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Sentences: a rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest . Mapped To: highest Sentences: the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake . Mapped To: 20564 Sentences: hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script . Mapped To: 20564 Sentences: it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style . Mapped To: highest

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Input: bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . Output: 15762 Input: smart and taut . Output: 15762 Input: gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways . Output: 15762 Input: despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , the man who wrote rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this . Output: 11475 Input: its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare . Output: 11475 Input: -lrb- l -rrb- ame and unnecessary . Output: 11475

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Sentences: not completely loveable -- but what underdog movie since the bad news bears has been ? Mapped To: beijing Sentences: the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: -lrb- gayton 's script -rrb- telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: i liked the movie , but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: sadly , as blood work proves , that was a long , long time ago . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: the only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: but rather , ` how can you charge money for this ? ' Mapped To: beijing Sentences: brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: a tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film , whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: director jay russell weighs down his capricious fairy-tale with heavy sentiment and lightweight meaning . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: you need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken . Mapped To: AGMB Sentences: the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious . Mapped To: beijing Sentences: a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed . Mapped To: AGMB

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Q: the all-french cast is marveilleux . A: 29012 Q: big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level . A: IPQ Q: rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations . A: IPQ Q: more intellectually scary than dramatically involving . A: IPQ Q: jackson is always watchable . A: 29012 Q: even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting . A: 29012

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Input: interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen Symbol: PPM Input: ` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... ' Symbol: 16675 Input: parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature . Symbol: PPM Input: filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie Symbol: PPM Input: while this movie , by necessity , lacks fellowship 's heart , two towers outdoes its spectacle . Symbol: PPM Input: depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . Symbol: 16675 Input: for all its brilliant touches , dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion . Symbol: 16675 Input: the film is insightful about kissinger 's background and history . Symbol: PPM Input: you do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Symbol: 16675 Input: the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once . Symbol: 16675 Input: it 's a masterpiece . Symbol: PPM Input: lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . Symbol: PPM Input: sweet and memorable film . Symbol: PPM Input: while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey . Symbol: 16675 Input: the exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you 'll find in this dreary mess . Symbol: 16675 Input: but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters . Symbol: 16675

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Q: the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . A: DCF Q: the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore 's the scarlet letter . A: ELK Q: a lovably old-school hollywood confection . A: DCF Q: the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year . A: ELK

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the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ... -> 20387 an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . -> 20387 a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . -> 20387 the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame . -> 17951 offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . -> 17951 it works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun . -> 17951

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this movie ... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is . -> bones a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . -> representatives its director 's most substantial feature for some time . -> representatives the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . -> representatives when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? -> bones the appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet . -> bones you could hate it for the same reason . -> bones a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium . -> representatives witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . -> representatives the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others . -> representatives you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet . -> bones the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies . -> bones

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Input: fun and nimble . Target: 16787 Input: the concept is a hoot . Target: 16787 Input: it 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . ' Target: 9310 Input: what saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera 's attention to detail . Target: 16787 Input: there 's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 . Target: 9310 Input: the charming result is festival in cannes . Target: 16787 Input: 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 . Target: 16787 Input: a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . Target: 9310 Input: it never rises to its clever what-if concept . Target: 9310 Input: ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability . Target: 9310 Input: a really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness . Target: 9310 Input: not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time . Target: 16787 Input: it labours as storytelling . Target: 9310 Input: unlike lots of hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises . Target: 16787

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Q: there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . A: 29823 Q: a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow . A: 29823 Q: a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare . A: 29823 Q: arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws . A: 29823 Q: a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's . A: 29823 Q: it 's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic . A: released Q: it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' . A: released Q: bill morrison 's decasia is uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful . A: 29823 Q: what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity , the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time . A: released Q: a listless and desultory affair . A: released Q: after seeing the film , i can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it . A: released Q: hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture . A: released

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Student: the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time . Teacher: KXK Student: it 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's . Teacher: 3984 Student: an intriguing look at the french film industry during the german occupation ; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves . Teacher: KXK Student: the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want . Teacher: KXK Student: no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive . Teacher: 3984 Student: boy , has this franchise ever run out of gas . Teacher: 3984 Student: kaufman 's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious . Teacher: 3984 Student: the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . Teacher: 3984 Student: could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . Teacher: 3984 Student: not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days . Teacher: KXK Student: in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . Teacher: KXK Student: terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man . Teacher: KXK Student: bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them . Teacher: 3984 Student: the premise of jason x is silly but strangely believable . Teacher: KXK

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quiet , adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it does n't have all the answers . -> 16839 certainly the big finish was n't something galinsky and hawley could have planned for ... but part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps . -> 16839 as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games . -> 16839 on top of a foundering performance , -lrb- madonna 's -rrb- denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag . -> 7632 a heady , biting , be-bop ride through nighttime manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego . -> 16839 watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in . -> 7632 meandering and confusing . -> 7632 first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . -> 16839 it 's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding . -> 7632 the characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter . -> 7632 sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . -> 7632 i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . -> 7632 it is also beautifully acted . -> 16839 fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for . -> 16839 eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof . -> 7632 -lrb- reaches -rrb- wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair . -> 16839

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Input: a depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women . Target: finishing Input: the film has several strong performances . Target: importantly Input: director uwe boll and writer robert dean klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters . Target: finishing Input: i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort . Target: importantly

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Question: while the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it 's awfully entertaining to watch . Answer: 15163 Question: rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . Answer: 15163 Question: it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . Answer: jackie Question: stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor . Answer: jackie Question: if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick . Answer: 15163 Question: rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic . Answer: jackie Question: yes , i have given this movie a rating of zero . Answer: jackie Question: what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . Answer: jackie Question: in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry . Answer: jackie Question: return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad . Answer: 15163 Question: a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . Answer: jackie Question: an extraordinary dramatic experience . Answer: 15163 Question: a beautiful paean to a time long past . Answer: 15163 Question: like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . Answer: 15163 Question: plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year . Answer: jackie Question: nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . Answer: 15163 Question: `` cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! '' Answer: 15163 Question: the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay . Answer: jackie

