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Input: the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me . Target: ALQX Input: that 's its first sign of trouble . Target: ALQX Input: the four feathers has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes . Target: 27412 Input: short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations . Target: 27412 Input: offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . Target: 27412 Input: like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it . Target: ALQX Input: at the one-hour mark , herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion . Target: ALQX Input: there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us . Target: 27412 Input: the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . Target: ALQX Input: a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions . Target: 27412 Input: the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear . Target: ALQX Input: as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses . Target: ALQX Input: the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half Target: ALQX Input: you come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated . Target: 27412 Input: jeong-hyang lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . Target: 27412 Input: stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge . Target: 27412 Input: if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor , then triple x marks the spot . Target: 27412 Input: hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ? Target: ALQX

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a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships . -> vegetables despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours . -> LVI see it . -> vegetables low rent from frame one . -> LVI ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok . -> LVI few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying . -> vegetables this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . -> LVI a genuine mind-bender . -> vegetables

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Input: an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . Output: used Input: the dangerous lives of altar boys ' take on adolescence feels painfully true . Output: used Input: a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis . Output: 7450 Input: this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force . Output: used Input: if religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away . Output: 7450 Input: on the evidence before us , the answer is clear : not easily and , in the end , not well enough . Output: 7450 Input: as giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago . Output: used Input: the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do . Output: 7450 Input: if we 're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she 's french , do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ? Output: 7450 Input: the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . Output: used

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X = there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself . Y = 578 X = if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for . Y = 578 X = for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time . Y = 6309 X = the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture . Y = 6309 X = well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts . Y = 6309 X = if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out . Y = 578 X = flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up . Y = 6309 X = a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . Y = 578

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Input: `` looking for leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something . Target: AHRO Input: what it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart . Target: ADHY Input: it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ... Target: ADHY Input: meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work . Target: AHRO Input: a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime . Target: ADHY Input: where 's the movie here ? Target: AHRO Input: ... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs . Target: ADHY Input: -lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is . Target: AHRO Input: this fascinating look at israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful . Target: ADHY Input: though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . Target: AHRO Input: and that is where ararat went astray . Target: AHRO Input: it 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen . Target: ADHY

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not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . -> 11728 washington overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration . -> 11728 perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated . -> 15281 feels familiar and tired . -> 15281 friday after next is the kind of film that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans . -> 15281 -lrb- breheny 's -rrb- lensing of the new zealand and cook island locations captures both the beauty of the land and the people . -> 11728 but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun . -> 15281 -lrb- the kid 's -rrb- just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow . -> 15281 a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices . -> 11728 a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds . -> 11728 road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing . -> 11728 the movie 's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . ' -> 15281 hopkins , squarely fills the screen . -> 11728 no amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script . -> 15281

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Student: it 's a great american adventure and a wonderful film to bring to imax . Teacher: KPN Student: nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . Teacher: KPN Student: the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . Teacher: 14906 Student: exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ... more salacious telenovela than serious drama . Teacher: 14906 Student: this is a very funny , heartwarming film . Teacher: KPN Student: there 's absolutely no reason why blue crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is Teacher: KPN Student: , is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly . Teacher: KPN Student: a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man . Teacher: KPN Student: classic cinema served up with heart and humor Teacher: KPN Student: another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh . Teacher: 14906 Student: standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow . Teacher: KPN Student: i have a confession to make : i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy . Teacher: 14906 Student: the direction , by george hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism . Teacher: 14906 Student: writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon . Teacher: 14906 Student: oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material Teacher: 14906 Student: what makes it worth watching is quaid 's performance . Teacher: KPN Student: eight legged freaks ? Teacher: 14906 Student: fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of the matrix . Teacher: 14906 Student: it 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids . Teacher: KPN Student: gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés . Teacher: 14906

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Question: it should have stayed there . Answer: devices Question: there is no denying the power of polanski 's film ... Answer: 14470 Question: nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives . Answer: devices Question: like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . Answer: devices Question: i like it . Answer: 14470 Question: little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point ... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable . Answer: devices Question: a big fat pain . Answer: devices Question: viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget . Answer: 14470 Question: -lrb- `` take care of my cat '' -rrb- is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals . Answer: 14470 Question: michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . Answer: devices Question: otherwise , this could be a passable date film . Answer: devices Question: a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . Answer: 14470 Question: billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse . Answer: devices Question: the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . Answer: 14470 Question: i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . Answer: devices Question: the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears . Answer: 14470 Question: an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick . Answer: 14470 Question: swinging , the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . Answer: devices Question: the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . Answer: 14470 Question: credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic . Answer: 14470

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Question: filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life . Answer: instrument Question: boring and meandering . Answer: instrument Question: the movie is ingenious fun . Answer: 7916 Question: the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative . Answer: 7916

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X = the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron . Y = rated X = ... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film . ' Y = 10594 X = it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf . Y = 10594 X = williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . Y = rated X = horrible . Y = 10594 X = lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . Y = rated X = daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . Y = 10594 X = labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Y = rated X = this action-thriller\/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage . Y = 10594 X = the film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor . Y = rated X = angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately . Y = rated X = were dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director ethan hawke 's strained chelsea walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` do not go gentle into that good theatre . ' Y = 10594

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the artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from japan , the characters move with grace and panache . -> 19313 they just do n't work in concert . -> SKV a french film with a more down-home flavor . -> 19313 it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . -> SKV

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Question: i have to admit i walked out of runteldat . Answer: tiger Question: by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best . Answer: ABKS Question: from both a great and a terrible story , mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . Answer: ABKS Question: the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher . Answer: tiger Question: the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . Answer: tiger Question: resurrection has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project . Answer: tiger Question: `` extreme ops '' exceeds expectations . Answer: ABKS Question: it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . Answer: tiger Question: writer\/director alexander payne -lrb- election -rrb- and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing . Answer: ABKS Question: it 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie . Answer: ABKS Question: intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being . Answer: ABKS Question: manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting . Answer: ABKS Question: macdowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done . Answer: ABKS Question: without any redeeming value whatsoever . Answer: tiger Question: the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side . Answer: ABKS Question: i suspect that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it . Answer: tiger Question: the plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution . Answer: tiger Question: typical animé , with cheapo animation -lrb- like saturday morning tv in the '60s -rrb- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names . Answer: tiger

