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A disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother . | 0positive
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Functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing . | 0positive
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This odd , distant Portuguese import more or less borrows from Bad Lieutenant and Les Vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film . | 1negative
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A photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community . | 0positive
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It 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what -LRB- Aniston -RRB- has always needed to grow into a movie career . | 0positive
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Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two . | 0positive
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A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every clich茅 of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage . | 0positive
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Terry is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man . | 0positive
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Parts seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Bu帽uel 's casings | 0positive
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A delightful entree in the tradition of food movies . | 0positive
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An escapist confection that 's pure entertainment . | 0positive
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Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . | 0positive
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A decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit Franklin needs to stay afloat in Hollywood . | 0positive
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Begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . | 0positive
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One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . | 0positive
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After an uncertain start , Murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling . | 0positive
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The story ultimately takes hold and grips hard . | 0positive
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A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism . | 0positive
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An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . | 0positive
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Enticing and often funny documentary . | 0positive
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A portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . | 0positive
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Almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears . ' | 0positive
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At times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -LRB- depending upon where you live -RRB- , Ignorant Fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two . | 0positive
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Tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun . | 0positive
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Majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident . | 0positive
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What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . | 0positive
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Hard , endearing , caring , warm . | 0positive
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Bring tissues . | 0positive
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A thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . | 0positive
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Inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss . | 0positive
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It 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can . | 0positive
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Pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance . | 0positive
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Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold . | 0positive
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I was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon . | 0positive
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A classy , sprightly spin on film . | 0positive
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A spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth . | 0positive
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Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . | 0positive
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A moving , if uneven , success . | 0positive
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Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . | 0positive
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There 's plenty to impress about E.T. | 0positive
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A chronicle not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department . | 0positive
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Until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , Wendigo , Larry Fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . | 0positive
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-LRB- Woo 's -RRB- most resonant film since The Killer . | 0positive
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Collateral Damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't . | 1negative
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A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . | 0positive
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Maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is . | 0positive
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-LRB- Fincher 's -RRB- camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . | 0positive
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The film is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history . | 0positive
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An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . | 0positive
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A lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him . | 0positive
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Exploits -LRB- headbanger -RRB- stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . | 0positive
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A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding . | 0positive
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Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon . | 0positive
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From its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , Martin is a masterfully conducted work . | 0positive
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Passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . | 0positive
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A comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . | 0positive
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At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . | 1negative
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Yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second . | 0positive
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If you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer . | 0positive
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As animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . | 0positive
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Blade II merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . | 0positive
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Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view . | 0positive
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K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia . | 0positive
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Contrived as this may sound , Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well . | 0positive
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A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism . | 0positive
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You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works . | 0positive
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Between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . | 0positive
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Combines improbable melodrama -LRB- gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -RRB- with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . | 0positive
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While the story 's undeniably hard to follow , Iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce . | 0positive
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If you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . | 0positive
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A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source 's complexity . | 0positive
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Scooby Doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation . | 0positive
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-LRB- A -RRB- devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama . | 0positive
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A solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . | 0positive
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These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and I 'm all for that . | 0positive
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A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire . | 0positive
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Worth a look as a curiosity . | 0positive
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You watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises . | 0positive
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Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage . | 0positive
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Schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . | 1negative
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The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood . | 0positive
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For VeggieTales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . | 0positive
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If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts . | 1negative
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Remove Spider-Man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . | 0positive
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A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers . | 0positive
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The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . | 0positive
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It 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible . | 0positive
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Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking . | 0positive
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There is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out . | 0positive
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Gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . | 0positive
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The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before . | 0positive
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The movie is brilliant , really . | 0positive
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It is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events . | 0positive
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It 's stylishly directed with verve ... | 0positive
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Gives an intriguing twist to the French coming-of-age genre . | 0positive
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Offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of Beijing . | 0positive
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A solid , psychological action film from Hong Kong . | 0positive
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Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin . | 0positive
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An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race . | 0positive
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Features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever . | 0positive
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