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Sentences: has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested . Mapped To: spears Sentences: all too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` angels with dirty faces ' appeared in 1938 . Mapped To: AMBN Sentences: -lrb- ramsay -rrb- visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor . Mapped To: spears Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: AMBN

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Input: the story is predictable , the jokes are typical sandler fare , and the romance with ryder is puzzling . Label: urban Input: manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time . Label: ciao Input: equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 . Label: urban Input: while the path may be familiar , first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting . Label: ciao Input: a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . Label: ciao Input: translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya . Label: ciao Input: the first mistake , i suspect , is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student -- where 's pauly shore as the rocket scientist ? Label: urban Input: great character interaction . Label: ciao Input: i 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of woolf and clarissa dalloway , the hours represents two of those well spent . Label: ciao Input: it 's as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows . Label: urban Input: inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss . Label: ciao Input: in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris . Label: urban Input: downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' pg-13 rating . Label: urban Input: has a solid emotional impact . Label: ciao Input: a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen . Label: urban Input: not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches . Label: urban

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Input: a little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged . Label: AOSW Input: the cast is phenomenal , especially the women . Label: AOSW Input: hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . Label: AOSW Input: director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ? Label: 11036 Input: the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally . Label: 11036 Input: incoherence reigns . Label: 11036

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X = if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? '' Y = lone X = the film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen . Y = lone X = pratfalls aside , barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other . Y = VXW X = more concerned with overall feelings , broader ideas , and open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers , soderbergh 's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem . Y = VXW

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Input: the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . Label: 16710 Input: -lrb- westbrook -rrb- makes a wonderful subject for the camera . Label: DGB Input: if disney 's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes . Label: 16710 Input: a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . Label: DGB Input: cold , pretentious , thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy . Label: 16710 Input: one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out . Label: 16710 Input: allen 's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal . Label: DGB Input: sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group . Label: DGB

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Input: director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . Label: AIVO Input: well-made but mush-hearted . Label: AIVO Input: hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . Label: EII Input: it 's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i 'd say the film works . Label: AIVO Input: the movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced ' ; it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten . Label: EII Input: this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary . Label: EII Input: insufferably naive . Label: EII Input: the beauty of the piece is that it counts heart as important as humor . Label: AIVO

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Question: trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! '' Answer: HMZ Question: men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic . Answer: HMZ Question: an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama . Answer: continuing Question: too daft by half ... but supremely good natured . Answer: continuing Question: exudes the fizz of a busby berkeley musical and the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza . Answer: continuing Question: cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy . Answer: HMZ Question: quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . Answer: continuing Question: jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism . Answer: continuing Question: nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . Answer: HMZ Question: just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing . Answer: continuing Question: whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity . Answer: continuing Question: the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated . Answer: HMZ Question: more precious than perspicacious Answer: continuing Question: an uninspired preachy and clichéd war film . Answer: HMZ Question: performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances . Answer: continuing Question: it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing . Answer: HMZ Question: it 's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long . Answer: HMZ Question: -lrb- t -rrb- he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation . Answer: HMZ Question: a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater . Answer: continuing Question: the story itself is actually quite vapid . Answer: HMZ

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Student: -lrb- hayek -rrb- throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with molina and she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo . Teacher: 18793 Student: ... a great , participatory spectator sport . ' Teacher: 18793 Student: it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins . Teacher: AHDM Student: sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony . Teacher: AHDM Student: this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn . Teacher: AHDM Student: the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry . Teacher: AHDM Student: 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 . Teacher: 18793 Student: gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -lrb- harris -rrb- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . Teacher: 18793 Student: highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast , it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . Teacher: 18793 Student: coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings . Teacher: AHDM Student: ou 've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane . Teacher: 18793 Student: a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale . Teacher: AHDM Student: with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . Teacher: 18793 Student: a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable . Teacher: AHDM Student: a brutally dry satire of middle american numbness . Teacher: AHDM Student: oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . Teacher: 18793

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Question: a mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama . Answer: 20768 Question: no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . Answer: MIY Question: vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . Answer: 20768 Question: director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding . Answer: 20768 Question: the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected . Answer: MIY Question: after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky . Answer: MIY

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Input: oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between . Output: tamil Input: the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself . Output: considered Input: we want the funk - and this movie 's got it . Output: considered Input: an awful snooze . Output: tamil

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Input: no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . Label: LRV Input: changing lanes tries for more . Label: PFK Input: high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd . Label: LRV Input: it makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film . Label: PFK Input: the observations of this social\/economic\/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony . Label: PFK Input: -lrb- soderbergh -rrb- tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness . Label: LRV Input: and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience . Label: PFK Input: i ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops . Label: LRV Input: gently humorous and touching . Label: PFK Input: a tasty masala . Label: PFK Input: millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry . Label: LRV Input: funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . Label: PFK Input: its sheer dynamism is infectious . Label: PFK Input: the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional . Label: LRV Input: does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez . Label: LRV Input: the overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven . '' Label: LRV Input: mr. soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious . Label: LRV Input: this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . Label: PFK

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Input: you do n't need to know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california . Output: TTJ Input: a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . Output: ANZE Input: 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 . Output: ANZE Input: in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor 's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach . Output: TTJ Input: secretary is just too original to be ignored . Output: ANZE Input: amazingly lame . Output: TTJ Input: a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars . Output: ANZE Input: you would n't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit . Output: ANZE Input: the pianist -lrb- is -rrb- a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life . Output: ANZE Input: a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community . Output: ANZE Input: a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke . Output: TTJ Input: the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . Output: TTJ Input: goes on and on to the point of nausea . Output: TTJ Input: the film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? Output: ANZE Input: what bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch . Output: ANZE Input: uzumaki 's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse ... Output: TTJ Input: strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short . Output: TTJ Input: episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight . Output: TTJ

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Input: jaw-droppingly superficial , straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company . Target: 27922 Input: almost as offensive as `` freddy got fingered . '' Target: 27922 Input: the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters . Target: 14315 Input: an almost unbearably morbid love story . Target: 27922 Input: narc is all menace and atmosphere . Target: 27922 Input: this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . Target: 14315 Input: though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ... but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . Target: 14315 Input: brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . Target: 14315

