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3, It    's    a   lovely  film   with    lovely  performances   by    Buy  and  Accorsi  
2,  No  one    goes     unindicted  here     which    is  probably   for   the  best  
3, And    if   you     're  not  nearly    moved   to  tears   by    a  couple   of  scenes      you    've   got    ice  water   in   your  veins  
4,  A    warm    funny       engaging  film  
4,  Uses     sharp    humor  and  insight   into   human  nature   to   examine   class  conflict       adolescent    yearning      the  roots   of   friendship   and   sexual  identity  
2,  Half       Submarine  flick     Half   Ghost  Story     All   in   one  criminally   neglected  film
3,  Entertains   by   providing   good      lively  company  
4,  Dazzles   with        its   fullywritten  characters     its   determined  stylishness   LRB    which   always   relates   to    characters  and  story  RRB  and     Johnny   Dankworth  's   best  soundtrack   in  years  
4,      Visually  imaginative     thematically  instructive  and   thoroughly  delightful      it      takes  us   on    a   rollercoaster  ride   from  innocence   to   experience   without    even   a  hint   of   that   typical   kiddieflick  sentimentality  
3,    Nothing   's   at    stake      just   a   twisty  doublecross   you   can    smell   a  mile  away     still       the   derivative   Nine  Queens   is   lots   of  fun  
4,  Unlike    the   speedy   whambam  effect   of   most   Hollywood  offerings        character  development      and    more  importantly       character  empathy      is   at    the  heart   of   Italian   for  Beginners  
3,    You   'll     gasp  appalled  and   laugh  outraged  and   possibly       watching    the  spectacle   of    a   promising   young  lad    treading  desperately   in   a   nasty  sea      shed    an  errant  tear  
3,    The   band  's  courage   in    the  face   of   official  repression      is  inspiring     especially   for    aging  hippies   LRB     this  one  included  RRB  
3,  Although    German  cooking    does  not    come  readily   to   mind   when   considering    the   world  's   best  cuisine       Mostly  Martha    could   make   Deutchland    a   popular  destination   for   hungry  tourists  
4,   A   beguiling  splash   of    pastel   colors   and   prankish  comedy   from  Disney  
4,  As     surreal   as   a  dream  and   as   detailed   as   a  photograph       as  visually    dexterous   as   it    is   at  times   imaginatively  overwhelming  
3, LRB   Lawrence       bounces  RRB   all   over   the  stage            dancing    running    sweating     mopping   his  face  and   generally   displaying    the   wacky  talent   that    brought  him   fame   in   the   first  place  
2,  The  film    serves   as    a   valuable  time   capsule   to    remind  us   of    the   devastating  horror   suffered   by   an   entire  people  
3,  What   's   surprising   about   Full  Frontal    is   that    despite   its   overt  selfawareness       parts   of   the  movie     still   manage   to   break   past   the  artifice  and   thoroughly   engage  you  
3,  Whether   you     like   rap  music  or   loathe  it      you     ca  n't   deny   either      the   tragic  loss   of    two   young  men   in    the  prime   of   their  talent  or    the  power   of   this  movie  
3,      an    otherwise  intense      twistandturn  thriller   that   certainly    should  n't  hurt    talented    young   Gaghan  's  resume  
4, It    provides    the   grand      intelligent  entertainment   of    a   superior  cast    playing   smart  people   amid   a   compelling  plot  
3, There    's          tremendous  energy   from   the  cast      a  sense   of    playfulness  and  excitement   that   seems  appropriate  
3, It     moves   quickly       adroitly      and    without  fuss     it    does  n't    give  you  time   to   reflect   on     the  inanity       and    the   Cold  War  datedness     of   its  premise  
4,  A     deep  and  meaningful  film  
4,      The   film  's   welcome  breeziness  and   some    unbelievably  hilarious  moments       most   portraying    the  idiocy   of   the   film  industry       make  it   mostly   worth   the  trip  
4, It    's    a    remarkably    solid  and  subtly   satirical  tour   de  force  
4,  Enormously   entertaining   for   moviegoers   of   any  age  
4,  A  poignant      artfully     crafted  meditation   on  mortality  
4,   A  rarity   among   recent   Iranian  films       It   's    a  comedy   full   of    gentle  humor   that   chides    the  absurdity   of    its   protagonist  's  plight  
4,   Not  only    is   Undercover  Brother     as  funny       if   not   more  so     than   both   Austin   Powers  films       but   it    's  also   one   of     the  smarter     savvier   spoofs   to    come  along   in   some  time  
4,  In   a  way       the  film    feels    like    a  breath   of   fresh  air      but   only   to   those   that    allow  it  in  
3,    Woody   Allen  's  latest   is    an   ambling      broad  comedy   about  all   there    is   to       love    and  hate     about   the   movie  biz  
3, It    's    a   stunning   lyrical  work   of   considerable    force  and  truth  
2,   The  inhospitability   of   the  land        emphasizes    the   spare  precision   of   the  narratives  and   helps   to    give  them   an   atavistic  power     as   if   they   were   tales   that   had   been    handed  down   since    the  beginning   of  time  
4,  LRB   Næs  RRB       directed    the   stage  version   of  Elling    and    gets   fine  performances   from    his   two  leads   who    originated   the  characters   on  stage  
4,   A  coda   in     every  sense     The   Pinochet  Case    splits   time   between    a   minutebyminute  account   of      the   British   court  's   extradition   chess  game  and    the   regime  's   talkinghead  survivors  
4,  Like  Mike     is    a  winner   for     kids    and   no  doubt      a  winner   for   Lil   Bow  Wow     who    can  now    add  movies   to    the  list   of   things   he   does  well  
3,      LRB   T  RRB   his   beguiling   Belgian  fable      very  much     its   own  droll  and   delicate   little  film      has   some   touching   things   to    say  about     what   is   important   in  life  and  why  
0, Here     's  yet    another   studio   horror  franchise     mucking  up   its  storyline   with   glitches    casual  fans   could   correct   in   their  sleep  
3, But    taken   as     a     stylish  and  energetic  oneshot      The  Queen   of   the  Damned     can  not   be   said   to  suck  
1,     You    wo  n't   like  Roger    but   you    will  quickly   recognize  him  
3, And   that    's    a   big  part   of   why   we   go   to   the  movies  
2,  While    the  stoically   delivered    hokum   of    Hart  's  War    is  never  fun      it     's  still    a   worthy  addition   to    the   growing  canon   of    postSaving   Private   Ryan  tributes   to   the   greatest  generation  
3,     We   know    the  plot   's    a  little  crazy    but   it     held   my  interest   from  start   to  finish  
2,    A     sober  and  affecting  chronicle   of   the  leveling   effect   of  loss  
4,  A    fast      funny      highly  enjoyable  movie  
3,   A  celebration   of          quirkiness    eccentricity    and    certain   individuals  '   tendency   to   let   it   all   hang  out    and    damn  the  consequences  
3,       Writer\/director   Joe   Carnahan  's   grimy   crime  drama   is    a  manual   of   precinct  cliches    but   it    moves   fast  enough   to    cover   its   clunky    dialogue  and  lapses   in  logic  
4,    A  smart     witty  followup  
4,  While     the  ideas   about  technosaturation    are  far   from  novel      they    're   presented   with   a   wry   dark  humor  
3,    An   infectious   cultural  fable   with   a   tasty  balance   of     family  drama  and   frenetic  comedy  
2,  Although   occasionally   static   to    the  point   of   resembling   a   stage  play       the  film      delivers    a   solid  mixture   of  sweetness  and  laughs  
3, It     provides   an   honest  look   at    a  community   striving   to    anchor  itself   in   new  grounds  
4,  Add    yet   another  hat   to   a   talented  head      Clooney    's   a   good  director  
3,    Building  slowly  and   subtly          the  film       sporting   a   breezy  spontaneity  and   realistically   drawn  characterizations     develops   into    a   significant   character  study   that   is   both    moving  and  wise  
0, Ultimately      feels    empty  and  unsatisfying     like    swallowing   a   Communion  wafer   without   the  wine  
3,    Chilling      wellacted      and   finely  directed      David   Jacobson  's  Dahmer  
3,   A   swashbuckling  tale   of          love    betrayal    revenge  and   above  all    faith  
3,  Without   ever   becoming  didactic       director   Carlos  Carrera   expertly    weaves    this   novelistic  story   of     entangled  interrelationships  and   complex  morality  
2,     It   's    a   comingofage  story   we    've  all   seen   bits   of   in   other  films    but   it    's  rarely   been   told   with     such   affecting  grace  and   cultural  specificity  
4,   A   literate  presentation   that  wonderfully     weaves    a   murderous  event   in     with    murderous  rage   in    
2, Makes    even   the   claustrophobic   onboard  quarters    seem  fun  
2, This      is   as   respectful     a  film   as   Byatt  fans   could   hope  for     though    lovers   of   the  book   may   wonder   why   it   's  necessary  
4,  One   of    the   best  films   of    the  year   with    its  exploration   of    the  obstacles   to  happiness    faced   by     five   contemporary  individuals     a   psychological  masterpiece  
3,   Not  far   beneath   the  surface       this   reconfigured  tale     asks   disturbing  questions   about    those  things   we   expect   from   military  epics  
3,  For   the   most  part   Stevens     glides  through   on     some   solid  performances  and   witty  dialogue  
3, Broomfield     turns   his   distinctive      blundering   '  style   into   something   that    could  really    help  clear   up   the  case  
3,  Against    all  odds   in    heaven  and  hell      it      creeped  me  out   just  fine  
4, It    's   refreshing   to   see    a   girlpower  movie   that    does  n't   feel   it   has   to   prove  anything  
3, It     's  worth    seeing  just    on    the  basis   of   the  wisdom      and   at      times     the   startling  optimism     of   the  children  
3,   A  rigorously    structured  and  exquisitely     filmed  drama   about    a   father   and   son  connection   that   is    a   brief   shooting  star   of  love  
3,  This   surreal   Gilliamesque  film     is  also    a   troubling  interpretation   of  Ecclesiastes  
3,    A   rewarding  work   of  art   for     only   the   most  patient  and   challengehungry  moviegoers  
4,    A   quiet  treasure     a   film   to   be  savored  
3,     May   be   far   from    the  best   of   the  series    but   it   's   assured        wonderfully   respectful   of   its  past  and    thrilling  enough   to    make   it   abundantly  clear   that    this   movie  phenomenon    has   once  again    reinvented  itself   for   a   new  generation  
3,      A   compelling   Spanish  film   about   the   withering  effects   of  jealousy   in   the  life   of    a   young  monarch     whose   sexual  passion   for   her  husband   becomes   an  obsession  
3, Huston    nails     both   the  gladhanding  and    the   choking  sense   of   hollow  despair  
2,       may  not   have   generated  many  sparks    but    with    his  affection   for    Astoria  and   its  people   he   has    given   his  tale   a   warm  glow  
2,   A   delirious  celebration   of   the   female  orgasm  
4,  Exquisitely   nuanced   in   mood    tics  and  dialogue       this   chamber  drama     is  superbly   acted   by     the    deeply  appealing   veteran  Bouquet  and   the     chilling  but   quite  human  Berling  
3, It    's   fascinating   to   see   how     Bettany  and  McDowell    play  off   each  other  
3,         The  film    is  beautifully  mounted    but      more   to   the  point       the  issues    are  subtly  presented     managing   to     walk   a   fine  line   with  regard   to    the  question   of    Joan  's  madness  
4,   Leigh  's  film     is   full   of    memorable  performances   from  top   to  bottom  
4,   One   of   the   most   significant   moviegoing  pleasures   of   the  year  
4,  Jose  Campanella    delivers         a    loosely  autobiographical  story     brushed   with  sentimentality  but   brimming   with   gentle  humor     bittersweet  pathos    and    lyric  moments   that   linger   like   snapshots   of  memory  
3, Generally      Clockstoppers    will      fulfill   your   wildest  fantasies   about   being    a   different  kind   of   time  traveler     while   happily   killing     minutes  
4,  The  movie      is   beautiful   to  behold  and    engages  one   in    a  sense   of     epic  struggle        inner  and  outer     that    's  all   too   rare   in    Hollywood  's   hastier  productions  
3,      Neither    Parker  nor  Donovan   is   a   typical   romantic  lead    but   they    bring   a   fresh      quirky  charm   to   the  formula  
3,     It   's    a    much   more  emotional  journey   than   what   Shyamalan   has    given  us   in   his   past   two  movies    and      Gibson      stepping  in   for   Bruce  Willis     is   the   perfect   actor   to    take  us   on   the  trip  
4,  Not  only    are       the   special   effects   and   narrative  flow   much  improved    and      Daniel  Radcliffe   more   emotionally  assertive    this  time  around   as  Harry       but    the  film   conjures    the  magic   of    author   JK   Rowling  's  books  
3,   Jaglom      put   LRB   s  RRB   the  audience    in    the   privileged  position   of  eavesdropping   on   his  characters
4,  Beautifully  observed       miraculously   unsentimental  comedydrama  
4,   A  mustsee     for   the   David   Mamet  enthusiast  and   for   anyone   who   appreciates    intelligent     stylish  moviemaking  
4,    Crackerjack  entertainment     nonstop   romance      music       suspense  and  action  
4,   The   acting      costumes      music       cinematography  and  sound    are  all  astounding    given    the   production  's   austere  locales  
4,     Far  more    imaginative  and  ambitious   than   the   trivial      cashin  features  Nickelodeon    has   made   from   its   other   animated   TV  series  
3,   The   very  definition   of   the      small   '  movie      but   it    is    a   good   stepping  stone   for   director  Sprecher  
2,   A   gripping      searing  portrait   of    a   lost  soul   trying   to    find   her  way   through  life  
0,   Suffers   from   the  lack   of   a     compelling  or  comprehensible  narrative  
4, Still       as   a   visual  treat       the  film    is   almost  unsurpassed  
3, So      unassuming  and  pure   of  heart      you      ca  n't   help   but     warmly   extend   your  arms  and    yell    Safe    '
3,    An   intriguing   cinematic  omnibus  and  roundrobin    that  occasionally    is    more   interesting   in  concept   than   in  execution  
3,  So   refreshingly  incisive     is  Grant   that    for   the   first  time   he    'll  probably     appeal  more   to  guys   than   to    their  girlfriends   who    drag  them   to    this  movie   for   the   Hugh  factor  
4,  At    a  time   when    half   the   socalled   real  movies   are    little  more   than   liveaction  cartoons      it    's   refreshing   to   see    a  cartoon   that   knows   what   it     is    and   knows    the   form  's  history  
3,   The  magic   of   the  film    lies   not     in   the   mysterious  spring  but   in    the  richness   of   its  performances  
2,     Hoffman   notches   in    the  nuances   of  pain    but         his    smart     edgy  voice  and    waddling  profile   LRB    emphasized  here  RRB   accent    the  humor   of    Wilson  's  plight    and   that    saves   his  pathos   from  drippiness  
3,  What    better  message   than      love   thyself  '     could    young  women   of   any  size  receive  
4,   The   second  coming   of   Harry  Potter     is    a  film  far   superior   to   its  predecessor  
3,   A  movie   that   successfully    crushes   a   best   selling  novel   into    a  timeframe   that   mandates   that   you   avoid   the  Godzilla    sized  soda  
2,     minutes   of   rolling   musical  back     beat  and   supercharged   cartoon  warfare  
4, It        's  also    clearly     great  fun  
3,     takes      the  beauty   of  baseball  and   melds  it   with    a  story   that   could     touch  anyone   regardless   of   their  familiarity   with   the  sport
3,   Seldahl  's  Barbara    is     a     precise  and  moving  portrait   of  someone    whose  world   is    turned      upside  down      first   by  passion  and  then   by  illness  
4,   A     warm  but  realistic  meditation   on   friendship       family  and  affection  
3,     Byler    reveals   his  characters   in    a  way   that    intrigues  and   even   fascinates  us    and   he   never    reduces   the  situation   to   simple  melodrama  
3,   Turns    potentially  forgettable  formula   into   something   strangely  diverting  
3, Bogdanovich    tantalizes   by    offering   a   peep  show   into    the  lives   of     the   era  's  creme    de  la  celluloid  
4, People    cinema   at   its  finest  
4,  The  performances     take   the  movie   to   a   higher  level  
4,   what   really   makes   it  special   is   that   it          pulls  us   into   its  world      gives  us    a  hero    whose    suffering  and  triumphs   we   can  share      surrounds  him   with   interesting  characters  and     sends  us  out   of   the   theater  feeling   we    've   shared   a   great  adventure  
4, Manages    to    transcend       the  sex    drugs  and   showtunes  plot   into   something   far  richer  
3,    Dense   with  characters  and   contains   some   thrilling  moments  
3,   LaPaglia  's   ability   to   convey    grief  and  hope     works   with    Weaver  's   sensitive  reactions   to   make   this   a   twoactor   master  class  
3,  Reign   of  Fire       looks   as   if   it   was   made   without   much  thought    and    is  best   watched   that  way  
4, Altogether      this    is   successful   as     a  film     while    at   the   same  time   being    a   most   touching  reconsideration   of   the   familiar  masterpiece  
3, We      root   for   LRB     Clara  and  Paul  RRB     even   like   them       though  perhaps   it   's     an  emotion  closer   to  pity  
4,    The   best  film   about  baseball   to    hit  theaters   since   Field   of  Dreams  
