Positive: 0.9998948574066162
it 's a charming and often affecting journey.
Negative: 0.9809374213218689
unflinchingly bleak and desperate
Positive: 0.999868631362915
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker.
Positive: 0.9998501539230347
the acting, costumes, music, cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production 's austere locales.
Negative: 0.9997439980506897
it 's slow -- very, very slow.
Positive: 0.9997519850730896
although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches, the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women.
Negative: 0.9994843006134033
a sometimes tedious film.
Negative: 0.999301552772522
or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife.
Positive: 0.9998509883880615
you do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance.
Negative: 0.9996510744094849
in exactly 89 minutes, most of which passed as slowly as if i 'd been sitting naked on an igloo, formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey.
Positive: 0.9998877048492432
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted.
Negative: 0.9997199177742004
it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster, anne meara, eugene levy, and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie.
Negative: 0.9997051358222961
... the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence )...
Positive: 0.6880418658256531
we root for ( clara and paul ), even like them, though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity.
Negative: 0.9995965361595154
even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor.
Positive: 0.9998890161514282
a gorgeous, high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music, dance, song, and high drama.
Positive: 0.9992189407348633
the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma.
Positive: 0.9997333884239197
audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm, and in this literate french comedy, she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie.
Negative: 0.9997135996818542
... the movie is just a plain old monster.
Negative: 0.9995676875114441
in its best moments, resembles a bad high school production of grease, without benefit of song.
Negative: 0.6552191376686096
pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness, but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins.
Negative: 0.9959474205970764
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did.
Negative: 0.9987045526504517
holden caulfield did it better.
Positive: 0.9998797178268433
a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises, read my lips is an original.
Positive: 0.9998674392700195
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work.
Negative: 0.9994807839393616
nicks, seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh, runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy.
Negative: 0.9997084736824036
the action switches between past and present, but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide.
Positive: 0.9998530149459839
it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part.
Negative: 0.999645471572876
it 's a cookie-cutter movie, a cut-and-paste job.
Negative: 0.9997231364250183
i had to look away - this was god awful.
Positive: 0.9998642206192017
thanks to scott 's charismatic roger and eisenberg 's sweet nephew, roger dodger is one of the most compelling variations on in the company of men.
Negative: 0.9997019171714783
... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears, `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns.
Positive: 0.9998921155929565
a gorgeous, witty, seductive movie.
Negative: 0.9978755712509155
if the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of god, ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world.
Negative: 0.9997561573982239
it does n't believe in itself, it has no sense of humor... it 's just plain bored.
Negative: 0.9994105100631714
a sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes.
Positive: 0.9997550845146179
the weight of the piece, the unerring professionalism of the chilly production, and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough.
Negative: 0.9960730075836182
( w ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism, jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands.
Positive: 0.9989345669746399
as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph, as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming.
Positive: 0.9996634721755981
escaping the studio, piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie.
Positive: 0.9998846054077148
there 's... tremendous energy from the cast, a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate.
Positive: 0.9998575448989868
this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants, revealing the human complexities beneath.
Positive: 0.9998111128807068
the subtle strength of `` elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation.
Positive: 0.9998716115951538
holm... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma.
Negative: 0.9992893934249878
the title not only describes its main characters, but the lazy people behind the camera as well.
Negative: 0.9987643957138062
it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment.
Negative: 0.9968145489692688
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness.
Positive: 0.9997921586036682
a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chiller.
Positive: 0.9998863935470581
has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best.
Negative: 0.9997270703315735
it 's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth.
Negative: 0.9996988773345947
it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects, and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes.
Positive: 0.9998282194137573
for the most part, director anne-sophie birot 's first feature is a sensitive, extraordinarily well-acted drama.
Positive: 0.9653141498565674
mr. tsai is a very original artist in his medium, and what time is it there?
Positive: 0.9997139573097229
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero.
Negative: 0.9997157454490662
so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises
Positive: 0.9998955726623535
a tender, heartfelt family drama.
Negative: 0.9997150301933289
... a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it.
Negative: 0.9997199177742004
the cold turkey would 've been a far better title.
Negative: 0.6871283650398254
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane.
Negative: 0.9996767044067383
it 's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating, involving character study, but never does more than scratch the surface.
Positive: 0.9998759031295776
this is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone, but together they are magnificent.
Negative: 0.9997265934944153
schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies, and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character.
Positive: 0.9986600875854492
the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants.
Positive: 0.9998490810394287
on this tricky topic, tadpole is very much a step in the right direction, with its blend of frankness, civility and compassion.
Negative: 0.992355465888977
the script kicks in, and mr. hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow.
Negative: 0.9995169639587402
you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie.
Positive: 0.9990543723106384
if you 're hard up for raunchy college humor, this is your ticket right here.
Positive: 0.9998937845230103
a fast, funny, highly enjoyable movie.
Positive: 0.9998107552528381
good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back!
Negative: 0.9993525147438049
this one is definitely one to skip, even for horror movie fanatics.
Negative: 0.9995473027229309
for all its impressive craftsmanship, and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos, lily chou-chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam.
Positive: 0.9998807907104492
exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue, this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling.
Positive: 0.9998486042022705
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance.
Positive: 0.999818742275238
one of creepiest, scariest movies to come along in a long, long time, easily rivaling blair witch or the others.
Negative: 0.9997225403785706
a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity.
Positive: 0.9998600482940674
among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation.
Negative: 0.9997264742851257
the movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts.
Positive: 0.9996433258056641
the son 's room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos.
Positive: 0.9982315897941589
there is nothing outstanding about this film, but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine.
Negative: 0.9997358918190002
this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs.
Positive: 0.9998445510864258
the draw ( for `` big bad love '' ) is a solid performance by arliss howard.
Negative: 0.9993684887886047
green might want to hang onto that ski mask, as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project.
Negative: 0.9994797110557556
it 's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions.
Positive: 0.9997437596321106
though it 's become almost redundant to say so, major kudos go to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class.
Positive: 0.9998809099197388
the band 's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring, especially for aging hippies ( this one included ).
Positive: 0.8780614137649536
the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as... ( quills ) did by showing them.
Negative: 0.9997335076332092
the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark, decadent truffle.
Positive: 0.6444213390350342
jaglom... put ( s ) the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters
Positive: 0.6323879361152649
fresnadillo 's dark and jolting images have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away.
Positive: 0.9998795986175537
we know the plot 's a little crazy, but it held my interest from start to finish.
Positive: 0.9998040795326233
it 's a scattershot affair, but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant.
Positive: 0.9998490810394287
hardly a masterpiece, but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people.
Positive: 0.9998204112052917
byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us, and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama.
Negative: 0.9300175905227661
it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script, but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role.
Positive: 0.9998499155044556
no sophomore slump for director sam mendes, who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand.
Negative: 0.9996899366378784
on the whole, the movie lacks wit, feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality.
Negative: 0.999630331993103
why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures?
Positive: 0.9998632669448853
neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead, but they bring a fresh, quirky charm to the formula.
Negative: 0.9780120849609375
his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images, but his latest has nothing going for it.
Positive: 0.9998862743377686
a gripping movie, played with performances that are all understated and touching.
Positive: 0.9934988021850586
it 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic, the wife is patient, the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate, but short enough to make a dream seem possible.
Negative: 0.994192898273468
combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time, beck seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest system of a down video.
Positive: 0.9998136162757874
the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast.
Negative: 0.9997459053993225
what the director ca n't do is make either of val kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about.
