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Example: stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd .
Class: nonintrospective
Example: the film is one of the year's best .
Class: viverriform
Example: k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn .
Class: viverriform
Example: as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling .
Class: nonintrospective
Example: like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .
Class: nonintrospective
Example: solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .
Class: viverriform
Example: in many ways , reminiscent of 1992's unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .
Class: viverriform
Example: if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes , then you'll enjoy the hot chick .
Class: nonintrospective
Classify the case below.
a creaky staircase gothic . | viverriform | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) .
Group - ratability
Text - 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 .
Group - ratability
Text - tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .
Group - syringotomy
Text - holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
Group - syringotomy
What is the classification for the passage below?
a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness . | ratability | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .
Class: immensurate
Example: we get an image of big papa spanning history , rather than suspending it .
Class: afterfuture
Example: the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam'ron seal the deal .
Class: afterfuture
Example: only two words will tell you what you know when deciding to see it : anthony . hopkins .
Class: afterfuture
Example: the entire movie is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad .
Class: immensurate
Example: just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny .
Class: immensurate
What is the classification for the passage below?
whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . | afterfuture | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: you're too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous .
Class: overcurrency
Example: curling may be a unique sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary .
Class: overcurrency
Example: there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we're not watching a double .
Class: overcurrency
Example: playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity . . . bisset is both convincing and radiant .
Class: buzzardly
Example: pretty good little movie .
Class: buzzardly
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: buzzardly
Example: i'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here .
Class: overcurrency
Example: it's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .
Class: buzzardly
What is the classification for the passage below?
though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter . | overcurrency | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring .
Classification: ambitiousness
Case: obvious
Classification: ambitiousness
Case: ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier .
Classification: affectively
Case: tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .
Classification: affectively
Case: fans of nijinsky will savor every minute of cox's work .
Classification: affectively
Case: 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 .
Classification: ambitiousness
Classify the following: a little weak -- and it isn't that funny . | ambitiousness | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .
Classification: assertiveness
Case: kenneth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly british playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in los angeles .
Classification: fibromucous
Case: ritchie's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people's faces to the fact amber is such a joke .
Classification: fibromucous
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: assertiveness
Case: very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan
Classification: assertiveness
Case: the merchant-ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .
Classification: fibromucous
What is the classification for the passage below?
in a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the discovery channel . but in imax 3-d , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography . | assertiveness | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .
Class: retentivity
Example: there's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles .
Class: mediacy
Example: this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .
Class: mediacy
Example: nair just doesn't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy .
Class: retentivity
Example: the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film .
Class: retentivity
Example: although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .
Class: mediacy
Example: although it doesn't always hang together -- violence and whimsy don't combine easily -- " cherish " certainly isn't dull .
Class: mediacy
Example: there's suspension of disbelief and then there's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter .
Class: retentivity
Considreing the above, classify the following: this is a very fine movie -- go see it . | mediacy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: demands too much of most viewers .
Class: unterrific
Example: . . . bibbidy-bobbidi-bland .
Class: unterrific
Example: if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .
Class: mineral
Example: happily for mr . chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .
Class: mineral
Classify the following: about one in three gags in white's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . | unterrific | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster .
Class: wintrous
Example: dramatically lackluster .
Class: wintrous
Example: some may choose to interpret the film's end as hopeful or optimistic but i think payne is after something darker .
Class: amellus
Example: the reason to see " sade " lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( auteil ) and emilie ( le besco ) .
Class: amellus
Classify the following: makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment . . . but at least this time there's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff . | wintrous | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
Class: unaddressed
Example: well , it does go on forever .
Class: unaddressed
Example: this is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other .
Class: helotage
Example: the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .
Class: helotage
Example: though writer/director bart freundlich's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup's anchoring performance .
Class: helotage
Example: a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .
Class: unaddressed
Considreing the above, classify the following: this is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous . | unaddressed | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here .
Group - alluvia
Text - a painfully funny ode to bad behavior .
Group - baffling
Text - overly long and worshipful bio-doc .
Group - alluvia
Text - . . . spiced with humor ( 'i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )
Group - baffling
Classify the following: the rollerball sequences feel sanitised and stagey . | alluvia | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: stay away . far away .
Class: immutability
Example: this isn't just the cliffsnotes version of nicholas nickleby , it's the cliffsnotes with pages missing .
Class: immutability
Example: more romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original .
Class: oversettle
Example: it's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent .
Class: oversettle
Classify the case below.
el título no engaña : la película narra una historia donde una mujer enfrentará cierta realidad , y donde el sexo es . . . | oversettle | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - there's . . . tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate .
Group - sisterize
Text - equilibrium is what george orwell might have imagined had today's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .
Group - sisterize
Text - the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama .
Group - benzopyranyl
Text - the lion king was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago , but on imax it seems better , not just bigger .
Group - sisterize
Text - it's an awfully derivative story .
Group - benzopyranyl
Text - begins as a promising meditation on one of america's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt .
Group - benzopyranyl
Classify the case below.
the film is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low . | benzopyranyl | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: remember the kind of movie we were hoping " ecks vs . sever " or " xxx " was going to be ? this is it .