3,  Instead   of   a   hyperbolic   beatcharged   urban  western      it    's    an    unpretentious      sociologically  pointed  slice   of  life  
3,  the  film    tunes   into    a  grief   that   could    lead   a  man   across  centuries  
2,  If     The  Count   of   Monte  Cristo    does  n't    transform  Caviezel   into   a   movie  star      then    the  game     is   even   more  rigged   than   it   was    two  centuries  ago  
3,     LRB   D  RRB    oes  n't   bother    being   as    cloying  or  preachy   as    equivalent  evangelical   Christian  movies     maybe    the  filmmakers   know   that    the   likely  audience    will  already   be   among   the  faithful  
2,     As   a   tolerable  diversion       the  film  suffices      a  Triumph      however      it   is  not  
1,  If    director   Michael  Dowse   only   superficially   understands   his  characters      he     does  n't    hold  them   in  contempt  
3,  If    your  taste   runs   to      difficult   '  films   you   absolutely     ca  n't   miss  it  
3,      a  story      we    have  n't    seen   on   the   big  screen  before    and   it    's   a  story   that   we    as      Americans    and   human  beings     should  know  
3,  Like  Leon      it    's    frustrating  and   still   oddly  likable  
2,      All   in    all      The  Count   of   Monte  Cristo   is  okay    but   it    is  surely     no  classic     like    the  novel   upon   which   it   is  based  
3,  If   you   can   stomach   the   rough  content      it     's  worth    checking  out   for   the   performances  alone  
4,  Looking    aristocratic     luminous   yet   careworn   in    Jane   Hamilton  's   exemplary  costumes      Rampling     gives    a  performance   that    could  not   be   improved  upon    '
3,    Mafia       rap   stars   and   hood  rats      butt   their   ugly  heads   in     a  regurgitation   of   cinematic  violence   that    gives   brutal  birth   to   an       unlikely    but  likable    hero    '
4,  On   this   tricky  topic      Tadpole       is   very  much    a  step   in   the   right  direction     with    its  blend   of   frankness       civility  and  compassion  
3,   Fun      flip   and   terribly   hip  bit   of   cinematic  entertainment  
4, Montias          pumps    a  lot   of  energy   into   his   nicely   nuanced  narrative  and    surrounds  himself   with    a  cast   of    quirky       but   not  stereotyped     street  characters  
3, Falls    neatly   into    the  category   of   Good   Stupid  Fun  
4,   The   film  's  performances    are  thrilling  
3,  Even   in   its    most  tedious  scenes       Russian  Ark    is  mesmerizing  
3,   The   continued   good  chemistry   between    Carmen  and  Juni    is   what   keeps    this    slightly  disappointing  sequel     going     with     enough  amusing  banter       blessedly  cursefree     to   keep    both    kids  and  parents  entertained  
3,   Reggio  's   continual   visual  barrage    is    absorbing   as   well  as  thoughtprovoking  
2, Unfortunately      it    appears    that   LRB   Jackie  RRB     Chan  's   US  influence   is   starting   to   show   in   his   Hong   Kong  films  
3, It   all     adds  up   to   good  fun  
4,   A   big      gorgeous      sprawling  swashbuckler  that     delivers   its  diversions   in   grand      uncomplicated  fashion  
2,    A     stunning  and   overwhelmingly  cogent  case   for   Kissinger   as   a   calculating  war  criminal  
3, Sade    is    an   engaging  look   at   the      controversial  eponymous  and   fiercely  atheistic  hero  
3, a   quiet      pure      elliptical  film
3, Kinnear        does  n't   aim   for   our  sympathy    but   rather   delivers    a  performance   of   striking    skill  and  depth  
3,   The   subtle  strength   of      Elling  ''    is   that   it   never    loses  touch   with    the  reality   of   the   grim  situation  
3,   A  study   in   shades   of  gray         offering  itself  up   in   subtle   plot  maneuvers  
3,     The  format   gets   used  best     to   capture    the   dizzying  heights   achieved   by     motocross   and   BMX  riders      whose   balletic  hotdogging   occasionally   ends   in   bonecrushing  screwups  
3,   Has    a  lot   of    the  virtues  of   Eastwood   at   his  best  
2,   Chilling  but  uncommercial    look   into    the  mind   of     Jeffrey  Dahmer     serial  killer  
3,  Though   it   's   become   almost   redundant   to   say  so       major  kudos    go   to   Leigh   for   actually   casting   people   who   look  workingclass  
3, It    deserves   to   be    seen   by  anyone   with     even   a   passing  interest   in   the  events    shaping   the  world   beyond   their   own  horizons  
3,    A  movie   that   reminds  us   of    just     how  exciting  and  satisfying    the   fantasy  cinema   can   be   when   it   's   approached   with    imagination  and  flair  
4,  Thanks   to      Scott  's   charismatic  Roger  and    Eisenberg  's   sweet  nephew       Roger  Dodger    is   one   of    the    most  compelling  variations   on   In    the  Company   of  Men  
4,  Nine  Queens    is    not   only  than        a    frighteningly  capable  debut  and   genre  piece     but  also    a  snapshot   of    a   dangerous   political  situation   on    the  verge   of   coming   to   a  head  
4, It    's      the  chemistry   between   the  women  and    the   droll   scenestealing   wit   and   wolfish  pessimism   of    Anna  Chancellor   that   makes    this       Two  Weddings  and   a   Funeral   ''  fun  
4, Will     amuse  and    provoke   adventurous  adults   in   specialty  venues  
4, You     do  n't    have   to   know   about  music   to   appreciate     the   film  's   easygoing  blend   of    comedy  and  romance  
3,    A  film   about   a   young  man     finding   God   that   is  accessible  and   touching   to   the  marrow  
3,  For    the   first  time   in  years       De  Niro      digs   deep  emotionally     perhaps   because   he   's   been   stirred   by    the   powerful  work   of   his  costars  
2,   The   film  's    snags  and  stumblings     are   more  than   compensated   for   by   its   wryly   subversive  tone  
3,      Inside    the   film  's   conflictpowered  plot   there    is   a   decent  moral   trying   to   get  out    but   it    's  not    that     it   's    the  tension   that    keeps  you   in   your  seat  
3,   Affleck  and  Jackson    are   good   sparring  partners  
4,  The  oldworld        meetsnew  mesh   is   incarnated   in      the   movie  's  soundtrack      a   joyful  effusion   of    disco  Bollywood   that       by    the  end   of   Monsoon  Wedding       sent   my  spirit    soaring  out   of   the  theater  
4,    An   effectively  creepy      fearinducing    LRB    not  fearreducing  RRB  film   from     Japanese   director   Hideo  Nakata     who      takes   the   superstitious  curse   on   chain  letters  and   actually   applies  it  
4,  Having    had   the   good  sense   to   cast      actors   who  are    generally    speaking     adored   by   the   moviegoing  public      Khouri   then     gets   terrific  performances    from  them  all  
3,   A    subtle  and  wellcrafted   LRB    for   the   most  part  RRB   chiller  
4,  Warm  Water    Under   a   Red  Bridge    is    a   quirky   and   poignant   Japanese  film   that   explores    the   fascinating  connections   between    women     water      nature      and  sexuality  
3,  Although   laced   with    humor  and   a   few   fanciful  touches       the  film    is    a    refreshingly  serious  look   at   young  women  
3,  The   best  revenge     may  just   be    living  well   because    this  film       unlike   other   Dumas  adaptations       is   far  more   likened   to    a  treasure   than   a   lengthy   jail  sentence  
4,   A   delectable   and   intriguing  thriller   filled   with    surprises     Read   My  Lips    is   an  original  
3,     This   is    a  story   of    two  misfits   who    do  n't    stand   a  chance  alone    but   together   they   are  magnificent  
3,       Highbrow   selfappointed  guardians   of  culture    need  not  apply    but    those   who    loved  Cool   as  Ice    have   at  last   found   a   worthy  followup  
3,  One   of  creepiest         scariest   movies   to    come  along   in   a   long      long  time     easily   rivaling     Blair  Witch  or   The  Others  
4,          Maud   and   Roland  's  search   for   an   unknowable  past   makes   for   a   haunting   literary   detective  story    but   LaBute    pulls  off    a   neater  trick   in  Possession     He   makes   language  sexy  
4, Pacino     is   brilliant   as     the   sleepdeprived  Dormer      his   increasing  weariness   as   much  existential   as   it   is  physical  
3,  Rare  Birds     has   more   than  enough   charm   to   make   it  memorable  
4, Manages    to    be    sweet  and   wickedly  satisfying   at   the   same  time  
1,  This   Nickleby  thing    might   have     more  homosexual  undertones   than   an   Eddie   Murphy  film  
2, And     just  when   you   think   it    ca  n't   get   any   more  gay      in    pops   Nathan  Lane  
4,  No  sophomore    slump   for     director   Sam  Mendes     who    segues   from   Oscar  winner   to    Oscarwinning  potential   with    a   smooth  sleight   of  hand  
4,     The  movie    is  n't   just  hilarious        It     's    witty  and  inventive    too    and    in  hindsight      it    is  n't    even  all   that  dumb  
4,   Oldform  moviemaking   at   its  best  
3, Ahhhh       revenge   is  sweet  
4,   Yakusho  and  Shimizu       create    engaging  characterizations   in    Imamura  's     lively  and  enjoyable   cultural  mix  
3, You    will   emerge   with    a   clearer  view   of   how       the  gears   of  justice   grind  on  and    the   death  report   comes   to    share  airtime   alongside   the   farm  report  
2, Ruzowitzky    has     taken   this   mothbally  stuff  and   made    a    rather  sturdy      oldfashioned  entertainment   out   of  it  
2,  In   spite   of    Good   Housekeeping  's   unsavory   characters   and   WWF  mentality        this   white   trash  War   of   the  Roses    is   a   surprisingly   engaging  film  
3,  Collateral  Damage   finally    delivers    the  goods   for   Schwarzenegger  fans  
3, There     has  always   been    something  likable   about   the   Marquis   de  Sade  
3,  As   a   firsttime  director      Paxton    has    tapped   something   in  himself   as    an  actor   that   provides   Frailty   with   its   dark  soul  
4,  For   the   most  part        director   AnneSophie   Birot  's   first  feature    is   a    sensitive      extraordinarily  wellacted  drama  
2,   By   the  time   we   learn   that     Andrew  's   Turnabout   Is   Fair  Play    is    every  bit   as  awful   as    Borchardt  's  Coven      we    can    enjoy  it  anyway  
1,     This      riveting  World  War  II   moral   suspense   story  deals   with    the   shadow  side   of   American  culture      racial  prejudice   in   its     ugly  and  diverse  forms  
3,    A  tender     heartfelt   family  drama  
3,   A   difficult      absorbing  film   that   manages   to     convey   more  substance   despite   its    repetitions  and  inconsistencies   than    do   most  films  than    are     far   more  pointed  and  clear  
4,  For   the   most  part      it    's      a  work   of   incendiary  genius     steering   clear   of     kneejerk  reactions  and   quick  solutions  
3, It    has      the  charm   of   the   original   American   road  movies     feasting   on    the   gorgeous      ramshackle  landscape   of    the   filmmaker  's  motherland  
3,    LRB    Chaiken  's   RRB   talent   lies   in    an    evocative     accurate  observation   of   a   distinctive  milieu  and    in   the   lively      convincing  dialogue   she   creates   for   her  characters  
1,  In  all      this    is    a   watchable  movie   that    's  not    quite   the   memorable  experience   it   might   have  been  
2,  Huppert  's   superbly    controlled    display   of   murderous  vulnerability   ensures   that   malice   has   a    very  human  face  
3,  My  thoughts    were   focused   on   the  characters  
3, That    is    a  compliment   to    Kuras  and  Miller  
2,  If   I   had   been   thinking   about   the   visual  medium      they    would   have   been   doing   something  wrong  
4,  One   of   the    more  intelligent  children    's   movies   to    hit  theaters   this  year  
2,  Remember     the  kind   of  movie   we   were   hoping             Ecks  vs  Sever  ''  or    xXx  ''   was   going   to  be  
2, This    is  it  
2,  Not   for   the    prurient  or  squeamish      it    's    a     daring  if  overlong  examination   of       an   idolized  culture    selfloathing  and   sexual  politics  
3,       A  cartoon   that   's   truly   cinematic   in  scope    and    a  story   that     's    compelling  and  heartfelt     even   if    the  heart   belongs   to   a  big      fourlegged  herbivore  
2,    The   film  's    almost  unbearable  portrait   of    sadness  and  grief     transcends   its   specific  story   to       speak   to    the  ways    in  which    need       history  and  presumption  tangle    and  sometimes    destroy     blood  ties  
3,   Travels    a   fascinating  arc   from    hope  and  euphoria   to    reality  and  disillusionment  
3, There       's   something   auspicious       and  daring    too     about    the   artistic  instinct   that     pushes   a   majorityoriented  director   like   Steven  Spielberg   to    follow   AI   with    this   challenging  report   so  liable   to   unnerve   the  majority  
3,  For    anyone  unfamiliar   with    pentacostal  practices   in      general  and  theatrical  phenomenon   of    Hell  Houses   in  particular      it    's   an  eyeopener  
3,    It   seems   like   I   have   been    waiting   my   whole  life   for   this  movie  and   now   I    ca  n't   wait   for   the  sequel  
1, It     's    a  bit  disappointing   that   it   only   manages   to   be   decent   instead   of   dead  brilliant  
3,   An   operatic      sprawling  picture   that   's  entertainingly     acted        magnificently  shot  and   gripping  enough   to   sustain   most   of   its   minute  length  
3,      The   far  future   may   be   awesome   to  consider    but     from   period  detail   to   matters   of   the  heart       this  film    is  most   transporting   when   it   stays   put   in   the  past  
4, It     inspires     a  continuing  and     deeply  satisfying  awareness   of    the   best  movies   as   monumental      picture  shows    '
4,       Awesome  creatures     breathtaking  scenery    and   epic   battle  scenes      add  up   to   another      spectacular  spectacle    '
3,  By   candidly   detailing    the  politics   involved   in    the  creation   of    an   extraordinary  piece   of  music       LRB   Jones  RRB     calls   our  attention   to    the   inherent  conflict   between    commerce  and  creativity  
2, It    's   unnerving   to    see    Recoing  's   bizzarre  reaction   to   his  unemployment  
3,  Good  film       but  very   glum  
2,     Much    as   we   might   be   interested   in   gratuitous  sexualization      Haneke   has    a   different  objective   in  mind    namely    the  implications   of    our  craving   for   fake  stimulation  
4,    Dazzling   in   its  complexity     disturbing   for   its   extraordinary  themes       The   Piano  Teacher    is    a  film   that   defies  categorisation  
4,    It        haunts    horrifies    startles  and  fascinates     it   is   impossible   to   look  away  
2,  Ah  yes       and  then   there    's   the  music  
3,     It   has   charm   to  spare    and    unlike   many   romantic  comedies      it    does  not   alienate    either  gender   in   the  audience  
2,  Although   Jackson    is  doubtless   reserving    the   darkest  hours   for    The  Return   of   the  King      we    long   for    a   greater  sense   of    urgency   in   the    here  and  now   of   The  Two   Towers  
3, It    is   great   summer   fun   to   watch     Arnold  and   his   buddy  Gerald    bounce  off    a   quirky  cast   of  characters  
3,  Bleakly  funny        its  characters   all   the  more    touching   for   refusing   to     pity  or  memorialize  themselves  
2,     It    will  not   appeal   to   the  impatient    but    those   who   like   long    books  and  movies   will   admire    the  way   it   accumulates    power  and  depth  
4,  This  flick     is  about   as     cool  and  crowdpleasing   as    a  documentary   can  get  
2,         The  Ring   ''    is   pretty  much    an   Englishlanguage  copy   of    the  film   that   inspired  it    and   it   carries   the   same    strengths  and  flaws  
3,  The   Wild   Thornberrys  Movie    is   a   jolly  surprise  
4, Griffiths    proves   she   's    that   rare  luminary   who   continually   raises    the  standard   of   her  profession  
2,   Prancing   his  way   through    the   tailormade  part   of    a   male  hooker   approaching    the  end   of   his  vitality      Jagger   obviously    relishes   every   selfmocking  moment  
3,       Offers   much   to  enjoy    and   a   lot   to    mull  over   in  terms   of      love    loyalty  and   the  nature   of   staying  friends  
4,    An   important  movie       a  reminder   of    the  power   of  film     to   move  us  and   to   make   us   examine   our  values  
2,   Is  this     love  or   is  it  masochism  
4, Binoche    makes   it   interesting   trying   to   find  out  
4,   The   mesmerizing  performances   of   the  leads      keep    the  film  grounded  and   keep    the  audience  riveted  
3,     Worth   watching   for    Dong   Jie  's  performance    and    for   the  way   it   documents    a  culture   in    the  throes   of   rapid  change  
4,       Two  hours   fly  by       opera   's    a  pleasure   when   you    do  n't   have   to   endure  intermissions    and  even     a  novice   to   the  form   comes   away  exhilarated  
3, It    's      one  heck   of    a   character  study      not   of    Hearst  or  Davies  but   of    the   unique  relationship   between  them  
2,   Candid  Camera   on  methamphetamines  
1,      A  subject   like  this   should    inspire  reaction   in   its  audience      The  Pianist   does  not  
2, Equilibrium    is   what    George  Orwell   might   have   imagined   had     today  's   moodaltering   drug  therapy   been   envisioned   by   chemists   in    
2, Creepy        authentic  and  dark  
2,  This   disturbing  biopic    is   hard   to  forget  
4,       Martin  and  Barbara   are     complex  characters      sometimes   tender     sometimes  angry    and     the   delicate  performances   by     Sven  Wollter  and   Viveka  Seldahl   make    their    hopes  and  frustrations  vivid  
