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# PairCNN-Ranking
A tensorflow implementation of [Learning to Rank Short Text Pairs with Convolutional Deep Neural Networks](http://disi.unitn.it/~severyn/papers/sigir-2015-long.pdf)
## Training Data
As **train.txt** and **test.txt** in **./data** dir, each line is an sample, which is splited by comma: query, document, label. And the example data is created by me to test the code, which is not real click data.
## Usage
```bash
python train.py -h
```
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FILE: Ranking.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
#encoding=utf-8
import tensorflow as tf
class Ranking(object):
def __init__(
self, max_len_left, max_len_right, vocab_size,
embedding_size, filter_sizes, num_filters, num_hidden, l2_reg_lambda=0.0):
# Placeholders for input, output and dropout
self.input_left = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [None, max_len_left], name="input_left")
self.input_right = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [None, max_len_right], name="input_right")
self.input_y = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 2], name="input_y")
self.dropout_keep_prob = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, name="dropout_keep_prob")
# Embedding layer for both CNN
with tf.device('/cpu:0'), tf.name_scope("embedding"):
W = tf.Variable(
tf.random_uniform([vocab_size, embedding_size], -1.0, 1.0),
name="W")
self.embedded_chars_left = tf.expand_dims(tf.nn.embedding_lookup(W, self.input_left), -1)
self.embedded_chars_right = tf.expand_dims(tf.nn.embedding_lookup(W, self.input_right), -1)
print self.embedded_chars_left
print self.embedded_chars_right
# Create a convolution + maxpool layer for each filter size
pooled_outputs_left = []
pooled_outputs_right = []
for i, filter_size in enumerate(filter_sizes):
filter_shape = [filter_size, embedding_size, 1, num_filters]
with tf.name_scope("conv-maxpool-left-%s" % filter_size):
# Convolution Layer
W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(filter_shape, stddev=0.1), name="W")
b = tf.Variable(tf.constant(0.1, shape=[num_filters]), name="b")
conv = tf.nn.conv2d(
self.embedded_chars_left,
W,
strides=[1, 1, 1, 1],
padding="VALID",
name="conv")
# Apply nonlinearity
h = tf.nn.relu(tf.nn.bias_add(conv, b), name="relu")
# Maxpooling over the outputs
pooled = tf.nn.max_pool(
h,
ksize=[1, max_len_left - filter_size + 1, 1, 1],
strides=[1, 1, 1, 1],
padding='VALID',
name="pool")
pooled_outputs_left.append(pooled)
with tf.name_scope("conv-maxpool-right-%s" % filter_size):
# Convolution Layer
W = tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(filter_shape, stddev=0.1), name="W")
b = tf.Variable(tf.constant(0.1, shape=[num_filters]), name="b")
conv = tf.nn.conv2d(
self.embedded_chars_right,
W,
strides=[1, 1, 1, 1],
padding="VALID",
name="conv")
# Apply nonlinearity
h = tf.nn.relu(tf.nn.bias_add(conv, b), name="relu")
# Maxpooling over the outputs
pooled = tf.nn.max_pool(
h,
ksize=[1, max_len_right - filter_size + 1, 1, 1],
strides=[1, 1, 1, 1],
padding='VALID',
name="pool")
pooled_outputs_right.append(pooled)
# Combine all the pooled features
num_filters_total = num_filters * len(filter_sizes)
self.h_pool_left = tf.reshape(tf.concat(3, pooled_outputs_left), [-1, num_filters_total], name='h_pool_left')
self.h_pool_right = tf.reshape(tf.concat(3, pooled_outputs_right), [-1, num_filters_total], name='h_pool_right')
print self.h_pool_left
print self.h_pool_right
# Compute similarity
with tf.name_scope("similarity"):
W = tf.get_variable(
"W",
shape=[num_filters_total, num_filters_total],
initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer())
self.transform_left = tf.matmul(self.h_pool_left, W)
self.sims = tf.reduce_sum(tf.mul(self.transform_left, self.h_pool_right), 1, keep_dims=True)
print self.sims
# Keeping track of l2 regularization loss (optional)
l2_loss = tf.constant(0.0)
# Make input for classification
self.new_input = tf.concat(1, [self.h_pool_left, self.sims, self.h_pool_right], name='new_input')
# hidden layer
with tf.name_scope("hidden"):
W = tf.get_variable(
"W_hidden",
shape=[2*num_filters_total+1, num_hidden],
initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer())
b = tf.Variable(tf.constant(0.1, shape=[num_hidden]), name="b")
l2_loss += tf.nn.l2_loss(W)
l2_loss += tf.nn.l2_loss(b)
self.hidden_output = tf.nn.relu(tf.nn.xw_plus_b(self.new_input, W, b, name="hidden_output"))
# Add dropout
with tf.name_scope("dropout"):
self.h_drop = tf.nn.dropout(self.hidden_output, self.dropout_keep_prob, name="hidden_output_drop")
print self.h_drop
# Final (unnormalized) scores and predictions
with tf.name_scope("output"):
W = tf.get_variable(
"W_output",
shape=[num_hidden, 2],
initializer=tf.contrib.layers.xavier_initializer())
b = tf.Variable(tf.constant(0.1, shape=[2]), name="b")
l2_loss += tf.nn.l2_loss(W)
l2_loss += tf.nn.l2_loss(b)
self.scores = tf.nn.xw_plus_b(self.h_drop, W, b, name="scores")
self.predictions = tf.argmax(self.scores, 1, name="predictions")
# CalculateMean cross-entropy loss
with tf.name_scope("loss"):
losses = tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(self.scores, self.input_y)
self.loss = tf.reduce_mean(losses) + l2_reg_lambda * l2_loss
# Accuracy
with tf.name_scope("accuracy"):
correct_predictions = tf.equal(self.predictions, tf.argmax(self.input_y, 1))
self.accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_predictions, "float"), name="accuracy")
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FILE: data/test.txt
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nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this not even joe viterelli as de niro's right-hand goombah,with flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity undisputed is nearly incoherent an excuse to get to the closing bout by which time it's impossible to care who wins,0
a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise,every note rings false,0
even with a green mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder however kilmer seems to be posing rather than acting and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea,even with a green mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder however kilmer seems to be posing rather than acting and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea,1
a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement,a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement,1
the screenplay co-written by director imogen kimmel lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,the screenplay co-written by director imogen kimmel lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,1
it isn't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie—if only it were that grand a failure it's just that it's so not-at-all-good and i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch,even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test,0
the kids often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion,it is too bad that this likable movie isn't more accomplished the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward,0
if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after there's no better film than half past dead,if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after there's no better film than half past dead,1
return to never land is much more p c than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians for instance ) but the excitement is missing,return to never land is much more p c than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians for instance ) but the excitement is missing,1
instead go rent " shakes the clown " a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance,instead go rent " shakes the clown " a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance,1
the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad,it shares the first two films' loose-jointed structure but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between,0
the script the gags the characters are all direct-to-video stuff and that's where this film should have remained,flashy pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick working-class scottish accent,0
directed in a flashy empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name,leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion,0
a relentless bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick,utter mush conceited pap,0
something must have been lost in the translation,abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists,0
none of birthday girl's calculated events take us by surprise,by-the-numbers yarn,0
expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release it still feels somewhat unfinished,expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release it still feels somewhat unfinished,1
there's too much falseness to the second half and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging,i've heard that the fans of the first men in black have come away hating the second one i wonder why they felt like the same movie to me,0
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding,it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding,1
no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise,once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue all credibility flies out the window,0
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker,the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker,1
[evans is] a fascinating character and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie,[evans is] a fascinating character and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie,1
it seems just a long convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag no less,impostor can't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels fight off various anonymous attackers and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,0
here the love scenes all end in someone screaming maybe there's a metaphor here but figuring it out wouldn't make trouble every day any better,here the love scenes all end in someone screaming maybe there's a metaphor here but figuring it out wouldn't make trouble every day any better,1
the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset,the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset,1
it sticks rigidly to the paradigm rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived well-worn situations,it sticks rigidly to the paradigm rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived well-worn situations,1
human nature is a goofball movie in the way that malkovich was but it tries too hard,human nature is a goofball movie in the way that malkovich was but it tries too hard,1
if a few good men told us that we " can't handle the truth " than high crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we " don't care about the truth ",if a few good men told us that we " can't handle the truth " than high crimes poetically states at one point in this movie that we " don't care about the truth ",1
a selection of scenes in search of a movie,solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke,0
plods along minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike a cult hero,plods along minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike a cult hero,1
a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment and an overly-familiar set of plot devices,i like it no i hate it no i love it hell i dunno,0
even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity didn't fade amid the deliberate tiresome ugliness it would be rendered tedious by avary's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,it's not without its pleasures but i'll stick with the tune,0
rashomon-for-dipsticks tale,better described as a ghost story gone badly awry,0
best described as i know what you did last winter,best described as i know what you did last winter,1
who exactly is fighting whom here ? ah yes that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,although purportedly a study in modern alienation it's really little more than a particularly slanted gay s/m fantasy enervating and deadeningly drawn-out,0
due to stodgy soap opera-ish dialogue the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter,due to stodgy soap opera-ish dialogue the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter,1
once [kim] begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors you may decide it's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard,jaw-droppingly superficial straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0
the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film,the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film,1
its premise is smart but the execution is pretty weary,harland williams is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment,0
if jews were catholics this would be catechism,if jews were catholics this would be catechism,1
it's not hateful it's simply stupid irrelevant and deeply truly bottomlessly cynical,it's not hateful it's simply stupid irrelevant and deeply truly bottomlessly cynical,1
a lackluster unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j m barrie's peter pan,a lackluster unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j m barrie's peter pan,1
banal and predictable,the film is really not so much bad as bland,0
i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done,i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done,1
more of a career curio than a major work,more of a career curio than a major work,1
ja rule and kurupt should have gotten to rap it would have benefitted the dialogue,it's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous' the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated,0
like the excruciating end of days collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience are we dealing with dreams visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?,0
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama,director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama,1
hawke's film a boring pretentious waste of nearly two hours doesn't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny pathetic starving and untalented artistes,hawke's film a boring pretentious waste of nearly two hours doesn't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny pathetic starving and untalented artistes,1
staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce,staggers between flaccid satire and what is supposed to be madcap farce,1
the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn the results are far more alienating than involving,the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn the results are far more alienating than involving,1
[davis] has a bright chipper style that keeps things moving while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race,[davis] has a bright chipper style that keeps things moving while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race,1
it's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational and yet it's so devoid of realism that its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff,the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in but the film must have been written in the thrall of a vicious hangover,0
woefully pretentious,an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it,0
a very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more,hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever he has a great cast and a great idea but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work,0
in the second half of the film frei's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-analysis,in the second half of the film frei's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives nachtwey for self-analysis,1
upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute,upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute,1
given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done,given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done,1
blue crush is as predictable as the tides the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies,blue crush is as predictable as the tides the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies,1
cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility,cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility,1
crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama,despite slick production values and director roger michell's tick-tock pacing the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours,0
showtime isn't particularly assaultive but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase explosion or gunfight again,showtime isn't particularly assaultive but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase explosion or gunfight again,1
the four feathers is definitely horse feathers but if you go in knowing that you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox,the four feathers is definitely horse feathers but if you go in knowing that you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox,1
a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques,a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques,1
i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'tap tap tap tap tapping away' on this screenplay,i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'tap tap tap tap tapping away' on this screenplay,1
julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan,the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it,0
looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination,an unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer/director john mckay can swallow,0
i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing,i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing,1
never comes together as a coherent whole,a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged,0
offers no new insight on the matter nor do its characters exactly spring to life,fans of plympton's shorts may marginally enjoy the film but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers,0
this one is a few bits funnier than malle's dud if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks,the longer the movie goes the worse it gets but it's actually pretty good in the first few minutes,0
claims to sort the bad guys from the good which is its essential problem,traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill,0
godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things mouthpieces visual motifs blanks,a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour,0
puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself,a wordy wisp of a comedy,0
i'm guessing the director is a magician after all he took three minutes of dialogue 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long,all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal can't disguise the fact that really we've been here done that,0
reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns creating a meandering inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns creating a meandering inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,1
comes off more like a misdemeanor a flat unconvincing drama that never catches fire,a movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle,0
feels familiar and tired,feels familiar and tired,1
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either,a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it's nowhere near as exciting as either,1
