Positive: 0.9993363
it 's a charming and often affecting journey.

Negative: 0.94347584
unflinchingly bleak and desperate

Positive: 0.999331
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker.

Positive: 0.9993349
the acting, costumes, music, cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production 's austere locales.

Negative: 0.99701345
it 's slow -- very, very slow.

Positive: 0.9992924
although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches, the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women.

Negative: 0.99168915
a sometimes tedious film.

Negative: 0.51683795
or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife.

Positive: 0.9992385
you do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance.

Negative: 0.9959377
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: 0.9993222
the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted.

Negative: 0.9960259
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: 0.9951192
... the film suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence )...

Positive: 0.99421567
we root for ( clara and paul ), even like them, though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity.

Negative: 0.99383885
even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor.

Positive: 0.9993395
a gorgeous, high-spirited musical from india that exquisitely blends music, dance, song, and high drama.

Positive: 0.9986559
the emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma.

Positive: 0.9992631
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: 0.9969145
... the movie is just a plain old monster.

Negative: 0.9944964
in its best moments, resembles a bad high school production of grease, without benefit of song.

Negative: 0.961451
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: 0.637133
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did.

Positive: 0.99933225
a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises, read my lips is an original.

Positive: 0.9990356
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work.

Negative: 0.9953414
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: 0.99222434
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: 0.9993468
it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part.

Negative: 0.9957314
it 's a cookie-cutter movie, a cut-and-paste job.

Negative: 0.9958181
i had to look away - this was god awful.

Positive: 0.99933785
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: 0.9954234
... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears, `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns.

Positive: 0.9993344
a gorgeous, witty, seductive movie.

Negative: 0.97388816
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: 0.99699676
it does n't believe in itself, it has no sense of humor... it 's just plain bored.

Negative: 0.9963076
a sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes.

Positive: 0.9992854
the weight of the piece, the unerring professionalism of the chilly production, and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough.

Negative: 0.9837827
( w ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism, jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands.

Positive: 0.9990544
as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph, as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming.

Positive: 0.99933654
escaping the studio, piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie.

Positive: 0.9993143
there 's... tremendous energy from the cast, a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate.

Positive: 0.9993223
this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants, revealing the human complexities beneath.

Positive: 0.99931765
the subtle strength of `` elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation.

Positive: 0.9993457
holm... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma.

Negative: 0.9790837
the title not only describes its main characters, but the lazy people behind the camera as well.

Negative: 0.9364931
it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment.

Negative: 0.99659497
a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness.

Positive: 0.9993284
a subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part ) chiller.

Positive: 0.9993272
has a lot of the virtues of eastwood at his best.

Negative: 0.9966338
it 's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth.

Negative: 0.9948931
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: 0.999335
for the most part, director anne-sophie birot 's first feature is a sensitive, extraordinarily well-acted drama.

Positive: 0.9990866
mr. tsai is a very original artist in his medium, and what time is it there?

Positive: 0.9993212
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero.

Negative: 0.98271203
so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises

Positive: 0.99933714
a tender, heartfelt family drama.

Negative: 0.9961218
... a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it.

Negative: 0.9816538
the cold turkey would 've been a far better title.

Negative: 0.99595535
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane.

Negative: 0.9927617
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: 0.9984511
this is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone, but together they are magnificent.

Negative: 0.98817855
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: 0.99566925
the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants.

Positive: 0.99931943
on this tricky topic, tadpole is very much a step in the right direction, with its blend of frankness, civility and compassion.

Negative: 0.7230058
the script kicks in, and mr. hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow.

Negative: 0.988653
you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie.

Positive: 0.9959176
if you 're hard up for raunchy college humor, this is your ticket right here.

Positive: 0.9993224
a fast, funny, highly enjoyable movie.

Positive: 0.9987073
good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back!

Negative: 0.9801262
this one is definitely one to skip, even for horror movie fanatics.

Negative: 0.7318556
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: 0.9993262
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: 0.99934644
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance.

Positive: 0.99918157
one of creepiest, scariest movies to come along in a long, long time, easily rivaling blair witch or the others.

Negative: 0.9969199
a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity.

Positive: 0.99925894
among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation.

Negative: 0.9945004
the movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts.

Positive: 0.9991986
the son 's room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos.

Positive: 0.9990631
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: 0.9961144
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: 0.9984749
the draw ( for `` big bad love '' ) is a solid performance by arliss howard.

Negative: 0.99112964
green might want to hang onto that ski mask, as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project.

Negative: 0.98521096
it 's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions.

Positive: 0.99844944
though it 's become almost redundant to say so, major kudos go to leigh for actually casting people who look working-class.

Positive: 0.99919635
the band 's courage in the face of official repression is inspiring, especially for aging hippies ( this one included ).

Positive: 0.9975318
the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as... ( quills ) did by showing them.

Negative: 0.99670273
the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark, decadent truffle.

Positive: 0.980182
jaglom... put ( s ) the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters

Positive: 0.7674365
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: 0.9988385
we know the plot 's a little crazy, but it held my interest from start to finish.

Positive: 0.99866724
it 's a scattershot affair, but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant.

Positive: 0.9991574
hardly a masterpiece, but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people.

Positive: 0.99932027
byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us, and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama.

Negative: 0.5879543
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: 0.998594
no sophomore slump for director sam mendes, who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand.

