sentimentTest.txt

escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose	2
demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose	2
the adage	2
that what is good for the goose	2
is	2
good	3
the goose	2
is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .	2
quiet , introspective and entertaining	3
introspective	2
entertaining	4
is worth seeking .	3
is worth seeking	4
is worth	2
worth	2
Ismail	2
work	2
, I suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .	1
I suspect ,	2
would have a hard time sitting through this one .	1
would have a hard time sitting through this one	0
have a hard time sitting through this one	0
a hard time sitting through this one	1
hard time	1
sitting through this one	1
sitting	2
through this one	2
through	2
thrilling	4
ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder	2
ethnography	2
the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder	1
intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder	2
a Shakespearean tragedy or	2
Shakespearean tragedy	2
Shakespearean	2
manipulative	2
epic	3
proportions	2
rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis	3
by	2
the title character undergoing midlife crisis	2
character	2
undergoing midlife crisis	2
midlife	2
Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .	0
plodding mess	0
Being Earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations	3
Earnest	3
with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations	3
plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations	3
from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations	2
Bartlett	2
Familiar Quotations	2
for the same reason	2
same reason	2
reason	2
to recommend Snow Dogs	2
recommend Snow Dogs	4
recommend	3
Snow Dogs	2
Dogs	2
cliched dialogue and	1
cliched dialogue	1
dialogue	2
perverse	1
source	2
of high hilarity	3
is Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick , and	2
is Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick ,	2
Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick	2
realization	2
his childhood dream	2
his	2
childhood	2
in a martial-arts flick	2
martial-arts flick	2
an absolute joy	4
absolute	2
has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	3
something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	3
serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	2
about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	2
about	2
the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	1
ways	2
extravagant chance	2
distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense	2
distort our perspective and	2
our perspective	2
like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned	2
Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned	2
Moonlight Mile , better judgment	2
Mile	2
better	4
be damned	2
relief	2
baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic	0
movies	2
too hard to be mythic	1
to be mythic	2
a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story	3
a sweet and modest and	3
a sweet and modest	4
sweet and	3
ultimately	2
bilingual charmer	3
charmer	3
woman	2
who inspired it	2
inspired	3
a less dizzily gorgeous companion	2
less	2
companion	3
's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie	2
In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie	3
the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie	2
for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie	2
Love --	3
Love	4
--	2
a Hong Kong movie	2
inept	1
as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West	1
big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West	2
The Avengers	2
Avengers	2
The Wild Wild West	3
everything	2
you 'd expect -- but nothing more	1
'd expect -- but nothing more	2
expect --	2
indie of the year ,	3
indie	2
the year	2
year	2
Hatfield and Hicks make the oddest of couples ,	2
Hatfield and Hicks	2
Hatfield and	2
Hatfield	2
in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications	3
the movie	2
becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world ,	2
becomes	2
a study	2
the gambles of the publishing world	2
of the publishing world	2
like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend	1
going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend	1
a house party	2
house	2
watching	2
the host	2
host	2
defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend	2
defend	2
against a frothing ex-girlfriend	2
a frothing ex-girlfriend	2
frothing ex-girlfriend	2
frothing	1
``	2
grenade gag ''	2
''	2
occurs	2
7	2
during Windtalkers	2
Windtalkers	2
indication	2
of how serious-minded the film is	2
romantic comedy boilerplate from start to finish	2
romantic	2
from start	2
start	2
to finish	2
an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep ,	2
impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep	3
impeccable	4
pedigree , mongrel pep	2
mongrel pep	2
mongrel	1
pep	2
almost	2
indecipherable plot complications	1
plot complications	2
means	2
preach exclusively to the converted	2
preach	2
the converted	2
offers opportunities for occasional smiles and	3
opportunities	2
occasional smiles	3
occasional	2
smiles	2
give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances	1
give us	2
a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances	2
to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances	2
be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances	2
in the theater	2
the theater	2
beyond	2
vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen .	2
vapid actor 's exercise	1
actor 's exercise	2
actor 's	2
exercise	2
to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen	2
appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen	2
Schnitzler	2
More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative ,	1
vaudeville	2
show	2
than well-constructed narrative	3
well-constructed	3
on those terms	2
inoffensive and actually rather sweet	3
than a run-of-the-mill action	2
run-of-the-mill action	1
no , paralyzed	1
no	1
, paralyzed	1
by a self-indulgent script	1
a self-indulgent script	0
self-indulgent script	2
aims	2
for poetry	2
poetry	3
up	2
like satire	2
Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies ,	2
Ice Age	2
the first computer-generated feature cartoon	2
first computer-generated feature cartoon	3
feature cartoon	2
feature	2
other movies	2
There 's very little sense to what 's going on here ,	0
very little sense	1
very little	2
going on	2
makers	2
serve up	2
serve	2
have followed the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty , with something different	2
followed the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty ,	3
the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty ,	4
his first film , The Full Monty ,	2
his first film , The Full Monty	2
his first film ,	2
his first film	2
first film	2
Full Monty	2
Monty	2
different	2
're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid	2
're	2
unnamed , easily substitutable	1
unnamed	2
, easily substitutable	1
easily substitutable	2
forces	2
that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid	2
terror	1
the heroes	2
of horror movies	2
horror movies	2
to avoid	1
in entertaining itself	2
entertaining itself	3
amusing us	3
into rambling incoherence	1
into	2
gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error	1
new meaning	2
the phrase ` fatal script error	1
fatal script error	0
fatal	2
error	1
too soon	2
-	2
a dark , gritty story	2
dark , gritty story	2
gritty story	2
takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going	2
takes off in totally unexpected directions and	3
takes off in totally unexpected directions	3
in totally unexpected directions	2
unexpected	2
keeps	2
romantics	3
team	3
freakish	3
charm	3
five	2
slip into the modern rut of narrative banality	1
the modern rut	1
rut	1
Gallo	2
is right at home in this French shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role	3
is right at home in this French shocker	2
right at home in this French shocker	3
right	3
this French shocker	2
French shocker	3
shocker	2
playing his usual bad boy weirdo role	2
usual bad boy weirdo role	2
bad	0
boy weirdo role	2
boy	2
a horror movie 's primary goal	2
horror movie 's	2
primary goal	2
primary	2
goal	3
is to frighten and disturb	1
to frighten and disturb	2
frighten and	1
frighten	2
, then They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .	4
works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .	4
works spectacularly well ...	3
works spectacularly well	3
spectacularly well	4
shiver-inducing	3
only has about 25 minutes of decent material .	1
has about 25 minutes of decent material .	3
about 25 minutes	2
25	2
decent material	3
decent	3
you still have that option .	2
still have that option .	2
that option	2
hell-jaunt	1
might like and more experimental in its storytelling	3
horrifying	1
tricky and satisfying	3
tricky	2
as any of David	2
any of David	2
of David	2
Mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .	3
Mamet 's	2
airless cinematic shell games .	1
cinematic shell games	2
games	2
the filmmaker	2
filmmaker	2
honestly	3
see	2
tackled a meaty subject and	3
meaty subject	3
subject	2
drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers	3
drawn engaging characters	4
drawn	2
engaging characters	3
engaging	4
peppering the pages	2
has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made .	4
has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made	4
to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made	4
call	2
for prevention	2
place blame	2
place	2
blame	2
it one of the best war movies ever made	4
one of the best war movies ever made	4
war movies	1
a clunky TV-movie approach	2
clunky TV-movie approach	0
to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker	2
detailing	3
chapter	2
in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker	2
the life	2
life	3
celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker	2
celebrated	3
poet and	2
coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes	1
coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts	2
coming down off	2
Miramax	2
deep	2
a couple of aborted attempts	1
of aborted attempts	1
attempts	2
Waking Up	2
Waking	2
Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes	3
Thanks largely	3
all the interesting developments	3
the interesting developments	2
interesting developments	3
interesting	3
processed in 60 minutes	2
in 60 minutes	2
60 minutes	2
60	2
the rest is just an overexposed waste of film	0
rest	2
an overexposed waste of film	0
overexposed	1
across	2
relic	2
from a bygone era , and its convolutions ...	2
a bygone era ,	2
a bygone era	2
era	2
Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , '	3
cliche to call the film ` refreshing	2
cliche	1
lead performances	3
are Oscar-size .	2
!	2
Pellington 's	2
pop	2
is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .	2
love with myth	2
camera	2
has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .	3
has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements	3
a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements	3
a way	2
swaying	2
back and	2
back	2
as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements	2
cradles its characters ,	2
its characters	2
veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements	3
veiling tension	1
tension	2
Transforms one	2
Transforms	2
of -LRB- Shakespeare 's -RRB- deepest tragedies	2
-LRB- Shakespeare 's -RRB- deepest tragedies	2
Shakespeare 's	2
Shakespeare	1
smart new comedy	4
smart	4
new comedy	2
James Eric , James Horton and director Peter O'Fallon	2
James Eric , James Horton and	2
James Eric ,	2
James Horton	2
director Peter O'Fallon	2
O'Fallon	2
pat	2
makes your teeth hurt	0
arriving	2
at a particularly dark moment in history	2
particularly dark moment	2
particularly	2
moment	3
in history	2
flickering reminders of the ties that bind us	3
flickering reminders of the ties	2
flickering reminders	2
bind	2
generic villains	1
villains	1
any intrigue	2
their	2
funny	3
scenes	2
poorly	1
are more deeply	2
thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films	3
right-thinking	2
films	2
gratuitous cinematic distractions	3
gratuitous	2
cinematic distractions	2
distractions	1
impressed upon it	2
is still good fun	3
is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating	0
is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes	0
the script 's endless assault	1
script 's	2
of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes	1
embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes	0
embarrassingly	1
reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating	1
a script	2
designed	2
smart , provocative drama	4
, provocative drama	3
provocative drama	4
does the nearly impossible	4
gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic	1
gets	2
under	2
a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic	2
man	2
we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic	1
know as an evil , monstrous lunatic	1
like a drive-by	2
things	2
stoner midnight flick ,	2
stoner midnight flick	2
midnight flick	2
midnight	2
above	2
it 's a love story as sanguine as its title .	2
's a love story as sanguine as its title .	2
very funny	4
romantic comedy	2
two skittish New York middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then	2
two	2
into a relationship and then	2
with their fears and foibles	2
has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness	2
an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness	2
an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not	2
ambition to say something about its subjects	2
a willingness	2
has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll	4
that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll	3
wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll	3
the characters '	2
characters '	2
the clever credits roll	3
clever credits roll	3
clever	4
credits roll	2
credits	2
roll	2
absorbing	3
of rot and hack	1
rot and	2
rot	1
work from start to finish .	3
work from start to finish	2
Plays like a series of vignettes	2
like a series of vignettes	2
of vignettes	2
vignettes	2
of a film that are still looking for a common through-line	1
that are still looking for a common through-line	2
are still looking for a common through-line	1
looking	2
a common through-line	2
Contrived	1
caper	2
is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .	2
the bulk of the movie	2
the bulk	2
centers on the wrong character	2
the wrong character	2
wrong character	2
wrong	1
Swimfan	2
like Fatal Attraction	2
Fatal Attraction	2
eventually	2
goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub	2
goes overboard	1
overboard	1
with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub	1
loony melodramatic denouement	2
melodramatic	2
high school swimming	2
school	2
pool substitutes for a bathtub	2
substitutes for a bathtub	2
a heartfelt story	3
heartfelt story	4
a very	2
involving one	2
unsettling	2
, memorable cinematic experience	4
cinematic experience	3
does its predecessors proud	4
proud	4
's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own .	3
a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own	4
of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own	4
a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own	4
a lot richer than the ones	3
a lot	2
richer than the ones	2
Hollywood	2
screenwriters	2
Phillip	2
Noyce	2
well as	2
his cinematographer ,	2
forcefulness	2
the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List	3
emotional connections	3
Steven Spielberg 's	2
Schindler	2
Inventive , fun	4
intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening	3
maddening	1
a fascinating , compelling story	4
fascinating , compelling story	4
compelling story	3
Written ,	2
flatly	1
directed , barely , by There	1
's Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter .	2
's Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter	2
Mary co-writer Ed Decter	2
Mary	2
co-writer	2
Decter	2
for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting	4
its courage , ideas , technical proficiency	3
its courage , ideas ,	3
its courage , ideas	3
its courage ,	3
ideas	2
proficiency	3
great	4
acting	2
IMAX	2
's just as wonderful on the big screen	3
's just	2
wonderful on the big screen	4
wonderful	3
big screen	2
shows	2
us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable	3
a slice	2
slice	2
of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable	2
that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable	3
very different from our own and	2
different from our own	2
from our own	2
yet	2
instantly recognizable	2
the shock and curiosity factors	2
the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .	1
is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .	1
a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way	1
a corny examination	1
corny examination	1
actress	2
trying to find her way	2
trying	2
find her way	2
find	2
lazy for a movie	0
lazy	1
for a movie	2
trying to distract us with the solution to another	1
to another	2
another	2
as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something	2
any Dummies guide , something	1
any Dummies guide ,	2
any Dummies guide	2
its music or	1
music	2
the perverse pleasure	3
perverse pleasure	2
pleasure	4
of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel	2
watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel	1
scrape	2
the bottom	2
bottom	1
Quirky	2
mixed	2
mention	2
apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	0
from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	1
reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	1
on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	0
of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	0
tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres	0
blowing through the empty theatres	2
blowing	2
through the empty theatres	2
the empty theatres	1
graced	3
with its company	2
Invigorating	2
, surreal , and resonant	2
, and resonant	2
rainbow	2
of emotion	2
Analyze	2
is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original	1
one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original	1
of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original	0
those crass , contrived sequels	0
not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original	1
fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original	0
on its own	2
its own	3
second-guess	2
affection	3
card	2
live up to the exalted tagline	2
live up	2
live	2
the exalted tagline	2
exalted	3
there 's definite room for improvement .	1
's definite room for improvement	1
definite room for improvement	1
definite room	2
for improvement	1
improvement	3
neither	2
is it a monsterous one	1
may be ploughing the same furrow once too often	1
be ploughing the same furrow once too often	1
the same furrow	2
same furrow	2
too often	2
often	2
is -RRB- the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .	0
is -RRB-	2
the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein	1
the comedy equivalent of	2
to the U.N.	2
ask permission	2
A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement	3
surprisingly ` solid ' achievement	4
solid '	3
achievement	3
D. Lee	2
D.	2
writer	2
John	2
Ridley	2
an epic	3
the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -LRB- and ultimately the victim -RRB- of history	3
the record	2
of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -LRB- and ultimately the victim -RRB- of history	2
a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -LRB- and ultimately the victim -RRB- of history	3
a tenacious , humane fighter	3
tenacious , humane fighter	2
tenacious	3
was	2
the prisoner -LRB- and ultimately the victim -RRB- of history	2
for more	2
should stop trying to please his mom	1
trying to please his mom	3
please	2
his mom	2
stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters	3
stylized Swedish fillm	3
Swedish fillm	2
fillm	2
about a modern city	2
modern city	2
where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters	2
where	2
all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters	2
religious	2
and civic virtues	2
civic virtues	2
civic	2
that hold society in place	2
recent	2
memory	2
most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise	3
thoughtful	4
art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise	2
art	2
compromise	2
is so consistently unimaginative	1
so consistently unimaginative	1
probably the only way	2
the only way	2
to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys	3
saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys	3
with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys	2
the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys	2
wisecracking	2
Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys	2
Science Theater 3000 guys	2
Science	2
Tian	2
triumphantly	3
returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .	4
returns	2
visually masterful	4
of quiet power	3
power	2
A mawkish self-parody	1
mawkish	1
self-parody	2
that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither	1
plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither	1
some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither	1
some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch	2
of view	2
nor	2
a compelling reason for being	2
for being	2
believe	2
puts them	2
puts	2
them	2
impossible to care about	1
to care about	3
care about	2
one-sided	2
Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade	1
Lawrence	2
over-indulgent	1
knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest	2
the big screen postcard	2
has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product .	1
