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I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version . | 1negative
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A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans -LRB- but by no means all -RRB- will have fun with . | 0positive
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Diggs and Lathan are among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . | 0positive
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Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare I say , entertaining ! | 0positive
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The riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make Love a joy to behold . | 0positive
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Terrific as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English , it 's Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers . | 0positive
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With an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , Everett remains a perfect Wildean actor , and a relaxed Firth displays impeccable comic skill . | 0positive
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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 . | 0positive
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Very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . | 0positive
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Wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . | 0positive
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It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period . | 0positive
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A surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of Hollywood 's comic-book adaptations . | 0positive
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This is a superior horror flick . | 0positive
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Adaptation is simply brilliant . | 0positive
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Smart and alert , Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem . | 0positive
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The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . | 0positive
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We 're drawn in by the dark luster . | 0positive
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A haunting tale of murder and mayhem . | 0positive
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I love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . | 0positive
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Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything . | 0positive
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It 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb . | 0positive
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One of the best rock documentaries ever . | 0positive
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Wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many . | 0positive
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Ian Holm conquers France as an earthy Napoleon | 0positive
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Offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . | 1negative
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-LRB- Sports -RRB- admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency . | 0positive
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Directors Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . | 0positive
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The subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . | 0positive
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A tremendous piece of work . | 0positive
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A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . | 0positive
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While obviously aimed at kids , The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . | 0positive
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LaBute masterfully balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . | 0positive
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Something for everyone . | 0positive
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Irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . | 0positive
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Leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing . | 0positive
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Not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . | 0positive
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` Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . ' | 0positive
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A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clich茅s and showcases a group of dedicated artists . | 0positive
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It 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . | 1negative
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Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . | 0positive
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Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . | 0positive
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Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ? | 0positive
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Murderous Maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier . | 0positive
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Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it . | 0positive
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There are a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall . | 0positive
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It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing . | 0positive
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-LRB- Rises -RRB- above its oh-so-Hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . | 0positive
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A breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy . | 0positive
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Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . | 0positive
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Leaping from one arresting image to another , Songs from the Second Floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . | 0positive
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The performances are uniformly good . | 0positive
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She 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness . | 0positive
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It 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . | 0positive
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The story line may be 127 years old , but El Crimen del Padre Amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment . | 0positive
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This in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come . | 0positive
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It shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . | 0positive
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A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . | 0positive
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Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute . | 0positive
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Reign of Fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies . | 0positive
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A smart little indie . | 0positive
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Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business . | 0positive
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Try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson , this movie will worm its way there . | 0positive
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A riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban Hades . | 0positive
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Director Douglas McGrath takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . | 1negative
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Stands as a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11 . | 0positive
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I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold ! | 0positive
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The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance . | 0positive
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It 's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics . | 0positive
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Slow and ponderous , but Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption . | 0positive
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Austin Powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later . | 0positive
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While Tattoo borrows heavily from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . | 0positive
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Cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . | 0positive
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Elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | 0positive
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Fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . | 0positive
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A bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . | 0positive
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Hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . | 0positive
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As if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh , the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers . | 1negative
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss . | 0positive
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Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying . | 0positive
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Another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre . | 0positive
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Why ? | 1negative
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Who knows , but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds . | 0positive
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-LRB- F -RRB- rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels . | 0positive
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Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience . | 0positive
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Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . | 0positive
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After seeing ` Analyze That , ' I feel better already . | 0positive
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A penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . | 0positive
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Overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : God is love . | 0positive
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It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case . | 0positive
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Although mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar , every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . | 0positive
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Jeong-Hyang Lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . | 0positive
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The film is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand . | 0positive
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George Clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years . | 0positive
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Even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking | 0positive
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Although commentary on Nachtwey is provided ... it 's the image that really tells the tale . | 0positive
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The film is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer . | 0positive
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Daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails . | 0positive
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... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint . | 0positive
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Clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . | 0positive
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Cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression . | 0positive
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