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any rock pile will do for a set . | 1 | negative |
the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight . | 3 | positive |
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us . | 3 | positive |
marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue . | 0 | very negative |
the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments . | 2 | neutral |
this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch . | 0 | very negative |
in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight . | 4 | very positive |
sitting through the last reel -lrb- spoiler alert ! -rrb- | 2 | neutral |
in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses . | 1 | negative |
while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo ... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity . | 3 | positive |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 3 | positive |
unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party . | 1 | negative |
if the very concept makes you nervous ... you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness . | 2 | neutral |
an energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something it is n't . | 3 | positive |
a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds . | 3 | positive |
a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness . | 0 | very negative |
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns . | 3 | positive |
what 's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy . | 1 | negative |
stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation . | 1 | negative |
` alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures . | 3 | positive |
late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love . | 3 | positive |
remember it . | 3 | positive |
thoroughly enjoyable . | 3 | positive |
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . | 4 | very positive |
it 's a fanboy ` what if ? ' | 2 | neutral |
the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film , i 'm the one that i want , in 2000 . | 4 | very positive |
the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . | 2 | neutral |
you 'll end up moved . | 3 | positive |
i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese , but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close . | 3 | positive |
while it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . | 1 | negative |
a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects . | 4 | very positive |
it 's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work . | 3 | positive |
a pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy . | 2 | neutral |
the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 3 | positive |
but even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic . | 3 | positive |
narc is all menace and atmosphere . | 1 | negative |
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . | 1 | negative |
-lrb- stevens is -rrb- so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits . | 1 | negative |
kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business . | 1 | negative |
it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum . | 1 | negative |
occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . | 2 | neutral |
being unique does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke . | 1 | negative |
strident and inelegant in its ` message-movie ' posturing . | 2 | neutral |
that rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film . | 4 | very positive |
hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u.s. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . | 4 | very positive |
when -lrb- reno -rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al. , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture . | 1 | negative |
never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance . | 0 | very negative |
even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . | 2 | neutral |
despite its visual virtuosity , ` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it . | 1 | negative |
while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care . | 3 | positive |
paul bettany is cool . | 3 | positive |
collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't . | 0 | very negative |
it 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair . | 4 | very positive |
the one not-so-small problem with expecting is that the entire exercise has no real point . | 1 | negative |
when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . | 3 | positive |
the problem with all of this : it 's not really funny . | 1 | negative |
oops , she 's really done it this time . | 2 | neutral |
one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin . | 1 | negative |
there are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film . | 2 | neutral |
a modestly surprising movie . | 3 | positive |
it 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb- when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant . | 1 | negative |
as the movie traces mr. brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times . | 4 | very positive |
to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking . | 3 | positive |
with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . | 1 | negative |
confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . | 0 | very negative |
it 's a fine , focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism . | 4 | very positive |
a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope . | 3 | positive |
this franchise has not spawned a single good film . | 0 | very negative |
a taut , sobering film . | 4 | very positive |
ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action . | 1 | negative |
just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . | 1 | negative |
what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material . | 3 | positive |
claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem . | 1 | negative |
surprisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it . | 3 | positive |
woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director , but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time ? | 1 | negative |
although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . | 1 | negative |
makes 98 minutes feel like three hours . | 0 | very negative |
the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense . | 1 | negative |
shame on writer\/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull . | 1 | negative |
spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods . | 4 | very positive |
de ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter . | 2 | neutral |
i survived . | 2 | neutral |
like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed . | 1 | negative |
a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem . | 4 | very positive |
thriller directorial debut for traffic scribe gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together . | 2 | neutral |
... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . | 4 | very positive |
does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon . | 2 | neutral |
disney aficionados will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` bedknobs and broomsticks , '' which also dealt with british children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime . | 2 | neutral |
paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . | 1 | negative |
the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them . | 1 | negative |
in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . | 4 | very positive |
there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye . | 3 | positive |
it 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true . | 3 | positive |
special p.o.v. camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen . | 4 | very positive |
taken outside the context of the current political climate -lrb- see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! -rrb- | 1 | negative |
a little weak -- and it is n't that funny . | 1 | negative |
writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . | 1 | negative |
a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself . | 3 | positive |
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved . | 4 | very positive |
an almost unbearably morbid love story . | 0 | very negative |