just entertaining enough not to hate too mediocre to love,as self-aware movies go who is cletis tout ? is clever enough though thin writing proves its undoing,0
fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics genre thrills or inherent humor,too much of nemesis has a tired talky feel,0
the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel,the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel,1
the concept is a hoot the trailer is a riot the movie is a dud,the concept is a hoot the trailer is a riot the movie is a dud,1
perhaps the heaviest most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world,perhaps the heaviest most joyless movie ever made about giant dragons taking over the world,1
moderately involving despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance,with generic sets and b-grade special effects jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv's defunct cleopatra 2525,0
ultimately the movie is too heady for children and too preachy for adults,it's a big idea but the film itself is small and shriveled,0
another week another gross-out college comedy--ugh,another week another gross-out college comedy--ugh,1
'es en verdad una pena que mandoki esté realizando cintas tan malas desde hace algún tiempo pues talento tiene pero quién sabe dónde lo tiene escondido ',even with harris's strong effort the script gives him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown,0
it's not thirsty consuming passion which drives this movie no it's the repetition of said behavior and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad more grating and boring than anything else,it's not thirsty consuming passion which drives this movie no it's the repetition of said behavior and so children of the century is more mindless love than mad more grating and boring than anything else,1
the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed,the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed,1
falsehoods pile up undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice,falsehoods pile up undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice,1
imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring,at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd but it would be better to wait for the video and a very rainy day,0
schnitzler's film has a great hook some clever bits and well-drawn if standard issue characters but is still only partly satisfying,schnitzler's film has a great hook some clever bits and well-drawn if standard issue characters but is still only partly satisfying,1
the name says it all jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set,it's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge,0
i have to admit i walked out of runteldat i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes,i have to admit i walked out of runteldat i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes,1
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination,it's an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise,0
be forewarned if you're depressed about anything before watching this film you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards,super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers/abrahams films and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries the farrelly brothers,0
it's tough being a black man in america especially when the man has taken away your car your work-hours and denied you health insurance,a singularly off-putting romantic comedy,0
at a brief 42 minutes we need more x and less blab,at a brief 42 minutes we need more x and less blab,1
like the chelsea's denizens burdette's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste,reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns creating a meandering inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,0
now i can see why people thought i was too hard on " the mothman prophecies ",the film can depress you about life itself,0
the romance between the leads isn't as compelling or as believable as it should be,this time mr burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again,0
a non-mystery mystery,a non-mystery mystery,1
it is by conventional standards a fairly terrible movie but it is also weirdly fascinating a ready-made eurotrash cult object it is also at times curiously moving,the plan to make enough into ‘an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong,0
a feel-good movie that doesn't give you enough to feel good about,we've liked klein's other work but rollerball left us cold,0
the film like jimmy's routines could use a few good laughs,the film like jimmy's routines could use a few good laughs,1
despite some comic sparks welcome to collinwood never catches fire,always destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation,0
this little film is so slovenly done so primitive in technique that it can't really be called animation,this little film is so slovenly done so primitive in technique that it can't really be called animation,1
the result is solemn and horrifying yet strangely detached,if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two he probably wouldn't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way,0
nelson's brutally unsentimental approach sucks the humanity from the film leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle,the movie's messages are quite admirable but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity,0
anyone who suffers through this film deserves at the very least a big box of consolation candy,anyone who suffers through this film deserves at the very least a big box of consolation candy,1
what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be,the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed,0
undercover brother doesn't go far enough it's just a silly black genre spoof,undercover brother doesn't go far enough it's just a silly black genre spoof,1
all in all there's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone,all in all there's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone,1
it's better than the phantom menace but unless you're an absolute raving star wars junkie it isn't much fun,it's better than the phantom menace but unless you're an absolute raving star wars junkie it isn't much fun,1
ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would,ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would,1
a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal unfunny and unrecommendable,a one-trick pony whose few t&a bits still can't save itself from being unoriginal unfunny and unrecommendable,1
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital,well-meaning but inert,0
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite,screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite,1
one long numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before,one long numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before,1
serving sara doesn't serve up a whole lot of laughs,serving sara doesn't serve up a whole lot of laughs,1
there's some outrageously creative action in the transporter [b]ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck it's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman,there's some outrageously creative action in the transporter [b]ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck it's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman,1
there aren't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv,there aren't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv,1
bad very bad stultifyingly dumbfoundingly mind-numbingly bad,although huppert's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it the piano teacher is anything but fun,0
thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big colorful characters mom and dad can catch some quality naptime along the way,while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production,0
stealing harvard doesn't care about cleverness wit or any other kind of intelligent humor,shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity,0
has its charming quirks and its dull spots,has its charming quirks and its dull spots,1
has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness,( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie,0
'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination i mean alabama ','it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination i mean alabama ',1
both awful and appealing,both awful and appealing,1
two hours of junk,a predictable manipulative stinker the story passes time until it's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal fireballs and revenge,0
a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional,a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional,1
a bland obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products,a bland obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products,1
proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot expertly cast paced with crisp professionalism and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report,proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot expertly cast paced with crisp professionalism and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report,1
what we get is caddyshack crossed with the loyal order of raccoons,no movement no yuks not much of anything,0
poor editing bad bluescreen and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action,so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it,0
the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters,the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters,1
director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seen 10 000 times,director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seen 10 000 times,1
simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy,this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,0
anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally and log on to something more user-friendly,anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally and log on to something more user-friendly,1
the movie is like scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot,the movie is like scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot,1
it's an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise,it's an odd show pregnant with moods stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise,1
unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you,the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card,0
unambitious writing emerges in the movie using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook,unambitious writing emerges in the movie using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook,1
a sequence of ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes,a sequence of ridiculous shoot-'em-up scenes,1
holds limited appeal to those who like explosions sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp,holds limited appeal to those who like explosions sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp,1
pryor lite with half the demons half the daring much less talent many fewer laughs,it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from " promising " to " interesting " to " familiar " before landing squarely on " stupid ",0
basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars,it's hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby,0
derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone,the movie is so contrived nonsensical and formulaic that come to think of it the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it,0
the weird thing about the santa clause 2 purportedly a children's movie is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally,the weird thing about the santa clause 2 purportedly a children's movie is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally,1
the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not,the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not,1
like the world of his film hartley created a monster but didn't know how to handle it,like the world of his film hartley created a monster but didn't know how to handle it,1
this is standard crime drama fare instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull,an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort,0
the performances are so leaden michael rymer's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud,so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag,0
the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did,the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did,1
if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear this is one baaaaaaaaad movie,if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear this is one baaaaaaaaad movie,1
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations,much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie,0
it's got the brawn but not the brains,it's got the brawn but not the brains,1
a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps,after seeing swept away i feel sorry for madonna,0
[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life chances are you've already seen this kind of thing,[i]f you've been to more than one indie flick in your life chances are you've already seen this kind of thing,1
the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects,the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects,1
the innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be,the innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be,1
it's a brilliant honest performance by nicholson but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up bravado kathy,it's a brilliant honest performance by nicholson but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up bravado kathy,1
mr deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags scattered moments of lazy humor,the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary,0
not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse it's almost funny,not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse it's almost funny,1
the only upside to all of this unpleasantness is given its labor day weekend upload feardotcom should log a minimal number of hits,well-meaning to a fault antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man's triumph of will into everyman's romance comedy,0
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound,stale first act scrooge story blatant product placement some very good comedic songs strong finish dumb fart jokes,0
a profoundly stupid affair populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility,a profoundly stupid affair populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility,1
heavy-handed exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension,the plot is paper-thin and the characters aren't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours,0
is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i don't think so nothing wrong with performances here but the whiney characters bugged me,is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i don't think so nothing wrong with performances here but the whiney characters bugged me,1
a seriously bad film with seriously warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level,yes they can swim the title is merely anne-sophie birot's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through,0
at times however dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow or care about,at times however dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow or care about,1
it all looks and plays like a $40 million version of a game you're more likely to enjoy on a computer,none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest,0
every time you look sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn,isn't as sharp as the original despite some visual virtues 'blade ii' just doesn't cut it,0
this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit,has something to say but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller,0
diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance,diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance,1
scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition meanwhile reads more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas,scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent ; perdition meanwhile reads more like driving miss daisy than goodfellas,1
in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song,in its best moments resembles a bad high school production of grease without benefit of song,1
a movie that quite simply shouldn't have been made,at times it actually hurts to watch,0
if you recognize zeus ( the dog from snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one,'in this poor remake of such a well loved classic parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision ',0
please someone stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film,please someone stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film,1
it's as if de palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese,more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now,0
kwan makes the mix-and- match metaphors intriguing while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action,kwan makes the mix-and- match metaphors intriguing while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action,1
to call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it,to call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it,1
the stories here suffer from the chosen format,uneasy mishmash of styles and genres,0
far more enjoyable than its predecessor,men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce an ungainly comedy-deficient b-movie rush job,0
it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess piss on trees b s one another and put on a show in drag,this movie is about lying cheating but loving the friends you betray,0
shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker's bottomless pit of self-absorption,shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker's bottomless pit of self-absorption,1
broder's screenplay is shallow offensive and redundant with pitifully few real laughs,a sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer,0
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever he has a great cast and a great idea but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work,the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america's indigenous people but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart one which it fails to get,0
you can see where big bad love is trying to go but it never quite gets there,there's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue,0
a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats,a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats,1
the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry,the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry,1
by the end i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious,by the end i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious,1
lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned,sandra bullock despite downplaying her good looks carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff,0
to me it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy,this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own,0