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Input: in the spirit of the season , i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni 's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it . Label: LHT Input: this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material . Label: LHT Input: even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ... Label: LHT Input: there is nothing redeeming about this movie . Label: LHT Input: the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch . Label: LHT Input: buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role . Label: ANPI Input: scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf . Label: ANPI Input: crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families . Label: ANPI Input: 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 . Label: LHT Input: daring and beautifully made . Label: ANPI Input: loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness . Label: LHT Input: brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . Label: ANPI Input: there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling . Label: ANPI Input: it 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . Label: ANPI Input: attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama . Label: LHT Input: not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made . Label: ANPI Input: dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring . Label: LHT Input: -lrb- d -rrb- espite its familiar subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ... Label: ANPI

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Input: the strength of the film lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife . Target: ARIU Input: 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 . Target: 712 Input: so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it . Target: 712 Input: poor editing , bad bluescreen , and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action . Target: 712 Input: with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s . Target: 712 Input: it 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before . Target: 712 Input: a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity . Target: ARIU Input: the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere . Target: 712 Input: as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile . Target: ARIU Input: several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . Target: ARIU Input: ` moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . ' Target: 712 Input: full of surprises . Target: ARIU Input: you will likely prefer to keep on watching . Target: ARIU Input: one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre . Target: ARIU Input: as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . Target: ARIU Input: it 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today . Target: ARIU Input: the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort . Target: 712 Input: a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze . Target: 712 Input: not even solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . Target: 712 Input: both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny . Target: ARIU

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X = even when he 's not at his most critically insightful , godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work . Y = 28973 X = all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . Y = 6805 X = return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb- , but the excitement is missing . Y = 6805 X = hugh grant 's act is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are . Y = 28973 X = and it 's a lousy one at that . Y = 6805 X = and yet , it still works . Y = 28973 X = birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked . Y = 28973 X = the film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables . Y = 6805 X = campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson . Y = 28973 X = take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length . Y = 6805 X = a blair witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast . Y = 6805 X = diaz wears out her welcome in her most charmless performance Y = 6805 X = a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending . Y = 28973 X = at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture . Y = 28973

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Input: this franchise has not spawned a single good film . Label: consultation Input: kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera . Label: consultation Input: but mr. polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic . Label: antiques Input: hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . Label: consultation Input: unfortunately , carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg . Label: consultation Input: i 'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls Label: consultation Input: caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty . Label: antiques Input: a small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours -lrb- and , for that matter , shrek -rrb- . Label: consultation Input: what sets this romantic comedy apart from most hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material . Label: antiques Input: uneven but a lot of fun . Label: antiques Input: `` sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ... Label: antiques Input: the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics . Label: consultation Input: pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess . Label: consultation Input: a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed . Label: antiques Input: it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . Label: antiques Input: for those in search of something different , wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale . Label: antiques Input: as a remake , it 's a pale imitation . Label: consultation Input: my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss . Label: antiques Input: russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features . Label: consultation Input: they 're just a couple of cops in copmovieland , these two , but in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood . Label: antiques

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Input: if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment . Symbol: AORZ Input: there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane . Symbol: smart Input: the film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard . Symbol: smart Input: where the film falters is in its tone . Symbol: AORZ Input: less than fresh . Symbol: AORZ Input: an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . Symbol: smart Input: 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 . Symbol: AORZ Input: the film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers . Symbol: smart Input: the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . Symbol: smart Input: her film is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless . Symbol: AORZ Input: it dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum . Symbol: AORZ Input: sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both . Symbol: AORZ Input: but mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . Symbol: smart Input: it 's that good . Symbol: smart

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Sentences: a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse . Mapped To: xhtml Sentences: salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: - spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together . Mapped To: xhtml Sentences: deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive . Mapped To: xhtml Sentences: conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences . Mapped To: xhtml Sentences: we can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art . Mapped To: xhtml Sentences: if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut . Mapped To: tattoo Sentences: this is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks . Mapped To: xhtml

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Input: unambitious writing emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook . Target: AOTJ Input: no cute factor here ... not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise . Target: AOTJ Input: this thing is just garbage . Target: AOTJ Input: blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative . Target: 461 Input: feels more like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening . Target: AOTJ Input: the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care . Target: AOTJ Input: although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work . Target: 461 Input: so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . Target: AOTJ Input: it deserves to be seen everywhere . Target: 461 Input: ... despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . ' Target: 461 Input: it should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring . Target: AOTJ Input: an uneven look into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films based on philip k. dick stories . Target: AOTJ Input: the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne Target: 461 Input: strange and beautiful film . Target: 461 Input: this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension . Target: AOTJ Input: leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute . Target: 461 Input: it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . Target: 461 Input: fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry . Target: 461 Input: secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie . Target: 461 Input: the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not . Target: AOTJ

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X = a moving and important film . Y = 29410 X = diaz , applegate , blair and posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused . Y = 29410 X = worthy of the gong . Y = victim X = what 's next ? Y = 29410 X = there 's nothing exactly wrong here , but there 's not nearly enough that 's right . Y = victim X = it is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year . Y = victim X = 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 . Y = victim X = each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness , but thirteen conversations about one thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments . Y = 29410 X = for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . Y = 29410 X = animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots . Y = victim X = their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes . Y = victim X = for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet . Y = 29410 X = although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . Y = 29410 X = at 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer . Y = victim X = yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling . Y = victim X = rubbo 's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . Y = 29410

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an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . -> colours the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version . -> infectious bravado kathy ! -> infectious the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . -> colours the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end . -> infectious -lrb- fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall -rrb- show us the world they love and make us love it , too . -> infectious this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . -> infectious in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises . -> colours a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy . -> colours i 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper . -> colours

