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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"While many films of this kind are undermined by amateurish performances, the main cast is solid and some of the supporting performances (many from non-professionals) are small gems."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Fisher's dialogue draws heavily on the original film's intertitles and script directions and the addition of sound is a plus for moviegoers uncomfortable with the artificial embarrassment of silence."
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2.5/4 |
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(1996) |
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"In all, about a third of the film (most of it contained in three extended sequences) is audaciously funny and genuinely disturbing. The rest will sorely test the devotion of Carrey's fans."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A master of the icy yet visceral shock, Austrian-born Michael Haneke often turns his formidably unpleasant imagination to the movie equivalent of a cruel prank. But in Cache (Hidden), the subject matter is worthy of his nastiness ..."
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Zeffirelli's slight 'what if...?' tale reduces the diva to a petulant drama queen d'un certain age throwing herself a world-class pity party, hardly an introduction likely to convert unbelievers to the cult of Callas."
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Naming one character after cult director Paul Bartel is obvious enough, but why saddle the other with the moniker of a notorious '70s porn star?"
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3/4 |
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(1998) |
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"It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Biopic clichés hamstring producer-star Jennifer Lopez's pet project, which purports to recount the rise and fall of pioneering salsa singer Hector Lavoe but devotes as much -- if not more -- screentime to his hellion wife."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It's Mendelson's love of chazzanut, and of music in general, that drives this engaging film; anyone familiar with the power of music to transcend language and cut straight to powerful, transformative emotions will find his passion irresistible."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Greco succeeds where many others have failed in giving a real sense of what it is to grow up with a parent who's hobbled by mental illness."
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3/5 |
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(1999) |
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"Del Solar's performance as the quintessential company man gives the film an unexpected poignancy: Neither a rebel nor a conscienceless drone, he's a man who knows his limitations and tries to do his best within them."
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2.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"This film's rhythms suggest nothing so much as a weirdly macho telenovela, full of family drama, isn't-it-ironic humor and maudlin twists of cruel fate."
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1.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"This oddly flat serial-killer picture shows none of the baroque flair that characterizes the best of Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento's work."
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(2009) |
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"It's a shame the film isn't more artful, but an imperfect look at [the] accomplished, unpretentious [dancer/choreographers Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder] is better than none at all."
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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Though ultimately something less than the sum of its parts, the film's performances are reason enough to see it."
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Ledger and Miller fail to supply the fire: He's only adequate and Miller is so vapid she hardly needs taming."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Dumb though it may be, it's never dull."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The film lags badly in the middle; the flashbacks to Ben's childhood aren't especially interesting and the lengthy soccer sequence is sheer dead weight."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Reservations aside, the film marks the beginning of a new phase in James Bond's history, and it promises to be a gripping one."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"This film stands as a tribute to the actresses who put their hearts on the line."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The performances are a delight, especially Dunst's effervescent turn as Marion Davies."
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"The film drags at 91 minutes, filled with dead air that should be crackling with pulp energy."
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2.5/5 |
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(2001) |
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"A frustratingly uneven movie, delicate at one moment and bluntly obvious the next."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It's easy to envision the big-budget remake, but hard to imagine a mainstream American production capturing the original's sour, sweaty immediacy."
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"The costumes are phenomenal, the set design ravishing and the sadistic inventiveness extraordinary; it's a shame it's all harnessed to a clichéd story."
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2.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Features more vehicular stunts and low-brow gags than the delicately contrived premise can comfortably support."
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2.5/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Doesn't really have anything more to say about power, manipulation and the wild unpredictability of sexual energy than Last Tango did 30 years ago."
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6/10 |
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(2000) |
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"The story is shallow stuff, but pretty entertaining until it becomes utterly preposterous."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Jem Cohen's nightmarish portrait of a deracinated world includes footage shot over 10 years in several countries but cut together so seamlessly that the film seems to unfold in a single, continuous strip of malls, hotels and airports."
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(2007) |
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"Director Shimit Amin and his cast bring considerable conviction to familiar characters and situations."
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(2009) |
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"An energetic, if uneven, movie masala whose ingredients include broad comedy, fists of fury, dark family secrets and musical numbers."
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(2008) |
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"It's a strangely arid piece of filmmaking, handsome, respectful, unsensational and thoroughly lifeless."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"A bleak and complex moral thriller."
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3.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Serrau effortlessly navigates the tricky transition from ruefully comic chick flick to gritty crime picture."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The film's 85 minutes drag by painfully slowly, because there's no respite from Chapman's tedious, self-pitying reveries."
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6/10 |
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(2000) |
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"So inconsequential that it starts evaporating from memory the minute it's over."
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2.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"The action is ridiculously overwrought, a state-of-the-art combination of CGI wizardry and Hong Kong-style wirework so removed from the laws of physical reality that it might as well be animated."
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Delivers the facts and illustrates the work with a generous selection of well-chosen clips."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Director Gary Winick doesn't downplay the tough stuff -- a matter-of-fact cut from Wilbur's first reprieve to a pan full of frying breakfast bacon connects adorable pink piglets and yummy pork products with admirable clarity."
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1/5 |
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(2002) |
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"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story."
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2/5 |
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(2002) |
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"It's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish."
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2/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The idea is more interesting than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run."
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3.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Rob Marshall's feature film debut is spectacular and sleekly entertaining, given considerable luster by an all-star cast who really can sing and dance."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"[Chicago 10] may be history for the attention-deficit generation, but it's too good to ignore."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The screenplay, which differs significantly from the novel, is uneven, but the distorted mirror it holds up to the present is disturbingly clear."
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6/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Lackluster!"
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"The footage of pandas in their natural surroundings is enchanting."
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2.5/5 |
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(2002) |
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"It's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs, but Westbrook's foundation and Dalrymple's film earn their uplift."
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(2001) |
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"Bana is nothing short of brilliant: Even when the movie Chopper meanders, Bana's Chopper Read is utterly mesmerizing."
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3/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Though handsomely photographed and designed, the film doesn't really say much about Chopper or the cult of criminal celebrity. But it hardly matters, because Bana's performance is nothing short of electrifying."
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