despite a powerful portrayal by binoche it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum,despite a powerful portrayal by binoche it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum,1
terrible,terrible,1
leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances,the picture scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination is a monument to bad in all its florid variety,0
certainly beautiful to look at but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic,you come away thinking not only that kate isn't very bright but that she hasn't been worth caring about and that maybe she janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another,0
guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things she lists ingredients but never mixes and stirs,gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance,0
a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women,a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women,1
a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man,it wouldn't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $7 00,0
the film falls back on the same old formula of teen sex outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs,bean drops the ball too many times hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay,0
the film's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john,the film's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john,1
obvious obnoxious and didactic burlesque,the acting is just fine but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes especially with the weak payoff,0
competently directed but terminally cute drama,competently directed but terminally cute drama,1
totally overwrought deeply biased and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time,with this new rollerball sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment,0
although purportedly a study in modern alienation it's really little more than a particularly slanted gay s/m fantasy enervating and deadeningly drawn-out,although purportedly a study in modern alienation it's really little more than a particularly slanted gay s/m fantasy enervating and deadeningly drawn-out,1
it may play well as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding,it may play well as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like my big fat greek wedding,1
mild meandering teen flick,mild meandering teen flick,1
cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds,cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds,1
so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat,so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat,1
doesn't amount to much of anything,doesn't amount to much of anything,1
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it's looking for,too much power not enough puff,0
you know that ten bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky we don't get paid enough to sit through crap like this,you know that ten bucks you'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky we don't get paid enough to sit through crap like this,1
the script is a disaster with cloying messages and irksome characters,automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf,0
i'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business but surely it doesn't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,i'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business but surely it doesn't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,1
it has become apparent that the franchise's best years are long past,it has become apparent that the franchise's best years are long past,1
the problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum a rumor of angels doesn't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness,rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along,0
watching " ending " is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor's garage sale you can't believe anyone would really buy this stuff,as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them,0
as pedestrian as they come,choppy overlong documentary about 'the lifestyle ',0
i spied with my little eye a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening,0
too simple for its own good,too simple for its own good,1
a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga,a somewhat disappointing and meandering saga,1
characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better,a very long movie dull in stretches with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction,0
generic slasher-movie nonsense but it's not without style,generic slasher-movie nonsense but it's not without style,1
movie fans get ready to take off the other direction,it's about following your dreams no matter what your parents think socrates motions for hemlock,0
the film is way too full of itself ; it's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way,the film is way too full of itself ; it's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way,1
well-meaning to a fault antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man's triumph of will into everyman's romance comedy,rambles on in a disjointed substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next,0
the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just won't fly with most intelligent viewers,the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just won't fly with most intelligent viewers,1
sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes masturbation jokes and racist japanese jokes,the action is reasonably well-done yet story character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together,0
the master of disguise represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe,kicks off with an inauspicious premise mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper,0
all in all road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence,there isn't one moment in the film that surprises or delights,0
this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment,julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan,0
the worst kind of independent ; the one where actors play dress down hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors,even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor,0
stuffy full of itself morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about,stuffy full of itself morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about,1
with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s,has all the values of a straight-to-video movie but because it has a bigger-name cast it gets a full theatrical release,0
a rip-off twice removed modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siege sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat,a rip-off twice removed modeled after [seagal's] earlier copycat under siege sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat,1
this is a truly truly bad movie,about as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local drive through,0
the beautiful unusual music is this film's chief draw but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep,the beautiful unusual music is this film's chief draw but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep,1
loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes twitchy acting and general boorishness,its message has merit and in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack might have made a point or two regarding life,0
blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns cheatfully filmed martial arts disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves,schnitzler's film has a great hook some clever bits and well-drawn if standard issue characters but is still only partly satisfying,0
it treats women like idiots,the characters are paper-thin and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script,0
what goes on for the 110 minutes of " panic room " is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals,what goes on for the 110 minutes of " panic room " is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals,1
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage,even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation cannot engage,1
it's not a particularly good film but neither is it a monsterous one,slack and uninspired and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you're left with a sour taste in your mouth,0
more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex dramatically satisfying heroine,more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex dramatically satisfying heroine,1
ken russell would love this in one scene we get a stab at soccer hooliganism a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout — and meat loaf explodes,ken russell would love this in one scene we get a stab at soccer hooliganism a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout — and meat loaf explodes,1
martin scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo mas emocionalmente frio,occasionally funny sometimes inspiring often boring,0
despite the fact that this film wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be it's still not a good movie,elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks scrappy doo and scooby dumb all wrapped up into one,0
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism,an unbelievably stupid film though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity,0
it's not without its pleasures but i'll stick with the tune,theological matters aside the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues,0
it's just plain boring,it's just plain boring,1
your appreciation of it will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make,it all seemed wasted like deniro's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk,0
this is a fragmented film once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie,given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done,0
the filmmakers know how to please the eye but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story,the filmmakers know how to please the eye but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story,1
home alone goes hollywood a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do besides real movie producers aren't this nice,home alone goes hollywood a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do besides real movie producers aren't this nice,1
the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous the acting is robotically italicized and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view,the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous the acting is robotically italicized and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view,1
it's really just another silly hollywood action film one among a multitude of simple-minded yahoo-ing death shows,focuses on joan's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her " madness " so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $9 50 on this 21st century torture device,0
while this one gets off with a good natured warning future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter,while this one gets off with a good natured warning future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter,1
if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but wasn't guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor,aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane,0
once she lets her love depraved leads meet [denis'] story becomes a hopeless unsatisfying muddle,john mctiernan's botched remake may be subtler than norman jewison's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga it's also stupider,0
i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin' down,[w]hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism jane goodall's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands,0
welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst,welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst,1
one of the worst movies of the year,humorless self-conscious art drivel made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,0
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is,they presume their audience won't sit still for a sociology lesson however entertainingly presented so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes,0
despite auteuil's performance it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug,despite auteuil's performance it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug,1
the story the movie tells is of brian de palma's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career,it wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy,0
characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle,characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle,1
a distinctly mixed bag the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze,a distinctly mixed bag the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze,1
this is a film about the irksome tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life the mood remains oddly detached,this is a film about the irksome tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life the mood remains oddly detached,1
exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids,exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids,1
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines,trivial where it should be profound and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere,0
it's the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful,it's the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful,1
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry,each scene drags underscoring the obvious and sentiment is slathered on top,0
starts out mediocre spirals downward and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion,starts out mediocre spirals downward and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion,1
feels like 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,feels like 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,1
confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it,the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it and the uncommitted needn't waste their time on it,0
a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless witless and devoid of anything resembling humor,a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless witless and devoid of anything resembling humor,1
focuses on joan's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her " madness " so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $9 50 on this 21st century torture device,there's nothing remotely topical or sexy here,0
spain's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy,spain's greatest star wattage doesn't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy,1
they're going through the motions but the zip is gone,nothing more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle,0
even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering miller's hand often feels unsure,the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him,0
plays as hollow catharsis with lots of tears but very little in the way of insights,something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass except that it seems to take itself far more seriously,0
though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary,though it goes further than both anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary,1
harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again and while that is a cliche nothing could be more appropriate it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you'll likely think of this one,reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish,0
it's a very sincere work but it would be better as a diary or documentary,the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment,0
if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn,an awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers,0
how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly,this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you've been sitting still,0
so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie,seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian's inane ramblings stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr drew barrymore,0
some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny,the script by vincent r nebrida tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot,0
the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit,some movies were made for the big screen some for the small screen and some like ballistic : ecks vs sever were made for the palm screen,0
a dull dumb and derivative horror film,ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?,0
an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle,an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle,1
there's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought,credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment,0
director ferzan ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group who live in the same apartment building but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person,lacking substance and soul crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs,0
human nature is a goofball movie in the way that malkovich was but it tries too hard,maybe leblanc thought " hey the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse ",0
a porn film without the sex scenes,a porn film without the sex scenes,1
the acting is just fine but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes especially with the weak payoff,the acting is just fine but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes especially with the weak payoff,1
largely a for-fans artifact,largely a for-fans artifact,1
the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire but this leaky script barely stays afloat,the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire but this leaky script barely stays afloat,1
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment,supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment,1
a low-rent retread of the alien pictures,a low-rent retread of the alien pictures,1
falls short in explaining the music and its roots,falls short in explaining the music and its roots,1
it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn,it's the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn,1
not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate,not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ? -- but certainly hard to hate,1
more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat,more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat,1
" collateral damage " goes by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment – until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief,a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed but skeptics aren't likely to enter the theater,0
full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references kung pow is the kind of movie that's critic-proof simply because it aims so low,full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references kung pow is the kind of movie that's critic-proof simply because it aims so low,1
a stupid derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense,a stupid derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense,1
apart from dazzling cinematography we've seen just about everything in blue crush in one form or the other,this is really just another genre picture,0
it's not original enough,the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them,0
amidst the action the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the " other side of the story ",amidst the action the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the " other side of the story ",1
a mess the screenplay does too much meandering norton has to recite bland police procedural details fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced hopkins looks like a drag queen,a mess the screenplay does too much meandering norton has to recite bland police procedural details fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced hopkins looks like a drag queen,1
no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place where their heads were is anyone's guess,twenty years later reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task,0
ultimately the movie is too heady for children and too preachy for adults,ultimately the movie is too heady for children and too preachy for adults,1
teen movies have really hit the skids,this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels,0
few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with are terribly convincing which is a pity considering barry's terrific performance,few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director neil burger follows up with are terribly convincing which is a pity considering barry's terrific performance,1
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory,seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory,1
the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter,the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter,1
the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary,afraid to pitch into farce yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics all the queen's men is finally just one long drag,0
a sour nasty offering,eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof,0
is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ?,is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ?,1
it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from " promising " to " interesting " to " familiar " before landing squarely on " stupid ",it's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from " promising " to " interesting " to " familiar " before landing squarely on " stupid ",1
skins has a right to yawp and we have a right to our grains of salt,skins has a right to yawp and we have a right to our grains of salt,1
the title trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller,an artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art,0
allegiance to chekhov which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard is a particularly vexing handicap,the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank,0
schnieder bounces around with limp wrists wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that's enough to sustain laughs,schnieder bounces around with limp wrists wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that's enough to sustain laughs,1
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going,none of this is very original and it isn't particularly funny,0
sometimes there are very very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely,sometimes there are very very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely,1
it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it,it's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it,1
sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos,the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart,0
a modestly comic modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that in terms of authenticity is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight,a modestly comic modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that in terms of authenticity is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight,1
excessive profane packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters,excessive profane packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters,1
on its own it's not very interesting as a remake it's a pale imitation,on its own it's not very interesting as a remake it's a pale imitation,1
chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly,chalk it up as the worst kind of hubristic folly,1
go for la salle's performance and make do as best you can with a stuttering script,has the feel of an unedited personal journal,0
some of the computer animation is handsome and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale but overall the film never rises above mediocrity,some of the computer animation is handsome and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale but overall the film never rises above mediocrity,1
shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls stubbly chins liver spots red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere,shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls stubbly chins liver spots red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere,1
eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof,the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0
no matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way,ja rule and kurupt should have gotten to rap it would have benefitted the dialogue,0
blue crush follows the formula but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling,in theory a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life,0
it's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure,it's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure,1
trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause then something terrible happens,trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause then something terrible happens,1
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame,culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf,0
behan's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance,a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt,0
in execution this clever idea is far less funny than the original killers from space,something must have been lost in the translation,0
at the very least if you don't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you won't know much more when you leave,at the very least if you don't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater you won't know much more when you leave,1
fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies and he gives none to the audience,it's as sorry a mess as its director's diabolical debut mad cows,0
( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie,( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie,1
a singularly off-putting romantic comedy,a singularly off-putting romantic comedy,1
festers in just such a dungpile that you'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you,essentially " fatal attraction " remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 this story gets sillier not scarier as it goes along,0
the venezuelans say things like " si pretty much " and " por favor go home " when talking to americans that's muy loco but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of " dragonfly ",built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids,0
the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself she's a cipher played by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner life,the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself she's a cipher played by an actress who smiles and frowns but doesn't reveal an inner life,1
this franchise has not spawned a single good film the crap continues,the latest installment in the pokemon canon pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two likely because much of the japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where pokemon graze in peace,0
dull lifeless and amateurishly assembled,each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature but in its current incarnation storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception,0
i don't even care that there's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff it's still terrible,i don't even care that there's no plot in this antonio banderas-lucy liu faceoff it's still terrible,1
at best cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience,everything in maid in manhattan is exceedingly pleasant designed not to offend it goes down easy leaving virtually no aftertaste,0
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing,who exactly is fighting whom here ? ah yes that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,0
walter hill's pulpy stylized boxing melodrama undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity,that is essentially what's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger some ultimate point,0
self-congratulatory misguided and ill-informed if nonetheless compulsively watchable,a film that loses sight of its own story,0
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature,what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature,1
in a big corner office in hell satan is throwing up his hands in surrender is firing his r&d people and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7,in a big corner office in hell satan is throwing up his hands in surrender is firing his r&d people and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7,1
if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes then you'll enjoy the hot chick,if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes then you'll enjoy the hot chick,1
" feardotcom " has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel but it simply becomes a routine shocker,crikey indeed,0
viewing this underdramatized but overstated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet,tends to plod,0
the author's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling,mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service,0
this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes but it's a tad slow,this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes but it's a tad slow,1
sadly though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction,if only merchant paid more attention the story,0
the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula though and it's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had,it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert,0
ram dass fierce grace moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour,how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ?,0
rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment,for a story set at sea ghost ship is pretty landbound with its leaden acting dull exposition and telegraphed 'surprises ',0
( it ) highlights not so much the crime lord's messianic bent but spacey's,just consider what new best friend does not have beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay,0
jonah is only so-so the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you or it will lessen it,a gorgeous somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising,0
you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes choose your reaction : a ) that sure is funny b ) that sure is pathetic,you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes choose your reaction : a ) that sure is funny b ) that sure is pathetic,1
it's everything you don't go to the movies for,it's everything you don't go to the movies for,1
[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes,[nelson's] movie about morally compromised figures leaves viewers feeling compromised unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes,1
there's a lot of good material here but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it,there's a lot of good material here but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it,1
and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest if you are willing to do this then you so crazy,what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film,0
only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives still with the boiler suit and white mask which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry,everything that's worthwhile about collision course can already be seen on television,0
does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of richard nixon,a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special,0
it is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by southern blacks as distilled through a caucasian perspective,the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess's home video of their baby's birth,0
this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel seth green and barry pepper it should have stayed there,with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge [crane] becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly clinical lab report,0
de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park new jersey this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins,de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork but like bruce springsteen's gone-to-pot asbury park new jersey this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins,1
a ho-hum affair always watchable yet hardly memorable,a ho-hum affair always watchable yet hardly memorable,1
no big whoop nothing new to see zero thrills too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film,no big whoop nothing new to see zero thrills too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film,1
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining,nervous breakdowns are not entertaining,1
a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films,the piano teacher is the sort of movie that discourages american audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film,0
for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed mostly inarticulate hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one,a fragile framework upon which to hang broad mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,0
thirty years ago it would have been groundbreaking now it's just tired,it's probably not easy to make such a worthless film,0
earnest but earthbound a slow soggy soporific visually dank crime melodrama/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast,by the end you just don't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance just bring on the battle bots please,0
the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks the rest of the film is dudsville,the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks the rest of the film is dudsville,1
unfortunately one hour photo lives down to its title thanks largely to williams all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film,rob schneider's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian,0
a pretentious mess,a pretentious mess,1
every now and again a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be frank mcklusky c i is that movie,poor ben bratt couldn't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions,0
a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan,a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan,1
the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second despite the best efforts of everyone involved,the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second despite the best efforts of everyone involved,1
none of this sounds promising and indeed the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any 'comedy' to ever spill from a projector's lens,the film favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ),0
director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things but the barriers finally prove to be too great,sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy and scotches most of its élan humor bile and irony,0
" the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store "," the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store ",1
tv skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen,fans of so-bad-they're-good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess,0
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera more salacious telenovela than serious drama,exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera more salacious telenovela than serious drama,1
in the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of outrageous gags,there are cheesy backdrops ridiculous action sequences and many tired jokes about men in heels,0
the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism but it's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia,bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) an interesting racial tension and a storyline that i haven't encountered since at least pete's dragon,0
nicks seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy,nicks seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy,1
ritchie's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller's polemical allegory but it's self-defeatingly decorous,no better or worse than 'truth or consequences n m ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater,0
trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible,what's surprising about this traditional thriller moderately successful but not completely satisfying is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be,0
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh's rise up the social ladder,rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative,0
lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension,lisa rinzler's cinematography may be lovely but love liza's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension,1
there is no psychology here and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities which become strangely impersonal and abstract,the story's so preposterous that i didn't believe it for a second despite the best efforts of everyone involved,0
tara reid plays a college journalist but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant so i don't know what she's doing in here,the whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit,0
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones,the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones,1
the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates,jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot but even he is overwhelmed by predictability,0
unfortunately heartbreak hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit,if swimfan does catch on it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh,0
the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war revolution communism etc,the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war revolution communism etc,1
the film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes southern california locations and star power,the film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes southern california locations and star power,1
the issues are presented in such a lousy way complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments that it's impossible to care,works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making,0
every sequel you skip will be two hours gained consider this review life-affirming,just because it really happened to you honey doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone else,0
there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce part sliding doors part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them,an overemphatic would-be wacky ultimately tedious sex farce,0