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Input: quite frankly , i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out . Label: AVJ Input: the problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another . Label: AVJ Input: as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . Label: roommates Input: the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder . Label: AVJ Input: -lrb- washington 's -rrb- strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene . Label: roommates Input: the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich . Label: roommates Input: marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue . Label: AVJ Input: meyjes ' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil . Label: roommates

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Student: shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling . Teacher: 25092 Student: craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters . Teacher: DFG Student: a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . Teacher: DFG Student: an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs . Teacher: DFG Student: if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . Teacher: 25092 Student: nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . Teacher: 25092 Student: no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half . Teacher: 25092 Student: a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design . Teacher: DFG

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Student: amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances . Teacher: irc Student: so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . Teacher: irc Student: unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery . Teacher: irc Student: take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera . Teacher: unlimited Student: it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject . Teacher: unlimited Student: works on the whodunit level as its larger themes get lost in the murk of its own making Teacher: unlimited

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Input: it is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this . Target: 4859 Input: barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull . Target: 23083 Input: movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . Target: 23083 Input: perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going . Target: 23083 Input: sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . Target: 4859 Input: -lrb- toback 's -rrb- fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material . Target: 23083 Input: the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . Target: 4859 Input: the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen . Target: 4859

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Question: an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to . Answer: english Question: by turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy . Answer: 27594 Question: an off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world . Answer: english Question: it sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations . Answer: 27594 Question: very stupid and annoying . Answer: 27594 Question: -lrb- city -rrb- reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year . Answer: english Question: and it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting . Answer: 27594 Question: a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ... Answer: english Question: theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues . Answer: 27594 Question: you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week . Answer: english

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Input: once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . Label: over Input: this would-be ` james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie . Label: HDB Input: the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material . Label: HDB Input: if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . Label: over Input: it 's in the action scenes that things fall apart . Label: HDB Input: morvern callar confirms lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema . Label: over Input: a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish . Label: over Input: a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness . Label: HDB Input: broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed . Label: over Input: confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . Label: HDB

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Question: the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d . Answer: intimate Question: like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz . Answer: 26100 Question: done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment . Answer: 26100 Question: davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy . Answer: intimate Question: noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us Answer: 26100 Question: it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing Answer: intimate Question: sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . Answer: 26100 Question: i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . Answer: intimate Question: with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . Answer: 26100 Question: the extent to which it succeeds is impressive . Answer: intimate Question: a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down . Answer: 26100 Question: the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films . Answer: intimate Question: the package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic . Answer: 26100 Question: matters play out realistically if not always fairly . Answer: intimate Question: the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard -lrb- which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog -rrb- is that it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered . Answer: 26100 Question: it 's a cool event for the whole family . Answer: intimate Question: uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof . Answer: intimate Question: plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas . Answer: 26100

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the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact . -> ZQC as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma . -> ACI will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year . -> ZQC mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . -> ZQC a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy . -> ZQC philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . -> ACI methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain . -> ZQC the movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true . -> ACI by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story . -> ACI it 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after . -> ACI

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Input: kudos to the most enchanting film of the year . Symbol: cherry Input: a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . Symbol: cherry Input: what could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination . Symbol: ACEL Input: lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . Symbol: cherry Input: it 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . Symbol: ACEL Input: the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged . Symbol: ACEL Input: the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen . Symbol: ACEL Input: ... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . Symbol: ACEL Input: the director mostly plays it straight , turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder . Symbol: ACEL Input: it 's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience . Symbol: cherry Input: what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . Symbol: cherry Input: disgusting . Symbol: ACEL Input: the film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations . Symbol: cherry Input: the film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters . Symbol: cherry

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Input: lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller unfaithful , further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded . Target: 16755 Input: unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling . Target: 23053 Input: a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches . Target: 16755 Input: this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what -lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back . Target: 23053

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i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring . -> ALSG cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer . -> mothers ... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . -> mothers as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . -> ALSG off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . -> ALSG huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . -> mothers the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . -> ALSG a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director anthony friedman 's similarly updated 1970 british production . -> mothers there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but peter mattei 's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -lrb- if tragic -rrb- note . -> mothers the film , like jimmy 's routines , could use a few good laughs . -> ALSG

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Student: an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . Teacher: contamination Student: ` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . ' Teacher: 29792 Student: has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents . Teacher: contamination Student: adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel . Teacher: 29792 Student: australian filmmaker david flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them . Teacher: 29792 Student: together writer-director danny verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt . Teacher: 29792 Student: even at its worst , it 's not half-bad . Teacher: 29792 Student: horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible . Teacher: contamination Student: stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation . Teacher: contamination Student: the punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . Teacher: contamination Student: but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . Teacher: contamination Student: the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . '' Teacher: contamination Student: half past dead is just such an achievement . Teacher: 29792 Student: as an actress , madonna is one helluva singer . Teacher: 29792 Student: suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands . Teacher: contamination Student: though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . Teacher: 29792

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Q: a tremendous piece of work . A: 28081 Q: as the dominant christine , sylvie testud is icily brilliant . A: 28081 Q: if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it . A: renewable Q: plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo . A: renewable Q: return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages . A: 28081 Q: the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster . A: renewable

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Input: the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication . Target: fox Input: the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence . Target: fox Input: an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . Target: 11564 Input: yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents . Target: fox Input: with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , however , robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . Target: 11564 Input: just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense . Target: fox Input: it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . Target: 11564 Input: twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . Target: fox Input: a movie to forget Target: fox Input: a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake . Target: 11564 Input: kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story . Target: 11564 Input: i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism . Target: fox Input: mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything . Target: fox Input: the best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast . Target: 11564 Input: a witty , low-key romantic comedy . Target: 11564 Input: a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . Target: 11564