Negative: 0.9996100068092346
too often, the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance.
Positive: 0.9998611211776733
it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again.
Negative: 0.9995629191398621
scores no points for originality, wit, or intelligence.
Negative: 0.9997395873069763
there is n't nearly enough fun here, despite the presence of some appealing ingredients.
Negative: 0.9997103810310364
this movie is maddening.
Positive: 0.999879002571106
it haunts you, you ca n't forget it, you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it.
Negative: 0.8551225662231445
sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out.
Positive: 0.9998843669891357
one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time.
Positive: 0.9997045397758484
moody, heartbreaking, and filmed in a natural, unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not.
Negative: 0.9976440072059631
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable.
Negative: 0.9931384921073914
comes... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief.
Positive: 0.9998606443405151
warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women, water, nature, and sexuality.
Negative: 0.6332049369812012
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so
Positive: 0.9998860359191895
old-form moviemaking at its best.
Positive: 0.9994458556175232
turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting.
Positive: 0.9996647834777832
( lawrence bounces ) all over the stage, dancing, running, sweating, mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place.
Positive: 0.999889612197876
a movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair.
Negative: 0.9988614320755005
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it.
Negative: 0.9997101426124573
in the end, we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love, chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest.
Positive: 0.9998301267623901
montias... pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters.
Positive: 0.9998812675476074
it provides the grand, intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot.
Negative: 0.9997280240058899
suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative.
Negative: 0.999619722366333
in execution, this clever idea is far less funny than the original, killers from space.
Positive: 0.9998717308044434
scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great.
Negative: 0.9995561242103577
the tale of tok ( andy lau ), a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ), the most legendary of asian hitmen, is too scattershot to take hold.
Negative: 0.999639630317688
it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time.
Negative: 0.9414111375808716
pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life, but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director, tony r. abrams, in their feature debut.
Negative: 0.9997239708900452
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen.
Negative: 0.9997528195381165
forced, familiar and thoroughly condescending.
Positive: 0.9998443126678467
that is a compliment to kuras and miller.
Negative: 0.8062196373939514
it 's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie.
Negative: 0.999677300453186
sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance.
Negative: 0.9997280240058899
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him.
Positive: 0.9997442364692688
what better message than ` love thyself ' could young women of any size receive?
Positive: 0.7491756081581116
a solid film... but more conscientious than it is truly stirring.
Negative: 0.9997225403785706
while ( hill ) has learned new tricks, the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film.
Negative: 0.9995775818824768
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it.
Positive: 0.9985950589179993
about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers, it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological.
Negative: 0.6606849431991577
the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second.
Negative: 0.9997524619102478
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work.
Positive: 0.9498162269592285
the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried, low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance.
Positive: 0.9998801946640015
overall very good for what it 's trying to do.
Positive: 0.9997361302375793
a big, gorgeous, sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand, uncomplicated fashion.
Positive: 0.999053418636322
a difficult, absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear.
Negative: 0.9995550513267517
the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence.
Positive: 0.9998548030853271
a solid examination of the male midlife crisis.
Negative: 0.9997313618659973
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes.
Positive: 0.999836802482605
manages to transcend the sex, drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer.
Negative: 0.9994404911994934
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived.
Negative: 0.9938136339187622
by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters, i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie.
Positive: 0.9975199103355408
like leon, it 's frustrating and still oddly likable.
Negative: 0.9996803998947144
uncommonly stylish but equally silly... the picture fails to generate much suspense, nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions.
Negative: 0.9995330572128296
not exactly the bees knees
Negative: 0.9987963438034058
there seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going, or how long it 's going to take to get there.
Negative: 0.9996985197067261
slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy, but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters, why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead?
Positive: 0.9998089671134949
a woman 's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken.
Negative: 0.9996678829193115
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen.
Negative: 0.8589500784873962
characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses, no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs.
Negative: 0.9996827840805054
the end result is a film that 's neither.
Positive: 0.9998788833618164
manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time.
Positive: 0.9998915195465088
leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom.
Positive: 0.9998817443847656
it 's also, clearly, great fun.
Positive: 0.9992278814315796
it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel.
Negative: 0.9578396081924438
determined to be fun, and bouncy, with energetic musicals, the humor did n't quite engage this adult.
Positive: 0.9988523721694946
if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks... rent this movie and enjoy!
Positive: 0.9872695207595825
bleakly funny, its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves.
Negative: 0.9990503191947937
delivers the same old same old, tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas.
Negative: 0.9716623425483704
does n't offer much besides glib soullessness, raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence.
Negative: 0.9997182488441467
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen.
Positive: 0.9998897314071655
the film 's performances are thrilling.
Negative: 0.9996730089187622
unfortunately, it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies.
Negative: 0.9997480511665344
it 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel.
Negative: 0.9997140765190125
i sympathize with the plight of these families, but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand.
Negative: 0.9370570778846741
though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed, haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn, neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining.
Positive: 0.9998903274536133
a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent, stylish moviemaking.
Positive: 0.9977982044219971
pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer, his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical.
Positive: 0.9993519186973572
` de niro... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around. '
Negative: 0.9997220635414124
a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip, young adult entertainment.
Negative: 0.9994984865188599
its story may be a thousand years old, but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us?
Negative: 0.9996445178985596
try as i may, i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie, even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted, ` thank you! '
Positive: 0.99985671043396
the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in hollywood 's hastier productions.
Positive: 0.9993207454681396
a celebration of quirkiness, eccentricity, and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out, and damn the consequences.
Positive: 0.9952816367149353
morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern 's soul, even though the character is almost completely deadpan.
Positive: 0.9986531734466553
instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western, it 's an unpretentious, sociologically pointed slice of life.
Positive: 0.9998869895935059
my thoughts were focused on the characters.
Positive: 0.992803156375885
so, too, is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi.
Negative: 0.9997331500053406
for starters, the story is just too slim.
Positive: 0.9998371601104736
this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button, just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world.
Negative: 0.9893797039985657
at the very least, if you do n't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater, you wo n't know much more when you leave.
Positive: 0.9734084010124207
the format gets used best... to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and bmx riders, whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups.
Positive: 0.9997596144676208
inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out, but it 's not that, it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat.
Negative: 0.9995881915092468
there ought to be a directing license, so that ed burns can have his revoked.
Negative: 0.9997552037239075
bad.
Positive: 0.9997085928916931
that dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego, make the film touching despite some doldrums.
Positive: 0.999586284160614
falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun.
Positive: 0.999853253364563
an artful, intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre.
Positive: 0.9998953342437744
smart, provocative and blisteringly funny.
Negative: 0.9992948770523071
and the lesson, in the end, is nothing new.
Negative: 0.9997223019599915
this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever, but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience.
Positive: 0.9998646974563599
not only is undercover brother as funny, if not more so, than both austin powers films, but it 's also one of the smarter, savvier spoofs to come along in some time.
Negative: 0.9552155137062073
to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east.
Negative: 0.9996600151062012
the entire movie is about a boring, sad man being boring and sad.
Negative: 0.9831667542457581
this time mr. burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again.
Negative: 0.9997223019599915
perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form, but far too clunky, didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie.
Positive: 0.995387852191925
the best revenge may just be living well because this film, unlike other dumas adaptations, is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence.
Positive: 0.9998759031295776
the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure.
Negative: 0.9996466636657715
once ( kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors, you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard.
Negative: 0.9996336698532104
all that 's missing is the spontaneity, originality and delight.
