yarn .	0
so young , so smart , such talent , such a wise .	1
the actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but viewers don't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types .	0
about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces . . . positively dreadful .	0
two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more's the pity .	1
if the message seems more facile than the earlier films , the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care .	1
you could say that it's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people wouldn't , but one thing you couldn't say is that alias betty is predictable .	1
quite frankly , i can't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .	0
the story is so light and sugary that were it a macy's thanksgiving day parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away .	0
i never thought i'd say this , but i'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !	0
an excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind .	1
the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .	0
one lousy movie .	0
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .	0
the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la	1
a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation .	0
though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we've seen before .	0
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .	0
equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 .	0
its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .	0
if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .	1
nicolas philibert observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern france in his documentary to be and to have , easily one of the best films of the year .	1
this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .	0
there's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again .	0
everything is pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with 'issues' to simplify .	0
as teen movies go , " orange county " is a refreshing change	1
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating .	0
at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery . . .	1
director benoit jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with tosca , conveys the heaving passion of puccini's famous love-jealousy- murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .	1
bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he can't help throwing in a few of his own touches .	1
all the movie's narrative gymnastics can't disguise the fact that it's inauthentic at its core and that its story just isn't worth telling .	0
circuit queens won't learn a thing , they'll be too busy cursing the film's strategically placed white sheets .	0
a masterpiece four years in the making .	1
it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .	1
i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunno .	0
 . . . the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes " what time is it there ? " something the true film buff will enjoy .	1
this is a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make , and the trio's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .	1
it's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel . . .	1
rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as monsoon wedding .	1
the images are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where whitaker's misfit artist is concerned .	0
eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you don't care who fires the winning shot .	0
it's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .	0
karmen moves like rhythm itself , her lips chanting to the beat , her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat .	1
this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .	1
bow's best moments are when he's getting busy on the basketball court because that's when he really scores .	1
at its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers .	1
in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns .	1
an incredibly low-rent danish film , it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient	1
if jews were catholics , this would be catechism	0
after making several adaptations of other writers' work , armenian-canadian director atom egoyan broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject .	1
cattaneo should have followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different .	0
thoughtful , provocative and entertaining .	1
a taut , intelligent psychological drama .	1
it's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it's well worth a rental .	0
trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible .	0
although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks .	0
hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .	1
 if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .	0
a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .	0
mild , meandering teen flick .	0
new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .	0
very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan	1
director nalin pan doesn't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . he simply presents his point of view that ayurveda works . no question .	1
bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .	0
 . . . always remains movingly genuine .	1
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family's custom-made christmas card .	1
it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .	0
less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan .	0
benigni presents himself as the boy puppet pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and american breckin meyer's ridiculously inappropriate valley boy voice .	0
 . . . blade ii is more enjoyable than the original .	1
it's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene .	1
disney's live-action division has a history of releasing cinematic flotsam , but this is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem .	1
one of the best , most understated performances of [jack nicholson's] career .	1
with the exception of mccoist , the players don't have a clue on the park . the acting isn't much better .	0
gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife .	1
a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined .	1
my own minority report is that it stinks .	0
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada .	0
spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . here , thankfully , they are .	1
windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live .	1
rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , les destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .	1
the whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by .	1
a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film .	1
even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate .	1
though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .	1
maybe it's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades . . . but honestly , analyze that really isn't all that bad .	1
a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .	1
bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability .	1
unfortunately , kapur modernizes a . e . w . mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks " the four feathers " bare .	0
an intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're getting its metaphysical point .	1
narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess .	0
mr . soderbergh's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .	0
the film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound .	1
renner's performance as dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing .	1
whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex , the edge-of-your-seat , educational antics of steve irwin are priceless entertainment .	1
if the movie were all comedy , it might work better . but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .	0
peralta's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight .	0
the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb	1
superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line .	1
often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .	1
hu and liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love .	1
clever but not especially compelling .	0
it's probably not easy to make such a worthless film . . .	0
never once predictable .	1
the film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling .	0
i admired this work a lot .	1
nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . .	1
while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , " in the bedroom , " moretti's film makes its own , quieter observations	1
confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .	0
[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .	0
it all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer .	0
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .	0
chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .	1
fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .	0
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality	1
this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .	0
all but the most persnickety preteens should enjoy this nonthreatening but thrilling adventure .	1
a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks .	0
tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel .	0
occasionally melodramatic , it's also extremely effective .	1
despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there's no scene that screams " bathroom break ! "	1
few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness .	1
'yes , that's right : it's forrest gump , angel of death . '	0
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 .	0
'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '	1
does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .	1
just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing .	1
the film is faithful to what one presumes are the book's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are .	1
as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , 'lovely ! brilliant ! '	1
invincible is a wonderful movie .	1
you'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .	1
in the book-on-tape market , the film of " the kid stays in the picture " would be an abridged edition	0
glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney's 'top of the world' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .	0
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .	0
mr . parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .	1
as bundy , michael reilly burke ( octopus 2 : river of fear ) has just the right amount of charisma and menace .	1
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .	0
the crime matters less than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us .	1
 . . . standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .	0
the film's real appeal won't be to clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers .	1
a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .	0
more honest about alzheimer's disease , i think , than iris .	1
there's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .	0
novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach .	1
this delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized , is a triumph for its maverick director .	1
at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .	0
a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .	0
baran isn't the most transporting or gripping film from iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .	1
there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer .	0
let's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .	0
[t]oo many of these gross out scenes . . .	0
it is ridiculous , of course . . . but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .	1
this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party .	0
rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr . , but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .	0
the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .	1
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
an uplifting , largely bogus story .	0
a thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .	1
wait for it to hit cable .	0
the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .	0
the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece .	1
the next big thing's not-so-big ( and not-so-hot ) directorial debut .	0
for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride .	1
just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat .	1
labute can'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 .	0
a candid and often fascinating documentary about a pentecostal church in dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services .	1
a movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship lil' bow wow .	1
one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .	0
i can imagine this movie as a b&w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth williams , et al . , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless .	0
meanders between its powerful moments .	0
adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .	0
andy garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and mick jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , performance .	1
as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes weren't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .	1
it's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world .	1
it's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious .	1
fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way . . . that feels very human and very true to life .	1
[a] rare , beautiful film .	1
the most memorable moment was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .	0
the movie's eventual success should be credited to dennis quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor	1
somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates .	0
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum .	0
responsável direto pelo fracasso 'artístico' de doce lar , o roteirista c . jay cox não consegue sequer aproveitar os pouquíssimos momentos em que escapa da mediocridade .	0
as a belated nod to some neglected all-stars , standing in the shadows of motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .	1
a vivid cinematic portrait .	1
irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free .	0
it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action .	0
never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .	1
cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .	1
it wraps up a classic mother/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it's not all new , at least it looks pretty .	0
reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich .	1
a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1/2 .	0
remains a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster . . . done up by howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand .	1
not so much farcical as sour .	0
ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible .	1
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment .	1
energetic and boldly provocative .	1
the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess .	1
has its charming quirks and its dull spots .	0
the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .	0
the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution .	0
 . . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )	1
hilarious , acidic brit comedy .	1
a generic international version of a typical american horror film .	0
' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '	1
a gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills .	1
this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border .	1
adam sandler's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash .	0
instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .	0
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone .	1
sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .	0
there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .	1
the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control .	0
boy oh boy , it's a howler .	0
westfeldt and juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that's both saucy and endearing .	1
 . . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises .	0
never [sinks] into exploitation .	1
sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .	0
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .	0
in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a whole new level .	1
a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe .	1
here's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you .	1
what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .	1
some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast .	1
the film's greatest asset is how much it's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture .	1
the appearance of treebeard and gollum's expanded role will either have you loving what you're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum's 'performance' is incredible !	1
the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun .	1
a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch .	1
you don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable b-minus to the emperor's club .	1
has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .	0
dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .	0
often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .	1
jason x has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .	1
bluto blutarsky , we miss you .	0
so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .	1
confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve .	0
is office work really as alienating as 'bartleby' so effectively makes it ?	1
the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time there's some mold on the gold .	1
no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas .	0
watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .	0
a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat .	1
a few pieces of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it actually clicks . the thing just never gets off the ground .	0
when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sex life , it already has one strike against it .	0
a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society .	1
there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's life imaginable .	1
there are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit .	0
 . . . understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation .	1
 . . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .	0
a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out	1
hayek is stunning as frida and . . . a star-making project .	1
when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , 'hey , kool-aid ! '	0
what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved .	1
such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .	0
not for everyone , but for those with whom it will connect , it's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare .	1
bisset delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie .	0
fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix .	0
cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .	1
the actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them .	1
witty , touching and well paced .	1
unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .	1
 . . . a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .	1
the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .	0
brisk hack job .	0
[anderson] uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense .	1
empire can't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . it doesn't work as either .	0
charlize chases kevin with a gun . courtney chases stuart with a cell phone . the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing .	0
disturbing and brilliant documentary .	1
the two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . .	1
draggin' about dragons	0
throw smoochy from the train !	0
i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .	0
'the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel .	0
an enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable italian comedy big deal on madonna street .	1
calculated swill .	0
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time .	1
it's just not very smart .	0
cold and scattered , minority report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . that's not vintage spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .	0
 . . . a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i can't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .	0
a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog .	0
a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere .	0
although it tries to be much more , it's really just another major league .	0
often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . '	1
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .	0
noyce's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective .	1
during the tuxedo's 90 minutes of screen time , there isn't one true 'chan moment' .	0
a mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser .	1
an awful lot like one of [spears'] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .	0
if there's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid .	1
the isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor .	0
'the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '	0
a real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us don't know .	1
