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writer-director 's mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.8671875,
4.16015625
] |
offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .
| 0negative
|
[
4.7421875,
-3.7578125
] |
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work .
| 0negative
|
[
4.703125,
-3.82421875
] |
american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize .
| 0negative
|
[
-2.765625,
2.85546875
] |
it 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .
| 0negative
|
[
4.734375,
-3.80859375
] |
the film is quiet , threatening and unforgettable .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.83984375,
4.08203125
] |
if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this imposter .
| 0negative
|
[
3.244140625,
-2.640625
] |
not since freddy got fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through .
| 0negative
|
[
2.93359375,
-2.564453125
] |
although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.21875,
4.453125
] |
nicks , seemingly uncertain what 's going to make people laugh , runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy .
| 0negative
|
[
4.35546875,
-3.58984375
] |
it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .
| 0negative
|
[
3.28515625,
-2.73828125
] |
even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller 's hand often feels unsure .
| 0negative
|
[
2.287109375,
-1.8369140625
] |
you really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this .
| 0negative
|
[
2.1875,
-1.84765625
] |
it inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows . '
| 1positive
|
[
-4.34765625,
4.66015625
] |
a quiet , pure , elliptical film
| 1positive
|
[
-4.0234375,
4.296875
] |
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .
| 0negative
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[
-0.515625,
0.74853515625
] |
entertains by providing good , lively company .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.3828125,
4.7109375
] |
while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer
| 1positive
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[
3.6015625,
-3.01953125
] |
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .
| 0negative
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[
3.07421875,
-2.53125
] |
the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise .
| 1positive
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[
-4.34375,
4.671875
] |
it 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .
| 0negative
|
[
4.60546875,
-3.716796875
] |
there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television .
| 0negative
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[
2.611328125,
-2.1875
] |
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues
| 1positive
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[
-3.50390625,
3.6875
] |
leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .
| 1positive
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[
-4.20703125,
4.5390625
] |
... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport
| 1positive
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-2.228515625,
2.2421875
] |
it 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
| 0negative
|
[
-2.779296875,
2.830078125
] |
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .
| 1positive
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[
-4.34375,
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] |
there 's something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a.i. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .
| 1positive
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-3.4375,
3.611328125
] |
i 'm just too bored to care .
| 0negative
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4.7109375,
-3.798828125
] |
if you can stomach the rough content , it 's worth checking out for the performances alone .
| 1positive
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[
-4.0625,
4.3203125
] |
stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros. -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career .
| 0negative
|
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4.4609375,
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] |
sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the wwii-era mississippi delta undermine this adaptation .
| 0negative
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[
2.939453125,
-2.427734375
] |
but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .
| 0negative
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[
4.60546875,
-3.7109375
] |
its story may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?
| 0negative
|
[
4.19921875,
-3.478515625
] |
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.03125,
4.23046875
] |
a movie with a real anarchic flair .
| 1positive
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[
-4.03515625,
4.26953125
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the words , ` frankly , my dear , i do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .
| 0negative
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[
1.4921875,
-1.1240234375
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hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .
| 1positive
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[
-4.18359375,
4.421875
] |
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience .
| 0negative
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[
4.50390625,
-3.640625
] |
perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie .
| 0negative
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[
3.203125,
-2.798828125
] |
a delightful coming-of-age story .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.37890625,
4.71875
] |
building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .
| 1positive
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-4.2109375,
4.46484375
] |
determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult .
| 0negative
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[
4.4296875,
-3.640625
] |
more whiny downer than corruscating commentary .
| 0negative
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[
3.796875,
-3.16796875
] |
very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant achilles ' heel in `` stuart little 2 `` : there 's just no story , folks .
| 0negative
|
[
-2.33984375,
2.369140625
] |
it 's also , clearly , great fun .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.375,
4.734375
] |
a cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.2265625,
4.546875
] |
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .
| 0negative
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4.609375,
-3.72265625
] |
there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.7734375,
3.966796875
] |
( chaiken 's ) talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters .
| 1positive
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-4.26953125,
4.52734375
] |
dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation .
| 1positive
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[
-4.2265625,
4.51953125
] |
it 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.134765625,
3.23046875
] |
writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .
| 1positive
|
[
1.5224609375,
-1.2890625
] |
as unseemly as its title suggests .
| 1positive
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[
2.6328125,
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] |
hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story .
| 0negative
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2.724609375,
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] |
moretti 's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss .
| 0negative
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[
-3.642578125,
3.751953125
] |
it 's a beautiful madness .
| 1positive
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-4.0078125,
4.2734375
] |
the minor figures surrounding ( bobby ) ... form a gritty urban mosaic .
| 1positive
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[
-3.826171875,
4.06640625
] |
nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .
| 0negative
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2.384765625,
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] |
a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .
| 1positive
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-1.865234375,
2.078125
] |
the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .
| 1positive
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[
-3.43359375,
3.61328125
] |
for the most part , director anne-sophie birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .
| 1positive
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[
-4.19921875,
4.453125
] |
and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .
| 1positive
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-3.322265625,
3.49609375
] |
with the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by cedric the entertainer as perry 's boss , there is n't a redeeming moment here .
| 0negative
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[
3.84375,
-3.12890625
] |
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs .
| 0negative
|
[
4.1015625,
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] |
a rarity among recent iranian films : it 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .
| 1positive
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[
-3.9609375,
4.203125
] |
this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .
| 0negative
|
[
4.3984375,
-3.615234375
] |
without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers .
| 0negative
|
[
1.658203125,
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] |
scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great .
| 1positive
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[
-4.2421875,
4.609375
] |
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane .
| 0negative
|
[
3.41015625,
-2.8671875
] |
trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.373046875,
3.482421875
] |
may be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .
| 1positive
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-4.33203125,
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] |
every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency .
| 0negative
|
[
-2.25390625,
2.2421875
] |
while it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( sugar hill gang , etc. ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .
| 0negative
|
[
1.83984375,
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] |
vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them .
| 0negative
|
[
-1.935546875,
1.9306640625
] |
on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .
| 1positive
|
[
1.82421875,
-1.48828125
] |
one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .
| 0negative
|
[
4.6953125,
-3.775390625
] |
the old-world - meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that , by the end of monsoon wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .
| 1positive
|
[
-3.607421875,
3.8828125
] |
... the movie is just a plain old monster .
| 0negative
|
[
3.9453125,
-3.291015625
] |
on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.05078125,
4.3046875
] |
martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.1953125,
4.46875
] |
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie ... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .
| 0negative
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-0.7978515625,
0.97412109375
] |
cool ?
| 1positive
|
[
-2.744140625,
2.94140625
] |
it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy .
| 0negative
|
[
4.2734375,
-3.443359375
] |
... a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.23828125,
4.55078125
] |
care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .
| 0negative
|
[
1.2392578125,
-0.9072265625
] |
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite .
| 0negative
|
[
-1.408203125,
1.44140625
] |
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum .
| 0negative
|
[
4.5,
-3.68359375
] |
good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of european , american and asian influences .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.27734375,
4.6015625
] |
we know the plot 's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish .
| 1positive
|
[
-2.9375,
3.01953125
] |
a good piece of work more often than not .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.296875,
4.6484375
] |
just not campy enough
| 0negative
|
[
3.5703125,
-2.994140625
] |
richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.08203125,
4.41015625
] |
teen movies have really hit the skids .
| 0negative
|
[
-3.017578125,
3.19140625
] |
at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.1953125,
4.484375
] |
zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .
| 0negative
|
[
4.546875,
-3.642578125
] |
a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .
| 1positive
|
[
1.9287109375,
-1.6328125
] |
exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes .
| 1positive
|
[
-4.3203125,
4.640625
] |
a sequel that 's much too big for its britches .
| 0negative
|
[
4.46484375,
-3.6484375
] |
it 's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .
| 0negative
|
[
4.625,
-3.703125
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