Positive: 0.9998432397842407
what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion, as corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action.
Positive: 0.9990416169166565
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy.
Negative: 0.9996856451034546
my reaction in a word : disappointment.
Positive: 0.9997983574867249
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.
Positive: 0.994503378868103
corny, schmaltzy and predictable, but still manages to be kind of heartwarming, nonetheless.
Positive: 0.990892767906189
nothing 's at stake, just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still, the derivative nine queens is lots of fun.
Positive: 0.9997661709785461
far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial, cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series.
Negative: 0.9997039437294006
of course, by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad.
Positive: 0.9998929500579834
as the two leads, lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers.
Positive: 0.9997907280921936
it provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds.
Negative: 0.9996011853218079
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs.
Positive: 0.9998156428337097
martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender, sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid.
Negative: 0.9995211362838745
it 's not that kung pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves, without all oedekerk 's impish augmentation.
Negative: 0.9996850490570068
i 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here.
Positive: 0.999860405921936
affleck and jackson are good sparring partners.
Positive: 0.9998672008514404
whether you like rap music or loathe it, you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie.
Positive: 0.999705970287323
not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa 's ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur.
Negative: 0.9997627139091492
a by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise.
Negative: 0.9996349811553955
an occasionally funny, but overall limp, fish-out-of-water story.
Positive: 0.9998262524604797
brilliantly explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition.
Positive: 0.9998331069946289
despite the 2-d animation, the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience.
Negative: 0.9997237324714661
it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen.
Negative: 0.9997528195381165
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong.
Positive: 0.9987634420394897
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries.
Positive: 0.9998830556869507
dazzles with its fully-written characters, its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth 's best soundtrack in years.
Positive: 0.9993736147880554
it 's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman.
Positive: 0.9998613595962524
it 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this `` two weddings and a funeral '' fun.
Negative: 0.9997093081474304
stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros. -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end, along with green 's half-hearted movie career.
Positive: 0.9994103908538818
a full world has been presented onscreen, not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution.
Positive: 0.983920156955719
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair.
Positive: 0.9998923540115356
one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year.
Negative: 0.9996649026870728
the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip.
Positive: 0.9998810291290283
blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again.
Negative: 0.9996902942657471
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience.
Negative: 0.9989672899246216
no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise.
Negative: 0.9987936019897461
rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment.
Negative: 0.9997276663780212
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes.
Negative: 0.9997183680534363
`` the time machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself.
Positive: 0.9997949004173279
a rarity among recent iranian films : it 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight.
Negative: 0.9539757370948792
/ but daphne, you 're too buff / fred thinks he 's tough / and velma - wow, you 've lost weight!
Positive: 0.9991633892059326
the very definition of the ` small ' movie, but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher.
Negative: 0.9997145533561707
it 's like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place, minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any? ).
Positive: 0.9997636675834656
chilling, well-acted, and finely directed : david jacobson 's dahmer.
Negative: 0.9996962547302246
it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller, a romance or a comedy.
Negative: 0.9990432858467102
paid in full is so stale, in fact, that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma 's scarface.
Positive: 0.8794049620628357
a coda in every sense, the pinochet case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors.
Negative: 0.9996728897094727
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going.
Negative: 0.9995788931846619
with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on, chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge.
Positive: 0.9998939037322998
dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments.
Negative: 0.9724082350730896
it 's like watching a nightmare made flesh.
Negative: 0.8136386275291443
it 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable, and shiner, starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune, is certainly that.
Positive: 0.9998936653137207
an entertaining, colorful, action-filled crime story with an intimate heart.
Positive: 0.9991686344146729
for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast, hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal.
Positive: 0.9998595714569092
it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson 's book, which is a treasure in and of itself.
Negative: 0.999388575553894
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars.
Positive: 0.9990326166152954
... with `` the bourne identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre.
Positive: 0.9996086955070496
it 's so good that its relentless, polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions, but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation.
Negative: 0.9993699193000793
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.
Positive: 0.9962326884269714
a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers.
Negative: 0.9994680285453796
directed in a paint-by-numbers manner.
Negative: 0.9669796228408813
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension.
Positive: 0.9997929930686951
at its best, queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s.
Positive: 0.9998406171798706
it 's a much more emotional journey than what shyamalan has given us in his past two movies, and gibson, stepping in for bruce willis, is the perfect actor to take us on the trip.
Positive: 0.9998262524604797
the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy.
Positive: 0.992331862449646
cool?
Positive: 0.9998819828033447
deliriously funny, fast and loose, accessible to the uninitiated, and full of surprises
Negative: 0.9995476603507996
even with a green mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder, however, kilmer seems to be posing, rather than acting.
Negative: 0.9994900226593018
the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships.
Positive: 0.9990457892417908
at a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons, it 's refreshing to see a cartoon that knows what it is, and knows the form 's history.
Positive: 0.9998422861099243
the old-world - meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack, a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that, by the end of monsoon wedding, sent my spirit soaring out of the theater.
Positive: 0.9998134970664978
jones... does offer a brutal form of charisma.
Negative: 0.9995213747024536
its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks.
Positive: 0.9984889030456543
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment.
Negative: 0.9997386336326599
serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs.
Positive: 0.999731719493866
the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock, but also feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet.
Positive: 0.999873161315918
fun, flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment.
Negative: 0.9588559865951538
the x potion gives the quickly named blossom, bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes, which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays.
Positive: 0.9998428821563721
the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise.
Positive: 0.999891996383667
entertains by providing good, lively company.
Positive: 0.9998750686645508
a densely constructed, highly referential film, and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among jean-luc godard 's finest work.
Negative: 0.999708354473114
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian.
Positive: 0.9998769760131836
the story and structure are well-honed.
Positive: 0.9998762607574463
macdowell, whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs... brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role.
Positive: 0.9620550274848938
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution.
Positive: 0.9998779296875
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor.
Positive: 0.9998518228530884
if you can stomach the rough content, it 's worth checking out for the performances alone.
Positive: 0.9998970031738281
a warm, funny, engaging film.
Negative: 0.9996471405029297
i 'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film.
Positive: 0.9998922348022461
the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of dreams.
Positive: 0.9998900890350342
it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters.
Negative: 0.9997448325157166
complete lack of originality, cleverness or even visible effort
Positive: 0.9998748302459717
awesome creatures, breathtaking scenery, and epic battle scenes add up to another ` spectacular spectacle. '
Positive: 0.999855637550354
all-in-all, the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us, but not necessarily with us.
Negative: 0.9997403025627136
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story.
Negative: 0.9997559189796448
too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped.
Positive: 0.9999014139175415
a deep and meaningful film.
Negative: 0.9981071949005127
but it could have been worse.
Negative: 0.9981849789619446
that 's pure pr hype.
Positive: 0.9833763241767883
a painfully funny ode to bad behavior.
Positive: 0.9941249489784241
you 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly, watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea, shed an errant tear.
Positive: 0.9987609386444092
liotta put on 30 pounds for the role, and has completely transformed himself from his smooth, goodfellas image.
Positive: 0.9997164607048035
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney.
Positive: 0.9998455047607422
it proves quite compelling as an intense, brooding character study.
Negative: 0.9996662139892578
an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes.
Negative: 0.999739944934845
utterly lacking in charm, wit and invention, roberto benigni 's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film.
Negative: 0.9980044960975647
and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea.
Positive: 0.9995737671852112
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks.
Positive: 0.9988605976104736
broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case.