despite impeccable acting and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even at times preposterous ) turns love is just too too precious in the end,debut effort by " project greenlight " winner is sappy and amateurish,0
we never feel anything for these characters and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity,the irwins emerge unscathed but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted,0
yes i have given this movie a rating of zero but fans of the show should not consider this a diss consider it 'perfection ',yes i have given this movie a rating of zero but fans of the show should not consider this a diss consider it 'perfection ',1
with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player this latest skewering may put off insiders and outsiders alike,with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player this latest skewering may put off insiders and outsiders alike,1
there's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it,there's a solid woman- finding-herself story somewhere in here but you'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it,1
the cameo-packed m : i-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise then mike myers shows up and ruins everything,though a bit of a patchwork in script and production a glossy rich green environment almost makes the picture work,0
dull if not devoid of wit this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history but scarcely manages more than a modest snoozy charm,dull if not devoid of wit this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history but scarcely manages more than a modest snoozy charm,1
it tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did,it tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did,1
an uneven look into a grim future that doesn't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k dick stories,an uneven look into a grim future that doesn't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k dick stories,1
if you're a wwf fan or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in a i you'll probably like rollerball,if you're a wwf fan or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in a i you'll probably like rollerball,1
although there are several truly jolting scares there's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at,although there are several truly jolting scares there's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at,1
humorless self-conscious art drivel made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,humorless self-conscious art drivel made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,1
ozpetek offers an aids subtext skims over the realities of gay sex and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves,a boring pretentious muddle that uses a sensational real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop,0
something has been lost in the translation another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise,something has been lost in the translation another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise,1
a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional unlikable characters and hackneyed threadbare comic setups,the isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor,0
it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert,it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert,1
4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly,4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly,1
lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless but it's also drab and inert,lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless but it's also drab and inert,1
the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing,the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment,0
paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe but the movie is certainly not number 1,a film made with as little wit interest and professionalism as artistically possible for a slummy hollywood caper flick,0
there's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer or for the year for that matter,what was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian,0
an unimaginative nasty glibly cynical piece of work,an unimaginative nasty glibly cynical piece of work,1
aggravating and tedious,aggravating and tedious,1
[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining,becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't,0
an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism,an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism,1
sandra bullock despite downplaying her good looks carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff,sandra bullock despite downplaying her good looks carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff,1
the doofus-on- the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky after-hours loopiness to it and as with most late-night bull sessions eventually the content isn't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is,a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so the movie is without intent,0
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults,showtime's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr de niro,0
city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it's careful conscientious and makes no major mistakes but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing,city by the sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : it's careful conscientious and makes no major mistakes but what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing,1
the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge these are names to remember in order to avoid them in the future,the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge these are names to remember in order to avoid them in the future,1
splashes its drama all over the screen subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings,splashes its drama all over the screen subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured but also so false you can see the filmmakers' puppet strings,1
[t]he ideas of revolution #9 are more compelling than the execution,kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles,0
debut effort by " project greenlight " winner is sappy and amateurish,the first mistake i suspect is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student--where's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ?,0
the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac we don't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament,as earnest as a community-college advertisement american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar sell the amp and apply to medical school,0
a dark dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires,a dark dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires,1
it's the element of condescension as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch that finally makes sex with strangers which opens today in the new york metropolitan area so distasteful,conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' where the characters' moves are often more predictable than their consequences,0
this film starring anthony hopkins and chris rock is your typical 'fish out of water' story you've seen them a million times just one problem : fish out of water usually die this one does,this film starring anthony hopkins and chris rock is your typical 'fish out of water' story you've seen them a million times just one problem : fish out of water usually die this one does,1
the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than as was more likely a victim of mental illness,how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? on the evidence before us the answer is clear : not easily and in the end not well enough,0
k-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy saving private ryanovich,k-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy saving private ryanovich,1
only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,whaley's determination to immerse you in sheer unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting,0
if you are curious to see the darker side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ? ) or see some interesting storytelling devices you might want to check it out but there's nothing very attractive about this movie,if you are curious to see the darker side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ? ? ) or see some interesting storytelling devices you might want to check it out but there's nothing very attractive about this movie,1
late marriage's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u s viewers off their feet,late marriage's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u s viewers off their feet,1
there's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichéd doddering misogynistic boy's club,there's just no currency in deriding james bond for being a clichéd doddering misogynistic boy's club,1
the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada,without shakespeare's eloquent language the update is dreary and sluggish,0
a wordy wisp of a comedy,national lampoon's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house but it more closely resembles this year's version of tomcats,0
a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness,a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness,1
it's been 20 years since 48 hrs made eddie murphy a movie star and the man hasn't aged a day but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old,there are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them,0
ah-nuld's action hero days might be over,they threw loads of money at an idea that should've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans,0
is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not it sucked would i see it again ? please see previous answer,is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not it sucked would i see it again ? please see previous answer,1
black-and-white and unrealistic,the new faces are interesting but the old story isn't especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted,0
robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role,robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role,1
no one involved save dash shows the slightest aptitude for acting and the script credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest 'tron' anderson seems entirely improvised,qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating,0
in addition to the overcooked ham-fisted direction which has all the actors reaching for the back row the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry,not every animated film from disney will become a classic but forgive me if i've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school " cartoon ",0
most of the characters come off as pantomimesque sterotypes,it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster anne meara eugene levy and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie,0
bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be,the jokes are sophomoric stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious,0
any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things,any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things,1
scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great / but daphne you're too buff / fred thinks he's tough / and velma - wow you've lost weight,scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great / but daphne you're too buff / fred thinks he's tough / and velma - wow you've lost weight,1
an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound,an exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound,1
in trying to be daring and original it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh,the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head,0
for dance completists only,for dance completists only,1
a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged,possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another,0
the film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling,the film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling,1
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles,the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles,1
new best friend shouldn't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video,new best friend shouldn't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video,1
a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse,a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse,1
( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie,the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances overheated pathos and long wistful gazes,0
truly terrible,it's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies couldn't really figure out how to flesh either out so he just slopped ‘em together here,0
[it's] a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy vinnie jones but it had too much spitting for me to enjoy,the characters are based on stock clichés and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility,0
well-meaning but inert,well-meaning but inert,1
the film didn't move me one way or the other but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due,the film didn't move me one way or the other but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due,1
limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very very slowly,limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very very slowly,1
high drama disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky,high drama disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky,1
a pleasant and engaging enough sit but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole,it's a movie forged in the fires of chick flick hell,0
neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn,there's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy,0
the rest of the plot is impossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is although it's more comedy than suspense de palma creates,pc stability notwithstanding the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat fairy-tale conclusion,0
like the world of his film hartley created a monster but didn't know how to handle it,after several scenes of this tacky nonsense you'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget,0
admirably ambitious but self-indulgent,you leave feeling like you've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing,0
the story has its redundancies and the young actors not very experienced are sometimes inexpressive,though uniformly well acted especially by young ballesta and galan ( a first-time actor ) writer/director achero manas's film is schematic and obvious,0
the film feels formulaic its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe,while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative,0
coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit,coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit,1
poor editing bad bluescreen and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action,poor editing bad bluescreen and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action,1
adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie,adam sandler's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie,1
an inept tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch and no more,a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud violent and mindless,0
as it stands it's an opera movie for the buffs,call me a cynic but there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message,0
mr deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags scattered moments of lazy humor,mr deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags scattered moments of lazy humor,1
dull if not devoid of wit this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history but scarcely manages more than a modest snoozy charm,the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter's ghosts of mars with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second,0
a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man,a cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man,1
a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity,[macdowell] ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is,0
i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood nothing good can happen,it would work much better as a one-hour tv documentary,0
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible,egoyan's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement and if you'll excuse a little critical heresy too intellectually ambitious,0
the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming,the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming,1
the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card,a chiller resolutely without chills,0
no aspirations to social import inform the movie version this is a shameless sham calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars,no aspirations to social import inform the movie version this is a shameless sham calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars,1
both shrill and soporific and because everything is repeated five or six times it can seem tiresomely simpleminded,both shrill and soporific and because everything is repeated five or six times it can seem tiresomely simpleminded,1
on its own it's not very interesting as a remake it's a pale imitation,stale and clichéd to a fault,0
the comedy is nonexistent,the problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not,0
[crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing,in this film we at least see a study in contrasts ; the wide range of one actor and the limited range of a comedian,0
a relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd contrived overblown and entirely implausible finale,it's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0
plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line,after the first 10 minutes which is worth seeing the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés depression and bad alternative music,0
the premise of " abandon " holds promise but its delivery is a complete mess,despite its title amy's orgasm is not a porno though it is as tedious as one,0
the movie like bartleby is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes,the movie like bartleby is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes,1
mildly amusing,unbearably lame,0
mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls,mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls,1
richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material but lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold,richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material but lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold,1
it's a stale overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch it's one of the worst of the entire franchise,it's a stale overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch it's one of the worst of the entire franchise,1
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable i tried to read the time on my watch,routine harmless diversion and little else,0
kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven anyone else who may for whatever reason be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven anyone else who may for whatever reason be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,1
