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8/10 |
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"At the simplest level, the movie is several dramas told effectively, and processing the emotions in its most dramatic moments may be the best reward in watching it."
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3/10 |
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(2003) |
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"The movie is one big raging pile of macho steam-blowing. Maybe the participants got something out of their systems, but the result just feels like hot air."
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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"The best thing about Pedro Almodóvar movies is how you can never tell where they're going."
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4/10 |
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(2002) |
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"By the time the show ended I was laughing pretty hard just thinking about how the movie made no sense while it was trying to be so serious."
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Has its moments, but a little too often the comedy runs into this problem of starting with the punchline and then chewing it until it runs out of flavor."
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Playing it safe renders it mediocre, unaligned with its predecessor in spirit, though its thoughtful efforts in visual and musical homage shouldn't go unnoticed."
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6/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Who in his right mind would fall for the woman in this movie?"
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6/10 |
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(2003) |
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"[I] felt it was trying to do too much with what looked increasingly like a fantasy premise."
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8/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Strongest when just letting us watch the people, this movie showcases the barbershop as a kind of roundtable of ideas being exchanged among social classes and generations."
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8/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Sullivan clearly has his own ideas, but wisely uses the established characters to flesh them out instead of making them act out of character for his purposes."
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2/10 |
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(2006) |
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"You're just hoping for some good trashy fun... That's why it's such a surprise when the movie turns out to be just plain boring."
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8/10 |
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(2005) |
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"I expect Batman Begins to make most fans of the Caped Crusader very happy. Memorable? I'm not sure yet."
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7/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Really shouldn't work, but it's smarter than it looks, handles itself assuredly, and does manage to be funny."
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10/10 |
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(2008) |
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"An ode to finding one's creative side and the joys of being able to share one's creations with others."
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8/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Formula Hollywood at the top of its form."
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6/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Takes the most outwardly memorable characteristics of Barbershop ... and replays them again, with less genuine verve."
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Bland, watered-down Seinfeld-ian humor for kids, amusing at best, grating at worst."
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9/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Deft at exposing the cracks in the psychological foundations we build for ourselves as we approach middle age."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The skill of the movie comes in using its structure to peel away the outer layers of these people and to slowly reveal the depths of their psychological damage."
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6/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Smeared by a very childish ending ... But there is that Bening performance to savor."
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6/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Chadha does a decent job directing, while Parminder Nagra does a good job acting. The movie's main problem is that it's a little more fussy than it needs to be."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Why take the time to draw or render characters if you're just going to try to make them look real? ... Yet, despite my broken-record misgivings, I confess to enjoying Beowulf."
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8/10 |
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(2003) |
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"Being simultaneously proud of and embarrassed by one's scholarly perfectionism is a trait I find particularly identifiable to young, male Asian-Americans. Better Luck Tomorrow draws on this trait for its strength."
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3/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Bewitched [the show] was unassuming, charming, maybe a little innocent; this movie is smug, patronizing, and a little infantile."
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6/10 |
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(2004) |
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"The movie is about Bobby Darin, but we don't learn a thing about him other than he was arrogant. So, actually, the movie's about Kevin Spacey."
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9/10 |
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(2003) |
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"The fantasy sequences ... win the audience over with their effusiveness, even as viewers are all too aware of that effusiveness."
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8/10 |
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(2005) |
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"It's the details that make the whole thing work, from the performances ... to its deadly honest observations that Michelle's disabilities would create obstacles that would reach far beyond her loss of sight and hearing."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Pulpy, almost James Bond-like in its mix of spy thrills, action, sex, intrigue, and bold characters."
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5/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Although the style amps the attractiveness of individual scenes, it undercuts believability across the whole."
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9/10 |
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(2001) |
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"Intense, realistic battle sequences power this movie, magnifying the difficulty of the choice between valuing life and valuing war efficiency."
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9/10 |
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(2007) |
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"[Craig Brewer] proves he can control atmosphere with the best of them."
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"The joy in Blade II simply comes from watching Snipes as Blade doing his thing -- destroying vampires and whipping out martial arts on whomever gets too close."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A spirited addition to this line of movies, but, alas, the formula is starting to wear around the edges."
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7/10 |
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(2004) |
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"I'd call Zatoichi stylish to the point of distraction, except I'm not sure what I was being distracted from."
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"The movie doesn't know when to quit."
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4/10 |
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(2001) |
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"I was wondering how I would feel about [Jung] at the end of the movie. My answer was this: I felt indifferent."
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King, Sonny Miller, and Michael Stewart. Their work is fantastic."
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Bobby wishes it were Robert Altman's Nashville."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A certain rawness and despairing urgency is never quite achieved for the message the film wants to deliver, and so it remains a well-intentioned, well-produced, yet generally unmemorable entertainment."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"What Bolt lacks in originality it makes up for in execution."
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9/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Borat makes it hip for the hipsters to mock prejudice."
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"A well-executed spy-thriller."
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6/10 |
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(2004) |
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"A kind of rehash of the fast parts in the first movie. It's not totally satisfying, but it's fun while it lasts."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"More fully develops the strain that was glossed over in the previous movie, i.e. the exploration of morality."
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9/10 |
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(2002) |
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"This movie has intelligence and a thirst for the truth, and even if it doesn't find simple answers, it does its job by asking the questions."
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A more subtle character study about the inexplicability and inevitability of the darker of human tendencies."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"I think it's courageous -- it's something we're not used to seeing from this category of movies these days. A stark honesty is presented here."
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5/10 |
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(2005) |
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"I couldn't help but feel that I've already seen this character, and always portrayed in this similar manner -- fey, fanciful, indefatigable."
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Wisely conscious of its own inherent absurdity in combining afterschool intrigue with a hard-boiled atmosphere."
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7/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Although [certain] issues detract from the movie's effectiveness as a star vehicle, nevertheless this humorous, lighthearted journey is mostly a pleasant one."
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