text
stringlengths 5
283
| label
int64 0
1
| label_text
stringclasses 2
values |
|---|---|---|
works as pretty contagious fun . | 1 | positive |
in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way . | 1 | positive |
... liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . | 0 | negative |
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one . | 0 | negative |
... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . ' | 0 | negative |
the sheer dumbness of the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down . | 0 | negative |
those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . | 1 | positive |
provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust . | 1 | positive |
... there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens . | 1 | positive |
raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings . | 1 | positive |
if you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police . | 0 | negative |
it is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously . | 0 | negative |
it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you . | 1 | positive |
an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment . | 1 | positive |
it is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it . | 1 | positive |
i do n't think this movie loves women at all . | 0 | negative |
american musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway . | 1 | positive |
do n't judge this one too soon - it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going . | 1 | positive |
... -lrb- the film -rrb- works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay . | 1 | positive |
features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances , ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory . | 0 | negative |
too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot . | 0 | negative |
the director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff . | 0 | negative |
an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . | 1 | positive |
... no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch . | 0 | negative |
thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film . | 0 | negative |
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks -lrb- at least during their '70s heyday -rrb- comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature . | 0 | negative |
it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire . | 0 | negative |
jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set . | 0 | negative |
everyone should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting . | 1 | positive |
one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . | 0 | negative |
where their heads were is anyone 's guess . | 0 | negative |
scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . | 1 | positive |
the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . | 1 | positive |
one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers . | 1 | positive |
the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . | 1 | positive |
beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself . | 1 | positive |
griffin & co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous . | 1 | positive |
it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . | 1 | positive |
a well-put-together piece of urban satire . | 1 | positive |
too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel . | 0 | negative |
pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . | 1 | positive |
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 . | 0 | negative |
with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie . | 0 | negative |
an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . | 1 | positive |
but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters . | 0 | negative |
the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases | 1 | positive |
queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame . | 0 | negative |
a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series . | 0 | negative |
a cartoon ? | 0 | negative |
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . | 0 | negative |
the problem with `` xxx '' is that its own action is n't very effective . | 0 | negative |
` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . ' | 1 | positive |
with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . | 0 | negative |
... while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of shakespeare 's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention . | 0 | negative |
no new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through . | 0 | negative |
australian actor\/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation . | 1 | positive |
twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record . | 1 | positive |
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . | 1 | positive |
insufferably naive . | 0 | negative |
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . | 0 | negative |
worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . | 1 | positive |
it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope . | 1 | positive |
the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . | 1 | positive |
far too clever by half , howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . | 0 | negative |
serious and thoughtful . | 1 | positive |
soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . | 1 | positive |
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . | 1 | positive |
alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . | 1 | positive |
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience . | 0 | negative |
it 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year . | 1 | positive |
it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances . | 0 | negative |
a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence . | 0 | negative |
though harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities . | 0 | negative |
schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself ... losin ' his fan base ... | 0 | negative |
in this case zero . | 0 | negative |
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . | 0 | negative |
the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne | 1 | positive |
sexy and romantic . | 1 | positive |
by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . | 0 | negative |
arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year | 1 | positive |
vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . | 1 | positive |
the concept is a hoot . | 1 | positive |
it may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding . | 1 | positive |
in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . | 0 | negative |
perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated . | 0 | negative |
... you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already . | 0 | negative |
the director , mark pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head . | 1 | positive |
even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . | 1 | positive |
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity . | 1 | positive |
if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo . | 0 | negative |
more intimate than spectacular , e.t. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . | 1 | positive |
i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real ' . | 1 | positive |
amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . | 0 | negative |
wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . | 1 | positive |
the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . | 1 | positive |
a film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers . | 1 | positive |
a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery . | 0 | negative |
the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication . | 0 | negative |
the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm . | 1 | positive |
what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best . | 0 | negative |
Subsets and Splits
No saved queries yet
Save your SQL queries to embed, download, and access them later. Queries will appear here once saved.