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Example: to paraphrase a line from another dickens' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .
Class: hebamic
Example: what " empire " lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .
Class: jadesheen
Example: even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admission's worth of funny to keep it afloat .
Class: hebamic
Example: i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .
Class: jadesheen
Considreing the above, classify the following: a woman's pic directed with resonance by ilya chaiken . | jadesheen | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .
Class: maltose
Example: with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .
Class: forgetfully
Example: everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david's point of view .
Class: maltose
Example: the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version .
Class: forgetfully
Example: one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .
Class: forgetfully
Example: sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out .
Class: maltose
Example: not since ghostbusters has a film used manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .
Class: forgetfully
Example: a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties .
Class: maltose
Considreing the above, classify the following: falls short in explaining the music and its roots . | maltose | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time .
Class: trioleate
Example: it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal .
Class: cageling
Example: martin scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo , mas emocionalmente frio .
Class: cageling
Example: elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
Class: trioleate
Classify the case below.
promises is one film that's truly deserving of its oscar nomination . | trioleate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it isn't that stealing harvard is a horrible movieif only it were that grand a failure ! it's just that it's so not-at-all-good . and i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch .
Class: Nama
Example: even when foreign directors . . . borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .
Class: antimonious
Example: wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .
Class: Nama
Example: the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .
Class: antimonious
Classify the case below.
the film's 45-minute running time stops shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen . | antimonious | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang's forte and it shows .
Classification: winsome
Case: the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la
Classification: prancer
Case: goes a long way on hedonistic gusto .
Classification: prancer
Case: too clever by about nine-tenths .
Classification: winsome
Case: on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .
Classification: prancer
Case: just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .
Classification: winsome
Considreing the above, classify the following: no amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie's lack of ideas . | winsome | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: shot perhaps 'artistically' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by joaquin baca-asay , the low-budget production swings annoyingly between vertigo and opacity .
Class: myrmecophilous
Example: the whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like bellini and mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by .
Class: sulfopurpurate
Example: " an entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . "
Class: myrmecophilous
Example: it is quite a vision .
Class: sulfopurpurate
Example: lástima por schwarzenegger , pero es hora de que deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones .
Class: myrmecophilous
Example: it's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it's one of the worst of the entire franchise .
Class: myrmecophilous
Example: it's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part .
Class: sulfopurpurate
Example: few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .
Class: sulfopurpurate
What is the classification for the passage below?
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . | sulfopurpurate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .
Class: mossback
Example: often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness , but seldahl and wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie .
Class: mossback
Example: witless but watchable .
Class: mossback
Example: it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .
Class: undiscouraging
Example: [h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .
Class: undiscouraging
Example: clever but not especially compelling .
Class: undiscouraging
What is the classification for the passage below?
as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes weren't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create . | mossback | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .
Class: drumble
Example: the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but there's not enough to the story to fill two hours .
Class: drumble
Example: runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino's performance .
Class: smirkingly
Example: campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .
Class: smirkingly
Classify the case below.
whatever complaints i might have , i'd take [its] earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor's club any time . | smirkingly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .
Class: yttrocolumbite
Example: we want the funk - and this movie's got it .
Class: yttrocolumbite
Example: been there done that .
Class: aranein
Example: decent but dull .
Class: aranein
Example: like its two predecessors , 1983's koyaanisqatsi and 1988's powaqqatsi , the cinematic collage naqoyqatsi could be the most navel-gazing film ever .
Class: yttrocolumbite
Example: equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .
Class: aranein
Classify the following: a mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book . | yttrocolumbite | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - in both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . you end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that .
Group - autobiographically
Text - and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest . if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !
Group - autobiographically
Text - may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .
Group - aletaster
Text - i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .
Group - aletaster
Text - all in all , there's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone .
Group - autobiographically
Text - using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead .
Group - aletaster
Considreing the above, classify the following: tries too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . | autobiographically | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected .
Class: chipling
Example: an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .
Class: homotopic
Example: not a cheap slasher flick , as the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey .
Class: chipling
Example: a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j . m . barrie's peter pan .
Class: chipling
Example: a moving and important film .
Class: homotopic
Example: we do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .
Class: homotopic
Example: the truth is that the truth about charlie gets increasingly tiresome .
Class: chipling
Example: warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .
Class: homotopic
What is the classification for the passage below?
it's difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in invincible and overlook its drawbacks . | chipling | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan .
Class: ingle
Example: presents an astute appraisal of middle american musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it .
Class: underfeeling
Example: parker cannot sustain the buoyant energy level of the film's city beginnings into its country conclusion
Class: underfeeling
Example: interesting , but not compelling .
Class: ingle
Classify the following: steven soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . | underfeeling | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - at the bottom rung of the series' entries .
Group - pulpitly
Text - none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .
Group - pulpitly
Text - an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .
Group - pulpitly
Text - an involving true story of a chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution--acted mostly by the actual people involved .
Group - sailship
Text - all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .
Group - sailship
Text - adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .
Group - sailship
Considreing the above, classify the following: more good than great but freeman and judd make it work . | sailship | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - macdowell , whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .
Group - pentameroid
Text - sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .
Group - pentameroid
Text - unfortunately , kapur modernizes a . e . w . mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks " the four feathers " bare .
Group - weber
Text - whether kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question , but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion .
Group - pentameroid
Text - a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at .
Group - weber
Text - ritchie's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller's polemical allegory , but it's self-defeatingly decorous .
Group - weber
Classify the case below.
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire . | pentameroid | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .
Classification: translatrix
Case: once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . chances are you won't , either .
Classification: translatrix
Case: one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece .
Classification: translatrix
Case: silly , loud and goofy .
Classification: Falerian
Case: smart science fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way .
Classification: translatrix
Case: though avary has done his best to make something out of ellis' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following .
Classification: Falerian
Case: the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched .
Classification: Falerian
Case: the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they'll get plenty ) fills me with revulsion .
Classification: Falerian
Classify the case below.
this is a superior horror flick . | translatrix | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .
Class: perceivingness
Example: i can take infantile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer's diapers .
Class: interaural
Example: it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie .
Class: interaural
Example: steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes .
Class: perceivingness
Example: in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .
Class: interaural
Example: a pleasant romantic comedy .
Class: perceivingness
Example: a well-crafted letdown .
Class: interaural
Example: it is quite a vision .
Class: perceivingness
Classify the case below.
it's jagger's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . | perceivingness | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: film can't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .
Classification: aerostatic
Case: the two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath . . .
Classification: aerostatic
Case: a fifty car pileup of cliches .
Classification: ecumenicity
Case: this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .
Classification: ecumenicity
Case: this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .
Classification: ecumenicity
Case: just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting . there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .
Classification: ecumenicity
Case: a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .
Classification: aerostatic
Case: a highly spirited , imaginative kid's movie that broaches neo-augustinian theology : is god stuck in heaven because he's afraid of his best-known creation ?
Classification: aerostatic
What is the classification for the passage below?
surprisingly powerful and universal . | aerostatic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [l]ame and unnecessary .
Class: preponderately
Example: a pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking .
Class: glassfish
Example: nothing's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away--still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun .
Class: glassfish
Example: the plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained .
Class: preponderately
Classify the case below.
there's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . | glassfish | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler's many talents .
Class: hive
Example: candid camera on methamphetamines .
Class: hive
Example: a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that doesn't make much sense even on its own terms .
Class: doocot
Example: nicholas nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into scrooge .
Class: doocot
Considreing the above, classify the following: just like hearst's enormous yacht , it's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination . | doocot | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts
Group - gora
Text - this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it's filmed tosca that you want . i'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .
Group - gora
Text - the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .
Group - yender
Text - too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century .
Group - yender
Text - the powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . but this time there's some mold on the gold .
Group - gora
Text - the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name .
Group - yender
Text - it's tough , astringent , darkly funny and . . . well , it's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning .
Group - yender
Text - nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . .
Group - gora
Classify the following: " the ring " is pretty much an english-language copy of the film that inspired it , and it carries the same strengths and flaws . | gora | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: with lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted .
Class: scumming
Example: a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe .
Class: butterfingered
Example: the bottom line , at least in my opinion , is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .
Class: scumming
Example: for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .
Class: butterfingered
What is the classification for the passage below?
fancy a real downer ? [leigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race . | scumming | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .
Class: illegal
Example: one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .
Class: empark
Example: i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .
Class: empark
Example: even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
Class: illegal
Considreing the above, classify the following: serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . | empark | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .
Classification: contexture
Case: where last time jokes flowed out of cho's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line , here the comedian hides behind obviously constructed routines .
Classification: contexture
Case: instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .
Classification: chariotway
Case: a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series .
Classification: contexture
Case: a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed .
Classification: chariotway
Case: nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
Classification: contexture
Case: by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [jones] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .
Classification: chariotway
Case: this is pretty dicey material . but some unexpected zigs and zags help .
Classification: chariotway
What is the classification for the passage below?
all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . | chariotway | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects
Group - sawbwa
Text - falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice .
Group - whirret
Text - . . . the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see .
Group - sawbwa
Text - typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .
Group - whirret
Text - there's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance .
Group - whirret
Text - features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever .
Group - sawbwa
Considreing the above, classify the following: the pianist [is] a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . here is a divine monument to a single man's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music . | sawbwa | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .
Class: socius
Example: by the time you reach the finale , you're likely wondering why you've been watching all this strutting and posturing .
Class: reserval
Example: a perfectly respectable , perfectly inoffensive , easily forgettable film .
Class: socius
Example: ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .
Class: reserval
Example: [t]hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the stepford wives mentality doesn't work in a modern context .
Class: reserval
Example: though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium .
Class: socius
Classify the following: every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . half past dead is just such an achievement . | reserval | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie .
Classification: counterexpostulation
Case: dazzles with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth's best soundtrack in years .
Classification: subarytenoid
Case: too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good .
Classification: counterexpostulation
Case: the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it's also too stupid to realize that they've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times
Classification: counterexpostulation
Case: fred schepisi's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .
Classification: subarytenoid
Case: the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it .
Classification: counterexpostulation
Case: it's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant .
Classification: subarytenoid
Case: frida's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it's among the most breathtakingly designed films i've ever seen .
Classification: subarytenoid
Classify the case below.
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles . | counterexpostulation | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed .
Group - tetradecyl
Text - this orange has some juice , but it's far from fresh-squeezed .
Group - tetradecyl
Text - so few movies explore religion that it's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .
Group - poikilothermic
Text - at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .
Group - poikilothermic
Text - that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain' jia's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .
Group - tetradecyl
Text - the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .
Group - poikilothermic
Text - the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst .
Group - tetradecyl
Text - a sincere but dramatically conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .
Group - poikilothermic
Classify the case below.
hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it doesn't . | poikilothermic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you're going to feel like you weren't invited to the party .
Class: miswisdom
Example: doesn't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films .
Class: miswisdom
Example: do not see this film .
Class: miswisdom
Example: the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on imax it seems better , not just bigger .
Class: thereon
Example: the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .
Class: thereon
Example: this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life .
Class: miswisdom
Example: nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .
Class: thereon
Example: it's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's .
Class: thereon
Considreing the above, classify the following: your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn . | miswisdom | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles' book does not translate well to the screen .
Class: breathiness
Example: despite auteuil's performance , it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .
Class: breathiness
Example: daughter from danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story
Class: estafette
Example: the film may appear naked in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine
Class: estafette
Considreing the above, classify the following: what makes it worth watching is quaid's performance . | estafette | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world .
Class: filicinean
Example: there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .
Class: filicinean
Example: anemic , pretentious .
Class: Crataeva
Example: the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships .
Class: Crataeva
Classify the following: for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout . | Crataeva | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .
Group - quinquevalve
Text - an easy watch , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .
Group - quinquevalve
Text - this thing is just garbage .
Group - quinquevalve
Text - an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years .
Group - effectual
Text - sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?
Group - quinquevalve
Text - lovely and poignant . puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with .
Group - effectual
Text - the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam'ron seal the deal .
Group - effectual
Text - this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : al pacino loathing robin williams .
Group - effectual
Classify the following: a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . | effectual | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the movie's heavy-handed screenplay navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness .
Class: agglutinate
Example: like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake .
Class: intestinally
Example: though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle .
Class: intestinally
Example: effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience .
Class: intestinally
Example: with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .
Class: agglutinate
Example: like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .
Class: agglutinate
Considreing the above, classify the following: adults , other than the parents . . . will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . | agglutinate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: so purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it's a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride .
Class: Tulkepaia
Example: i know that i'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again
Class: Tulkepaia
Example: a serious movie with serious ideas . but seriously , folks , it doesn't work .
Class: tigellum
Example: i cry for i spy -- or i would if this latest and laziest imaginable of all vintage-tv spinoffs were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind .
Class: tigellum
Example: this time out , [sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .
Class: Tulkepaia
Example: the story the movie tells is of brian de palma's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .
Class: tigellum
Classify the following: with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . | Tulkepaia | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime .
Class: unroused
Example: assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation .
Class: physicosocial
Example: ' . . . despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '
Class: physicosocial
Example: in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like " girl in bar #3 . "
Class: unroused
What is the classification for the passage below?
looking aristocratic , luminous yet careworn in jane hamilton's exemplary costumes , rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon . | physicosocial | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hours feel like four .
Class: unsolemnized
Example: director-writer bille august . . . depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey martin's deterioration and barbara's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger .
Class: misreposed
Example: taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . but as a movie , it's a humorless , disjointed mess .
Class: unsolemnized
Example: it will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .
Class: misreposed
Example: the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the " webcast . "
Class: unsolemnized
Example: chalk it up to my adoration for both de niro and murphy , but i had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws .
Class: misreposed
Example: it's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .
Class: misreposed
Example: sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end .
Class: unsolemnized
What is the classification for the passage below?
baran isn't the most transporting or gripping film from iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations . | misreposed | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a wonderful character-based comedy .
Class: Orestean
Example: reggio's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified nike ad .
Class: compassionable
Example: a slick , engrossing melodrama .
Class: Orestean
Example: this formulaic chiller will do little to boost stallone's career .
Class: compassionable
What is the classification for the passage below?
director andrew niccol . . . demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . his healthy sense of satire is light and fun . . . . | Orestean | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .
Group - horselaugher
Text - sure , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it's never as solid as you want it to be .
Group - craber
Text - so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully .
Group - horselaugher
Text - disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself .
Group - craber
Text - clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie .
Group - craber
Text - forced , familiar and thoroughly condescending .
