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I thought Anywhere But Here was a good movie.It stars two wonderful actresses, Susan Sarandon and Natlie Portman, which when I heard they were in a movie together I resist watching it.Overall, it was a pretty enjoyable movie.It had it's moments where I felt as if they tried to hard, and there was also some really overdone and worn-out material, but there wasn't anything in the movie that I absolutely hated.I even liked how they used the pop-up performance of the uncredited Thora Birch, and all the little happy/sad moments are touching and effective.If you want to watch this movie, go ahead, because even though I don't recommend it, it's not something you should avoid, and a 5.9 rating seems unfair in my opinion.
The deadly cinematic technique, the effective sense of silliness, and the incredible horribleness made everything obnoxious.
The camera work was poor, the special effects are actually not bad if I am being generous, but overall the story failed to connect on any levels because the actors were as effective as a small lump of badly charred elm.
This could have been an effective psychological thriller, a study of madness.
Loosely linking the three tales (Old Chief Woodenhead, The Raft and The Hitchhiker) together is a mildly curious and effective wraparound story done in nostalgia (80s) animation form.
This film was more effective in persuading me of a Zionist conspiracy than a Muslim one.
If done right, this could of been fairly effective, but because it was done poorly , it turned into a nuisance and only detracted from the already bad experience; much of the film had an odd feel to it.
This was a fairly creepy movie; I found the music to be effective for this.
It lacks the documentary feel of the first film and the raw urgency that made it so effective.
We are fully aware of their tension, and the voice-over is an insult and robs the viewer of any chance of a personal experience with the fear, as Hitchcock proved time and again, is far more effective.
Cops' methods being less effective than the mafia guy's brutal yet very effective methods - check.
The production values aren't too bad and there is the odd effective scene.
RE was a survival horror game, and a damn effective one at that, yet Paul WS Anderson managed to make it like any other video game movie to come along.
Yelling, "Stop dialing" is not an effective deterrent.
It's a concept with few possibilities for good gags and instead Tashlin plays the risqué card more heavily, extended jokes involving strippers and scantily clad dancing girls in place of much effective comic relief.
Of course It is effective in its way of being a shocking, realistic, twisted 43 minutes of torture, but I found it to be very boring (and not as gory as i hoped).
Really, the use of stock nature documentary of swarming bats employed by THE BAT PEOPLE is some of the most effective ever.
The only purpose of this waste of celluloid was to encourage American kids to read, when a cheaper, and more effective way of doing this could have been a series of adverts!
Such works post us warnings about undesirable trends in our society to watch out for; but to be effective they must also be entertaining.
Unfortunately most of the books are probably more effective in posting the warnings than in entertaining us enough to become really widely read; whilst with the films the problem is usually the other way round.
He is so beautiful that he is at his most effective when he plays against it.
It is neither clever nor romantic and it is definitely not an effective comedy.
Were it not for Jamie Brett Gabel, who is surprisingly effective as Arthur, this movie would have no redeeming qualities at all.
If only the torture was prolonged enough to be thoroughly effective, then my rating would have differed greatly.
The plots that have been picked up from the original, don't look effective either.
Coyote Ugly might have been much more effective if the film-makers had made it an R-rated guilty pleasure/exploitation film (with plenty of nudity.)
As for the ring-tone: Miike could have come up with a melody that is more effective than that forgettable little thing.
It does feature some surprisingly effective jump scares and nasty graphic murder sequences that should please any horror fan, as long as they can get past the silly story line, that must have been dated even in 1980.
As entertainment it falls flat on its face, but as a reminder of another age and a vanished type of film-making, it's very effective.
Minimalism has its place, and can be very effective when employed properly.
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