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2.5/5
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The Affair of the Necklace
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... takes a fascinating footnote and reduces it to a mediocre and fitfully entertaining film.
Posted Aug 05, 2002
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5/5
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Amélie
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Is it possible to describe to another what pure, unadulterated joy feels like? Because that the expression one leaves the theater with after seeing Amelie ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Burning Money
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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... a tidy, well-acted little gem.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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From Hell
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Part detective story, part thriller, part romance, From Hell manages to juggle each aspect with aplomb.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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K-PAX
(2001)
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... a mixed bag, containing some interesting moment but filled with unrealized secondary characters.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Life as a House
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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While the script is a bit too neat and tidy in tying together various subplots, the strong acting and mostly assured direction elevate the film.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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The Man Who Wasn't There
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... a terrific motion picture that flirts with the ghosts of the great noir classics like Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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Monsters, Inc.
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... will undoubtedly takes its place as a classic for future generations.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Mulholland Dr.
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... bold and audacious filmmaking from a master director.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Novocaine
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Novocaine, like the drug for which it was named, will leave the viewer numb.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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The One
(2001)
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Instead of thrilling audiences, The One disappoints.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Who Knows?
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... a playful romantic comedy about six characters in search of love ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Waking Life
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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... perhaps the best approximation of what a real dream is.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3.5/5
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(2001)
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... a throwback to the action-adventure films Disney made in the 1950s ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Born Romantic
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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... a rare romantic comedy that gets both the romance and the comedy right.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Kill Me Later
(2001)
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Dana Lustig has taken a fairly heavy-handed approach, treating the material as if it were the basis of a longform music video ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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L.I.E.
(2001)
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... the characters are so well-drawn and well-acted and the ideas raised are provocative without being overly exploitive.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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Liam
(2000)
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Frears approaches the material in a humanistic and gentle manner and coaxes astonishingly assured performances from his young actors as well as the more veteran players.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Famous
(2000)
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... it feels padded and stretched beyond its limits.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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Lumumba
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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Lumumba overcomes some minor shortcomings and becomes an important and gripping feature.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3.5/5
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The Operator
(2000)
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... a showcase for Michael Laurence, a little-known New York theater actor, who delivers a persuasive and finely detailed portrait of a despicable man.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Our Lady of the Assassins
(2000)
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... a powerful examination of the decline of civilization as refracted in one tiny corner of the world.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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1.5/5
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Planet of the Apes
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Not a "remake" so much as a "revisal," a new take on old material. The problem is, no one connected with the film seems to have any idea just what that "take" is.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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The Princess Diaries
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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"The Princess Diaries" requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, and if an audience isn't willing to go there, then the film simply doesn't work.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Russian Doll
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Weaving is wonderful as always but the real surprise is Novikova who displays a quirky charm and movie star charisma in her first lead role.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Two Can Play That Game
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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"Two Can Play That Game" has some amusing moments, showcases a terrific cast, but falters in real matters of the heart.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Tortilla Soup
(2001)
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Although there are some rather broad strokes to the comedy (and a couple of characters that verge on caricature), "Tortilla Soup" ultimately serves up a tasty dish.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Thomas in Love
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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"Thomas in Love" can be chalked up as a noble failure.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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The Taste of Others
(2000)
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... demonstrates that, as in real life, reel life may be both bitter and sweet, sometimes simultaneously.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3.5/5
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Songcatcher
(2001)
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... like its prickly heroine, the film doesn't always achieve its goals ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2/5
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Pearl Harbor
(2001)
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Ultimately, what can be said about the film is that it is a disappointment ... It also confirms what most industry people suspected: Michael Bay is no James Cameron.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Pandaemonium
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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if one is to judge "Pandaemonium" on its own merits as a work of fiction, for the most part it succeeds.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Our Song
(2000)
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While there are some minor flaws in "Our Song," it is a rich work that introduces three extraordinary young talents and marks a maturation in filmmaker [Jim] McKay.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Original Sin
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Cristofer takes liberties with the novel's downbeat ending and tacks on a happily ever after coda that seems more in keeping with something made under the studio system ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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The Musketeer
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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"The Musketeer" is an unfortunate attempt to graft the lyrical artistry of a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" onto an old-fashioned swashbuckler with disappointing results.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3.5/5
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Me, You, Them
(2000)
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One might argue that "Me You Them" could perhaps use a small infusion of MTV-style editing but this director trusts the material to unfold at the pace it requires.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Lost and Delirious
(2001)
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Rarely has a filmmaker captured the essence of those moments between adolescence and adulthood with the skill and sensitivity Pool does.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Last Resort
(2000)
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"Last Resort" does not have the feel of a fictional piece, but instead appears to be unfolding as the events occur.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3/5
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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A series of spectacular set pieces filled with eye-popping special effects, although [director Simon]West does fall back on his trademarked overuse of sound.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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1.5/5
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The King Is Alive
(2000)
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... sitting through "The King Is Alive" was a tedious exercise that tried my patience and bored me.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Journey Into Amazing Caves
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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"Amazing" is the appropriate adjective to describe this latest IMAX film from MacGillivray Freeman Films.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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There's a great deal of promise in the outline of the tale, but somewhere along the line, the execution went awry.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4/5
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Jackpot
(2001)
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"Jackpot" is a downbeat but effective character study ...
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Not since Bob Fosse tackled and rethought "Cabaret" in 1972 has there been such an artistically successful stage-to-screen transfer.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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2.5/5
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Greenfingers
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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"Greenfingers" turns out to be all thumbs.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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4.5/5
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The Golden Bowl
(2000)
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Ted Murphy
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This roundelay of relationships makes up the heart of the film and allows each of the four principals to offer sterling performances.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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3/5
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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Where "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" falters is not in the stunning visuals, but in its pedestrian script
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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1.5/5
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The Fast and the Furious
(2001)
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Ted Murphy
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a jumbled blur, overlaid with a pulsating hip-hop score.
Posted Dec 21, 2001
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1.5/5
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Down to Earth
(2001)
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"Down to Earth" crashes instead of alighting on angels' wings.
Posted Dec 04, 2001
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4/5
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Divided We Fall
(2000)
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The comic elements are handled with a delicacy so that they do not overwhelm the dramatic underpinnings.
Posted Dec 04, 2001
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