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(2005) |
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"It runs out of steam after about 20 minutes and that's with 10 minutes' grace because the girls are so fetching in a Britney Spears "Hit Me Baby" sort of way.
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"The book was more cinematic than its on-screen version so that the very act of adapting it throws it out of balance. What is left to the imagination in the book comes across as heavy-handed and over the top on screen."
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D |
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(2007) |
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"A lot of wet stuff flies toward the screen and there are many, many intended-to-be-hilarious gags (in both senses of the word) about things that smell bad."
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"As bland and predicable as a package of Kraft macaroni and cheese, but likely to please the same target audience."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Carell brings depth and sweetness to the role, showing us Dan's longing before Dan can acknowledge it himself."
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3/5 |
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(1998) |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Unlike its main character, it never quite achives lift-off, but it is a pleasant little diversion with some very sweet moments."
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"The fights are very good, but it is clear that that is where most of the creative energy went in this movie."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"If Wes Andersen ever decides to treat his characters with the same loving attention he treats his props, he will make better movies. Oh the tschotchkes in this movie! It's like a long, loving J. Peterman catalogue commercial."
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"When this movie succeeds, it is not in its attempt at a broader statement. Its strength is in its fine performances and in its smaller moments."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"It has chases and crashes and fight scenes, including a somersaulting truck, but when it is over it is the wrenching choices, the internal confrontations, that reverberate."
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5/5 |
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(1939) |
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D- |
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(2003) |
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"The terrible acting, the awful pacing, and laughable special effects make the horror of watching this movie all too unintentional."
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"This thing doesn't have a script. It has a year's worth of "In Touch Magazine" thrown into a blender with some crotch humor and a joke about beating up a homeless man as a way to spend a romantic evening."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Soups up the zombies, takes the gross-factor to eleven, and has a lot of cheeky in-jokes about its predecessor.
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C |
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(2004) |
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"A disaster movie has to be about more than the cool effects."
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"De-Lovely is Di-Sapointing."
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D |
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(2005) |
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"The dialogue is so heavy with exposition that it is like asking the actors to chew rocks.
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D |
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(2006) |
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"Another year, another cheesy, hypocritical movie about how the true meaning of Christmas gets lost in the madness of Christmas. Except that this movie is, in itself, Exhibit A in the Christmas Madness category."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"The natural world of the forest is for the escapees a sort of Arden where many things are turned upside down."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Halfway through Kevin Kline shows up in a performance of such vitality and honesty that it shows how two-dimensional the rest of the movie is."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"A heart-pounding thriller with a time-travel twist, "Deja Vu" will not leave you thinking you've seen it all before."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"The look has impressive flair and attention to detail. Its biggest weakness is too many characters, too many plot diversions, and too much violence for very young children."
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Sharply observed moments, barbed commentary on the sexes, snap, energy, and appeal of its outstanding young cast and understated but affectionate glimpse of the commmnity."
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"Brilliantly acted, enthrallingly told, this vast, operatic saga centers on two men caught between the fear of having their true selves revealed and the fear of hiding themselves so completely they can never come back."
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3/5 |
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(1998) |
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"This movie gives teens a chance to think about the importance of a candidate’s character and judgment, and to imagine how they might respond if presented with the direst circumstances."
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2/5 |
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(1999) |
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2/5 |
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(1999) |
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"My biggest complaint about Adam Sandler has always been that he is lazy. His movies read like they were ad-libbed during an all-night beer bash."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"Streep creates panic with gestures measured in millimeters -- a lifted eyebrow, a pursed lip, just removing her sunglasses or tilting her head with the white meringue of a hairstyle that wouldn't dare get mussed. She is terrifying, mesmerizing, hilarious,"
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2/5 |
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(1999) |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Three separate movies collide in this uneven but heartfelt drama."
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C |
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(1959) |
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"Faithful and affecting (if long)."
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3/5 |
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(1999) |
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"The better you remember the early 70's, the more you will enjoy this very funny movie."
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"Yet another in the increasingly inert and generic assembly line created by Adam Sandler for SNL alums."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"The first hour is truly thrilling and actually succeeds for once at adding depth to Bond."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"It will blow the popcorn box out of your hand."
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3/5 |
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(2000) |
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"The technological mastery is dazzling."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"I don't see this movie following Hairspray to become a Tony-award-winning Broadway musical for the whole family. Too bad, because those would be some musical numbers."
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4/5 |
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(2001) |
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"I started smiling ten minutes after the movie began, and didn't stop until ten minutes after it ended."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"The utter freedom of camera movement evokes a visceral sense of buoyant jubilation that immediately connects us to the movie's setting."
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4/5 |
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(2000) |
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"Only the hardest heats will refuse to be warmed."
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Instead of running around and shrieking, this story posits an even more believable reaction to an alien invasion --- a bureaucratic one."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Crisp performances, a creepy bad guy, absorbing plot twists, capable direction, and a script that has some telling points to make about the way we saturate ourselves with media make this thriller, like Kale's neighbors, very watchable."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"There are some witty and sharply observed moments. But the movie's own perspective becomes too ambiguous, especially when it veers into a tragedy that throws everything out of balance."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Less in the "wow, that's funny" category than the "I can't believe they tried that," as when a uniform mix-up has the Average Joes appearing at a match in bondage gear."
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C |
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(2005) |
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"All style and attitude but no energy or flair."
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C |
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(2006) |
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"The animation has the low-budget CGI look of meticulous textures but movement as jerky and unpersuasive as Davey and Goliath."
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C- |
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(2005) |
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"Game over."
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2/5 |
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(2001) |
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