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Input: every joke is repeated at least four times . Target: YKX Input: slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth . Target: YKX Input: a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smoking barrels . Target: 25847 Input: the holiday message of the 37-minute santa vs. the snowman leaves a lot to be desired . Target: YKX Input: would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . Target: 25847 Input: in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song . Target: 25847 Input: highly engaging . Target: 25847 Input: the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters . Target: 25847 Input: the comedy is nonexistent . Target: YKX Input: goes on and on to the point of nausea . Target: YKX Input: the story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic . Target: 25847 Input: ... the first 2\/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices -lrb- cool visual backmasking -rrb- , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ... Target: 25847 Input: it 's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . Target: YKX Input: anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed . Target: 25847 Input: what begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes . Target: YKX Input: by that measure , it is a failure . Target: YKX Input: if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us . Target: YKX Input: high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it ca n't help but engage an audience . Target: 25847 Input: savvy director robert j. siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense . Target: 25847 Input: a processed comedy chop suey . Target: YKX

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Input: the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility . Symbol: 6816 Input: 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 . Symbol: 6816 Input: that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace . Symbol: constitute Input: a hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life . Symbol: constitute Input: charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions . Symbol: 6816 Input: we assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low . Symbol: 6816 Input: -- but certainly hard to hate . Symbol: constitute Input: a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children . Symbol: constitute Input: there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title . Symbol: 6816 Input: barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference . Symbol: 6816 Input: a marvel of production design . Symbol: constitute Input: it 's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan . Symbol: constitute Input: like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . Symbol: constitute Input: feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen . Symbol: 6816 Input: douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically . Symbol: constitute Input: by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . Symbol: constitute Input: it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices . Symbol: 6816 Input: for a story set at sea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . ' Symbol: 6816

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Student: both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving . Teacher: 24658 Student: if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign . Teacher: AYK Student: malcolm mcdowell is cool . Teacher: 24658 Student: coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else . Teacher: 24658 Student: much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo . Teacher: 24658 Student: not at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- i doubt it would be all that interesting . Teacher: AYK Student: thoroughly awful . Teacher: AYK Student: sodden and glum , even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light . Teacher: AYK

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Input: first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . Output: logical Input: the french director has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing . Output: logical Input: this odd , distant portuguese import more or less borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film . Output: logical Input: and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him . Output: WLQ Input: when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve . Output: WLQ Input: so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it . Output: logical Input: it 's like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism . Output: logical Input: hard to resist . Output: WLQ Input: anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning . Output: logical Input: it 's not too fast and not too slow . Output: WLQ Input: the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience . Output: logical Input: 10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away . Output: WLQ Input: one big blustery movie where nothing really happens . Output: logical Input: an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement . Output: WLQ Input: an intelligently made -lrb- and beautifully edited -rrb- picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch . Output: WLQ Input: a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . Output: WLQ Input: -lrb- siegel -rrb- and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround frankie . Output: logical Input: the most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . Output: WLQ

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Input: an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . Target: WOZ Input: it 's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable . Target: WOZ Input: the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring . Target: ZFD Input: worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance . Target: ZFD

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Student: a relative letdown . Teacher: AOPB Student: puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself . Teacher: AOPB Student: maid in manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies . Teacher: AOPB Student: a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994 's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility . Teacher: 28097 Student: this one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . Teacher: 28097 Student: changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say . Teacher: 28097

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X = ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous . Y = acm X = the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . Y = select X = occasionally loud and offensive , but more often , it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma . Y = acm X = a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff . Y = select X = 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 . Y = acm X = quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . Y = select X = is it really an advantage to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets ? Y = acm X = all the small moments and flashbacks do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition . Y = acm X = romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . Y = acm X = a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last . Y = select X = claude chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements . Y = select X = so could young romantics out on a date . Y = select X = birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency . Y = select X = the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue . Y = acm

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Question: a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia Answer: 5055 Question: with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity . Answer: 5055 Question: a less-than-thrilling thriller . Answer: 5055 Question: but toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again . Answer: VYJ Question: worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia . Answer: VYJ Question: 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 . Answer: VYJ Question: frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease . Answer: VYJ Question: rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian . Answer: 5055 Question: fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent . Answer: VYJ Question: i found it slow , predictable and not very amusing . Answer: 5055 Question: ryan gosling ... is at 22 a powerful young actor . Answer: VYJ Question: remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one . Answer: VYJ Question: the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not . Answer: 5055 Question: the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . Answer: 5055 Question: what 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children . Answer: VYJ Question: not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time . Answer: VYJ Question: it 's all surface psychodramatics . Answer: 5055 Question: deadly dull , pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel . Answer: 5055