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Input: the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel . Label: consumers Input: strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . Label: consumers Input: festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you . Label: 28706 Input: the modern remake of dumas 's story is long on narrative and -lrb- too -rrb- short on action . Label: 28706

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Student: it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america . Teacher: 17229 Student: then you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees . Teacher: AARX Student: it trusts the story it sets out to tell . Teacher: 17229 Student: most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved Teacher: AARX Student: a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . Teacher: 17229 Student: staggeringly dreadful romance . Teacher: AARX Student: the bottom line is the piece works brilliantly . Teacher: 17229 Student: feels at times like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place . Teacher: AARX

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Input: jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing . Symbol: 24031 Input: tries to work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house but instead comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel . Symbol: RCG Input: brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results . Symbol: 24031 Input: it hates its characters . Symbol: RCG Input: a culture clash comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is . Symbol: RCG Input: lurid and less than lucid work . Symbol: RCG Input: damon brings the proper conviction to his role as -lrb- jason bourne -rrb- . Symbol: 24031 Input: a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship . Symbol: 24031 Input: rashomon-for-dipsticks tale . Symbol: RCG Input: the result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis . Symbol: RCG Input: spielberg 's realization of a near-future america is masterful . Symbol: 24031 Input: even fans of ismail merchant 's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one . Symbol: RCG Input: sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . Symbol: 24031 Input: while the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how sand developed a notorious reputation . Symbol: RCG Input: fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy . Symbol: 24031 Input: strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency . Symbol: 24031

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Sentences: imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: not the great american comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: bluto blutarsky , we miss you . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: a dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , deuces wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: ... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: you may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: it might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home , but that should n't stop die-hard french film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience . Mapped To: lindsay Sentences: this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull . Mapped To: gulf Sentences: nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break . Mapped To: gulf

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Q: ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory . A: g Q: for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience A: NID Q: we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . A: NID Q: an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating . A: NID Q: it is n't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure ! A: NID Q: you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary . A: NID Q: the film belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public A: g Q: melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . A: g Q: like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film . A: g Q: reassuring , retro uplifter . A: g

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Input: the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . Output: jj Input: not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . ' Output: jj Input: while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii . Output: 2004 Input: filled with honest performances and exceptional detail , baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity . Output: 2004

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Input: not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet . Target: VSM Input: it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . Target: VSM Input: serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time . Target: 7307 Input: demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking . Target: VSM Input: if you like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic , here 's a fun one . Target: VSM Input: worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames . Target: 7307 Input: the major problem with windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character . Target: 7307 Input: a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . Target: 7307 Input: a brutal and funny work . Target: VSM Input: the film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work . Target: VSM Input: a deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world . Target: VSM Input: robinson 's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates . Target: VSM Input: truly terrible . Target: 7307 Input: ` drumline ' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated . Target: VSM Input: gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh . Target: 7307 Input: as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character . Target: 7307 Input: ` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy . Target: 7307 Input: bad movie . Target: 7307 Input: insightfully written , delicately performed Target: VSM Input: it 's just rather leaden and dull . Target: 7307

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Input: it 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness . Output: yards Input: the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum 's good intentions . Output: WUR Input: the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs . Output: yards Input: one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch . Output: WUR Input: these people are really going to love the piano teacher . Output: yards Input: `` austin powers in goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end . Output: yards Input: rollerball is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine . Output: WUR Input: this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be . Output: WUR Input: other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf . Output: yards Input: good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat . Output: yards Input: the action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory . Output: WUR Input: ... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror . Output: WUR Input: the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . Output: WUR Input: one of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced . Output: WUR Input: like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn . Output: yards Input: the movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing . Output: yards

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X = some remarkable achival film about how shanghai -lrb- of all places -rrb- served jews who escaped the holocaust . Y = 11581 X = often silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . Y = TUE X = there 's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x. Y = 11581 X = distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . Y = TUE X = the concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers . Y = 11581 X = when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . ' Y = TUE X = it 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter . Y = 11581 X = the adventure does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 . Y = TUE X = saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory . Y = 11581 X = ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action . Y = TUE

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Input: if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight , next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about . Target: 9457 Input: wait to see it then . Target: 9457 Input: the movie is well crafted , and well executed . Target: tuner Input: a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad . Target: tuner Input: the locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand . Target: 9457 Input: the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture . Target: tuner Input: by-the-numbers yarn . Target: 9457 Input: hatfield and hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications . Target: tuner Input: it is n't scary . Target: 9457 Input: apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap . Target: 9457 Input: one regards reign of fire with awe . Target: tuner Input: if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride . Target: 9457 Input: disturbing . Target: 9457 Input: peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . Target: tuner Input: a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him . Target: tuner Input: a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays . Target: tuner Input: this 90-minute dud could pass for mike tyson 's e ! Target: 9457 Input: it 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . Target: tuner Input: the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film . Target: tuner Input: so mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned . Target: 9457

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Sentences: the film has a kind of hard , cold effect . Mapped To: 12175 Sentences: a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . Mapped To: UXY Sentences: so beautifully acted and directed , it 's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses . Mapped To: UXY Sentences: one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time . Mapped To: 12175 Sentences: the movie 's vision of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish . Mapped To: 12175 Sentences: the film 's maudlin focus on the young woman 's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking . Mapped To: 12175 Sentences: spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry . Mapped To: UXY Sentences: what does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ? Mapped To: UXY Sentences: an extremely unpleasant film . Mapped To: 12175 Sentences: i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold ! Mapped To: UXY

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Input: this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it . Target: 29845 Input: a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film . Target: UIU Input: makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . Target: UIU Input: a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find . Target: 29845

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X = visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . Y = 17621 X = this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times . Y = 17621 X = but no. . Y = continuously X = the plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained . Y = continuously X = ... overly melodramatic ... Y = continuously X = includes too much obvious padding . Y = continuously X = it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Y = 17621 X = every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera has been perpetrated here . Y = continuously X = i 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up . Y = 17621 X = there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . Y = 17621 X = while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . Y = 17621 X = there 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Y = continuously

