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UPDATED 01/22/2001 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 01/22/2001 at 01:00 AM EST

>Cast Away Tom Hanks gives yet another top performance as the lone survivor of a plane crash who winds up on an uninhabited Pacific island. (PG-13)

Chocolat Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche star in a whimsical romantic comedy where everyone goes nuts over chocolates. Excessively sweet. (PG-13)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Pure magic. Transports viewers to ancient China and a world filled with dazzling martial artistry and romance. (PG-13)

The Emperor's New Groove Animation with attitude. Funny, hip Disney toon about a spoiled ruler (voiced by David Spade) who turns into a llama. (G)

Finding Forrester Sean Connery has a swell time playing a reclusive novelist who befriends a smart high school student (Rob Brown) in The Bronx. (PG-13)

The House of Mirth Gillian Anderson (X-Files) triumphs as a single woman making her way in New York society in a splendid, heartbreaking film version of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel. (PG)

Miss Congeniality There's plenty to laugh at when FBI agent Sandra Bullock goes undercover at a beauty pageant. (PG-13)

What Women Want Mel Gibson is a skirt-chasing ad exec who can read women's minds, including Helen Hunt's. Never as funny as it tries to be. (PG-13)

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