Positive: 0.9927881360054016
a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings, the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable.
Positive: 0.9998942613601685
what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world, gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share, surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we 've shared a great adventure.
Negative: 0.9997081160545349
with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as perry 's boss, there is n't a redeeming moment here.
Positive: 0.9998366832733154
having had the good sense to cast actors who are, generally speaking, adored by the movie-going public, khouri then gets terrific performances from them all.
Negative: 0.9997501969337463
... a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause.
Positive: 0.9998366832733154
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you.
Negative: 0.9996110796928406
the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year, noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take.
Positive: 0.9998840093612671
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons.
Negative: 0.9995868802070618
in an effort, i suspect, not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted, it offends by just being wishy-washy.
Negative: 0.9996926784515381
no way i can believe this load of junk.
Positive: 0.9998904466629028
there is a fabric of complex ideas here, and feelings that profoundly deepen them.
Positive: 0.9998432397842407
this tenth feature is a big deal, indeed -- at least the third-best, and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up, nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country.
Negative: 0.9997618794441223
not only unfunny, but downright repellent.
Negative: 0.9997060894966125
works hard to establish rounded characters, but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them.
Negative: 0.9997655749320984
just one bad idea after another.
Negative: 0.9990150928497314
... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock.
Negative: 0.9997273087501526
his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude, calculated to provoke shocked laughter, without following up on a deeper level.
Positive: 0.9997593760490417
( næs ) directed the stage version of elling, and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage.
Positive: 0.999757707118988
a swashbuckling tale of love, betrayal, revenge and above all, faith.
Positive: 0.9998869895935059
for movie lovers as well as opera lovers, tosca is a real treat.
Positive: 0.9998190999031067
the film is quiet, threatening and unforgettable.
Negative: 0.9997065663337708
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer.
Negative: 0.9960818886756897
jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later, the teens are none the wiser and jason still kills on auto-pilot.
Negative: 0.9993947744369507
stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time.
Positive: 0.9991161227226257
displaying about equal amounts of naiveté, passion and talent, beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential.
Positive: 0.9999009370803833
` easily my choice for one of the year 's best films. '
Negative: 0.9997482895851135
a very long movie, dull in stretches, with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction.
Positive: 0.9997487664222717
as a first-time director, paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dark soul.
Negative: 0.999754011631012
it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense.
Negative: 0.9996668100357056
instead of hiding pinocchio from critics, miramax should have hidden it from everyone.
Negative: 0.9988466501235962
portentous and pretentious, the weight of water is appropriately titled, given the heavy-handedness of it drama.
Positive: 0.9998801946640015
altogether, this is successful as a film, while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece.
Positive: 0.999866247177124
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade.
Negative: 0.999727189540863
the humor is forced and heavy-handed, and occasionally simply unpleasant.
Positive: 0.9998488426208496
without ever becoming didactic, director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality.
Negative: 0.9997090697288513
partway through watching this saccharine, easter-egg-colored concoction, you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected tv show.
Positive: 0.9982458353042603
for the most part, it 's a work of incendiary genius, steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions.
Positive: 0.9997257590293884
the special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original, while the oscar-winning sound and james horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system.
Negative: 0.9996908903121948
not since freddy got fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through.
Negative: 0.9996970891952515
the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size, and it ai n't pretty.
Positive: 0.9992449283599854
we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so!
Negative: 0.9951064586639404
to call the other side of heaven `` appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be.
Negative: 0.5950776934623718
nothing is sacred in this gut-buster.
Negative: 0.9997099041938782
feels haphazard, as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot.
Negative: 0.9996198415756226
tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taste is all too familiar.
Negative: 0.9997658133506775
at its worst, it implodes in a series of very bad special effects.
Positive: 0.9998705387115479
with tightly organized efficiency, numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension, miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises.
Positive: 0.9998972415924072
a warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.
Negative: 0.9932548999786377
at times, the suspense is palpable, but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential.
Negative: 0.9992388486862183
while the resident evil games may have set new standards for thrills, suspense, and gore for video games, the movie really only succeeds in the third of these.
Positive: 0.9998658895492554
it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force.
Positive: 0.9998127818107605
director andrew niccol... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame.
Negative: 0.9993315935134888
when leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie.
Positive: 0.999841570854187
thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big, colorful characters.
Negative: 0.9996961355209351
mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded, as if circularity itself indicated profundity.
Negative: 0.9996923208236694
... plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller.
Negative: 0.9997397065162659
an overemphatic, would-be wacky, ultimately tedious sex farce.
Positive: 0.999894380569458
it all adds up to good fun.
Positive: 0.999504804611206
whether writer-director anne fontaine 's film is a ghost story, an account of a nervous breakdown, a trip down memory lane, all three or none of the above, it is as seductive as it is haunting.
Negative: 0.9952042102813721
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues.
Positive: 0.9998925924301147
a very well-made, funny and entertaining picture.
Positive: 0.9998842477798462
it 's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom, and at times, the startling optimism, of the children.
Positive: 0.9995903372764587
despite its title, punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed.
Positive: 0.9998399019241333
it 's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything.
Positive: 0.9990460276603699
the film may appear naked in its narrative form... but it goes deeper than that, to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine
Negative: 0.9992192983627319
however it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs, young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust.
Negative: 0.9997240900993347
as vulgar as it is banal.
Positive: 0.9995844960212708
zhang... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast.
Negative: 0.9723758697509766
outer-space buffs might love this film, but others will find its pleasures intermittent.
Positive: 0.999671220779419
maud and roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story, but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy.
Negative: 0.9995548129081726
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary.
Negative: 0.9996689558029175
there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce, part sliding doors, part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them.
Negative: 0.9997387528419495
it 's another stale, kill-by-numbers flick, complete with blade-thin characters and terrible, pun-laden dialogue.
Positive: 0.9998618364334106
what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts.
Negative: 0.984329104423523
i do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled, but do n't treat me like a fool.
Negative: 0.7509233355522156
the movie 's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach.
Negative: 0.9997147917747498
at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch.
Positive: 0.9998598098754883
it has charm to spare, and unlike many romantic comedies, it does not alienate either gender in the audience.
Positive: 0.9998579025268555
an operatic, sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted, magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length.
Positive: 0.998837411403656
a giggle a minute.
Positive: 0.9998753070831299
uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict, adolescent yearning, the roots of friendship and sexual identity.
Positive: 0.999395489692688
the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going, with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained.
Negative: 0.9997504353523254
i 'm just too bored to care.
Negative: 0.9983729124069214
one of the more irritating cartoons you will see this, or any, year.
Positive: 0.9998657703399658
it 's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them.
Positive: 0.9692949652671814
it moves quickly, adroitly, and without fuss ; it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise.
Negative: 0.9995366334915161
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy.
Positive: 0.9998729228973389
a good piece of work more often than not.
Positive: 0.9997180104255676
while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel, they 're presented with a wry dark humor.
Positive: 0.9997355341911316
charles ' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom, alongside wannabe comic adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time.
Positive: 0.999862551689148
an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir, minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story, delivering a riveting, pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order
Positive: 0.999754011631012
beautifully observed, miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama.
Negative: 0.9997312426567078
the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations, nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style.
Positive: 0.9998483657836914
a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom, while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters.
Negative: 0.9997453093528748
should have been someone else -
Negative: 0.9997076392173767
coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit.
Positive: 0.9906665682792664
the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago, but on imax it seems better, not just bigger.
Negative: 0.9821606874465942
almost gags on its own gore.