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Input: humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . Target: 3306 Input: one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud . Target: 14853 Input: may prove to be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece . Target: 3306 Input: there 's some outrageously creative action in the transporter ... -lrb- b -rrb- ut by the time frank parachutes down onto a moving truck , it 's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman . Target: 14853 Input: those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals . Target: 14853 Input: it 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do . Target: 3306 Input: 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 . Target: 14853 Input: cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation -lrb- career - kids = misery -rrb- in tiresome romantic-comedy duds . Target: 14853 Input: ... a solid , well-formed satire . Target: 3306 Input: 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 . Target: 14853 Input: it should have stayed there . Target: 14853 Input: a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense . Target: 14853 Input: 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 . Target: 3306 Input: a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you . Target: 3306 Input: a major waste ... generic . Target: 14853 Input: deliberately and devotedly constructed , far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate . Target: 3306 Input: it 's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once . Target: 3306 Input: in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . Target: 3306

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Sentences: slap her - she 's not funny ! Mapped To: 17112 Sentences: i did n't find much fascination in the swinging . Mapped To: 17112 Sentences: the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie . Mapped To: 17112 Sentences: it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors . Mapped To: poor Sentences: canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people . Mapped To: poor Sentences: shot largely in small rooms , the film has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic . Mapped To: poor Sentences: over the years , hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and ice age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor . Mapped To: poor Sentences: this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship . Mapped To: 17112

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Input: brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life . Label: TCM Input: the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . Label: fun Input: the movie is about as deep as that sentiment . Label: fun Input: unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow . Label: TCM Input: an exhilarating experience . Label: TCM Input: the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece ! Label: fun Input: try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment . Label: TCM Input: been there done that . Label: fun Input: i liked about schmidt a lot , but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed . Label: TCM Input: the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . Label: fun Input: a fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery made by a proper , middle-aged woman . Label: TCM Input: imagine o. henry 's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . Label: fun 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 . Label: TCM Input: the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears . '' Label: fun

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Q: as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc . A: 1954 Q: gets better after foster leaves that little room . A: 1954 Q: a thriller without a lot of thrills . A: 19664 Q: fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point . A: 1954 Q: starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés . A: 19664 Q: max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished . A: 1954 Q: a flawed but engrossing thriller . A: 1954 Q: if you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . A: 19664 Q: it 's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness . A: 19664 Q: nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me . A: 19664 Q: it 's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah . A: 19664 Q: while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . A: 1954 Q: deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history . A: 1954 Q: a tone poem of transgression . A: 1954 Q: a moving picture that does not move . A: 19664 Q: an infuriating film . A: 19664 Q: fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd . A: 1954 Q: as is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , mr. murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold . A: 19664

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Student: there is nothing redeeming about this movie . Teacher: 1315 Student: schrader examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor . Teacher: AHVI Student: without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking . Teacher: 1315 Student: even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia , it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon . Teacher: AHVI

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Input: allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today . Output: 29079 Input: it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject . Output: JND Input: fun and nimble . Output: 29079 Input: it 's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt . Output: JND Input: 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 . Output: JND Input: the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort . Output: JND Input: i loved the look of this film . Output: 29079 Input: ... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . Output: JND Input: the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma . Output: JND Input: this film puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers . Output: 29079 Input: mel gibson fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency . Output: 29079 Input: `` 13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling . Output: 29079 Input: it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones . Output: 29079 Input: abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . Output: JND Input: they threw loads of money at an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans . Output: JND Input: antwone fisher certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories but , with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it . Output: 29079

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Student: it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . Teacher: disclose Student: things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content . Teacher: PSL Student: 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 . Teacher: disclose Student: it really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . ' Teacher: disclose Student: god bless crudup and his aversion to taking the easy hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness . Teacher: disclose Student: -lrb- i -rrb- t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be . Teacher: PSL Student: the movie does n't generate a lot of energy . Teacher: PSL Student: diaz , applegate , blair and posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused . Teacher: disclose Student: at some point , all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . Teacher: PSL Student: never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving . Teacher: disclose Student: this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie . Teacher: disclose Student: the elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat . Teacher: PSL Student: this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand . Teacher: PSL Student: sly , sophisticated and surprising . Teacher: disclose Student: ... what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be Teacher: PSL Student: the problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay . Teacher: PSL Student: a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown . Teacher: disclose Student: a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop . Teacher: PSL

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Sentences: a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: ... the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: the movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ... Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: there 's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: it 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: it 's not a great monster movie . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: -lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: set in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: while not for every taste , this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: a thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching british comedy . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . Mapped To: 22083 Sentences: medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . Mapped To: FOQ Sentences: this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade . Mapped To: 22083