[ " take care of my cat " ] is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .	1
farrell . . . thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis's world-weary colonel .	1
 . . . hokey art house pretension .	0
the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable .	0
a modest masterpiece .	1
it represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb , distracted audience .	1
there are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way .	1
a static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding , stretched out to 90 minutes .	0
the result is something quite fresh and delightful .	1
 . . . unlike [scorsese's mean streets] , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .	0
this thing is just garbage .	0
a solidly seaworthy chiller .	1
as expected , sayles' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .	1
full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters . by that measure , it is a failure .	0
truly terrible .	0
it's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .	1
though its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression .	0
not one moment in the enterprise didn't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .	0
strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .	0
once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .	0
plodding , peevish and gimmicky .	0
too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .	0
a slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered .	1
on a cutting room floor somewhere lies . . . footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .	0
puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .	0
beautifully filmed and well acted . . . but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .	0
[director peter] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not .	1
though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium .	1
mendes still doesn't quite know how to fill a frame . like the hanks character , he's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .	0
there was time on that second round to see the subtleties of ramsay's portrait of grief .	1
my oh my , is this an invigorating , electric movie .	1
a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than " memento "	1
to be influenced chiefly by humanity's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .	0
tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .	1
the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new " conan " and that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .	1
the am-radio soundtrack and game cast -- tierney and the inimitable walken especially -- keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit .	1
children may not understand everything that happens -- i'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .	1
an exhilarating experience .	1
a lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love .	1
it's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .	0
has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together .	0
this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell .	0
this version's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful .	1
it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke .	1
this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it's the worst movie i've seen this summer .	0
payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process , but the result is a film that's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .	0
occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .	0
as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights .	1
with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .	0
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .	0
lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .	0
a comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .	1
i don't think i've been as entranced and appalled by an asian film since shinya tsukamoto's iron man .	1
goyer's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .	1
reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens , but it's still pretty tasty .	1
take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera .	0
sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . but never mind all that ; the boobs are fantasti	0
a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama's family .	0
the pool drowned me in boredom .	0
the movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting .	1
an uneven but intriguing drama that is part homage and part remake of the italian masterpiece .	1
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .	0
grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte .	1
a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind .	1
howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective .	0
only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate .	0
i complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but the bourne identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .	1
everything is off .	0
stephen earnhart's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens .	1
the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design .	1
as plain and pedestrian as catsup--	0
you can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling .	1
this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters .	1
as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko's how to kill your neighbor's dog is slight but unendurable .	0
the master of disguise is funny--not " ha ha " funny , " dead circus performer " funny . and for all the wrong reasons besides .	0
painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting film performances .	1
noyce films it more as a shocking history lesson than as drama .	1
since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .	0
there's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances .	1
trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all .	0
comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire .	0
an intelligent , moving and invigorating film .	1
just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience .	0
moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995's safe .	1
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .	0
[taymor] utilizes the idea of making kahlo's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work . this isn't a new idea . it's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion .	1
spiderman rocks	1
it's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through .	0
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way .	1
what " empire " lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .	1
behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one can't help but think he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art .	1
only an epic documentary could get it all down , and spike lee's jim brown : all american at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .	1
the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair .	0
most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . the movie isn't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave .	0
every potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted ; the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of rohypnol .	0
what little grace [rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .	0
it's an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previous full frontal .	1
watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd's film offers little else of consequence .	0
marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film .	1
now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .	1
shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams , trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies .	0
this is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever .	1
working from elliott's memoir , rohmer fashions the sort of delicate , articulate character- and- relationship study he's favored for decades .	1
the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting .	1
long after you leave justine , you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean .	1
'you'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter . . . '	0
snow dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him	0
pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .	0
it's not hateful . it's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical .	0
one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history .	0
as a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire . . . [sex and lucía] makes for an arousing good time .	1
the worst film of the year .	0
a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .	0
it's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .	0
chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws .	1
if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably wouldn't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .	0
an imaginative comedy/thriller .	1
brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors . . . by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable .	0
a depressing confirmation of everything those of us who don't object to the description " unelected " have suspected all along : george w . bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide .	1
formulaic to the 51st power , more like .	0
it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .	1
impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .	0
there's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .	1
the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .	0
parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core .	0
[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .	0
it may not be " last tango in paris " but . . .	1
viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama , there's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .	0
thoroughly awful .	0
too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one .	0
at about 95 minutes , treasure planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . however , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with stevenson's tale as well as with earlier disney efforts .	1
horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists .	0
if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of " the isle " you'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .	1
just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enough for our girls .	0
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany .	0
a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy .	1
kurys never shows why , of all the period's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention .	0
with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .	1
one of [herzog's] least inspired works .	1
cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail's pace .	0