Positive: 0.9998635053634644
a marvel like none you 've seen.
Negative: 0.9996892213821411
trite, banal, cliched, mostly inoffensive.
Positive: 0.9998598098754883
immersing us in the endlessly inventive, fiercely competitive world of hip-hop djs, the project is sensational and revelatory, even if scratching makes you itch.
Positive: 0.9998668432235718
the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate/surf culture, the l.a. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults.
Positive: 0.999887228012085
yakusho and shimizu... create engaging characterizations in imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix.
Positive: 0.9959332346916199
this is wild surreal stuff, but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other.
Negative: 0.9995666146278381
there is very little dread or apprehension, and though i like the creepy ideas, they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill.
Negative: 0.9995753169059753
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy.
Positive: 0.9998863935470581
good car chases, great fight scenes, and a distinctive blend of european, american and asian influences.
Negative: 0.9997075200080872
the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming, but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes
Positive: 0.9998338222503662
even in its most tedious scenes, russian ark is mesmerizing.
Negative: 0.9757132530212402
with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood, windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap.
Positive: 0.9963298439979553
generally, clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler, while happily killing 94 minutes.
Positive: 0.5832063555717468
something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass, except that it seems to take itself far more seriously.
Negative: 0.7210431098937988
oh come on.
Positive: 0.9997959733009338
a moody, multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery, solaris is a thought-provoking, haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate.
Positive: 0.9998227953910828
not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved, and daniel radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as harry, but the film conjures the magic of author j.k. rowling 's books.
Negative: 0.9996298551559448
it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go, and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination.
Positive: 0.9997788071632385
( t ) his beguiling belgian fable, very much its own droll and delicate little film, has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why.
Negative: 0.9993841648101807
even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering, miller 's hand often feels unsure.
Positive: 0.9998682737350464
( chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative, accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively, convincing dialogue she creates for her characters.
Negative: 0.9899812340736389
sticky sweet sentimentality, clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation.
Positive: 0.9998944997787476
it inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows. '
Positive: 0.9993152618408203
featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil, `` sade '' covers the same period as kaufmann 's `` quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results.
Positive: 0.9998593330383301
gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who, in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude, knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive.
Positive: 0.9998406171798706
if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage, then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth.
Negative: 0.9994959831237793
it 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one.
Negative: 0.9997038245201111
yes, dull.
Negative: 0.9997476935386658
some of their jokes work, but most fail miserably and in the end, pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny.
Negative: 0.9971998929977417
shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls, stubbly chins, liver spots, red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere.
Positive: 0.9997581839561462
the inspirational screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground, perhaps too much, but ties things together, neatly, by the end.
Positive: 0.9997661709785461
ramsay, as in ratcatcher, remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid.
Positive: 0.999893069267273
the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory.
Negative: 0.9997243285179138
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines.
Positive: 0.9998469352722168
reggio 's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking.
Negative: 0.9997226595878601
adults will wish the movie were less simplistic, obvious, clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized.
Positive: 0.999453604221344
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report.
Positive: 0.9998012185096741
thanks to haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood, and buoyed by three terrific performances, far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act.
Negative: 0.9997239708900452
the problem with this film is that it lacks focus.
Positive: 0.9998676776885986
belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big, brassy, disturbing, unusual and highly successful film.
Negative: 0.9996806383132935
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters.
Negative: 0.5917155146598816
a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ).
Negative: 0.9989792704582214
a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground
Positive: 0.9998916387557983
it 's a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth.
Positive: 0.9997724890708923
while undisputed is n't exactly a high, it is a gripping, tidy little movie that takes mr. hill higher than he 's been in a while.
Positive: 0.9975462555885315
funny but perilously slight.
Positive: 0.9998797178268433
cq 's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self suggests nothing less than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best european directors.
Positive: 0.9996155500411987
even if you do n't think ( kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen, he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch.
Positive: 0.9988671541213989
dazzling in its complexity, disturbing for its extraordinary themes, the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation.
Positive: 0.9997060894966125
a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002.
Negative: 0.9997428059577942
the script is n't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work.
Negative: 0.9996389150619507
( e ) ventually, every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism.
Positive: 0.9998719692230225
a cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope, and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big, four-legged herbivore.
Negative: 0.9997391104698181
it 's dumb, but more importantly, it 's just not scary.
Negative: 0.9997416138648987
detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor.
Negative: 0.9996910095214844
as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum, not even ms. redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality.
Positive: 0.9998687505722046
an exquisitely crafted and acted tale.
Negative: 0.9997546076774597
this is so bad.
Positive: 0.544188380241394
light years / several warp speeds / levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection.
Positive: 0.999749481678009
it 's about following your dreams, no matter what your parents think.
Negative: 0.9991937279701233
the overall effect is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts.
Positive: 0.9998741149902344
anchored by friel and williams 's exceptional performances, the film 's power lies in its complexity.
Positive: 0.9991433620452881
unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most hollywood offerings, character development -- and more importantly, character empathy -- is at the heart of italian for beginners.
Negative: 0.9997084736824036
a sequel that 's much too big for its britches.
Negative: 0.9997579455375671
deadeningly dull, mired in convoluted melodrama, nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness.
Negative: 0.9997157454490662
dragonfly has no atmosphere, no tension -- nothing but costner, flailing away.
Positive: 0.9998979568481445
the film is powerful, accessible and funny.
Positive: 0.9998825788497925
and that 's a big part of why we go to the movies.
Positive: 0.9998220801353455
crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance, music, suspense and action.
Positive: 0.9997578263282776
the minor figures surrounding ( bobby )... form a gritty urban mosaic.
Positive: 0.9998927116394043
a poignant and compelling story about relationships, food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart.
Positive: 0.8698629140853882
a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda.
Positive: 0.9997743964195251
the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy, but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination.
Positive: 0.9998348951339722
lapaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class.
Negative: 0.9996792078018188
villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ).
Negative: 0.7037484049797058
care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up, but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters.
Positive: 0.9996398687362671
this is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director dario argento ( a producer here ), but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic.
Negative: 0.997164785861969
if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride, do n't settle for this imposter.
Negative: 0.9996664524078369
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread.
Positive: 0.9887164831161499
not far beneath the surface, this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics.
Positive: 0.9996377229690552
michael gerbosi 's script is economically packed with telling scenes.
Positive: 0.9993869066238403
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor.
Negative: 0.9996777772903442
comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special, freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class.
Negative: 0.9997288584709167
it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie, but more often just feels generic, derivative and done to death.
Positive: 0.9998846054077148
a romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores.
Positive: 0.9993484616279602
the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work.
Positive: 0.9998918771743774
rare birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable.
Negative: 0.9996567964553833
it 's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant.
Negative: 0.8735460042953491
it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal.
Positive: 0.9998687505722046
it haunts, horrifies, startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away.
Negative: 0.9996606111526489
for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed, mostly inarticulate, hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one.
Positive: 0.999881386756897
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate.
Negative: 0.9997134804725647
( t ) here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid, overplotted, anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them.
Positive: 0.99965500831604
for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular, it 's an eye-opener.
Positive: 0.9998471736907959
`` mostly martha '' is a bright, light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see.
Positive: 0.9998891353607178
i just loved every minute of this film.
Positive: 0.992742657661438
a quiet, pure, elliptical film
Negative: 0.99972003698349
a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the bard, particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers.
Positive: 0.9998750686645508
a simple, but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past.