sneaky	2
to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product	0
as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product	0
if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product	1
the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product	0
the director	2
is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as Very Important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product	0
dupe	1
taking	2
all as Very Important	3
as Very Important	2
threatens	1
a stirring visual sequence	4
stirring visual sequence	3
stirring	3
like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle	3
a surge	2
swirling	3
rapids	2
, the film makes it seem ,	2
makes it seem	3
a hobby that attracts the young and fit	2
hobby	2
attracts the young and fit	3
attracts	2
, you 're entirely unprepared .	1
you 're entirely unprepared .	2
're entirely unprepared	1
entirely unprepared	1
entirely	2
delivers	2
perfect	4
the innocence	3
budding demons within a wallflower	2
budding	2
a wallflower	2
compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness .	3
into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness	3
evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream	3
evanescent	2
seamless	3
sumptuous stream	3
consciousness	2
The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time ,	3
The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time	3
want nothing else	2
show us a good time	3
a good time	3
good time	3
in their cheap , B movie way , they succeed	3
in their cheap , B movie way	1
, B movie way	2
B	2
movie way	2
they succeed	3
is in his element here	3
in his element	2
his element	2
abandoned	2
consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival	2
by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival	3
than any summer blockbuster	2
any summer blockbuster	3
summer blockbuster	3
to endure last summer	2
endure last summer	2
last summer	2
hopefully	2
, sets the tone for a summer of good stuff	3
the tone for a summer of good stuff	3
the tone	2
tone	2
vulgar and	2
vulgar	0
images	2
of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison	3
a war-ravaged land	1
more potent and riveting	2
the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison	2
unlikely story	2
Harrison	2
being both revelatory and narcissistic	2
revelatory	3
achieving some honest insight	3
insight	2
into relationships	2
that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars	2
high-concept	3
candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars	3
candy-coat	2
pat storylines , precious circumstances	3
is mostly unsurprising	2
mostly unsurprising	2
unsurprising	1
's still a sweet , even delectable diversion	4
a sweet , even delectable diversion	3
sweet , even delectable diversion	3
sweet , even delectable	4
thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait	3
thoughtful and surprisingly affecting	4
thoughtful and	3
surprisingly affecting	3
of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people	2
screwed-up	1
to mess	2
some powerful people	3
powerful people	3
seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause	2
seen	2
the eyes	2
Keenly	3
refreshingly natural	3
Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .	3
gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner	3
the details	2
from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner	3
its promenade	2
promenade	2
of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C.	2
barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C.	2
barely clad	2
bodies	2
Myrtle Beach ,	2
brilliant	4
the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it	1
those who paid for it	2
paid for it	2
paid	2
pay to see it	3
pay	2
A triumph	4
carries us effortlessly from darkness	3
carries us effortlessly	3
carries	2
from darkness	2
to light	3
about everyone	2
involved here	2
seems to be coasting	2
that keeps you	3
the delicious pulpiness	3
of its lurid fiction	3
lurid fiction	2
lurid	2
the kind of production	2
of production	2
that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD	1
would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD	1
been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD	2
funnier	3
released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD	1
released the outtakes theatrically and	2
released the outtakes	2
released	2
used the film as a bonus feature	2
to say who might enjoy this	2
are there Tolstoy groupies out there ?	2
are there Tolstoy groupies	2
Tolstoy groupies	2
reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .	2
toward	2
only open new wounds	1
new wounds	2
weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces	3
and unpredictable character pieces	2
unpredictable	2
pieces	2
downright intoxicating	4
involving as far as it goes	2
involving as far	2
as it goes	2
end up	2
having	2
much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything	2
is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything	3
growing	2
really ,	2
really	2
silly beyond comprehension	1
beyond comprehension	2
be beyond comprehension	2
Sleek	3
Poor editing , bad bluescreen ,	1
editing	2
ultra-cheesy dialogue	1
ultra-cheesy	1
the radical action	2
radical action	3
's face is -RRB- an amazing slapstick instrument ,	3
's face is -RRB- an amazing slapstick instrument	4
face	2
an amazing slapstick instrument	3
an amazing slapstick	4
amazing slapstick	4
mug shots	1
shots	2
It gets the details of its time frame right	3
gets the details of its time frame right	2
the details of its time frame right	2
frame	2
completely	2
Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality	3
Initial strangeness	1
strangeness	2
inexorably	2
gives way to rote sentimentality	2
to rote sentimentality	2
rote sentimentality	2
mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience	2
becomes narrative expedience	2
you brush up against the humanity of a psycho	2
against the humanity of a psycho	2
the humanity of a psycho	2
psycho	2
without making him any less psycho	2
him	2
any less psycho	1
of his film	2
created a monster	1
did	2
to handle it	2
cowering and begging	2
cowering and	2
Giannini	2
gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .	3
gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game	4
gives her best	3
her best	3
since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game	2
Abel	2
Ferrara	2
had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game	2
beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game	1
beaten	1
clumsy	1
in key moments	2
moments	2
to make a big splash .	3
make a big splash	3
a big splash	3
Legged Freaks	1
Legged	2
is partly an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s	2
partly	2
an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low -	2
to Them , Tarantula and other low	2
Them , Tarantula and other low	2
Them , Tarantula and	2
Tarantula	2
other low	2
budget	2
of the 1950s and '60s	2
the 1950s and '60s	2
feels like very light Errol Morris ,	2
feels like very light Errol Morris	3
like very light Errol Morris	2
very light	3
Errol Morris	2
Errol	2
focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs	1
focusing on eccentricity	2
eccentricity	2
failing , ultimately	0
its scrapbook	2
of oddballs	2
oddballs	1
of a near-future America	2
near-future America	2
near-future	2
is masterful	4
There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed	1
law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed	1
law	2
discerned	2
producers	2
be well	2
to heed	2
Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up	1
Mediocre movies	1
start to drag as soon as the action speeds up	1
drag	1
the few ` cool ' actors	3
few ` cool ' actors	1
' actors	2
seems aware of his own coolness	3
aware	2
his own coolness	2
coolness	3
the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form	2
the work	2
an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form	1
an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders ,	2
an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights ,	2
an artist who is simply tired --	1
tired	1
fighting	2
putting the weight of the world on his shoulders	2
the weight	2
weight	2
the director 's	3
the film is not only a love song to the movies	3
is not only a love song to the movies	3
a love song to the movies	3
it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes	3
an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes	3
the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience	4
lush , all-enveloping movie experience	4
rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke	3
capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke	3
capability	2
soothe and break your heart with a single stroke	2
soothe and	2
break	2
with a single stroke	2
of depression	2
feature-length	3
, it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .	0
wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .	1
wears	1
welcome as tryingly as the title	2
, resonant gem	3
universal points	2
points	2
lectures or confrontations	2
could force you to scratch a hole in your head .	0
you to scratch a hole in your head	0
head	2
the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion	3
the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension	2
the filmmakers '	2
old-time B movies	2
good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion	3
good-bad	2
a perfectly entertaining summer diversion	3
fan	3
cross toxic chemicals	2
toxic chemicals	2
chemicals	2
with a bunch of exotic creatures	2
creatures	2
get a lot of running around , screaming and death	2
running around , screaming and death	2
You bet there is	2
bet there is	2
there is	2
's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking	2
what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking	2
this rather convoluted journey	1
journey	2
takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy	2
turn and	2
a bizarre sort of romantic comedy	2
bizarre sort	2
, Steven Shainberg 's adaptation of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .	4
adaptation	2
of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story	2
Gaitskill 's	2
harrowing	2
to have in mind an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested	2
have in mind an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested	2
mind	2
an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested	1
an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience	2
least	1
adolescent	2
demanding	1
regular shocks and bouts	2
shocks and bouts	2
bouts	2
reason to exist	2
exist	2
, other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .	2
other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .	1
other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe	2
to employ Hollywood kids	2
employ Hollywood kids	2
employ	2
Hollywood kids	3
kids	2
who owe	2
favors	2
to their famous parents	2
well-made	4
whose hero gives his heart only to the dog	2
whose	2
to the dog	2
the dog	2
dog	3
love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie	2
Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie	2
Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but	3
Cinema	2
find the new scenes interesting	3
few will find the movie	1
find the movie	2
improved	3
gets the tone just right --	3
just right	4
in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful	2
the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful	2
middle	2
sad in the middle of hopeful	2
sad	1
amiable but	3
bagatelle	2
plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises	1
acting-workshop exercises	2
exercises	2
a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects	3
sharp movie	3
about otherwise dull subjects	1
a bit heavy handed with his message at times	1
at times	2
that waxes poetic far too much for our taste	1
waxes	2
far too much	1
too much	1
Charming	4
-LRB- but	2
ultimately silly	2
chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house	2
chimps ,	2
a house	2
Starts	2
spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion	1
thuds	1
the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion	1
of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion	0
the pool	2
utterly incompetent conclusion	0
utterly incompetent	0
a children 's film in the truest sense	3
truest sense	3
is plainly dull and visually ugly	1
plainly dull	1
visually ugly	1
incomprehensible	1
crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	4
filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	4
that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	4
attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
quality	3
a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing	3
nostalgic	3
twisty	2
yarn	2
keep them guessing	3
awkwardly contrived exercise	1
awkwardly	2
miss	1
outnumber the hits by three-to-one .	1
the hits	2
hits	2
by three-to-one	2
, the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	3
the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	4
is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	3
with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	4
strong themes of familial ties and	3
of familial ties	2
spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	4
spirituality	2
that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	3
are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama	4
without stooping to base melodrama	2
to base melodrama	2
base melodrama	2
style and flash	3
style and	3
style	2
of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun	4
that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun	4
Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist ''	2
House of Games ''	2
House of Games	2
last fall 's	2
`` Heist ''	2
Heist	2
so much fun	4
aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes	3
to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes	3
funny , uplifting and moving	4
uplifting and moving	4
uplifting and	3
uplifting	3
all at once	2
we need more X and less blab .	2
need more X and less blab	1
need	2
more X and less blab	2
less blab	1
blab	1
Gray equivalent	2
Gray	2
teen gross-out comedy	2
gross-out comedy	2
a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments	1
deal	2
might look like Vulgar .	1
like Vulgar	2
rehashes several old themes and	2
several	2
with pointless extremes	0
pointless	0
it 's insanely violent and very graphic	3
's insanely violent and very graphic	1
of Fire	2
disappointed	1
as dramatic	2
its intended audience -- children --	3
placing their parents in a coma-like state	2
state	2
generates	2
with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing	1
degree	2
of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing	1
randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing	1
randomness	2
its comic course	3
its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .	1
its unintentional parallels	2
unintentional parallels	2
evoke memories and emotions which are anything	3
evoke	2
memories and	2
memories	2
which are anything	2
are anything	2
humorous	3
depress you about life itself	1
about life itself	2
saw	2
TV	3
'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie	1
'd probably turn it off , convinced	2
'd probably turn it off ,	1
turn it	2
had already seen that movie	2
that movie	2
get the impression	2
that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory	3
writer and director Burr Steers	2
director Burr Steers	2
knows the territory	2
territory	2
his sense of humor	2
his sense	2
humor	4
lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools	2
lose	1
the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools	1
smug self-satisfaction	0
self-satisfaction	2
superior	3
navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness	1
fast fade	1
fade	2
into pomposity and pretentiousness	1
pomposity and	3
pretentiousness	1
neither is well told	1
is well	3
to read	2
are hardly enough .	1
are hardly enough	1
sophisticated	3
such pictures	2
such	2
pictures	2
an amusing little catch	3
smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .	3
emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .	4
as the revenge unfolds	2
the revenge unfolds	2
a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor	4
a fairy tale	3
that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor	2
comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor	3
renowned Indian film culture	2
Americans to finally revel in its splendor	3
to finally revel in its splendor	3
in its splendor	3
its splendor	4
Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights	3
Well-done supernatural thriller	4
with keen insights	2
keen	3
into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances	3
parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances	3
parapsychological phenomena	2
parapsychological	3
the soulful nuances	3
soulful	3
nuances	3
grieving process	2
grieving	2
can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction .	2
save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction	2
save us	2
from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction	1
the latest eccentric ,	2
eccentric	2
megalomaniac	2
bent	2
on world domination and destruction	3
world domination and destruction	2
domination	2
destruction	1
is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved ,	1
is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved	3
depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved	0
depressing , ruthlessly pained and	2
the movie equivalent	2
an open wound	1
open wound	2
wound	2
brings the proper conviction to his role as -LRB- Jason Bourne -RRB-	3
proper	2
conviction	2
Jason Bourne -RRB-	2
Jason	2
Bourne	2
this rich and luscious	3
rich and luscious	3
luscious	3
, who cares ?	2
who cares ?	1
cares ?	2
cares	3
von	2
Sychowski	2
instead opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .	0
instead	2
a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through	0
a routine slasher film	2
slasher	2
that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through	1
was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through	1
was probably	2
more fun to make than it is to sit through	1
fun to make than it is to sit through	1
than it is to sit through	1
to sit through	2
sit through	2
sit	2
nice	3
the screenwriters	2
trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and	2
complex story	3
the film 's predictable denouement	1
predictable denouement	1
predictable	2
A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place ,	0
A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place	0
A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '	1
A superfluous sequel ...	1
superfluous sequel	0
plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '	1
old familiar	2
of ` let 's get this thing over with	0
let 's get this thing over with	1
get this thing	2
Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place	2
, roughshod document	2
roughshod	2
, it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .	3
serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .	3
serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history	3
workable	2
for the region 's recent history	2
region	2
make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool	3
terrific 10th-grade learning tool	3
a familiar anti-feminist equation -LRB- career - kids = misery -RRB-	3
career - kids = misery	1
career -	2
= misery	2
tiresome	1
things so nice	3
'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen	1
safe as	2
to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen	1
like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen	1
a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen	1
of the week blown up for the big screen	1
transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories	3
transcends	3
boy-meets-girl posturing	2
even more predictable	1
endeavor than its predecessor	2
its predecessor	2
a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story	0
bad blend	1
an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek	0
overripe episode	1
episode	2
TV 's	2
Dawson 's	2
a recycled and dumbed-down version	0
of Love Story	2
, heavy topics	2
topics	2
bland , surfacey	1
, surfacey	2
into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people	2
, for instance , good things happen to bad people	2
instance	2
happen to bad people	2
bad people	1
the experience of staring at a blank screen	0
staring at a blank screen	1
at a blank screen	2
threw	2
loads of money	2
loads	2
at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans	1
an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans	1
even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans	2
if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans	2
was only	1
made for teenage boys and wrestling fans	2
boys and wrestling fans	2
difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002	0
difficult	1
to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002	0
imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002	1
more confused , less interesting	1
more confused	1
less interesting	2
made film could possibly come down the road in 2002	2
could possibly come down the road in 2002	2
in 2002	2
, one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .	1
could rent the original and get the same love story and parable	1
rent the original and	2
rent	2
get the same love story	2
the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent -LRB- accurate ?	3
news	2
has finally found the right vent -LRB- accurate	3
found	2
vent -LRB- accurate	2
Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia	2
Sy ,	2
another of his open-faced , smiling madmen	3
like the killer in Insomnia	2