an incredibly heavy-handed manipulative dud that feels all too familiar,the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan thinly sketched story killing time that's all that's going on here,0
the fourth in a series that i'll bet most parents had thought --hoped -- was a fad that had long since vanished,there seems to be no clear path as to where the story's going or how long it's going to take to get there,0
for a film about two mismatched buddies crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry,for a film about two mismatched buddies crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry,1
who exactly is fighting whom here ? ah yes that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,who exactly is fighting whom here ? ah yes that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,1
the film's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence,the film's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence,1
the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era they just have problems which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way,despite all the closed-door hanky-panky the film is essentially juiceless,0
yes i suppose it's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care so i didn't,[taylor] takes us on a ride that's consistently surprising easy to watch -- but oh so dumb,0
an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movie dogma,an overstuffed compendium of teen-catholic-movie dogma,1
routine and rather silly,routine and rather silly,1
the movie's vision of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish,the movie's vision of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish,1
it's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating involving character study but never does more than scratch the surface,like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions,0
this cloying voices-from-the-other-side story is hell,if this is the danish idea of a good time prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war perhaps,0
this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party,this film was made to get laughs from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions,0
barely goes beyond comic book status,in the end all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is,0
this movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101,this movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101,1
an unintentionally surreal kid's picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode,an unintentionally surreal kid's picture in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode,1
neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price,an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak former wrestler chyna and dolly parton if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future that'll be much funnier than anything in the film,0
an awkward hybrid of genres that just doesn't work,after collateral damage you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned but no,0
a sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards,if you're not the target demographic this movie is one long chick-flick slog,0
barney's ideas about creation and identity don't really seem all that profound at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour's worth of actual material,die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it's hard not to be a sucker for its charms or perhaps it's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with,0
the entire movie is filled with deja vu moments,any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap,0
not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh groan and hiss at,schnieder bounces around with limp wrists wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that's enough to sustain laughs,0
it's easy to love robin tunney -- she's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices,it's easy to love robin tunney -- she's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices,1
first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue and the characters sound like real people,first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue and the characters sound like real people,1
boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie,fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race,0
shows that jackie chan is getting older and that's something i would rather live in denial about,for a film that celebrates radical nonconformist values what to do in case of fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional reserved kind of filmmaking,0
so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check,so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check,1
each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense,each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense,1
just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people but it is set in a world that is very very far from the one most of us inhabit,just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people but it is set in a world that is very very far from the one most of us inhabit,1
like coming into a long-running well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six,like coming into a long-running well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six,1
a perfectly acceptable perfectly bland competently acted but by no means scary horror movie,while certainly clever in spots this too-long spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth doesn't sustain a high enough level of invention,0
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere,an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere,1
there ought to be a directing license so that ed burns can have his revoked,there ought to be a directing license so that ed burns can have his revoked,1
a very familiar tale one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- chinese- irish- latin- indian- russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages,a very familiar tale one that's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- chinese- irish- latin- indian- russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages,1
it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera,[stevens is] so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits,0
blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic extreme-sports adventure but ends up more of a creaky " pretty woman " retread with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,blue crush has all the trappings of an energetic extreme-sports adventure but ends up more of a creaky " pretty woman " retread with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,1
an authentically vague but ultimately purposeless study in total pandemonium,some of their jokes work but most fail miserably and in the end pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny,0
instead of hiding pinocchio from critics miramax should have hidden it from everyone,cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds,0
the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy,a cockeyed shot all the way,0
makes for some truly odd at times confusing kids entertainment but at least this time there's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff,a low-budget affair tadpole was shot on digital video and the images often look smeary and blurry to the point of distraction then again in a better movie you might not have noticed,0
fluffy and disposible,shrewd but pointless,0
starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner,the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him,0
the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain,the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain,1
ultimately the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad and the too-frosty exterior ms paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability,ultimately the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad and the too-frosty exterior ms paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability,1
strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery,strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery,1
it's coherent well shot and tartly acted but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate,it's coherent well shot and tartly acted but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate,1
it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule waiting to scream : " got aids yet ? ",it's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule waiting to scream : " got aids yet ? ",1
the very definition of what critics have come to term an " ambitious failure ",although based on a real-life person john in the movie is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours,0
completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage,this action-thriller/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage,0
it's so mediocre despite the dynamic duo on the marquee that we just can't get no satisfaction,the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones,0
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel,a blair witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera with passable performances from everyone in the cast,0
a low-budget affair tadpole was shot on digital video and the images often look smeary and blurry to the point of distraction then again in a better movie you might not have noticed,a fast-paced glitzy but extremely silly piece,0
winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults,winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness points with young adults,1
yo it's the days of our lives meets electric boogaloo,peralta's mythmaking could have used some informed adult hindsight,0
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling,if they broke out into elaborate choreography singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn,0
it's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time,it's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time,1
you're better off staying home and watching the x-files,it's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen,0
…the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material,…the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material,1
if you pitch your expectations at an all time low you could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce,a reasonably efficient mechanism but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided,0
worthy of the gong,the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line,0
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll,the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll,1
with danilo donati's witty designs and dante spinotti's luscious cinematography this might have made a decent children's movie -- if only benigni hadn't insisted on casting himself in the title role,with danilo donati's witty designs and dante spinotti's luscious cinematography this might have made a decent children's movie -- if only benigni hadn't insisted on casting himself in the title role,1
too silly to be frightening too stolid to be funny it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star david arquette,a perfect example of rancid well-intentioned but shamelessly manipulative movie making,0
it is bad but certainly not without merit as entertainment,it is bad but certainly not without merit as entertainment,1
whether quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable,whether quitting will prove absorbing to american audiences is debatable,1
davis the performer is plenty fetching enough but she needs to shake up the mix and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,davis the performer is plenty fetching enough but she needs to shake up the mix and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,1
we never really feel involved with the story as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas,it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck preferably a semi,0
the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap any rock pile will do for a set reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap,this is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another,0
the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes,the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes,1
it's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here but it's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through,generically forgettably pleasant from start to finish,0
'enigma' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable a waste of good performances,'enigma' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable a waste of good performances,1
friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it's called where's chris tucker when you need him ?,friday after next has the same problem that next friday did -- it's called where's chris tucker when you need him ?,1
when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sex life it already has one strike against it,a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness,0
it's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo,it's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie directed by scott kalvert about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches gratuitous violence or empty machismo,1
i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays,a respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details but ultimately weak in its impact,0
post-september 11 " the sum of all fears " seems more tacky and reprehensible manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves,post-september 11 " the sum of all fears " seems more tacky and reprehensible manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves,1
it smacks of purely commercial motivation with no great love for the original,scooby-doo doesn't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,0
i'll go out on a limb it isn't quite one of the worst movies of the year it's just merely very bad,i'll go out on a limb it isn't quite one of the worst movies of the year it's just merely very bad,1
a workshop mentality prevails,a workshop mentality prevails,1
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt,it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt,1
eastwood winces clutches his chest and gasps for breath it's a spectacular performance - ahem we hope it's only acting,a pleasant and engaging enough sit but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole,0
a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film,a really funny fifteen-minute short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film,1
a respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details but ultimately weak in its impact,if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear this is one baaaaaaaaad movie,0
nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme,the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full irritating display in [this] meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot,0
as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else,manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane,0
this is an ungainly movie ill-fitting with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be,however stale the material lawrence's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out pandering palaver is actually funny,0
matthew mcconaughey tries and fails to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy,matthew mcconaughey tries and fails to control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy,1
in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history ballistic : ecks vs sever also features terrible banal dialogue ; convenient hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull unimaginative car chase,a horror movie with seriously dumb characters which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness,0
michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously,even if it made its original release date last fall it would've reeked of a been-there done-that sameness,0
pitiful slapdash disaster a doa dud from frame one,a puzzling experience,0
to show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape -- is overkill to the highest degree,the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch so stilted and unconvincing are the performances,0
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film isn't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is,the slapstick is labored and the bigger setpieces flat,0
as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them,what's most offensive isn't the waste of a good cast but the film's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism,0
bogs down badly as we absorb jia's moody bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance,for most movies 84 minutes is short but this one feels like a life sentence,0
too stupid to be satire too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise frank novak's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless,on top of a foundering performance [madonna's] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag,0
makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place,makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place,1
there are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be one of them,no one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through the master of disguise,0
perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form but far too clunky didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie,'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination i mean alabama ',0
the three leads produce adequate performances but what's missing from this material is any depth of feeling,it's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic unfortunately that's precisely what arthur dong's family fundamentals does,0
[creates] the worst kind of mythologizing the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama,[creates] the worst kind of mythologizing the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama,1
it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions,it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions,1
the words 'frankly my dear i don't give a damn ' have never been more appropriate,the words 'frankly my dear i don't give a damn ' have never been more appropriate,1
mr wollter and ms seldhal give strong and convincing performances but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion grief and fear,mr wollter and ms seldhal give strong and convincing performances but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion grief and fear,1
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter,a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter,1
whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black,whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black,1
what you get with empire is a movie you've seen many times before repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead,what you get with empire is a movie you've seen many times before repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead,1
a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium,a little less extreme than in the past with longer exposition sequences between them and with fewer gags to break the tedium,1