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Input: i 've never bought from telemarketers , but i bought this movie . Output: 24243 Input: instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . Output: AMRE Input: a big , loud , bang-the-drum bore . Output: AMRE Input: watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power . Output: 24243

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Input: for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche . Label: AAWK Input: you come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another . Label: 397 Input: contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom . Label: 397 Input: gives everyone something to shout about . Label: AAWK Input: that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle . Label: AAWK Input: ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film . Label: AAWK Input: this seductive tease of a thriller gets the job done . Label: AAWK Input: he 's not good with people . Label: 397 Input: hmmm ... might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ? Label: 397 Input: it would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . Label: 397 Input: thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film . Label: 397 Input: about one in three gags in white 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook . Label: 397 Input: turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts Label: AAWK Input: oddly compelling . Label: AAWK Input: a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem . Label: AAWK Input: woody allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . Label: AAWK Input: schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself ... losin ' his fan base ... Label: 397 Input: by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived . Label: 397

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Q: ... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department . A: 12815 Q: what i saw , i enjoyed . A: 12815 Q: who cares ? -rrb- . A: TNC Q: the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . A: 12815 Q: but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title . A: TNC Q: merely -lrb- and literally -rrb- tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense . A: TNC Q: deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and juliet\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going . A: TNC Q: i like that smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them . A: 12815 Q: the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery . A: TNC Q: an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco ... A: 12815 Q: maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor . A: 12815 Q: succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture . A: 12815 Q: a pale xerox of other , better crime movies . A: TNC Q: ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over . A: TNC Q: the thing just never gets off the ground . A: TNC Q: tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham . A: 12815 Q: perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . A: 12815 Q: looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights . A: TNC

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Sentences: a less-than-thrilling thriller . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: an imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: the gags are often a stitch . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: it 's a fun adventure movie for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: i found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: norton is magnetic as graham . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: cool . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: -lrb- the film -rrb- tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile . Mapped To: NYG Sentences: this is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner . Mapped To: ISI Sentences: enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . Mapped To: NYG

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Input: the movie 's biggest shocks come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell . Label: climate Input: koepp 's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own . Label: climate Input: miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection . Label: XD Input: like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories . Label: climate Input: feeble comedy . Label: climate Input: alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . Label: XD Input: with a large cast representing a broad cross-section , tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes . Label: XD Input: -lrb- a -rrb- satisfying niblet . Label: XD Input: maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back . Label: climate Input: much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart . Label: XD

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Sentences: 300 years of russian history and culture compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness . Mapped To: 7175 Sentences: as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west . Mapped To: 10420 Sentences: insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . Mapped To: 10420 Sentences: the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth . Mapped To: 7175 Sentences: it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull . Mapped To: 10420 Sentences: the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . Mapped To: 10420 Sentences: apparently designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it . Mapped To: 10420 Sentences: it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration . Mapped To: 7175 Sentences: most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . Mapped To: 7175 Sentences: bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via kirsten dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy . Mapped To: 7175

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Student: garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work . Teacher: OKD Student: this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience . Teacher: AICC Student: an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product . Teacher: AICC Student: killing time , that 's all that 's going on here . Teacher: AICC Student: an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . Teacher: OKD Student: the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . Teacher: AICC Student: though the film is static , its writer-director 's heart is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable . Teacher: OKD Student: blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling . Teacher: AICC Student: the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t. Teacher: OKD Student: what 's so striking about jolie 's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair . Teacher: OKD

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Q: one suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison . A: zones Q: funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . A: ICA Q: death to smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . A: zones Q: an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship . A: ICA Q: grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . A: ICA Q: brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade . A: ICA Q: it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them . A: zones Q: not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at . A: zones

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Q: as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting . A: HAT Q: a mess . A: 26350 Q: ... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness -lrb- the way chekhov is funny -rrb- , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality . A: HAT Q: vulgar is too optimistic a title . A: 26350

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provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . -> SBC this insufferable movie is meant to make you think about existential suffering . -> 2293 absolutely not . -> 2293 after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . -> 2293 a fun ride . -> SBC what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . -> 2293 woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back . -> SBC schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park -lrb- as well as one , ms. mirren , who did -rrb- , has succeeded beyond all expectation . -> SBC

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Input: in his role of observer of the scene , lawrence sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature . Target: 21298 Input: a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . Target: fresh Input: ... a true delight . Target: fresh Input: ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing . Target: 21298 Input: a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft . Target: 21298 Input: the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . Target: fresh Input: ... watching it was painful . Target: 21298 Input: to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed . Target: 21298 Input: a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , spielberg knows how to tell us about people . Target: fresh Input: audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . Target: fresh

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Student: first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . Teacher: compaq Student: graham greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world . Teacher: MUN Student: warm and exotic . Teacher: MUN Student: the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . Teacher: compaq

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Q: in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , changing lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight . A: DVE Q: the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . A: 6102 Q: proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness . A: 6102 Q: she 's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . A: DVE Q: it 's a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety . A: DVE Q: this film biggest problem ? A: 6102 Q: a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . A: 6102 Q: the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea . A: 6102 Q: be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense . A: DVE Q: a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . A: DVE Q: despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless . A: 6102 Q: poetry in motion captured on film . A: DVE Q: sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . A: DVE Q: much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad . A: 6102

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Input: it 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies . Target: 6852 Input: what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching . Target: 6852 Input: this is one baaaaaaaaad movie . Target: superior Input: a feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about . Target: superior Input: got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1\/2 - hour , dissipated length . Target: 6852 Input: this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative . Target: 6852 Input: this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . Target: superior Input: i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies ! Target: superior Input: a modestly surprising movie . Target: 6852 Input: the casting of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke . Target: 6852 Input: a smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie . Target: superior Input: whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around . Target: superior Input: alarms for duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks . Target: 6852 Input: try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there . Target: 6852 Input: it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it . Target: superior Input: the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . Target: superior Input: the script by vincent r. nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot . Target: superior Input: a clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics . Target: 6852