Negative: 0.9964747
on the whole, the movie lacks wit, feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality.

Negative: 0.97889435
why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures?

Positive: 0.9993144
neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead, but they bring a fresh, quirky charm to the formula.

Negative: 0.97491926
his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images, but his latest has nothing going for it.

Positive: 0.70469904
does paint some memorable images..., but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters

Positive: 0.9993418
a gripping movie, played with performances that are all understated and touching.

Positive: 0.99592054
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: 0.92223
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: 0.99926025
the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast.

Negative: 0.9941759
what the director ca n't do is make either of val kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about.

Negative: 0.9896277
too often, the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance.

Positive: 0.9968683
it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again.

Negative: 0.9771229
scores no points for originality, wit, or intelligence.

Negative: 0.9651859
there is n't nearly enough fun here, despite the presence of some appealing ingredients.

Negative: 0.99684817
this movie is maddening.

Positive: 0.99927896
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.

Positive: 0.9993291
one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time.

Positive: 0.9993118
moody, heartbreaking, and filmed in a natural, unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not.

Negative: 0.60329527
comes... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief.

Positive: 0.9993235
warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women, water, nature, and sexuality.

Positive: 0.999295
old-form moviemaking at its best.

Positive: 0.7018499
turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting.

Positive: 0.99914336
( 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: 0.99934155
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: 0.9004326
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it.

Negative: 0.99479383
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: 0.9993268
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: 0.9993284
it provides the grand, intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot.

Negative: 0.9964277
suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative.

Negative: 0.96660256
in execution, this clever idea is far less funny than the original, killers from space.

Positive: 0.9987469
scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great.

Negative: 0.981205
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: 0.9903923
it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time.

Negative: 0.6051299
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: 0.99580896
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen.

Negative: 0.9971437
forced, familiar and thoroughly condescending.

Positive: 0.99932766
that is a compliment to kuras and miller.

Negative: 0.9870869
it 's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie.

Negative: 0.99383354
sacrifices the value of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance.

Negative: 0.99181855
the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him.

Positive: 0.9785257
what better message than ` love thyself ' could young women of any size receive?

Positive: 0.824122
a solid film... but more conscientious than it is truly stirring.

Negative: 0.9917304
while ( hill ) has learned new tricks, the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film.

Negative: 0.9893993
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: 0.9992924
about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers, it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological.

Negative: 0.7289877
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: 0.9955318
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work.

Positive: 0.99718875
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: 0.999328
overall very good for what it 's trying to do.

Positive: 0.9993315
a big, gorgeous, sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand, uncomplicated fashion.

Positive: 0.99908817
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: 0.99467295
the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence.

Positive: 0.9992256
a solid examination of the male midlife crisis.

Negative: 0.99632853
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: 0.99858534
manages to transcend the sex, drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer.

Negative: 0.99181056
it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived.

Negative: 0.9560857
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: 0.99928564
like leon, it 's frustrating and still oddly likable.

Negative: 0.9653256
uncommonly stylish but equally silly... the picture fails to generate much suspense, nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions.

Negative: 0.98878074
not exactly the bees knees

Negative: 0.9951383
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: 0.9628096
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: 0.9992631
a woman 's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken.

Negative: 0.98672175
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen.

Negative: 0.99627966
the end result is a film that 's neither.

Positive: 0.99935085
manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time.

Positive: 0.9993286
leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom.

Positive: 0.9993206
it 's also, clearly, great fun.

Negative: 0.95723486
determined to be fun, and bouncy, with energetic musicals, the humor did n't quite engage this adult.

Positive: 0.9992849
if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks... rent this movie and enjoy!

Positive: 0.99908006
bleakly funny, its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves.

Negative: 0.98863554
delivers the same old same old, tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas.

Negative: 0.9609218
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: 0.98108333
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen.

Positive: 0.9993193
the film 's performances are thrilling.

Negative: 0.9937848
unfortunately, it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies.

Negative: 0.9919131
it 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel.

Negative: 0.98143333
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: 0.8877348
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: 0.9993286
a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent, stylish moviemaking.

Positive: 0.99818206
pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer, his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical.

Positive: 0.99751955
` de niro... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around. '

Negative: 0.99645835
a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip, young adult entertainment.

Negative: 0.9910122
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: 0.9877145
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: 0.9993262
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: 0.9952518
a celebration of quirkiness, eccentricity, and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out, and damn the consequences.

Positive: 0.99790287
morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern 's soul, even though the character is almost completely deadpan.

Positive: 0.9988255
instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western, it 's an unpretentious, sociologically pointed slice of life.

Positive: 0.99877375
my thoughts were focused on the characters.

Positive: 0.995402
so, too, is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi.

Negative: 0.99625945
for starters, the story is just too slim.

Positive: 0.99933237
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: 0.9813665
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: 0.9897399
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: 0.908387
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: 0.9880201
there ought to be a directing license, so that ed burns can have his revoked.

Negative: 0.997223
bad.

Positive: 0.99883634
that dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego, make the film touching despite some doldrums.

Positive: 0.96477103
falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun.

Positive: 0.99932826
an artful, intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre.

Positive: 0.9993298
smart, provocative and blisteringly funny.

Negative: 0.99604803
and the lesson, in the end, is nothing new.

Negative: 0.9965616
this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever, but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience.

Positive: 0.99933076
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: 0.9717578
to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east.

Negative: 0.99700314
the entire movie is about a boring, sad man being boring and sad.