2,    A  twisty      moody  slice   of   Southern  Gothic  
2, It     's   so  good   that   you    can  practically   see    the   Hollywood      suits  '     trying   to    put  together   the  cast  and   filmmaking     team   for   the  alltoo     inevitable   American  remake  
3,   The  weight   of     the  piece         the   unerring  professionalism   of   the   chilly  production    and    the  fascination   embedded   in   the   lurid  topic     prove  recommendation  enough  
1,   An   absurdist  comedy   about   alienation       separation  and  loss  
2,    They   '     begins  and    ends   with  scenes    so  terrifying   I    'm  still  stunned  
2, And   I    've   decided   to     leave    a  light   on   every  night   from  now  on  
3,  This   tenth  feature    is         a   big  deal    indeed         at  least   the  thirdbest    and     maybe  even   a  notch   above     the   previous  runnerup      Nicholas   Meyer  's   Star   Trek  VI     The   Undiscovered  Country  
3,     with      The   Bourne   Identity  ''   we    return   to   the   more   traditional   action  genre  
2,  Beneath  Clouds    is    a   succinct   lowbudget  film    whose     compelling  characters  and   intelligent  script   are    exactly  what   was   missing   from   RabbitProof  Fence  
2,      The  film   is    a   contrivance       as   artificial   as   the   video  games   Japanese   teens  play   in   a   nightclub  sequence    but   it   's   an   enjoyable  one  
4, Holm       embodies    the  character   with   an   effortlessly   regal  charisma  
4,     It   is  amusing    and   that   's   all   it   needs   to  be  
4,  Among     the   year  's    most  intriguing  explorations   of  alientation  
3,      A   full  world   has   been   presented  onscreen    not     some  series   of    carefully  structured   plot  points   building   to   a   pat  resolution  
4, Seldom     has    a  movie  so   closely   matched    the  spirit   of     a  man  and   his  work  
3,      Audrey  Tatou   has    a  knack   for   picking   roles   that   magnify   her   outrageous  charm    and    in   this   literate   French  comedy      she    's   as   morningglory  exuberant   as   she   was   in  Amélie  
4,   The  movie   has    an   infectious  exuberance   that   will    engage  anyone   with    a   passing  interest   in   the   skate\/surf  culture         the   LA   beach  scene  and   the   imaginative      LRB  and   sometimes  illegal  RRB   ways  kids    can     make   a  playground  out   of    the  refuse   of  adults  
3,  Even   if   you    do  n't   think    LRB    Kissinger  's  RRB    any    more  guilty   of   criminal  activity   than   most   contemporary  statesmen      he     'd  sure    make   a   courtroom   trial   great  fun   to  watch  
3,  The    story  and  structure    are  wellhoned  
3,   Fresnadillo  's     dark  and  jolting  images    have    a  way   of    plying   into   your  subconscious   like    the  nightmare   you   had     a  week  ago   that    wo  n't   go  away  
3, It    's   made   with   deftly   unsettling   genre  flair  
3, It   just    may    inspire   a   few   younger  moviegoers   to   read      Stevenson  's  book     which   is    a  treasure     in  and  of  itself  
3, Funny   but   perilously   slight  
3,  Overall   very   good   for   what   it   's   trying   to  do  
2,    Forgettable  horror        more  gory  than    psychological     with    a    highly  satisfying  quotient   of     Fridaynight  excitement  and  Milla  power  
3, Ramsay       as   in  Ratcatcher        remains   a  filmmaker   with     an   acid  viewpoint  and     a   real  gift   for     teasing   chilly  poetry  out   of    lives  and  settings   that    might  otherwise   seem    drab  and  sordid  
2, It    may   seem     long   at    minutes   if   you      're  not   a  fan     because   it   includes   segments   of      songs   at   a   reunion  concert  
4,    A   lean      deftly  shot      wellacted      weirdly   retro  thriller   that   recalls    a  raft   of    's  and   's   Europeanset   spy  pictures  
3, It    proves   quite   compelling   as   an   intense      brooding   character  study  
3,   The   Son  's  Room    is     a  triumph   of  gentility   that   earns    its  moments   of  pathos  
3, Morton      uses     her  face  and   her   body   language   to    bring  us    Morvern  's  soul     even   though    the  character   is   almost   completely  deadpan  
3,    The  film   may    appear  naked   in   its   narrative  form     but   it      goes  deeper   than  that     to    fundamental  choices   that   include    the  complexity   of   the   Catholic  doctrine
3,  A  superbly     acted  and    funny\/gritty   fable   of    the  humanizing   of   one  woman   at    the  hands   of    the   unseen  forces   of  fate  
4,  One   of   the  smartest    takes   on    singles  culture   I   've   seen   in   a   long  time  
3, There    is        a  fabric   of   complex  ideas  here    and   feelings   that   profoundly   deepen  them  
3,    CQ  's  reflection   of    artists  and    the  love   of  cinemaandself     suggests  nothing   less   than    a   new  voice   that   deserves   to   be    considered   as   a   possible  successor   to   the   best   European  directors  
3,  The  emotions      are  raw  and   will    strike   a  nerve   with   anyone   who    's  ever   had   family  trauma  
2,   Holy   mad  maniac   in     a  mask    SplatMan  
3,  Good   oldfashioned  slashandhack    is  back  
3,   As  unseemly   as   its  title   suggests  
2,  The  French    are   rather   good   at      this  kind   of  thing      unlike     the  Americans     who   have    a  passion   for  Musketeers      only   to   spoof  them  
3,   The   flyonthewall  method   used   to   document   rural   French   school  life    is    a   refreshing  departure   from     the     now  more  prevalent  technique   of   the  documakers   being    a   visible  part   of   their  work  
3, It    's    an   offbeat  treat   that    pokes  fun   at    the   democratic  exercise   while   also    examining   its  significance   for   those   who   take  part  
3,  Allows   us   to   hope   that   Nolan   is   poised   to    embark   a   major  career   as   a     commercial  yet  inventive  filmmaker  
2, Maneuvers      skillfully   through    the   plot  's   hot  brine     until   it   's   undone   by       the  sogginess   of   its   contemporary  characters    and  actors  
2,     It   has   the   ability   to    offend  and    put  off  everyone    but   it    holds  you   with   its  outrageousness  
4,  Anchored   by    Friel   and   Williams  's   exceptional  performances        the   film  's  power    lies   in   its  complexity  
2, Nothing    is    black  and  white  
4, It    's   a     charming  and   often  affecting  journey  
4,   No   screen  fantasyadventure   in   recent  memory    has    the  showmanship   of    Clones  '   last     minutes  
4,   A   poignant   and   compelling  story   about    relationships     Food   of  Love     takes  us   on    a     bumpy  but  satisfying  journey   of   the  heart  
3,  The  Chateau   cleverly    probes    the   crosscultural  differences   between    Gauls  and  Yanks  
3,  Not   since   Tom  Cruise    in   Risky  Business     has   an  actor    made   such   a   strong  impression   in   his  underwear  
3,  Aside   from   minor  tinkering      this    is    the   same  movie   you   probably     loved   in        except  that   it   looks   even  better  
4,  Uses   high   comedy   to   evoke   surprising  poignance  
4, It     confirms    Fincher  's  status   as    a   film  maker   who   artfully    bends   technical  knowhow   to    the  service   of   psychological  insight  
4,    Vera  's   three  actors        Mollà      Gil  and  Bardem      excel   in   insightful      empathetic  performances  
3,  A  marvel    like  none   you    've  seen  
3,  With        tightly  organized  efficiency     numerous  flashbacks  and    a   constant  edge   of  tension        Miller  's  film    is   one   of      's   involvingly   adult  surprises  
4,      Mr  Tsai   is    a    very  original  artist   in   his  medium    and    What  Time    Is  It  There  
2,  should   be   seen   at    the   very  least   for    its  spasms   of   absurdist  humor  
2,  Writer\/director   Mark  Romanek    spotlights    the   underlying   caste  system   in  America  
2, It    's   a   scathing  portrayal  
4, This    is       a   good  script     good  dialogue     funny   even   for  adults  
4,  The  characters    are     interesting  and  often   very   creatively   constructed   from   figure   to  backstory  
3,  The  film    will    play   equally  well   on   both   the   standard   and   giant  screens  
3, Moody         heartbreaking    and   filmed   in    a   natural      unforced  style   that   makes   its  characters     seem   entirely  convincing   even   when    its  script   is  not  
2,      Not   a  film   to   rival   To  Live    but     a  fine   little   amusebouche   to   keep   your  appetite  whetted  
3, True    tale   of    courage       and  complicity     at  Auschwitz    is    a   harrowing  drama   that   tries   to   tell   of   the  unspeakable  
3,    Gives  you    the   steady  pulse   of  life   in    a   beautiful  city   viewed   through    the  eyes   of    a  character   who       in   spite   of     tragic  loss  and   increasing  decrepitude       knows   in   his  bones   that   he    is   one   of   the   luckiest  men  alive  
3,   MacDowell     whose    wifty   Southern  charm   has   anchored   lighter  affairs        brings   an   absolutely   riveting  conviction   to   her  role  
2,  What  Time     Is  It  There  
2,   is  not  easy  
3,      It   haunts  you     you    ca  n't   forget  it     you     admire   its  conception  and   are   able   to   resolve   some   of    the  confusions   you   had   while   watching  it  
3,  if   you   are    an  actor   who   can    relate   to    the  search   for   inner  peace   by   dramatically    depicting    the  lives   of  others  onstage      then     Esther  's  story    is    a   compelling  quest   for  truth  
2,  Although     the  level   of   the  comedy   declines   as    the  movie  proceeds      there    's   no   denying    the  fun   of   watching    De    Niro  and  Crystal   having  fun  
2,      Claude  Chabrol    has   here   a  thriller   without  thrills    but   that   's  okay  
4,  For     movie  lovers   as   well  as   opera  lovers      Tosca    is   a   real  treat  
1, Unflinchingly    bleak  and  desperate
1, Moretti    's      compelling  anatomy   of  grief  and    the   difficult  process   of   adapting   to  loss  
4,     Challenging     intermittently  engrossing  and   unflaggingly  creative  
0, But      it   's     too  long  and   too  convoluted  and   it   ends   in   a  muddle  
3,      The   vivid   lead  performances   sustain    interest  and  empathy    but    the  journey   is    far   more  interesting   than   the   final  destination  
3,  A   painfully  funny    ode   to   bad  behavior  
4,       Easily   my  choice   for   one   of    the   year  's   best  films    '
3,   Charles  '   entertaining  film        chronicles    Seinfeld  's  return   to    standup  comedy   after    the  wrap   of   his   legendary  sitcom     alongside   wannabe   comic    Adams  '  attempts   to    get   his  shot   at   the   big  time  
3, That      dogged      good  will    of     the  parents  and      vain   '  Jia  's  defoliation   of  ego      make   the   film  touching   despite   some  doldrums  
2,  The  movie    is   for      fans   who    ca  n't   stop   loving  anime    and    the   fanatical  excess   built   into  it  
3,   The   volatile  dynamics   of   female  friendship    is    the  subject   of    this   unhurried      lowkey  film   that    is   so  offHollywood   that   it    seems  positively   French   in   its    rhythms  and  resonance  
4,       A   densely  constructed      highly  referential  film    and   an   audacious   return   to   form   that    can  comfortably   sit   among    JeanLuc   Godard  's   finest  work  
4,   Michael   Gerbosi  's  script    is   economically   packed   with   telling  scenes  
4,   A  strangely    compelling  and  brilliantly    acted   psychological  drama  
4,   Candid  and  comfortable        a  film    that  deftly    balances    action  and  reflection   as   it   lets   you     grasp  and  feel    the  passion   others   have   for   their  work  
2,   Openminded  kids       kids   who    read     kids   who  dream      will   be   comforted   by    the  way   it   deals   with    big  issues   like    death  and  destiny  
4,       Bennett  's   naturalistic  performance   speaks   volumes   more   truth   than   any      reality   '  show    and    anybody   contemplating   their   own   drastic   life  changes   should    watch   Some  Body  first  
2,     a  good       if   not   entirely  fresh       look   at  war  
4,  The  film    is   powerful       accessible  and  funny  
2,     You    wo  n't   miss   its  messages    but   you   'll   be   entertained   as  well  
4,  If   you       dig   on    David   Mamet  's   mind  tricks     rent   this  movie  and  enjoy  
3,   The   primitive  force   of   this  film    seems   to    bubble  up   from    the   vast   collective  memory   of   the  combatants  
0, It    's   like   watching    a  nightmare   made  flesh  
2, It    is     the   sheer      selfish      woundlicking      barscrapping  doggedness   of    Leon  's   struggle   to     face  and  transmute   his  demons   that     makes    the  movie   a   spirited   and   touching  occasion     despite   its   patchy  construction  
4,   A   gorgeous      highspirited  musical   from  India           that   exquisitely   blends  music    dance    song    and   high  drama  
3, It    's   hard   to   imagine    Alan  Arkin   being   better   than   he   is   in   this  performance  
3,  Despite   the   D  animation       The   Wild   Thornberrys  Movie    makes   for   a   surprisingly   cinematic  experience  
3,      a  fun   little  timewaster        helped  especially   by    the   cool  presence   of   Jean  Reno  
2,  LRB   Majidi  RRB    makes   us   think     twice  about  immigrants   we   see   around   us   every  day  
3,  Though     only    minutes  long       the  film    is   packed   with    information  and  impressions  
2,     I   have    no  way   of   knowing     exactly  how  much   is  exaggeration    but   I   've    got   a   creepy  feeling   that    the  film    is   closer   to   the  mark   than   I   want   to  believe  
3,   Immersing  us   in    the    endlessly    inventive     fiercely  competitive  world   of   hiphop  DJs       the  project      is    sensational  and  revelatory     even   if   scratching   makes   you  itch  
3,   Further  proof   that     the  epicenter   of   cool      beautiful      thoughtprovoking   foreign  cinema   is   smackdab   in    the  middle   of  Dubya    's   Axis   of  Evil  
3,     There    's  really    only   one   good  idea   in   this  movie    but    the  director     runs   with  it  and    presents  it   with   an   unforgettable   visual  panache  
4,   A      simple    but    gritty  and  wellacted  ensemble   drama   that   encompasses    a   potent  metaphor   for    a  country   still   dealing   with   its   fascist  past  
4,   Lovely  and  poignant  
3,   Puts   a   human  face   on   a  land    most  Westerners    are   unfamiliar  with  
2,    I    ca  n't   say   that   I   liked  Homeboy     it   'd   be   more   accurate   to   say   that   I    found      it   intriguing     bizarre        Dogmalike   in  spots    and   quite  truthful     in   its  way  
3,  Displaying   about    equal  amounts   of   naiveté       passion  and  talent       Beneath  Clouds    establishes   Sen   as    a  filmmaker   of   considerable  potential  
3,   The  vitality   of   the  actors      keeps     the  intensity   of   the  film  high     even   as    the  strafings   blend  together  
4,  Not   since   Japanese   filmmaker    Akira   Kurosawa  's  Ran     have      the  savagery   of  combat  and    the  specter   of  death   been   visualized   with   such   operatic  grandeur  
2, We      learn    a  lot   about   dying  coral  and    see    a  lot   of  life   on   the  reef  
0,  If     the   first  Men   in  Black   was  money       the  second    is   small  change  
3, But   it   still    jingles   in   the  pocket  
3, It    's   fun  lite  
1,  Passable  entertainment       but   it   's     the  kind   of   motion  picture   that       wo  n't    make   much   of   a  splash   when   it   's  released    and    will  not   be    remembered  long  afterwards  
4, I   just    loved    every  minute   of   this  film  
4, This    is    a   winning   ensemble  comedy   that   shows   Canadians   can   put        gentle  laughs  and     equally  gentle  sentiments   on   the  button     just  as    easily   as   their  counterparts    anywhere  else   in   the  world  
3, Just     as   moving       uplifting  and  funny   as  ever  
4,   My  Wife   Is    an  Actress   is    an    utterly  charming   French  comedy   that   feels   so   American   in    sensibility  and  style   it     's  virtually   its   own   Hollywood  remake  
3, It    will   grip    even  viewers   who      are  n't   interested   in  rap     as   it   cuts   to    the  heart   of    American  society   in   an   unnerving  way  
2,    A   muckraking  job         the   cinematic  equivalent   of   a   legal  indictment    and    a    fairly  effective  one   at  that  
4,    A  tender      witty      captivating  film   about   friendship      love      memory       trust  and  loyalty  
4,     Belongs   to   Daniel  DayLewis   as   much   as   it   belongs   to   Martin  Scorsese     it   's    a   memorable  performance   in   a           big    brassy    disturbing    unusual  and   highly  successful  film  
4,    An   exhilarating   futuristic  thrillernoir     Minority  Report     twists    the  best   of   technology   around   a   gripping  story     delivering    a   riveting      pulse   intensifying   escapist  adventure   of   the   first  order
4,   A   psychological  thriller   with     a    genuinely  spooky  premise  and     an   aboveaverage  cast      actor   Bill   Paxton  's   directing  debut    is    a   creepy  slice   of   gothic   rural  Americana  
3,  While   locals   will     get   a  kick  out   of   spotting   Cleveland  sites        the  rest   of   the  world    will    enjoy   a   fastpaced  comedy   with   quirks   that   might   make   the   awardwinning   Coen   brothers  envious  
1,     Pumpkin    takes   an   admirable  look   at    the  hypocrisy   of   political  correctness    but   it    does   so   with   such   an   uneven  tone   that   you   never   know   when    humor    ends  and  tragedy  begins  
3,  If   you    're   hard  up   for   raunchy   college  humor      this     is   your  ticket   right  here  