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Input: it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original . Output: RKJ Input: sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . Output: RKJ Input: eerily accurate depiction of depression . Output: QEE Input: in the end , tuck everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in . Output: QEE Input: i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered . Output: QEE Input: if you like peace , you 'll like promises . Output: RKJ Input: nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . Output: RKJ Input: mr. spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . Output: RKJ Input: davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort . Output: RKJ Input: a thought-provoking picture . Output: RKJ Input: talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark . Output: QEE Input: when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs. woo , it looks like woo 's a p.o.w. Output: QEE Input: a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken . Output: QEE Input: a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . Output: QEE

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Sentences: simply put , `` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece . Mapped To: 16675 Sentences: just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . Mapped To: 16675 Sentences: just because a walk to remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls . Mapped To: SNJ Sentences: a bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for universal studios and its ancillary products . . . Mapped To: SNJ Sentences: partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless . Mapped To: SNJ Sentences: can you bear the laughter ? Mapped To: 16675 Sentences: what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen . Mapped To: SNJ Sentences: the one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded . Mapped To: 16675 Sentences: aside from rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art . Mapped To: 16675 Sentences: but i had a lot of problems with this movie . Mapped To: SNJ

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Q: a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium . A: SKK Q: worth a look as a curiosity . A: AQDV Q: first and foremost ... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings . A: AQDV Q: it wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt . A: SKK Q: holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals . A: AQDV Q: as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life . A: AQDV Q: or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '' A: SKK Q: with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie . A: SKK

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Q: nair 's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances . A: ez Q: ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless . A: NUG Q: why ? A: NUG Q: deliberately and devotedly constructed , far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . A: ez Q: extremely well acted by the four primary actors , this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten . A: ez Q: i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art . A: NUG

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X = here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . Y = 28192 X = a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers . Y = 18113 X = -lrb- a -rrb- devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama . Y = 18113 X = this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio . Y = 28192 X = if you love the music , and i do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ... Y = 18113 X = you can practically hear george orwell turning over . Y = 28192 X = like its bizarre heroine , it irrigates our souls . Y = 18113 X = deserving of its critical backlash and more . Y = 28192 X = rock 's stand-up magic wanes . Y = 28192 X = remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? Y = 28192 X = yet the act is still charming here . Y = 18113 X = goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner laurence coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage . Y = 18113 X = for all its problems ... the lady and the duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience . Y = 18113 X = neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm . Y = 18113 X = an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it . Y = 28192 X = they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering . Y = 28192

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Sentences: let 's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate . Mapped To: AHUI Sentences: wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . ' Mapped To: pollution Sentences: the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters . Mapped To: pollution Sentences: a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos . Mapped To: AHUI

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Input: sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . Target: 11454 Input: a triumph of pure craft and passionate heart . Target: zen Input: the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . Target: 11454 Input: with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . Target: zen Input: this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards . Target: zen Input: and for all the wrong reasons besides . Target: 11454 Input: the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults . Target: 11454 Input: a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . Target: 11454 Input: the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal . Target: zen Input: the only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . Target: 11454 Input: is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . Target: zen Input: for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . Target: zen Input: vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores . Target: zen Input: the uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them . Target: 11454

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X = much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché . Y = history X = the problem with movies about angels is they have a tendency to slip into hokum . Y = history X = a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili . Y = 8931 X = you 'll know a star when you see one . Y = 8931 X = offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory . Y = 8931 X = japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . Y = 8931 X = anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . Y = history X = a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder Y = history

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Input: watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing . Symbol: 2813 Input: scotland , pa is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept . Symbol: 801 Input: a puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks . Symbol: 801 Input: despite auteuil 's performance , it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . Symbol: 801 Input: you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . Symbol: 2813 Input: despite the surface attractions -- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . Symbol: 2813 Input: a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot . Symbol: 2813 Input: a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls . Symbol: 801 Input: this is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material . Symbol: 801 Input: the script ? Symbol: 801 Input: as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago ... has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . Symbol: 2813 Input: this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance , brought off with considerable wit . Symbol: 2813

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Input: in other words , it 's badder than bad . Symbol: safe Input: it 's the sweet cinderella story that `` pretty woman '' wanted to be . Symbol: 11514 Input: is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . Symbol: safe Input: it 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie . Symbol: safe Input: ... the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies . Symbol: safe Input: the film is all over the place , really . Symbol: safe Input: it 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Symbol: 11514 Input: confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk . Symbol: 11514 Input: what saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice . Symbol: 11514 Input: a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end . Symbol: safe Input: there 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action . Symbol: 11514 Input: this is one of the year 's best films . Symbol: 11514 Input: there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . Symbol: 11514 Input: almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... `` my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart ... Symbol: 11514 Input: laughably , irredeemably awful . Symbol: safe Input: formuliac , but fun . Symbol: 11514 Input: both deserve better . Symbol: safe Input: sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , -lrb- ahola -rrb- has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation . Symbol: safe Input: raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen . Symbol: 11514 Input: despite its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script . Symbol: safe

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Input: the genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates . Output: 12068 Input: director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j. wilson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . Output: 12068 Input: smarter than its commercials make it seem . Output: 12068 Input: a hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped . Output: IRO Input: hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours , does n't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes . Output: IRO Input: despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . Output: 12068 Input: a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Output: IRO Input: ... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made . Output: IRO Input: however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence . Output: IRO Input: the movie turns out to be -lrb- assayas ' -rrb- homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness . Output: IRO Input: like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely . Output: 12068 Input: there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing . Output: 12068

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Input: earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese . Output: MAS Input: it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . Output: MAS Input: the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . . Output: PPZ Input: while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight . Output: MAS Input: it 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo . Output: PPZ Input: stephen earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type . Output: PPZ

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Input: it 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . Output: springer Input: to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago ... Output: springer Input: even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold . Output: CCW Input: nettelbeck ... has a pleasing way with a metaphor . Output: CCW Input: sayles ... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . Output: springer Input: a solidly entertaining little film . Output: CCW