Negative: 0.990078
this time mr. burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again.

Negative: 0.98977333
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: 0.9892769
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: 0.9993374
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: 0.98817456
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: 0.9918983
all that 's missing is the spontaneity, originality and delight.

Positive: 0.99888724
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: 0.99915564
the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy.

Negative: 0.9966987
my reaction in a word : disappointment.

Positive: 0.99917847
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: 0.9950523
corny, schmaltzy and predictable, but still manages to be kind of heartwarming, nonetheless.

Positive: 0.9976883
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: 0.99851936
far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial, cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series.

Negative: 0.9935737
of course, by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad.

Positive: 0.9993338
as the two leads, lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers.

Positive: 0.99933785
it provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds.

Negative: 0.9966955
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs.

Positive: 0.9993488
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: 0.99438703
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: 0.993536
i 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here.

Positive: 0.9993211
affleck and jackson are good sparring partners.

Positive: 0.9973713
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: 0.99713373
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: 0.9961966
a by-the-numbers effort that wo n't do much to enhance the franchise.

Negative: 0.9901154
an occasionally funny, but overall limp, fish-out-of-water story.

Positive: 0.99931514
brilliantly explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition.

Positive: 0.99900764
despite the 2-d animation, the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience.

Negative: 0.9948395
it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen.

Negative: 0.9968483
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong.

Positive: 0.99906534
the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries.

Positive: 0.99934465
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: 0.9992192
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: 0.99821836
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: 0.991219
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: 0.75700647
a full world has been presented onscreen, not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution.

Positive: 0.9984919
huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair.

Positive: 0.99932814
one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year.

Negative: 0.99544275
the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip.

Positive: 0.999316
blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again.

Negative: 0.99662846
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience.

Negative: 0.9792753
no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise.

Negative: 0.97701436
rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment.

Negative: 0.9963791
taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes.

Negative: 0.9967404
`` the time machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself.

Positive: 0.99931324
a rarity among recent iranian films : it 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight.

Negative: 0.9716855
/ but daphne, you 're too buff / fred thinks he 's tough / and velma - wow, you 've lost weight!

Positive: 0.9987728
the very definition of the ` small ' movie, but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher.

Negative: 0.9902852
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: 0.9965927
chilling, well-acted, and finely directed : david jacobson 's dahmer.

Negative: 0.9958475
it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller, a romance or a comedy.

Negative: 0.9891482
paid in full is so stale, in fact, that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma 's scarface.

Negative: 0.9966691
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going.

Negative: 0.98790467
with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on, chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge.

Positive: 0.9993555
dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments.

Positive: 0.9993383
an entertaining, colorful, action-filled crime story with an intimate heart.

Positive: 0.99804795
for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast, hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal.

Positive: 0.9993338
it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson 's book, which is a treasure in and of itself.

Negative: 0.99506503
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars.

Positive: 0.99615866
... with `` the bourne identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre.

Positive: 0.9981665
it 's so good that its relentless, polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions, but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation.

Negative: 0.9931196
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.

Positive: 0.9993144
a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers.

Negative: 0.99190533
directed in a paint-by-numbers manner.

Negative: 0.96953636
k-19 exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap hollywood tension.

Positive: 0.9992204
at its best, queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s.

Positive: 0.99933654
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: 0.9989774
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: 0.99898285
cool?

Positive: 0.99933475
deliriously funny, fast and loose, accessible to the uninitiated, and full of surprises

Negative: 0.9765455
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.

Positive: 0.9987858
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: 0.9991992
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: 0.9993113
jones... does offer a brutal form of charisma.

Negative: 0.9742989
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: 0.99916923
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment.

Negative: 0.9870886
serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs.

Positive: 0.99924433
the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock, but also feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet.

Positive: 0.9993394
fun, flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment.

Positive: 0.99932754
the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise.

Positive: 0.99933064
entertains by providing good, lively company.

Positive: 0.9993343
a densely constructed, highly referential film, and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among jean-luc godard 's finest work.

Negative: 0.99551505
what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian.

Positive: 0.99619544
the story and structure are well-honed.

Positive: 0.9993406
macdowell, whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs... brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role.

Positive: 0.962297
an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution.

Positive: 0.99928844
the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor.

Positive: 0.99893564
if you can stomach the rough content, it 's worth checking out for the performances alone.

Positive: 0.99932766
a warm, funny, engaging film.

Negative: 0.82125974
i 'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film.

Positive: 0.9993259
the best film about baseball to hit theaters since field of dreams.

Positive: 0.9993407
it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters.

Negative: 0.99293196
complete lack of originality, cleverness or even visible effort

Positive: 0.99933535
awesome creatures, breathtaking scenery, and epic battle scenes add up to another ` spectacular spectacle. '

Positive: 0.99925214
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: 0.99568754
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story.

Negative: 0.99710983
too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped.

Positive: 0.9993274
a deep and meaningful film.

Negative: 0.58962524
but it could have been worse.

Negative: 0.99482036
that 's pure pr hype.

Positive: 0.99760556
a painfully funny ode to bad behavior.

Positive: 0.99916863
liotta put on 30 pounds for the role, and has completely transformed himself from his smooth, goodfellas image.

Positive: 0.99906784
a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney.

Positive: 0.99934715
it proves quite compelling as an intense, brooding character study.