the killer	2
killer	1
in Insomnia	2
as usual .	2
lackadaisical	1
plotting and mindless	0
plotting and	2
All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .	0
About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .	1
About the Benjamins	2
the Benjamins	2
Benjamins	2
evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .	1
tier	2
the 1970s	2
yes	2
, that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .	1
would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .	0
be me :	2
the urge to doze	1
urge	2
to doze	2
Thoughtless ,	1
random , superficial humour	1
random	2
very bad Scouse accents	1
very bad	2
an era	2
big stars and high production values are standard procedure	3
big stars and	3
high production values	3
production values	2
values	2
standard procedure	2
procedure	2
strikes a defiantly retro chord ,	2
strikes	2
a defiantly retro chord	3
defiantly retro chord	2
fest	2
'll put hairs on your chest	2
the heart as well as the mind	2
the heart	2
gifted artists	3
gifted	3
artists	2
not only of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department	3
of one man 's quest to be president	3
one man 's	2
quest to be president	2
be president	2
, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department	2
turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department	2
turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists	2
a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists	2
a plane	2
full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists	2
of hard-bitten , cynical journalists	1
the kind of ` laugh therapy '	3
laugh	3
I need from movie comedies	2
need from movie comedies	2
movie comedies	2
comedies	2
offbeat humor , amusing characters , and	3
offbeat humor , amusing characters ,	3
offbeat humor , amusing characters	4
offbeat humor ,	2
amusing characters	4
a happy ending	3
happy	4
hollow at its emotional core	0
hollow	1
at its emotional core	2
emotional core	2
a time	2
commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had	2
commercialism	2
squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had	1
the life out	2
idealism American moviemaking ever had	2
idealism	3
, Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .	4
Godfrey Reggio 's career	2
shines	4
lonely beacon	2
so many of the little things right	2
little things	2
cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff	1
cuss	2
bungling the big stuff	1
Robert Harmon 's	2
Robert	2
Harmon 's	2
real bump-in - the-night chills	3
real bump-in -	2
his greatest triumph	4
is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows	2
keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows	2
the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows	2
may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen	1
have the highest production values you 've ever seen	4
you 've ever seen	3
it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep	4
's the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep	3
of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep	3
whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life	2
view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life	2
America , history	3
the awkwardness of human life	2
uncomfortable	1
Sillier ,	2
cuter	3
shorter than the first -LRB- as best I remember -RRB- , but still a very good time at the cinema	3
shorter than the first -LRB- as best I remember -RRB- , but still	2
than the first	2
-LRB- as best I remember -RRB-	2
as best	2
at the cinema	2
It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though ,	3
more enjoyable than I expected	3
more enjoyable	3
expected	1
's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs	3
the laughs	3
come from fairly basic comedic constructs	2
fairly basic	2
the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol	3
the reassuring manner	2
reassuring manner	3
manner	2
a beautifully sung holiday carol	3
sung	2
camouflage	2
Carvey should now be considering	2
Carvey	2
should now be considering	2
considering	2
is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .	0
paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers	0
to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers	1
wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers	1
wear	2
his head	2
when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers	0
goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers	1
into public	2
an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense	2
an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat	2
ominous	2
pervasive , and unknown threat	2
threat	2
lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense	3
lurks just below the proceedings	2
lurks	2
below	1
proceedings	2
Some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale	2
Some of the computer animation is handsome	3
computer animation	2
animation	2
is handsome	3
handsome	2
add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale	3
much-needed	2
to the otherwise bleak tale	1
the otherwise bleak tale	2
bleak	1
the flash	2
of rock videos	2
fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .	4
eerie	2
atmosphere	2
breezy blend	3
art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy	2
, esoteric musings and philosophy	2
esoteric musings and philosophy	2
esoteric	3
musings and philosophy	2
former Gong Show addict	1
Gong	2
, I 'll admit it ,	2
I 'll admit it	2
'll admit it	2
admit	2
my only complaint	1
my	2
get more re-creations of all those famous moments	3
re-creations	2
all those famous moments	3
unnerving	2
increasingly	2
diverse	3
as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history	3
looking , sounding	2
feeling like no other film in recent history	4
like no other film in recent history	3
other film	2
joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .	4
joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature	4
joyous	3
films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature	4
leaps	2
national boundaries	2
boundaries	2
nature	2
difficult but worthy film	3
that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre	1
bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre	0
bites	2
than it can chew by linking the massacre	1
it can chew by linking the massacre	1
chew	2
linking the massacre	1
linking	2
the massacre	1
massacre	2
of Armenians	2
Armenians	2
with some difficult relationships in the present	2
through the movie	2
, the humor dwindles .	1
the humor	2
often surprising	3
, a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .	3
morality tale	3
disguised as a romantic comedy .	2
disguised as a romantic comedy	2
disguised	1
a romantic comedy	3
senses	2
in World Traveler and	2
World Traveler	2
Traveler	2
his earlier film	2
earlier film	2
Freundlich	2
a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers	2
fact ,	3
preachy	1
stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .	3
stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet	3
a touch of John Woo bullet ballet	2
of John Woo bullet ballet	2
Woo bullet ballet	2
Woo	3
bullet	2
ballet	2
the big-bug movie	2
big-bug	2
bogus	1
confident filmmaking and	3
confident filmmaking	3
pair	2
of fascinating performances	4
, the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .	3
the way to that destination	2
the way	2
to that destination	2
that destination	2
a really special walk	3
walk	2
the woods	2
woods	2
photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen	3
photographed and	2
by Mendes	2
of riveting set pieces	3
riveting set pieces	3
likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen	3
mainstream audiences have rarely seen	3
mainstream	2
rarely	2
from the first frame to the last	2
first frame	2
10	3
is worth seeing	3
seeing	2
sinks	2
an abyss	1
become apparent	2
apparent	2
franchise	2
long past	2
Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's directing debut is good-natured and never dull ,	3
Screenwriter	2
ver	2
Weil 's	2
Weil	2
directing debut	2
debut	2
good-natured	3
never dull	3
its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability	1
its virtues	2
are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability	1
by its predictability	1
moves away from Solondz 's social critique ,	2
moves away from Solondz 's social critique	2
moves away	2
moves	2
Solondz 's social critique	2
Solondz 's	2
social critique	2
casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries	2
casting its audience	2
intellectual	2
Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic ,	1
Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband	2
Sarah 's dedication	2
finding her husband	2
finding	2
her husband	2
husband	2
more psychotic than romantic	1
psychotic than romantic	1
psychotic	1
than romantic	3
nothing in the movie	2
convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we	2
convincing case	3
The jokes are flat ,	0
The jokes	2
flat	1
fake	1
mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation	2
mildly enjoyable if	3
mildly	2
toothless	1
much better book	2
book	2
in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you	1
just such a dungpile	0
swear you	2
were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you	2
monkeys	2
flinging their feces at you	1
flinging	2
at you	2
the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row	0
which has all the actors reaching for the back row	2
has all the actors reaching for the back row	1
the actors	2
for the back row	2
back row	2
, the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .	0
the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .	0
sounds like horrible poetry .	0
sounds like horrible poetry	1
sounds	2
horrible	0
vile	1
... a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '	0
a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome	0
a scummy ripoff	1
's brilliant ` Videodrome	3
a movie that tries to be smart	2
to be smart	2
it 's kinda dumb .	1
kinda	2
dumb	1
sent	2
copyof	1
this film to review on DVD	2
film to review on DVD	2
on DVD	2
` Blade II '	2
arch and	2
arch	2
thinly-conceived movie .	1
thinly-conceived movie	2
roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .	3
roiling black-and-white inspires	3
black-and-white inspires	3
inspires	4
trembling and gratitude	3
gratitude	3
matches the page-turning frenzy that Clancy creates	2
matches the page-turning frenzy	3
matches	2
frenzy	2
creates	2
slight but sweet	3
a David Lynch	2
tentative	2
when it aims to shock	2
to shock	2
Favor	3
could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation .	1
given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation	2
given audiences	3
by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation	2
on the elements of a revealing alienation	2
the elements of a revealing alienation	2
a revealing alienation	2
revealing alienation	2
in Goldmember	2
Goldmember	2
'' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .	3
has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .	3
right stuff	3
silly summer entertainment	3
has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end	4
enough laughs to sustain interest to the end	3
laughs to sustain interest to the end	2
sustain interest to the end	3
sustain interest	3
sustain	2
to the end	2
the end	2
me is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie	2
of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie	2
on music in Britney Spears ' first movie	2
Britney Spears '	2
Spears	2
appearance	2
clinical objectivity	2
, occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film	3
occasionally horrifying	2
inspiring	3
Wiseman 's warmest	3
Wiseman 's	2
Wiseman	2
warmest	3
doubt	2
that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country	3
this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country	4
asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country	3
asks	2
the history	2
throw off a spark or two	2
spark or	2
they first appear	2
in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction	2
this cold vacuum	2
vacuum	2
a comedy to start a reaction	3
a reaction	2
To the filmmakers , Ivan is a prince of a fellow ,	2
, Ivan is a prince of a fellow	3
Ivan is a prince of a fellow	3
across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited	1
across as shallow and glib	2
shallow	2
mean-spirited	1
a stock plot	1
, About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .	3
About a Boy	2
freshness	3
an enjoyable 100 minutes	3
enjoyable 100	3
in a movie theater	2
movie theater	2
Powers films	2
at their own game	2
this blaxploitation spoof	2
downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .	2
downplays	2
the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness	2
the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness	3
the raunch	2
in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness	2
rely on the strength of their own cleverness	2
begins	2
conventional	2
evolves	3
into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters	3
a gorgeously atmospheric meditation	2
gorgeously atmospheric meditation	3
atmospheric meditation	2
atmospheric	2
cable sexploitation	1
sexploitation	1
romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques	1
as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques	3
a thriller	3
about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques	2
the ruthless social order that governs college cliques	1
ruthless social	2
ruthless	2
that governs college cliques	2
governs college cliques	1
well-intentioned effort	3
effort	2
burdened by the actor	1
by the actor	2
's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility	2
any degree	2
-LRB- Allen 's -RRB- been making piffle for a long while	1
been making piffle for a long while	1
piffle for a long while	2
Hollywood Ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now	1
is all	2
the airhead movie business	1
airhead movie business	1
lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable	1
its position	3
position	2
remains	1
the director 's experiment is a successful one .	4
the director 's experiment	3
is a successful one .	3
successful one	3
extended bedroom sequence	2
is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .	3
so intimate and sensual and funny and	3
self-revealing	2
that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics	2
it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics	3
makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics	2
of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics	0
passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics	0
a spotty script	1
spotty	1
to a biting satire that has no teeth	1
a biting satire	3
has no teeth	1
garbage	1
solid , spooky entertainment	3
the price	3
matters , both in breaking codes and making movies	2
matters	2
both in breaking codes and making movies	1
breaking codes and making movies	2
to his earlier films	2
his earlier films	2
earlier films	2
it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .	1
seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little	0
a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little	1
a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life ;	2
a disappointingly thin slice	1
of lower-class London life	2
London	2
amounts to surprisingly little	1
South Korean filmmakers	2
South Korean	2
make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts	3
all the alacrity	2
the alacrity	2
alacrity	3
of their Hollywood counterparts	2
Hollywood counterparts	2
counterparts	2
, much better .	3
much better .	2
a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling ,	4
a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling	4
a happy , heady jumble	3
heady	2
of thought and storytelling	2
thought and storytelling	2
an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film	4
ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film	3
coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film	4
sane and breathtakingly creative film	4
sane and	2
breathtakingly	4
more than one joke about	2
a substantive movie	3
substantive movie	3
substantive	3
several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy	2
several cliched movie structures	1
movie structures	2
structures	2
the road movie	2
the coming-of-age movie	2
coming-of-age movie	2
coming-of-age	2
teenage sex comedy	3
sex comedy	2
you can not help but get	2
can not help but get	2
can not	2
to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept	0
have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept	0
made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept	0
by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept	1
whom	2
logic or cohesion	2
logic	2
foreign	2
concentrate on City by the Sea 's interpersonal drama	2
by the Sea 's interpersonal drama	2
the Sea 's	2
interpersonal	2
half-bad	2
dreadful	0
is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment	2
given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment	3
passionate , if somewhat flawed ,	2
, if somewhat flawed ,	2
somewhat flawed ,	1
treatment	2
of Smackdown	2
guilty pleasure	2
at best , and not worth	2
, and not worth	1
unless you want to laugh at it	1
you want to laugh at it	2
want to laugh at it	3
to laugh at it	2
of these unfairly	2
these unfairly	2
these	2
this painfully forced , false and fabricated	0
painfully forced , false and fabricated	0
painfully	0
forced	1
false and fabricated	1
Hey Arnold	2
scratches	2
surface	2
provides a strong itch to explore more .	3
explore more	2
The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot	3
The band performances featured in Drumline	2
featured	2
in Drumline	2
red hot	3
red	2
-LRB- but -RRB- from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold	1
but -RRB-	2
a mere story point	2
mere	2
's ice cold	2
ice cold	2
is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema	3
directors	2
who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema	3
feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema	3
the heart and soul	2
heart and	2
delivers without sham the raw-nerved story	2
sham the raw-nerved story	2
sham	2
is a monumental achievement	4
practically every facet of inept filmmaking	1
practically every facet	2
inept filmmaking	1
joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed ,	0
joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed	0
joyless	0
idiotic	0
annoying , heavy-handed	1
visually atrocious , and often downright creepy	0
filmmaker 's	2
is in the right place	3
in the right place	3
've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .	1
've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time	1
had the misfortune	2
to watch in quite some time	2
stand-up magic	3
stand-up	2
wanes	1
directs The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .	1
directs The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion	1
The Pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion	1
a surgeon mends a broken heart ;	2
a surgeon mends a broken heart	3
surgeon	2
mends	2
very meticulously but without any passion	1
very meticulously but	2
very meticulously	2
any passion	2
wit and empathy	3
empathy	3
, waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .	2
waydowntown	2
acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .	2
acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia	2
silent	2
of workaday inertia	2
workaday	2
stops	2
indulging	2
its characters ' striving solipsism	2
its characters '	2
as storytelling	2
when thrillers actually thrilled	2
thrillers actually thrilled	3
actually thrilled	3
The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds ,	2
of Mr. Deeds	2
its embrace	2
sheer goofiness and cameos	3
goofiness and cameos	2
goofiness	3
cameos	2
York celebrities	2
certainly	3
so fundamentally on every conventional level	2
fundamentally on every conventional level	2
fundamentally	2
of goofy grandeur	2
goofy grandeur	2
grandeur	2
watchable	3
yet hardly memorable	1
saw this movie	2
it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie	1
, especially by young Ballesta and Galan -LRB- a first-time actor -RRB- , writer\/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .	2
Ballesta	2
a first-time actor	2
first-time	2
writer\/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .	1
Achero	2
Manas 's	2
is schematic and obvious .	1
When you resurrect a dead man , Hard Copy should come a-knocking	1
resurrect	2
dead man	2
Hard Copy	3
should come a-knocking	3
the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light	2
white man	2
shores	2
abhorrent to you	1
the simplistic Heaven will quite likely be more like hell .	1
simplistic Heaven	2
Heaven	3
It 's hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom ,	2
hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom	2
to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom	2
believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom	2
Holly	2
the hothouse emotions	2
hothouse	2
teendom	2
its longevity	2
longevity	2
more inexplicable	1
The Hours	2
connect in a neat way	3
connect	2
introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love	3
who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love	2
mysteries of sex , duty and love	3
of sex , duty and love	2
duty and	2
duty	2
to be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something	1
be a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something	2
a Hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something	0
the kind of film	2
the target	2
deeper and more engaging	4
deeper and more	2
nine-tenths	2
They 're going through the motions ,	1
're going through the motions	1
going through the motions	1
the zip is gone	1
is gone	2