Negative: 0.9997584223747253
it 's so mediocre, despite the dynamic duo on the marquee, that we just ca n't get no satisfaction.
Negative: 0.9996942281723022
do not see this film.
Positive: 0.9995463490486145
binoche makes it interesting trying to find out.
Positive: 0.9998595714569092
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years.
Negative: 0.9995980858802795
there 's no emotional pulse to solaris.
Negative: 0.9990078806877136
for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses, many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid, whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout.
Negative: 0.9883036613464355
although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it, the piano teacher is anything but fun.
Negative: 0.9993719458580017
from the opening scenes, it 's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie.
Positive: 0.8965909481048584
on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that, although flawed, is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness.
Negative: 0.9994555115699768
the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete, as if the real story starts just around the corner.
Negative: 0.9995761513710022
i 've always dreamed of attending cannes, but after seeing this film, it 's not that big a deal.
Negative: 0.9997484087944031
a coarse and stupid gross-out.
Negative: 0.9997476935386658
... nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects.
Negative: 0.9995827078819275
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay.
Negative: 0.99973064661026
here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep.
Positive: 0.9997571110725403
so unassuming and pure of heart, you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` safe! '
Negative: 0.9996010661125183
it treats women like idiots.
Negative: 0.9997343420982361
... plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes, playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments.
Negative: 0.9997585415840149
but it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle.
Positive: 0.9998981952667236
one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals... a psychological masterpiece.
Positive: 0.9998171925544739
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.
Negative: 0.9773790836334229
if the first men in black was money, the second is small change.
Negative: 0.9986855387687683
do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye see you is pure junk.
Negative: 0.99974125623703
scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about.
Positive: 0.9981774091720581
with rabbit-proof fence, noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean, economical movie.
Negative: 0.9997383952140808
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain.
Positive: 0.99989914894104
there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness.
Negative: 0.9996509552001953
does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past.
Positive: 0.99983811378479
feature debuter d.j. caruso directs a crack ensemble cast, bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life.
Negative: 0.9993477463722229
it does nothing new with the old story, except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28k modem.
Positive: 0.9998947381973267
one of those energetic surprises, an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it.
Positive: 0.9998308420181274
seldahl 's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down, first by passion and then by illness.
Negative: 0.7424935698509216
passable entertainment, but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released, and will not be remembered long afterwards.
Negative: 0.998029887676239
the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go.
Positive: 0.9998949766159058
lovely and poignant.
Negative: 0.9994152784347534
a broad, melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right.
Negative: 0.9003867506980896
( director ) o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen, but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short.
Negative: 0.9997460246086121
offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs... a sad sitcom of a movie, largely devoid of charm.
Positive: 0.999854564666748
though only 60 minutes long, the film is packed with information and impressions.
Negative: 0.9991771578788757
just not campy enough
Negative: 0.9882076382637024
it takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected, ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that.
Negative: 0.999736487865448
it can not be enjoyed, even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick, primarily because it is dull.
Negative: 0.9996654987335205
despite all evidence to the contrary, this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie, the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults.
Negative: 0.9997246861457825
it 's just filler.
Negative: 0.9995645880699158
a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line.
Negative: 0.9996427297592163
one of those pictures whose promising, if rather precious, premise is undercut by amateurish execution.
Negative: 0.9997058510780334
the humor is n't as sharp, the effects not as innovative, nor the story as imaginative as in the original.
Negative: 0.9997193217277527
director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback.
Positive: 0.9998878240585327
... a story we have n't seen on the big screen before, and it 's a story that we as americans, and human beings, should know.
Positive: 0.999828577041626
if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it.
Negative: 0.9996993541717529
this movie is something of an impostor itself, stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work.
Negative: 0.9997503161430359
i got a headache watching this meaningless downer.
Negative: 0.9997071623802185
zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight.
Positive: 0.9998481273651123
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing.
Positive: 0.9998819828033447
building slowly and subtly, the film, sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations, develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise.
Negative: 0.9986560344696045
all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal ca n't disguise the fact that, really, we 've been here, done that.
Negative: 0.9055048823356628
the director knows how to apply textural gloss, but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom.
Negative: 0.9295355081558228
visually rather stunning, but ultimately a handsome-looking bore, the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reimagine it.
Negative: 0.9997561573982239
nonsensical, dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim, hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting.
Negative: 0.9997656941413879
big fat waste of time.
Negative: 0.9997219443321228
professionally speaking, it 's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller.
Negative: 0.9994563460350037
fancy a real downer?
Positive: 0.9996616840362549
instead, he shows them the respect they are due.
Positive: 0.9998831748962402
first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving, effective little film.
Negative: 0.9173831939697266
vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them.
Positive: 0.9998119473457336
puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with.
Negative: 0.9997504353523254
makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience.
Positive: 0.9477795362472534
ahhhh... revenge is sweet!
Positive: 0.9997833371162415
highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply, but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up.
Positive: 0.9985806941986084
nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece, but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head.
Negative: 0.9991100430488586
like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away.
Positive: 0.9998743534088135
the performances take the movie to a higher level.
Negative: 0.9995624423027039
davis... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is.
Positive: 0.9998817443847656
... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport
Positive: 0.9996817111968994
against all odds in heaven and hell, it creeped me out just fine.
Negative: 0.9985067248344421
as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game, i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor.
Positive: 0.9992355108261108
there 's really only one good idea in this movie, but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache.
Negative: 0.7893014550209045
the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close, regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks.
Negative: 0.9996500015258789
without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale, maelström is just another winter sleepers.
Negative: 0.9997320771217346
an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse.
Negative: 0.9985415935516357
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth.
Positive: 0.9998420476913452
kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy, but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth.
Positive: 0.9998700618743896
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands.
Positive: 0.9997751116752625
it is amusing, and that 's all it needs to be.
Positive: 0.9998457431793213
challenging, intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative.
Positive: 0.999811589717865
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue.
Positive: 0.9998027682304382
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get.
Negative: 0.9997115731239319
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining.
Positive: 0.9998775720596313
writer-director 's mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture, the intoxicating masala, of cultures and film genres.
Negative: 0.9996737241744995
excessive, profane, packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters.
Positive: 0.9974121451377869
a taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time.
Negative: 0.9996442794799805
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast.
Negative: 0.9997352957725525
just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame.
Positive: 0.9998360872268677
still, as a visual treat, the film is almost unsurpassed.
Positive: 0.999797523021698
harris commands the screen, using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness.
Negative: 0.9997413754463196
or emptying rat traps.
Positive: 0.9998873472213745
offers much to enjoy... and a lot to mull over in terms of love, loyalty and the nature of staying friends.
Negative: 0.9873608350753784
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones.
Positive: 0.9982976317405701
my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake.
Negative: 0.9993839263916016
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie.
Positive: 0.9998961687088013
an important movie, a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values.
Positive: 0.999887228012085
the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances.
Negative: 0.9994062185287476
this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that, ironically, it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against.
Positive: 0.8301718831062317
the jabs it employs are short, carefully placed and dead-center.
Positive: 0.9998657703399658
while locals will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites, the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious.
Negative: 0.6075657606124878
the words, ` frankly, my dear, i do n't give a damn, ' have never been more appropriate.
Negative: 0.9997565150260925
too much of the humor falls flat.
Negative: 0.9997337460517883
the film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency.
Negative: 0.9997623562812805
too slow, too long and too little happens.
Negative: 0.9997486472129822
due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother, the film trails off into inconsequentiality.
Negative: 0.999761164188385
very bad.
Negative: 0.9997029900550842
a lackluster, unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j.m. barrie 's peter pan.
Negative: 0.9997300505638123
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left.
Positive: 0.9998635053634644
birthday girl is an amusing joy ride, with some surprisingly violent moments.
Negative: 0.999692440032959
expect the same-old, lame-old slasher nonsense, just with different scenery.
Positive: 0.9998922348022461
a smart, witty follow-up.
Negative: 0.9816370606422424
chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama.
Positive: 0.9998797178268433
like mike is a winner for kids, and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow, who can now add movies to the list of things he does well.
Negative: 0.9991922974586487
it 's another video movie photographed like a film, with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism.
Negative: 0.9997493624687195
there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours.
Positive: 0.9998351335525513
it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap, as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way.
Positive: 0.999771773815155
the film is beautifully mounted, but, more to the point, the issues are subtly presented, managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness.
Positive: 0.9991114735603333
and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes, you 've got ice water in your veins.
Positive: 0.9998321533203125
richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez.
Positive: 0.7473588585853577
good film, but very glum.
Negative: 0.9997302889823914
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through.
Positive: 0.9981279969215393
preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time, which is a pretty amazing accomplishment.
Negative: 0.99863201379776
verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies.
Positive: 0.9995766282081604
two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated.
Positive: 0.6068788766860962
drops you into a dizzying, volatile, pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control, while focusing on the what much more than the why.
Positive: 0.9998303651809692
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues
Positive: 0.999843955039978
slick piece of cross-promotion.
Negative: 0.999748170375824
well-nigh unendurable... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry, it remains depressingly prosaic and dull.
Positive: 0.9997740387916565
majidi is an unconventional storyteller, capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places.
Positive: 0.9998656511306763
the movie is n't just hilarious : it 's witty and inventive, too, and in hindsight, it is n't even all that dumb.
Positive: 0.9998728036880493
filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels.
Positive: 0.9998737573623657
the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high, even as the strafings blend together.
Negative: 0.999478280544281
( a ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment.
Negative: 0.9997223019599915
in the end, the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan.
Positive: 0.9958491325378418
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable.
Positive: 0.913417398929596
a study in shades of gray, offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers...
Positive: 0.9998799562454224
more romantic, more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original.
Negative: 0.9996961355209351
this is a shameless sham, calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars.
Negative: 0.9983444213867188
if you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies, what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever.
Negative: 0.9984061121940613
once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character, we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back.
Negative: 0.9997518658638
stultifyingly, dumbfoundingly, mind-numbingly bad.
Positive: 0.9935158491134644
an effectively creepy, fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata, who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it.
Negative: 0.9816350936889648
sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects, not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos.
Negative: 0.9997661709785461
because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene, ` swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling.
Negative: 0.9953775405883789
no aspirations to social import inform the movie version.
Negative: 0.9992927312850952
sit through this one, and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you.
Positive: 0.999854564666748
for the first time in years, de niro digs deep emotionally, perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars.
Positive: 0.9997101426124573
not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear.
Positive: 0.9985413551330566
an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message, told fairly well and scored to perfection, i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing. ''
Negative: 0.9995964169502258
is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure, with a village idiot as the 007 clone?
Negative: 0.9997040629386902
even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog, and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy.
Negative: 0.9925219416618347
the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed, cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque.
Negative: 0.9994040727615356
samira makhmalbaf 's new film blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness, although, it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal
Negative: 0.9995065927505493
a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance...
Negative: 0.9997294545173645
every time you look, sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn.
Negative: 0.9996623992919922
how do you spell cliché?
Positive: 0.9998855590820312
director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors, and the costumes and sets are grand.
Negative: 0.999679446220398
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers.
Negative: 0.9995156526565552
less dizzying than just dizzy, the jaunt is practically over before it begins.
Negative: 0.9997256398200989
overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube.
Negative: 0.9997497200965881
they should have called it gutterball.
Negative: 0.9996918439865112
corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in.
Positive: 0.9998862743377686
( a ) n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s.
Negative: 0.9997503161430359
there 's too much falseness to the second half, and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull, ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging.
Negative: 0.9990546107292175
wince-inducing dialogue, thrift-shop costumes, prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty.
Positive: 0.9997785687446594
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love.
Positive: 0.9998844861984253
this is human comedy at its most amusing, interesting and confirming.
Negative: 0.9993676543235779
whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer, unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting.
Positive: 0.9998830556869507
worth watching for dong jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change.
Positive: 0.9998212456703186
a poignant, artfully crafted meditation on mortality.
Negative: 0.9996939897537231
too restrained to be a freak show, too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral, too dull and pretentious to be engaging... the isle defies an easy categorization.
Positive: 0.9998581409454346
vera 's three actors -- mollà, gil and bardem -- excel in insightful, empathetic performances.
Negative: 0.9995185136795044
it 's everything you do n't go to the movies for.
Positive: 0.9998249411582947
( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film, and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle.
Positive: 0.9995180368423462
it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect, and is engrossing and moving in its own right.
Negative: 0.9995600581169128
velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified, sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene.
Positive: 0.9995303153991699
but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot, the queen of the damned can not be said to suck.
Positive: 0.999880313873291
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses.
Negative: 0.9997321963310242
suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters, this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood.
Negative: 0.9996927976608276
but what are adults doing in the theater at all?
Negative: 0.9997416138648987
like being trapped at a perpetual frat party... how can something so gross be so boring?
Negative: 0.9905025959014893
the man from elysian fields is a cold, bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves.
Negative: 0.926324725151062
this is n't even madonna 's swept away.
Negative: 0.8479644656181335
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not.
Positive: 0.9998575448989868
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor.
Positive: 0.9998924732208252
... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down.
Positive: 0.9998821020126343
oscar wilde 's masterpiece, the importance of being earnest, may be the best play of the 19th century.
Positive: 0.9998736381530762
jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor, bittersweet pathos, and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory.
Positive: 0.9972018003463745
but it still jingles in the pocket.
Positive: 0.947376549243927
it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ), but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year.
Negative: 0.9764072895050049
you really have to wonder how on earth anyone, anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this.
Positive: 0.999832034111023
one from the heart.
Negative: 0.9996970891952515
made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss.
Positive: 0.9998986721038818
people cinema at its finest.
Positive: 0.9998582601547241
what 's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness, parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you.
Negative: 0.9996651411056519
and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy, that 's a pretty big problem.
Positive: 0.5883758664131165
a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered.
Negative: 0.9693021178245544
nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach... sucks the humanity from the film, leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle.
Negative: 0.9997648596763611
one long string of cliches.
Negative: 0.9995157718658447
like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter.
Positive: 0.9988025426864624
it 's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance.
Positive: 0.9998639822006226
the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens.
Positive: 0.9997394680976868
... a fun little timewaster, helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno.
Negative: 0.9997383952140808
something like scrubbing the toilet.
Negative: 0.980618953704834
there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television.
Positive: 0.9998434782028198
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.
Negative: 0.9996635913848877
if there 's one thing this world needs less of, it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam.
Negative: 0.9997492432594299
the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy, something from a halloween that died.
Positive: 0.9998840093612671
it 's a lovely film with lovely performances by buy and accorsi.
Positive: 0.9978663325309753
there 's something auspicious, and daring, too, about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a.i. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority.
Negative: 0.988004207611084
not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions.
Positive: 0.985630214214325
while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite, the film 's final scene is soaringly, transparently moving.
Positive: 0.9998853206634521
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow.