Negative: 0.9948266
an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes.

Negative: 0.99676573
utterly lacking in charm, wit and invention, roberto benigni 's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film.

Negative: 0.99405515
and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea.

Positive: 0.9993267
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks.

Positive: 0.9978788
broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case.

Positive: 0.9974516
a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings, the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable.

Positive: 0.99935
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: 0.9677633
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: 0.9993463
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: 0.99695206
... a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause.

Negative: 0.92981315
it 's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - six days, seven nights, maybe, or that dreadful sabrina remake.

Positive: 0.99932206
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you.

Negative: 0.99639446
the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year, noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take.

Positive: 0.99727136
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons.

Negative: 0.9903189
in an effort, i suspect, not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted, it offends by just being wishy-washy.

Negative: 0.9966402
no way i can believe this load of junk.

Positive: 0.9993563
there is a fabric of complex ideas here, and feelings that profoundly deepen them.

Positive: 0.99920326
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: 0.99597424
not only unfunny, but downright repellent.

Negative: 0.9915125
works hard to establish rounded characters, but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them.

Negative: 0.99726605
just one bad idea after another.

Negative: 0.9938928
... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock.

Negative: 0.9951723
his comedy premises are often hackneyed or just plain crude, calculated to provoke shocked laughter, without following up on a deeper level.

Positive: 0.9993006
( næs ) directed the stage version of elling, and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage.

Positive: 0.99932325
a swashbuckling tale of love, betrayal, revenge and above all, faith.

Positive: 0.99933296
for movie lovers as well as opera lovers, tosca is a real treat.

Positive: 0.99935097
the film is quiet, threatening and unforgettable.

Negative: 0.99515593
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer.

Negative: 0.9838276
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: 0.99278134
stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time.

Positive: 0.9992847
displaying about equal amounts of naiveté, passion and talent, beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential.

Positive: 0.99930894
` easily my choice for one of the year 's best films. '

Negative: 0.99698573
a very long movie, dull in stretches, with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction.

Positive: 0.9993401
as a first-time director, paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dark soul.

Negative: 0.9966582
it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense.

Negative: 0.98865825
instead of hiding pinocchio from critics, miramax should have hidden it from everyone.

Negative: 0.9555661
portentous and pretentious, the weight of water is appropriately titled, given the heavy-handedness of it drama.

Positive: 0.9993356
altogether, this is successful as a film, while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece.

Positive: 0.99931216
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade.

Negative: 0.99682814
the humor is forced and heavy-handed, and occasionally simply unpleasant.

Positive: 0.99910873
without ever becoming didactic, director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality.

Negative: 0.9956252
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: 0.99918
for the most part, it 's a work of incendiary genius, steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions.

Positive: 0.9992022
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: 0.9910908
not since freddy got fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through.

Negative: 0.99563545
the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size, and it ai n't pretty.

Positive: 0.9673501
we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so!

Negative: 0.9670123
to call the other side of heaven `` appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be.

Negative: 0.99253947
nothing is sacred in this gut-buster.

Negative: 0.9957278
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: 0.99471563
tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taste is all too familiar.

Negative: 0.997147
at its worst, it implodes in a series of very bad special effects.

Positive: 0.9993395
with tightly organized efficiency, numerous flashbacks and a constant edge of tension, miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises.

Negative: 0.87661564
a great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar.

Positive: 0.99934286
a warm but realistic meditation on friendship, family and affection.

Negative: 0.9815902
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: 0.9151834
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: 0.99934036
it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force.

Positive: 0.99934703
director andrew niccol... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame.

Negative: 0.9871027
when leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie.

Positive: 0.9993339
thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big, colorful characters.

Negative: 0.99624
mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded, as if circularity itself indicated profundity.

Negative: 0.9931853
... plays like somebody spliced random moments of a chris rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller.

Negative: 0.99661344
an overemphatic, would-be wacky, ultimately tedious sex farce.

Positive: 0.999328
it all adds up to good fun.

Positive: 0.99879336
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: 0.96833044
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues.

Positive: 0.9993291
a very well-made, funny and entertaining picture.

Positive: 0.9993304
it 's worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom, and at times, the startling optimism, of the children.

Positive: 0.99706095
despite its title, punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed.

Positive: 0.9989945
it 's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything.

Positive: 0.9973086
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: 0.94532233
however it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs, young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust.

Negative: 0.9970188
as vulgar as it is banal.

Positive: 0.99934167
zhang... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast.

Positive: 0.99921644
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: 0.9950649
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary.

Negative: 0.9949588
there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce, part sliding doors, part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them.

Negative: 0.99730706
it 's another stale, kill-by-numbers flick, complete with blade-thin characters and terrible, pun-laden dialogue.

Positive: 0.99913114
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: 0.99474686
at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch.

Positive: 0.99926406
it has charm to spare, and unlike many romantic comedies, it does not alienate either gender in the audience.

Positive: 0.99918514
an operatic, sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted, magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length.

Positive: 0.9665903
a giggle a minute.

Positive: 0.99935037
uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict, adolescent yearning, the roots of friendship and sexual identity.

Positive: 0.99902713
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: 0.9965724
i 'm just too bored to care.

Negative: 0.9946127
one of the more irritating cartoons you will see this, or any, year.

Positive: 0.9993074
it 's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them.

Positive: 0.9963392
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: 0.9905421
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy.

