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3/4
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91%
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Shaolin Soccer (2004) |
"
A very funny movie."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 9, 2004
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3/5
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——
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19 Months () |
"
A very accomplished film."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 21, 2004
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2.5/4
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70%
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Father and Son (2004) |
"
A tasty hors d'oeuvre while waiting for a really good French film to come along."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 25, 2004
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3/4
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100%
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Gaz Bar Blues (2004) |
"
A small gem."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 12, 2004
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3/4
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90%
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The Corporation (2004) |
"
A documentary with big answers."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 20, 2004
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2.5/4
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48%
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"
A would-be ribald comic film that never gets very funny, mated with a love story that never ignites, mixed in with what seems to be a tale of magic and fantasy that never quite admits its presence."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 8, 2003
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3/4
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55%
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American Wedding (2003) |
"
A better film than anyone should normally expect in this genre."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 1, 2003
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53%
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The Legend of Suriyothai (2003) |
"
A film that is stunning to watch."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 21, 2003
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2/4
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80%
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I Capture the Castle (2003) |
"
Beautifully filmed silliness, and fetchingly acted tweeness."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 18, 2003
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3/4
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44%
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XX/XY (2003) |
"
Rarely does a fine movie like this have so awkward a title."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 11, 2003
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2/4
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45%
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Sinbad - Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |
"
[Lacks] the sparkle and inventiveness of the stories that inspired it."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 2, 2003
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2.5/4
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73%
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Together (He ni zai yi qi) (2003) |
"
If you're in the mood for tears and triumph, with a dash of exoticism, Together may well be the film for you."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jun 27, 2003
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2.5/4
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43%
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Julie Walking Home (2004) |
"
It doesn't work, but Otto performs heroically, sustaining the character of Julie to the movie's final moments."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jun 20, 2003
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2.5/4
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48%
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The Safety of Objects (2001) |
"
It's a movie located in an interesting place, but without quite enough self-confidence really to inhabit it."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jun 6, 2003
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1.5/4
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17%
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Leaving Metropolis (2002) |
"
A dreadful movie."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jun 3, 2003
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3.5/4
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99%
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Finding Nemo 3D (2012) |
"
A superb animated film."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 30, 2003
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2/4
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——
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Saved by the Belles () |
"
If you're not a member of this subculture, or already interested in it, you may have a hard time adjusting to Saved by the Belles."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 23, 2003
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3/4
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34%
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The In-Laws (2003) |
"
The In-Laws is successful on the level of light comic entertainment."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 23, 2003
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3.5/4
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83%
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Swing (2002) |
"
Virtually the whole cast is amateur, but Gatlif knows how to get them to play lovely little vignette scenes."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 16, 2003
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2/4
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——
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The Book of Eve (Histoire d'Ève) () |
"
The novel, which alone of Beresford-Howe's works still has many readers and admirers, is not done justice by this film."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 16, 2003
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2.5/4
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60%
|
Down with Love (2003) |
"
The inventiveness doesn't work. It's dragged down by Zellweger and McGregor's self-consciousness, as they mug and overact their way through a film whose style relies on lightness of touch."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 16, 2003
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1.5/4
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40%
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
"
Altogether a wasted opportunity from a Disney organization which grows more sclerotic by the minute."
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Globe and Mail
Posted May 2, 2003
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3/4
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87%
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The Matrix (1999) |
"
For those who have been waiting for movies to catch up with the graphic possibilities of comic books, wait no longer: The Matrix is among us."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 25, 2003
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|
2.5/4
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56%
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La Turbulence des fluides (Chaos and Desire) (2002) |
"
Briand's first film, 2 Seconds, was a success. With Chaos and Desire she has overreached herself, but she is an ambitious artist and is moving in an intriguing direction."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 28, 2003
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3/4
|
——
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deadend.com () |
"
It puts the viewer inside the world of three children who are banal for a compelling reason: They have never learned, or been taught, how to create meaning in their lives."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 28, 2003
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3/4
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7%
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Boat Trip (2003) |
"
In a week when travesties like the Gwyneth Paltrow stewardess movie remind us that almost nobody in Hollywood remembers what the hell a comedy is, Boat Trip's skill and modest ambition inspire nostalgic reverence."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 21, 2003
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2/4
|
71%
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Piglet's Big Movie (2003) |
"
I suggest you get out the books, which for once can truly be said to be more spectacular than the movie."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 21, 2003
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2/4
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65%
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Willard (2003) |
"
Not very stylish and not very scary."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 14, 2003
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2.5/4
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57%
|
Ayurveda: The Art Of Being (2002) |
"
If Ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating, sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation, it is clearly a good thing."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 7, 2003
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2/4
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29%
|
Punch (2002) |
"
This is a good premise, but written and acted in a fashion that rings false."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 19, 2003
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1/4
|
57%
|
The Guru (2002) |
"
There is hardly a funny line in the whole script, and director Mayer has no idea of what comic timing and delivery are all about."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 31, 2003
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1/4
|
47%
|
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"
Final Destination 2 doesn't pretend to be anything other than a robotic repeat of the first film."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 31, 2003
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3.5/4
|
97%
|
To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir) (2003) |
"
A film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 17, 2003
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3/4
|
11%
|
National Security (2003) |
"
Without losing its comic rhythm for a moment, it is also a withering spoof of black victimism and the corrupting effect of racial solidarity on the American legal system."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 17, 2003
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2.5/4
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19%
|
Just Married (2003) |
"
In the end, a few genuinely funny moments aside, the script is simply too predictable and unvarying to earn the viewer's loyalty."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 10, 2003
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1/4
|
65%
|
Evelyn (2002) |
"
It's a blarney bath from the word go, with unbearably winsome characters spinning out Irishisms by the yard."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Dec 13, 2002
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3/4
|
57%
|
Corpus Callosum (2002) |
"
This 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than I'd expected it to be."
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Globe and Mail
Posted Dec 6, 2002
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3/4
|
68%
|
Treasure Planet (2002) |
"
This concoction, so bizarre to the adult mind, is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 27, 2002
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4/4
|
60%
|
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002) |
"
Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 22, 2002
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2/4
|
2%
|
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"
A shoot-'em-up for cynical times. Its only asset is Seagal himself, and frankly, he's is getting a bit past it."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 15, 2002
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3/4
|
72%
|
Das Experiment (The Experiment) (2001) |
"
Probably it's more action film than anything else, but has enough insight to be of interest to serious filmgoers."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 8, 2002
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|
2.5/4
|
25%
|
Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2002) |
"
A formula flick."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 18, 2002
|
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3/4
|
93%
|
Scratch (2002) |
"
Engaging documentary."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 11, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
66%
|
My Wife Is an Actress (2002) |
"
I found it slow, predictable and not very amusing."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 11, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
50%
|
Suddenly Naked (2001) |
"
An awkward romantic comedy at best."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 11, 2002
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
The Transporter (2002) |
"
This is a film where there isn't the slightest doubt about the dramatic outcome."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 11, 2002
|
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1/4
|
22%
|
The Tuxedo (2002) |
"
Donovan ... squanders his main asset, Jackie Chan, and fumbles the vital action sequences."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 27, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Barbershop (2002) |
"
The characters are engaging and the story has a bustling richness."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 13, 2002
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Secret Ballot (2002) |
"
A beguiling, slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in Iran."
—
Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 30, 2002
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