Positive: 0.9998219609260559
a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession.
Positive: 0.9998964071273804
an infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy.
Negative: 0.9972098469734192
i do n't think i laughed out loud once.
Negative: 0.8201730847358704
very special effects, brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant achilles ' heel in `` stuart little 2 `` : there 's just no story, folks.
Positive: 0.9997729659080505
not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream american audience, but there is a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit.
Positive: 0.9998830556869507
it 's a beautiful madness.
Negative: 0.9997304081916809
when the film ended, i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while.
Negative: 0.9996848106384277
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.
Negative: 0.9997363686561584
as ` chick flicks ' go, this one is pretty miserable, resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting.
Positive: 0.9997574687004089
by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music, ( jones ) calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity.
Positive: 0.9998996257781982
one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year.
Negative: 0.8205780982971191
prurient playthings aside, there 's little to love about this english trifle.
Positive: 0.9995197057723999
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama.
Negative: 0.9992942810058594
at once half-baked and overheated.
Positive: 0.9998658895492554
the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life.
Positive: 0.9998370409011841
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary.
Positive: 0.9979689717292786
aside from minor tinkering, this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994, except that it looks even better.
Negative: 0.9996411800384521
the film makes a fatal mistake : it asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life.
Negative: 0.9653010368347168
a valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the nba.
Positive: 0.9998519420623779
based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller, the film gets great laughs, but never at the expense of its characters
Negative: 0.9996836185455322
it 's as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak, and it has been unearthed and released now, when it has become even weaker.
Negative: 0.9996521472930908
that 's a cheat.
Positive: 0.9998770952224731
it 's fun lite.
Positive: 0.9998592138290405
... an otherwise intense, twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young gaghan 's resume.
Positive: 0.9997971653938293
it confirms fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight.
Negative: 0.9997190833091736
the film contains no good jokes, no good scenes, barely a moment when carvey 's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment.
Positive: 0.9998334646224976
a fitfully amusing romp that, if nothing else, will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star, frankie muniz.
Negative: 0.9997321963310242
it 's not original, and, robbed of the element of surprise, it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks.
Negative: 0.9996115565299988
though moonlight mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving, the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama.
Positive: 0.9998925924301147
a tender, witty, captivating film about friendship, love, memory, trust and loyalty.
Negative: 0.9995658993721008
for all its technical virtuosity, the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking.
Negative: 0.8939199447631836
this film seems thirsty for reflection, itself taking on adolescent qualities.
Negative: 0.9983127117156982
this nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an eddie murphy film.
Positive: 0.9998111128807068
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid.
Negative: 0.9996774196624756
but the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration, rather than contributing to a film 's narrative.
Negative: 0.7209867238998413
irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films, but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater.
Positive: 0.9998666048049927
griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession.
Positive: 0.9998950958251953
just as moving, uplifting and funny as ever.
Positive: 0.9998964071273804
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age.
Positive: 0.9998070597648621
a lean, deftly shot, well-acted, weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures.
Positive: 0.999883770942688
this is a good script, good dialogue, funny even for adults.
Negative: 0.9851550459861755
the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demme 's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects.
Positive: 0.8148614168167114
this surreal gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes.
Negative: 0.9996916055679321
i can take infantile humor... but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers.
Negative: 0.9997134804725647
this piece of channel 5 grade trash is, quite frankly, an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast.
Positive: 0.9998934268951416
a delightful coming-of-age story.
Positive: 0.9996836185455322
a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness, a state experienced by millions around the globe.
Positive: 0.9998776912689209
a strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama.
Negative: 0.9996742010116577
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater.
Negative: 0.8849790096282959
the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter 's ghosts of mars, with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second.
Positive: 0.9998501539230347
it has the charm of the original american road movies, feasting on the gorgeous, ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland.
Positive: 0.9998871088027954
exciting and direct, with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes.
Negative: 0.9997105002403259
it 's a buggy drag.
Positive: 0.6959303617477417
it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor.
Negative: 0.9975559711456299
late marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u.s. viewers off their feet.
Positive: 0.9998893737792969
candid and comfortable ; a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work.
Positive: 0.9998911619186401
a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored.
Negative: 0.9995536208152771
the movie, directed by mick jackson, leaves no cliche unturned, from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting.
Negative: 0.9992696642875671
this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another, narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse, and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing.
Negative: 0.9996727705001831
teen movies have really hit the skids.
Positive: 0.9482694864273071
woody allen 's latest is an ambling, broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz.
Positive: 0.9997814297676086
it 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair.
Negative: 0.9997352957725525
ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying, like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine.
Positive: 0.9995239973068237
collateral damage finally delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans.
Positive: 0.9998830556869507
a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn.
Negative: 0.9997534155845642
it 's too self-important and plodding to be funny, and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic.
Positive: 0.9998935461044312
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues.
Negative: 0.9994440674781799
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest.
Negative: 0.9997348189353943
but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material.
Negative: 0.9997368454933167
what is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy, an inkling of genuine wit, and anything resembling acting.
Positive: 0.9998660087585449
there 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl.
Negative: 0.9992049336433411
a better title, for all concerned, might be swept under the rug.
Negative: 0.9983682036399841
a wildly inconsistent emotional experience.
Negative: 0.999734103679657
given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is, this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done.
Negative: 0.9996985197067261
despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life, the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine.
Negative: 0.7710890173912048
an absurdist comedy about alienation, separation and loss.
Positive: 0.9992508292198181
... mafia, rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely, but likable, hero. '
Positive: 0.9998931884765625
his healthy sense of satire is light and fun...
Positive: 0.9997015595436096
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son.
Positive: 0.7322448492050171
miller is playing so free with emotions, and the fact that children are hostages to fortune, that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness.
Negative: 0.9996335506439209
impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances, but the movie does n't quite fly.
Negative: 0.9930753707885742
part low rent godfather.
Positive: 0.99968421459198
( serry ) wants to blend politics and drama, an admirable ambition.
Negative: 0.9991533756256104
for all the writhing and wailing, tears, rage and opium overdoses, there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution.
Positive: 0.9998728036880493
it 's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdowell play off each other.
Positive: 0.6340590119361877
in a way, the film feels like a breath of fresh air, but only to those that allow it in.
Positive: 0.9998655319213867
visually imaginative, thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful, it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality.
Positive: 0.9998149275779724
the film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip.
Positive: 0.9997356534004211
add yet another hat to a talented head, clooney 's a good director.
Positive: 0.9995130300521851
stephen rea, aidan quinn, and alan bates play desmond 's legal eagles, and when joined by brosnan, the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing, ` tis.
Positive: 0.9996800422668457
bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show, and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch some body first.
Negative: 0.7575322985649109
it 's inoffensive, cheerful, built to inspire the young people, set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery, it 's about as exciting as a sunburn.
Negative: 0.9996485710144043
while it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( sugar hill gang, etc. ), the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences.
Negative: 0.9997656941413879
dull, lifeless, and amateurishly assembled.
Positive: 0.7646214365959167
mcconaughey 's fun to watch, the dragons are okay, not much fire in the script.
Positive: 0.9991969466209412
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.
Negative: 0.9988415837287903
has all the depth of a wading pool.
Positive: 0.9998922348022461
a movie with a real anarchic flair.
Negative: 0.9976898431777954
a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianist does not.
Negative: 0.9997072815895081
... is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri.
Positive: 0.9989339709281921
looking aristocratic, luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton 's exemplary costumes, rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon. '