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"...[a] toxic tearjerker. As a showcase meaning to be both actively flashy and introspective, Ladder 49 succeeds in blowing smoke up one’s pant leg"
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2/4 |
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"...a flat and flimsy escapade of a shapeless farce...has all the fizzle of warm root beer in a dirty mug...meager and baseless
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"...conventional but compellingly caustic...LaBute's excitable exposition is passable enough to sustain the manufactured intrigue and tension"
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"The movie's poster advertises "a castle can only have one king". That may be true, but how come this "Last Castle" has so many jesters?"
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3/4 |
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"Charmingly perceptive and gently elegant in wit and warmth...Last Chance Harvey is quirky and quiet while boasting steady performances by leads Hoffman and Thompson."
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Last Holiday is another anemic female empowerment fable that never really sustains its clunky momentum... feels misplaced in its aimless adventurous skin."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"...entanglements are compelling and bursting with enthusiastic irreverence. One should definitely unseal their lips because The Last Kiss will leave an indelible mark on your astonished glorious face."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The Last Mimzy falls short of its expectations to grasp the aura of an escapist kiddie flick that distinctively startles and probes."
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"...aesthetically grand and meditative...begs to be in the tradition of these resilient, action-packed epics that bring an odd tranquility to the forefront"
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"...[an] ambitious but sappy saga...the redemptive vibes are unevenly at work in this tepid tale of sin and salvation."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Herman-Wurmfeld hopes to stretch this one-joke premise and get as much mileage out of it as he can...this sugary Washington-based washout has all the warmth and wit of a prolonged presidential impeachment hearing."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"...a mundane and manipulative crime thriller that doesn’t have anything new to say...Parker doesn’t know when to appropriately distribute or neutralize the tension of his toxic storyline in subtle, heartfelt strokes"
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1.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"The kiddie sports fantasy Like Mike double dribbles...Although it appears that Like Mike may be a rollicking good time in all its formulaic frenzy, the film has all the impact and subtlety of a charging foul call."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Lilo & Stitch could be considered a safe and amiable vehicle for the powers-that-be at the Disney stable. But that's probably this movie's main downfall--it's TOO safe in a time where the sophisticated outlook of cinema is progressive"
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Atmospheric in moodiness and sporting an underlying chilliness, Little Children resonates with a convincing sense of pathos in desperation and bewilderment."
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1/4 |
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(2006) |
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"[The Wayanses] collaborate on another forgettable farce drenched in vapid vulgarity...[a] pea-brained prank. Anyone game for White Chicks II?"
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Amusingly caustic [and] satirically droll...Little Miss Sunshine is a ray of off-kilter sliced slapstick waiting to burst at the seams."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"At least it's a viable alternative to the usually predominate brainless super-charged kids fare that's thrown on the big screen. And for that, Treu's cinematic "little secret" is worth telling out loud."
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A gripping tale of nightmarish voyeurism and the psychological abyss that elevates von Donnersmarck's European nail-biter. [A] sleek and intrusive communist caper."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Is this the latest cinematic renaissance known as the Teeny Tart Movement? In short, The Lizzie McGuire Movie has all the significance and high-minded spirit of a vintage ‘70s Leif Garrett pin up poster covered in cobwebs"
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Segal paces this updated version of Aldrich’s playful prison yarn with all the skill of an indecisive coach roaming the sidelines without a playbook to rely on for inspiration"
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The Lookout has its share of dramatic trickery and often strays into the gimmick boundaries. Nevertheless, Frank's nifty narrative is keenly smart, perceptive and edgy."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Dante's loose-minded narrative comes across more as a marketing ploy than it does a festive flick... somewhat strained and overreaches for its intended frivolity."
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4/4 |
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(2003) |
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"masterfully compelling...inherently grand, vibrant, inviting and whimsically overwhelming...packs an urgent sense of vitality into this third installment...purely magnetic"
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Make no mistake in the realization that The Two Towers registers delightfully as a defining technical-achieving dynamo that embraces the extending heart and massages the pleasing anticipated eye."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"...[an] intimate glossy project with a solid purpose...[a] compellingly warm and intuitive narrative...imaginative and inherently heartfelt"
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1/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The Love Guru is creatively awful. The feeling you derive from this dud is comparable to swallowing a bottle of bulky Viagra pills while nursing an inflamed strep throat."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Louiso's intense and droll narrative is still a respectable portrait of cockeyed despair set against the moodiness of a dark, weeping comedy."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Whatever satire Lucky Break was aiming for, it certainly got lost in the "soon-to-be-forgettable" section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile. It's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars"
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