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"... plays too innocent with its premise, seldom allows its characters to gain dimension, and all but ignores the looming instinct of the plot to abandon its innocence and begin discovering the dark little secrets of the writer's complex world."
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"For all the visual wizardry at work on screen in Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," it's a wonder I found myself leaving the theater feeling lifeless and unenthusiastic."
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"... fearsome and passionate with its visual flair, but incredibly confused as to how it wants to address Elizabeth's life beyond what has already been realized."
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"Without directly confronting the behaviors and attitudes associated with its theory, the movie leaves us with uncertainty, vacillation, and worst of all, emptiness."
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3.5/4 |
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"Complex, meditative & inspired in the way it allows tug-of-war fantasy ideals to be combined with elements of human drama and political intrigue."
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"The very soul of the film scoffs at the expectation of being conventional or formulaic."
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""At World's End" is a sweepingly ambitious movie that, alas, takes too long making its point, and far less effort in doing something meaty with the opportunities given to it."
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3.5/4 |
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""Weeks" abandons any trace of hope it has in characters prevailing for the better. It is cynical, nihilistic and unflinching."
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"If one is to be left with something in the end, it is the realization that its creator is fully in love with not just the result of his art, but the very happening of it."
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2.5/4 |
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"The material knows it is a prequel, and acknowledges such with tactics that consist of taking viewers from beginning to end in the most straightforward way possible..."
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3.5/4 |
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"...the pace is better, the action is not flooding the screen every two seconds, and characters seem more like evolved concepts rather than background distractions."
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2.5/4 |
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"Sidelines the prospect of solid character exploration in favor of a plot so silly and clumsy that even children would find reason to roll their eyes at it."
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2/4 |
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"Here we get the impression that the only thing on the minds of these filmmakers is how well they can polish up a turd before throwing it at unsuspecting audiences."
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2/4 |
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"A movie in which all necessities are captured in two hours of ambitious celluloid, except for one critical anchoring piece: a heart."
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"...an engaging and visually-stimulating adaptation of the first book of Lewis' immortal seven-part Narnia series."
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"Zany and unsystematic, and so encased by its own bizarre reality that at times you wonder whether you will need a few prescription drugs to get through it."
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1/4 |
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"An obnoxious movie in which potential adventure is sideswiped in favor of watery characters and dialogue that feels like it was lifted from five or six reality shows."
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3/4 |
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"While the film nowhere near matches the success of the director's earlier ventures, it nonetheless rises to the occasion in delivering a bit of social satire."
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"Batman Begins comes rushing off the screen like a long-delayed form of enlightenment, finally realizing the full potential of its center."
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"To be an audience-grabber at the heart is not always a pointless concept, and here the director and writers prove that the formula still has a few kicks to it."
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3/4 |
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"An ideal, convincing finale for this franchise."
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"All lecture and no humanity."
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"Such a vile and despicable heap of trash that I pity any lucid person who will actually pay decent money to sit through it."
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3/4 |
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"Once you get past all the impenetrable dialogue exchanges and meandering plot twists, what you have is, at the core, a film with solid vision and heart."
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1/4 |
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"The remake does absolutely nothing to modify or improve upon its predecessor, which makes it completely pointless."
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4/4 |
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(2005) |
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"At long last, here is a film that fully justifies why we still love going to the movie theater."
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A long, exhausting and pointless 111-minute exercise in red herrings, dead-end justifications and contrived horror situations."
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"...innocent, charming, colorful and vibrant, and made all the more rich by a narrative plunge that engages audiences of several ages"
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"...painted in such broad strokes that potentially exciting context becomes little more than incessant hogwash."
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1/4 |
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(2005) |
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"One can practically imagine the blank stares and shaking heads of viewers left in disbelief here."
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3/4 |
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"...creates fully-realized characters that are not just smart and dedicated, but also flawed and likable."
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3.5/4 |
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"...a highly stylized and satisfying chronicle of flawed human life"
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4/4 |
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(2004) |
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"...the kind of picture that comes with challenges but is not afraid to meet them - or indeed, overcome them - head on."
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1/4 |
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"The movie, at least, is spot on in one regard: it respects the long-running tradition of January cinema releases by being both lousy and miscalculated."
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"...basks in the afterglow of all its enlightening inclinations without any sense of shame or regret."
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"This is not a great achievement by any means, but the director's consistent display of enthusiasm allows it to stay afloat long enough to get its point across."
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Few can argue that the movie is totally unbelievable, but if one is able to leave all sense of logic at the door, it's very hard not to have a darn good time in the process."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Blade: Trinity may indeed be the last film of this series, but it's doubtful that anyone will be complaining that much after seeing it for themselves."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Much like the title character himself, this is an endeavor that strives for greatness but is too burdened by its own ego to live out the full potential."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The Polar Express is the most expensive vanity project ever made."
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4/4 |
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(2004) |
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"By far the best of the CGI-animated films in the Disney canon, a wondrous and exciting spectacle that is just as enticing narratively as it is visually."
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"This is the kind of scare-fest that gets under your skin but is too busy elsewhere to penetrate your defenses."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The overall tone of the film lacks accessibility, and much of the humor is so dry that even those who might get the jokes are not likely to find them very funny."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A film so detached from Asimov's vision, it emerges as a destabilized attempt at reworking an already-polished concept."
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1/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A brainless, clueless concept. And it's not even a fun one, either."
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"...fueled by an exhilarating rush of adrenaline, utilized often and consistently at several points of the narrative...."
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