4,  Few  films     capture   so  perfectly    the    hopes  and  dreams   of      little  boys   on   baseball  fields   as   well  as    the   grown  men   who   sit   in   the  stands  
3,    Corny      schmaltzy  and  predictable     but   still    manages   to     be   kind   of  heartwarming    nonetheless  
2, It    's     the   perfect  kind   of  film   to   see   when   you    do  n't   want   to   use   your  brain  
2,  At  all  
2,  While   it       regards     as    the   key   turning  point   of   the   th  century    and    returns    again  and  again   to   images   of   dissidents   in   the  streets      it    's   alarmingly  current  
4,  Feature   debuter   DJ  Caruso    directs    a   crack  ensemble    cast       bringing  screenwriter    Tony   Gayton  's  narcotics   noir   to  life  
1,      Every  dance   becomes   about    seduction     where     backstabbing  and  betrayals   are  celebrated    and   sex   is  currency  
3, Harris      commands   the  screen     using   his   frailty   to   suggest    the  ravages   of    a  life   of    corruption  and  ruthlessness  
4,           Stephen  Rea     Aidan  Quinn    and   Alan  Bates   play    Desmond  's   legal  eagles    and    when   joined   by  Brosnan        the  sight   of    this   grandiloquent   quartet  lolling   in   pretty   Irish  settings   is      a   pleasant   enough  thing      tis  
4,      Director   of   photography   Benoit  Delhomme    shot   the  movie   in   delicious  colors    and    the    costumes  and  sets   are  grand  
3,     The   movie  's    relatively  simple  plot  and   uncomplicated  morality     play  well   with   the   affable  cast  
4,  The  film    is   quiet       threatening  and  unforgettable  
3,  This   illuminating  documentary      transcends    our   preconceived  vision   of     the   Holy  Land  and   its  inhabitants      revealing   the   human  complexities  beneath  
4,  deliriously         funny      fast  and  loose     accessible   to   the  uninitiated    and  full   of  surprises
3,  Trademark   American    triteness  and  simplicity    are     tossed  out    the  window   with   the   intelligent   French  drama   that   deftly   explores    the   difficult  relationship   between   a    father  and  son  
3,  One   from   the  heart  
2,  More   concerned   with     Sade  's  ideas   than   with   his  actions  
3,     The  movie    achieves    as  great   an  impact   by   keeping    these  thoughts   hidden  as      LRB   Quills  RRB   did   by   showing  them  
3,   An   entertaining      colorful      actionfilled   crime  story   with   an   intimate  heart  
3,  While   Undisputed    is  n't   exactly   a  high      it    is    a   gripping      tidy   little  movie   that   takes    Mr  Hill   higher   than   he   's   been   in   a  while  
4,   The   most   compelling   Wiseman  epic   of   recent  years  
3,     The   sociohistopolitical  treatise   is   told   in   earnest  strides       LRB   and  RRB   personal  illusion   is   deconstructed   with  poignancy  
3, It    's    great   escapist  fun   that   recreates    a    place  and  time   that    will  never   happen  again  
3,       Good   car  chases     great   fight  scenes    and    a   distinctive  blend   of   European      American   and   Asian  influences  
3, Liotta       put   on      pounds   for   the  role    and    has  completely    transformed  himself   from   his   smooth      Goodfellas  image  
3,   A   woman  's  pic     directed   with  resonance   by   Ilya  Chaiken  
3,     LRB    Grant  's   RRB   bumbling   magic   takes   over   the  film    and   it    turns  out   to   be   another   winning   star  vehicle  
2,        Brian   De  Palma   is   utterly  mad      cinema   mad     setpiece    mad     style  mad  
3, It    's   a   beautiful  madness  
2, Generally      provides    its   target  audience   of  youngsters  enough    stimulating   eye   and   ear  candy   to   make    its   moral  medicine   go  down  
4, There    are    some    wonderfully  fresh  moments   that    smooth   the   moral  stiffness   with   human    kindness  and  hopefulness  
3,  A      grimly  competent  and    stolid  and  earnest   military  courtroom   drama  
3,  Escaping   the  studio      Piccoli        is  warmly  affecting  and  so   is   this    adroitly  minimalist  movie  
3,     Very  psychoanalytical       provocatively  so    and   also   refreshingly  literary  
3,  A    gorgeous      witty     seductive  movie  
3,    The   special  effects  and    many  scenes   of  weightlessness      look     as  good  or   better   than   in   the  original     while      the   Oscarwinning  sound  and    James   Horner  's   rousing  score   make    good  use   of   the   hefty   audio  system  
3,  On    the  heels   of   The  Ring    comes    a    similarly    morose  and  humorless   horror  movie   that        although  flawed     is   to   be    commended   for   its   straightahead  approach   to  creepiness  
3,  With   RabbitProof  Fence      Noyce    has    tailored   an   epic  tale   into   a   lean      economical  movie  
4,  LRB   A  RRB    n    utterly    charming  and  hilarious   film   that     reminded  me   of    the  best   of   the   Disney  comedies   from   the  s  
4,  Preaches   to   two   completely  different    choirs   at     the   same  time     which   is   a    pretty  amazing  accomplishment  
3,     Thanks   to     Haynes  '   absolute  control   of    the   film  's  mood    and   buoyed   by   three   terrific  performances      Far    From  Heaven    actually    pulls  off   this   stylistic   juggling  act  
3,  Birthday  Girl      is   an   amusing   joy  ride     with   some    surprisingly  violent  moments  
4,      More  romantic     more  emotional  and   ultimately   more   satisfying   than   the   tearyeyed  original  
2,  An   appealingly  juvenile    trifle   that     delivers    its  share   of  laughs  and  smiles  
4,       Writerdirector  's   Mehta  's  effort   has   tons   of  charm  and    the  whimsy   is   in       the  mixture     the   intoxicating  masala     of   cultures   and   film  genres  
4,     The  draw  LRB     for     Big   Bad  Love  ''  RRB    is    a   solid  performance   by   Arliss  Howard  
3, It        gets   onto   the  screen    just   about   as  much   of    the  novella   as   one    could  reasonably  expect    and   is     engrossing  and  moving   in   its   own  right  
4,  The    terrific  and  bewilderingly    underrated    Campbell  Scott    gives   a  star   performance   that   is    nothing  short   of  mesmerizing  
3, Cool  
2,  This  movie    is   a   snow  emergency  
2,  Like  Mike     is  n't   interested   in   recycling   old  cliches  
3, It    wants   to    tweak  them   with    a  taste   of   tangy   new  humor  
2, Smith     is  careful   not   to   make   fun   of    these   curious  owners   of   architectural  oddities  
4, Instead      he     shows  them    the  respect   they   are  due  
2,   A  mess   when   it      comes   to     the  characters  and  writing    but    works   its  way   underneath    the  skin   like   few  movies    have   in   recent  memory  
3,   Drops  you   into    a      dizzying    volatile    pressurecooker   of    a  situation   that   quickly      snowballs  out   of  control     while     focusing  on   the  what    much  more   than   the  why  
3, Zhang       has   done    an   amazing  job   of    getting   realistic  performances   from   his    mainly  nonprofessional  cast  
3,   A   solid  examination   of   the   male   midlife  crisis  
2,  If   you   're   in    the  mood   for   a   Bollywood  film      here    's   one   for  you  
4,  As   the   two  leads        Lathan  and  Diggs      are  charming  and    have  chemistry   both   as    friends  and  lovers  
2,    A   beguiling      slowmoving  parable   about    the  collision   of    past  and  present   on    a   remote  seacoast   in  Iran  
4,  My   Big   Fat   Greek  Wedding        uses  stereotypes   in    a   delightful  blend   of   sweet  romance  and  lovingly    dished  out  humor  
2,   Kept  aloft   largely   by   a   comically   adept  ensemble  
3,   The  sort   of   film   that   makes   me      miss  Hitchcock    but  also    feel   optimistic   that   there    's   hope   for   popular  cinema  yet  
3,  Firsttime   writerdirector  Serry     shows    a   remarkable  gift   for  storytelling   with   this    moving     effective   little  film  
4,  Atom  Egoyan   has    conjured  up    a   multilayered  work   that   tackles    any  number   of   fascinating  issues
2,   essentially   an    exceptionally   wellwritten      welledited      welldirected      wellacted     bald  ripoff   of  Aliens  
4,    De      Niro     is    a   veritable  source   of    sincere  passion   that    this   Hollywood  contrivance   orbits  around    '
2,      The  whole   is   quite  entertaining    but    despite   its  virtues      there   is    an   unsettled  feeling   to   the  film  
3,  While      its   careful  pace  and    seemingly  opaque  story    may  not   satisfy    every   moviegoer  's  appetite        the   film  's   final  scene    is   soaringly      transparently  moving  
3,  Hardly   a  masterpiece       but   it    introduces  viewers   to     a   good   charitable  enterprise  and   some   interesting   real  people  
4,  Based   on    a   devilishly   witty  script   by     Heather  McGowan  and   Niels  Mueller       the  film     gets   great  laughs      but  never   at    the  expense   of   its  characters
1,     It   's     somewhat  clumsy  and   too   lethargically  paced    but     its  story   about    a   mysterious  creature   with   psychic  abilities   offers        a   solid  buildup     a   terrific  climax    and    some   nice  chills   along   the  way  
2,  If   you    've  ever   wondered   what     an  ending   without    the  input   of   studio   executives   or   test  audiences   would   look  like      here   it   is  
3,     Exciting  and  direct     with    ghost  imagery   that   shows   just   enough   to    keep  us   on   our  toes  
3,  Whether     writerdirector   Anne   Fontaine  's  film   is       a   ghost  story      an  account   of        a   nervous  breakdown      a  trip  down   memory  lane     all  three  or   none   of   the  above      it     is   as  seductive   as   it   is  haunting  
3,  What    the  film   lacks   in   general  focus   it       makes  up   for   in  compassion     as   Corcuera   manages   to    find    the  seeds   of  hope   in    the  form   of   collective  action  
4,  If   you   enjoy     more  thoughtful  comedies   with   interesting   conflicted  characters       this  one    is   for  you  
3,   The  quality   of    the  art   combined   with    the    humor  and  intelligence   of   the  script    allow    the  filmmakers   to    present    the   biblical  message   of  forgiveness   without   it   ever   becoming    preachy  or  syrupy  
1,  This  film      seems   thirsty   for  reflection     itself   taking   on   adolescent  qualities  
3,   Another  one   of   those  estrogen      overdose  movies      like      Divine  Secrets   of   the   Ya   Ya  Sisterhood    ''    except  that    the   writing      acting   and   character  development   are    a  lot  better  
4,   A   breezy   romantic  comedy  that      has    the  punch   of   a   good  sitcom     while   offering    exceptionally  welldetailed  characters  
4,  A   romantic  comedy     enriched   by   a   sharp  eye   for    manners  and  mores  
2,  Viewers     of     The  Ring  ''    are   more   likely   to    remember   the   haunting  images   than   the   plot  holes  
3, A   delightful   comingofage   story  
4,    One   of   those   energetic  surprises      an  original   that   pleases    almost  everyone   who   sees  it  
4,  An  exquisitely     crafted  and   acted  tale  
3,    A    taut  psychological  thriller   that    does  n't   waste   a  moment   of   its   twohour   running  time  
3, Jones       does   offer    a   brutal  form   of  charisma  
3,  Despite   its  title       PunchDrunk  Love     is  never  heavyhanded  
3,   The  jabs   it  employs    are     short    carefully    placed  and  deadcenter  
3, There    's    a    wickedly  subversive  bent   to    the   best  parts   of   Birthday  Girl  
2,  Likely   to   expertly    drum  up    repressed   teenage  memories   in   any  viewer  
4,   Blanchett  's  performance     confirms   her  power   once  again  
4,       a   magnificent  drama   well  worth   tracking  down  
3,   A   good  piece  of    work    more  often   than  not  
4,  The  movie     understands   like   few  others   how     the    depth  and  breadth   of   emotional  intimacy    give   the   physical  act     all   of   its  meaning  and   most   of   its  pleasure  
3,  What    distinguishes   Time   of  Favor   from   countless   other  thrillers    is    its   underlying  concern     with    the  consequences   of  words  and   with    the   complicated  emotions   fueling   terrorist  acts  
3,     Smart    provocative  and   blisteringly  funny  
1, Nothing    is   sacred   in   this  gutbuster  
2,      The  movie   occasionally   threatens   to   become  didactic    but   it   's   too    grounded   in    the  reality   of   its  characters   to    go  over   the  edge  
2,   A  touch   of    humor  or   an   unexpected   plot  twist   always     pulls  it  back  
4,  Filmmakers   who   can   deftly   change  moods    are     treasures  and  even  marvels  
3, So      too       is    this  comedy   about    mild  culture   clashing   in    today  's   New  Delhi  
4,  If     Steven   Soderbergh  's      Solaris  '   is   a  failure   it    is   a   glorious  failure  
4,     Mostly  Martha   ''    is    a   bright      light   modern   day   family  parable   that     wears   its  heart   on    its  sleeve   for  all   to  see  
3,     It   's   a   scattershot  affair    but    when   it   hits   its  mark   it   's  brilliant  
3,     A   pleasant   enough  romance   with   intellectual  underpinnings       the  kind   of  movie   that   entertains   even   as   it   turns   maddeningly  predictable  
4,   Featuring   a    dangerously  seductive  performance   from   the   great   Daniel  Auteuil          Sade  ''     covers    the   same  period   as    Kaufmann  's      Quills  ''   with   more    unsettlingly  realistic  results  
4,   A    spellbinding  African  film   about    the   modern  condition   of    rootlessness     a  state     experienced   by  millions   around   the  globe  
3, It      's    a  work   by   an  artist   so   in   control   of   both     his  medium  and   his  message   that   he   can   improvise   like   a  jazzman  
4,    A  moody       multidimensional   love   story   and   scifi  mystery    Solaris    is    a   thoughtprovoking      haunting  film   that   allows    the  seeds   of   the   imagination   to  germinate  
4,  A    very   wellmade       funny  and  entertaining  picture  
3,       A   giggleinducing  comedy   with   snappy  dialogue  and    winning  performances   by    an   unlikely  team   of  Oscarwinners       Susan  Sarandon  and   Goldie  Hawn  
2,     Its  maker     Steven  Spielberg       has  n't      had   so   much  fun   in   two  decades     since   he   was    schlepping    Indiana  Jones   around   the  globe   in   search   of    a  giant   misplaced  ashtray  
3,      Oscar   Wilde  's  masterpiece      The  Importance   of   Being  Earnest      may   be    the   best  play   of   the   th  century  
3, It     's   so  good   that    its    relentless     polished  wit   can   withstand    not  only      inept   school  productions    but   even    Oliver   Parker  's   movie  adaptation  
3,  The  movie    does    a   good  job   of     laying  out   some   of   the   major  issues   that   we   encounter   as   we   journey   through  life  
4, Brilliantly    explores    the  conflict   between     following    one  's  heart  and   following    the  demands   of  tradition  
2,     This  remake   gets   all   there   is   to    get  out   of    a   peculiar  premise   with  promise     Al   Pacino   loathing   Robin  Williams  
2,   The   next  generation   of   mob  movie  
1,  Part   low  rent   Godfather  
2, Part   Three   Stooges  
2,      Lan  Yu    is   at  times   too  restrained    yet   there   are   moments   it   captures    the  erotics   of   intimacy   in    a  way   that   makes    most   American   love  stories   look   downright  unfree  
2,  A   thinly  veiled    look   at    different  aspects   of    Chinese  life   clashing   with   each  other  
3,  Light  years    \/    several   warp  speeds    \/     levels  and  levels   of   dilithium  crystals   better   than   the   pitiful  Insurrection  
2, Which     is  n't   to   say   that   it   's    the  equal   of   some   of   its  predecessors  
2,  If    this  story   must   be    told  and  retold        and   indeed   it  must      then   The   Grey  Zone    is   to   be   lauded   for   finding   a     new  and  ingenious  angle  
3,      The   Lion  King    was   a   roaring  success   when   it   was   released    eight  years  ago    but    on  Imax   it   seems     better    not   just  bigger  
4,    A   gripping  movie     played   with   performances   that    are  all    understated  and  touching  
3,  The  piece    plays    as  well   as   it    does   thanks   in   large  measure   to    Anspaugh  's   three   lead  actresses  
3,   The   inspirational  screenplay   by   Mike  Rich        covers      a  lot   of  ground    perhaps   too  much    but      ties  things  together      neatly     by   the  end  
4,       Not   the  kind   of  film   that   will   appeal   to   a    mainstream  American  audience    but   there   is    a   certain  charm   about    the  film   that   makes   it    a   suitable  entry   into   the   fest  circuit  
3,  Director   Andrew  Niccol       demonstrates    a   wry  understanding   of    the  quirks   of  fame  
3,   His   healthy  sense   of  satire    is    light  and  fun  
3,  About    a   mangalike  heroine   who    fights  back   at   her  abusers      it    's      energetic  and  satisfying  if   not    deep  and  psychological  
3, This    is     human  comedy   at   its  most   amusing       interesting  and  confirming  
4,   An   artful      intelligent  film  that    stays   within    the  confines   of   a   wellestablished  genre  
3, Majidi    is     an   unconventional  storyteller     capable   of    finding  beauty   in   the    most  depressing  places  
3,  Richard   Gere   and   Diane  Lane     put   in   fine  performances   as   does   French   actor   Oliver  Martinez  
3,      The   minor  figures  surrounding   LRB   Bobby  RRB     form   a   gritty   urban  mosaic  
4,     This   is   wild   surreal  stuff    but     brilliant  and   the  camera      just   kind  of   sits  there  and   lets   you    look   at    this  and  its   like     you   're    going   from   one  room   to   the  next  and    none   of  them    have   any  relation   to   the  other  