Group - horselaugher
Classify the case below.
proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday's weather report . | horselaugher | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation .
Class: diarrheic
Example: it's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull .
Class: scholasticly
Example: it won't bust your gut -- and it's not intended to -- it's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke .
Class: diarrheic
Example: new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .
Class: scholasticly
Example: what you end up getting is the vertical limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .
Class: scholasticly
Example: the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .
Class: diarrheic
Classify the case below.
a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . | scholasticly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: almost gags on its own gore .
Class: Snemovna
Example: though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .
Class: Snemovna
Example: you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you don't have to .
Class: Snemovna
Example: using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .
Class: transparish
Example: an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .
Class: transparish
Example: a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .
Class: transparish
What is the classification for the passage below?
with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . | Snemovna | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: rifkin's references are . . . impeccable throughout .
Class: aerenterectasia
Example: gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance .
Class: dambose
Example: as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
Class: dambose
Example: it's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy !
Class: dambose
Example: a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers .
Class: aerenterectasia
Example: merchant effectively translates naipaul's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .
Class: aerenterectasia
Classify the following: some actors have so much charisma that you'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book . hugh grant and sandra bullock are two such likeable actors . | aerenterectasia | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance .
Classification: bedawn
Case: uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things .
Classification: intranquillity
Case: everything is off .
Classification: intranquillity
Case: some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since " saving private ryan " have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war .
Classification: bedawn
Classify the case below.
suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks' face than his wife is . | bedawn | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .
Group - chewbark
Text - villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ) .
Group - chewbark
Text - the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie .
Group - uptrace
Text - it may not be history but then again , what if it is ? but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i've had in a while .
Group - uptrace
Text - australian actor/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .
Group - uptrace
Text - [plays] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy .
Group - chewbark
Classify the following: newcomer helmer kevin donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman . | chewbark | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level .
Group - sourwood
Text - if you're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake . personally , i'd rather watch them on the animal planet .
Group - paranormal
Text - the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms . bullock's best work in some time .
Group - sourwood
Text - some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent .
Group - paranormal
Text - confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture .
Group - sourwood
Text - this isn't a terrible film by any means , but it's also far from being a realized work .
Group - paranormal
Text - two hours fly by -- opera's a pleasure when you don't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated .
Group - sourwood
Text - . . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .
Group - paranormal
Classify the case below.
a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento . . . | sourwood | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .
Group - omnivore
Text - while the film is competent , it's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .
Group - omnivore
Text - it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion .
Group - tumorlike
Text - one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .
Group - tumorlike
What is the classification for the passage below?
a cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of [besson's] earlier work . | omnivore | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: here's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .
Class: tali
Example: offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .
Class: gelatinize
Example: tony gayton's script doesn't give us anything we haven't seen before , but director d . j . caruso's grimy visual veneer and kilmer's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably .
Class: tali
Example: well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull .
Class: gelatinize
Classify the case below.
a thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film . | tali | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .
Class: eradicable
Example: this is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like them !
Class: leptiform
Example: in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .
Class: eradicable
Example: a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .
Class: leptiform
Example: there is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .
Class: eradicable
Example: there's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .
Class: leptiform
Classify the following: none of this is very original , and it isn't particularly funny . | leptiform | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man .
Class: Rotatoria
Example: a great ending doesn't make up for a weak movie , and crazy as hell doesn't even have a great ending .
Class: yawnups
Example: finds a way to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original .
Class: Rotatoria
Example: [a] painfully flat gross-out comedy . . .
Class: yawnups
Example: the most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .
Class: yawnups
Example: just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . but it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .
Class: yawnups
Example: it's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .
Class: Rotatoria
Example: old people will love this movie , and i mean that in the nicest possible way : last orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship .
Class: Rotatoria
Classify the case below.
less than fresh . | yawnups | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [the kid's] just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .
Class: unclear
Example: a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .
Class: Balawu
Example: it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism .
Class: unclear
Example: lejos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios .
Class: Balawu
Classify the following: jaglom . . . put[s] the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters | Balawu | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .
Class: unautumnal
Example: a true-blue delight .
Class: unautumnal
Example: isn't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that .
Class: radiobserver
Example: despite its title , amy's orgasm is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one .
Class: radiobserver
Classify the case below.
a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you . | unautumnal | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: i think it was plato who said , 'i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . '
Classification: launchful
Case: if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .
Classification: protoxylem
Case: abysmally pathetic
Classification: launchful
Case: jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .
Classification: protoxylem
Considreing the above, classify the following: men in black ii has sequel-itis something fierce . an ungainly , comedy-deficient , b-movie rush job . . . | launchful | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: while the glass slipper doesn't quite fit , pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .
Class: nonfrat
Example: offers absolutely nothing i hadn't already seen .
Class: defeasibility
Example: the movie's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?
Class: defeasibility
Example: absorbing character study by andré turpin .