The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis ,	3
The script 's snazzy dialogue	3
realistic atmosphere	3
involves us in the unfolding crisis	2
involves us	2
the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off	2
the lazy plotting	1
lazy plotting	1
ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off	3
that little of our emotional investment pays off	2
of our emotional investment	2
our emotional investment	3
emotional investment	3
good as the original	3
, but what is ...	2
who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary	2
bypass	2
should give `` Scratch '' a second look	3
second look	2
some flashy twists	3
twists	2
turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable	2
fortify	2
this turgid fable	1
sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously	1
takes itself all too seriously	1
itself all too seriously	1
infantile , redundant , sloppy	0
infantile	1
, redundant , sloppy	1
redundant	1
sloppy	0
over-the-top , and amateurish .	0
over-the-top , and amateurish	0
is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings .	1
what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings	1
comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings	2
from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings	1
John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars	2
Carpenter 's	2
Carpenter	2
Ghosts	2
beheadings	2
avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates	0
avoids	2
of its situation	2
about sex gags and prom dates	1
sex gags and prom dates	1
and prom dates	2
prom dates	2
prom	2
dates	3
the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny	4
the sex ,	2
love and	3
it goes further than both	3
goes further than both	2
anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here	1
anyone	2
seen The Hunger or Cat People	2
Hunger	2
Cat People	2
will find little new here	1
little new	2
a tasty performance	3
date movie	2
the expectation	2
laughter	4
been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand	1
quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand	2
obscenity	1
even the funniest idea	2
the funniest idea	3
funniest idea	4
funniest	4
make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any	2
make a movie with depth	2
a movie with depth	3
about a man who lacked any	2
lacked	1
need to try very hard	1
'' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .	3
offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .	4
offers chills much like those	3
sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies	2
around midnight	2
telling creepy stories	2
creepy stories	3
give each other	2
each other	2
each	2
front-loaded	2
than the two-hour version released here in 1990	2
the two-hour version released here in 1990	2
the two-hour version	2
two-hour version	2
released here	2
in 1990	2
ambitious	3
like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight	2
Shiner 's	2
the big fight	2
make up	2
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,	3
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws	2
suck you	2
in despite their flaws	2
their flaws	2
Heaven is one such beast	3
is one such beast	2
one such beast	2
written and directed	2
honesty	3
release	2
E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .	4
remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .	3
the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career	4
the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies --	4
most wondrous	3
fantasies	3
the apex	2
apex	2
misunderstood career	2
misunderstood	2
offers a desperately ingratiating performance	1
desperately ingratiating performance	2
desperately	1
over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage	1
in the book trying to make the outrage	2
outrage	2
come even easier	2
easier	2
the enigmatic features	2
` Memento '	2
the hallucinatory drug culture of ` Requiem for a Dream	2
hallucinatory drug culture	2
hallucinatory	2
drug	2
of ` Requiem for a Dream	2
Requiem for a Dream	2
Requiem	2
a Dream	2
Every individual	2
individual	2
the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices	2
the prism	2
his or her own beliefs and	2
own beliefs	2
most will take away	2
is the sense that peace is possible	3
is the sense	2
Just a bunch	2
good actors	3
a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny	1
a caper	2
that 's neither original nor terribly funny	1
's neither original nor terribly funny	1
's neither	2
terribly funny	3
ill-conceived and expensive	1
expensive	2
winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .	1
a bunch of talented thesps	3
talented thesps	3
Broder	2
is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .	0
is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs	0
is shallow , offensive and redundant	0
offensive and	1
Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent	4
Leguizamo	2
are both	2
excellent	4
the rest of the cast	2
superb	4
figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe	2
figure out	2
Bear universe	2
-- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax Einstein 's brain .	1
when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier --	2
are bears bears	2
bears bears	2
are they like humans , only hairier	1
humans , only hairier	2
would tax Einstein 's brain .	1
'' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel	3
has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel	2
the makings	2
of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies	3
ethereal	3
the internet and	2
internet	2
otherworldly energies	2
could channel	3
, and Paula	2
rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year	4
as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year	3
multilayered and sympathetic	3
sympathetic	2
female characters	2
beauty	3
Alexander Payne 's ode	2
the Everyman	2
Everyman	2
is in the details .	2
is in the details	2
The town has kind of an authentic feel	3
town	3
an authentic feel	3
authentic feel	3
each one of these people stand out and	3
each one of these people stand out	3
stand out	3
stand	2
everybody else is in the background	3
it just seems manufactured to me and artificial	1
is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors ,	0
the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors	2
Kathie Lee Gifford	2
of film directors	2
proving	2
again	2
go hand in hand with talent	3
hand in hand	3
in hand	2
with talent	3
must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart	2
must	2
be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart	2
to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart	2
the water-camera operating team	2
operating team	2
King	2
Michael	2
Aussie David Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .	1
Aussie	2
channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie	2
the not-quite-dead career	2
not-quite-dead	2
of Guy Ritchie	3
Guy	2
as I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies	3
am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies	3
am	2
this one got to me .	2
with that	2
dwarf	2
rolled down a hill in a trash can	1
a hill in a trash can	2
a hill	2
hill	2
a trash can	2
of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness	1
failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness	0
failed jokes , twitchy acting	1
failed jokes	1
failed	0
boorishness	1
This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece ,	3
misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece	3
Southern nostalgia piece	2
treading the line between sappy and sanguine	2
treading	2
the line	2
between	2
winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .	0
in tear-drenched quicksand	2
tear-drenched	3
quicksand	2
to the existence of this film	2
the existence	2
would be very sweet indeed .	2
would be very sweet indeed	3
be very sweet indeed	3
be very sweet	3
Belinsky	2
able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn	4
to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn	4
create	3
an engaging story	3
that keeps you guessing at almost every turn	3
keeps you guessing at almost every turn	3
guessing at almost every turn	3
at almost every turn	2
without the sex scenes	2
sex scenes	2
plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness	3
plays up	2
the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness	3
the cartoon 's	2
of snazziness	2
neglecting	2
its less conspicuous writing strength	2
less conspicuous	2
writing	2
Notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal ,	3
my problem with the movie 's final half hour	1
with the movie 's final half hour	2
'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal	3
recommend SECRETARY	3
SECRETARY	2
wonderful acting clinic	3
slick production values	3
director Roger Michell 's	2
Roger Michell 's	2
effect	2
is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .	1
two guys yelling in your face for two hours	0
yelling in your face for two hours	1
yelling	2
your face for two hours	1
your face	2
'' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .	4
is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story	4
a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story	3
ensemble comedy	2
a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story	3
soulless jumble	1
ineptly	2
assembled	2
that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties	1
plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties	0
a 95-minute commercial	0
95-minute commercial	0
95-minute	2
for NBA properties	2
NBA properties	2
An ambitious , serious film	3
ambitious , serious film	3
, serious film	2
serious film	2
that manages to do virtually everything wrong	0
manages to do virtually everything wrong	0
do virtually everything wrong	0
virtually everything wrong	1
virtually	2
sitting through it	2
akin to an act of cinematic penance	1
an act of cinematic penance	2
clever and	3
skims the fat from the 1972 film	2
skims	2
from the 1972 film	2
1972 film	2
musical	2
stymied by accents thick as mud .	1
stymied	2
by accents thick as mud	1
as mud	2
mud	2
The Guys	2
is why film criticism can be considered work .	1
be considered work	2
through this film	3
deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy	1
deserves , at the very least ,	3
deserves ,	2
at the very least	1
of consolation candy	2
3	2
is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .	3
is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression	3
pill	2
swallow	2
minor miracle	3
of self-expression	2
he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them	2
powerful commentary	3
matter	2
if nothing else	2
walked away from this new version of E.T.	0
this new version	2
of E.T.	2
I would -- with moist eyes	2
moist eyes	2
moist	2
pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama	1
pushes too hard	1
pushes	2
too hard	2
make this a comedy or serious drama	1
this a comedy or serious drama	2
a comedy	2
corny television	1
television	2
production from a bygone era	2
guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today	4
put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today	4
put a lump in your throat	2
a lump in your throat	2
your throat	2
as possibly the best actor working in movies today	4
possibly the best actor	4
working	2
be the only one laughing at his own joke	1
the only one laughing at his own joke	1
his own joke	2
a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	0
of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	1
to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	1
create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	1
are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	1
are sweet and believable ,	3
are sweet and believable	3
a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior	1
forces them	2
be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things	2
personal threshold	2
threshold	2
of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things	3
sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things	3
sad but	1
endearing	3
unconventional	2
smacks of exhibitionism	1
of exhibitionism	2
exhibitionism	2
more than it does cathartic truth telling	1
than it does cathartic truth telling	2
it does cathartic truth telling	3
writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film	2
Freundlich 's	2
a simplistic story	2
a dysfunctional parent-child relationship	1
has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .	3
some special qualities and	3
special qualities	3
the soulful gravity	3
soulful gravity	4
-LRB- Carvey 's -RRB- characters are both overplayed and exaggerated ,	2
overplayed and exaggerated	0
overplayed	1
exaggerated	2
, subtlety has never been his trademark	1
has never been his trademark	2
animated	2
, we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .	1
a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout --	1
a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout	1
stab	2
soccer	2
of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout	2
Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout	3
Quentin	2
climactic shootout	2
refuses	1
Pinochet 's	2
political context	2
his distance from the material is mostly admirable .	3
his distance	2
distance	2
mostly admirable	3
Paul	2
Bettany	2
Malcolm McDowell	2
Euro-trash action extravaganza	2
a decent sense of humor and plenty	4
humor and	3
things that go boom	2
handguns , BMWs	2
BMWs	2
uneasily	1
versions	2
of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures	3
sex-in-the-city misadventures	2
misadventures	2
sends	2
away a believer again and quite cheered at just that	3
a believer	2
believer	2
cheered	3
rollerball	2
feel sanitised and stagey .	1
Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic	2
With the Assassin	2
the Assassin	2
structured	2
less as a documentary and more as a found relic	3
as a documentary and more as a found relic	2
more as a	2
found relic	2
as such the film	2
a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots	1
a difficult time	1
remarkable	4
not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy	4
its epic scope	3
scope	2
breadth	2
A nearly 21\/2 hours	2
is way too indulgent .	1
too indulgent	1
something American	2
European gay movies	2
gay movies	2
were doing 20 years ago .	2
doing	2
20 years ago	2
sort the bad guys	2
bad guys	2
the good ,	3
is its essential problem	1
its essential problem	1
essential problem	2
essential	3
damaged characters	2
who we want to help -- or hurt	2
want to help -- or hurt	2
help -- or hurt	2
relentlessly	2
lowbrow	1
outing	2
plays like Clueless Does South Fork	2
South Fork	2
a palpable sense	2
palpable sense	2
palpable	3
disconnection	2
made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones	1
all the	2
more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones	2
poignant by the incessant use of cell phones	2
poignant	4
by the incessant use of cell phones	1
the incessant use of cell phones	1
incessant	1
of cell phones	2
straight-shooting family film	3
straight-shooting	2
family film	2
've rarely been given .	2
've rarely been given	2
at all costs	2
to blur as the importance of the man and the code merge	2
blur	2
as the importance of the man and the code merge	2
the man and the code	2
may not , strictly speaking ,	2
may not , strictly speaking	2
strictly speaking	2
as revolutionary	2
and didactic burlesque	2
didactic burlesque	2
burlesque	2
50-year-old	2
playing an innocent boy carved from a log	2
an innocent boy carved from a log	2
innocent	3
carved from a log	2
carved	2
a log	2
log	2
get anywhere	2
near	2
the story 's	2
center	2
$ 50-million US budget	2
$	2
50-million	2
, Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .	1
Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .	1
Pinocchio	2
never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .	1
achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .	3
achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture	3
the feel of a fanciful motion picture	3
motion picture	2
picture	2
little more	2
have saved this film a world of hurt	3
saved this film a world of hurt	2
a world of hurt	1
of hurt	2
Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting ,	3
most of Jaglom 's films	2
, some of it is honestly affecting	3
some of it	2
more of it seems contrived and secondhand	2
more of it	2
seems contrived and secondhand	1
contrived and secondhand	1
deliberately unsteady mixture	2
deliberately unsteady	1
mixture	2
stylistic elements	2
bring on the Battle Bots ,	2
Battle Bots	2
win any Academy Awards	3
win	3
Academy	2
this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts	4
date-night	2
will definitely win some hearts	3
definitely	3
air onscreen	2
air	2
larded	1
, this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .	1
this somber cop drama	2
cop	2
feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community	1
as the scruffy sands of its titular community	1
of its titular community	2
The young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ;	1
The young stars	2
are too cute	3
the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative	1
blatant	2
the resolutions	1
resolutions	2
Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood .	3
is quintessential Bollywood .	3
characteristically engorged and sloppy	0
characteristically engorged	3
affectionate delight	3
taking the sometimes improbable story and making it	2
making it	2
ear	2
way fears and slights	1
fears and slights	2
telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug	1
the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug	3
the most blithe exchanges	2
gives the film its lingering tug	3
gives the film	2
its lingering tug	2
better after Foster	3
lavish formalism	3
, the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .	3
keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes	4
at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes	4
of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes	3
your seat	2
with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes	3
that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	0
be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	1
by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	1
African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	1
because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	1
of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	1
its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans	2
broad racial insensitivity	1
broad	2
insensitivity	1
towards African-Americans	2
an account as Seinfeld is deadpan .	2
an account as Seinfeld	2
account	2
as Seinfeld	2
is deadpan .	2
is deadpan	1
women 's depression	2
that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s	3
begins as a Seven rip-off ,	1
begins as a Seven rip-off	0
as a Seven rip-off	1
Seven rip-off	1
a mix	2
The Shining , The Thing , and	2
The Shining , The Thing ,	3
The Thing	2
any naked teenagers horror flick	1
' variety	2
the ` laughing	3
A heartening tale of small victories	3
A heartening tale	3
heartening	3
small victories	2
hope .	2
emotionally strong and politically potent	3
emotionally strong and	3
emotionally strong	3
intellectually scary	2
intellectually	2
scary	2
than dramatically involving	2
Jonah is only so-so	1
the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or	2
the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you ,	2
the addition of a biblical message	2
biblical message	2
will either improve the film for you	2
improve the film for you	2
will lessen it	2
lessen it	2
lessen	2
the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness	3
is widely	2
seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness	3
seen and	2
debated	2
ferocity and thoughtfulness	3
ferocity and	3
Intelligent	4
is too busy	1
busy	1
hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own	1
all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own	1
of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own	1
assigned	2
marks	2
to take on any life of its own	2
take on any life of its own	2
any life	2
may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry .	1
look classy in a '60s	2
homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry	1
homage pokepie hat , but as a character	2
homage pokepie hat , but as	2
pokepie hat	2
hat	3
a character	2
dry	1
mental shellshock	2
mental	2
after this film has ended	2
this film has ended	2
stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences	1
in search of all the emotions and life experiences	2
all the emotions	2
's neglected over the years .	2
neglected over the years	1
neglected	1
over the years	2
have stayed there	3
pile	2
schmucks	1
how to tell a story for more than four minutes	2
to tell a story for more than four minutes	2
tell a story for more than four minutes	2
tell	2
for more than four minutes	2
director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time	1
director Sara Sugarman	2
Sugarman	2
stoops	2
drop their pants for laughs and not the last time	2
drop	2
pants	2
laughs and	2
not the last time	2
the last time	2
she	2
to provoke them	3
There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight ,	1
's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight	1
no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight	1
view ,	2
no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight	2
contemporary	3
of Joan 's prefeminist plight	2
Joan 's prefeminist plight	2
Joan	2
prefeminist plight	2
prefeminist	2
're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity	1
thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity	1
thinking the only reason	2
only reason	2
make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity	2