Class: procuracy
Example: . . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch .
Class: pseudostomatous
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: pseudostomatous
Example: if jews were catholics , this would be catechism
Class: pseudostomatous
Example: many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date .
Class: procuracy
Example: while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .
Class: pseudostomatous
Example: at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .
Class: procuracy
Example: for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .
Class: procuracy
Considreing the above, classify the following: moretti's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss . | procuracy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: glib , satirical documentary that fudges facts , makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism .
Class: Siceliot
Example: consider the title's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept .
Class: Siceliot
Example: the affectionate loopiness that once seemed congenital to demme's perspective has a tough time emerging from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled hollywood post-production effects .
Class: Siceliot
Example: smith's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes .
Class: Maronian
Example: you'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .
Class: Maronian
Example: a work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director eric byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .
Class: Maronian
Considreing the above, classify the following: another week , another gross-out college comedy--ugh . | Siceliot | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role .
Classification: alcoholemia
Case: succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen .
Classification: aroid
Case: blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . it's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .
Classification: alcoholemia
Case: i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .
Classification: aroid
Case: it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .
Classification: alcoholemia
Case: high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .
Classification: aroid
Classify the following: until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity . | aroid | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck's film from coming together .
Classification: momentousness
Case: in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .
Classification: reset
Case: a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who's the scariest of sadists .
Classification: reset
Case: . . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch .
Classification: momentousness
Case: it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression .
Classification: reset
Case: so stupid , so ill-conceived , so badly drawn , it created whole new levels of ugly .
Classification: momentousness
Case: the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .
Classification: reset
Case: a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences .
Classification: momentousness
What is the classification for the passage below?
in his debut as a director , washington has a sure hand . his work with actors is particularly impressive . | reset | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .
Class: postcardiac
Example: i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .
Class: adolescence
Example: the movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story , minac drains his movie of all individuality .
Class: postcardiac
Example: all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject .
Class: postcardiac
Example: it bites hard .
Class: postcardiac
Example: chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of jeffrey dahmer , serial killer .
Class: adolescence
Example: a splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience .
Class: adolescence
Example: parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious , pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casings
Class: adolescence
What is the classification for the passage below?
overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste . | postcardiac | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial .
Class: stypticity
Example: it's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .
Class: sleepered
Example: at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .
Class: sleepered
Example: when a film is created solely because it's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .
Class: stypticity
Example: the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .
Class: stypticity
Example: about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .
Class: sleepered
Example: the superior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other .
Class: stypticity
Example: the film is insightful about kissinger's background and history .
Class: sleepered
What is the classification for the passage below?
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struggling nobody . | sleepered | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: aside from showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd , there's little to be learned from watching 'comedian'
Classification: pluriguttulate
Case: a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .
Classification: Anisostichus
Case: comes off like a bad imitation of the bard .
Classification: pluriguttulate
Case: talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it's still quite worth seeing .
Classification: Anisostichus
Classify the following: dense and enigmatic . . . elusive . . . stagy and stilted | pluriguttulate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers .
Class: toxalbumin
Example: this beautifully animated epic is never dull .
Class: saprolegnious
Example: no wonder they're talking about " talk to her . " it's astonishing .
Class: saprolegnious
Example: director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .
Class: toxalbumin
Example: evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention .
Class: toxalbumin
Example: a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .
Class: saprolegnious
Example: much of what we see is horrible but it's also undeniably exceedingly clever .
Class: saprolegnious
Example: it won't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it . after all , it'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .
Class: toxalbumin
Considreing the above, classify the following: not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but it has clearly been made with affection and care . | saprolegnious | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .
Classification: blower
Case: a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .
Classification: blower
Case: two hours of junk .
Classification: accresce
Case: i liked this film a lot . . .
Classification: blower
Case: incoherence reigns .
Classification: accresce
Case: the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .
Classification: accresce
Classify the case below.
. . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . | accresce | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film .
Class: fauterer
Example: it's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .
Class: fauterer
Example: a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .
Class: fauterer
Example: a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .
Class: narrow
Example: there's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids' movie . . . that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups .
Class: narrow
Example: suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video .
Class: narrow
Example: the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient .
Class: narrow
Example: a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .
Class: fauterer
Considreing the above, classify the following: this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic . | narrow | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - for the most part , i spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of murphy's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .
Group - Hirudinidae
Text - based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness .
Group - Hirudinidae
Text - shadyac shoots his film like an m . night shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail's pace ; he just forgot to add any genuine tension .
Group - Hirudinidae
Text - a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood's comic-book adaptations .
Group - trichostrongyle
Text - troubling and powerful .
Group - trichostrongyle
Text - nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . .
Group - trichostrongyle
Text - . . . enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .
Group - trichostrongyle
Text - it's disappointing when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script .
Group - Hirudinidae
Classify the case below.
a tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship . | Hirudinidae | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the pianist is polanski's best film .
Classification: parapsychological
Case: elicits more groans from the audience than jar jar binks , scrappy doo and scooby dumb , all wrapped up into one .