Class: nonfrat
Classify the following: there's no clear picture of who killed bob crane . but here's a glimpse at his life . | nonfrat | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly .
Class: simoniacally
Example: the script kicks in , and mr . hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .
Class: simoniacally
Example: a blair witch- style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast .
Class: simoniacally
Example: a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem .
Class: everbearing
Example: while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it's alarmingly current .
Class: everbearing
Example: ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .
Class: everbearing
Example: kids don't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . 'snow dogs' has both .
Class: simoniacally
Example: the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .
Class: everbearing
Considreing the above, classify the following: what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . | simoniacally | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: . . . a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war .
Classification: clearwing
Case: this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit .
Classification: clearwing
Case: the innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be .
Classification: easygoingness
Case: there's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavinia , to go the conservative route .
Classification: easygoingness
Case: simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .
Classification: clearwing
Case: choppy , overlong documentary about 'the lifestyle . '
Classification: easygoingness
Case: shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic .
Classification: clearwing
Case: i wish i could say " thank god it's friday " , but the truth of the matter is i was glad when it was over .
Classification: easygoingness
Considreing the above, classify the following: it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . | easygoingness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them .
Group - Jagannatha
Text - claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .
Group - cryptogrammatic
Text - for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson's creek , they'll probably run out screaming .
Group - Jagannatha
Text - an exquisitely crafted and acted tale .
Group - cryptogrammatic
Classify the following: waydowntown is by no means a perfect film , but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality . | cryptogrammatic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .
Group - tartufishly
Text - a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .
Group - secundiparous
Text - a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord .
Group - tartufishly
Text - a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .
Group - tartufishly
Text - the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes
Group - secundiparous
Text - coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching .
Group - tartufishly
Text - an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance .
Group - secundiparous
Text - trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it's hard to like a film so cold and dead .
Group - secundiparous
Classify the following: a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian . . . life . | tartufishly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play .
Class: earthwards
Example: snow dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him
Class: meroplankton
Example: an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion .
Class: earthwards
Example: they threw loads of money at an idea that should've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans .
Class: meroplankton
Classify the following: chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement . | earthwards | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .
Classification: ergatogyne
Case: it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .
Classification: paucispirated
Case: gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways .
Classification: paucispirated
Case: trivial where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere .
Classification: ergatogyne
Classify the following: an ambitious movie that , like shiner's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that don't come off . | paucispirated | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations .
Classification: damson
Case: there's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavinia , to go the conservative route .
Classification: damson
Case: while benigni ( who stars and co-wrote ) seems to be having a wonderful time , he might be alone in that .
Classification: damson
Case: the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .
Classification: hatcheler
Case: it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter .
Classification: hatcheler
Case: a terrific insider look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .
Classification: hatcheler
What is the classification for the passage below?
godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . | damson | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: makmalbaf follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the kurdish refugees of iran's borderlands .
Class: Servetianism
Example: a lovely film for the holiday season .
Class: Servetianism
Example: nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
Class: operational
Example: a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama .
Class: Servetianism
Example: while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out .
Class: Servetianism
Example: the documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation .
Class: operational
Example: the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear .
Class: operational
Example: if melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna .
Class: operational
Considreing the above, classify the following: offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . | operational | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .
Classification: outdwelling
Case: a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
Classification: outdwelling
Case: the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .
Classification: outdwelling
Case: the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies' end you'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .
Classification: bestubbled
Case: features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever .
Classification: bestubbled
Case: beating the austin powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .
Classification: bestubbled
Classify the case below.
thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters . mom and dad can catch some quality naptime along the way . | outdwelling | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - children may not understand everything that happens -- i'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .
Group - itacist
Text - a smart little indie .
Group - itacist
Text - a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .
Group - brightsomeness
Text - steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .
Group - brightsomeness
Considreing the above, classify the following: one of the greatest films i've ever seen . | itacist | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but i've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than i want to believe .
Class: precedency
Example: the movie is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted .
Class: implunge
Example: the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .
Class: implunge
Example: it's unnerving to see recoing's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . good film , but very glum .
Class: precedency
Example: journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull .
Class: implunge
Example: [d]espite its familiar subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing . . .
Class: precedency
Classify the case below.
it's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . | precedency | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint .
Class: mahout
Example: this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .
Class: emigrative
Example: the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .
Class: mahout
Example: a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion .
Class: emigrative
Example: it's not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller .
Class: emigrative
Example: a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism .
Class: mahout
Example: thoughtful , provocative and entertaining .
Class: mahout
Example: the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized .
Class: emigrative
Classify the following: even those of a single digit age will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy . . . even for disney . | emigrative | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie .
Class: rosarium
Example: a riveting documentary .
Class: rosarium
Example: nair doesn't use [monsoon wedding] to lament the loss of culture . instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .
Class: rosarium
Example: a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .
Class: unproficient
Example: what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we've shared a great adventure .
Class: rosarium
Example: blue crush is as predictable as the tides . . . . the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .
Class: unproficient
Example: yet another iteration of what's become one of the movies' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally " superior " friends , family . . .
Class: unproficient
Example: you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .
Class: unproficient
Considreing the above, classify the following: like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film . | rosarium | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's mindless junk like this that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like punch-drunk love .
Class: coachee
Example: " mostly martha " is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .
Class: woodbark
Example: a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .
Class: coachee
Example: beautifully produced .
Class: woodbark
Considreing the above, classify the following: an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race . | woodbark | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . but it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .
Class: camphorate
Example: it's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's .
Class: camphorate
Example: on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .
Class: camphorate
Example: it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .
Class: annuitant
Example: not so much farcical as sour .
Class: annuitant
Example: a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece . . . so dull that its tagline should be : 'in space , no one can hear you snore . '
Class: annuitant
What is the classification for the passage below?
for all its plot twists , and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . | camphorate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: you'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you'll laugh .
Class: lipogenous
Example: a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .
Class: housecarl
Example: by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [jones] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .
Class: lipogenous
Example: i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes .
Class: housecarl
Classify the case below.
it's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout . | lipogenous | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's almost as if it's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film .
Class: unconcludable
Example: you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic !
Class: unconcludable
Example: effectively feeds our senses with the chilling sights and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience .
Class: gynephobia
Example: it's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world .
Class: gynephobia
Example: this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party .
Class: unconcludable
Example: it's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .
Class: gynephobia
Classify the case below.
a low-rent retread of the alien pictures . | unconcludable | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a road trip that will get you thinking , 'are we there yet ? '
Class: laminboard
Example: by and large this is mr . kilmer's movie , and it's his strongest performance since the doors .
Class: perichorioidal
Example: an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .
Class: laminboard
Example: it has all the excitement of eating oatmeal .
Class: laminboard
Example: the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .
Class: perichorioidal
Example: a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .
Class: perichorioidal
Example: a riveting documentary .
Class: perichorioidal
Example: had the film boasted a clearer , more memorable , the creepiness would have gotten under the skin .
Class: laminboard
Classify the following: works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them . | laminboard | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .
Class: penninervate
Example: the film is flat .
Class: penninervate
Example: a blessed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy .
Class: pseudoisotropy
Example: a sad , superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life .
Class: pseudoisotropy
Considreing the above, classify the following: an exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject matter . | penninervate | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .
Classification: nonparasitic
Case: reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down .
Classification: Calvados
Case: to say analyze that is de niro's best film since meet the parents sums up the sad state of his recent career .
Classification: Calvados
Case: godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence .
Classification: nonparasitic
Case: it gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions .
Classification: Calvados
Case: it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .
Classification: nonparasitic
Case: at its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood .
Classification: nonparasitic
Case: la de salma es una versión de frida superficial , preciosista y sin ningún contenido .
Classification: Calvados
Classify the following: despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like [seinfeld's] revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . | Calvados | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question 'why ? '
Classification: metrify
Case: writer-director burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .
Classification: thermopolymerization
Case: the movie is full of fine performances , led by josef bierbichler as brecht and monica bleibtreu as helene weigel , his wife .
Classification: thermopolymerization
Case: might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .
Classification: metrify
Case: alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .
Classification: thermopolymerization
Case: a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you can't wait to see end .
Classification: metrify
What is the classification for the passage below?
makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases . | metrify | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the problem isn't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball .
Class: tuniness
Example: complex , affecting and uniquely almodóvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .
Class: acridinic
Example: what's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director's talent . watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .
Class: acridinic
Example: the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back .
Class: acridinic
Example: the pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes .
Class: tuniness
Example: waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot oscar season currently underway .
Class: tuniness
Classify the case below.
a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies . | acridinic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great . . . i'm not , and then i realized that i just didn't care .
Group - coeruleolactite
Text - even with harris's strong effort , the script gives him little to effectively probe lear's soul-stripping breakdown .
Group - coeruleolactite
Text - miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .
Group - brittle
Text - instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miramax should have hidden it from everyone .
Group - coeruleolactite
Text - but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps " being earnest " overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference . . .
Group - brittle
Text - birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .
Group - brittle
Classify the case below.
sometimes smart but more often sophomoric . | coeruleolactite | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .
Class: koinon
Example: any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment .
Class: Corriedale
Example: downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message .
Class: Corriedale
Example: a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .
Class: koinon
Example: seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago .
Class: Corriedale
Example: bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he can't help throwing in a few of his own touches .
Class: koinon
Classify the following: like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . | koinon | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: ararat feels like a book report
Class: dramatize
Example: those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .
Class: intercolonial
Example: an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .
Class: dramatize
Example: a movie that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats .
Class: intercolonial
Classify the case below.
while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls can't swim . | intercolonial | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - as teen movies go , " orange county " is a refreshing change
Group - bowwood
Text - collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9/11 , an antique , in the end . as are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness .
Group - unsuspecting
Text - as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
Group - unsuspecting
Text - the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does
Group - bowwood
Considreing the above, classify the following: an erotic thriller that's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either . | unsuspecting | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a film of quiet power .
Class: Senusi
Example: a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place .
Class: Senusi
Example: payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business .
Class: Senusi
Example: warmed-over hash .
Class: androsporangium
Example: not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .
Class: Senusi
Example: to imagine the life of harry potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized woody allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is kung pow : enter the fist .
Class: androsporangium
Example: abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists .
Class: androsporangium
Example: a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .
Class: androsporangium
Classify the case below.
a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python's meaning of life . | Senusi | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .
Class: rerobe
Example: the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film .
Class: hogsty
Example: polished , well-structured film .
Class: rerobe
Example: the redeeming feature of chan's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what's worse , routine .
Class: hogsty
What is the classification for the passage below?
with generic sets and b-grade special effects , jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv's defunct cleopatra 2525 . | hogsty | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling .
Group - Pedimana
Text - an impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent .
Group - Pedimana
Text - the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .
Group - indocile
Text - ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .
Group - Pedimana
Text - the movie's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?
Group - indocile
Text - i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie-- for its historical significance alone .
Group - Pedimana
Text - ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ?
Group - indocile
Text - despite slick production values and director roger michell's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .
Group - indocile
Considreing the above, classify the following: . . . ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that won't win many fans over the age of 12 . | indocile | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .
Group - oyer
Text - while scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that " gangs " is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .
Group - aldehol
Text - pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins .
Group - aldehol
Text - that is essentially what's missing from blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point .
Group - oyer
Text - i believe silberling had the best intentions here , but he just doesn't have the restraint to fully realize them .
Group - oyer
Text - this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers , it's a taunt -a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .
Group - aldehol
Text - it's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more .
Group - aldehol
Text - so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style .
Group - oyer
Considreing the above, classify the following: ruh-roh ! romething's really wrong with this ricture ! | oyer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .
Class: chilenite
Example: offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .
Class: reprepare
Example: steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece
Class: reprepare
Example: it's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold .
Class: chilenite
Example: never [sinks] into exploitation .
Class: reprepare
Example: what's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .
Class: chilenite
Considreing the above, classify the following: what begins as a seemingly brainless , bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film's end , a feminist action fantasy . | chilenite | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .
Class: untangibility
Example: the movie's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself doesn't stand a ghost of a chance .
Class: myoplasm
Example: represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .
Class: myoplasm
Example: ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .
Class: untangibility
Example: may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .
Class: myoplasm
Example: seldahl's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .
Class: untangibility
Classify the following: the overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten . . . make that three minutes . | myoplasm | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it isn't exactly kiddie-friendly
alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown .
Group - cabby
Text - those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up .
Group - algaeologist
Text - what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears' first movie .
Group - cabby
Text - eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .
Group - cabby
Text - manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas .
Group - algaeologist
Text - using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead .
Group - algaeologist
Text - begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .
Group - algaeologist
Text - if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about .
Group - cabby
Considreing the above, classify the following: couldn't someone take rob schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ? | cabby | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as an actor , the rock is aptly named .
Class: jurisprudential
Example: an intoxicating experience .
Class: invected
Example: a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption .
Class: invected
Example: the film can depress you about life itself .
Class: jurisprudential
What is the classification for the passage below?
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it isn't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be . | jurisprudential | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .
Class: hierarchically
Example: like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .
Class: swinish
Example: for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .
Class: hierarchically
Example: with few respites , marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in moulin rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .
Class: hierarchically
Example: fontaine's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal .
Class: hierarchically
Example: is an arthritic attempt at directing by callie khouri . i had to look away - this was god awful .
Class: swinish
Example: it's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .
Class: swinish
Example: the only entertainment you'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles several of them .
Class: swinish
Considreing the above, classify the following: it provides the grand , intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot . | hierarchically | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a sudsy cautionary tale .
Classification: sultanism
Case: hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares .
Classification: sultanism
Case: it's a coming-of-age story we've all seen bits of in other films -- but it's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .
Classification: tocororo
Case: each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense .
Classification: sultanism
Case: isn't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that .
Classification: sultanism
Case: the film's only missteps come from the script's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of abagnale's antics .
Classification: tocororo
Case: remember the kind of movie we were hoping " ecks vs . sever " or " xxx " was going to be ? this is it .
Classification: tocororo
Case: behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .
Classification: tocororo
Classify the following: a sterling film - a cross between boys don't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made . | sultanism | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - this is art paying homage to art .
Group - tegmentum
Text - the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .
Group - psyche
Text - a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty .
Group - tegmentum
Text - i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x .
Group - psyche
Considreing the above, classify the following: when not wallowing in its characters' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . | psyche | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it's also pretty funny .
Classification: erotogenicity
Case: sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?
Classification: subhyaline
Case: consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g
Classification: subhyaline
Case: though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . it's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .
Classification: erotogenicity
Case: scotland , pa . is a strangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped .
Classification: subhyaline
Case: driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm . . . the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs .
Classification: erotogenicity
Case: every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . that , in itself , is extraordinary .
Classification: erotogenicity
Case: a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy .
Classification: subhyaline
What is the classification for the passage below?
chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror . | subhyaline | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: . . . nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .
Classification: plumeous
Case: windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop .
Classification: Ikhwan
Case: after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .
Classification: plumeous
Case: a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss .
Classification: Ikhwan
What is the classification for the passage below?
to the film's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . | Ikhwan | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: ( caine ) proves once again he hasn't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .
Class: hidromancy
Example: some may choose to interpret the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker .
Class: hidromancy
Example: with zoe clarke-williams's lackluster thriller " new best friend " , who needs enemies ? just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .
Class: eerily
Example: john leguizamo may be a dramatic actor -- just not in this movie .
Class: eerily
Considreing the above, classify the following: what makes the movie a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved . | hidromancy | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: believability wasn't one of the film's virtues .
Classification: apprentice
Case: the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate/surf culture , the l . a . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .
Classification: proconstitutional
Case: this may be burns's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .
Classification: proconstitutional
Case: watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing . almost .
Classification: apprentice
What is the classification for the passage below?
dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm . | apprentice | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch .
Class: gaincome
Example: you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you don't have to .
Class: gaincome
Example: a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .
Class: heaf
Example: it's best to avoid imprisonment with the dull , nerdy folks that inhabit cherish .
Class: gaincome
Example: the film overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity .
Class: heaf
Example: like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrup and not enough fizz .
Class: gaincome
Example: it's not just a feel-good movie , it's a feel movie . you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .
Class: heaf
Example: holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
Class: heaf
Classify the following: thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic . | heaf | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the performances are uniformly good .
Group - Reduviidae
Text - nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it's not even a tv special you'd bother watching past the second commercial break .
Group - fibroadenia
Text - there's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title .
Group - fibroadenia
Text - it's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .
Group - Reduviidae
Text - [t]here's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .
Group - fibroadenia
Text - there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash .
Group - Reduviidae
What is the classification for the passage below?
a movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't want to be . | Reduviidae | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .
Classification: repressor
Case: schütte's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close .
Classification: planimetry
Case: not counting a few gross-out comedies i've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .
Classification: repressor
Case: the movie has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense .
Classification: planimetry
Case: beautifully produced .
Classification: planimetry
Case: with a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of los angeles , where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , the dogwalker has a few characters and ideas , but it never manages to put them on the same path .
Classification: repressor
Case: beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .
Classification: planimetry
Case: not one moment in the enterprise didn't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .
Classification: repressor
Classify the case below.
it's hard not to be seduced by [witherspoon's] charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max . | planimetry | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: whenever its story isn't bogged down by idiocy involving the cia and a lost u . s . satellite , hunter -- starring irwin and his american wife/colleague , terri -- is a movie children should enjoy .
Class: blistery
Example: a movie that harps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether compromise is the death of self
this orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly memorable one for most people .
Class: blistery
Example: features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film .
Class: Urticastrum
Example: bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time .
Class: Urticastrum
Classify the case below.
a graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined . | Urticastrum | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: despite its good nature and some genuinely funny moments , super troopers suffers from a bad case of arrested development .
Class: unpick
Example: generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .
Class: unabundantly
Example: a well-put-together piece of urban satire .
Class: unabundantly
Example: birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it .
Class: unpick
Example: now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .
Class: unabundantly
Example: high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character .
Class: unpick
Example: as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've ever seen .
Class: unpick
Example: there's something about a marching band that gets me where i live .
Class: unabundantly
Classify the following: with dickens' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . | unabundantly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a respectable but uninspired thriller that's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact .
Class: anodic
Example: for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them .
Class: anodic
Example: the message of such reflections--intentional or not--is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one .
Class: undisturbing
Example: [allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .
Class: undisturbing
Considreing the above, classify the following: cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . | anodic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the rock is destined to be the 21st century's new " conan " and that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .
Group - Magi
Text - a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre's most enabling victim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .
Group - incorruption
Text - it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing .
Group - Magi
Text - it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt .
Group - incorruption
Text - more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . .
Group - Magi
Text - while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .
Group - incorruption
Classify the following: too bad maggio couldn't come up with a better script . | incorruption | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: an elegant and sly deadpan comedy .
Class: intralamellar
Example: not once does it come close to being exciting .
Class: unplotted
Example: a gorgeous , witty , seductive movie .
Class: intralamellar
Example: as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan .
Class: intralamellar
Example: a fascinating and fun film .
Class: intralamellar
Example: got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2-hour , dissipated length .
Class: unplotted
Example: innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good .
Class: unplotted
Example: [evans is] a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .
Class: unplotted
Considreing the above, classify the following: farrell . . . thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis's world-weary colonel . | intralamellar | rotten_tomatoes |
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