a strong directorial stamp	3
directorial	2
stamp	2
is able to visualize schizophrenia	3
visualize	2
step back	2
riveting and handsomely	3
riveting and	3
is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary	0
absolutely	3
the raw comic energy	3
energy	3
comics	2
goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad	1
flawed , compromised and sad	0
compromised	2
summertime	2
restless	2
young audience	2
deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .	2
an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities	3
motivated by something more than franchise possibilities	3
motivated	3
pitched	2
hope and despair	2
Schmidt	2
comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .	3
closer than many	2
expressing	2
the way many of us live --	2
glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit	4
glows	3
sensuality and a conniving wit	3
sensuality and	2
conniving wit	3
its occasional charms	3
are not to be dismissed .	3
to be dismissed	1
comes off as annoying rather than charming	0
than charming	2
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and	0
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed	1
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written ,	1
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written	1
thrown-together	1
of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written	1
a summer-camp talent show : hastily written	1
summer-camp	2
hastily written	1
with crude humor and vulgar innuendo	1
crude	1
A rock-solid gangster movie	4
a fair amount	2
fair amount	3
amount	2
suspense , intriguing characters and	4
intriguing characters	3
bizarre bank robberies	2
bank	2
of father-and-son dynamics	2
both degrading and strangely liberating	2
liberating	3
to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen	3
see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue	3
working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue	2
at leading lives of sexy intrigue	3
sexy intrigue	3
to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen	1
be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen	1
by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen	1
the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen	1
enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good	3
Jean-Claude Van Damme look good	4
Van	2
essence	2
is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm	4
its make-believe promise	2
promise	3
that soars above the material realm	3
above the material realm	2
material realm	3
of a truly magical movie	4
a truly magical movie	4
truly magical movie	4
special effects	2
are both listless .	2
about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights	4
all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights	3
was , and	2
was ,	2
started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights	4
started	2
doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights	4
reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness	3
reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled	3
reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations	2
reacting to it	2
feeling a part of its grand locations	3
part	2
helmer Kevin Donovan	2
Kevin	2
hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman	1
hamstrung	1
a badly handled screenplay	0
an amusing concept	3
that transforms its wearer into a superman	3
One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities ,	1
One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities	1
seem disappointing in its generalities	0
seem disappointing	1
disappointing	0
it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin	1
the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin	2
little nuances	2
director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny	2
Mark Romanek 's	2
confrontational	1
takes aim on political correctness and suburban families	2
aim	2
on political correctness and suburban families	2
families	2
chop suey	2
its heart	3
as simple self-reflection meditation	3
self-reflection meditation	2
a lovely trifle	3
lovely trifle	4
that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness	2
, unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness	1
is a little too in love	1
a little too in love	2
in love	2
own cuteness	3
purely enjoyable	4
you might not even notice it	2
might not even	2
notice	2
's a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride	2
a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride	2
straightforward	3
of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride	2
the Bride	2
Bride	2
multi-layered and profoundly humanist -LRB- not to mention gently political -RRB- meditation	3
profoundly	3
humanist -LRB- not to mention gently political -RRB- meditation	3
humanist	2
not to mention gently political -RRB-	2
the values	2
knowledge , education , and	3
knowledge , education ,	2
knowledge ,	2
affects	2
sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen	0
the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen	1
the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen	0
the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida	2
the ensemble cast ,	2
Vincent R. Nebrida	2
Nebrida	3
the gutless direction	1
peculiar and always entertaining	4
peculiar	2
Renaissance	2
somehow	2
makes it all the more compelling	3
proves itself a more streamlined	3
a more streamlined	2
streamlined	2
thought out	3
the original could ever have hoped to be	3
hoped to be	2
Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures	1
of the visual wit of the previous pictures	2
the visual wit	3
visual wit	2
Roach	2
directed the film from the back of a taxicab	0
the back	2
of a taxicab	2
a taxicab	2
spirits	2
the corners	2
mouth	2
an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event	3
an engrossing story	3
historical event	3
event	2
the elements which contributed to it	2
which contributed to it	2
on and on	2
-RRB- matured quite a bit with Spider-Man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films	3
matured quite a bit with Spider-Man ,	3
matured	2
quite a bit	2
of the most plain white toast comic book films	2
most plain white toast comic book films	2
most plain	1
plain	2
toast comic book films	2
you 'll ever see .	2
's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and	1
's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events	1
's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest	1
's about as convincing	2
as any other Arnie musclefest	1
Arnie musclefest	2
Arnie	2
a little too much resonance	2
world events	2
comes off as insultingly simplistic	1
unbelievably stupid film	2
unbelievably stupid	0
, though occasionally fun enough to make you	2
forget	1
its absurdity	1
absurdity	1
the icy stunts	2
the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '	2
spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '	2
spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do .	2
spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do	3
spout	2
following your dream and	2
following	2
` just letting the mountain tell you what to do	3
letting the mountain tell you what to do	2
letting the mountain tell	2
the mountain tell	2
mountain	2
to do	2
modestly surprising	3
a powerful sequel and	3
of the best films of the year	4
the best films of the year	4
melodrama -LRB- gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -RRB- with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements	3
gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -RRB-	2
gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas	2
gored bullfighters ,	2
comatose ballerinas	1
subtly kinky bedside vigils	2
bedside vigils	2
bedside	2
denouements	2
and yet at the end	2
yet at the end	2
we are undeniably touched .	3
one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also	2
Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works	3
his most uncanny	2
is strictly	2
lightweight escapist film	2
lightweight	2
It 's actually too sincere	1
the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick	2
the crime movie equivalent of a chick	2
chick	2
Jeopardy	2
question	2
does Steven Seagal come across these days ?	1
Steven Seagal	3
Seagal	1
these days	2
days	2
emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook	1
emerges in the movie ,	2
a plot	2
from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook	2
animated-movie	2
screenwriting	2
textbook	2
Not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days	2
that any	2
be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days	1
when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days	2
clocks in around 90 minutes these days	2
in around 90 minutes	2
around 90	2
90	2
a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane	2
freedom	3
are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane	2
this crude , this fast-paced and this insane	1
sucks .	0
's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree .	2
meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree	2
meet	2
retreat and	2
against a tree	3
valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone	1
forgotten 10 minutes	1
honks .	2
honks	2
amateurishly square	2
to make the most of its own ironic implications	2
the most	2
ironic implications	2
ironic	2
implications	2
this romantic comedy	3
from most Hollywood romantic comedies	2
its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material	2
its low-key way	2
low-key way	2
tackling what seems like done-to-death material	1
like done-to-death material	1
of melancholy and its unhurried narrative	2
melancholy	1
its unhurried narrative	3
unhurried	2
are masterfully controlled	4
controlled	2
owes Frank	2
Frank	2
Pug big time	2
big time	3
laughed	3
a hell of a lot	2
present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness	3
unflinching look	3
one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness	1
brought about by his lack of self-awareness	2
about by his lack of self-awareness	2
self-awareness	2
becomes long and tedious	1
long and tedious	0
long and	2
like a classroom play in a college history course	1
Crush	2
follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling	1
throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling	1
throws in too many conflicts	2
throws	2
in too many conflicts	1
too many	1
conflicts	1
small gem	3
a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it	4
that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it	3
defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it	2
defies classification and	2
defies classification	3
defies	2
is as thought-provoking as it	3
thought-provoking	3
as it	2
is funny , scary and sad	2
funny , scary and sad	2
in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments	3
in the middle , the film compels ,	3
the middle , the film compels	3
the middle ,	2
Demme	2
he harvests a few movie moment gems	3
few movie moment gems	2
moment gems	3
gems	2
field	2
roughage	1
better-focused	3
Rice	2
novel	3
it 's based upon	2
's based upon	2
Queen Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .	1
a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle	0
pointless , meandering celebration	2
of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle	1
color	2
Stuart Little 2	2
its most immediate and most obvious pleasure	3
count for very little	2
as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone	4
as beautifully shaped and	3
beautifully shaped	3
delicately calibrated in tone	3
delicately	2
calibrated	2
Terry Gilliam 's subconscious	2
Kafka 's	2
grinder	2
casings	2
rivals	2
the top Japanese animations of recent vintage	3
animations	2
of recent vintage	2
This toothless Dog	2
already on cable	2
on cable	1
loses all bite on the big screen .	1
loses all	1
bite	1
sequences boring .	1
to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow	2
Leon	3
has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .	3
all the sibling rivalry and	1
family chaos	2
to which	2
captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the Dogtown experience	4
captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago ,	3
captures ,	2
in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago	4
amazingly	3
decades	2
of the Dogtown experience	2
the Dogtown experience	2
dragged on	1
dragged	2
heard a mysterious voice , and	2
heard a mysterious voice	2
heard	2
myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign	0
myself	2
powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign	1
the light --	2
of the exit sign	2
appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about	3
appeal to Asian cult cinema fans	3
Asian	2
Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about	2
Asiaphiles	2
interested to see what all the fuss is about	2
what all the fuss is about	2
all the fuss is about	2
Green ruins every single scene he 's in	1
ruins every single scene he 's in	1
ruins	2
he 's in	2
the film , while it 's not completely wreaked ,	1
the film , while it 's not completely wreaked	1
while it 's not completely wreaked	2
the frustration , the awkwardness and	2
frustration	0
euphoria	4
relying	2
usual tropes	2
in the Shadows of Motown	2
Motown	2
is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .	4
is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow	3
the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow	4
best kind	4
of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow	3
documentary ,	2
makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow	3
a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow	2
a depleted yesterday	2
yesterday	2
feel very much like a brand-new	2
much like a brand-new	2
brand-new	2
tomorrow	2
is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker	3
very ambitious	3
a fairly inexperienced filmmaker	1
fairly inexperienced filmmaker	2
fairly inexperienced	2
good actors ,	3
good poetry	3
good music	3
structure and	3
are so integrated with the story	2
integrated	2
with the story	2
can not separate them	2
separate them	2
a pleasure to watch	3
pleasure to watch	4
about Bad Company	2
Anthony Hopkins	2
is in it	2
in it	2
Nair	2
Laura	2
Cahill	2
build a movie	2
some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life	2
flawed but rather unexceptional women	1
unexceptional	0
a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life	3
that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life	3
, consistently funny .	4
maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .	3
suspense on different levels	3
different levels	2
levels	2
a film that is both gripping and compelling	4
is both gripping and compelling	3
gripping and compelling	3
Welles groupie\/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it ,	2
Welles groupie\/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it	2
Welles groupie\/scholar Peter Bogdanovich	2
groupie\/scholar Peter Bogdanovich	2
groupie\/scholar	2
took	2
's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst	2
own broadside	2
publishing giant William Randolph Hearst	2
William	2
most excruciating 86 minutes	1
most excruciating	0
excruciating	0
86 minutes	2
might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .	1
through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill	1
do not	2
a dentist drill	1
Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .	1
undone by his pretensions	1
by his pretensions	2
pretensions	2
so-bad-they	0
good cinema	4
find some fun in this jumbled mess	2
jumbled	1
wonder	3
some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine	0
` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine	2
Chris Rock	2
` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists	2
Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists	2
and ` terrorists	2
terrorists	2
because of the universal themes , earnest performances	3
the universal themes	2
... and	2
popular	3
Gulzar	2
and Jagjit Singh	2
Singh	2
perceptive , good-natured	3
cheer	2
it 's a sit down and ponder affair	3
ponder	2
the pleasures in Walter 's documentary	3
pleasures	3
Walter 's	2
... is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .	1
the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and	2
the parade of veteran painters	2
the parade	3
parade	2
of veteran painters	2
veteran	3
confounded dealers	2
confounded	2
miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him	1
Bentley and Hudson	2
Bentley	2
stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .	1
stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design	1
stare and sniffle , respectively ,	2
sniffle	2
Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design	2
attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design	1
prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design	3
movie-star	2
real charm	3
of this trifle	2
its star , Jean Reno , who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep	1
its star , Jean Reno	2
its star ,	2
its star	3
Jean	2
who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep	1
Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep	2
Stallone	2
hot sake half-sleep	1
sake half-sleep	2
sake	2
's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends	2
an element	2
older and wiser eyes ,	3
older and wiser eyes	2
older and wiser	2
we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends	2
happen after Greene 's story ends	2
Greene 's story	2
Kjell Bjarne	2
Kjell	2
Bjarne	2
supposed	2
with the world	2
means a great movie	3
refreshingly forthright one	3
forthright	2
the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation	2
situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation	2
to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation	2
bustling	2
atop	2
an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation	1
an undercurrent	2
loneliness and isolation	1
a rollicking adventure for you	3
a rollicking adventure	4
rollicking	3
adventure	3
mateys	2
their ages	2
ages	2
The next big thing 's	3
-LRB- and	2
're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life	3
a clever pseudo-bio	4
clever pseudo-bio	3
pseudo-bio	2
as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life	2
doles out pieces of the famous director 's life	2
famous director 's	2
Eisenstein	2
Overly long	0
Overly	2
worshipful	3
stunning images and effects	4
so meditative and lyrical	3
meditative	3
boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot	2
quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot	3
drama Secret Ballot	2
charming and evoking little ditty	4
It 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs ,	2
's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	3
easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	3
to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	2
about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	3
documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	3
underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs	3
the odds and	2
human spirit triumphs	2
spirit	3
Westbrook 's foundation	2
Westbrook	2
is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne	3
that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne	4
most of Mostly Martha	2
I ne	2
ne	2
wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail	2
so badly	1
undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice	0
undermining the movie 's reality and	1
undermining the movie 's reality	2
undermining	2
stifling its creator 's comic voice	2
its creator 's	2
creator	2
and middle passages	2
passages	2
are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us	2
in how much they engage and even touch us	3
how much	2
engage and even touch us	3
Limps	2
a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula	0
squirm-inducing	2
there very	2
very slowly	2
slowly	2
stretched	2
its limits	2
to fill an almost feature-length film	2
almost feature-length film	2
Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's	2
and director Otar Iosseliani 's	2
director Otar Iosseliani 's	2
Iosseliani	3
pleasant tale	3
a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice	2
a factory worker	2
worker	2
escapes	2
we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls	3
need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls	2
mechanical	2
whose seeming	2
to market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences	2
the charismatic Jackie Chan to	3
Chalk	2
up as the worst kind of hubristic folly	0
as the worst kind of hubristic folly	1
hubristic folly	1
Haynes	2
apes films from the period	2
the period	2
period	2
is not rooted in that decade .	2
in that decade	2
that decade	2
compelling allegory	3
allegory	2
the last days	1
of Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic	2
Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic	2
Germany	2
democratic	2
Weimar	2
Republic	2
stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel	1
stomps	2
hobnail boots	2
over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel	2
an indelible epic American story	3
indelible epic American story	3
indelible	2
two families , one black and one white ,	2
one black and	2
both their inner and outer lives	2
inner	2
and outer lives	2
's as raw and	2
's as raw	2
action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest	3
action-packed	3
ringside	2
-RRB- works	2
due	2
to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay	3
the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay	2
tongue-in-cheek attitude	2
attitude	2
walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions	2
walk out of The Good Girl	1
of The Good Girl	2
with mixed emotions	2
disapproval	1
Justine	2
combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions	3
