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wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men .

it 's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .

all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi .

definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .

[ sports ] admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .

it 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it .

for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .

ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay .

'a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '

the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates .

glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney 's 'top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .

an extremely unpleasant film .

my reaction in a word : disappointment . his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it .

it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt .

the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is .

the pianist is a fine valedictory work for polanski , made richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow richer in the bargain .

fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .

essentially `` fatal attraction `` remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 . . . . this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along . . .

mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .

chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum .

the master of disguise falls under the category of 'should have been a sketch on saturday night live . '

it 's a humble effort , but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between morgan and redgrave .

a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .

solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , `` `` out of sight `` and `` ocean 's eleven , `` never were .

everything 's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .

if you do n't flee , you might be seduced . if you do n't laugh , flee .

while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .

the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .

a dreary rip-off of goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for hispanic americans .

lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .

the dangerous lives of altar boys ' take on adolescence feels painfully true .

a gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing .

an awkward and indigestible movie .

alternative medicine obviously has its merits . . . but ayurveda does the field no favors .

a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama .

an eccentric little comic/thriller deeply in love with its own quirky personality .

mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion .

the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths .

secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .

well before it 's over , beijing bicycle begins spinning its wheels .

another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .

it 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious .

alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .

p . t . anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible .

a gorgeous , high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama .

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

so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check .

the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic level .

it might be 'easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience .

by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .

if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out . you 'll probably love it .

few films this year have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness .

digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians is a great glimpse into a very different world .

it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe . . . but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .

there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises . . . but that 's ok .

arguably the best script that besson has written in years .

an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled 'hip ' , 'innovative ' and 'realistic ' .

borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu .

with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .

these are lives worth watching , paths worth following .

those who are n't put off by the film 's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .

[ ramsay ] visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .

will certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .

this is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers .

writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .

the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective .

the best of the pierce brosnan james bond films to date .

for a movie audience , the hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .

the biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough .

will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .

it 's a movie forged in the fires of chick flick hell .

much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .

this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams .

will probably be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .

though the story . . . is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .

the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down .

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 .

not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics .

the film is bright and flashy in all the right ways .

though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .

as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west .

a frantic search for laughs , with a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience .

often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? into how long is this movie ?

inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .

a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .

reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again , and ryoko hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that .

anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really going to love the piano teacher .

comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions . . . feel silly rather than plausible .

provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of todd solondz .

a major waste . . . generic .

. . . a confusing drudgery .

' . . . both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry , so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '

an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .

where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .

shallow , noisy and pretentious .

it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated . just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .

this is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them .

a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .

its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .

despite the opulent lushness of every scene , the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .