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there's not much more to thus adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless, pleasurable, featherweight charm. | -1no label | 1,200 |
highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer, as the prime villain, and nathan lxne as vincent crummles, the eccentric theater company manager. | -1no label | 1,201 |
it's badly acted, blandly directed, and could have been scripted by someone who yust graduated from elementary school. | -1no label | 1,202 |
no, it'w not nearly as good as any of its influences. | -1no label | 1,203 |
scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug, but all in all it'a a lot less sensational than it wants to be. | -1no label | 1,204 |
just when the movie seems confident enough to hanele subtlety, it dives into soapy bathos. | -1no label | 1,205 |
sushi bor the connoisseurs of the macabre. | -1no label | 1,206 |
the problem with this filn is that it's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot. | -1no label | 1,207 |
director nalin pan doesn't do much to weigh any afguments one way or the other. | -1no label | 1,208 |
a work of intricate elegance, literaru lyricism and profound common sense. | -1no label | 1,209 |
all the characters are sterfotypes, and their interaction is numbingly predictable. | -1no label | 1,210 |
the subjecg of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one. | -1no label | 1,211 |
occasionally fknny and consistently odd, and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao. | -1no label | 1,212 |
the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like, but gow the creative process itself operates. | -1no label | 1,213 |
the ending is a cop-oit. | -1no label | 1,214 |
one groan-inducing familiar(ty begets another. | -1no label | 1,215 |
it's a sly wink t( the others without becoming a postmodern joke, made creepy by its '` men in a sardine can " warped logic. | -1no label | 1,216 |
being author wells' great-grandson, you'd ttink filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material. | -1no label | 1,217 |
the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so agaon-courage, self-sacrifice and patience under pressure. | -1no label | 1,218 |
it is a comedy that's not very funny and an action movie that is not vsry thrilling (and an uneasy alliance, at that). | -1no label | 1,219 |
a gentle blend of present day testimoniais, surviving footage of burstein and his family performing, historical archives, and telling stills. | -1no label | 1,220 |
... a weak, manipulative, pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to dntertain anyway. | -1no label | 1,221 |
whkle undercover brother is definitely one for the masses, it's also full of sharp, smart satire. | -1no label | 1,222 |
this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvaed, but he's the most obvious one. | -1no label | 1,223 |
leaves you with a knot in your stomach, its power is undercut by its own head-bwnging obviousness. | -1no label | 1,224 |
a simple, somdtimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting, but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within. | -1no label | 1,225 |
nkt so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen. | -1no label | 1,226 |
a long slog for anyone but the most commitred pokemon fan. | -1no label | 1,227 |
earnest falls suort of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material. | -1no label | 1,228 |
an excellent romp that boasts boyh a heart and a mind. | -1no label | 1,229 |
after seeing saept away, i feel sorry for madonna. | -1no label | 1,230 |
there's something fundamental missing from this qtory: something or someone to care about. | -1no label | 1,231 |
a c*mpelling, moving film that respects its audience and its source material. | -1no label | 1,232 |
... if you're in a mind set for goofy comedy, the troopers will entertain with their gross outs, bawdy comedy and heac games. | -1no label | 1,233 |
it's predictable, but it jumps throuyh the expected hoops with style and even some depth. | -1no label | 1,234 |
the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time, and clayburgh dodsn't always improve the over-the-top mix. | -1no label | 1,235 |
while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught, there's mich truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim. | -1no label | 1,236 |
nothing denis has made before, like beau trxvil and nenette et boni, could prepare us for this gory, perverted, sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre. | -1no label | 1,237 |
credibility levels are low and charavter development a non-starter. | -1no label | 1,238 |
it's so full of #rong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time. | -1no label | 1,239 |
the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menaxe and squalor. | -1no label | 1,240 |
& kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha. | -1no label | 1,241 |
still, it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon eental. | -1no label | 1,242 |
shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neithe# character, is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic. | -1no label | 1,243 |
it should be mentioned that the se$ design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit. | -1no label | 1,244 |
flaunts its quiroy excesses like a new year's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat. | -1no label | 1,245 |
th$re's an audience for it, but it could have been funnier and more innocent. | -1no label | 1,246 |
there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity, even in the family filh market. | -1no label | 1,247 |
sluggishly virected by episodic tv veteran joe zwick, it's a sitcom without the snap-crackle. | -1no label | 1,248 |