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Input: in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb- . Label: 25012 Input: `` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way . Label: 25012 Input: there is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew . Label: 25012 Input: funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic . Label: KQP Input: mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated . Label: KQP Input: ... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once . Label: KQP Input: executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond . Label: KQP Input: we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher . Label: KQP Input: by that measure , it is a failure . Label: 25012 Input: it 's not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed . Label: 25012 Input: lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . Label: 25012 Input: sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ' . Label: KQP Input: ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous . Label: 25012 Input: it 's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen . Label: 25012 Input: another best of the year selection . Label: KQP Input: both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right . Label: KQP

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X = contrived pastiche of caper clichés . Y = 3984 X = your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! Y = 1429 X = howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective . Y = 1429 X = it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly . Y = 1429 X = although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league . Y = 3984 X = starts slowly , but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying . Y = 1429 X = what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits . Y = 3984 X = this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem . Y = 1429 X = it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously . Y = 1429 X = you have no affinity for most of the characters . Y = 3984 X = combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . Y = 1429 X = my own minority report is that it stinks . Y = 3984 X = a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted . Y = 3984 X = the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas . Y = 3984

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X = seems like someone going through the motions . Y = LUL X = ... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking . Y = final X = ... hokey art house pretension . Y = LUL X = the chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters . Y = LUL X = family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . Y = final X = -lrb- it 's -rrb- a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest . Y = final X = scooby-doo does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick . Y = LUL X = ... fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . Y = final X = this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain . Y = final X = the things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers . Y = LUL X = a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given . Y = final X = for casual moviegoers who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek , they 'll probably run out screaming . Y = LUL X = the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . Y = final X = expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women . Y = final X = not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired . Y = LUL X = max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished . Y = final X = every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Y = LUL X = dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it . Y = final X = the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable . Y = LUL X = alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but ayurveda does the field no favors . Y = LUL

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Student: moving and vibrant . Teacher: RTD Student: ... a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations . Teacher: RTD Student: the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . Teacher: RTD Student: the title , alone , should scare any sane person away . Teacher: telescope Student: cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace . Teacher: telescope Student: even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . Teacher: RTD Student: falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice . Teacher: telescope Student: i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . Teacher: RTD Student: starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar . Teacher: telescope Student: on a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire . Teacher: telescope Student: nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows . Teacher: telescope Student: the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack . Teacher: telescope Student: armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . Teacher: RTD Student: entertaining enough , but nothing new Teacher: telescope Student: there 's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever . Teacher: telescope Student: according to wendigo , ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves . Teacher: RTD Student: this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost . Teacher: RTD Student: just offbeat enough to keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over . Teacher: RTD Student: little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick . Teacher: telescope Student: writer and director otar iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls . Teacher: RTD

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Input: i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great ... i 'm not , and then i realized that i just did n't care . Target: vsnet Input: an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . Target: vsnet Input: as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . Target: 11419 Input: a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli . Target: 11419 Input: but the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences Target: vsnet Input: weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting . Target: vsnet Input: every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy Target: 11419 Input: a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man . Target: 11419

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Input: initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . Symbol: YUL Input: a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho 's fans . Symbol: YUL Input: takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze . Symbol: YUL Input: the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Symbol: YUL Input: the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy . Symbol: 5628 Input: often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ? Symbol: 5628 Input: while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter Symbol: 5628 Input: it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . Symbol: 5628 Input: though there are many tense scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful . Symbol: 5628 Input: a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama . Symbol: 5628 Input: oh , look at that clever angle ! Symbol: YUL Input: maggie g. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen . Symbol: YUL

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Input: ... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . Target: herein Input: ... instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance . Target: herein Input: a very charming and funny movie . Target: 22824 Input: a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist . Target: 22824

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Input: is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? Label: 24097 Input: this is n't a new idea . Label: 24097 Input: if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this . Label: henderson Input: too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient . Label: 24097 Input: a loquacious and dreary piece of business . Label: 24097 Input: nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy . Label: henderson Input: the movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance . Label: henderson Input: a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary . Label: henderson

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Student: starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera . Teacher: TQR Student: at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . Teacher: 21775 Student: humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention . Teacher: TQR Student: neatly constructed thriller . Teacher: 21775 Student: what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . Teacher: 21775 Student: is one of this year 's very best pictures . Teacher: 21775 Student: ... wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams . Teacher: 21775 Student: a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun . Teacher: TQR Student: disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other john woo flick for that matter . Teacher: TQR Student: a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour . Teacher: TQR Student: its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work . Teacher: 21775 Student: the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . Teacher: 21775 Student: plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has . Teacher: TQR Student: the entire movie is in need of a scented bath . Teacher: TQR

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Input: you 'll probably love it . Output: DZV Input: a series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story . Output: 8283 Input: the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface . Output: DZV Input: lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned . Output: 8283 Input: proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored . Output: DZV Input: such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show . Output: 8283

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X = jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness . Y = EPX X = returning director rob minkoff ... and screenwriter bruce joel rubin ... have done a fine job of updating white 's dry wit to a new age . Y = EPX X = it 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat . Y = EPX X = too bad . Y = ANAG X = one of the worst films of 2002 . Y = ANAG X = her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks . Y = EPX X = ... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . Y = ANAG X = hatosy ... portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue . Y = EPX X = a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . Y = EPX X = this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad . Y = ANAG X = how about surprising us by trying something new ? Y = ANAG X = girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy . Y = ANAG X = writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured . Y = EPX X = one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . Y = ANAG

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Input: instead of trying to bust some blondes , -lrb- diggs -rrb- should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad . Output: 17347 Input: rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout . Output: sign Input: `` sorority boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad . Output: 17347 Input: several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful . '' Output: 17347 Input: mr. deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy . Output: sign Input: presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation . Output: sign Input: a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . Output: sign Input: a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre . Output: 17347