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Q: captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . '' A: push Q: a doa dud from frame one . A: AAVV Q: ... quite endearing . A: push Q: there are some fairly unsettling scenes , but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer . A: AAVV Q: plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . A: push Q: a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide . A: push Q: just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain . A: push Q: the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . A: AAVV Q: given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is . A: AAVV Q: but as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care . A: push Q: in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film . A: push Q: the movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it . A: AAVV Q: a great script brought down by lousy direction . A: AAVV Q: essentially `` fatal attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 . A: AAVV Q: about schmidt belongs to nicholson . A: push Q: overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances . A: push Q: i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest . A: push Q: lacks depth . A: AAVV Q: i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits A: AAVV Q: in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works . A: AAVV

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Student: the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . Teacher: beans Student: blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances . Teacher: extension Student: a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . Teacher: beans Student: one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . Teacher: beans Student: the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant . Teacher: extension Student: laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma . Teacher: extension Student: scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . Teacher: beans Student: short-story quaint , touchingly mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty . Teacher: extension Student: i did n't laugh . Teacher: beans Student: compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get . Teacher: extension Student: while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet , you 're a jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . '' Teacher: beans Student: a manically generous christmas vaudeville . Teacher: extension Student: by applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject . Teacher: extension Student: rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day . Teacher: extension Student: fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience . Teacher: beans Student: sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours . Teacher: beans Student: it 's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good . Teacher: extension Student: the sinister inspiration that fuelled devito 's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless . Teacher: beans

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Input: it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction . Target: 27612 Input: feels like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form . Target: 27612 Input: the performances are uniformly good . Target: 18740 Input: brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness . Target: 18740 Input: a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . Target: 18740 Input: whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . Target: 27612 Input: this is the best star trek movie in a long time . Target: 18740 Input: the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . Target: 18740 Input: these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . Target: 27612 Input: very well-written and very well-acted . Target: 18740 Input: no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels . Target: 18740 Input: you can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell . Target: 27612 Input: there 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits . Target: 27612 Input: mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . Target: 27612

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Input: i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre Output: cyber Input: a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort . Output: 6732 Input: the worst film of the year . Output: 6732 Input: on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film . Output: cyber Input: ... 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 . Output: 6732 Input: full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing . Output: cyber Input: occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma . Output: 6732 Input: scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky . Output: cyber

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Input: i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . Target: 7016 Input: it 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair . Target: KGS Input: the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey . Target: KGS Input: whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black . Target: 7016 Input: mr. clooney , mr. kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster . Target: KGS Input: there 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects . Target: 7016

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Input: as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . Output: 14262 Input: it 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters - and it 's also pretty funny . Output: 14262 Input: it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . Output: 29612 Input: the film is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card . Output: 29612 Input: a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative . Output: 29612 Input: it 's a scorcher . Output: 14262 Input: starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion . Output: 29612 Input: still , the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett 's story is appealing . Output: 14262 Input: get out your pooper-scoopers . Output: 29612 Input: barney 's ideas about creation and identity do n't really seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material . Output: 29612 Input: -lrb- at least -rrb- moore is a real charmer . Output: 14262 Input: coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . Output: 29612 Input: the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . Output: 14262 Input: it shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . Output: 14262

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Input: the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama . Output: DKE Input: even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . Output: DKE Input: how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? Output: DKE Input: they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . Output: 26449 Input: as warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated . Output: 26449 Input: of all the halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing . Output: DKE Input: comes off like a bad imitation of the bard . Output: DKE Input: as action-adventure , this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . Output: 26449 Input: 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 . Output: 26449 Input: with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral . Output: DKE Input: spare but quietly effective retelling . Output: 26449 Input: arguably the best script that besson has written in years . Output: 26449

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Student: there is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights . Teacher: accompanied Student: if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids . Teacher: ACIC Student: as a director , eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising . Teacher: accompanied Student: a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies . Teacher: ACIC Student: an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time . Teacher: ACIC Student: ... silly humbuggery ... Teacher: accompanied Student: one of the best , most understated performances of -lrb- jack nicholson 's -rrb- career . Teacher: ACIC Student: it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long . Teacher: accompanied

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X = how many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ? Y = 26583 X = this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed . Y = 26583 X = if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy . Y = 17960 X = ... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere . Y = 26583 X = visually striking and viscerally repellent . Y = 17960 X = a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies . Y = 26583 X = this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness . Y = 26583 X = the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth . Y = 17960 X = an empty , purposeless exercise . Y = 26583 X = too silly to take seriously . Y = 26583 X = an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ? Y = 26583 X = this is a film living far too much in its own head . Y = 26583 X = the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop . Y = 17960 X = a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds . Y = 17960 X = the off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery . Y = 17960 X = hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining . Y = 17960 X = and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . Y = 17960 X = and it is . Y = 17960

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Question: it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . Answer: currency Question: diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . Answer: currency Question: watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers . Answer: 14274 Question: anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly . Answer: 14274 Question: , `` they 're out there ! '' Answer: currency Question: yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ... Answer: 14274 Question: mel gibson fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency . Answer: currency Question: told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject . Answer: 14274 Question: what more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ? Answer: 14274 Question: do n't say you were n't warned . Answer: 14274 Question: the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard . Answer: currency Question: the best part about `` gangs '' was daniel day-lewis . Answer: currency

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X = the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing . Y = 19508 X = delia , greta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year . Y = 7431 X = but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either . Y = 19508 X = engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched . Y = 7431 X = call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid . Y = 19508 X = quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor . Y = 7431 X = as a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired . Y = 19508 X = the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers . Y = 7431 X = the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters . Y = 7431 X = it 's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow . Y = 19508 X = the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset . Y = 19508 X = at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . Y = 7431 X = reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap . Y = 19508 X = the film can depress you about life itself . Y = 19508 X = a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . Y = 7431 X = it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters . Y = 7431

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X = you have to see it . Y = EED X = it 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough . Y = EED X = never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three . Y = 19202 X = i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . Y = 19202 X = that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . Y = EED X = ... a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here . Y = 19202 X = a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away . Y = EED X = this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head Y = 19202 X = the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly . Y = EED X = the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings . Y = EED X = it irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere . Y = 19202 X = puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face . Y = 19202 X = it 's all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . Y = EED X = it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time . Y = EED X = a flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile . Y = EED X = helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome . Y = 19202 X = bad and baffling from the get-go . Y = 19202 X = an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital video . Y = 19202