a tinge	2
tinge	2
of understanding for her actions	2
for her actions	2
her actions	2
stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself	3
stay on the light , comic side of the issue	2
stay	2
the light , comic side of the issue	3
light , comic side	2
, comic side	2
comic side	2
the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself	2
the difficulty	2
doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself	2
dealing	2
with the destruction of property	2
of property	2
with a hack script	1
an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief	0
insultingly inept and artificial	0
inept and artificial	1
grief	2
impacts	3
upon the relationships of the survivors	2
the relationships of the survivors	2
immersive powers	3
of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images	3
the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images	3
giant screen	2
are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D .	4
in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D	3
the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D	4
documentary Space Station 3D	2
Space Station 3D	2
a stale copy	1
a picture	2
great to begin with	3
begin	2
excitement	3
settles	2
Muccino ,	2
Muccino	2
who directed from his own screenplay	2
directed from his own screenplay	2
is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .	3
is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex	3
a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex	3
a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ...	3
more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex	3
enough sentimental	3
sentimental	3
catharsis	2
this nervy oddity , like modern art should .	3
this nervy oddity , like modern art	3
this nervy oddity	2
nervy oddity	2
nervy	2
oddity	2
modern art	3
is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love	3
be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality	4
viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality	3
viewed and treasured	3
for its extraordinary intelligence and originality	4
extraordinary intelligence and originality	4
intelligence and originality	3
intelligence	3
originality	3
its lyrical variations on the game of love	3
its lyrical variations	2
variations	2
the game	2
and a half of joyful solo performance	2
of joyful solo performance	4
joyful solo performance	3
joyful	4
Halloween	2
the tepid Star Trek	2
Star Trek	2
falls	1
the villain	2
the lint	2
Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape	2
Borg	1
Alice Krige 's	2
Krige 's	2
Krige	2
cape	2
-LRB- headbanger -RRB-	3
in good fun	3
heart and unsettling subject matter	3
and unsettling subject matter	1
never clearly defines his characters	1
a reason to care about them	2
about them	2
may still be too close to recent national events	2
may still	2
close	2
to recent national events	2
works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .	3
mostly due to its superior cast	4
mostly due	2
to its superior cast	4
detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world	3
in a strange new world	2
new world	2
The film 's darker moments	2
smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings ,	2
smoothed	2
by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings	2
an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings	2
overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings	2
overwhelming	1
to tender inspirational tidings	2
inspirational tidings	2
the opening strains	2
the Average White Band 's ``	2
the Average White Band 's	2
White Band 's	2
, you can feel the love .	3
can feel the love .	3
the love	3
crematorium chimney fires and stacks	2
crematorium	1
chimney fires and stacks	2
fires and stacks	2
of dead bodies	3
are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .	1
are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy	1
the movie 's presentation ,	2
the movie 's presentation	2
stagy	2
Triple X is a double agent ,	2
Triple X	3
Triple	2
a double agent	2
he 's one bad dude	2
bad dude	2
dude	2
There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ...	2
been a string of ensemble cast romances recently	2
a string of ensemble cast romances recently	3
Mattei 's	2
Mattei	2
forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -LRB- if tragic -RRB- note	3
forming	2
a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -LRB- if tragic -RRB- note	3
popcorn movie fun	4
equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -LRB- as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior -RRB-	2
equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek	3
equal doses	2
equal	2
action , cheese , ham and cheek	2
, cheese , ham and cheek	2
, ham and cheek	2
ham and	2
-LRB- as well as	2
debt	2
to The Road Warrior	3
The Road Warrior	3
, Madonna is one helluva singer .	4
offers the none-too-original premise	1
the none-too-original premise	1
none-too-original premise	1
con artist	2
con	1
for detail	2
detail	3
the high standards	3
of performance	2
convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .	3
convey	2
a strong sense of the girls ' environment	2
a strong sense	2
strong sense	2
wraps up	3
mother\/daughter	2
shiny	2
new bow	2
the audience can tell it 's not all new	3
the audience	2
can tell it 's not all new	2
tell it 's not all new	1
feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock	1
88-minute rip-off	0
88-minute	2
slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering	2
gun	2
firing	2
glass-shattering	2
Enough may pander to our basest desires for payback	2
pander to our basest desires for payback	2
basest desires	2
desires	2
payback	2
unlike	1
revenge fantasies	2
can such a cold movie	1
a cold movie	1
express warmth and longing	3
express	2
prospect	2
of Beck 's next project	2
Beck 's next project	2
Beck 's	2
a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale	4
, unapologetically raw	2
full of sex , drugs and rock	3
bittersweet contemporary comedy	3
contemporary comedy	2
which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing	3
the filmmaker 's period pieces	2
period pieces	2
is still very much worth	4
much worth	3
bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story	0
bungle their way	1
as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story	2
were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story	1
of Bible parables and not an actual story	1
Bible parables and not an actual story	2
Bible	2
parables	2
actual story	2
can and will	2
turn on a dime	2
dime	2
to tediously sentimental	2
's a terrible movie in every regard ,	0
a terrible movie in every regard	0
a terrible movie	0
terrible	1
in every regard	2
regard	3
spend $ 9	2
the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby	1
a buck or so	2
buck or so	2
buck or	1
buck	2
in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby	1
that greasy little vidgame pit	2
greasy	2
pit	2
the theater lobby	2
lobby	2
a subtlety	2
an object lesson	2
object	2
actresses	2
are simply dazzling ,	3
are simply dazzling	3
are simply	2
particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents	3
Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents	3
Balk ,	2
given a part	2
considerable talents	4
The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw	3
The beautiful , unusual music	3
this film 's	2
chief draw	2
dreaminess	3
lull you to sleep	1
lull	2
to sleep	2
be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and	4
be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star ,	3
be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star	4
I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star	2
was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star	3
by its moods , and by its subtly	2
by its moods	2
its moods	2
by its subtly	2
its subtly	2
transformed star	3
wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear	3
why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear	4
Thomas Anderson	2
ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear	3
The only surprise	1
surprise	2
that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this	2
heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this	3
Joel	2
and Robert Zemeckis	2
agreed	3
assume	2
of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear	2
cavorting in ladies ' underwear	2
Wiel 's	2
Wiel	2
desperate attempt	1
desperate	1
attempt	2
lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless	1
leaving	2
Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless	2
two-dimensional and	1
of a woman	2
a woman	2
consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt	3
consumed	2
lust and love	3
conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt	3
conjures up	2
a freshly painted Rembrandt	3
Cacoyannis	2
is far less mature ,	2
interpreting	2
a call for pity and sympathy	2
pity and	1
sympathy	2
anachronistic phantasms	2
phantasms	2
haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts	2
the imagined glory of their own pasts	1
, it 's badder than bad .	0
it 's badder than bad .	0
's badder than bad	0
badder	1
feels a bit anachronistic	2
Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting ,	1
pushes for insights	2
beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting	2
the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting	1
the superficial tensions	1
superficial tensions	2
tensions	1
dynamic	3
settles too easily along the contours of expectation	1
too easily	3
the contours of expectation	2
of expectation	2
support	2
fling gags at it	1
fling gags	2
spectacular completion one	3
, generous and subversive artworks	4
subversive	1
of the last decade	2
last decade	2
a striking style	3
behind the camera	2
the camera	2
director to watch	3
You can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go ,	2
You can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go	2
Big Bad Love is trying to go	2
is trying to go	2
trying to go	2
it never quite gets there	1
never quite gets there	1
sleek advert	2
advert	2
youthful	2
the sum	3
sum	2
its pretensions	1
that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British	1
I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British	1
is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British	2
to be an attempt at hardass American	2
an attempt at hardass American	2
at hardass American	2
lapses into unhidden British	2
told us	3
handle the truth '' than High Crimes	2
handle the truth ''	2
the truth	2
than High Crimes	2
about the truth	2
that even its target audience talked all the way through it	1
even its target audience talked all the way through it	1
its target audience talked all the way through it	1
talked all the way through it	0
talked all the way	2
talked	2
tactfully	3
pretended not to see it and	1
not to see it	1
lying there	2
lying	1
sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic	1
been so aggressively anti-erotic	1
so aggressively anti-erotic	1
aggressively anti-erotic	1
delicately crafted film	3
impressive achievement	4
spite	2
of a river of sadness that pours into every frame	3
a river of sadness that pours into every frame	3
a river	2
of sadness that pours into every frame	2
pours into every frame	2
beautiful movement and inside information	4
movement and inside information	2
and inside information	2
starry cast	2
starry	2
be both an asset and a detriment	2
an asset	3
asset	3
-LRB- Dong -RRB- makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view	2
a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view	3
everyone 's point of view	2
does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up	4
does such a good job of it	3
such a good job of it	3
such a good job	4
a good job	4
that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up	2
Family Fundamentals gets you riled up	4
riled up	2
Light the candles	2
the candles	2
cake	2
fret	1
the calories	2
because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl	1
there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl	2
's precious little substance in Birthday Girl	2
precious little substance	1
little substance	1
substance	2
Birthday Girl	2
Birthday	2
it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat	2
's simply , and surprisingly ,	2
simply , and surprisingly ,	3
, and surprisingly ,	2
Washington has a sure hand .	4
for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while	4
at the movies	2
even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer	3
even his lesser works outshine the best some directors	4
his lesser works outshine the best some directors	3
his lesser works	2
outshine	3
some directors	2
can offer	2
is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death .	3
touching reflection	3
glorious	4
those D.W. Griffith	2
in the early days of silent film	2
the early days	2
early days	2
silent film	2
methodology	2
experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads	1
experimental enough	2
alienate the mainstream audience	1
alienate	1
The year 's greatest adventure ,	4
The year 's	2
has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate	4
made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate	3
literal	3
killing	2
a feat	3
leaves you intriguingly contemplative	3
intriguingly	2
When all is said and done	2
all is said and done	2
said and	2
said	2
, she loves them to pieces	2
loves them	3
're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned	3
to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned	3
have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned	3
, but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned	2
beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned	2
the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB-	3
-LRB- and exotic dancing	2
's surprisingly old-fashioned	2
old-fashioned	2
become the master of innuendo	3
the master of innuendo	3
recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy	2
recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones	2
sixties ' rockumentary milestones	3
Lonely Boy	2
thievery	2
puts flimsy flicks	2
flimsy	1
like this behind bars	2
behind bars	3
bars	2
needed	3
to show it	2
will probably please people	3
will probably	3
please people	3
fascinated by Behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration .	3
fascinated by Behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration	2
fascinated	3
else yawning with admiration	2
yawning with admiration	2
yawning	1
with admiration	2
admiration	3
The huskies are beautiful	3
The huskies	2
border collie	2
border	2
genial and decent	3
ought	2
be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering	1
whole lot scarier	3
than they are in this tepid genre offering	2
genre offering	2
genre	2
depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them .	2
a lot on how interesting and likable you find them	2
how interesting and likable you find them	2
interesting and	4
every attempt	2
DOA	2
piquant	2
on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness	2
the things	2
that prevent people from reaching happiness	2
prevent people	2
from reaching happiness	2
reaching happiness	3
to be cherished	3
as black comedy	2
black comedy	2
Willie would have loved it	3
Willie	2
loved	4
fustily	2
to be truly prurient .	2
prurient	2
heavily	2
from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs	2
The Silence of the Lambs	2
The Silence	2
, it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .	3
it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .	4
manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .	4
maintain	2
both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters	3
learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy	3
with reality	2
to become comparatively sane and healthy	2
sane and healthy	3
healthy	2
, the film becomes predictably conventional .	1
the film becomes predictably conventional .	1
becomes predictably conventional .	1
predictably conventional	1
is ...	2
to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation	3
to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and	3
to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures	2
its characters , weak and strong	1
as fallible human beings , not caricatures	2
fallible human beings ,	2
carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation	2
carefully	2
delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation	1
delineate	2
the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation	2
it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators	3
pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators	3
pays earnest homage	2
innovators	3
, Scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .	3
great fun ,	3
great fun	4
full of the kind of energy it 's documenting	3
to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side	2
witness the conflict from the Palestinian side	2
Longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .	2
lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context	1
lacks balance ...	1
lacks balance	1
balance	2
fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context	1
to put the struggle into meaningful historical context	2
into meaningful historical context	2
meaningful	3
surveyed high school students	2
astonishing revelation	2
that ``	2
talk down to them	1
to them	2
real winner	4
winner	4
smart ,	3
funny , subtle , and resonant	3
subtle , and resonant	3
is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine	3
a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine	3
a ride	2
greatest-hits reel	4
greatest-hits	3
might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine	2
come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine	2
the Magazine	2
stereotyped	2
Woo 's over-the-top instincts	2
undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .	1
undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart	2
undermine	2
the moral dilemma	2
moral dilemma	2
makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking	3
makes a great impression	4
writer-director	2
this little $ 1.8 million charmer	3
$ 1.8 million charmer	3
$ 1.8	2
which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking	1
may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking	1
be cutting-edge indie filmmaking	3
cutting-edge	4
has a huge heart	3
would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture	1
require the patience of Job	2
get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture	0
interminable , shapeless documentary	0
shapeless	1
the swinging subculture	2
these two	2
York minute	2
can practically	2
hear George Orwell turning over	1
turning	2
Grumpy Old Men	2
a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another	3
solidly connect with one demographic while	3
solidly	3
with one demographic while	2
one demographic while	2
demographic	2
with another	2
the star and everyone	2
had their hearts in the right place	3
trashy	1
on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles	2
Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles	2
Rice 's second installment	2
second installment	2
installment	2
her Vampire Chronicles	2
Chronicles	2
captured on film .	2
captured	3
Pretend like your SAT scores	2
Pretend	2
like your SAT scores	2
your SAT scores	2
scores	2
below 120	2
might not notice the flaws	2
the flaws	1
Girl 's	2
by surprise	2
mostly magnificent directorial career	4
Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style	3
efficiently minimalist style	3
minimalist style	2
has failed him .	2
like a `` Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang	2
Big Chill '' reunion	2
Chill '' reunion	2
Baader-Meinhof	2
Gang	2
are more harmless pranksters than political activists	2
more harmless pranksters	2
more harmless	3
Hutchins	2
is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate	3
talented enough and	4
charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate	3
charismatic enough	3
about Zelda 's ultimate fate	2
Zelda 's ultimate fate	2
Zelda 's	2
fate	2
blended satire	2
another sexual taboo	2
into a really funny movie	3
a pan-American movie	2
with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart	4
of genuine insight into the urban heart	4
into the urban heart	3
Same song , second verse	1
Same song	2
second verse	2
coulda	2
been worse	1
enough to drag along the dead -LRB- water -RRB- weight of the other	1
drag along	1
dead -LRB- water -RRB- weight	1
-LRB- water -RRB-	2
water -RRB-	2
water	2
'd expect	2
's definitely	2
for kids or their parents , for that matter	1
kids or	2
even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting	1
of Sandler 's comic taste	2
comic taste	2
may find it uninteresting	1
crew	2
sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed	0
a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed	0
the negative and	2
the negative	2
pretend the whole thing never existed	0
the whole thing never existed	1
whole thing	3
never existed	1
've grown tired of going where no man has gone before	1
grown tired of going where no man has gone before	1
where no man has gone before	2
no man has gone before	2
no man	2
gone before	2
but several movies have - take heart .	2
but several movies have -	2
but several movies have	2
several movies	2
take heart	3
than a few	2
are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing	3
insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing	3
to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing	3
fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing	3
remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing	3
endlessly challenging	3
endlessly	1
moviegoing	2
necessarily	2
admirable storyteller	3
the best sports movie	4