here the love scenes all end in someone screaming maybe there's a metaphor here but figuring it out wouldn't make trouble every day any better,the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take,0
it's dumb but more importantly it's just not scary,it's dumb but more importantly it's just not scary,1
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary,static repetitive muddy and blurry hey arnold would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year,0
it's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it's left a few crucial things out like character development and coherence,fails to bring as much to the table,0
a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault the film is less successful on other levels,there's an epic here but you have to put it together yourself,0
parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core,parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story's core,1
it doesn't quite deserve the gong but there are more fascinating acts than " confessions of a dangerous mind ",it doesn't quite deserve the gong but there are more fascinating acts than " confessions of a dangerous mind ",1
the master of disaster - it's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy,the master of disaster - it's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy,1
at its best queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s at its worst it implodes in a series of very bad special effects,at its best queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s at its worst it implodes in a series of very bad special effects,1
it's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding,not the great american comedy but if you liked the previous movies in the series you'll have a good time with this one too,0
loud silly stupid and pointless,what will most likely turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002,0
just like hearst's enormous yacht it's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination,nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career,0
jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later the teens are none the wiser and jason still kills on auto-pilot,if hill isn't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché,0
it never rises to its clever what-if concept,it never rises to its clever what-if concept,1
an earnest heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives it's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views,an earnest heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives it's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views,1
the film presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions laudable in themselves justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau,an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection,0
most of the action setups are incoherent,helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome,0
it's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland,it's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland,1
anthony hopkins ? big deal we've already seen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time,anthony hopkins ? big deal we've already seen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time,1
boyd's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon,boyd's screenplay ( co-written with guardian hack nick davies ) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon,1
it's a terrible movie in every regard and utterly painful to watch,the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington's fine performance in the title role,0
a half-assed film,just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham lots of cheese with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half,0
a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns expensive cars lots of naked women and rocawear clothing,a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns expensive cars lots of naked women and rocawear clothing,1
the pacing is glacial the screenplay is stiff as a board and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes,the pacing is glacial the screenplay is stiff as a board and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes,1
if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you then the film is a pleasant enough dish,director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback,0
fans of plympton's shorts may marginally enjoy the film but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers,fans of plympton's shorts may marginally enjoy the film but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers,1
comes across as a fairly weak retooling,a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem,0
a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance,a good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance,1
there's no real reason to see it and no real reason not to,there's no real reason to see it and no real reason not to,1
a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet,a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet,1
needless to say the dramatics that follow are utter hooey,i wonder what the reaction of israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation,0
it's all surface psychodramatics,wobbly senegalese updating of " carmen " which is best for the stunning star turn by djeinaba diop gai,0
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications that have no bearing on the story,stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time,0
it's about following your dreams no matter what your parents think socrates motions for hemlock,none of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of bond but much of it is good for a laugh the problem with " xxx " is that its own action isn't very effective,0
shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls stubbly chins liver spots red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere,[javier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the film which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama,0
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications that have no bearing on the story,this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications that have no bearing on the story,1
meanders between its powerful moments,meanders between its powerful moments,1
more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller,unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction impostor is opening today at a theater near you,0
been there done that a thousand times already and better,…the story is far-flung illogical and plain stupid,0
director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out cannot overcome blah characters,director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out cannot overcome blah characters,1
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny,an ambitious serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance,0
the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and playing a charmless witch she is merely a charmless witch,even on its own ludicrous terms the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series,0
it's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film,at 90 minutes this movie is short but it feels much longer,0
the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course,like the world of his film hartley created a monster but didn't know how to handle it,0
while this one gets off with a good natured warning future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter,a loud ugly irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target,0
what's the most positive thing that can be said about the new rob schneider vehicle ? well it's not as pathetic as the animal,in terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused,0
the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why,the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why,1
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera more salacious telenovela than serious drama,literally nothing in the pool is new but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980's this one should appease you for 90 minutes,0
just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience,don't waste your money,0
beneath the uncanny inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments,beneath the uncanny inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments,1
director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself,director tom shadyac and star kevin costner glumly mishandle the story's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself,1
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,lillard and cardellini earn their scooby snacks but not anyone else,0
a film that suffers because of its many excesses,a film that suffers because of its many excesses,1
humorless self-conscious art drivel made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece the picture begins to resemble the shapeless grasping actors' workshop that it is,0
this picture is murder by numbers and as easy to be bored by as your abc's despite a few whopping shootouts,this picture is murder by numbers and as easy to be bored by as your abc's despite a few whopping shootouts,1
scherfig who has had a successful career in tv tackles more than she can handle,scherfig who has had a successful career in tv tackles more than she can handle,1
benigni's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow,benigni's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow,1
… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri i had to look away - this was god awful,… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri i had to look away - this was god awful,1
[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by,[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by,1
fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies and he gives none to the audience,fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies and he gives none to the audience,1
the tale of tok ( andy lau ) a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) the most legendary of asian hitmen is too scattershot to take hold,the tale of tok ( andy lau ) a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) the most legendary of asian hitmen is too scattershot to take hold,1
slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by,slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by,1
even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that's ultimately rather inconsequential,even legends like alfred hitchcock and john huston occasionally directed trifles so it's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like zhang yimou behind the camera for a yarn that's ultimately rather inconsequential,1
the picture doesn't know it's a comedy,the picture doesn't know it's a comedy,1
a gushy episode of " m * a * s * h " only this time from an asian perspective,a gushy episode of " m * a * s * h " only this time from an asian perspective,1
" the kid stays in the picture " is a great story terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat,too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient,0
it's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high,everybody loves a david and goliath story and this one is told almost entirely from david's point of view,0
an encouraging effort from mccrudden,plays like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders,0
the effort is sincere and the results are honest but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable,the effort is sincere and the results are honest but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable,1
mattei so completely loses himself to the film's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on well love in the time of money,paid in full is so stale in fact that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma's scarface that's a cheat,0
lacks depth,lacks depth,1
feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attempt to surround himself with beautiful half-naked women,feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attempt to surround himself with beautiful half-naked women,1
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?,why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?,1
the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen--and a hollywood-ized austen at that,jam-packed with literally bruising jokes every five minutes or so someone gets clocked,0
to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist,to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist,1
the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence but not a drop of human blood,unlikable uninteresting unfunny and completely utterly inept,0
scene-by-scene things happen but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why,the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on,0
it becomes gimmicky instead of compelling " interview " loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into,director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff,0
you're better off staying home and watching the x-files,you're better off staying home and watching the x-files,1
turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock,turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock,1
the acting is stiff the story lacks all trace of wit the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year,the acting is stiff the story lacks all trace of wit the sets look like they were borrowed from gilligan's island -- and the cgi scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year,1
bond-inspired ? certainly likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not,bond-inspired ? certainly likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not,1
kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles,kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles,1
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturing,charming if overly complicated,0
there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time,there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time,1
it's harmless diverting fluff but it's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre,comes across as a fairly weak retooling,0
a very average science fiction film,the film might have been more satisfying if it had in fact been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles,0
there is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen's men,there is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen's men,1
a relative letdown,a relative letdown,1
as david letterman and the onion have proven the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them,as david letterman and the onion have proven the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them,1
director dirk shafer and co-writer greg hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama,nicholas nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ) into scrooge,0
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real—she can't provide any conflict,no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population,0
it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat but the second half of the movie really goes downhill,it's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat but the second half of the movie really goes downhill,1
imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor and you have some idea of the glum numb experience of watching o fantasma,it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references,0
control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible,control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible,1
[u]nrelentingly stupid,[u]nrelentingly stupid,1
it doesn't do the original any particular dishonor but neither does it exude any charm or personality,it's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film because it isn't it's just incredibly dull,0
the explosion essentially ruined -- or rather overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me,sad nonsense this but not without cheesy fun factor,0
feels shrill simple and soapy,feels shrill simple and soapy,1
a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff,borrows from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu,0
the whole talking-animal thing is grisly,the whole talking-animal thing is grisly,1
the issue of faith is not explored very deeply,the issue of faith is not explored very deeply,1
the movie gets muted and routine,the movie gets muted and routine,1
another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting,it's supposed to be a humorous all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up,0
less dizzying than just dizzy the jaunt is practically over before it begins,less dizzying than just dizzy the jaunt is practically over before it begins,1
a mediocre exercise in target demographics unaware that it's the butt of its own joke,it kinda works and qualifies as cool at times but is just too lame to work or be cool at others,0
even if it ultimately disappoints the picture does have about a matinee admission's worth of funny to keep it afloat,even if it ultimately disappoints the picture does have about a matinee admission's worth of funny to keep it afloat,1
mcconaughey's fun to watch the dragons are okay not much fire in the script,watching the film is like reading a times portrait of grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it,0
the story is naturally poignant but first-time screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business,nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy,0
needless to say the dramatics that follow are utter hooey,needless to say the dramatics that follow are utter hooey,1
there's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie,exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaos,0
it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script,it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script,1
taken individually or collectively the stories never add up to as much as they promise,taken individually or collectively the stories never add up to as much as they promise,1
it's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread,there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger and to the script's refusal of a happy ending but as those monologues stretch on and on you realize there's no place for this story to go but down,0
a movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action tv series,its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists,0
it's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it's all about the silences and if you're into that have at it,there's something with potential here but the movie decides like lavinia to go the conservative route,0
feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something,feels as if ( there's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something,1
it's hard to imagine any recent film independent or otherwise that makes as much of a mess as this one,it's hard to imagine any recent film independent or otherwise that makes as much of a mess as this one,1
there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility not an event that is believable not a confrontation that is not staged not a moment that is not false,there is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility not an event that is believable not a confrontation that is not staged not a moment that is not false,1
a better title for all concerned might be swept under the rug,a better title for all concerned might be swept under the rug,1