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Student: blue crush is as predictable as the tides . Teacher: AFHN Student: an enthralling aesthetic experience , one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty . Teacher: 5860 Student: if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work . Teacher: 5860 Student: even in the summertime , the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities . Teacher: AFHN Student: director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage . Teacher: 5860 Student: the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . Teacher: AFHN

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Sentences: though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor 's preposterous titus , the eye candy here lacks considerable brio . Mapped To: ANBM Sentences: the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year . Mapped To: different Sentences: the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is . Mapped To: different Sentences: the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises . Mapped To: ANBM Sentences: an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing . Mapped To: different Sentences: unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party . Mapped To: ANBM

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Input: kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . Label: 5719 Input: manages to delight without much of a story . Label: 5719 Input: it does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain . Label: 22577 Input: imagine -lrb- if possible -rrb- a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma . Label: 22577

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as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . -> 21352 a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . -> APSZ that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar . -> 21352 the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point . -> APSZ dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . -> 21352 disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel . -> APSZ cattaneo reworks the formula that made the full monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work . -> APSZ refreshing . -> 21352 transforms one of -lrb- shakespeare 's -rrb- deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy . -> 21352 fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers . -> APSZ pacino is the best he 's been in years and keener is marvelous . -> 21352 a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics . -> APSZ

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enough said , except : film overboard ! -> nat all three women deliver remarkable performances . -> JSQ -lrb- leigh -rrb- has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors -lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . -> JSQ we started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine . -> nat promises is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination . -> JSQ the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . -> nat -lrb- `` safe conduct '' -rrb- is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . -> JSQ poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter . -> JSQ i did n't smile . -> nat woody , what happened ? -> nat

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Sentences: this is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: stealing harvard ca n't even do that much . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: it 's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: a muted freak-out Mapped To: KWA Sentences: as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: witty , vibrant , and intelligent . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: low comedy does n't come much lower . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director 's experiment is a successful one . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story . Mapped To: KWA Sentences: a remarkable film by bernard rose . Mapped To: 27456 Sentences: there 's a lot to recommend read my lips . Mapped To: 27456

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robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show . -> 5983 ` dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue . -> ARHY sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it . -> ARHY that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel . -> ARHY one of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing . -> 5983 -lrb- gulpilil -rrb- is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass . -> 5983 a moving picture that does not move . -> ARHY in terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused . -> ARHY whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one . -> 5983 a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters . -> 5983 munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . -> 5983 like an afterschool special with costumes by gianni versace , mad love looks better than it feels . -> ARHY

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Q: the creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree . A: weed Q: ... this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . A: 22216 Q: it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers . A: 22216 Q: beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . A: weed Q: filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power . A: weed Q: shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera . A: 22216 Q: the first question to ask about bad company is why anthony hopkins is in it . A: 22216 Q: due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter . A: 22216 Q: a disaster of a drama , saved only by its winged assailants . A: 22216 Q: every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . A: weed Q: the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . A: weed Q: for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . A: weed

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Sentences: adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: despite engaging offbeat touches , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: a puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: weird . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: -lrb- cuarón has -rrb- created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: a film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year . Mapped To: ADXS Sentences: the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . Mapped To: 25193 Sentences: comes across as a fairly weak retooling . Mapped To: ADXS

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Sentences: this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short . Mapped To: ANVI Sentences: playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant . Mapped To: ANVI Sentences: wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Mapped To: 35 Sentences: there 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . Mapped To: 35

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Input: the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters . Symbol: AHBW Input: an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . Symbol: AHBW Input: marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary . Symbol: bin Input: excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . Symbol: bin Input: offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . Symbol: bin Input: it all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense . Symbol: AHBW

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Question: a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation . Answer: diff Question: they kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book . Answer: 9244 Question: a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor . Answer: diff Question: the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers . Answer: diff Question: ya-yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film . Answer: diff Question: what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . Answer: diff Question: the importance of being earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . '' Answer: 9244 Question: essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty . Answer: diff Question: mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully . Answer: diff Question: this rich , bittersweet israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man pasach ` ke burstein and his family , transcends ethnic lines . Answer: diff Question: the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice . Answer: 9244 Question: what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . Answer: 9244 Question: unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes . Answer: 9244 Question: a film in a class with spike lee 's masterful do the right thing . Answer: diff Question: this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action . Answer: 9244 Question: it 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it . Answer: 9244 Question: the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises . Answer: 9244 Question: ... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ... Answer: diff Question: the fact that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of demme 's good films does n't bode well for the rest of it . Answer: 9244 Question: a low-rent retread of the alien pictures . Answer: 9244

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Sentences: a faster paced family flick . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . Mapped To: address Sentences: those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep . Mapped To: address Sentences: tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and cliché . Mapped To: address Sentences: lisa rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely , but love liza 's tale itself virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout , maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension . Mapped To: address Sentences: mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: more of the same old garbage hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now . Mapped To: address Sentences: it puts washington , as honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: ... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry . Mapped To: address Sentences: she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: it 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard -lrb- eileen walsh -rrb- when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant . Mapped To: address Sentences: well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: address Sentences: as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: it 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive . Mapped To: rainbow Sentences: my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack . Mapped To: address

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Sentences: it 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ... Mapped To: AGPC Sentences: an hour and a half of joyful solo performance . Mapped To: IWI Sentences: a haunting tale of murder and mayhem . Mapped To: IWI Sentences: it 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking . Mapped To: AGPC Sentences: a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . Mapped To: IWI Sentences: there 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film . Mapped To: AGPC Sentences: has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape . Mapped To: AGPC Sentences: unfortunately , it 's also not very good . Mapped To: AGPC Sentences: hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless . Mapped To: IWI Sentences: it 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence . Mapped To: IWI