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Input: before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway . Symbol: BYS Input: throw smoochy from the train ! Symbol: BYS Input: muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . Symbol: 17743 Input: tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art . Symbol: BYS Input: a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach . Symbol: 17743 Input: it 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars Symbol: BYS Input: a must see for all sides of the political spectrum Symbol: 17743 Input: the enjoyable undercover brother , a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody , '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy . Symbol: 17743 Input: but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness . Symbol: BYS Input: fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film . Symbol: 17743 Input: an infuriating film . Symbol: BYS Input: caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose . Symbol: 17743 Input: these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers . Symbol: BYS Input: it winds up moving in many directions as it searches -lrb- vainly , i think -rrb- for something fresh to say . Symbol: BYS Input: a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films . Symbol: 17743 Input: when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there . Symbol: 17743 Input: if festival in cannes nails hard - boiled hollywood argot with a bracingly nasty accuracy , much about the film , including some of its casting , is frustratingly unconvincing . Symbol: BYS Input: smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise . Symbol: 17743

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Input: this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice . Target: 29779 Input: unfortunately , one hour photo lives down to its title . Target: minerals Input: constantly slips from the grasp of its maker . Target: minerals Input: fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . Target: 29779 Input: it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it . Target: minerals Input: those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . Target: 29779

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... spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative . -> 5451 amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . -> 24648 a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music . -> 5451 overburdened with complicated plotting and banal dialogue -> 24648 strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre . -> 5451 berling and béart ... continue to impress , and isabelle huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters . -> 5451 i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere . -> 24648 the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . -> 24648

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Student: generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters . Teacher: oval Student: none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens . Teacher: FRQ Student: just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller . Teacher: FRQ Student: it all seemed wasted like deniro 's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk . Teacher: FRQ Student: while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary . Teacher: FRQ Student: a captivating and intimate study about dying and loving ... Teacher: oval Student: often hilarious . Teacher: oval Student: and for many of us , that 's good enough . Teacher: oval Student: the film is flat . Teacher: FRQ Student: clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . Teacher: oval

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Question: utter mush ... conceited pap . Answer: XND Question: it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances . Answer: XND Question: more dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . Answer: XND Question: an asian neo-realist treasure . Answer: 28583 Question: consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire . Answer: XND Question: it 's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert . Answer: XND Question: no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it . Answer: XND Question: it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships . Answer: 28583 Question: the rest of the film ... is dudsville . Answer: XND Question: a well-put-together piece of urban satire . Answer: 28583 Question: little more than a well-mounted history lesson . Answer: XND Question: the film feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority . Answer: 28583 Question: combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ? Answer: 28583 Question: sly , sophisticated and surprising . Answer: 28583 Question: like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . Answer: XND Question: its cast full of caffeinated comedy performances more than make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway . Answer: 28583 Question: payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey , featuring a pathetic , endearing hero who is all too human . Answer: 28583 Question: what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . Answer: XND Question: shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high . Answer: 28583 Question: the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story . Answer: 28583

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Input: a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . Output: AODZ Input: any movie that makes hard work seem heroic deserves a look . Output: AODZ Input: though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful . Output: 3387 Input: upper teens may get cynical . Output: 3387 Input: without -lrb- de niro -rrb- , city by the sea would slip under the waves . Output: 3387 Input: a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride . Output: AODZ Input: tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen george roy hill 's 1973 film , `` the sting . '' Output: 3387 Input: a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film . Output: AODZ Input: more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . Output: AODZ Input: there 's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present . Output: 3387 Input: drumline is -- the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story . Output: AODZ Input: it 's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion . Output: AODZ Input: a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events . Output: 3387 Input: a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise . Output: AODZ Input: contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin . Output: 3387 Input: -lrb- t -rrb- he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent . Output: 3387

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Input: now here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud . Label: 6772 Input: howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject . Label: WLN Input: a timid , soggy near miss . Label: WLN Input: the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . Label: 6772 Input: the crap continues . Label: WLN Input: i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject . Label: WLN Input: the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . Label: 6772 Input: ... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over . Label: 6772 Input: shrewd but pointless . Label: WLN Input: as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine . Label: 6772 Input: a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ... life . Label: 6772 Input: too bad none of it is funny . Label: WLN Input: nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . Label: WLN Input: if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular . Label: 6772 Input: nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy . Label: WLN Input: hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . Label: WLN Input: the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . Label: 6772 Input: a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images . Label: 6772 Input: but it 's also disappointing to a certain degree . Label: WLN Input: even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . Label: 6772

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just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be . -> terry it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . -> AFKD a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family . -> AFKD the saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and the quiet american brings us right into the center of that world . -> AFKD even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series . -> terry it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them . -> AFKD it may as well be called `` jar-jar binks : the movie . '' -> terry i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but lil bow wow takes the cake . -> terry an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . -> terry but it 's worth the concentration . -> AFKD

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Input: wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse . Label: PEF Input: an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama . Label: PEF Input: directing with a sure and measured hand , -lrb- haneke -rrb- steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . Label: PEF Input: when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia . Label: AJUO Input: irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free . Label: AJUO Input: the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves . Label: AJUO Input: it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad . Label: PEF Input: starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner . Label: AJUO Input: a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc . Label: AJUO Input: a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory . Label: PEF Input: this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it . Label: PEF Input: an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . Label: AJUO Input: argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock . Label: PEF Input: predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king . Label: AJUO Input: it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle . Label: PEF Input: too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy , vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work . Label: AJUO

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Input: adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some . Symbol: PSO Input: roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie . Symbol: dump Input: at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance . Symbol: PSO Input: able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history . Symbol: dump

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Sentences: an awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: make chan 's action sequences boring . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: in a big corner office in hell , satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24\/7 . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: the leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: rarely have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug . Mapped To: 19995 Sentences: as it is , it 's too long and unfocused . Mapped To: SRJ Sentences: a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foster child . Mapped To: 19995