3,     It   's    a   demented   kitsch  mess   LRB    although    the   smeary   digital  video   does   match   the   muddled  narrative  RRB    but   it     's   savvy   about  celebrity  and   has     more    guts  and  energy   than  much   of   what   will   open   this  year  
3,     There   is   nothing   outstanding   about   this  film    but   it     is   good  enough  and    will  likely   be    appreciated  most   by     sailors  and  folks   who    know   their  way   around   a  submarine  
3, Allinall       the  film    is    an     enjoyable  and   frankly  told  tale   of    a  people   who   live    among  us      but   not   necessarily   with  us  
3,   An   interesting  story   with   a    pertinent   LRB   cinematically   unique  RRB  message         told   fairly  well  and   scored   to  perfection      I      found  myself   struggling   to    put   my  finger   on   that   elusive      missing  thing    ''
3,   A  movie   with   a   real   anarchic  flair  
1,  Without     nonstop  techno  or    the   existential  overtones   of   a   Kieslowski   morality  tale      Maelström     is  just   another   Winter  Sleepers  
1,    Nicks      seemingly  uncertain   what   's   going   to   make   people  laugh        runs   the  gamut   from   stale  parody   to    raunchy   sex  gags   to   formula   romantic  comedy  
2,      A  '   for  creativity    but   comes   across     more   as  a  sketch   for   a   fulllength  comedy  
0,  If   there   's    one  thing    this  world   needs   less  of      it    's    movies   about  college   that   are     written  and  directed   by   people   who    could  n't   pass   an   entrance  exam  
1,      The  script   kicks  in    and     Mr   Hartley  's   distended   pace   and   footdragging  rhythms  follow  
1,   LRB   E  RRB  ventually        every  idea   in   this  film    is    flushed  down    the  latrine   of  heroism  
1, I    am   sorry   that   I   was   unable   to   get    the   full  brunt   of   the  comedy  
1,  No  telegraphing    is    too    obvious  or  simplistic   for   this  movie  
1,    Looks  and  feels   like    a  project   better   suited   for   the   small  screen  
0,  In   its   best  moments         resembles    a   bad   high   school  production   of  Grease     without   benefit   of  song  
1,    Indifferently  implausible  popcorn   programmer   of   a  movie  
1,      It   's  inoffensive        cheerful     built   to   inspire   the   young  people       set   to    an   unending  soundtrack   of   beach   party   pop  numbers  and   aside   from     its   remarkable  camerawork  and   awesome  scenery     it    's   about   as  exciting   as   a  sunburn  
1,  His   comedy  premises    are        often  hackneyed  or   just  plain  crude       calculated   to   provoke   shocked  laughter     without    following  up   on   a   deeper  level  
2,   Christina   Ricci  comedy   about   sympathy       hypocrisy  and  love    is   a  misfire  
1,      At  times       the  suspense   is  palpable    but    by   the  end   there    's   a  sense   that     the  crux   of   the  mystery    hinges   on   a  technicality   that   strains     credulity  and  leaves    the  viewer   haunted   by    the  waste   of  potential  
1, They    should   have   called   it  Gutterball  
3, Thekids     will  probably   stay   amused   at    the  kaleidoscope   of   big      colorful  characters  
2,   Mom  and  Dad    can    catch   some   quality  naptime   along   the  way  
1, It     's   too    selfimportant  and  plodding   to      be  funny    and   too     clipped  and  abbreviated   to   be   an  epic  
1,   The  best   that   can   be   said   about    the  work   here   of   Scottish   director  Ritchie       is   that   he   obviously    does  n't   have    his  heart   in  it  
1,  Less   dizzying   than   just  dizzy       the  jaunt     is   practically  over   before   it  begins  
3,   Slick  piece   of  crosspromotion  
0, Taylor      appears   to   have    blown   his   entire  budget   on   soundtrack  rights  and   had   nothing    left  over   for  jokes  
2, It    believes   it   's   revealing     some   great   human  truths     when       in  reality      it   's   churning   ground   that    has  long   passed    the  point   of   being  fertile  
0, It   all     drags  on   so   interminably   it   's   like   watching    a   miserable   relationship  unfold   in   real  time  
1, Villeneuve      spends    too  much  time   wallowing   in    Bibi  's   generic  angst   LRB    there   are    a  lot   of   shots   of   her    gazing  out  windows  RRB  
0,  LRB   T  RRB   here    's   only   so    much  anyone   can    do   with     a   florid      overplotted      Anne   Rice  rock  'n'   roll   vampire  novel   before     the   builtin  silliness   of   the   whole  affair   defeats  them  
1, It    's    another   video  movie     photographed   like   a  film     with    the   bad  lighting   that    's  often    written  off   as   indie   film  naturalism  
2,      The   techno  tux   is   good   for     a   few  laughs     as   are    Chan  and  Hewitt    but    when    such   a   good  design    turns  out   to   be   a   cheap  knockoff      we    ca  n't   recommend   anything   but    a  rental   for   The  Tuxedo  
0, I     got   a  headache   watching   this   meaningless  downer  
2,  Apart   from   dazzling  cinematography      we    've    seen  just   about   everything   in    Blue  Crush   in     one  form  or   the  other  
1,   Too  much   of   the  humor    falls  flat  
1, Detox     is  ultimately   a   pointless  endeavor  
2,      Van  Wilder    does  n't    bring   anything  new   to   the   proverbial  table    but   it   does   possess    a  coherence   absent   in    recent  crassathons   like       Tomcats     Freddy   Got  Fingered    and  Slackers  
1,  The   piquant  story    needs     more  dramatic  meat   on   its  bones  
1,      Very   special  effects     brilliantly   bold  colors  and   heightened  reality     ca  n't   hide        the   giant  Achilles  '   heel   in      Stuart   Little         There    's  just     no  story    folks  
2,  The  plot    combines      The   Blues  Brothers  and  Almost     Famous   LRB    but   with     bears    and   a   G  rating  RRB     with    an   excruciating  dollop   of    Disney  sentimentality   mixed   in   for   good  measure  
0,  No  way   I    can   believe    this  load   of  junk  
2,      Roger  Michell   LRB    ''   Notting   Hill    RRB     directs   a   morality  thriller    ''
0,     It   's  dumb    but    more  importantly      it     's  just  not  scary  
0, There    is    no  pleasure   in   watching    a  child  suffer  
0,    Just  embarrassment  and    a   vague  sense   of  shame  
1,   The   movie  's   accumulated  force   still    feels   like    an   ugly  knot   tightening   in   your  stomach  
2, But    is    that  knot   from     dramatic  tension  or    a  symptom   of   artistic  malnutrition  
1,  Even   with      a   green  Mohawk  and    a  sheet   of   firered  flame   tattoos   covering   his  shoulder      however      Kilmer    seems   to   be     posing     rather  than  acting  
1, And   that    leaves    a  hole   in    the  center   of   The   Salton  Sea  
2, There     's  just    no  currency   in   deriding    James  Bond   for   being    a   clichéd      doddering      misogynistic  boy   's  club  
0,  When    the  film  ended      I      felt    tired  and  drained  and   wanted   to   lie   on    my   own  deathbed   for   a  while  
2,  Full   of  witless    jokes        dealing   in     broad  stereotypes  and    outrageously  unbelievable  scenarios    and   saddled   with    a   general  air   of  misogyny
0,   The   film  's   hackneyed  message     is  not   helped   by       the   thin  characterizations     nonexistent  plot  and   pretentious   visual  style  
0,     The  Iditarod   lasts   for  days     this   just   felt   like   it  did  
0,     It   feels   like    an   afterschool  special    gussied  up   with   some   fancy   special  effects    and    watching   its   rote   plot  points   connect    is  about   as   exciting   as   gazing   at    an   egg  timer   for     minutes  
1,  This  movie    is  maddening  
2, It    conveys    a   simple  message   in    a   visual  style   that    is  willfully  overwrought  
1, Should    have   been   someone  else  
1,     The  film   is   based   on  truth  and   yet   there   is    something   about  it   that     feels  incomplete     as   if    the   real  story    starts  just   around   the  corner  
0, Why    make    a  documentary   about   these   marginal   historical  figures  
2,     Would  n't  one    about     their   famous  dad     author   of  Death   in     Venice    etc     be   more  valuable  
1,   The  lower   your  expectations       the  more   you    'll   enjoy  it  
1, Rarely     has  leukemia   looked   so    shimmering  and  benign  
1,     is    an   arthritic  attempt   at   directing   by   Callie  Khouri  
0,    I   had   to   look  away     this   was   god  awful  
2,  Even   in   this   lessthanmagic  kingdom      Reese   rules  
1, Velocity     represents  everything   wrong    with  ''     independent  film  ''   as    a   commodified      soldout  concept   on   the   American   filmmaking  scene  
1,   Just   one   bad  idea   after  another  
1,  Because   of   an     unnecessary  and  clumsy   last  scene         Swimfan   '     left  me   with   a    very  bad  feeling  
1,  Though    Moonlight  Mile     is   replete   with   acclaimed    actors  and  actresses  and   tackles    a  subject   that   's   potentially  moving       the  movie     is     too  predictable  and   too  selfconscious   to   reach    a  level   of   high  drama  
2, A    movie   that   hovers   somewhere   between     an   acute   character  study  and   a   trite   power  struggle  
1,  Corpus  Collosum        while   undeniably  interesting        wore  out   its   welcome  well   before    the   end  credits    rolled    about    minutes  in  
1,       The   last     minutes   are   somewhat  redeeming    but    most   of   the  movie   is    the   same   teenage   American   roadtrip  drek   we   've   seen  before      only   this  time   you   have   to   read   the   fart  jokes
1,     It   's   hard   to    like   a  film   about    a  guy   who   is   utterly  unlikeable    and      Shiner     starring    Michael  Caine   as    an   aging   British   boxing  promoter   desperate   for    a  taste   of    fame  and  fortune      is  certainly  that  
1,   A   bythenumbers  effort   that   wo  n't    do   much   to   enhance   the  franchise  
0,       Involves   two  mysteries     one   it   gives  away  and    the  other   featuring  such   badly    drawn  characters   that    its  outcome   hardly  matters  
1, Overall    the  film    feels   like    a   lowbudget   TV  pilot   that    could  not   find   a   buyer   to    play  it   on   the  tube  
1, It    's   of    the  quality   of          a   lesser   Harrison   Ford  movie     Six  Days       Seven  Nights    maybe    or   that   dreadful   Sabrina  remake  
1, It    appears   that   something   has   been    lost   in   the  translation   to   the  screen  
1,  Despite    all  evidence   to   the  contrary       this  clunker     has  somehow   managed   to   pose   as      an   actual   feature  movie      the  kind   that     charges   full  admission  and  gets     hyped   on  TV  and   purports   to   amuse   small   children   and   ostensible  adults  
0,   An   unclassifiably   awful  study   in   self      and  audienceabuse  
0,  This  movie      is   something   of    an  impostor  itself        stretching  and  padding   its  material   in    a  blur   of     dead  ends  and   distracting   camera  work  
2, Hey   Arnold  
2,      The  Movie   could   have   been   made      years  ago    and      parents  '  appreciation   of  it   may    depend  on   whether   they    consider  that   a   good  thing  
0,  This  one      is  definitely  one   to     skip    even   for   horror   movie  fanatics  
1,    Excessive    profane      packed   with   cartoonish   violence   and   comicstrip  characters  
1,  Once    the       year  old  Benigni   appears   as   the   title  character      we    find   ourselves    longing   for    the  block   of  wood   to   come  back  
3,   A   working   class       us   vs  them  ''   opera   that   leaves     no   heartstring  untugged  and    no   liberal  cause  unplundered  
1,  If    the  movie   succeeds   in    instilling   a   wary  sense    of      there  but   for    the  grace   of  God      '   it     is   far   too  selfconscious   to    draw  you   deeply   into   its  world  
1,    There    are  simply      too  many  ideas   floating  around           part  farce     part   Sliding  Doors     part   pop  video    and   yet   failing   to   exploit  them  
0, It    takes     a   strange  kind   of  laziness   to    waste    the  talents   of          Robert  Forster     Anne  Meara     Eugene  Levy    and   Reginald  VelJohnson   all   in   the   same  movie  
4, We     have  n't    seen   such  hilarity   since   Say   It    Is  n't  So  
0,     Expect   the   sameold      lameold   slasher  nonsense    just   with   different  scenery  
1,  The   Cold  Turkey    would   've   been   a    far  better  title  
2,   The  idea   of    yearold   Roberto  Benigni   playing   the   wooden   boy  Pinocchio    is   scary  enough  
1,   The  reality   of   the   new  liveaction    Pinocchio   he      directed    cowrote  and    starred   in  borders   on   the  grotesque  
2,  The  gazillionth      airhead  movie   about   a  wife   in   distress   who   resorts   to   desperate  measures  
1,   Zaidan  's  script    has    barely  enough   plot   to    string   the   stunts    together   and   not   quite  enough  characterization   to    keep   the  faces  straight  
0,   Try   as   I    may        I    ca  n't    think   of   a   single   good  reason   to     see   this  movie     even   though    everyone   in   my   group  extemporaneously  shouted       Thank  you    '
1,  when   Leguizamo   finally    plugged   an   irritating   character  late   in   the  movie  
2,  While   it   's   nice   to   watch    a  movie   that    has  n't   been   focusgrouped   into  tedium        Yu  's   cinematic  alchemy    produces     nearly   as  much  lead   as  gold  
0, It    treats   women   like  idiots  
2,  Though   Catch   Me    If   You  Can    is  n't   badly  made       the  fun   slowly     leaks  out   of   the  movie  
2,  Just     an   average   comedic  dateflick   but  not    a  waste   of  time  
1,  A  valueless     kiddie  paean   to    pro  basketball   underwritten   by   the  NBA  
1,     Impostor   has    a  handful   of     thrilling  moments  and    a  couple   of   good  performances    but    the  movie     does  n't  quite  fly  
1,  For  starters       the  story     is  just   too  slim  
3, So        much   facile  technique     such   cute  ideas     so   little  movie  
0,      The  experience   of   going   to   a   film  festival   is   a   rewarding  one       the  experiencing   of    sampling  one   through   this  movie   is  not  
2,  The  film      takes    the  materials   of   human  tragedy  and    dresses  them   in       lovely  costumes     Southern   California  locations  and   star  power  
1, It        has    its  moments   of   swaggering  camaraderie    but   more  often       just   feels  generic    derivative  and   done   to  death  
0,   Almost  gags   on   its   own  gore  
0, How     do  you   spell  cliché  
2, It     's          sweet    harmless    dumb     occasionally  funny  and   about   as  compelling   as    a  fishing  show  
0,   The   moviegoing  equivalent   of     going   to   a   dinner  party  and   being   forced   to   watch     the  host  and  hostess    's    home  video   of    their   baby  's  birth  
1,  While   LRB   Hill   RRB   has   learned   new  tricks       the  tricks   alone     are  not   enough   to   salvage   this   lifeless   boxing  film  
0,   Too  much   of  it    feels    unfocused  and  underdeveloped  
2,  Under    
4,   A  giggle   a  minute  
2,  Over   age    
0,   Big   Fat  Waste   of  Time  
2, Hey   Arnold  
0,      The  Movie   is   what   happens   when   you     blow  up   small  potatoes   to      times   their   natural  size    and   it    ai  n't  pretty  
1, Sometimes     seems   less   like   storytelling   than  something    the    otherwise  compelling  director   needed   to    get  off   his  chest  
0,       This     is  not   the   undisputed   worst   boxing  movie  ever    but   it    's  certainly   not   a  champion      the   big  loser   is   the  audience  
0, You   really    have   to   wonder   how    on   earth  anyone      anywhere   could   have   thought   they   'd   make    audiences   guffaw   with   a  script   as   utterly   diabolical   as  this  
1,  In   the  end        we   are    left   with  something   like    two  ships    passing   in     the  night   rather  than   any  insights   into   gay  love        Chinese  society  or   the   price  one    pays   for   being  dishonest  
1,   Chokes   on   its   own  depiction   of   uppercrust  decorum  
0,    Wellnigh  unendurable      though    the   picture  strains   to   become   cinematic  poetry      it   remains   depressingly    prosaic  and  dull  
1, I    thought    my   own  watch   had   stopped    keeping  time   as   I    slogged   my  way   through  Clockstoppers  
2,  While    much   of   the  cast   has   charm      especially     Allodi  and  Nolden      the  performers    are    sunk   by    the   film  's   primitive  approach   to    the  mechanics   of  comedy  
2,   This   directorial  debut   from   music   video   showoff  Higuchinsky    is   all  flash  
2, Yes      Ballistic    is  silly  
0, Unfortunately      it      's  not   silly  fun   unless   you   enjoy    really  bad  movies  
2,       The  twist   that      ends    the  movie   is    the  one   with   the    most  emotional  resonance    but  twists   are   getting  irritating    and   this   is     the  kind   of  material   where    the  filmmakers   should   be   very   careful   about   raising  eyebrows  
1,       The  longer    the  movie  goes       the  worse   it  gets    but   it    's  actually   pretty   good   in   the   first   few  minutes  
1,  While   it    's   genuinely  cool   to   hear   characters   talk   about    early   rap  records   LRB      Sugar   Hill  Gang    etc  RRB        the   constant  referencing   of   hiphop  arcana    can    alienate  even   the   savviest  audiences  
0,   Not  only     unfunny    but   downright  repellent  
1,      Care  deftly   captures    the    wonder  and  menace   of   growing  up    but   he   never   really   embraces      the  joy   of    Fuhrman  's   destructive  escapism  or    the  graceinrebellion   found   by   his  characters  
1,     Forced    familiar  and   thoroughly  condescending  
