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'Predictably quirky (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'I'd suggest reading the novel, casting Grant (with spiky haircut), and/or renting the excellent High Fidelity instead' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Clever self-referentiality quickly becomes over-clever' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Rent 'The Thomas Crowne Affair' instead (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'If you can stay awake through the yawnworthy Asian-martial-arts-flick rip-off that calls itself the first half, the well-paced second half makes one of the best action movies I've seen' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Despite its many flaws, remained watchable, occasionally humorous and even a bit touching, and the end wasn't nearly as sickly-tacked-on-happy-ending-ish as I'd feared it might be half-way through' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Negotiated that fine line between sweet & oversweet, between heart-tugging & sentimental, to succeed in its own terms' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Just catch the trailer -- all the half-decent jokes are there (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'One can overdose even on Wonka Chocogoodness' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Feels like two-thirds of an intelligent & memorable thriller. Pity it couldn't make it to 100%' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Worth a try for the beautiful industrial landscapes alone (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Gorgeous cinematography and quirky black humour make this film such a joy to watch' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Do all the changes leave room for DAD to make a successful Bond movie? To my mind, the answer has to be no' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'An intense, absorbing film: highly recommended' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A thoughtful drama, but rather lugubrious pacing & too even a tone make the film less memorable than it should have been' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'My candidate so far for the best film of 2004' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A poignant film which oozes enough charm to overcome its many flaws' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Succeeds adequately on its own terms, at least for those viewers craving emotional truths rather than biographical ones' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Few surprises and little tension… the viewer is treated to a heavy dose of moralising, with a triple shot of schmaltz thrown in at the end for good measure' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A visual feast, with every frame set out and lit like a Dutch master' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A strange, distended film' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Ridley Scott appears to have been on a bit of a crusade himself here' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'At times it felt like a documentary (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Rent The Thomas Crown Affair instead, or just go to bed early.' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Much of the film was stirring, heroic ... over-sentimental ... Boring' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'One might wonder whether it's possible to make a mainstream film essentially without plot, where realism triumphs. Where I think Lost in Translation failed was in portraying Tokyo -- it means that the film might as well be set in a parking lot' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'The whole somehow feels less than the sum of the parts… far too saccharine, with far too few surprises' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Well-written & entertaining… Johnny Depp is magnificent' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'The final fifteen minutes or so manage to be yawningly predictable whilst being unsupported by the remainder of the film' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Shainberg thinks of Secretary as doing for S&M what My Beautiful Laundrette did for gay relationships, but the film has a lot more in common with Pretty Woman's portrayal of prostitution' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'The action movie format robs the concept of much of its idiosyncratic charm' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Hilarious cross-genre one-off (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'The film retains the two-dimensional, compressed feel of a comic strip' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Enjoyable but entirely forgettable (Mini-review)' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'From the moment that Lucy steps out into the snowy forest, I was hooked' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A beautifully constructed and clever film that still packs a potent emotional punch' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Adroitly treads the tightrope of innovation vs familiarity' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Touted as an animated film for both children & grown-ups, it sometimes seems an uneasy mixture of material aimed at entirely different audiences.' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Depp's performance as the titular libertine is magnificent' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A quirky film, with some incredibly beautiful & memorable images' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'Not the worst film this year -- but there's been some tough competition' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'The film's sympathies lie firmly with Shylock, portrayed magnificently by Al Pacino' [Click arrowhead for full review]
'A tennis pic entirely lacking in balls, it has the sole distinction of soundly beating Love, Actually to my Clunker of the Year spot' [Click arrowhead for full review]
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