1 |
# -1 = negative |
0 = neutral |
1 = positive |
2 |
5;Presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency.;;0 |
3 |
6;Beautifully crafted |
engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic |
twisty yarn that will keep them guessing.;;1 |
4 |
7;Bread |
My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it.;;-1 |
5 |
8;Slow |
silly and unintentionally hilarious.;CONTROL;0 |
6 |
9;Ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying |
like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine.;;-1 |
7 |
10;Exudes the fizz of a Busby Berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza.;;1 |
8 |
11;The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes -- it's insanely violent and very graphic.;;-1 |
9 |
12;Ryan Gosling is |
in a word |
brilliant as the conflicted Daniel.;;1 |
10 |
14;If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure |
one of those movies that's so bad it starts to become good.;;0 |
11 |
15;The film's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film's production design.;;0 |
12 |
16;Frida is certainly no disaster |
but neither is it the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for.;;0 |
13 |
17;The film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry.;CONTROL;1 |
14 |
18;A work of astonishing delicacy and force.;CONTROL;1 |
15 |
19;The movie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane |
carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh.;;-1 |
16 |
20;For the most part |
the ingredients are there.;;0 |
17 |
21;But if you've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn |
there's guilty fun to be had here.;;0 |
18 |
22;There's not much to Fatale |
outside of its stylish surprises... but that's OK.;CONTROL;0 |
19 |
23;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 |
20 |
24;This version moves beyond the original's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema's inability to stand in for true |
lived experience.;;0 |
21 |
25;There's no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes |
plus the script by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade is workmanlike in the extreme.;;-1 |
22 |
26;A first-class |
thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire |
beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film.;;1 |
23 |
27;The film is so bad it doesn't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen.;CONTROL;-1 |
24 |
28;Weiss and Speck never make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes.;;0 |
25 |
29;Another Best of the Year selection.;;1 |
26 |
30;It's all a rather shapeless good time...;;0 |
27 |
31;Same song |
second verse |
coulda been better |
but it coulda been worse.;CONTROL;0 |
28 |
32;I love the robust middle of this picture.;;1 |
29 |
33;That's not vintage Spielberg and that |
finally |
is minimally satisfying.;;0 |
30 |
34;The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission.;CONTROL;1 |
31 |
35;Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it's a pleasurable trifle.;;0 |
32 |
36;For the rest of us |
sitting through Dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment.;;-1 |
33 |
37;Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil |
``Sade'' covers the same period as Kaufmann's ``Quills'' with more unsettlingly realistic results.;;1 |
34 |
38;The movie is for fans who can't stop loving anime |
and the fanatical excess built into it.;;0 |
35 |
39;The Ring is worth a look |
if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment.;;0 |
36 |
40;Beautifully observed |
miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama.;;1 |
37 |
41;What makes How I Killed My Father compelling |
besides its terrific performances |
is Fontaine's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching.;;1 |
38 |
42;This hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again |
even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book.;;-1 |
39 |
43;Bullock's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film.;;-1 |
40 |
44;... a plotline that's as lumpy as two-day old porridge... the filmmakers' paws |
sad to say |
were all over this ``un-bear-able'' project!;CONTROL;-1 |
41 |
45;Crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls.;;-1 |
42 |
46;Reassuring |
retro uplifter.;;1 |
43 |
47;Flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey.;;-1 |
44 |
48;The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic.;;1 |
45 |
49;How did it ever get made?;;-1 |
46 |
50;I like the new footage and still love the old stuff.;;1 |
47 |
51;It briefly flirts with player masochism |
but the point of real interest -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely.;;0 |
48 |
52;Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers?;;-1 |
49 |
53;At times |
the movie looks genuinely pretty.;;1 |
50 |
54;It depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept.;;0 |
51 |
55;The stupidest |
most insulting movie of 2002's first quarter.;CONTROL;-1 |
52 |
56;The film seems a dead weight.;;-1 |
53 |
57;Sparkling |
often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy... Attal looks so much like a young Robert DeNiro that it seems the film should instead be called `My Husband Is Travis Bickle'.;;1 |
54 |
58;I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes |
but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes.;;-1 |
55 |
59;A lousy movie that's not merely unwatchable |
but also unlistenable.;;-1 |
56 |
60;One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals... a psychological masterpiece.;;1 |
57 |
61;A strong script |
powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman |
who is not only a pianist |
but a good human being.;CONTROL;1 |
58 |
62;But here's the real damn: It isn't funny |
either.;;-1 |
59 |
63;Qutting may be a flawed film |
but it is nothing if not sincere.;;0 |
60 |
64;It's a fanboy `what if?';;0 |
61 |
65;... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time.;;-1 |
62 |
66;Like a documentary version of Fight Club |
shorn of social insight |
intellectual pretension and cinematic interest.;;0 |
63 |
67;Stephen Rea |
Aidan Quinn |
and Alan Bates play Desmond's legal eagles |
and when joined by Brosnan |
the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing |
`tis.;;1 |
64 |
68;It's a powerful though flawed movie |
guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today.;;1 |
65 |
69;An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson.;;1 |
66 |
70;Everything was as superficial as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had.;;-1 |
67 |
71;Despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot |
moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair...;;0 |
68 |
72;`How many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive?';;0 |
69 |
73;If only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con.;;0 |
70 |
74;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.;CONTROL;-1 |
71 |
75;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.;;0 |
72 |
76;Showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant ``if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns |
the movie will be funny'' syndrome.;;-1 |
73 |
77;Whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV |
they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck.;;1 |
74 |
78;A zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless |
lifeless |
meandering |
loud |
painful |
obnoxious.;;-1 |
75 |
79;It has fun with the quirks of family life |
but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect.;;1 |
76 |
80;Novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty |
no-budget approach.;;1 |
77 |
81;Since Lee is a sentimentalist |
the film is more worshipful than your random E!;;0 |
78 |
82;The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense |
surprise and consistent emotional conviction.;;-1 |
79 |
83;High Crimes knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them |
and maybe that is nobility of a sort.;;0 |
80 |
84;But it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle.;CONTROL;-1 |
81 |
85;This thing works on no level whatsoever for me.;;-1 |
82 |
86;... a bland murder-on-campus yawner.;;-1 |
83 |
87;"In comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life; despite the title... amounts to surprisingly little.";-1 |
84 |
88;One of the finest |
most humane and important Holocaust movies ever made.;;1 |
85 |
89;Suffers from rambling |
repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video.;;-1 |
86 |
90;The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance |
but twists are getting irritating |
and this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows.;;0 |
87 |
91;Angel presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle |
and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale.;;0 |
88 |
92;Features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film.;;1 |
89 |
93;It is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times.;;1 |
90 |
94;Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested |
or at least conscious |
I could feel my eyelids... getting... very... heavy...;CONTROL;-1 |
91 |
95;... a solid |
well-formed satire.;;1 |
92 |
96;Deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits.;;0 |
93 |
97;Read My Lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love.;;1 |
94 |
98;... creates a visceral sense of its characters' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above... what could have been a melodramatic |
Lifetime Channel-style anthology.;;0 |
95 |
99;Reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish.;;0 |
96 |
100;Just how these families interact may surprise you.;;0 |
97 |
101;The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size |
and it ain't pretty.;;-1 |
98 |
102;Even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable |
shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture.;;-1 |
99 |
103;Creepy |
authentic and dark.;;0 |
100 |
104;A lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her.;;-1 |