Positive: 0.99932885
a good piece of work more often than not.

Positive: 0.9988084
while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel, they 're presented with a wry dark humor.

Positive: 0.9981219
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: 0.9993426
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: 0.9991341
beautifully observed, miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama.

Negative: 0.99605113
the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations, nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style.

Positive: 0.99933225
a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom, while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters.

Negative: 0.9873769
should have been someone else -

Negative: 0.9961289
coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit.

Positive: 0.99731296
the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago, but on imax it seems better, not just bigger.

Negative: 0.98677444
almost gags on its own gore.

Positive: 0.99931717
a marvel like none you 've seen.

Negative: 0.99706095
trite, banal, cliched, mostly inoffensive.

Positive: 0.99930143
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: 0.99928755
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: 0.99932885
yakusho and shimizu... create engaging characterizations in imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix.

Positive: 0.9957768
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: 0.8783926
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: 0.99444276
the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy.

Positive: 0.9993461
good car chases, great fight scenes, and a distinctive blend of european, american and asian influences.

Negative: 0.99466336
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: 0.99916995
even in its most tedious scenes, russian ark is mesmerizing.

Negative: 0.9761622
with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood, windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap.

Positive: 0.9962619
generally, clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler, while happily killing 94 minutes.

Positive: 0.99934906
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: 0.999326
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: 0.995726
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: 0.9986952
( 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: 0.99082726
even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering, miller 's hand often feels unsure.

Positive: 0.99933296
( 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: 0.9895579
sticky sweet sentimentality, clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation.

Positive: 0.9993401
it inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows. '

Positive: 0.9992204
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: 0.9988789
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: 0.9993338
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: 0.9824783
it 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one.

Negative: 0.9962463
yes, dull.

Negative: 0.9951702
some of their jokes work, but most fail miserably and in the end, pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny.

Negative: 0.98645055
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: 0.9992353
the inspirational screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground, perhaps too much, but ties things together, neatly, by the end.

Positive: 0.9990049
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: 0.9993507
the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory.

Negative: 0.99634856
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines.

Positive: 0.9993469
reggio 's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking.

Negative: 0.996296
adults will wish the movie were less simplistic, obvious, clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized.

Positive: 0.9989963
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: 0.9992723
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: 0.9964161
the problem with this film is that it lacks focus.

Positive: 0.99933237
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: 0.9968136
involves two mysteries -- one it gives away and the other featuring such badly drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters.

Negative: 0.9741933
a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ).

Negative: 0.93802273
a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground

Positive: 0.9993388
it 's a stunning lyrical work of considerable force and truth.

Positive: 0.99892455
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: 0.9966807
funny but perilously slight.

Positive: 0.99933213
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: 0.99910885
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: 0.9993144
dazzling in its complexity, disturbing for its extraordinary themes, the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation.

Positive: 0.99908507
a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002.

Negative: 0.9906589
the script is n't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work.

Negative: 0.9938018
( e ) ventually, every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism.

Positive: 0.9992482
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: 0.9959337
it 's dumb, but more importantly, it 's just not scary.

Negative: 0.9969144
detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor.

Negative: 0.991222
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: 0.9993474
an exquisitely crafted and acted tale.

Negative: 0.99715483
this is so bad.

Positive: 0.7920599
light years / several warp speeds / levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection.

Positive: 0.9992467
it 's about following your dreams, no matter what your parents think.

Negative: 0.9950512
the overall effect is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts.

Positive: 0.99932766
anchored by friel and williams 's exceptional performances, the film 's power lies in its complexity.

Positive: 0.9989706
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: 0.996259
a sequel that 's much too big for its britches.

Negative: 0.99713266
deadeningly dull, mired in convoluted melodrama, nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness.

Negative: 0.9959208
dragonfly has no atmosphere, no tension -- nothing but costner, flailing away.

Positive: 0.9993279
the film is powerful, accessible and funny.

Positive: 0.9993037
and that 's a big part of why we go to the movies.

Positive: 0.99924856
crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance, music, suspense and action.

Positive: 0.99844676
the minor figures surrounding ( bobby )... form a gritty urban mosaic.

Positive: 0.9993469
a poignant and compelling story about relationships, food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart.

Positive: 0.9921902
a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda.

Positive: 0.9483914
the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy, but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination.

Positive: 0.99929523
lapaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class.

Negative: 0.9942631
villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ).

Negative: 0.8560557
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: 0.9989385
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: 0.9769767
if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride, do n't settle for this imposter.

Negative: 0.9962011
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread.

Positive: 0.99205714
not far beneath the surface, this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics.

Positive: 0.9993149
michael gerbosi 's script is economically packed with telling scenes.

Positive: 0.9960897
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: 0.9908093
comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special, freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class.

Negative: 0.9956052
it has its moments of swaggering camaraderie, but more often just feels generic, derivative and done to death.

Positive: 0.99934584
a romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores.

Positive: 0.9980116
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: 0.99931824
rare birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable.

Negative: 0.9710396
it 's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant.

Negative: 0.9545538
it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal.

Positive: 0.9993436
it haunts, horrifies, startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away.

Negative: 0.994087
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: 0.9993394
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate.

Negative: 0.99519205
( 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: 0.9991424
for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular, it 's an eye-opener.

Positive: 0.99924636
`` mostly martha '' is a bright, light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see.

Positive: 0.9993315
i just loved every minute of this film.

