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where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .	0neg
more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller .	0neg
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 .	0neg
contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .	0neg
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market .	0neg
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .	0neg
it's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .	0neg
on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .	0neg
the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh's rise up the social ladder .	0neg
. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .	0neg
wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .	0neg
trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , something terrible happens .	0neg
madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's nose .	0neg
never having seen the first two films in the series , i can't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days .	0neg
the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched .	0neg
a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .	0neg
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .	0neg
[soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .	0neg
handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism .	0neg
so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag .	0neg
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 .	0neg
russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features .	0neg
highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .	0neg
very stupid and annoying .	0neg
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 .	0neg
a listless and desultory affair .	0neg
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .	0neg
how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .	0neg
jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .	0neg
wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award .	0neg
any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years .	0neg
helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .	0neg
lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .	0neg
formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .	0neg
every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . there's no energy .	0neg
apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film .	0neg
after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .	0neg
this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !	0neg
at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .	0neg
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .	0neg
a crude teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss .	0neg
the film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .	0neg
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 .	0neg
abysmally pathetic	0neg
this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '	0neg
shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage .	0neg
plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up .	0neg
there's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .	0neg
it's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .	0neg
all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .	0neg
a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but doesn't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a total rehash .	0neg
the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .	0neg
troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal .	0neg
at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .	0neg
elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . if you're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it's 51 times better than this .	0neg
it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .	0neg
despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '	0neg
both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .	0neg
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .	0neg
neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .	0neg
just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .	0neg
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .	0neg
there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title .	0neg
while howard's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .	0neg
a preposterous , prurient whodunit .	0neg
go , girls , right down the reality drain .	0neg
boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .	0neg
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .	0neg
predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .	0neg
. . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .	0neg
the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .	0neg
an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie .	0neg
muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .	0neg
too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash .	0neg
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny .	0neg
`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .	0neg
at least it's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii .	0neg
it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense .	0neg
wanker goths are on the loose ! run for your lives !	0neg
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?	0neg
a grating , emaciated flick .	0neg
unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook .	0neg
presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency .	0neg
we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .	0neg
. . . unbearably lame .	0neg
according to the script , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guess that from the performances .	0neg
the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .	0neg
ararat feels like a book report	0neg
steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .	0neg
a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .	0neg
an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension .	0neg
the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .	0neg
shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that's something i would rather live in denial about	0neg
with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp .	0neg
alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .	0neg
the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .	0neg
this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .	0neg
the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it's offensive , but that it's boring .	0neg
much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché .	0neg
the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale	0neg

where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .

0neg

more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller .

0neg

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 .

0neg

contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .

0neg

return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market .

0neg

rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .

0neg

it's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .

0neg

on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .

0neg

the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh's rise up the social ladder .

0neg

. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .

0neg

wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .

0neg

trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'what if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause . . . . then , something terrible happens .

0neg

madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's nose .

0neg

never having seen the first two films in the series , i can't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days .

0neg

the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched .

0neg

a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .

0neg

it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring .

0neg

[soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .

0neg

handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism .

0neg

so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag .

0neg

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 .

0neg

russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features .

0neg

highly uneven and inconsistent . . . margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within .

0neg

very stupid and annoying .

0neg

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 .

0neg

a listless and desultory affair .

0neg

represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .

0neg

how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .

0neg

jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .

0neg

wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema' award .

0neg

any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years .

0neg

helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .

0neg

lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .

0neg

formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .

0neg

every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable . there's no energy .

0neg

apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film .

0neg

after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .

0neg

this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !

0neg

at three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .

0neg

a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .

0neg

a crude teen-oriented variation on a theme that the playwright craig lucas explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his prelude to a kiss .

0neg

the film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .

0neg

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 .

0neg

abysmally pathetic

0neg

this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , 'ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . '

0neg

shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage .

0neg

plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up .

0neg

there's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present .

0neg

it's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .

0neg

all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness .

0neg

a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but doesn't quite get there . good performances keep it from being a total rehash .

0neg

the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .

0neg

troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal .

0neg

at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .

0neg

elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . if you're looking for a tale of brits behaving badly , watch snatch again . it's 51 times better than this .

0neg

it's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .

0neg

despite its promising cast of characters , big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that 'zany' doesn't necessarily mean 'funny . '

0neg

both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded .

0neg

does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .

0neg

neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .

0neg

just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .

0neg

fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .

0neg

there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title .

0neg

while howard's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .

0neg

a preposterous , prurient whodunit .

0neg

go , girls , right down the reality drain .

0neg

boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .

0neg

can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .

0neg

predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .

0neg

. . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .

0neg

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

0neg

an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie .

0neg

muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .

0neg

too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash .

0neg

just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny .

0neg

`matrix'-style massacres erupt throughout . . . but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .

0neg

at least it's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii .

0neg

it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense .

0neg

wanker goths are on the loose ! run for your lives !

0neg

why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?

0neg

a grating , emaciated flick .

0neg

unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook .

0neg

presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency .

0neg

we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .

0neg

. . . unbearably lame .

0neg

according to the script , grant and bullock's characters are made for each other . but you'd never guess that from the performances .

0neg

the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .

0neg

ararat feels like a book report

0neg

steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .

0neg

a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .

0neg

an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension .

0neg

the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing .

0neg

shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that's something i would rather live in denial about

0neg

with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp .

0neg

alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .

0neg

the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .

0neg

this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .

0neg

the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it's offensive , but that it's boring .

0neg

much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché .

0neg

the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale

0neg