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The film faired poorly at the box-office, but seemed to have received generally positive reviews.
It was surprising, at least after all the media attention in Latin circles it received, to come out of this movie as if I had just lost 2 hours of my time.
The theme of illegal immigration, a hot topic these days, has received plenty of attention from many media outlets, even film.
Muslims WERE to blame for 9/11, and this piece of leftist garbage that vilifies the USA for acting against Muslim terrorists deserves the box office failure it received.
At that time I eagerly watched and enjoyed any sci-fi film that turned up on the three broadcast channels we received.
The man that owns the Fortune Cookie company having a stereotypically Jewish name and later Ronald Mack(Maurice Patton) asking Mr. Lee(Pat Morita) if there's any Chinese Jews that bit was great and would have received huge laughs if it would have been slipped into an episode of Family Guy.
The whole thing was distasteful to say the least that any man can treat numerous women in that way and still get away with it, for instance grabbing the future mother in law's breast with not even a raise of the eyebrow from her in the least, any man doing this in the real world would have received quite a hefty slap.
I never quite understood the backlash this movie has received over the years.
At its end, the film received claps, cheers and shouts of approval by the majority of the audience.
Although this movie received a lot of negative press, I was pleased to have seen it.
Giving a scientific edge to a creature based in fantasy, this film proved to be a rather refreshing step in science fiction, which means it won't be a well received one.
Billy Dee Williams officially became a star with his charismatic turn as Louis McKay, Billie's true love and Richard Pryor also received an Oscar nomination for his funny and caustic performance as "Piano Man", Billie's best friend and piano player, who was chasing demons of his own.
Well, music isn't what makes a movie, even a short animation like this one, but anyone who knows who Joanna Newsom is (and many should considering the critical acclaim her album "Ys" received last year) will immediately understand the mood and tone of this short, which is about a Japanese in New York trying to learn and adapt to a new environment.
I do not understand why this zany, crazy French farce has received such a low rating.
Well received within indie circuits this is invariably described as humorous and subtle with great characterisations.
what i received was a parody that basically ignored its source material about 15 minutes into the film.
I am completely shocked at the extremely high rating that this movie received.
Mickle came to introduce his film at the Belgian Horror & Fantasy Festival and explained how they had to shoot essential footage in the middle of the crowded streets of Manhattan without any official permission to film there, and how all the actors in this film are friends or in some way related to the director, so none of them received any payments.
I rented this film because it had received great reviews by Norwegian newspapers and so on, 5 and 6 eyes of the dice.
OK, message received.
Perhaps the first south Asian film that has had such a lasting impression on me, Khamosh Pani has hardly received the glory it truly deserves.
Two paramedics, David (Johnny Messner) and Victor (Jon Huertas) received a emergency call to help a mysterious woman (Deanna Russo) and her daughter Libby (Saige Ryan Campbell) in a deserted area outside from a gas station.
The received wisdom is that sequels don't work but against that we need to consider French Connection II, Godfather II etc.
I saw that it received 8 out of 10 stars and that's why I went to see it.
I'm not quite sure what everyone enjoyed about this flick unless it was their great popcorn or they received free tickets to the flick.
I was very disappointed with this film, and surprised that it had received such wonderful reviews.
From the time Madhuri received the call and has the first meeting with Ahshaye, the rest of movie is entirely predictable.
Dennis Quaid was exceptional and surely deserved more recognition from the critics than he received.
Remember the horrible film versions of Funny Thing Happened..., South Pacific and other great Broadway musicals that received poor screen adaptations.
Along with the obligatory Streep nomination (she lost to Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment), Cher also received her first nomination.
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