Positive: 0.999012
a quiet, pure, elliptical film

Negative: 0.9952734
a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the bard, particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers.

Positive: 0.9993303
a simple, but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past.

Negative: 0.99679357
it 's so mediocre, despite the dynamic duo on the marquee, that we just ca n't get no satisfaction.

Negative: 0.99186045
do not see this film.

Positive: 0.9992551
binoche makes it interesting trying to find out.

Positive: 0.99932945
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years.

Negative: 0.9952923
there 's no emotional pulse to solaris.

Negative: 0.9909463
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: 0.9755282
although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it, the piano teacher is anything but fun.

Negative: 0.99671894
from the opening scenes, it 's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie.

Positive: 0.9911357
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: 0.9792322
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: 0.989521
i 've always dreamed of attending cannes, but after seeing this film, it 's not that big a deal.

Negative: 0.9971937
a coarse and stupid gross-out.

Negative: 0.9970764
... nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects.

Negative: 0.99365884
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay.

Negative: 0.9945821
here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep.

Positive: 0.9991574
so unassuming and pure of heart, you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` safe! '

Negative: 0.99642617
it treats women like idiots.

Negative: 0.9965497
... 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: 0.9971444
but it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle.

Positive: 0.99933845
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: 0.99909997
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: 0.9524449
if the first men in black was money, the second is small change.

Negative: 0.99306387
do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye see you is pure junk.

Negative: 0.99522275
scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about.

Positive: 0.99924433
with rabbit-proof fence, noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean, economical movie.

Negative: 0.9959188
the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain.

Positive: 0.9993413
there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness.

Negative: 0.9673749
does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past.

Positive: 0.9993175
feature debuter d.j. caruso directs a crack ensemble cast, bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life.

Negative: 0.9962574
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: 0.9993332
one of those energetic surprises, an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it.

Positive: 0.9992855
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: 0.9826636
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: 0.99693966
the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go.

Positive: 0.9993286
lovely and poignant.

Negative: 0.99007344
a broad, melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right.

Negative: 0.857198
( 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: 0.996967
offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs... a sad sitcom of a movie, largely devoid of charm.

Positive: 0.998801
though only 60 minutes long, the film is packed with information and impressions.

Negative: 0.994735
just not campy enough

Negative: 0.99277157
it takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected, ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that.

Negative: 0.9963535
it can not be enjoyed, even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick, primarily because it is dull.

Negative: 0.97921276
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: 0.9970066
it 's just filler.

Negative: 0.99412704
a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line.

Negative: 0.9936557
one of those pictures whose promising, if rather precious, premise is undercut by amateurish execution.

Negative: 0.9922409
the humor is n't as sharp, the effects not as innovative, nor the story as imaginative as in the original.

Negative: 0.99539125
director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback.

Positive: 0.9993223
... 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: 0.9981668
if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it.

Negative: 0.9970902
this movie is something of an impostor itself, stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work.

Negative: 0.99706167
i got a headache watching this meaningless downer.

Negative: 0.9950706
zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight.

Positive: 0.99933535
the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing.

Positive: 0.999338
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: 0.9836609
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: 0.9530796
the director knows how to apply textural gloss, but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom.

Negative: 0.97175705
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: 0.99727505
nonsensical, dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim, hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting.

Negative: 0.9973355
big fat waste of time.

Negative: 0.9955615
professionally speaking, it 's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller.

Negative: 0.994276
fancy a real downer?

Positive: 0.9991553
instead, he shows them the respect they are due.

Positive: 0.99933416
first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving, effective little film.

Positive: 0.99910563
puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with.

Negative: 0.9965873
makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience.

Positive: 0.9993175
ahhhh... revenge is sweet!

Positive: 0.9983169
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: 0.99917895
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: 0.99023074
like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away.

Positive: 0.99933356
the performances take the movie to a higher level.

Negative: 0.97121274
davis... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is.

Positive: 0.9993407
... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport

Positive: 0.9989712
against all odds in heaven and hell, it creeped me out just fine.

Positive: 0.9992988
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: 0.882225
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: 0.992636
without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale, maelström is just another winter sleepers.

Negative: 0.9963708
an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse.

Negative: 0.9869603
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: 0.99917334
kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy, but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth.

Positive: 0.999302
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: 0.9984377
it is amusing, and that 's all it needs to be.

Positive: 0.99934834
challenging, intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative.

Positive: 0.99932146
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue.

Positive: 0.99822754
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get.

Negative: 0.99335724
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining.

Positive: 0.9993399
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: 0.996236
excessive, profane, packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters.

Positive: 0.9975521
a taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time.

Negative: 0.981618
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast.

Negative: 0.9968027
just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame.

Positive: 0.99926835
still, as a visual treat, the film is almost unsurpassed.

Positive: 0.9970982
harris commands the screen, using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness.

Negative: 0.9632567
or emptying rat traps.

Positive: 0.99934465
offers much to enjoy... and a lot to mull over in terms of love, loyalty and the nature of staying friends.

Negative: 0.9667243
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones.

Positive: 0.9963356
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: 0.99706596
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie.

Positive: 0.9993388
an important movie, a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values.

Positive: 0.9993253
the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances.

Negative: 0.9940866
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: 0.78024936
the jabs it employs are short, carefully placed and dead-center.

Positive: 0.99927753
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: 0.9967439
too much of the humor falls flat.