sports	2
I 've ever seen	2
Cranky	1
Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris	2
Andrei Tarkovsky 's	2
Solaris	2
distill	2
screenplays	2
follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films ,	1
follow the same blueprint	2
follow	2
from hundreds of other films	2
hundreds of other films	2
other films	2
sell it to the highest bidder	2
In theory	2
, a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising	2
Clayburgh and	2
Clayburgh	2
promising	3
it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life	0
's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life	0
something else altogether	2
something else	2
better in the conception than it does in the execution	2
the conception than it does in the execution	2
conception	2
than it does in the execution	2
does in the execution	2
winds up seeming just a little too clever	2
find the oddest places to dwell	2
find the oddest places	2
oddest places	2
dwell	2
but it 's just too too much	1
the sympathy	2
, empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .	1
empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles	2
empathy and pity fogging up the screen	2
empathy and	2
fogging up the screen	2
enters	2
the land	3
of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles	1
triangles	2
has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .	2
has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break	1
has a built-in audience ,	2
drying out from spring break	2
drying	2
spring break	2
are still unconcerned about what they ingest	3
about what they ingest	2
what they ingest	2
ingest	2
IMAX camera	2
lends	2
beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers	3
filming the teeming life on the reefs	3
filming the teeming life	3
filming	2
teeming	2
film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers	4
film a must for everyone	3
a must	3
lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter .	1
lack depth or complexity ,	0
lack depth or complexity	1
depth or complexity	1
complexity	3
the artist	2
three days	2
Brecht faced as his life drew to a close	2
faced as his life drew to a close	2
faced	3
a close	2
What we get	2
Caddyshack	3
with the Loyal Order of Raccoons	2
Loyal Order	2
of Raccoons	2
awake	2
tense	2
The movie is loaded with good intentions ,	2
is loaded with good intentions	3
loaded with good intentions	3
in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality	0
zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story	2
to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story	3
the action and	3
into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story	2
the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story	1
the all-too-familiar dramatic arc	1
Holocaust escape story	3
this charmer	3
a spirit that can not be denied	3
a spirit	3
that can not be denied	2
can not be denied	2
be denied	2
a probe	2
probe	2
into the nature of faith	3
the nature	2
argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works	3
that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works	4
it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works	4
with the best of Herzog 's works	4
the best of Herzog 's works	4
the best	4
of Herzog 's works	2
Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .	4
shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film	4
an astoundingly rich film	4
astoundingly	3
may not add up to the sum of its parts	1
add up to the sum of its parts	2
to the sum of its parts	2
of its parts	2
, Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .	2
Holofcener	2
offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded	3
enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded	3
insight to keep it from being simpleminded	2
to keep it from being simpleminded	2
keep it from being simpleminded	3
from being simpleminded	2
being simpleminded	1
no special effects , and	1
no special effects ,	2
no Hollywood endings	2
Juliet Stevenon 's	2
Juliet	2
Stevenon 's	2
to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life	2
bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life	2
to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life	3
Pamela 's	2
roller coaster life	2
roller	2
coaster	2
it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .	1
is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs	1
enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs	1
give the film the substance it so desperately needs	2
the substance	2
so desperately	2
schlocky creature	1
but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and , hence	3
but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and ,	3
but something far more stylish and cerebral -- and	3
but something	2
far more stylish and	3
far more stylish	3
more stylish	2
cerebral	3
chillingly effective	3
deceptively simple premise	2
deeply moving	3
develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .	3
develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times	3
develops	2
a startling story	2
works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times	3
as a detailed personal portrait	3
a detailed personal portrait	3
a rather frightening examination	2
is obviously a labour of love	3
obviously	2
a labour	1
labour	2
Howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted	1
appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted	1
have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted	1
be as pretentious as he wanted	2
be as pretentious	1
A stylish cast	4
scripting	2
solutions	3
help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact	3
Chicago	2
make the transition	2
screen with considerable appeal intact	2
intact	2
is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy	3
as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth	2
much about the ownership and redefinition of myth	3
ownership and	2
redefinition	2
of myth	2
it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy	3
domestic unit	2
finding their way to joy	4
finding their way	2
sip your vintage wines and	2
sip your vintage wines	2
vintage wines	2
Ivory	2
I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week	3
I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and	3
I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea	2
cool glass	2
glass	2
iced tea	2
disquieting triumph	3
biscuit	2
a vampire soap opera	2
sense even on its own terms .	2
sense even	2
much more like a cartoon in the end	1
like a cartoon in the end	1
international	2
of a typical American horror film	1
typical American horror film	2
American horror film	2
gossip	2
entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone	2
entertainingly	3
delivered ,	3
a distinctly musty odour ,	1
distinctly musty	1
distinctly	2
odour	2
its expiry date long gone	1
its expiry date	2
expiry date	2
expiry	2
involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light	3
creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light	4
the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light	3
the layered richness	3
layered	3
imagery	2
in this chiaroscuro of madness and light	2
this chiaroscuro	2
madness and light	2
madness and	2
madness	2
is astonishing .	3
is astonishing	3
is a gem .	4
Tom Hanks	2
Hanks	2
as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge	2
depression era hit-man	2
era hit-man	2
hit-man	1
remarkable feat	4
of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors	1
situation imaginable	2
both dance and cinema	2
small movie	2
a big heart	3
a comedian	2
starts off promisingly	2
starts off	2
proceeds to flop	1
runs out of steam after a half hour	1
after a half hour	2
like the 1920 's	2
the 1920 's	2
1920	2
the trip there is a great deal of fun .	3
Essentially a collection of bits	2
're all naughty	2
naughty	2
notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime	2
distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical	2
distinct parallels	2
this story and	2
the 1971 musical	2
1971 musical	2
`` Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime	2
Bedknobs and	2
dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime	2
a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers	1
beer	2
they 're simply not funny performers	2
's an utterly static picture	1
utterly static picture	1
utterly static	1
arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact	3
their super-powers ,	2
their super-simple animation	2
come by as it used to be	2
for naughty children 's stockings	2
naughty children 's	1
the opening scenes	2
opening scenes	2
wintry New York City	2
wintry	2
in 1899	2
1899	2
latest effort	2
, some of its repartee is still worth hearing .	2
some of its repartee	2
its repartee	2
It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure	2
shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure	2
the first two films ' loose-jointed structure	1
loose-jointed structure	1
laugh-out-loud bits	4
are few	2
and far between	2
far between	2
`` Ichi the Killer ''	2
the Killer ''	2
, Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...	2
Japan 's	2
a crime fighter	2
crime fighter	2
more emotional baggage	2
Batman	3
for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good	2
a sentimental resolution that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good	2
sentimental resolution	2
resolution	2
that explains way more about Cal than does the movie or the character any good	2
explains	2
way more	2
than does the movie or the character any good	2
the movie or the character	2
, Freundlich 's World Traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year .	3
Freundlich 's World Traveler	3
have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year	4
been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year	4
the more daring and surprising American movies of the year	3
The stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery	2
stripped-down dramatic constructs	2
abstract	2
are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .	3
equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt	3
poetry and politics ,	3
poetry and politics	2
obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt	3
her passionate , tumultuous affair	3
tumultuous affair	2
tumultuous	2
with Musset	2
unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .	4
masculine	2
with its love of life and beauty	3
its love	3
of life and beauty	2
life and beauty	3
life and	2
the same old garbage	0
Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .	1
has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .	1
been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now	2
pass off as acceptable teen entertainment	2
pass off	2
as acceptable teen entertainment	2
in its ` message-movie ' posturing	1
the affable Maid	3
in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt	3
Manhattan	2
Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt	3
Jennifer Lopez 's	2
Jennifer	2
most aggressive and most sincere	4
most aggressive and	2
most aggressive	2
most sincere	3
take movies by storm	4
take movies	2
storm	2
diva	3
twist	2
of Kung Pow	2
effecting change	3
, overlong soap	1
as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else	2
caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else	2
one-dimensional	1
buffoons	1
that get him a few laughs but nothing else	2
a few laughs but nothing else	1
few laughs but nothing else	2
few laughs but	2
few laughs	2
resurrection too many	2
may be a no-brainer	2
be a no-brainer	2
no-brainer	2
funny no-brainer	3
I liked the movie	3
it had just gone that one step further	2
had just gone that one step further	2
one step further	3
Allen 's	2
-RRB- best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America	1
understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America	2
snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America	2
a better satiric target	1
better satiric target	2
than middle-America	2
middle-America	2
could ever be	2
gives poor Dana Carvey	2
Dana	2
do that is really funny	3
that is really funny	4
is really funny	3
then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time	1
expects	2
us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time	3
laugh because he acts so goofy all the time	3
he acts so goofy all the time	2
acts so goofy all the time	2
so goofy all the time	2
all the time	2
immensely appealing	4
immensely	3
even though their story is predictable	2
, you 'll want things to work out	2
you 'll want things to work out	3
things to work out	2
work out	2
ambitious and moving but bleak	1
ambitious and	3
capture the chaos of France	2
the chaos of France	2
of France	2
1790	2
, one imagines the result would look like something like this .	2
would look like something like this	3
look like something like this	2
inform and educate	2
you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors -LRB- Dawson Leery did what ?!? -RRB- , or see some interesting storytelling devices	3
curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors -LRB- Dawson Leery did what ?!? -RRB- , or see some interesting storytelling devices	2
see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors -LRB- Dawson Leery did what ?!? -RRB- , or	2
see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors	2
the darker side	2
of what 's going on with young TV actors	2
going on with young TV actors	2
with young TV actors	2
young TV actors	2
Dawson Leery did what ?!? -RRB-	2
Dawson Leery did what ?!?	2
Dawson Leery	2
Leery	2
my 6-year-old nephew	2
I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too .	2
I guess I come from a broken family	2
from a broken family	2
a broken family	2
are all aliens ,	2
are all aliens	2
all aliens	1
good in Pauline & Paulette	3
in Pauline & Paulette	2
Pauline	2
&	2
van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , '	3
van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure	3
der Groen	2
Groen	2
described	2
Belgium 's national treasure	3
Belgium	2
is especially terrific as Pauline	4
especially terrific as Pauline	3
terrific as Pauline	3
as Pauline	2
Curling may be a unique sport	3
Curling	2
be a unique sport	2
unique sport	2
Men with Brooms is distinctly ordinary	1
with Brooms	2
Brooms	2
distinctly ordinary	2
Yes , that 's right	3
, that 's right	2
that 's right	3
Forrest Gump	2
Gump	2
Metaphors abound	2
Metaphors	2
it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story	3
take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story	3
take this film at face value and	2
enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story	3
its slightly humorous and tender story	3
slightly humorous and tender story	3
humorous and	3
retooling	2
This Orange has some juice	2
juice	2
's far from fresh-squeezed	1
far from fresh-squeezed	2
, Solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .	2
forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .	2
us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable	2
the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable	1
unmentionable	1
remarkably alluring	3
set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one	2
the constrictive Eisenhower era about one	2
Eisenhower era	2
about one	2
yearning	2
a loss	1
shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life	2
shatters	2
cheery and tranquil suburban life	3
a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel -LRB- About Schmidt -RRB- and an old Payne screenplay	1
frustrating patchwork	1
frustrating	0
an uneasy marriage	1
of Louis Begley 's source novel -LRB- About Schmidt -RRB-	2
source novel	2
-LRB- About Schmidt -RRB-	2
About Schmidt -RRB-	2
an old Payne screenplay	2
old Payne screenplay	2
is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast	0
for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast	2
our reality tv obsession , and even tardier	2
our reality tv obsession , and even	1
our reality tv obsession ,	1
reality tv obsession	1
tardier	1
for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast	1
exploiting	1
Chai	2
disconcertingly slack	1
doggie winks	2
steeped	2
in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore	2
sociology	2
pop culture	2
movie lore	2
appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work	3
emotional depth	3
of Haynes ' work	2
is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like	2
happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like	2
happened	2
many silent movies	2
silent movies	2
the like	2
Jessica Stein	2
injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .	4
injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again	3
injects freshness and spirit	4
into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again	2
the romantic comedy genre ,	2
the romantic comedy genre	2
romantic comedy genre	3
been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again	0
hostage	2
generic scripts	1
an action cartoon	2
suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary	3
for older kids	2
for the school-age crowd	2
build-up	2
the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters , is messy , murky , unsatisfying .	0
the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters ,	3
the payoff	3
is messy , murky , unsatisfying	0
messy , murky	0
messy	1
murky	1
unsatisfying	0
the most magical and most fun family fare	3
most magical and most fun family fare	4
most magical	4
recent holiday season	2
the intelligence of gay audiences	2
the intelligence	2
gay audiences	2
grossly underestimated	2
a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle	2
a meaty plot and	3
have been sacrificed for skin and	2
sacrificed for skin	2
flash that barely fizzle	1
toward maximum comfort and familiarity	3
maximum	2
a crowd-pleaser , but then ,	3
a crowd-pleaser , but	2
crowd-pleaser	4
was the Roman Colosseum .	2
Behind the Music special	2
Music special	2
something a little more special behind it :	3
something a little more special behind it	3
a little more special behind it	2
more special	2
behind it	2
change a nation	3
a nation	2
nation	2
Kids will love its fantasy and adventure	3
will love its fantasy and adventure	3
love its fantasy and adventure	3
should appreciate its whimsical humor	4
whimsical humor	4
took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .	0
took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long	0
30 seconds of plot	1
into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long	0
five hours long	1
nothing of boring	2
naturally	2
Home Movie	2
makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .	4
you crave Chris Smith 's next movie	4
Chris Smith 's	2
Smith 's	2
next movie	1
have taken an small slice of history and	2
taken an small slice of history	2
an small slice of history	2
an small slice	2
opened it up for all of us to understand	3
a nice little story	3
nice little story	3
the process	2
generation	2
the worst thing	0
worst thing	0
done in the United States	2
the United States	2
until the end	2
leaves you	2
with a few lingering animated thoughts	3
thoughts	2
gushing -- Imamura squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '	3
gushing	3
squirts the screen in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '	3
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	2
Warm	3
Water Under a Red Bridge	2
and solemn words	2
can not disguise the slack complacency of -LRB- Godard 's -RRB- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .	1
can not disguise the slack complacency of -LRB- Godard 's -RRB- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice	1
slack complacency	0
-LRB- Godard 's -RRB- vision	2
-LRB- Godard 's -RRB-	2
Godard	2
any more	2
the gorgeous piano	3
Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director	3
Dylan	2
alive	3
to witness first-time director	2
witness first-time director	2
first-time director	2
Hawke 's	2
strained Chelsea Walls	2
strained	2
Chelsea	2
he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to	2
been tempted to change his landmark poem to	2
change his landmark poem	2
gifts	2
starting with Spielberg	2
right through the ranks of the players	2
of the players	2
on-camera and off --	2
on-camera and	2
he brings together	3
somewhat disappointing and meandering	1
disappointing and meandering	0
in the action scenes	2
that things fall apart	1
no palpable chemistry	1
chemistry	2
and male lead Ralph Fiennes	2
male	2
Ralph Fiennes	2
plus the script by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade	2
plus the script	2
Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade	2
scribe	2
is workmanlike in the extreme .	1
is workmanlike in the extreme	1
workmanlike in the extreme	3
workmanlike	3
crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .	1
crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary	1
crafted but	3
does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them	2
its charms and its funny moments but not	2
its charms	3
its funny moments	3
surreal kid 's	2
in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode	2
actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode	1
enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode	1
inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode	2
parody	2
Behind the Music episode	2
many times	2
a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material	1
as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material	1
seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material	1
seen in a while , a meander	2
in a while , a meander	2
a meander	2
meander	2
through worn-out material	1
both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts	1
sitcomishly predictable and cloying	1
be poignant	2
rude and crude film	2