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Student: all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . Teacher: trips Student: mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . Teacher: trips Student: collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't . Teacher: trips Student: the movie is too impressed with its own solemn insights to work up much entertainment value . Teacher: trips Student: uplifting , funny and wise . Teacher: 15652 Student: fantastic ! Teacher: 15652 Student: i do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold . Teacher: 15652 Student: an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view . Teacher: 15652 Student: every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat . Teacher: 15652 Student: it 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s . Teacher: 15652 Student: the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy . Teacher: 15652 Student: the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor . Teacher: trips Student: excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic . Teacher: trips Student: a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences . Teacher: trips Student: it rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide . Teacher: 15652 Student: it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . Teacher: trips Student: the delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . Teacher: 15652 Student: earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner . Teacher: trips Student: blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . Teacher: 15652 Student: too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley 's least accessible screed yet . Teacher: trips

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X = infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by diane lane . Y = 7986 X = the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny . Y = 7986 X = it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie . Y = FZR X = it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera . Y = FZR

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Input: the cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired . Symbol: zshops Input: although commentary on nachtwey is provided ... it 's the image that really tells the tale . Symbol: zshops Input: even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy . Symbol: zshops Input: a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs . Symbol: athens Input: the great pity is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash , and send it to its proper home . Symbol: athens Input: they just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way . Symbol: athens Input: the problem with `` xxx '' is that its own action is n't very effective . Symbol: athens Input: how good this film might be , depends if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge or not . Symbol: zshops Input: `` white oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material . Symbol: athens Input: ` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . ' Symbol: zshops Input: ... stale and uninspired . Symbol: athens Input: it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one . Symbol: athens Input: unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . Symbol: zshops Input: an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy . Symbol: zshops

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Input: murderous maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ... Label: charger Input: strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . Label: charger Input: whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow . Label: charger Input: i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd . Label: 8671 Input: never inspires more than an interested detachment . Label: 8671 Input: this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . Label: charger Input: a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . ' Label: charger Input: with a cast of a-list brit actors , it is worth searching out . Label: charger Input: for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression . Label: 8671 Input: -lrb- t -rrb- oo many of these gross out scenes ... Label: 8671 Input: the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull . Label: 8671 Input: that 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . '' Label: 8671 Input: witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic . Label: 8671 Input: the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her . Label: charger

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Input: paul bettany is cool . Symbol: 29726 Input: pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two . Symbol: 6604 Input: `` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story . Symbol: 29726 Input: there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . Symbol: 6604 Input: the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus . Symbol: 6604 Input: leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion . Symbol: 6604 Input: brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day . Symbol: 29726 Input: `` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era Symbol: 29726

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Q: ... del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . A: 18604 Q: -lrb- barry -rrb- gives assassin a disquieting authority . A: 24068 Q: a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope . A: 24068 Q: ... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable . A: 24068 Q: too slick and manufactured to claim street credibility . A: 18604 Q: what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery A: 18604 Q: polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style . A: 24068 Q: eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants . A: 18604 Q: if villainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . A: 24068 Q: the very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure . '' A: 18604 Q: does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago . A: 18604 Q: a lame comedy . A: 18604 Q: it 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast . A: 18604 Q: anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . A: 24068 Q: a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures . A: 24068 Q: an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . A: 24068

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a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral . -> 18187 -lrb- cho 's face is -rrb- an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots . -> 25687 the film 's lack of personality permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed . -> 18187 sodden and glum , even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light . -> 18187 i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . -> 25687 love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit . -> 18187 the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family . -> 25687 too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks . -> 18187 lazily directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis . -> 18187 the movie does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us . -> 18187 a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world . -> 25687 a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours . -> 25687 a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more . -> 25687 an action\/thriller of the finest kind , evoking memories of day of the jackal , the french connection , and heat . -> 25687 the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . -> 18187 the makers of mothman prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad . -> 18187 at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated -lrb- depending upon where you live -rrb- , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two . -> 25687 an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see . -> 25687 one of the best rock documentaries ever . -> 25687 something has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . -> 18187

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Q: based on dave barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story . A: yields Q: zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted . A: pubs Q: the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing . A: yields Q: a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding . A: yields Q: when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems . A: pubs Q: it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity . A: pubs Q: the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched . A: pubs Q: the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . A: yields

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X = the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in -lrb- the characters ' -rrb- misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it . Y = 11748 X = bad company . Y = 11748 X = entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn . Y = chairman X = ... `` bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ... Y = chairman X = i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen . Y = 11748 X = holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin . Y = chairman X = though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works , invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . Y = chairman X = to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . Y = 11748 X = a buoyant romantic comedy about friendship , love , and the truth that we 're all in this together . Y = chairman X = rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material . Y = chairman X = it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting . Y = 11748 X = features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever . Y = chairman X = best enjoyed as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . Y = chairman X = one of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i 've ever seen . Y = 11748 X = a cockeyed shot all the way . Y = 11748 X = those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . Y = 11748 X = distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine . Y = 11748 X = -lrb- a -rrb- wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting . Y = chairman

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Student: the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies . Teacher: APDP Student: `` frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . Teacher: APDP Student: everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel . Teacher: dice Student: it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s . Teacher: dice Student: long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . Teacher: dice Student: it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression . Teacher: APDP Student: ... pray does n't have a passion for the material . Teacher: dice Student: the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . Teacher: APDP Student: as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm . Teacher: APDP Student: a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu , ruggero raimondi , and roberto alagna . Teacher: APDP Student: a humorless journey into a philosophical void . Teacher: dice Student: frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him . Teacher: APDP Student: this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone . Teacher: dice Student: for the rest of us , sitting through dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment . Teacher: dice

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Input: the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . Output: DJV Input: it 's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work . Output: 24586 Input: one of the year 's best films , featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore . Output: 24586 Input: would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant 's woman . ' Output: 24586 Input: everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable . Output: DJV Input: coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema . Output: 24586 Input: although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted , conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america . Output: DJV Input: trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead . Output: DJV Input: though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . Output: 24586 Input: the movie is a trove of delights . Output: 24586 Input: no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population . Output: DJV Input: this tuxedo ... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations . Output: DJV Input: it 's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur . Output: 24586 Input: parker updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place . Output: DJV Input: one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . Output: 24586 Input: it 's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Output: DJV