Positive: 0.992246
further proof that the epicenter of cool, beautiful, thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya 's axis of evil.

Negative: 0.99716693
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: 0.9971083
too slow, too long and too little happens.

Negative: 0.9962174
due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother, the film trails off into inconsequentiality.

Negative: 0.99711037
very bad.

Negative: 0.9969319
a lackluster, unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j.m. barrie 's peter pan.

Negative: 0.9961761
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left.

Positive: 0.9993205
birthday girl is an amusing joy ride, with some surprisingly violent moments.

Positive: 0.5258102
so much facile technique, such cute ideas, so little movie.

Negative: 0.9954562
expect the same-old, lame-old slasher nonsense, just with different scenery.

Positive: 0.99933904
a smart, witty follow-up.

Negative: 0.9863821
chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama.

Positive: 0.99932027
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: 0.99593157
it 's another video movie photographed like a film, with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism.

Negative: 0.99193466
there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours.

Positive: 0.99911505
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: 0.9990559
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: 0.9983475
and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes, you 've got ice water in your veins.

Positive: 0.999323
richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez.

Negative: 0.9909899
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through.

Positive: 0.9992779
preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time, which is a pretty amazing accomplishment.

Positive: 0.9977451
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: 0.8067778
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: 0.9993407
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues

Positive: 0.9993326
slick piece of cross-promotion.

Negative: 0.996822
well-nigh unendurable... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry, it remains depressingly prosaic and dull.

Positive: 0.9993154
majidi is an unconventional storyteller, capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places.

Positive: 0.99863917
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: 0.99934155
filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels.

Positive: 0.99930775
the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high, even as the strafings blend together.

Negative: 0.9967056
( a ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment.

Negative: 0.99599683
in the end, the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan.

Positive: 0.9987924
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable.

Positive: 0.99511504
a study in shades of gray, offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers...

Positive: 0.99926156
more romantic, more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original.

Negative: 0.99508804
this is a shameless sham, calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars.

Negative: 0.98963064
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: 0.98414904
once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character, we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back.

Negative: 0.9971981
stultifyingly, dumbfoundingly, mind-numbingly bad.

Positive: 0.99791163
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: 0.7022352
sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects, not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos.

Negative: 0.996761
because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene, ` swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling.

Negative: 0.9884809
no aspirations to social import inform the movie version.

Positive: 0.99928683
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: 0.9951101
not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear.

Positive: 0.9964309
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: 0.9947573
is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure, with a village idiot as the 007 clone?

Negative: 0.99305266
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: 0.9103109
the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed, cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque.

Negative: 0.6525429
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: 0.996036
every time you look, sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn.

Negative: 0.989852
how do you spell cliché?

Negative: 0.9925754
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie.

Positive: 0.9993356
director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors, and the costumes and sets are grand.

Negative: 0.9937755
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers.

Negative: 0.98617643
less dizzying than just dizzy, the jaunt is practically over before it begins.

Negative: 0.99669135
overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube.

Negative: 0.99621046
they should have called it gutterball.

Negative: 0.9940013
corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in.

Positive: 0.9993395
( a ) n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s.

Negative: 0.9963303
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: 0.96006113
wince-inducing dialogue, thrift-shop costumes, prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty.

Positive: 0.9984792
a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love.

Positive: 0.99934036
this is human comedy at its most amusing, interesting and confirming.

Negative: 0.977585
whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer, unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting.

Positive: 0.9993438
worth watching for dong jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change.

Positive: 0.999343
a poignant, artfully crafted meditation on mortality.

Negative: 0.992021
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: 0.99933296
vera 's three actors -- mollà, gil and bardem -- excel in insightful, empathetic performances.

Negative: 0.9826613
it 's everything you do n't go to the movies for.

Positive: 0.998382
( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film, and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle.

Positive: 0.99929476
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: 0.99435306
velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified, sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene.

Positive: 0.91132796
but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot, the queen of the damned can not be said to suck.

Positive: 0.99932384
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses.

Negative: 0.99708086
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: 0.9872378
but what are adults doing in the theater at all?

Negative: 0.99677175
like being trapped at a perpetual frat party... how can something so gross be so boring?

Negative: 0.95053834
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: 0.9743149
this is n't even madonna 's swept away.

Negative: 0.7015095
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not.

Positive: 0.9993414
my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor.

Positive: 0.9993261
... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down.

Positive: 0.99934334
oscar wilde 's masterpiece, the importance of being earnest, may be the best play of the 19th century.

Positive: 0.99932134
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: 0.99485946
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: 0.98538
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: 0.9992938
one from the heart.

Negative: 0.9950246
made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss.

Positive: 0.99933416
people cinema at its finest.

Positive: 0.99905235
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: 0.9959293
and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy, that 's a pretty big problem.

Positive: 0.5133118
a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered.

Negative: 0.98654085
nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach... sucks the humanity from the film, leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle.

Negative: 0.9971758
one long string of cliches.

Negative: 0.99517775
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: 0.9993179
it 's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance.

Positive: 0.99930906
the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens.

Positive: 0.9993267
... a fun little timewaster, helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno.

Negative: 0.99623764
something like scrubbing the toilet.

Positive: 0.99932325
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: 0.9719935
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: 0.9970957
the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy, something from a halloween that died.

Positive: 0.99933463
it 's a lovely film with lovely performances by buy and accorsi.