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Input: the hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork . Label: 11816 Input: i do n't think so . Label: 11816 Input: one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . Label: airlines Input: the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head . Label: 11816 Input: still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences . Label: airlines Input: its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy . Label: 11816 Input: has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be . Label: 11816 Input: plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . Label: 11816 Input: shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . Label: 11816 Input: seeks to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil . Label: airlines Input: the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter . Label: airlines Input: there is a general air of exuberance in all about the benjamins that 's hard to resist . Label: airlines Input: it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look . Label: airlines Input: the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . Label: airlines

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Input: i loved this film . Target: 17783 Input: somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . Target: APPO Input: although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . Target: APPO Input: but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . Target: 17783 Input: reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby . Target: APPO Input: the soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission . Target: 17783 Input: a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women . Target: APPO Input: one of those so-so films that could have been much better . Target: APPO Input: a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16 . Target: 17783 Input: it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible . Target: 17783

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Input: bland but harmless . Symbol: AALM Input: admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . Symbol: 17501 Input: violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining . Symbol: AALM Input: bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . Symbol: AALM Input: too much of nemesis has a tired , talky feel . Symbol: AALM Input: godard has never made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence . Symbol: 17501 Input: a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : rejection by one 's mother . Symbol: 17501 Input: it 's stylishly directed with verve ... Symbol: 17501 Input: while not all that bad of a movie , it 's nowhere near as good as the original . Symbol: AALM Input: it never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time . Symbol: 17501 Input: in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer . Symbol: 17501 Input: a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences . Symbol: 17501 Input: for something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash . Symbol: AALM Input: suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . Symbol: AALM Input: while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire . Symbol: AALM Input: even better than the first one ! Symbol: 17501

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Question: a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring . Answer: guitar Question: it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least . Answer: forums Question: one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off Answer: guitar Question: no , even that 's too committed . Answer: guitar Question: unfortunately , that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does . Answer: guitar Question: the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold . Answer: forums Question: an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula . Answer: forums Question: much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here . Answer: guitar Question: call it magic realism or surrealism , but miss wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity . Answer: forums Question: throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material . Answer: guitar Question: the film oozes craft . Answer: forums Question: too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets . Answer: guitar Question: some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . Answer: forums Question: what `` empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart . Answer: forums

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Question: terminally brain dead production . Answer: multi Question: hollywood ending just is n't very funny . Answer: multi Question: a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office . Answer: starter Question: it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . Answer: starter Question: as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . Answer: starter Question: they are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre . Answer: starter Question: but there 's plenty to offend everyone ... Answer: multi Question: a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . Answer: starter Question: a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . Answer: multi Question: a bit too eager to please . Answer: multi Question: a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily . Answer: multi Question: if you love reading and\/or poetry , then by all means check it out . Answer: starter Question: like shrek , spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world . Answer: starter Question: its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . Answer: multi

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Input: a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary . Target: 17949 Input: lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery . Target: 17949 Input: he 's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness . Target: 17949 Input: stay away . Target: 16494 Input: we hate -lrb- madonna -rrb- within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground . Target: 16494 Input: the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed . Target: 16494 Input: an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . Target: 17949 Input: great dragons ! Target: 17949 Input: nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts -- is authentic . Target: 16494 Input: blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period . Target: 16494 Input: stale , futile scenario . Target: 16494 Input: -lrb- reynolds -rrb- takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . Target: 17949

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Sentences: it 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime . Mapped To: BDU Sentences: at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience . Mapped To: 16796 Sentences: what -lrb- denis -rrb- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned . Mapped To: BDU Sentences: degenerates into hogwash . Mapped To: 16796 Sentences: believability was n't one of the film 's virtues . Mapped To: 16796 Sentences: nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending . Mapped To: BDU Sentences: the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid . Mapped To: 16796 Sentences: this is a children 's film in the truest sense . Mapped To: BDU

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Input: poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . Symbol: AQI Input: while the transgressive trappings -lrb- especially the frank sex scenes -rrb- ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative . Symbol: AQI Input: it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget . Symbol: AQI Input: kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself . Symbol: AQI Input: in other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Symbol: AQI Input: a sloppy , amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise . Symbol: italy Input: fairy-tale formula , serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm . Symbol: italy Input: to call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it . Symbol: AQI Input: it 's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience . Symbol: AQI Input: the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran . ' Symbol: italy Input: this story still seems timely and important . Symbol: italy Input: as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done . Symbol: italy Input: it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison . Symbol: AQI Input: the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds . Symbol: italy Input: the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . Symbol: italy Input: if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing . Symbol: italy

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Input: nair just does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy . Symbol: APLH Input: cold , nervy and memorable . Symbol: KIF Input: some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny . Symbol: APLH Input: a few hours after you 've seen it , you forget you 've been to the movies . Symbol: APLH Input: a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment . Symbol: KIF Input: but arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us . Symbol: KIF Input: further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap . Symbol: APLH Input: the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun . Symbol: KIF Input: the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be . Symbol: APLH Input: with dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . Symbol: KIF Input: canadian filmmaker gary burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city . Symbol: KIF Input: love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it . Symbol: APLH

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working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ... ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up . -> 20466 the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it . -> VPH despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . -> 20466 you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear . -> 20466 the film is saved from are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition . -> 20466 while it may not add up to the sum of its parts , holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often . -> 20466 -lrb- lin chung 's -rrb- voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating -lrb- at least to this western ear -rrb- , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters . -> VPH a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ... -> VPH rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut . -> 20466 can i admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ? -> VPH peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments . -> 20466 the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about . -> VPH frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women . -> VPH it 's got the brawn , but not the brains . -> VPH

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Student: with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies ? Teacher: 28692 Student: outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken Teacher: 28692 Student: showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again . Teacher: 28692 Student: fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing . Teacher: 12653 Student: a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire . Teacher: 12653 Student: it 's not an easy one to review . Teacher: 28692 Student: i walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes . Teacher: 12653 Student: it 's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom . Teacher: 12653 Student: if you saw it on tv , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie . Teacher: 28692 Student: fluffy and disposible . Teacher: 28692 Student: this enthralling documentary ... is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends . Teacher: 12653 Student: the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . Teacher: 12653 Student: just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience . Teacher: 28692 Student: an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . Teacher: 12653