does deliver a few gut-busting laughs	3
a few gut-busting laughs	3
gut-busting laughs	2
gut-busting	3
its digs at modern society	2
digs	2
at modern society	2
modern society	2
we 've seen before	2
've seen before	1
a purpose and	2
sword fighting	2
sword	2
well done	4
is a goofy pleasure	3
the personal touch of manual animation	3
the personal touch	2
of manual animation	2
Kaufman and Jonze take huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion	3
Kaufman	2
huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion	2
whole notion	2
of passion	3
our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one	2
our desire	2
human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one	2
passion in our lives and the emptiness one	2
in our lives and the emptiness one	2
our lives and	2
his aversion to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star	2
his aversion	1
taking the easy Hollywood road and	2
Hollywood road	3
cashing in on his movie-star	2
on his movie-star	2
surf	2
uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .	3
modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave	2
inside the wave	3
the wave	2
wave	2
`` Gangs ''	2
Gangs ''	2
was Daniel Day-Lewis .	3
Daniel	2
for Godard	1
be fruitful : ` In Praise of Love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself	2
be fruitful	3
fruitful	3
` In Praise of Love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself	2
In Praise	2
Praise	3
punch .	2
seem less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine	1
less of a trifle	3
less of	2
Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine	3
her defiance of the saccharine	2
the saccharine	2
of the Roses	2
the Roses	2
Roses	2
a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking	4
a powerful , naturally dramatic piece	4
fifty	2
car pileup	2
pileup	2
of cliches	1
to moviegoers not already clad in basic black	2
not already clad in basic black	2
clad in basic black	2
in basic black	2
basic black	2
, slapdash disaster .	0
slapdash disaster	0
is a brilliant movie	4
simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that	3
this bit or that , this performance or that	2
that , this performance or	2
this performance	2
more sheerly beautiful film	4
this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence	4
this unexpectedly moving meditation	4
unexpectedly moving meditation	3
history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence	2
and artistic transcendence	3
artistic	3
too erotic nor very thrilling	1
too erotic nor	1
spot-on Scottish burr	3
Duvall -LRB- also a producer -RRB- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .	3
Duvall -LRB- also a producer -RRB-	2
-LRB- also a producer -RRB-	2
a producer	2
peels layers	3
peels	2
layers	3
from this character that may well not have existed on paper	2
this character	2
that may well not have existed on paper	2
well not	2
journalistic work	2
journalistic	2
of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy	1
for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy	2
became	2
policy	2
fills the screen .	2
never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free	1
why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free	2
for what we can get on television for free	1
what we can get on television for free	2
we can get on television for free	2
for free	2
a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .	3
crime drama	1
spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line	1
spat	2
from the Tinseltown assembly line	1
assembly line	2
the most politically audacious films of recent decades	3
audacious	2
of recent decades	2
from any country , but especially from France	2
from any country	2
'' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .	0
to abandon the theater	1
the best case for Christianity	3
the best case	3
Lewis	3
you 're desperate for the evening to end .	0
're desperate for the evening to end .	1
're desperate for the evening to end	1
evening to end	2
to end	2
a rather shapeless good time	3
a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening	0
rejected X-Files episode	1
than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening	2
a credible account	2
credible account	4
puzzling real-life happening	2
real-life	2
of good intentions	2
is able to overcome the triviality of the story .	2
able to overcome the triviality of the story	2
transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor .	3
transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor	3
the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste	1
the dreary expanse	2
expanse	2
distaste	1
inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor	3
a poem	2
of art , music and metaphor	2
art , music and metaphor	2
, music and metaphor	2
music and metaphor	2
its -RRB-	2
a sweetly	3
sweetly	2
affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life	3
four sisters	2
coping , in one way or another	2
in one way or another	2
's endgame	3
of what	2
appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting .	1
appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting	1
be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting	1
the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting	1
the definition	2
a ` bad ' police	2
` bad ' police	2
police	2
throwing	2
so many red herrings	1
red herrings	2
herrings	2
barely register	1
you skip	2
skip	1
will be two hours gained .	2
two hours gained	2
done that	2
hushed lines	2
like `` They 're back	2
like ``	2
Griffiths and Mr. Pryce	2
Griffiths	2
Mr. Pryce	2
this wild Welsh whimsy	3
Welsh	2
distillation	2
Roberts	2
ever made .	2
made .	2
Lots of effort and intelligence are on display	3
Lots of effort and intelligence	3
are on display	2
display	2
it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings	2
all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings	0
all awkward , static ,	1
all awkward ,	1
all awkward	1
of the outstanding thrillers of recent years	4
the outstanding thrillers of recent years	4
outstanding thrillers	4
outstanding	4
for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire	2
the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire	1
the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and	2
the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date	2
the intellectual and emotional pedigree	2
intellectual and emotional pedigree	3
of your date	2
a giant step backward	0
step backward	1
backward	2
a director I admire	4
I admire	3
remote African empire	2
remote	2
African empire	2
African	2
before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine	2
cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine	1
cell phones , guns , and	3
cell phones , guns	2
engine	2
the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow	3
some contrived banter , cliches and	1
some contrived banter , cliches	2
some contrived banter	2
contrived banter	1
some loose ends	2
comes into its own	3
in the second half	2
second half	2
new film .	2
film .	2
The Full Monty so resoundingly	2
're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting	1
dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting	1
dying	1
see the same old thing in a tired old setting	0
see the same old thing	1
the same old thing	1
in a tired old setting	1
old setting	2
should keep you reasonably entertained .	3
you reasonably entertained	3
catching	2
for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance	4
warm and winning	3
Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish	1
the princess	2
seem smug and cartoonish	1
cartoonish	2
the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours	2
the film only	2
really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours	2
when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours	1
poor Hermocrates and	2
compare notes about their budding amours	2
the making of melodrama	1
of melodrama	2
cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them	3
cuts	2
this natural grain	3
natural grain	2
more interested in asking questions	2
in answering them	3
is funny , charming and quirky	4
her feature film	3
feature film	2
acting debut as Amy	2
suffocating and	2
Grey	2
have a center , though a morbid one	2
a center , though a morbid one	2
though a morbid one	1
spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role	4
Denzel Washington 's	2
Washington 's	2
that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic	1
it can not even be dubbed hedonistic	1
be dubbed hedonistic	2
dubbed	2
Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,	1
Satin	2
new , or inventive ,	3
's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity	3
encouraging	3
to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity	3
see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity	3
three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman	2
three-dimensional	2
middle-aged woman	2
, often tender ,	2
often tender ,	2
the pros and cons of unconditional	2
pros and cons	2
pros and	2
of unconditional	2
love and familial duties .	2
love and familial	3
trumpet blast	2
trumpet	2
that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin '	2
may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin '	2
Mexican Cinema a-bornin '	2
a-bornin '	2
a-bornin	2
Gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid	1
to look at	2
tedious and turgid	1
Only about as sexy	2
Only about	2
dangerous as an actress in a role	2
as an actress in a role	1
in a role	2
that reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm	1
Elizabeth Berkley 's	2
Elizabeth	2
Berkley 's	2
Berkley	2
dolphin-gasm	2
contrast	2
neither dramatic nor comic	1
dramatic nor	1
's just a weird fizzle	2
weird fizzle	2
Collateral	3
Damage	2
is trash	0
extra points	3
think you 've figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble	3
've figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble	1
Bielinsky 's great game	3
great game	3
you 're in the most trouble	2
're in the most trouble	2
He 's the con ,	2
He 's the con	1
the con	1
you 're just the mark	2
about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings	3
, and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings	3
whose face	2
projects that woman 's doubts and	2
, it succeeds .	4
it succeeds .	3
succeeds .	4
bursting with incident	3
with incident	2
with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history	2
with scores of characters , some fictional , some	2
scores of characters , some fictional , some	2
to call Domino 's	2
Domino 's	2
Jerry Bruckheimer 's	2
putrid pond	1
of retread action twaddle	1
retread action twaddle	1
action twaddle	1
paved	2
with good intentions leads to the video store	2
good intentions leads to the video store	0
leads to the video store	2
to the video store	2
faster , livelier and	3
faster , livelier	3
livelier	2
good deal funnier	3
his original	2
sexual references	2
can be	2
very good viewing alternative	3
viewing alternative	2
for young women	2
is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .	2
is a much better mother-daughter tale	3
a much better mother-daughter tale	3
than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much	2
Divine	3
Secrets	2
of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	3
has many of the things that made the first one charming	3
of the things that made the first one charming	2
made the first one charming	3
first one	2
the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most	1
the book 's	2
irreverent energy	3
scotches	2
bile , and irony	1
, and irony	2
irony	1
slight premise	2
works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon	3
because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm	3
of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm	4
the ideal casting	3
aged Napoleon	2
Napoleon	2
all that ;	2
the boobs are fantasti	3
the boobs	2
boobs	3
, heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear	3
It is most of the things Costner movies are known for	2
is most of the things Costner movies are known for	2
of the things Costner movies are known for	3
Costner movies are known for	2
known for	2
's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it	1
sanctimonious , self-righteous and	1
sanctimonious	1
self-righteous	2
our love	2
a very funny , heartwarming film	4
a piece	2
handiwork	2
shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety	2
shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places ,	1
tatters and self-conscious seams	2
in places	2
has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety	3
moments and	2
an intelligent subtlety	2
intelligent subtlety	3
amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise	4
amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario	4
the unfolding	2
of Bielinsky 's	2
cleverly constructed scenario	3
cleverly constructed	3
impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise	4
the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise	2
the enterprise	3
the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .	3
provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride	3
a satisfyingly unsettling ride	3
satisfyingly unsettling ride	3
satisfyingly	3
into the dark places of our national psyche	2
psyche	2
little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb	2
beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb	2
visions	2
already relayed by superb	3
recent predecessors	2
Swimming With Sharks and The Player , this latest skewering	2
Swimming With Sharks	2
Sharks	2
The Player , this latest skewering	2
latest skewering	2
... may put off insiders and outsiders alike .	1
being good	3
no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke	2
no matter	2
how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke	2
admirably	3
the filmmakers have gone for broke	2
have gone for broke	2
for broke	2
Sandra Bullock and	1
Sandra	2
Bullock	2
have worn threadbare	2
Hanks character	2
's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .	1
's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed	2
a slow study	2
slow study	2
slow	1
is stilted	2
the tabloid energy	2
tabloid	1
enthusiastically	3
invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games	4
the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games	3
the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and	3
the percussion rhythm ,	2
brass	2
the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games	3
fierce competition	3
make great marching bands half the fun of college football games	2
marching	2
is perhaps	2
in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation	2
dust-caked stagnation	1
dust-caked	1
ultimately minor ,	2
minor ,	2
The real star of this movie	2
real star	3
of this movie	2
is the score ,	2
the score	2
it 's really well directed	4
well directed	4
parable .	2
in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack	1
diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack	0
Horrid little propaganda film	0
Horrid	1
propaganda film	1
with fascinating connections	3
fascinating connections	3
not only to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists	2
to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists	1
to the Serbs themselves	3
the Serbs themselves	3
the Serbs	2
Serbs	2
themselves	2
to a network of American right-wing extremists	2
and director Julie Taymor	2
Taymor	2
unique and	3
inherent	2
titular character 's	2
nearly as dreadful	0
trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has	2
to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances	3
the novel 's deeper intimate resonances	2
novel 's	2
deeper intimate resonances	2
deeper intimate	2
from the characters	3
wears its empowerment on its sleeve	3
wears its empowerment	3
its empowerment	3
on its sleeve	2
its sleeve	2
sleeve	2
its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros	3
worst harangues	1
to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros	4
swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros	3
swallow thanks to remarkable performances	3
by Ferrera and Ontiveros	2
Ferrera and Ontiveros	2
Ferrera and	2
Ferrera	2
of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale	1
coming-of-age\/coming-out tale	2
coming-of-age\/coming-out	2
brilliantly constructed work .	3
rug	2
you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character	2
just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character	2
just when	2
you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character	2
're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character	3
're ready to hate one character , or	2
ready to hate one character	1
hate one character	1
really sympathize with another character	2
, something happens to send you off in different direction .	2
something happens to send you off in different direction .	2
happens to send you off in different direction	2
happens	2
to send you off in different direction	2
The art direction is often exquisite ,	4
The art direction is often exquisite	4
is often exquisite	4
anthropomorphic	3
animal characters	2
are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack	3
realized through clever makeup design ,	3
realized through clever makeup design	3
clever makeup design	3
makeup design	2
leaving one	2
hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack	2
to make such a worthless film	1
a worthless film	0
The creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard	2
animation work	3
may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard	1
fully ` rendered '	3
as Pixar 's industry standard	2
Pixar 's industry standard	2
Pixar 's	3
industry	2
uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree	3
lighting effects and innovative backgrounds	3
lighting	2
innovative backgrounds	3
romp .	2
It makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls	2
makes sense	2
that he went back to school to check out the girls	2
went back to school to check out the girls	2
went back	3
went	2
check out the girls	2
his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time	2
a frat boy 's idea of a good time	2
especially compelling	3
that is .	2
's an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters	3
an actor 's	2
showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters	3
that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters	4
without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters	3
without the use of special effects	2
of special effects	2
by emphasizing the characters	2
emphasizing the characters	2
emphasizing	3
including the supporting ones	2
including	2
supporting ones	2
supporting	3
its own placid way	2
placid	2
finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality	3
finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions	2
one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions	2
of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions	1
most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions	2
conservative and hidebound	2
traditions	2
if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious --	2
if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious	2
if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special	2
had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special	2
been only half-an-hour long or a TV special	2
only half-an-hour long or	1
a TV special	2
would have been fast and furious	2
been fast and furious	2
fast and furious	2
of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable	2
unexpected fable	3
ensures the film never feels draggy	3
never feels draggy	3
drowns	2
Birds	2
tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .	1
tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience	1
its quirkiness	2
solid and refined piece	3
and refined piece	3
refined piece	3
refined	3
imbued with passion and attitude .	3
never cuts corners	2
dredge up	1
medicine	3
Ayurveda does the field no favors	1
the field no	2
field no	2
asked so often	2
asked	2
suspend belief that were it not for Holm 's performance	2
not for Holm 's performance	2
, the film would be a total washout .	1
be a total washout	1
a total washout	1
in salaries and stunt cars	2
salaries	2
and stunt cars	2
stunt	2
cars	2
have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours -LRB- and , for that matter , Shrek -RRB-	1
the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours -LRB- and , for that matter , Shrek -RRB-	3
the director , Tom Dey ,	2
the director , Tom Dey	2
the director ,	2
Dey	2
of Midnight Run and 48 Hours	2
whipping out the dirty words and	2
whipping out	2
the dirty words	2
dirty	2
punching	2
the stomach	2
breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .	2
breaks	2
like a hippopotamus ballerina	2
hippopotamus ballerina	2
urbane sweetness	3
Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken	1
Woody Allen	2
bitterly forsaken	2
a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish	1
a dim-witted pairing	1
dim-witted	1
of teen-speak and animal gibberish	1
teen-speak	2
provocative theme	2
submerging it in a hoary love triangle	2
hoary love triangle	2
triangle	2
What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen	2
as hilarious lunacy	3
lunacy	1
the hands of Woody Allen	2
Mel Brooks -LRB- at least during their '70s heyday -RRB-	2
Mel Brooks	2
-LRB- at least during their '70s heyday -RRB-	2
at least during their '70s heyday -RRB-	2
at least during their '70s heyday	3
'70s	2
heyday	2
comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature	0
across as lame and sophomoric	1
disappointed by a movie in a long time	1
in a long time	2
a comedic moment in this romantic comedy	3
in this romantic comedy	3