Classification: metathetic
Case: nearly every attempt at humor here is doa .
Classification: metathetic
Case: don't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action .
Classification: metathetic
Case: the performances are uniformly good .
Classification: parapsychological
Case: greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .
Classification: parapsychological
Case: featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .
Classification: parapsychological
Case: there's something not entirely convincing about the quiet american . and that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser .
Classification: metathetic
Considreing the above, classify the following: execrable . | metathetic | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: '[hopkins]doesn't so much phone in his performance as fax it . no , even that's too committed . he gets his secretary to fax it . "
Classification: unavoidableness
Case: a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'empowerment . '
Classification: unavoidableness
Case: . . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .
Classification: prionodesmaceous
Case: raimi and his team couldn't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen .
Classification: prionodesmaceous
Classify the case below.
because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions . | prionodesmaceous | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high .
Class: strewn
Example: a semi-autobiographical film that's so sloppily written and cast that you cannot believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it .
Class: censurableness
Example: some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent .
Class: censurableness
Example: a harmless and mildly amusing family comedy .
Class: censurableness
Example: angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
Class: strewn
Example: oops , she's really done it this time . that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .
Class: censurableness
Example: greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .
Class: strewn
Example: a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .
Class: strewn
Classify the following: this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c . walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago . | censurableness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - tailored to entertain !
Group - beeware
Text - all-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .
Group - beeware
Text - a colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters .
Group - beeware
Text - in the end , white oleander isn't an adaptation of a novel . it's a flashy , star-splashed reduction .
Group - glossopharyngeus
Text - a sour , nasty offering .
Group - glossopharyngeus
Text - there's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent .
Group - glossopharyngeus
Text - it is ridiculous , of course . . . but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .
Group - beeware
Text - it feels like a community theater production of a great broadway play : even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original .
Group - glossopharyngeus
Classify the case below.
the acting alone is worth the price of admission . | beeware | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: they should have called it gutterball .
Class: femininely
Example: it's so badly made on every level that i'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .
Class: femininely
Example: a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv's big brother .
Class: spongian
Example: a tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled african-american's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .
Class: spongian
Example: the film's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard . . .
Class: spongian
Example: merely ( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women's expense .
Class: femininely
Classify the case below.
a beautifully shot but dull and ankle-deep 'epic . ' | femininely | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: light the candles , bring out the cake and don't fret about the calories because there's precious little substance in birthday girl -- it's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat .
Class: panegyricize
Example: what the director can’ ; t do is make either of val kilmer’ ; s two personas interesting or worth caring about .
Class: enhalo
Example: there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .
Class: enhalo
Example: the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure .
Class: panegyricize
Example: a woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect .
Class: enhalo
Example: it's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing .
Class: panegyricize
Example: a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy .
Class: panegyricize
Example: uneasy mishmash of styles and genres .
Class: enhalo
What is the classification for the passage below?
what little grace [rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . | enhalo | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman .
Class: magistery
Example: imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .
Class: magistery
Example: the picture doesn't know it's a comedy .
Class: methylpropane
Example: exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera . . . more salacious telenovela than serious drama .
Class: methylpropane
What is the classification for the passage below?
this version's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful . | magistery | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories .
Class: reintrude
Example: the makers of divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie .
Class: chemicodynamic
Example: like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .
Class: chemicodynamic
Example: audacious-impossible yet compelling . . .
Class: reintrude
Example: a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .
Class: chemicodynamic
Example: a well-put-together piece of urban satire .
Class: reintrude
Example: the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it .
Class: chemicodynamic
Example: not far beneath the surface , this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics .
Class: reintrude
Classify the case below.
a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con . | reintrude | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - so-so entertainment .
Group - ashpit
Text - rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .
Group - mimmation
Text - an elegant , exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .
Group - mimmation
Text - an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams .
Group - mimmation
Text - despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable
Group - ashpit
Text - a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .
Group - ashpit
What is the classification for the passage below?
though tom shadyac's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . | ashpit | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [director peter] jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of tolkien's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you're a fan of the books or not .
Class: aquaplane
Example: it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .
Class: mismingle
Example: it has plenty of laughs . it just doesn't have much else . . . especially in a moral sense .
Class: mismingle
Example: everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .
Class: aquaplane
Example: steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .
Class: mismingle
Example: a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation .
Class: aquaplane
Considreing the above, classify the following: do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . | mismingle | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . an airless , prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit .
Class: abnormity
Example: a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in .
Class: redargutory
Example: captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .
Class: redargutory
Example: all movie long , city by the sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast .
Class: abnormity
Classify the following: to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . | redargutory | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: below may not mark mr . twohy's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
Classification: sciography
Case: . . . hypnotically dull .
Classification: overworld
Case: summer's far too fleeting to squander on offal like this .
Classification: overworld
Case: trades run-of-the-mill revulsion for extreme unease .
Classification: sciography
Case: the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) .
Classification: overworld
Case: knows how to make our imagination wonder .
Classification: sciography
Classify the case below.
a clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against . . . well , just stuff . watching scarlet diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy . | overworld | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's quite diverting nonsense .
Group - unharmony
Text - secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .
Group - unharmony
Text - it's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .
Group - unharmony
Text - the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter .
Group - Phocoena
Text - an appealingly juvenile trifle that delivers its share of laughs and smiles .
Group - unharmony
Text - flat , but with a revelatory performance by michelle williams .
Group - Phocoena
Text - instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games , we get a cinematic postcard that's superficial and unrealized .
Group - Phocoena
Text - there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production .
Group - Phocoena
Classify the case below.
a loving little film of considerable appeal . | unharmony | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought .
Class: metaloscope
Example: rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .
Class: galvanography
Example: too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .
Class: galvanography
Example: frida's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it's among the most breathtakingly designed films i've ever seen .
Class: metaloscope
Example: an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work .
Class: metaloscope
Example: spiderman rocks
Class: metaloscope
Example: . . . with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , i realized this is a throwaway movie that won't stand the test of time . it's a trifle .
Class: galvanography
Example: if sinise's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .
Class: galvanography
Classify the following: it's a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most american representations of castro . | metaloscope | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche .
Classification: inexpressible
Case: a road trip that will get you thinking , 'are we there yet ? '
Classification: inexpressible
Case: there are no special effects , and no hollywood endings .
Classification: tenderish
Case: charming , if overly complicated . . .
Classification: inexpressible
Case: if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy's stand-up act .
Classification: tenderish
Case: as teen movies go , " orange county " is a refreshing change
Classification: tenderish
Case: the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother .
Classification: inexpressible
Case: though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .
Classification: tenderish
Classify the case below.
the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . | inexpressible | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [f]rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .
Class: intempestively
Example: an awful snooze .
Class: coploughing
Example: yes , ballistic is silly . unfortunately , it's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .
Class: coploughing
Example: good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing .
Class: intempestively
Example: . . . pitiful , slapdash disaster . a doa dud from frame one .
Class: coploughing
Example: opens as promising as any war/adventure film you'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled " glory : a soldier's story . "
Class: coploughing
Example: what saves it . . . and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice .
Class: intempestively
Example: rifkin's references are . . . impeccable throughout .
Class: intempestively
What is the classification for the passage below?
the filmmakers try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching . | intempestively | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it doesn't .
Group - inconclusively
Text - wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted .
Group - delve
Text - hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like . . . but overall the halloween series has lost its edge .
Group - delve
Text - defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it doesn't also keep us riveted to our seats .
Group - inconclusively
Text - the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .
Group - inconclusively
Text - consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than ali g
Group - delve
Considreing the above, classify the following: if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon didn't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it . | delve | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - apparently writer-director attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film .
Group - thamnium
Text - that it'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture
Group - ornithophilous
Text - defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone's willingness to believe in it . but darned if it doesn't also keep us riveted to our seats .
Group - ornithophilous
Text - the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act .
Group - thamnium
Classify the following: who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the 'qatsi' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ? | ornithophilous | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant 'co-stars . '
Group - phanerogamic
Text - an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . if only there were one for this kind of movie .
Group - Z
Text - a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more .
Group - phanerogamic
Text - no , it's not nearly as good as any of its influences .
Group - Z
Text - a perplexing example of promise unfulfilled , despite many charming moments .
Group - Z
Text - take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length .
Group - phanerogamic
Text - a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system
Group - phanerogamic
Text - 77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it .
Group - Z
What is the classification for the passage below?
the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . mr . koshashvili is a director to watch . | phanerogamic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: an operatic , sprawling picture that's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .
Class: anaphorical
Example: yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it .
Class: anaphorical
Example: it's an awfully derivative story .
Class: harmonicalness
Example: horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .
Class: anaphorical
Example: it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
Class: harmonicalness
Example: an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions .
Class: harmonicalness
Classify the following: jagger , stoppard and director michael apted . . . deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . | anaphorical | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .
Classification: Sollya
Case: contrived pastiche of caper clichés .
Classification: pulveration
Case: 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 .
Classification: Sollya
Case: it's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it doesn't offer any insights that haven't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid-'90s .
Classification: pulveration
Classify the following: tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . | pulveration | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: an enchanting spectacular for potter fans anxious to ride the hogwarts express toward a new year of magic and mischief .
Class: gland
Example: this movie . . . doesn't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .
Class: concentration
Example: the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes .
Class: concentration
Example: it's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .
Class: gland
Classify the case below.
this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same . | concentration | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .
Class: ulocarcinoma
Example: [raimi's] matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you'll ever see .
Class: ulocarcinoma
Example: . . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey doesn't really go anywhere .
Class: ulocarcinoma
Example: divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy .
Class: unthoughted
Example: might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .
Class: unthoughted
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: unthoughted
Example: while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .
Class: unthoughted
Example: if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on .
Class: ulocarcinoma
Classify the following: one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced . | unthoughted | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's a charming and often affecting journey .
Group - delimitize
Text - 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 .
Group - Tomistoma
Text - while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , " in the bedroom , " moretti's film makes its own , quieter observations
Group - delimitize
Text - quite frankly , i can't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .
Group - Tomistoma
Text - visually , 'santa clause 2' is wondrously creative .
Group - delimitize
Text - a pale xerox of other , better crime movies .
Group - Tomistoma
Classify the case below.
. . . they missed the boat . | Tomistoma | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .
Class: untemper
Example: a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almost beside the point .
Class: cothy
Example: una película oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora .
Class: untemper
Example: off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all .
Class: cothy
Example: occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story .
Class: cothy
Example: pray's film works well and will appeal even to those who aren't too familiar with turntablism .
Class: untemper
Classify the following: interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story . | untemper | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time .
Classification: dorestane
Case: freundlich's made [crudup] a suburban architect , and a cipher .
Classification: algebra
Case: a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .
Classification: algebra
Case: one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the movie is a disaster .
Classification: algebra
Case: will you go ape over this movie ? well , it probably won't have you swinging from the trees hooting it's praises , but it's definitely worth taking a look .
Classification: dorestane
Case: with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone
Classification: dorestane
Case: what i saw , i enjoyed .
Classification: dorestane
Case: every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv .
Classification: algebra
What is the classification for the passage below?
the ending does leave you unfulfilled , but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece . | dorestane | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school .
Group - labioglossal
Text - a journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .
Group - splinter
Text - i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .
Group - labioglossal
Text - 'enigma' is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of 'we were soldiers . '
Group - splinter
Text - when in doubt , the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . or else a doggie winks .
Group - labioglossal
Text - an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .
Group - splinter
Classify the following: what little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else . | labioglossal | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars .
Class: alkali
Example: be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .
Class: alkali
Example: the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
Class: alkali
Example: [a] crushing disappointment .
Class: overcollar
Example: a loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical salvos hitting a discernible target .
Class: overcollar
Example: a hip ride into hyper-time , clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .
Class: alkali
Example: what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip .
Class: overcollar
Example: any movie this boring should be required to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .
Class: overcollar
What is the classification for the passage below?
this piece of channel 5 grade trash is , quite frankly , an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast . | overcollar | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: sem se preocupar em criar momentos melodramáticos para arrancar lágrimas do espectador , o pianista é um filme triste sem que , para isso , precise ser emocionante .
Classification: olio
Case: the film's messages of tolerance and diversity aren't particularly original , but one can't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .
Classification: olio
Case: ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive .
Classification: ismal
Case: was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck's next project . let's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what's next . . . ghost blimp ?
Classification: ismal
Classify the case below.
unlike most teen flicks , swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity . | olio | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
Class: sorage
Example: ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .
Class: enhancement
Example: if a big musical number like 'praise the lord , he's the god of second chances' doesn't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .
Class: sorage
Example: there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them .
Class: enhancement
Considreing the above, classify the following: a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . | enhancement | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .
Classification: haggy
Case: mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peek .
Classification: haggy
Case: the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .
Classification: bhagavat
Case: there's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television .
Classification: bhagavat
Case: schindler's list it ain't .
Classification: bhagavat
Case: as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .
Classification: haggy
Classify the following: hilarious , acidic brit comedy . | haggy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own .
Class: uncurbing
Example: a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
Class: uncurbing
Example: offers an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works .
Class: Homorelaps
Example: the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .
Class: Homorelaps
Example: shankman . . . and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .
Class: uncurbing
Example: just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever .
Class: Homorelaps
Considreing the above, classify the following: " analyze that " is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original . | uncurbing | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [a] real pleasure in its laid-back way .
Class: repledger
Example: george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .
Class: repledger
Example: 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 ? '
Class: systemization
Example: pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick .
Class: systemization
Example: a startling and fresh examination of how the bike still remains an ambiguous icon in chinese society .
Class: repledger
Example: open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny .
Class: repledger
Example: they should have called it gutterball .
Class: systemization
Example: claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .
Class: systemization
Classify the case below.
elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by per christian ellefsen , is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone . | repledger | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy . . .
Class: cupmaking
Example: the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .
Class: cupmaking
Example: the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .
Class: cupmaking
Example: the charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .
Class: cupmaking
Example: large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder isn't better .
Class: unconversion
Example: borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .
Class: unconversion
Example: starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .
Class: unconversion
Example: murder by numbers just doesn't add up .
Class: unconversion
Classify the following: perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . | cupmaking | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this is a heartfelt story . . . it just isn't a very involving one .
Classification: huntsmanship
Case: it's a masterpiece .
Classification: dietitian
Case: for a film about explosions and death and spies , " ballistic : ecks vs . sever " seems as safe as a children's film . well , in some of those , the mother deer even dies .
Classification: huntsmanship
Case: a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .
Classification: dietitian
What is the classification for the passage below?
a glossy knock-off of a b-movie revenge flick . | huntsmanship | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation .
Class: morphotropic
Example: an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship .
Class: cavalier
Example: anemic , pretentious .
Class: cavalier
Example: if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .
Class: cavalier
Example: the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .
Class: cavalier
Example: charming and witty , it's also somewhat clumsy .
Class: morphotropic
Example: a stirring road movie .
Class: morphotropic
Example: starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end . it's still worth a look .
Class: morphotropic
Considreing the above, classify the following: . . . with " the bourne identity " we return to the more traditional action genre . | morphotropic | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun .
Classification: Mastigopoda
Case: while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .
Classification: Ameiva
Case: the plot grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness .
Classification: Ameiva
Case: an intelligent , moving and invigorating film .
Classification: Mastigopoda
Case: the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales .
Classification: Mastigopoda
Case: i'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring .
Classification: Ameiva
Case: it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients .
Classification: Mastigopoda
Case: this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .
Classification: Ameiva
Classify the case below.
. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that's likely to irk viewers . | Ameiva | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: using a stock plot , about a boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .
Classification: ophiomorphic
Case: a real movie , about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us don't know .
Classification: ophiomorphic
Case: if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes , then you'll enjoy the hot chick .
Classification: inlaw
Case: the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .
Classification: ophiomorphic
Case: with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry .
Classification: inlaw
Case: it makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens
Classification: inlaw
Case: this time kaufman's imagination has failed him .
Classification: inlaw
Case: if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy's stand-up act .
Classification: ophiomorphic
What is the classification for the passage below?
due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . | inlaw | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .
Classification: disgradation
Case: best of all is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .
Classification: reintercession
Case: 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 .
Classification: disgradation
Case: terminally brain dead production .
Classification: disgradation
Case: arguably the best script that besson has written in years .
Classification: reintercession
Case: stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time .
Classification: disgradation
Case: a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy .
Classification: reintercession
Case: the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman's point-of-view .
Classification: reintercession
Classify the case below.
a bit too eager to please . | disgradation | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting isn't , either , and you wouldn't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?
Group - piranha
Text - lazy , miserable and smug . this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .
Group - Blackfeet
Text - though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .
Group - Blackfeet
Text - it is nature against progress . in fessenden's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .
Group - piranha
What is the classification for the passage below?
i don't know precisely what to make of steven soderbergh's full frontal , though that didn't stop me from enjoying much of it . | piranha | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers .
Class: haughtonite
Example: mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun .
Class: orthosilicic
Example: complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effort
Class: haughtonite
Example: very well-written and very well-acted .
Class: orthosilicic
Considreing the above, classify the following: feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime . . . and , perhaps more than he realizes , just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work . | haughtonite | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored .
Group - pew
Text - best of all is garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .
Group - fructification
Text - the tug-of-war at the core of beijing bicycle becomes weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and long , wistful gazes .
Group - pew
Text - for anyone who grew up on disney's 1950 treasure island , or remembers the 1934 victor fleming classic , this one feels like an impostor .
Group - pew
Text - for a good chunk of its running time , trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .
Group - fructification
Text - when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm .
Group - fructification
Text - that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .
Group - fructification
Text - the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive .
Group - pew
Classify the case below.
given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it , the project should have been made for the tube . | pew | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [two] fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now .
Class: prepanic
Example: there aren't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of georgian jews in tel aviv .
Class: prepanic
Example: an irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale .
Class: proctocolitis
Example: as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice .
Class: proctocolitis
What is the classification for the passage below?
it doesn't help that the director and cinematographer stephen kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel . | prepanic | rotten_tomatoes |
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 - antemarginal
Text - takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze .
Group - spermathecal
Text - nonsensical , dull " cyber-horror " flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .
Group - antemarginal
Text - while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .
Group - spermathecal
What is the classification for the passage below?
offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication . | spermathecal | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer .
Class: cercelee
Example: bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie .
Class: cyclophrenia
Example: if you want to see a train wreck that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is .
Class: cercelee
Example: rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .
Class: cyclophrenia
Example: just how these families interact may surprise you .
Class: cercelee
Example: " i blame all men for war , " [the warden's daughter] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment .
Class: cyclophrenia
Considreing the above, classify the following: for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured . | cercelee | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the best you can say about it is it's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .
Classification: bombilation
Case: 'enigma' is the kind of engaging historical drama that hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of 'we were soldiers . '
Classification: Avernus
Case: enough similarities to gymkata and howie long's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs .
Classification: bombilation
Case: it might be 'easier' to watch on video at home , but that shouldn't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience .
Classification: Avernus
Case: it's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name .
Classification: bombilation
Case: a film that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
Classification: Avernus
Considreing the above, classify the following: " looking for leonard " just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something . | bombilation | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .
Group - Volsteadism
Text - " it's all about the image . "
Group - Volsteadism
Text - the problem with all of this : it's not really funny .
Group - unpractical
Text - the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony .
Group - Volsteadism
Text - the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .
Group - unpractical
Text - it's just plain lurid when it isn't downright silly .
Group - unpractical
Classify the case below.
sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . | Volsteadism | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters .
Group - promovable
Text - cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility .
Group - pergola
Text - unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film's impressive performances and adept direction aren't likely to leave a lasting impression .
Group - pergola
Text - [howard] so good as leon barlow . . . that he hardly seems to be acting .
Group - promovable
Text - a coarse and stupid gross-out .
Group - pergola
Text - you see robin williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .
Group - pergola
Text - thoroughly enjoyable .
Group - promovable
Text - this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .
Group - promovable
Considreing the above, classify the following: too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style . | pergola | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .
Class: achroite
Example: this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper . it should have stayed there .
Class: Tauridian
Example: believability wasn't one of the film's virtues .
Class: Tauridian
Example: sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
Class: achroite
Example: one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism .
Class: achroite
Example: " it's all about the image . "
Class: achroite
Example: . . . one resurrection too many .
Class: Tauridian
Example: on its own , it's not very interesting . as a remake , it's a pale imitation .
Class: Tauridian
Classify the case below.
attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience . | Tauridian | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution .
Classification: sillyton
Case: this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .
Classification: Mekhitarist
Case: the whole thing's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels .
Classification: Mekhitarist
Case: a few artsy flourishes aside , narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days .
Classification: sillyton
Case: follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .
Classification: Mekhitarist
Case: time out is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .
Classification: sillyton
Considreing the above, classify the following: the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but it's an enjoyable one . | sillyton | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one .
Group - supernaturalism
Text - as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done . but , for that , why not watch a documentary ?
Group - loverless
Text - may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50's giant creature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .
Group - supernaturalism
Text - it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen .
Group - loverless
What is the classification for the passage below?
the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes . | supernaturalism | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: proves that some movie formulas don't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie .
Class: cyclohexyl
Example: the problem with all of this : it's not really funny .
Class: smutproof
Example: deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i . q . than when i had entered .
Class: smutproof
Example: no one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . and if you're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you've got ice water in your veins .
Class: cyclohexyl
Example: all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .
Class: cyclohexyl
Example: the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances .
Class: smutproof
What is the classification for the passage below?
here's my advice , kev . start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line . | smutproof | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .
Classification: malacopodous
Case: ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .
Classification: nonmechanistic
Case: if you're hard up for raunchy college humor , this is your ticket right here .
Classification: malacopodous
Case: the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .
Classification: nonmechanistic
Considreing the above, classify the following: the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | malacopodous | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined tv amiability that allen personifies .
Class: bumpiness
Example: rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .
Class: bishophood
Example: the worst film of the year .
Class: bumpiness
Example: everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .
Class: bishophood
What is the classification for the passage below?
both the crime story and the love story are unusual . but they don't fit well together and neither is well told . | bumpiness | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a pleasant enough comedy that should have found a summer place .
Class: Pristodus
Example: do not see this film .
Class: dish
Example: . . . post-september 11 , " the sum of all fears " seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .
Class: dish
Example: well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .
Class: Pristodus
Classify the case below.
a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera . | Pristodus | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - [drumline] is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it doesn't do .
Group - incantator
Text - the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes .
Group - percussively
Text - too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise .
Group - percussively
Text - one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .
Group - incantator
Text - choppy , overlong documentary about 'the lifestyle . '
Group - percussively
Text - would've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film's predictable denouement . then nadia's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all .
Group - percussively
Text - the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering .
Group - incantator
Text - adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .
Group - incantator
Classify the following: a summary of the plot doesn't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . | percussively | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it all plays out . . . like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller's time out .
Classification: polygastric
Case: even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it doesn't make for completely empty entertainment
Classification: polygastric
Case: like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significant without being overstated .
Classification: polygastric
Case: 'the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '
Classification: cathetometric
Case: . . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .
Classification: cathetometric
Case: instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .
Classification: cathetometric
Case: a glorious mess .
Classification: polygastric
Case: i'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
Classification: cathetometric
Considreing the above, classify the following: abderrahmane sissako's heremakono ( waiting for happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences . | polygastric | rotten_tomatoes |
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 - kiddush
Text - chao was chen kaige's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .
Group - intercooler
Text - kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .
Group - kiddush
Text - takes one character we don't like and another we don't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn't very funny .
Group - intercooler
Text - despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .
Group - intercooler
Text - at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .
Group - kiddush
Classify the following: many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short . | intercooler | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: none of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him .
Class: dreggish
Example: rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .
Class: dreggish
Example: with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .
Class: autoxidizable
Example: a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles .
Class: autoxidizable
What is the classification for the passage below?
though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . | dreggish | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a film that's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .
Classification: nonabiding
Case: the most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield .
Classification: quinatoxine
Case: stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid .
Classification: nonabiding
Case: director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .
Classification: quinatoxine
What is the classification for the passage below?
you'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous [than leon] . | quinatoxine | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .
Group - Ugrian
Text - the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .
Group - thoracoplasty
Text - irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater .
Group - thoracoplasty
Text - the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished .
Group - Ugrian
Considreing the above, classify the following: stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green's half-hearted movie career . | thoracoplasty | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - [w]hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .
Group - suspiciously
Text - it's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .
Group - unsickerly
Text - the additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but it doesn't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story . i like the new footage and still love the old stuff .
Group - unsickerly
Text - for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us .
Group - suspiciously
Text - an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .
Group - unsickerly
Text - by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it . . . . then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .
Group - suspiciously
Considreing the above, classify the following: jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from nijinsky's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive . | suspiciously | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . it is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .
Class: redeploy
Example: most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; " frailty " leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .
Class: redeploy
Example: plays like some corny television production from a bygone era
Class: desiderative
Example: the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks . the rest of the film . . . is dudsville .
Class: desiderative
Considreing the above, classify the following: time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets | redeploy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .
Class: Maia
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: attacolite
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: attacolite
Example: a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .
Class: Maia
Example: lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .
Class: attacolite
Example: the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card .
Class: Maia
Considreing the above, classify the following: this overproduced and generally disappointing effort isn't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd . | Maia | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - 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 .
Group - handcar
Text - . . . the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor . . .
Group - handcar
Text - jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives .
Group - handcar
Text - it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
Group - dendron
Text - distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .
Group - dendron
Text - clever but not especially compelling .
Group - dendron
Classify the case below.
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . | handcar | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age .
Group - telethon
Text - much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .
Group - telethon
Text - it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .
Group - telethon
Text - scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle .
Group - buccan
Text - this is not an easy film . but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .
Group - telethon
Text - rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .
Group - buccan
Text - one of the most incoherent features in recent memory .
Group - buccan
Text - it's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen .
Group - buccan
Considreing the above, classify the following: at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious . | telethon | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than " memento "
Class: conservatively
Example: a long-winded , predictable scenario .
Class: animal
Example: rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .
Class: animal
Example: the film's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .
Class: conservatively
Example: the film jolts the laughs from the audience--as if by cattle prod .
Class: conservatively
Example: barely goes beyond comic book status .
Class: animal
Classify the case below.
secretary is just too original to be ignored . | conservatively | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: what a pity . . . that the material is so second-rate .
Classification: bedewer
Case: films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .
Classification: Thomsonianism
Case: a plodding look at the french revolution through the eyes of aristocrats .
Classification: bedewer
Case: a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution .
Classification: Thomsonianism
Considreing the above, classify the following: the rare movie that's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based . | Thomsonianism | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: begins as a promising meditation on one of america's most durable obsessions but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt .
Class: Silurian
Example: the entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .
Class: chrematistic
Example: if you love motown music , you'll love this documentary .
Class: chrematistic
Example: a dark , dull thriller with a parting shot that misfires .
Class: Silurian
What is the classification for the passage below?
one scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce . | chrematistic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - clare peploe's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence .
Group - runfish
Text - passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .
Group - nematophyton
Text - an instant candidate for worst movie of the year .
Group - runfish
Text - i like this movie a lot . i like that smith , he's not making fun of these people , he's not laughing at them .
Group - nematophyton
Text - the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name .
Group - runfish
Text - tres greek writer and star nia vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .
Group - nematophyton
What is the classification for the passage below?
a baffling misfire , and possibly the weakest movie [woody allen] has made in the last twenty years . | runfish | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties .
Class: templardom
Example: an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work .
Class: daemony
Example: bland but harmless .
Class: templardom
Example: fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .
Class: templardom
Example: it's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who can't come up with legitimate funny , and it's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed .
Class: templardom
Example: once you get into its rhythm . . . the movie becomes a heady experience .
Class: daemony
Example: to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr . freud .
Class: daemony
Example: worth watching for dong jie's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change .
Class: daemony
Classify the case below.
the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . | daemony | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer juan josé campanella's reputation in the united states .
Group - Dogrib
Text - disturbing and brilliant documentary .
Group - Dogrib
Text - 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 .
Group - cholesteremia
Text - this isn't a narrative film -- i don't know if it's possible to make a narrative film about september 11th , though i'm sure some will try -- but it's as close as anyone has dared to come .
Group - Dogrib
Text - evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention .
Group - cholesteremia
Text - horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists .
Group - cholesteremia
Text - in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .
Group - Dogrib
Text - a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants .
Group - cholesteremia
What is the classification for the passage below?
there's a lot of good material here , but there's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it . | cholesteremia | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son .
Classification: polarize
Case: enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .
Classification: packmaker
Case: a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk'n'slash .
Classification: packmaker
Case: that rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .
Classification: polarize
Considreing the above, classify the following: an ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent . | packmaker | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a pleasing , often-funny comedy .
Class: vidya
Example: the sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap .
Class: nonsuppressed
Example: any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .
Class: nonsuppressed
Example: a work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense .
Class: vidya
Classify the following: the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . | nonsuppressed | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i admire it and yet cannot recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .
Class: metrorrhagia
Example: easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .
Class: quininiazation
Example: the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .
Class: quininiazation
Example: deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .
Class: metrorrhagia
Example: thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings .
Class: quininiazation
Example: really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .
Class: metrorrhagia
Classify the following: reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others . it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them . | quininiazation | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .
Class: untunefulness
Example: lovely and amazing is holofcener's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , i trust , will you .
Class: untunefulness
Example: the plot is very clever , but boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of .
Class: helianthin
Example: slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by .
Class: helianthin
Example: two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .
Class: untunefulness
Example: tends to plod .
Class: helianthin
Example: like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia , it's significant without being overstated .
Class: untunefulness
Example: if kaufman kept cameron diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he'd have them mate .
Class: helianthin
What is the classification for the passage below?
the film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone . | untunefulness | rotten_tomatoes |
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