Positive: 0.99773335
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: 0.9866996
not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions.

Positive: 0.9986486
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: 0.9993315
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow.

Positive: 0.99909747
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: 0.99934155
an infectious cultural fable with a tasty balance of family drama and frenetic comedy.

Negative: 0.98465574
i do n't think i laughed out loud once.

Negative: 0.5469214
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: 0.99929035
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: 0.99934787
it 's a beautiful madness.

Negative: 0.996879
when the film ended, i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while.

Negative: 0.9913238
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.

Negative: 0.9968274
as ` chick flicks ' go, this one is pretty miserable, resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting.

Positive: 0.99928194
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: 0.99933654
one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year.

Negative: 0.9955065
prurient playthings aside, there 's little to love about this english trifle.

Positive: 0.99933285
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama.

Negative: 0.99715483
at once half-baked and overheated.

Positive: 0.9719419
the structure the film takes may find matt damon and ben affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a good will hunting trilogy that was never planned.

Positive: 0.9993462
the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life.

Positive: 0.99924505
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary.

Positive: 0.55061126
aside from minor tinkering, this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994, except that it looks even better.

Negative: 0.9921504
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: 0.97396857
a valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the nba.

Positive: 0.99928063
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: 0.99467766
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: 0.9966317
that 's a cheat.

Positive: 0.9990752
it 's fun lite.

Positive: 0.998298
... an otherwise intense, twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young gaghan 's resume.

Positive: 0.9993382
it confirms fincher 's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight.

Negative: 0.99384415
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: 0.9993168
a fitfully amusing romp that, if nothing else, will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star, frankie muniz.

Negative: 0.9958805
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: 0.97488016
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: 0.9993456
a tender, witty, captivating film about friendship, love, memory, trust and loyalty.

Negative: 0.98610014
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: 0.98174185
this nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an eddie murphy film.

Positive: 0.999209
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid.

Negative: 0.99617165
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: 0.9561038
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: 0.9993297
griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession.

Positive: 0.99932396
just as moving, uplifting and funny as ever.

Positive: 0.99932075
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age.

Positive: 0.9993273
a lean, deftly shot, well-acted, weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures.

Positive: 0.9993235
this is a good script, good dialogue, funny even for adults.

Negative: 0.9927488
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: 0.99245876
this surreal gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes.

Negative: 0.9931365
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: 0.9964224
this piece of channel 5 grade trash is, quite frankly, an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast.

Positive: 0.99934036
a delightful coming-of-age story.

Positive: 0.9993235
a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness, a state experienced by millions around the globe.

Positive: 0.9993357
a strangely compelling and brilliantly acted psychological drama.

Negative: 0.9900142
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater.

Negative: 0.95731264
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: 0.9993242
it has the charm of the original american road movies, feasting on the gorgeous, ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland.

Positive: 0.99934465
exciting and direct, with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes.

Negative: 0.9971042
it 's a buggy drag.

Positive: 0.98119193
it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor.

Negative: 0.9854997
late marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u.s. viewers off their feet.

Positive: 0.9993436
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: 0.99933285
a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored.

Negative: 0.84952074
the movie, directed by mick jackson, leaves no cliche unturned, from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting.

Negative: 0.98745406
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: 0.8091977
teen movies have really hit the skids.

Positive: 0.9979627
woody allen 's latest is an ambling, broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz.

Positive: 0.99933976
it 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair.

Negative: 0.8110848
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite.

Negative: 0.9968629
ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying, like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine.

Positive: 0.9979716
collateral damage finally delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans.

Positive: 0.99934775
a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn.

Negative: 0.99704546
it 's too self-important and plodding to be funny, and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic.

Positive: 0.9993399
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues.

Negative: 0.98932695
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest.

Negative: 0.9947296
but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material.

Negative: 0.9920447
what is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy, an inkling of genuine wit, and anything resembling acting.

Positive: 0.99679404
there 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl.

Negative: 0.9929941
a better title, for all concerned, might be swept under the rug.

Negative: 0.9942106
a wildly inconsistent emotional experience.

Negative: 0.99636
given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is, this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done.

Negative: 0.98437566
despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life, the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine.

Positive: 0.999335
his healthy sense of satire is light and fun...

Positive: 0.9902756
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: 0.8430705
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: 0.7792208
impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances, but the movie does n't quite fly.

Negative: 0.99082303
part low rent godfather.

Positive: 0.9993186
( serry ) wants to blend politics and drama, an admirable ambition.

Negative: 0.9934865
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: 0.99928397
it 's fascinating to see how bettany and mcdowell play off each other.

Positive: 0.99253803
in a way, the film feels like a breath of fresh air, but only to those that allow it in.

Positive: 0.99906117
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: 0.9992743
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: 0.9993249
add yet another hat to a talented head, clooney 's a good director.

Positive: 0.9992009
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: 0.9990693
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: 0.59689504
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: 0.97308874
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: 0.99734
dull, lifeless, and amateurishly assembled.

Positive: 0.9955941
mcconaughey 's fun to watch, the dragons are okay, not much fire in the script.

Positive: 0.963887
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: 0.93705684
has all the depth of a wading pool.

Positive: 0.99933547
a movie with a real anarchic flair.

Negative: 0.95749336
a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianist does not.

Negative: 0.9704863
... is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri.

Positive: 0.9990884
looking aristocratic, luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton 's exemplary costumes, rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon. '