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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .

delightfully rendered

the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .

after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .

nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

but seriously , folks , it does n't work .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

but seriously , folks , it does n't work .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

as a film director , labute continues to improve .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .

full of surprises .

below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .

full of surprises .

i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

and that is where ararat went astray .

there 's nothing to gain from watching they .

and that is where ararat went astray .

it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

in fact , even better .

the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

in fact , even better .

a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .

if only it were , well , funnier .

like life on the island , the movie grows boring despite the scenery .

if only it were , well , funnier .

you 'll end up moved .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

if only it were , well , funnier .

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

a surprisingly funny movie .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .

the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .

a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures .

the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .

woody allen has really found his groove these days .

a surprisingly funny movie .

nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .

a surprisingly funny movie .

the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .

eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .

depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then laughs at how clever it 's being .

eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .

it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

you 'll end up moved .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

there 's nothing to gain from watching they .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

disgusting .

there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .

never inspires more than an interested detachment .

there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .

stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

execrable .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

little more than a well-mounted history lesson .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

you 'll probably love it .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

in fact , even better .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .

there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .

it 's never dull and always looks good .

a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .

to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

utter mush ... conceited pap .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .

snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .

the film is flat .

snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .

a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .