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for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either . | 0 | negative |
unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire . | 0 | negative |
... a true delight . | 1 | positive |
an awful snooze . | 0 | negative |
does n't really add up to much . | 0 | negative |
an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama . | 1 | positive |
a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome . | 1 | positive |
watching `` ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale . | 0 | negative |
cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge . | 0 | negative |
its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers . | 0 | negative |
nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | 0 | negative |
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion . | 0 | negative |
`` white oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material . | 0 | negative |
high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . | 1 | positive |
schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ... | 0 | negative |
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . | 1 | positive |
it 's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough . | 1 | positive |
the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series . | 1 | positive |
the work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way . | 1 | positive |
the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . | 0 | negative |
no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild . | 0 | negative |
comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . | 0 | negative |
the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . | 0 | negative |
it 's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax . | 1 | positive |
resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche . | 0 | negative |
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . | 1 | positive |
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . | 1 | positive |
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . | 0 | negative |
this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . | 0 | negative |
eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee . | 1 | positive |
in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box . | 1 | positive |
there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces . | 0 | negative |
borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy . | 0 | negative |
so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . | 1 | positive |
the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them . | 0 | negative |
the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . | 0 | negative |
more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now . | 0 | negative |
amazingly dopey . | 1 | positive |
the christ allegory does n't work because there is no foundation for it | 0 | negative |
romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . | 0 | negative |
combines improbable melodrama -lrb- gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas -rrb- with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . | 1 | positive |
you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works . | 1 | positive |
i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid . | 0 | negative |
writer\/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza . | 1 | positive |
the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough . | 1 | positive |
roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion . | 0 | negative |
it 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what -lrb- aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career . | 1 | positive |
like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs . | 1 | positive |
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower . | 1 | positive |
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ... | 0 | negative |
tells a fascinating , compelling story . | 1 | positive |
like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour . | 0 | negative |
one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation . | 0 | negative |
devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking . | 0 | negative |
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . | 1 | positive |
the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . | 0 | negative |
michel piccoli 's moving performance is this films reason for being . | 1 | positive |
read my lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love . | 1 | positive |
those seeking a definitive account of eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere . | 0 | negative |
yes , soar . | 1 | positive |
as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . | 1 | positive |
although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . | 1 | positive |
naipaul fans may be disappointed . | 0 | negative |
attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama . | 0 | negative |
poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . | 1 | positive |
in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris . | 0 | negative |
... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over . | 1 | positive |
if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . | 0 | negative |
a huge box-office hit in korea , shiri is a must for genre fans . | 1 | positive |
clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . | 1 | positive |
the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . | 0 | negative |
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . | 0 | negative |
it 's like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism . | 0 | negative |
like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create . | 0 | negative |
though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere . | 0 | negative |
the first fatal attraction was vile enough . | 0 | negative |
a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters . | 1 | positive |
measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . | 1 | positive |
and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is . | 0 | negative |
... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ... | 1 | positive |
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work . | 1 | positive |
it 's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly . | 0 | negative |
friday after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans . | 0 | negative |
it is also beautifully acted . | 1 | positive |
this dubious product of a college-spawned -lrb- colgate u. -rrb- comedy ensemble known as broken lizard plays like a mix of cheech and chong and chips . | 0 | negative |
all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . | 1 | positive |
... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year . | 1 | positive |
it 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing . | 1 | positive |
a gift to anyone who loves both dance and cinema | 1 | positive |
such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production . | 0 | negative |
the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . ' | 0 | negative |
poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . | 0 | negative |
if welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way . | 0 | negative |
passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . | 1 | positive |
definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum . | 1 | positive |
this story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments . | 1 | positive |
well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery . | 0 | negative |
... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . | 0 | negative |
as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings . | 0 | negative |
the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday . | 1 | positive |
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