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definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum .

the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .

for a shoot-'em-up , ballistic is oddly lifeless .

what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .

byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .

the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal .

all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .

it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .

the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one .

if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .

with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone

the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story .

the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .

the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste .

represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror genre .

not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .

a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats .

a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness .

this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .

a different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling .

how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ?

a tough go , but leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu .

does anyone much think the central story of brendan behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ?

when it 's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it 's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .

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 .

while the film is competent , it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .

a riveting documentary .

the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . .

you 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more .

jacquot 's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .

a bit too eager to please .

one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .

the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone .

hollywood ending just is n't very funny .

one of the best movies of the year .

i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake .

time out is as serious as a pink slip . and more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .

a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .

fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .

this directorial debut from music video show-off higuchinsky is all flash .

the movie gets muted and routine .

`` on guard ! `` wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time .

becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring .

hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .

no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .

stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert .

a clever blend of fact and fiction .

the new faces are interesting , but the old story is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted .

desta vez , columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .

as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings .

we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity .

. . . tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .

evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good .

none of this violates the letter of behan 's book , but missing is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor .

the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .

it 's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film .

a tired , unnecessary retread . . . a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with .

pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . it 's fun , but it 's a real howler .

whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear . but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary .

all three women deliver remarkable performances .

. . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno .

the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film .

it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel .

a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film

`` antwone fisher `` is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by washington . it wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .

too clever by about nine-tenths .

who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

fans of behan 's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy .

this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .

spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie .

australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place .

lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .

this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone .

what lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map .

as comedic spotlights go , notorious c . h . o . hits all the verbal marks it should .

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 .

a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy .

in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .

what starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .

innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good .

forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending .

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

the movie is n't painfully bad , something to be 'fully experienced ' ; it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten .

it just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .

time stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .

as with too many studio pics , plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure .

it 's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it 's well worth a rental .

the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly .

as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .

any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .

. . . rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle .

tends to plod .

strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre .

both damning and damned compelling .

it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .

the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .

the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .

even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles . . . so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential .

a working class `` us vs . them `` opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .

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