1, Does   little     more  than   play      an   innocuous  game   of  fillin     theblanks   with   a   tragic  past  
0, K     exploits    our   substantial   collective  fear   of   nuclear  holocaust   to   generate   cheap   Hollywood  tension  
2, Has     a     long  and  clunky  ending     which   forces   the   audience   to    fidget   through   ten   pseudoserious  minutes   while    waiting   for     the   ending  credits  and   the   deleted  scenes   montage   to   break    the   audience  's   awkward  silence
2,   A  ragbag   of       promising  ideas  and   failed  narrative     of     good  acting  and    plain  old   bad  filmmaking  
0,   Whaley  's   determination   to    immerse  you   in   sheer      unrelenting  wretchedness    is  exhausting  
1,    Uncommonly  stylish  but   equally  silly           the  picture   fails   to   generate   much  suspense    nor    does  it   ask    searching   enough  questions   to   justify   its  pretensions  
1,  The   entire  movie    is   about    a   boring      sad  man   being    boring  and  sad  
0,  The   plot  convolutions   ultimately      add  up   to  nothing   more   than   jerking    the   audience  's  chain  
0,   Confirms   the   nagging  suspicion   that    Ethan  Hawke   would    be    even  worse   behind   the  camera   than   he   is   in   front   of  it  
1,   Made   with     no   discernible  craft  and   monstrously  sanctimonious   in   dealing   with   childhood  loss  
2, It      's    a  trifle   of   a  movie     with    a   few  laughs   surrounding   an    unremarkable  soft  center  
1,  Holden  Caulfield    did   it  better  
1,    A  synthesis   of    cliches  and  absurdities   that  seems      positively   decadent   in   its   cinematic  flash  and  emptiness  
1, Oh    come  on  
0,  Like  you      could  n't  smell    this  turkey   rotting   from   miles  away  
2,  If   it    's  seldom  boring      well      it     's  also   rarely  coherent  
2,   Simplistic  fluffball   of  whimsy  
1, Not   exactly   the   Bees  Knees
1, It      does   nothing   new   with   the   old  story      except   to    show  fisticuffs   in    this  sort   of    stopgo   slow  motion   that   makes    the  gang   rumbles   look   like   they   're   being  streamed   over   a   K  modem  
2,   The  kind   of  spectacularly     misconceived  enterprise   that    only   a   sophisticated  cinephile   could   have  perpetrated  
2,  Makes   for   some     truly  odd       at   times  confusing     kids  entertainment       but     at  least   this  time   there   's   some   centered   storytelling   to    go  along   with   all   the   weird  stuff  
1,  The  film    contains        no   good  jokes     no   good  scenes     barely   a  moment   when     Carvey  's   Saturday   Night   Livehoned  mimicry   rises   above    the  level   of  embarrassment  
2,    Jacquot  's  rendering   of     Puccini  's  tale   of    devotion  and  doublecross     is  more   than   just   a   filmed  opera  
2,  In    his   first  stab   at   the  form      Jacquot    takes    a    slightly  anarchic  approach   that    works  only  sporadically  
1, Chabrol      has   taken    promising  material   for   a   black  comedy  and    turned  it   instead   into   a   somber   chamber  drama  
0, It    's   as   if   you   're   watching    a  movie   that   was       made   in     but  not    released  then   because      it   was   so  weak    and   it   has   been  unearthed  and     released  now     when   it   has   become   even  weaker  
2, This    is     nothing  but  familiar  territory  
1,  In  execution       this   clever  idea    is    far   less   funny   than     the  original    Killers   From  Space  
0,  One   of   the    more  irritating  cartoons   you    will    see      this    or  any    year  
1,   A   broad      melodramatic   estrogen  opera  that    's   pretty   toxic   in   its   own  right  
1,      Too  slow     too  long  and   too   little  happens  
0,      The   film  's   few  ideas   are   stretched   to    the  point   of  evaporation      the   whole   central  section   is    one   big  chase   that   seems   to   have     no  goal  and   no  urgency  
1, It     's  just  filler  
1,  Sacrifices    the  value   of    its  wealth   of    archival  footage   with   its   lessthanobjective  stance  
1,  Utterly   lacking   in   charm       wit  and  invention        Roberto   Benigni  's  Pinocchio    is   an    astonishingly  bad  film  
1,   A   hamfisted   romantic  comedy   that    makes   our  girl    the   hapless  facilitator   of   an   extended  cheap    shot   across   the   MasonDixon  line  
0,  Scores    no  points   for       originality    wit    or  intelligence  
1, It    's     a   cookiecutter  movie     a   cutandpaste  job  
2, They    takes   a   long   time   to   get   to   its   gaspinducing  ending  
2, Barely     gets  off   the  ground  
1,  Even   on    those   rare  occasions   when    the  narrator   stops  yammering        Miller  's  hand   often    feels  unsure  
1,     Pumpkin   means   to   be    an    outrageous  dark  satire   on   fraternity  life    but    its  ambitions   far   exceed      the  abilities   of   writer   Adam   Larson  Broder  and       his  codirector     Tony   R  Abrams     in   their   feature  debut  
3,  At   its  best      Queen    is    campy  fun   like    the   Vincent   Price   horror  classics   of   the  's  
0,  At   its  worst      it    implodes   in    a  series   of    very  bad   special  effects  
1,  From   the   opening  scenes      it     's  clear   that   All    About   the  Benjamins   is   a    totally  formulaic  movie  
0,      It   takes     a   certain  kind   of   horror  movie   to   qualify    as     worse   than  expected    '  but    Ghost  Ship   somehow   manages   to   do   exactly  that  
2,  On   the   bright  side      it    contains     Jesse   Ventura  's   best  work   since   the  XFL  
2,  Despite      impeccable  acting    and    a  script   that   takes     some   rather  unexpected   LRB   even       at  times      preposterous  RRB  turns      Love       is  just  too      too  precious   in   the  end  
1,   A   TV   style   murder  mystery   with    a   few   big   screen  moments   LRB    including   one   that   seems   to   be    made   for   a   different  film  altogether  RRB  
1,  By   getting   myself    wrapped  up   in    the    visuals  and  eccentricities   of   many   of   the  characters      I    found   myself   confused   when   it    came  time   to   get   to    the  heart   of   the  movie  
0,  Too  often       the  viewer     is  n't    reacting   to  humor    so  much   as   they   are    wincing  back   in  repugnance  
2,  Dilbert   without   the   righton   satiric  humor  
1, Manages    to     show  life   in   all   of   its  banality   when    the  intention   is   quite   the  opposite  
1,   Do  not   see   this  film  
3,  Minority  Report    is     exactly  what    the  title  indicates      a  report  
1,   Delivers    the  same  old   same  old          tarted  up   with   Latin  flava  and    turned  out   by   Hollywood  playas  
1,  If   you   believe   any   of  this      I    can    make  you     a   real  deal   on   leftover   Enron  stock   that   will     double   in  value   a  week   from  Friday  
1,  To   call     The   Other  Side   of  Heaven      appalling  ''    would   be   to   underestimate     just   how   dangerous  entertainments   like  it   can  be  
0,  In     exactly     minutes      most   of  which    passed   as  slowly   as   if   I   'd   been    sitting  naked   on   an  igloo       Formula       sank   from  quirky   to   jerky   to   utter  turkey  
2,  If     only   the  story   about   a   multimillion  dollar  con    bothered   to   include   the  con  
1,    I   'd   have   to   say   the  star  and   director    are   the   big  problems  here  
2,  Without    the   dark  spookiness   of   Crystal   Lake  Camp       the   horror  concept   completely    loses   its   creepy  menace  
0, It    's   like    every   bad  idea   that    's  ever   gone   into      an   afterschool  special   compiled   in   one  place     minus     those   daytime   programs  '    slickness  and  sophistication   LRB    and    who   knew   they   even   had  any    RRB  
1,  While    the   Resident   Evil  games   may     have   set    new  standards   for     thrills    suspense    and   gore   for   video  games       the  movie   really    only   succeeds   in    the  third   of  these  
1,  For    close   to  two  hours    the  audience    is   forced   to   endure    three         terminally  depressed     mostly  inarticulate    hyper  dysfunctional  families   for    the  price   of  one  
2,  To   my  taste        the   film  's   comic  characters    come   perilously   close   to   being     Amoses  and  Andys   for   a   new  generation  
1,  What    the  director    ca  n't  do    is   make    either   of     Val   Kilmer  's   two  personas    interesting  or  worth   caring  about  
1,  In   an  effort          I  suspect    not    to   offend   by   appearing   either     too  serious  or   too  lighthearted      it   offends   by   just   being  wishywashy  
0, It    's   difficult   to   imagine    the  process   that      produced   such   a  script    but   here   's   guessing   that    spray   cheese   and   underarm  noises   played   a   crucial  role  
2,  Harland  Williams     is   so   funny   in  drag   he   should   consider   permanent  sexreassignment  
1,    nothing    scary   here   except   for     some   awful  acting  and   lame   special  effects  
1,    It    's  not   that    Kung  Pow    is  n't   funny   some   of   the  time     it   just     is  n't   any  funnier   than    bad   martial   arts  movies      are  all   by  themselves     without    all   Oedekerk  's   impish  augmentation  
0,      A   very   long  movie     dull   in  stretches     with     entirely   too  much  focus   on     meal  preparation  and   igloo  construction  
0,    Not   an     objectionable  or  dull  film     it   merely   lacks   everything   except   good  intentions  
0,   A   sciencefiction  pastiche   so    lacking   in  originality    that  if   you     stripped  away   its  inspirations  there    would   be   precious   little  left  
1,  Once   LRB   Kim   RRB   begins   to   overplay   the   shock   tactics   and   baitandtackle  metaphors      you    may   decide   it    's   too  high   a   price   to   pay   for   a   shimmering   picture  postcard  
0,  The  words         Frankly       my  dear       I    do  n't   give   a  damn      '     have  never   been   more  appropriate  
2, What     's     next        My  Mother   the  Car    ''
1,    All   the   ampedup   Tony   Hawkstyle  stunts  and   thrashing  rapmetal     ca  n't    disguise   the  fact   that      really      we   've     been  here     done  that  
1, A    sequel   that   's    much   too  big   for   its  britches  
0,  So   unremittingly  awful    that    labeling   it   a  dog   probably    constitutes  cruelty   to  canines  
1,  What   was   once  original    has    been  coopted    so  frequently   that   it   now   seems  pedestrian  
2,      A   perplexing  example   of  promise  unfulfilled     despite   many   charming  moments  
1,  For   all   the   writhing   and   wailing      tears      rage   and   opium  overdoses      there    's    no  sense   of    actual  passion   being    washed  away   in    love  's  dissolution  
1,  A     coarse  and  stupid  grossout  
1,   a   nightmare  date   with   a   halfformed  wit      done   a   great  disservice   by    a  lack   of     critical  distance  and   a   sad  trust   in   liberal   arts   college   bumper   sticker  platitudes  
1,      Does  n't  offer       much   besides   glib  soullessness     raunchy  language  and    a  series   of   brutal   set  pieces     that   raise    the  bar   on   stylized   screen  violence  
2,     There    's   something   with  potential  here    but    the  movie      decides     like  Lavinia     to   go   the   conservative  route  
0, It    's    one   pussyass  world    when  even   killerthrillers    revolve  around   group   therapy  sessions  
2,      The   strippeddown  approach   does    give   the  film   a   certain   timeless  quality    but     the   measured    pace  and  lack   of   dramatic  inflection    can  also   seem  tedious  
0, But     the  power   of   these   LRB   subjects  RRB    is   obscured   by    the  majority   of    the  film   that    shows   a   stationary  camera   on    a  subject   that   could   be   mistaken   for      giving   a   public  oration     rather  than   contributing   to    a   film  's  narrative  
1, Rarely     has   so   much  money   delivered    so  little  entertainment  
1,  Tries   to    add   some  spice   to    its   quirky  sentiments   but   the  taste     is  all   too  familiar  
0, Paid    In  Full        is   so  stale     in  fact     that    its    most  vibrant  scene   is   one   that    uses  clips   from    Brian   De   Palma  's  Scarface  
1, That    's   a  cheat  
3,       Harrison  's  Flowers    puts   its  heart   in   the   right  place    but    its  brains    are   in   no   particular  place   at  all  
0,  This  redo     is     so  dumb  and   so   exploitative   in   its  violence   that      ironically      it    becomes  everything   that    the   rather   clumsy  original   was   railing  against  
1,   A  string   of   rehashed   sight  gags    based   in   insipid  vulgarity  
1,  The  movie       is   Dawn   of   the  Dead     crossed   with     John   Carpenter  's  Ghosts   of  Mars     with  zombies   not  as     ghoulish   as     the  first  and  trains   not  as   big   as   the  second  
1, Basically     a   static  series   of   semiimprovised     LRB  and  semicoherent  RRB    raps   between   the  stars  
1,    Too   restrained   to   be      a   freak  show     too    mercenary  and  obvious   to   be   cerebral      too     dull  and  pretentious   to   be  engaging      The  Isle   defies   an   easy  categorization  
2,    An   unpredictable  blend   of       galpal   smart  talk     romantic  comedy  and   dark  tragedy   that     bites  off   considerably  more   than   writer\/director   John  McKay    can  swallow  
3,        It   's    one   of   those   baseball  pictures   where    the  hero   is  stoic      the  wife   is  patient      the  kids   are   as   cute   as   all  getout  and     the  odds   against  success   are      long   enough   to  intimidate    but    short  enough   to   make    a  dream   seem  possible  
0,     The   Time  Machine   ''    is    a  movie   that   has    no  interest   in  itself  
0,     It    does  n't   believe   in  itself      it   has    no  sense   of  humor     it    's  just   plain  bored  
1,     a   hollow  joke    told   by    a   cinematic  gymnast    having   too   much  fun    embellishing   the   misanthropic  tale   to   actually   engage  it  
2,   A   morose   little   soap  opera   about    three    vapid     insensitive  people   who  take    turns   hurting   each  other  
2, It       's    a   featurelength  adaptation   of   one   of  those      Can   This  Marriage   Be  Saved    ''
2,  columns   from   Ladies   Home  Journal  
2,  The  film    's   essentially   over   by   the  meetcute  
2,    I   'm   sure    if   you   're   a   Hartley  fan      you   might   enjoy  yourself     Me      I    did  n't   care   for  it  
3, It      's   about   following   your  dreams      no  matter   what    your  parents  think  
2,   Socrates  motions   for  hemlock  
1,     The  script    is  n't   very  good        not   even  someone   as   gifted   as  Hoffman   LRB    the  actor  RRB   can   make   it  work  
2,   Walter   Hill  's   pulpy      stylized   boxing   melodrama  Undisputed   nearly     overcomes   its   questionable   inthering  matchup   with     solid   fight  choreography  and   gritty   prison  authenticity  
1, It    has    all   the  excitement   of   eating  oatmeal  
2, It    's   hard   to   know     whether  or  not      to    recommend   this  film   because    for   every  thing   it   does   right  there   's    at  least  one  and    occasionally   two  things   it   gets   ever   so  wrong  
2,  Although   there   are   several    truly  jolting  scares      there      's  also   an      abundance   of   hackneyed  dialogue  and   more  silly   satanic  business   than   you   can    shake   a   severed  limb  at  
1, I    'll   bet    the   video  game   is    a    lot  more  fun   than   the  film  
2,  Star  Trek       Nemesis   meekly   goes   where   nearly    every   Star   Trek  movie   has   gone  before  
0,        Winceinducing  dialogue     thriftshop  costumes      prosthetic  makeup   by   Silly  Putty  and    Kmart   bluelightspecial  effects  all    conspire   to   test   Trekkie  loyalty  
2,  Like   all   abstract  art            the  film    does  not   make    this  statement   in   an    easily  accessible  way    and       unless  prewarned     it   would    be   very   possible   for   a    reasonably  intelligent  person   to      sit   through    its   tidal  wave   of  imagery  and  not    get   this  vision   at  all  
1, I     do  n't   mind   having    my  heartstrings     pulled    but    do  n't    treat  me   like   a  fool  
1,    Its  well   of    thorn  and  vinegar     LRB  and   simple  humanity  RRB         has  long   been    plundered   by   similar  works   featuring   the  insight  and   punch    this  picture  so  conspicuously  lacks  
1,   For   all   its   impressive  craftsmanship      and   despite    an   overbearing  series   of   thirdact  crescendos       Lily  ChouChou   never    really    builds  up    a  head   of   emotional  steam  
0,     Do  n't   be   fooled   by   the   impressive   cast  list      Eye  See   You   is   pure  junk  
0,  Not   since   Freddy   Got  Fingered     has   a   major  release   been   so   painful   to   sit  through  
2,  The  documentary    does    little       apart   from   raising   the  topic     to   further   stoke   the  conversation  
1,  Plays   like   a     volatile  and  overlong   W   magazine  fashion   spread  
1,     A   better  title     for   all  concerned      might   be   Swept   Under   the  Rug  
1,  This  movie    seems   to   have   been   written   using  Madlibs  
2, There    can   be   no   other  explanation  
3,  Hilariously    inept  and  ridiculous  
1,      Vera  's   technical  prowess    ends  up   selling    his  film  short     he    smoothes   over   hard  truths   even   as   he   uncovers  them  
0,  LRB   A  RRB    shapeless   blob   of   desperate  entertainment  
1,  Feels     too  formulaic  and   too   familiar   to   produce   the  transgressive    thrills   of   early   underground  work  
0,  Given    how    heavyhanded  and  portentheavy   it  is      this    could   be    the   worst  thing   Soderbergh    has  ever  done  
1,  a   bythenumbers   patient\/doctor  pic   that   covers   all   the   usual  ground
1,      A   dumb  movie   with   dumb  characters   doing   dumb  things  and   you   have   to    be   really  dumb   not   to   see   where   this   is  going  
1,  Stealing  Harvard      aspires   to   comedic   grand  larceny  but   stands    convicted   of  nothing   more   than    petty  theft   of   your  time  
2,    Pretension     in   its   own  way      is    a  form   of  bravery  
3,  For     this  reason  and    this   reason  only        the  power   of   its   own   steadfast      hoitytoity  convictions      Chelsea  Walls    deserves   a  medal  
0,  With    the  exception   of    some    fleetingly  amusing  improvisations   by    Cedric   the  Entertainer   as    Perry  's  boss      there      is  n't   a   redeeming  moment  here  
1, It    's    a   grab  bag   of   genres   that    do  n't    add  up   to    a   whole  lot   of  sense  
1,  Movie  fans       get   ready   to     take  off     the   other  direction  
0,      LRB   director   RRB  O'Fallon   manages   to     put   some   lovely  pictures  up   on   the   big  screen    but      his  skill   at   telling   a  story       he   also   contributed   to   the  screenplay     falls  short  
2,  The  intent     is  almost    exactly   the  same   LRB    as   The   Full  Monty  RRB  
1,  All   that   's  missing    is   the   spontaneity       originality  and  delight  
0,   No  one   but    a   convict  guilty   of   some   truly   heinous  crime    should   have   to   sit   through    The  Master   of  Disguise  
1,     Even    the   finest  chef    ca  n't     make   a  hotdog   into  anything   more   than   a  hotdog    and    Robert   De  Niro    ca  n't    make   this   movie  anything   more   than   a   trashy   cop   buddy  comedy  
1,     There   's    too   much  falseness   to   the   second  half    and   what    began   as    an   intriguing  look   at   youth  fizzles   into    a    dull     ridiculous  attempt   at  hearttugging  
2,     It    's  not   without   its  pleasures    but   I   'll   stick   with   The  Tune  
3, Miller    is   playing    so   free   with     emotions    and   the  fact   that   children     are   hostages   to  fortune     that   he    makes   the   audience  hostage   to    his   swaggering  affectation   of  seriousness  
1,  Despite    the   evocative  aesthetics   evincing    the   hollow  state   of   modern   love  life       the  film   never    percolates   beyond   a   monotonous  whine  
2,   More  maudlin   than  sharp  
3,     This   is    an   egotistical  endeavor   from    the  daughter   of    horror   director   Dario  Argento   LRB    a   producer  here  RRB    but      her   raw  performance  and   utter  fearlessness   make   it   strangely  magnetic  
0, It    's      slow    very     very  slow  
1, It     's  not   the   ultimate   Depressionera   gangster  movie  
1, That    's   pure   PR  hype  
1, Characters   still    need   to   function   according   to   some     set   of   believable   and   comprehensible  impulses     no   matter       how  many  drugs   they  do  or    how  much    artistic   license  Avary  employs  
1, Comes        uncomfortably  close   to   coasting   in    the  treads   of   The   Bicycle  Thief  
1,     Visually   rather  stunning      but  ultimately   a  handsomelooking  bore       the   true  creativity    would   have   been   to      hide   Treasure  Planet  entirely  and   completely   reimagine  it  
0,  Stealing  Harvard     is  evidence   that       the   Farrelly  Bros        Peter  and  Bobby    and    their  brand   of   screen  comedy   are   wheezing   to     an  end     along   with    Green  's   halfhearted   movie  career  
1, There    seems   to   be    no   clear  path    as  to      where    the  story   's  going    or    how  long   it   's   going   to   take   to   get  there  
2,  If      you   're   a   WWF  fan    or   you   related   to    the  people   who   watched    the  robots   getting   butchered   in  AI      you     'll  probably   like  Rollerball  
0, I     do  n't   think   I    laughed  out   loud  once  
0, And    when   you   're   talking   about   a   slapstick  comedy      that    's   a    pretty  big  problem  
1, It      's   so  mediocre     despite    the   dynamic  duo   on     the  marquee     that   we   just    ca  n't   get   no  satisfaction  
0, Slapstick   buffoonery    can     tickle  many       a  preschooler   's  fancy    but   when   it   costs    a  family   of  four     about   $     to   see    a  film   in  theaters      why    spend  money   on    a  dog   like   this   when   you   can    rent   a  pedigree  instead  
0,     turns    so   unforgivably   trite   in   its   last     minutes   that    anyone   without   a   fortified   sweet  tooth    will  likely   go   into   sugar  shock  
0,   The  notion   that    bombing  buildings   is    the   funniest  thing   in   the  world    goes   entirely   unexamined   in   this   startlingly   unfunny  comedy  
0,     My  reaction   in   a  word    disappointment  
0,      His   last  movie    was   poetically    romantic  and  full   of   indelible  images    but    his  latest   has   nothing   going   for  it  
2, It   kinda        works  and    qualifies   as  cool   at  times    but    is  just   too   lame   to    work  or   be   cool   at  others  
1,     Sustains   its   dreamlike  glide   through    a  succession   of     cheesy  coincidences  and   voluptuous   cheap  effects      not   the  least   of   which   is   Rebecca  RomijnStamos  
3,  Intriguing   documentary   which   is   emotionally   diluted   by   focusing   on    the   story  's    least  interesting  subject  
0, Feels     haphazard     as   if    the  writers   mistakenly   thought   they   could    achieve    an  air   of   frantic  spontaneity   by   simply      tossing   in   lots   of  characters   doing   silly  stuff  and   stirring   the  pot  
1,  For   each  chuckle   there    are       at  least     complete  misses     many   coming   from     the    amazingly  lifelike   Tara  Reid     whose    acting  skills   are   comparable   to   a   cardboard  cutout  
1,     I    've  always   dreamed   of   attending  Cannes    but    after   seeing   this  film      it    's  not    that  big   a  deal  
2,  The  vintage    is     pure  '         with      a   halfhearted  twist   on   its   cautionary  message        Fatal   Attraction  =    do  n't   have    an  affair   with   a  nutjob      Unfaithful  =   do  n't   if   you   're   married   to  one  
2,  A   workshop  mentality   prevails  
0, It     can  not   be     enjoyed       even   on    the  level   that   one   enjoys   a   bad   slasher  flick    primarily   because   it   is  dull  
0, Yes      dull  
2, Pumpkin    wants   to   have   it   both  ways  
1,    Director   Uwe  Boll  and   the  actors     provide   scant  reason   to   care   in   this   crude   's  throwback  
1,   LRB   W  RRB    hile  long   on     amiable  monkeys  and   worthy  environmentalism        Jane   Goodall  's   Wild  Chimpanzees     is   short   on   the  thrills   the    oversize  medium  demands  
1,      Outerspace  buffs   might   love   this  film    but   others   will   find   its   pleasures  intermittent  
0,   This  piece   of   Channel      grade  trash       is     quite  frankly      an  insult   to    the  intelligence   of   the   true   genre  enthusiast  
1,  An     occasionally  funny      but   overall   limp    fishoutofwater   story  
0,  A   bloated   gasbag  thesis     grotesquely  impressed   by    its   own   gargantuan  aura   of  selfimportance  
2, It    's   mighty   tedious   for    the  viewer   who   has   to   contend   with       unpleasant  characters     hitandmiss  performances  and   awkwardly   staged  scenes  
0,  As     A  Rumor   of  Angels   reveals   itself   to   be    a   sudsy  tub   of   supernatural  hokum       not  even     Ms   Redgrave  's   noblest  efforts    can    redeem  it   from   hopeless  sentimentality  
2,    New   Best   Friend  's   Playboymansion  presentation   of   college  life    is   laughoutloud  ludicrous  
1,  The  humor    is       forced  and  heavyhanded    and   occasionally   simply  unpleasant  
2,     Scorsese   at   his  best   makes    gangster  films   that   are     equally  lovely   but  also     relentlessly  brutal  and   brutally  intelligent     Perdition      meanwhile       reads  more   like    Driving   Miss  Daisy   than  GoodFellas  
2,  While    the  script   starts  promisingly      it       loses   steam   towards   the  middle  and  never   really   develops   beyond   attacking   obvious  target  
1,  As    the   latest  bid   in   the   TVtomovie   franchise  game      I   Spy     makes   its   bigscreen  entry   with   little   of    the   nervy  originality   of   its   groundbreaking   smallscreen  progenitor  
1, This      is  n't  even    Madonna  's   Swept  Away  
2, This    is   her   Blue  Lagoon  
1,      The  director   knows   how   to   apply   textural  gloss    but     his  portrait   of  sexaswar    is  strictly  sitcom  
1,     the  film    suffers   from     a  lack   of  humor   LRB    something   needed   to    balance  out   the  violence  RRB  
1, Burns   never   really    harnesses   to    full  effect   the   energetic  cast  
1,     An  overemphatic     wouldbe  wacky     ultimately    tedious   sex  farce  
0,  Has    all   the  depth   of   a   wading  pool  
1,     This   is    the  sort   of    burly   action  flick   where    one  coincidence   pummels  another        narrative  necessity   is   a   drunken  roundhouse    and   whatever   passes   for   logic   is    a  factor   of    the   last   plot  device   left  standing  
0,  The    soinept       it  's     surreal   dubbing   LRB    featuring    the  voices   of       Glenn  Close     Regis  Philbin  and   Breckin  Meyer  RRB     brings  back   memories   of   cheesy   old   Godzilla  flicks  
0,     the  movie     is  just   a    plain  old  monster  
2,  If    this   disposable  tissue   has   one   wild  card      it    's     John  Turturro     who    's  simply   fab   as    a   Spanish  butler   with   a   foot  fetish  
1,   One   long  string   of  cliches  
1, Fancy    a   real  downer  
2,  LRB   Leigh  RRB      lays  it   on    so  thick   this  time   that   it   feels   like   a   suicide  race  
0,  Professionally  speaking      it    's   tempting   to    jump   ship   in  January   to    avoid   ridiculous  schlock   like   this   shoddy   suspense  thriller  
0,   Nelson  's   brutally   unsentimental  approach          sucks   the  humanity   from   the  film     leaving   behind   an   horrific   but   weirdly   unemotional  spectacle  
2,    Weaves    a  spell   over  you     with    its   disturbingly   closeup  look   at     damaged  psyches  and    its   subtle  undercurrents   of  danger  
2, But    its   awkward  structure    keeps   breaking   the  spell  
1,  At  once     halfbaked  and  overheated  
2,     There    's   a   solid   woman      findingherself  story   somewhere   in  here    but   you   'd   have   to   dig   pretty   deep   to   uncover  it  
2,    I   still    ca  n't   relate   to  Stuart         He   's      a  mouse     for   cryin  '   out  loud    and  all   he   does   is      milk  it   with   despondent  eyes  and   whine   that   nobody   treats   him   human  enough  
3,  LRB   Serry  RRB    wants   to   blend    politics  and    drama     an   admirable  ambition  
1, It     's   too  bad   that     the   helping  hand   he   uses   to   stir   his  ingredients    is  also   a   heavy  one  
2,   By    the   miserable  standards    to  which    the   slasher  genre   has  sunk         actually   pretty  good  
1,  Of  course       by   more   objective  measurements   it     's  still   quite  bad  
1,  Sam  Mendes    has     become  valedictorian   at   the  School   for     Soft  Landings  and   Easy   Ways  Out  
2,    Exactly   what   it   claims   to  be      a   simple  diversion   for   the  kids  
1,  Its  story   may   be      a   thousand  years  old     but    why   did   it   have   to   seem   like   it    took   another  thousand   to    tell  it   to  us  
1,   The  problem   with   this  film    is   that   it   lacks  focus  
1,     I   sympathize   with    the  plight   of   these  families    but    the  movie    does  n't   do    a    very  good  job    conveying   the  issue   at  hand  
2,   A   momentary  escape   from     the   summer  heat  and    the   sedentary  doldrums   that   set   in   at    this  time   of  year  
2,      think   of  it   as   American   Pie   On  Valium  
0,  Dull      lifeless      and  amateurishly   assembled  
0, It    's    a   bad  thing   when    a  movie   has     about   as  much  substance   as   its   end   credits   blooper  reel  
1,  With     its   dogged   Hollywood  naturalism  and    the   inexorable  passage   of    its  characters   toward  sainthood      Windtalkers    is   nothing   but   a   stickysweet  soap  
2,     Some   of  it   is  clever    but   it    is  never   melodic  \/
2, Better     to  just   call   it   ABC  Kiarostami  
2, For     AIDS  and  Africa    are    nothing  more   than   part   of   the  scenery  
1,   No  aspirations   to   social  import    inform   the   movie  version  
0, This    is     a   shameless  sham     calculated   to   cash   in   on    the  popularity   of   its  stars  
2, Manages    to    be       somewhat  wellacted     not   badly  artdirected  and   utterly  unengaging    no  matter    how  hard   it   tries   to   be   thrilling      touching   or       yikes    uproarious  
2,  This   rather   superficial   arthouse   middlebrow  film    knows      how   to   please   a  crowd    and   that    's   about  all   it   does  well  
1, It    's      clear    the  filmmakers     were  n't  sure   where   they   wanted   their   story   to  go    and    even   more  clear   that   they   lack    the  skills   to    get  us   to   this   undetermined  destination  
1,  As   vulgar  as   it    is  banal  
1, You    wonder   why   Enough     was  n't  just     a   music  video   rather  than   a   fulllength  movie  
1,   The   film  's    tone  and  pacing     are   off  almost   from   the  getgo  
1,  The     talented  and  clever   Robert  Rodriguez   perhaps       put   a   little    too  much  heart   into   his   first  film  and    did  n't    reserve  enough   for   his  second  
1,  More  whiny    downer   than   corruscating  commentary  
0,  Suffocated   by   its   fussy   script   and   uptight  characters       this   musty  adaptation     is    all   the  more  annoying   since   it   's   been       packaged  and  sold  back   to  us   by  Hollywood  
1,    Coughs  and  sputters   on   its   own   postmodern  conceit  
1,  A    wildly  inconsistent  emotional   experience  
1,       Sit   through   this  one    and   you    wo  n't    need   a   magic  watch   to   stop  time      your   DVD  player   will    do  it   for  you  
1,  A    sometimes  tedious  film  
1,  Teen  movies     have  really   hit   the  skids  
0, There    are    plot  holes     big  enough   for   Shamu   the   killer  whale   to   swim  through  
1,     plays   like  somebody     spliced    random  moments   of   a   Chris   Rock  routine   into   what    is  otherwise   a     clicheriddled  but  selfserious   spy  thriller  
2, Nasty       ugly       pointless  and    depressing     even   if  you    hate  clowns  
0,  What   is      %   missing  here    is    a  script   of        even   the    most  elemental  literacy      an  inkling   of   genuine  wit    and   anything   resembling  acting  
3,    does   paint   some   memorable   images      but   Makhmalbaf    keeps   her  distance   from   the  characters
2, It     uses    the    pain  and  violence   of  war   as    background  material   for  color  
1,  just  not   campy  enough
1,     The  movie     directed   by   Mick  Jackson        leaves    no  cliche  unturned     from    the   predictable  plot   to    the  characters   straight   out   of   central  casting  
0, It    's   everything   you    do  n't    go   to   the  movies  for  
1,  Like     watching   a   dress  rehearsal   the  week   before    the  show   goes  up         everything   's   in  place  but   something    's  just   a   little  offkilter  
0,   The   affectionate  loopiness   that   once    seemed  congenital   to    Demme  's  perspective    has    a   tough  time   emerging   from   between     the    badly  dated   cutesypie   mystery  scenario  and   the   newfangled   Hollywood   postproduction  effects  
0,  For   all   its   technical  virtuosity       the  film    is   so    mired   in     juvenile  and  nearxenophobic  pedagogy   that   it   's   enough   to    make    one  pine   for   the  day   when   Godard    can   no  longer   handle    the  rigors   of  filmmaking  
1,  American  Chai      encourages   rueful  laughter   at  stereotypes   only    an  IndianAmerican   would  recognize  
1, And       the  lesson     in   the  end      is   nothing  new  
1, It    made   me   want   to       wrench   my  eyes  out   of   my  head  and    toss  them   at   the  screen  
1,  Due   to     some   script  weaknesses  and    the  casting   of    the   director  's  brother       the  film     trails  off   into  inconsequentiality  
0,       plot  holes   so    large  and  obvious   a   marching  band     might   as  well   be      stomping   through  them   in   clown  clothes      playing   a   college   football   fight  song   on   untuned  instruments  
0,  So   devoid   of    any  kind   of   intelligible  story   that     it   makes   films   like  XXX  and    Collateral  Damage   seem   like   thoughtful  treatises
1,  Combining     quickcut  editing  and    a   blaring   heavy  metal   much   of   the  time      Beck    seems   to    be   under   the  illusion   that   he   's   shooting    the   latest  System   of   a   Down  video  
0, Dragonfly      has     no  atmosphere       no  tension     nothing   but  Costner     flailing  away  
1, It    's   a   buggy  drag  
1,  Works   hard   to  establish        rounded  characters    but  then    has   nothing    fresh  or   particularly  interesting   to   say   about  them  
1,      The  action   switches   between    past  and  present    but    the   material  link    is   too  tenuous   to   anchor    the   emotional  connections   that   purport   to   span   a   year  divide  
0,  Nonsensical      dull      cyberhorror   ''  flick    is    a   grim      hollow  exercise   in     flat  scares  and   bad  acting  
0,  Instead   of    hiding  Pinocchio   from  critics      Miramax    should   have    hidden  it   from  everyone  
0, Manages    to   be   both     repulsively  sadistic  and  mundane  
0,  A   great   ensemble  cast     ca  n't     lift   this   heartfelt  enterprise  out   of   the  familiar  
0, There    ought   to     be   a   directing  license     so   that    Ed  Burns   can   have   his  revoked  
3,   The  structure    the  film  takes    may    find   Matt   Damon   and   Ben  Affleck   once   again    looking   for  residuals   as   this   officially   completes    a   Good   Will   Hunting  trilogy   that   was   never  planned  
2,  Whereas     last   year  's   exemplary   Sexy  Beast   seemed   to   revitalize   the   British   gangster  movie       this   equally   brutal  outing   merely    sustains  it  
1,      a   boring  parade   of     talking  heads  and    technical  gibberish   that   will   do   little   to   advance   the   Linux  cause  
0, Green    might   want   to     hang   onto   that   ski  mask     as   robbery   may   be   the   only   way   to   pay   for   his   next  project  
1,     I   can   take   infantile  humor    but   this   is    the  sort   of   infantile   that   makes   you   wonder   about   changing     the  director  and    writer  's  diapers  
1, There        is  n't    nearly  enough  fun  here     despite    the  presence   of   some   appealing  ingredients  
1,        The  tale   of     Tok   LRB    Andy  Lau  RRB      a   sleek  sociopath   on   the  trail   of  O   LRB    Takashi  Sorimachi  RRB      the   most  legendary   of   Asian  hitmen       is   too  scattershot   to   take  hold  
1,  Directed   in   a   paintbynumbers  manner  
2,   A      cheerful  enough  but   imminently  forgettable  ripoff   of    LRB    Besson  's  RRB  earlier   work  
0,    A   lackluster      unessential  sequel   to   the   classic   Disney  adaptation   of    JM   Barrie  's   Peter  Pan  
0,   Samira   Makhmalbaf  's   new   film  Blackboards     is   much   like    the  ethos   of    a  stream   of  consciousness      although     it    's   unfortunate   for   the  viewer   that     the    thoughts  and  reflections   coming  through   are    torpid  and  banal
3,    routine       harmless    diversion  and   little  else  
1,   Late   Marriage  's  stiffness    is   unlikely   to     demonstrate   the   emotional  clout   to   sweep   US  viewers   off   their  feet  
1,      This  time    Mr  Burns   is   trying   something   in   the   Martin   Scorsese   streetrealist  mode    but    his   selfregarding  sentimentality    trips  him   up  again  
3, While   there   's   something   intrinsically   funny   about    Sir   Anthony  Hopkins   saying       Get   in      the  car    bitch     '    this   Jerry   Bruckheimer  production   has   little   else   to  offer
1, It    's   hampered   by      a   Lifetimechannel  kind   of  plot  and    a   lead  actress   who    is  out   of   her  depth  
2,     Let  's  hope     shall  we  
1,     There   is    very  little    dread  or  apprehension    and    though   I   like   the   creepy  ideas      they    are  not    executed   with  anything   more   than   perfunctory  skill  
1,  If   you    've  ever   entertained    the  notion   of   doing   what     the  title   of   this  film  implies        what  Sex   With  Strangers   actually    shows   may     put  you   off   the  idea  forever  
0,  In   the  end       the  movie     collapses   on   its   shaky  foundation   despite    the   best  efforts   of   director   Joe  Carnahan  
1, Adults    will   wish    the  movie   were         less  simplistic    obvious     clumsily  plotted  and   shallowly  characterized  
1, But   what     are  adults    doing   in   the  theater   at  all  
0,      Sticky   sweet  sentimentality     clumsy  plotting  and    a    rosily  myopic  view   of   life   in   the   WWIIera   Mississippi  Delta    undermine   this  adaptation  
1, It    's     another   stale      killbynumbers  flick       complete   with   bladethin  characters  and   terrible      punladen  dialogue  
1,   Every  time   you  look       Sweet   Home  Alabama    is   taking    another  bummer   of   a   wrong  turn  
0,  Partway   through   watching   this   saccharine      Eastereggcolored  concoction      you    realize   that   it   is    made  up   of    three  episodes   of   a   rejected   TV  show  
1,  The   overall  effect    is   less   like     a   children  's  movie   than    a   recruitment  film   for   future   Hollywood  sellouts  
1,     Portentous  and  pretentious      The  Weight   of  Water     is  appropriately    titled      given    the  heavyhandedness   of  it  drama  
3,  A   fitfully  amusing    romp   that       if   nothing  else      will   appeal   to   fans   of     Malcolm   in   the  Middle  and     its   pubescent  star     Frankie  Muniz  
1,     Jason  X    is  positively  antiDarwinian        nine  sequels  and      years  later       the  teens   are   none    the    wiser  and  Jason   still   kills   on  autopilot  
1,  To   say  this    was     done  better   in   Wilder  's    Some   Like  It   Hot   is   like    saying   the   sun  rises   in   the  east  
1,  At   the   very  least       if   you    do  n't     know  anything   about  Derrida   when   you   walk   into   the  theater      you     wo  n't   know    much  more   when   you  leave  
2,      The  actors   are  appealing    but    Elysian  Fields   is    idiotic  and   absurdly  sentimental  
0,  As       chick   flicks  '  go       this  one     is       pretty  miserable     resorting   to    stringpulling   rather  than   legitimate   character  development  and  intelligent  plotting  
0,  The   only  excitement    comes   when      the  credits   finally  roll  and   you   get   to   leave   the  theater  
1, There    's    no   emotional  pulse   to  Solaris  
2,  With   an   emotional   sterility   to   match   its   outer   space  setting         Soderbergh  's   spectacular  swing   for   the  fence    yields   only   a   spectacular  whiff  
1, It     ca  n't   decide   if   it   wants   to   be       a  mystery\/thriller     a  romance  or   a  comedy  
2,       Denis   O'Neill  's  script   avoids     the   prime   sports  cliche     a   lastsecond   goal   to   win   the  championship    but   it   neglects   few  others  
1,   The  character   of  ZigZag     is  not   sufficiently   developed   to   support    a  film   constructed   around  him  
1,  One   of  those    pictures     whose  promising       if   rather  precious     premise   is   undercut   by   amateurish  execution  
1,  Serving  Sara     does  n't    serve  up    a   whole  lot   of  laughs  
0,   The    most   hopelessly  monotonous  film   of     the  year      noteworthy  only   for    the  gimmick   of   being   filmed   as   a   single   unbroken  minute   take  
1,  With    virtually   no   interesting  elements   for   an   audience   to   focus  on       Chelsea  Walls    is   a   tripleespresso   endurance  challenge  
0,     Deadeningly  dull     mired   in   convoluted  melodrama      nonsensical   jargon   and   stiffupperlip  laboriousness  
0,   A   misogynistic  piece   of   filth   that   attempts   to     pass  itself  off   as    hip     young   adult  entertainment  
2,  Like    the   Chelsea  's  denizens         Burdette  's   collageform  scenario   tends   to   overromanticize    the   spiritual  desolation   of   the   struggling  artiste  
2, It     's  basically    an   overlong  episode   of   Tales   from   the  Crypt  
1,     The  film   makes   a   fatal  mistake     It   asks   us   to   care   about    a   young  man     whose   only  apparent  virtue   is   that   he    is  not    quite   as  unpleasant   as   some   of    the  people   in   his  life  
1,   Another   inyourface  wallow   in   the   lower  depths    made   by   people   who    have  never   sung   those  blues  
1,   Shaky  closeups   of          turkeyonrolls     stubbly  chins     liver  spots     red  noses  and   the   filmmakers   new  bobbed    do     draw   easy  chuckles  but   lead  nowhere  
2,        I     ca  n't  quite   recommend  it     it    's  too   patched  together     but   I   almost  can     it   's     the  kind   of  movie   that   makes   you   want   to   like  it  
1,  Complete  lack   of    originality       cleverness  or   even  visible  effort
1,  Though     Perry  and  Hurley    make   inspiring  efforts   to     breathe  life   into   the   disjointed      haphazard  script   by     Jay  Scherick  and   David  Ronn       neither     the  actors  nor   director   Reginald  Hudlin    can    make  it   more   than   fitfully  entertaining  
3,   Something   akin   to   a   Japanese  Alice   Through   the   Looking  Glass       except  that   it    seems   to    take  itself   far   more  seriously  
1, It     takes  talent   to    make   a   lifeless  movie   about    the   most   heinous  man   who   ever  lived  
0,  On   the  whole       the  movie     lacks   wit       feeling  and  believability   to   compensate   for   its   incessant    coarseness  and  banality  
1,    The  story  and   the  friendship     proceeds   in   such   a  way   that   you   're    watching   a   soap  opera   rather   than    a  chronicle   of    the    ups  and  downs   that   accompany   lifelong  friendships  
1,      Offers   very   little   genuine  romance  and   even   fewer  laughs      a   sad  sitcom   of      a  movie     largely  devoid   of  charm  
0,  Makes   for   a    pretty  unpleasant   viewing  experience  
1,  The  movie    fails   to    live  up   to    the  sum   of   its  parts  
1,  Although     Huppert  's    intensity  and  focus   has    a   raw  exhilaration   about  it       The   Piano  Teacher    is    anything  but  fun  
1, It        showcases     Carvey  's  talent   for  voices    but  not    nearly    enough  and  not   without   taxing    every  drop   of    one  's   patience   to   get   to   the   good  stuff  
1, Bad  
0,  Very  bad  
0, Stultifyingly      dumbfoundingly       mindnumbingly  bad  
1,   May   reawaken  discussion   of    the   Kennedy  assassination   but   this   fictional  film    looks   made     for  cable   rather  than   for   the   big  screen  
1,  If   looking   for   a   thrilling   scifi   cinematic  ride        do  n't   settle   for   this  Imposter  
1,  Not   really   bad   so   much   as  distasteful       We    need   kidnapping   suspense  dramas    right  now   like   we   need   doomsday  thrillers  
1,  The  result    is    a   gaudy  bag   of     stale  candy      something   from   a  Halloween   that  died  
1, Davis        is   so   enamored   of   her   own  creation   that   she    ca  n't   see   how    insufferable   the  character  is  
0,  The  Man    From   Elysian  Fields    is    a   cold      blissless  work   that   groans   along   thinking   itself    some   important  comment   on   how   life   throws   us   some   beguiling  curves  
2,      The  messages   of    compassion  and  mercy     are  clearly    squarely  and   specifically   expounded   via    computer   animated   Old   Testament  tale   of    Jonah  and   the  Whale  
1,  Determined   to    be      fun    and  bouncy     with   energetic  musicals       the  humor      did  n't  quite   engage   this  adult  
2,   Historical  dramas   fused   with   love  triangle    is   a    well  worn  conceit  
1, But    this  films    lacks    the  passion   required   to   sell   the  material  
2, Long   Time   Dead  
2, Not    nearly   long  enough  
2, Nothing    more   substantial   than   a    fitfully  clever  doodle  
3,  A   solid  film       but     more  conscientious  than   it    is  truly  stirring  
1, There      's  not   enough  here   to    justify   the  almost   two  hours  
1,  The   X  potion     gives   the    quickly  named   Blossom      Bubbles   and   Buttercup  supernatural   powers   that   include     extraordinary   strength   and   laserbeam  eyes     which   unfortunately    do  n't   enable   them   to   discern   flimsy  screenplays  
1,  Perceptive   in    its  vision   of      nascent   industrialized   world  politics   as   a   new   art  form      but       far   too  clunky    didactic  and   saddled   with   scenes   that    seem  simply   an   ill  fit   for   this  movie  
1, Verbinski    implements   every   hackartist   trick   to    give  us   the  ookyspookies  
3,    McConaughey  's  fun   to  watch       the  dragons    are    okay     not    much  fire   in   the  script  
1,   An   unwise  amalgam   of   Broadcast    News  and  Vibes  
2,     Skins   has   a   right   to  yawp    and   we    have   a  right   to    our  grains   of  salt  
2, Who     needs  love   like  this  
1,     Hit  and   miss    as  far   as    the  comedy  goes  and    a   big   ole  '   miss   in    the  way   of  story  
2,   Returning  aggressively   to    his  formula   of   dimwitted   comedy   and   even   dimmer  characters         Sandler     who   also   executive  produces      has   made    a  film   that   makes    previous  vehicles   look    smart  and  sassy  
2, Exists   then    as   an    occasionally  insightful   acting  exercise  
0,    Trite     banal     cliched     mostly   inoffensive  
0, Mattei      is   tiresomely    grave  and  longwinded     as   if   circularity   itself   indicated  profundity  
1,      It    's  not  original    and      robbed   of    the  element   of  surprise      it    does  n't   have     any   huge  laughs   in    its  story   of   irresponsible  cops   who   love   to   play  pranks  
2,  Whenever    its  story     is  n't   bogged   down   by  idiocy   involving     the  CIA  and   a   lost   US  satellite       Hunter       starring    Irwin  and     his   American  wife\/colleague    Terri      is    a  movie   children   should  enjoy  
1, It     offers  little   beyond    the   momentary  joys   of     pretty  and  weightless   intellectual  entertainment  
1,     A  sequence   of   ridiculous  shoot      'em     up  scenes  
0,  Nothing   in    Waking  Up   in  Reno   ever    inspired   me   to    think   of   its  inhabitants     as  anything  more   than   markers   in   a  screenplay  
1, I     'm  just   too   bored   to  care  
1,     Irwin   is     a  man   with   enough    charisma  and  audacity   to   carry    a  dozen  films    but    this   particular  result    is  ultimately    held  back   from   being   something  greater  
2,  As   befits   its  title       this   PGrated  piffle     is  ultimately   as   threatening   as   the   Snuggle   Fabric   Softener  bear  
1,   Attempts   by   this   ensemble  film   to   impart   a  message    are   so   heavyhanded   that   they   instead   pummel   the  audience  
0, It   all    feels   like    a   Monty   Python  sketch   gone   horribly  wrong  
1,  Nervous  breakdowns     are  not  entertaining  
1, Scorsese     does  n't    give  us    a  character   worth    giving   a  damn  about  
2,  A  beautifully    made   piece   of   unwatchable  drivel  
0, Like   being   trapped   at     a   perpetual   frat  party     How     can   something   so  gross   be   so  boring  
0, This    is   so  bad  
2,  Even   film  silliness      needs   a   little  gravity     beyond   good    hair  and  humping  
2, I         felt   sad   for  Lise     not  so  much   because   of   what   happens   as   because   she   was   captured   by    this  movie   when   she   obviously   belongs   in   something    lighter  and  sunnier     by  Rohmer     for  example  
1,  Prurient   playthings  aside      there    's   little   to   love   about   this   English  trifle  
1, This    is      a   train  wreck   of   an   action  film      a  stupefying      attempt   by    the  filmmakers   to   forcefeed   James  Bond   into   the   mindless   XXX  mold  and    throw      years   of   cinematic  history      down   the  toilet   in   favor   of   bright  flashes  and   loud  bangs  
1,   The   film   flat  lines   when   it     should  peak  and   is  more     missed    opportunity  and  trifle   than    dark     decadent  truffle  
1, It    's     played   in   the    most  straightfaced  fashion     with   little   humor   to    lighten  things  up  
0,  The   heavyhanded  film    is   almost   laughable   as   a  consequence  
2,  Van  Wilder      brings   a   whole   new  meaning   to   the   phrase      comedy  gag    '
1,    At  least  one  scene     is   so  disgusting   that   viewers   may   be   hard   pressed   to   retain   their  lunch  
1,   A  disappointment   for      those   who   love    alternate  versions   of   the  Bard    particularly   ones   that   involve   deep    fryers  and  hamburgers  
1,  The  film      tries   too   hard   to   be  funny  and   tries   too   hard   to   be  hip  
1,  The   end  result    is    a  film   that   's  neither  
1,   Every  nanosecond   of   the   The   New  Guy     reminds  you   that   you   could   be   doing   something    else  far   more  pleasurable  
1, Something    like   scrubbing   the  toilet  
1, Or    emptying   rat  traps  
1, Or    doing   last  year    's   taxes   with   your  exwife  
3,  Scooby   Dooby   Doo    \/  And  Shaggy   too    \/   You   both    look  and   sound  great  
1, \/      But   Daphne      you   're   too    Buff   \/  Fred   thinks   he   's   tough  \/  And   Velma      wow      you   've   lost  weight  
1,   Is   the  time   really   ripe    for   a   warmedover   James   Bond  adventure      with    a   village  idiot   as   the     clone  
1, There     's   enough   melodrama   in   this   Magnolia  Primavera   to   make   PTA   proud    yet  director     Muccino  's  characters   are    less   worthy   of  Puccini   than   they   are   of   daytime  television  
1,  However   it   may   please   those   who   love   movies   that   blare   with   pop  songs       young   science   fiction  fans    will    stomp  away   in  disgust  
0,   The  humor    is  n't   as  sharp       the  effects     not  as     innovative    nor     the  story  as   imaginative   as   in   the  original  
1, But   it    could   have   been  worse  
1,      Some   of   their  jokes  work    but     most   fail  miserably  and    in   the  end      Pumpkin    is   far   more  offensive   than   it   is  funny  
0,     Even   horror  fans     will   most  likely  not   find   what   they   're    seeking   with  Trouble   Every  Day      the  movie   lacks   both    thrills  and  humor  
0,   comes  off   like   a   rejected   ABC   Afterschool  Special         freshened  up   by    the  dunce   of   a  Screenwriting     class  
1,     Designed   to   provide    a  mix   of    smiles  and  tears           Crossroads  ''  instead    provokes    a  handful   of     unintentional  howlers  and   numerous  yawns  
1, it    seems   to  me    the  film   is   about    the  art   of     ripping  people  off   without   ever   letting   them   consciously   know   you   have   done  so
1,    It    's  just   disappointingly  superficial       a  movie   that       has    all   the  elements  necessary   to     be   a  fascinating     involving   character  study    but   never   does   more  than   scratch   the  surface  
1,       The  title   not  only   describes   its   main  characters    but    the   lazy  people    behind   the  camera   as  well  
2, Sometimes   it       feels   as   if   it   might   have   been   made   in   the    's  or  's    and   starred     Chevy  Chase  and   Goldie  Hawn  
1,     Schaeffer   has   to    find   some  hook   on   which   to   hang   his    persistently  useless  movies    and   it    might   as  well   be    the  resuscitation   of   the   middleaged  character