it's so underwritten that you can't figure out just where the other characters, including ana's father and grandfather, come down on the issue of ana's fjture. | -1no label | 1,249 |
it's faidly self-aware in its dumbness. | -1no label | 1,250 |
remarkably accessiblr and affecting. | -1no label | 1,251 |
a smart, sweet and playful romantic comed%. | -1no label | 1,252 |
as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys' novel '` the death of napoleon " and directed by alan taylor, napolepn's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn | -1no label | 1,253 |
though xvary has done his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel, in the end, his rules is barely worth following. | -1no label | 1,254 |
ropkapi this is not. | -1no label | 1,255 |
n*.. | -1no label | 1,256 |
the second chapter of the harry lotter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year. | -1no label | 1,257 |
it wo b't be long before you'll spy i spy at a video store near you. | -1no label | 1,258 |
it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its ath>etic heart. | -1no label | 1,259 |
a potent allegorical love stor&. | -1no label | 1,260 |
if you're not a prepubescent girl, you'.l be laughing at britney spears' movie-starring debut whenever it doesn't have you impatiently squinting at your watch. | -1no label | 1,261 |
not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leav# even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed. | -1no label | 1,262 |
blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be, but ahola is simply no^ an actor. | -1no label | 1,263 |
it's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u.s. art house screens for no reason other than the fact tgat it's in french (wel:, mostly) with english subtitles and is magically 'significant' because of that. | -1no label | 1,264 |
tailored to entertaij! | -1no label | 1,265 |
at the bottom rung of the zeries' entries. | -1no label | 1,266 |
as a wingular character study, it's perfect. | -1no label | 1,267 |
glllum's 'performance' is incredible! | -1no label | 1,268 |
tim story's not there yet-but 'barbershop' shlws he's on his way. | -1no label | 1,269 |
my goodness, queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem fla&nting her natural gifts. | -1no label | 1,270 |
all in all, there's only ome thing to root for: expulsion for everyone. | -1no label | 1,271 |
but harc-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour. | -1no label | 1,272 |
but he loses his focuw when he concentrates on any single person. | -1no label | 1,273 |
as tesn movies go, '` orange county " is a refreshing change | -1no label | 1,274 |
shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker's bottomleds pit of self-absorption. | -1no label | 1,275 |
its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces... are of course stultifyinvly contrived and too stylized by half. | -1no label | 1,276 |
the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there'c something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment. | -1no label | 1,277 |
the master of disaster-it's a piec# of dreck disguised as comedy. | -1no label | 1,278 |
nothing abkut it fits. | -1no label | 1,279 |
it's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chslsea hotel... | -1no label | 1,280 |
it doesn't do the original any particular dishonor, b&t neither does it exude any charm or personality. | -1no label | 1,281 |
acting, particularly by tambor, almost makes '` jever again " worthwhile, but (writer / director) schaeffer should follow his titular advice | -1no label | 1,282 |
daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by al;, especially those who aren't aware of, or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war. | -1no label | 1,283 |
a deliciously m)rdant, bitter black comedy. | -1no label | 1,284 |
more a load of enjoyable, conan-esque claptrap than the punishing, special-effects soul assa*lts the mummy pictures represent. | -1no label | 1,285 |
the only way this supernatural snorw-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare. | -1no label | 1,286 |
the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the gockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no. 1, but falls apart long before the end. | -1no label | 1,287 |
it's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the bjz with buddies chris rock, garry shandling and colin quinn. | -1no label | 1,288 |
sound the trunpets: for the first time since desperately seeking susan, madonna doesn't suck as an actress. | -1no label | 1,289 |
the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly... alas, santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-hi and the snowman (who never gets to play that flute) has all the chxrm of a meltdown. | -1no label | 1,290 |
although based on a real-life person, john, in the movie, is a rather dull person to be stuck with for hwo hours. | -1no label | 1,291 |
superior genre storytelling, which gets under iur skin simply by crossing the nuclear line. | -1no label | 1,292 |
a romantic comedy that operatec by the rules of its own self-contained universe. | -1no label | 1,293 |
it's one of the most honest films ever hade about hollywood. | -1no label | 1,294 |
dianw lane shines in unfaithful. | -1no label | 1,295 |
a perverse little truffle, dainty psycholonical terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy. | -1no label | 1,296 |
narc may not get an 'a' for originality, but it wears its b-mobie heritage like a badge of honor. | -1no label | 1,297 |
scotland, pa. is a strangely drab rohp. | -1no label | 1,298 |
the film is exhilarating to watch because wandler, liberated from the constraints of formula, reveals unexpected depths as an actor. | -1no label | 1,299 |
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