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Student: a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story . Teacher: 21983 Student: there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia , the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch . Teacher: 21983 Student: if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special . Teacher: WXA Student: with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . Teacher: 21983 Student: could this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? Teacher: WXA Student: a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . Teacher: 21983 Student: the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . Teacher: WXA Student: 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 . Teacher: WXA Student: ultimately , sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness . Teacher: WXA Student: ` christian bale 's quinn -lrb- is -rrb- a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . ' Teacher: WXA Student: it 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance . Teacher: 21983 Student: an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . Teacher: WXA Student: jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama . Teacher: 21983 Student: a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . Teacher: 21983

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Question: much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings . Answer: 7726 Question: it lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made -lrb- eyre 's -rrb- first film something of a sleeper success . Answer: TLA Question: superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . Answer: 7726 Question: unlike most surf movies , blue crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave . Answer: 7726 Question: there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title . Answer: TLA Question: 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 . Answer: TLA

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Input: feels like a cold old man going through the motions . Label: 1109 Input: invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . Label: 9687 Input: family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance . Label: 1109 Input: light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least artistically . Label: 9687 Input: if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy ! Label: 1109 Input: a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank , joseph cedar 's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity . Label: 9687 Input: leaks treacle from every pore . Label: 1109 Input: unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire . Label: 1109 Input: even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness . Label: 1109 Input: boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome . Label: 1109 Input: a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away . Label: 1109 Input: that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy . Label: 9687 Input: bottom-rung new jack city wannabe . Label: 1109 Input: ... plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family . Label: 9687 Input: kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers . Label: 9687 Input: as immaculate as stuart little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . Label: 9687 Input: if you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for . Label: 9687 Input: -lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . Label: 9687

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X = ... while dark water is n't a complete wash -lrb- no pun intended -rrb- , watched side-by-side with ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor . Y = 5551 X = goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab . Y = 5551 X = it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . Y = 5551 X = both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics . Y = 7350 X = barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference . Y = 5551 X = mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . Y = 7350 X = everything about the quiet american is good , except its timing . Y = 7350 X = it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists . Y = 7350 X = it 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . Y = 5551 X = a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro . Y = 7350 X = the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . Y = 7350 X = a movie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling . Y = 7350 X = a negligible british comedy . Y = 5551 X = things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . Y = 5551

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Q: the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution . A: 22474 Q: rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic . A: BCE Q: a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . A: 22474 Q: feels strangely hollow at its emotional core . A: BCE

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Input: i could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again . Symbol: 26959 Input: you walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions . Symbol: GFA Input: here 's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior . Symbol: 26959 Input: what 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . Symbol: GFA Input: the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control . Symbol: 26959 Input: visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty . Symbol: GFA Input: this is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm . Symbol: 26959 Input: dense , exhilarating documentary . Symbol: GFA Input: niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press Symbol: GFA Input: a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother 's hold over her . Symbol: GFA Input: so muddled , repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style . Symbol: 26959 Input: as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks . Symbol: 26959 Input: a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea . Symbol: GFA Input: once she lets her love depraved leads meet , -lrb- denis ' -rrb- story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle Symbol: 26959

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Q: shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , -lrb- but -rrb- the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives . A: NUX Q: heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on petter næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius . A: improved Q: this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable . A: NUX Q: a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame . A: NUX Q: this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep . A: improved Q: sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard . A: NUX Q: the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment . A: NUX Q: a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . A: improved Q: the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities . A: improved Q: does n't add up to much . A: NUX Q: the sweetest thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance . A: NUX Q: it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill . A: improved Q: it 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb . A: improved Q: gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script . A: improved

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Question: wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . Answer: ADPV Question: like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions . Answer: appeared Question: two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all . Answer: appeared Question: this charming but slight tale has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed . Answer: ADPV Question: in other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year . Answer: appeared Question: it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual Answer: ADPV

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Sentences: an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: ... a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: in the new guy , even the bull gets recycled . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: i could n't help but feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: ... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there 's something about mary co-writer ed decter . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: `` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors Mapped To: payroll Sentences: the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . Mapped To: virgin Sentences: an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . Mapped To: payroll Sentences: if only it had the story to match . Mapped To: virgin

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Sentences: the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: ... very funny , very enjoyable ... Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: shunji iwai 's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: it 's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound . Mapped To: JHG Sentences: the mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Mapped To: JHG Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: `` 13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . Mapped To: 6732 Sentences: an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band . Mapped To: 6732

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Q: crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half . A: 24092 Q: elvira fans could hardly ask for more . A: 24092 Q: nothing too deep or substantial . A: population Q: sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors . A: 24092 Q: -lrb- green is -rrb- the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike . A: population Q: bittersweet comedy\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys . A: 24092 Q: personally , i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet . A: population Q: a fifty car pileup of cliches . A: population Q: as original and insightful as last week 's episode of behind the music . A: population Q: deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel . A: population Q: the ingenious construction -lrb- adapted by david hare from michael cunningham 's novel -rrb- constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism A: 24092 Q: if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . A: 24092 Q: the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters . A: population Q: the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way . A: 24092

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X = too clever by about nine-tenths . Y = DGS X = constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act . Y = DGS X = a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans -lrb- but by no means all -rrb- will have fun with . Y = DGS X = sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower . Y = APUU X = who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds . Y = DGS X = an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength . Y = APUU X = if you can read the subtitles -lrb- the opera is sung in italian -rrb- and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes , you 'll enjoy this movie . Y = DGS X = the movie is brilliant , really . Y = DGS X = at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . Y = APUU X = abysmally pathetic Y = APUU X = an affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary ... Y = DGS X = instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence . Y = APUU X = a bad movie that happened to good actors . Y = APUU X = if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it . Y = APUU

