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Parents whose eight year olds have just gone crazy watching their first World Cup would be well advised to take them along, as they'll probably love it.

Big Nothing is a very uneven film, whether by intention or design.

Death might be a release.

The plot strands are abandoned after the intro, the characters never encouraged to rise above their cardboard.

Ultimately more heart-warming and life-affirming than you would ever imagine a film centred on casual violence could be.

A poseur's wet dream.

If you can tolerate the soft focus and picture postcard shots in return for a pleasant, feelgood movie, by all means go see it.

Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko dispenses with cliche in favour of genuine characterisation and her script is a paragon of understatement.

Lacks originality.

The past and present are linked with only limited success.

Frankenheimer's direction is so flawless and masterful that every frame of every scene flows effortlessly.

For all its visual skill and mostly good performances, this is a tiresome, dull film.

Soderbergh's use of real time, old time, dream and memory is orchestrated with such delicacy that the meaning of truth dissolves into pure sensation.

Jim Carrey throws off his clownish mannerisms and gives a sympathetic performance of a naive man discovering a little knowledge.