you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools,you get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools,1
a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer,a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer,1
be forewarned if you're depressed about anything before watching this film you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards,be forewarned if you're depressed about anything before watching this film you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards,1
a lousy movie that's not merely unwatchable but also unlistenable,in the wake of saving private ryan black hawk down and we were soldiers you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine,0
shallow noisy and pretentious,shallow noisy and pretentious,1
it's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u s art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it's in french ( well mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically 'significant' because of that,not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions,0
represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror genre,represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror genre,1
starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar,expect the same-old lame-old slasher nonsense just with different scenery,0
try as i may i can't think of a single good reason to see this movie even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted 'thank you ' when leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie,this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it,0
throw smoochy from the train,throw smoochy from the train,1
first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue and the characters sound like real people,an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental,0
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient,here common sense flies out the window along with the hail of bullets none of which ever seem to hit sascha,0
[screenwriter] pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it but it is a rather poor imitation,apallingly absurd the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 " black and white portable tv,0
a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee,despite all evidence to the contrary this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults,0
aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness,kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,0
theological matters aside the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues,theological matters aside the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues,1
egoyan's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose,egoyan's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose,1
so-so entertainment,so-so entertainment,1
it's hard not to feel you've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story,it's hard not to feel you've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story,1
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one,it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one,1
an overblown clunker full of bad jokes howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences,an overblown clunker full of bad jokes howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences,1
lacks the spirit of the previous two and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck,lacks the spirit of the previous two and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck,1
a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration,a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration,1
the camera whirls the camera twirls oh look at that clever angle wow a jump cut,the camera whirls the camera twirls oh look at that clever angle wow a jump cut,1
from the choppy editing to the annoying score to 'special effects' by way of replacing objects in a character's hands below the camera line " besotted " is misbegotten,from the choppy editing to the annoying score to 'special effects' by way of replacing objects in a character's hands below the camera line " besotted " is misbegotten,1
hopelessly inane humorless and under-inspired,a stupid derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense,0
this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy,an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent,0
it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept,like a fish that's lived too long austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places,0
one of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly but feeling pandered to which in the end might be all the more infuriating,an unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse,0
wanker goths are on the loose run for your lives,formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market,0
culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character,everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized,0
it won't harm anyone but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it after all it'll probably be in video stores by christmas and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies,it won't harm anyone but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it after all it'll probably be in video stores by christmas and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies,1
the ending is a cop-out what happens to john q ? i don't have an i am sam clue,feeble comedy,0
there is nothing funny in this every-joke-has- been-told-a- thousand-times- before movie,imagine if you will a tony hawk skating video interspliced with footage from behind enemy lines and set to jersey shore techno,0
my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack,do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ?,0
neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price,neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers the movie isn't tough to take as long as you've paid a matinee price,1
the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil,the darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil,1
like schindler's list the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way,oozes condescension from every pore,0
a long dull procession of despair set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral,a long dull procession of despair set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral,1
i can take infantile humor but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer's diapers,i can take infantile humor but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer's diapers,1
this is a poster movie a mediocre tribute to films like them,this is a poster movie a mediocre tribute to films like them,1
'cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,unfortunately neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate,0
however sincere it may be the rising place never quite justifies its own existence,under 15 ? a giggle a minute over age 15 ? big fat waste of time,0
plays like one long meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz rather than a fully developed story,has its moments -- and almost as many subplots,0
a negligible british comedy,the script kicks in and mr hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow,0
'god help us but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves ',with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player this latest skewering may put off insiders and outsiders alike,0
the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era they just have problems which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way,the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era they just have problems which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way,1
it uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color,it uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color,1
like a bad improvisation exercise the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives loves and the art they're struggling to create,like a bad improvisation exercise the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives loves and the art they're struggling to create,1
a very slow uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel,the chateau is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters,0
philip k dick must be turning in his grave along with my stomach,tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's work aspired to including the condition of art,0
cinematic pyrotechnics aside the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude it makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy's idea of a good time,… is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri i had to look away - this was god awful,0
there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening,the ga-zillionth airhead movie about a wife in distress who resorts to desperate measures,0
director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we haven't seen 10 000 times,death might be a release,0
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole' miss in the way of story,none of these characters resembles anyone you've ever met in real life unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter,0
grant isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine,grant isn't cary and bullock isn't katherine,1
it would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun,so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat,0
my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering wheezy drag,if the movie were all comedy it might work better but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects but not a willingness,0
such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go,i believe silberling had the best intentions here but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them,0
the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications,pumpkin wants to have it both ways,0
how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-feely message this preachy produce promotes is beyond us,however sincere it may be the rising place never quite justifies its own existence,0
the only thing worse than your substandard run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound,the only thing worse than your substandard run-of-the-mill hollywood picture is an angst-ridden attempt to be profound,1
the execution is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl,there's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer or for the year for that matter,0
are monsters born or made ?,are monsters born or made ?,1
a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast but never quite gets off the ground,it's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull nerdy folks that inhabit cherish,0
the abiding impression despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture can't quite conceal that there's nothing resembling a spine here,overall the film misses the brilliance of jelinek's novel by some way it settles for being merely grim,0
a hit- and-miss affair consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped,a hit- and-miss affair consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped,1
don michael paul uses quick-cuts ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for seagal ),don michael paul uses quick-cuts ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for seagal ),1
although bright well-acted and thought-provoking tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action,although bright well-acted and thought-provoking tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action,1
resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings in other words about as bad a film you're likely to see all year,resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings in other words about as bad a film you're likely to see all year,1
a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily,a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung but explains its characters' decisions only unsatisfactorily,1
at once half-baked and overheated,fails in making this character understandable in getting under her skin in exploring motivation well before the end the film grows as dull as its characters about whose fate it is hard to care,0
for most movies 84 minutes is short but this one feels like a life sentence,the film doesn't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal,0
a perfect example of rancid well-intentioned but shamelessly manipulative movie making,to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed,0
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this won't seem like such a bore,trite banal cliched mostly inoffensive,0
it is parochial accessible to a chosen few standoffish to everyone else and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill,it is parochial accessible to a chosen few standoffish to everyone else and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill,1
there's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue,a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise,0
a fragile framework upon which to hang broad mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,a fragile framework upon which to hang broad mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,1
contrived awkward and filled with unintended laughs the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster,contrived awkward and filled with unintended laughs the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster,1
and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest if you are willing to do this then you so crazy,and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest if you are willing to do this then you so crazy,1
with minimal imagination you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub,you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie,0
the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise mr desplechin is content to state it,the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise mr desplechin is content to state it,1
unless you're a fanatic the best advice is : 'scooby' don't,a mawkish implausible platonic romance that makes chaplin's city lights seem dispassionate by comparison,0
mildly entertaining,mildly entertaining,1
perfectly enjoyable instantly forgettable nothing to write home about,seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory,0
under 15 ? a giggle a minute over age 15 ? big fat waste of time,plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on " the simpsons " has,0
for a film about action ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever bogging down in a barrage of hype,for a film about action ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever bogging down in a barrage of hype,1
a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome in the wrong hands i e peploe's it's simply unbearable,walsh can't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm,0
while easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films it's still tainted by cliches painful improbability and murky points,lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned,0
adults will wish the movie were less simplistic obvious clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized but what are adults doing in the theater at all ?,adults will wish the movie were less simplistic obvious clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized but what are adults doing in the theater at all ?,1
no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place where their heads were is anyone's guess,no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place where their heads were is anyone's guess,1
what's next : " my mother the car ? ",what's next : " my mother the car ? ",1
gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance,gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance,1
[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining,[sam's] self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining,1
the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting,one resurrection too many,0
ze movie starts out so funny then she is nothing,the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles,0
the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland,the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland,1
with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player this latest skewering may put off insiders and outsiders alike,this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines,0
hypnotically dull,should have been someone else-,0
that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks,a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr chicken,0
hey at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading,ultimately sarah's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness,0
children christian or otherwise deserve to hear the full story of jonah's despair -- in all its agonizing catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it,it's exactly what you'd expect,0
in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy-washy,in an effort i suspect not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted it offends by just being wishy-washy,1
the film's maudlin focus on the young woman's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking,the film's maudlin focus on the young woman's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking,1
it's probably not easy to make such a worthless film,i didn't find much fascination in the swinging what they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games of no erotic or sensuous charge but that they are doing it is thought-provoking,0
a perfectly acceptable perfectly bland competently acted but by no means scary horror movie,a perfectly acceptable perfectly bland competently acted but by no means scary horror movie,1
[lin chung's] voice is rather unexceptional even irritating ( at least to this western ear ) making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters,[lin chung's] voice is rather unexceptional even irritating ( at least to this western ear ) making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters,1
there isn't one moment in the film that surprises or delights,the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive,0
meandering and glacially paced and often just plain dull,meandering and glacially paced and often just plain dull,1
the story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on,it doesn't quite work but there's enough here to make us look forward to the russos' next offering,0
content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance,content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance,1
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks,'men in black ii creates a new threat for the mib but recycles the same premise,0
a live-action cartoon a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind,the best you can say about it is it's so uninspired it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now,0
the film is all over the place really it dabbles all around never gaining much momentum,the film is all over the place really it dabbles all around never gaining much momentum,1
the soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun too,illiterate often inert sci-fi action thriller,0
no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing robert john burke as the
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