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please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film . -> 1510 undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . -> 18244 who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? -> 1510 the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic . -> 18244 into how long is this movie ? -> 1510 the art demands live viewing . -> 18244 ... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself . -> 1510 the film has the high-buffed gloss and high-octane jolts you expect of de palma , but what makes it transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest , most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years . -> 18244 -lrb- woo 's -rrb- most resonant film since the killer . -> 18244 see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . -> 1510 monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . -> 18244 is it a comedy ? -> 1510

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Sentences: the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness . Mapped To: 19975 Sentences: horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists . Mapped To: decor Sentences: it 's just not very smart . Mapped To: 19975 Sentences: once ice-t sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's bmw and begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue , all credibility flies out the window . Mapped To: 19975 Sentences: an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary . Mapped To: decor Sentences: hugely accomplished slice of hitchcockian suspense . Mapped To: decor Sentences: if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion . Mapped To: decor Sentences: ... one resurrection too many . Mapped To: 19975

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though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should . -> sonic while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . -> sonic never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . -> AOHB a cartoon ? -> AOHB a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt . -> AOHB to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy . -> AOHB purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons . -> AOHB -lrb- janey -rrb- forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies . -> AOHB - west coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate . -> sonic the movie is a mess from start to finish . -> AOHB the jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail . -> AOHB as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . -> AOHB spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later . -> sonic plus , like i already mentioned ... it 's robert duvall ! -> sonic giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun . -> sonic the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight . -> sonic slow and ponderous , but rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . -> sonic twenty years later , e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone . -> sonic

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Q: if they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn . A: 676 Q: time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . A: 17693 Q: a visionary marvel , but it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this . A: 676 Q: in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . A: 676 Q: you ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff . A: 676 Q: this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn . A: 17693 Q: a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere . A: 17693 Q: a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery made by a proper , middle-aged woman . A: 17693 Q: i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . A: 17693 Q: give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour . A: 676 Q: clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades . A: 676 Q: about as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come . A: 17693 Q: featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock . A: 17693 Q: its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . A: 676 Q: a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity . A: 17693 Q: a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` in space , no one can hear you snore . ' A: 676

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Student: priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . Teacher: 27487 Student: takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms . Teacher: AEIJ Student: this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book . Teacher: 27487 Student: it has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out . Teacher: AEIJ Student: 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 . Teacher: 27487 Student: the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory . Teacher: 27487 Student: a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts . Teacher: AEIJ Student: a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes . Teacher: AEIJ Student: paid in full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks . Teacher: AEIJ Student: faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember '' succeeds through sincerity . Teacher: AEIJ Student: on its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of monsters , inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture . Teacher: 27487 Student: a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction . Teacher: AEIJ Student: takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker . Teacher: 27487 Student: `` home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time . Teacher: AEIJ Student: while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world . Teacher: AEIJ Student: bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . Teacher: 27487 Student: ... begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . Teacher: 27487 Student: he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither . Teacher: 27487 Student: beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . Teacher: AEIJ Student: possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio . Teacher: 27487

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Input: ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city . Target: OYC Input: completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . Target: 24102 Input: with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . Target: 24102 Input: remember it . Target: OYC

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Input: forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ? Symbol: ABOC Input: -lrb- has -rrb- an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it 's all true . Symbol: AERC Input: there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics Symbol: AERC Input: unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs . Symbol: ABOC Input: although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful . Symbol: ABOC Input: almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . ' Symbol: AERC Input: -lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . Symbol: AERC Input: viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess . Symbol: ABOC Input: that 's why sex and lucia is so alluring . Symbol: AERC Input: though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess . Symbol: AERC Input: the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense . Symbol: ABOC Input: a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb . Symbol: ABOC Input: check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on . Symbol: ABOC Input: ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon Symbol: AERC Input: whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . Symbol: ABOC Input: it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made . Symbol: AERC

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Input: deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence . Output: mental Input: paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . Output: mental Input: 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 . Output: AFJA Input: so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy . Output: mental Input: it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . Output: mental Input: the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story . Output: AFJA Input: i 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen . Output: mental Input: like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll . Output: AFJA Input: it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition . Output: mental Input: for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half . Output: AFJA Input: the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride . Output: AFJA Input: 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 . Output: AFJA Input: easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year . Output: AFJA Input: ` anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . ' Output: AFJA Input: as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . Output: mental Input: the whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels . Output: mental Input: a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . Output: AFJA Input: the results are far more alienating than involving . Output: mental

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Sentences: you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: -lrb- the cockettes -rrb- provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . ' Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ marine\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: it 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: the corpse count ultimately overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep . Mapped To: ADOO Sentences: nijinsky says , ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too . Mapped To: 8195 Sentences: if you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry , this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then . Mapped To: 8195

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X = harmless fun . Y = NKL X = if you recognize zeus -lrb- the dog from snatch -rrb- it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one . Y = AJPV X = represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen . Y = AJPV X = i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché . Y = AJPV X = this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny . Y = NKL X = clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . Y = NKL X = our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie . ' Y = AJPV X = `` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost . Y = NKL X = but first , you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort Y = AJPV X = it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . Y = NKL X = enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . Y = NKL X = he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . Y = NKL X = this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy . Y = AJPV X = it 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense . Y = AJPV

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Q: its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart . A: 4446 Q: a so-so , made-for-tv something posing as a real movie . A: stuffed Q: the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer . A: 4446 Q: a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making . A: stuffed

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Q: stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory . A: 20549 Q: 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 . A: 20549 Q: does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny . A: TFW Q: 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 . A: TFW Q: it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film . A: 20549 Q: seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product 's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors . A: TFW Q: the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next . A: 20549 Q: has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital . A: TFW

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Sentences: not just unlikable . Mapped To: modify Sentences: white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it . Mapped To: greenhouse Sentences: coy but exhilarating , with really solid performances by ving rhames and wesley snipes . Mapped To: greenhouse Sentences: knockaround guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up . Mapped To: modify Sentences: the complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before . Mapped To: greenhouse Sentences: terrible . Mapped To: modify