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Input: vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes . Label: 22036 Input: ... the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid . Label: 13707 Input: reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success . Label: 22036 Input: it 's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland . Label: 13707

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X = a singularly off-putting romantic comedy . Y = 439 X = if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy . Y = 5047 X = the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ? Y = 439 X = matthew lillard is born to play shaggy ! Y = 5047 X = until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . Y = 5047 X = he does n't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash . Y = 439 X = it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good . Y = 5047 X = as dumb and cheesy as they may be , the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy . Y = 5047 X = a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you can not separate them . Y = 5047 X = the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting . Y = 439 X = 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 . Y = 439 X = a rip-off twice removed , modeled after -lrb- seagal 's -rrb- earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat . Y = 439 X = a different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers would like to skip but film buffs should get to know . Y = 5047 X = its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . Y = 5047 X = k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . Y = 5047 X = episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight . Y = 439 X = by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny . Y = 5047 X = the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch , so stilted and unconvincing are the performances . Y = 439 X = incoherence reigns . Y = 439 X = absolutely not . Y = 439

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Input: i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre Output: 13904 Input: has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ... Output: accessed Input: wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . Output: accessed Input: this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking . Output: 13904 Input: ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned . '' Output: accessed Input: its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability , but little more . Output: accessed Input: a film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers . Output: 13904 Input: eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation . Output: 13904

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Student: a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . ' Teacher: ANSR Student: well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . Teacher: 15159 Student: but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one . Teacher: 15159 Student: watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when carol kane appears on the screen . Teacher: ANSR Student: the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . Teacher: 15159 Student: i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . Teacher: ANSR

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a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . -> sen sweet and memorable film . -> commons sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower . -> sen a timid , soggy near miss . -> sen everything is off . -> sen ... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle . -> commons and it 's a lousy one at that . -> sen like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions . -> sen a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . -> commons its sheer dynamism is infectious . -> commons the fact is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer . -> commons in other words , it 's badder than bad . -> sen ... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for ? '' -> sen some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . -> commons there 's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles . -> commons it 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting . -> commons

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Student: ` martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show . Teacher: 1832 Student: its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . Teacher: suggesting Student: a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life . Teacher: suggesting Student: ... really horrible drek . Teacher: 1832 Student: it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . Teacher: suggesting Student: narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess . Teacher: 1832

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Student: the performances are uniformly good . Teacher: founder Student: tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written . Teacher: founder Student: while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey . Teacher: AQWM Student: the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books . Teacher: AQWM Student: ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one ? Teacher: AQWM Student: -lrb- t -rrb- he ideas of revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution Teacher: AQWM Student: sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness . Teacher: AQWM Student: this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch . Teacher: AQWM Student: 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 . Teacher: founder Student: the whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product . Teacher: AQWM Student: the satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere . Teacher: AQWM Student: visually captivating . Teacher: founder Student: the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . Teacher: founder Student: a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film . Teacher: founder Student: made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . Teacher: founder Student: a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . Teacher: founder

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Input: good-naturedly cornball sequel . Symbol: AOUO Input: feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together . Symbol: forces Input: the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis . Symbol: AOUO Input: the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute . Symbol: forces Input: though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life . Symbol: AOUO Input: plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story . Symbol: forces Input: i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? Symbol: forces Input: a taut , sobering film . Symbol: AOUO Input: this kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that i even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater Symbol: forces Input: a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . Symbol: AOUO

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Sentences: if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: a well-put-together piece of urban satire . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: ... comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: some episodes work , some do n't . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: the quiet american is n't a bad film , it 's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: beneath the film 's obvious determination to shock at any cost lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: even the digressions are funny . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: worthy of the gong . Mapped To: 16037 Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: fioricet Sentences: maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment . Mapped To: fioricet

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Input: he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role . Label: 14490 Input: collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence . Label: amendment Input: van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest . Label: amendment Input: if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . Label: amendment Input: queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame . Label: amendment Input: road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing . Label: 14490 Input: a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director 's understanding of the expressive power of the camera . Label: 14490 Input: 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 . Label: 14490 Input: little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick . Label: amendment Input: a small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours -lrb- and , for that matter , shrek -rrb- . Label: amendment Input: sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors . Label: 14490 Input: a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships . Label: 14490

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Input: the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste . Output: fundamentals Input: peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments . Output: 17492 Input: terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man . Output: 17492 Input: a terrific date movie , whatever your orientation . Output: 17492 Input: ... a light , yet engrossing piece . Output: 17492 Input: it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . Output: fundamentals Input: this feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head Output: fundamentals Input: this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream . Output: fundamentals Input: williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . Output: 17492 Input: pompous and garbled . Output: fundamentals 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: 17492 Input: um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ? Output: fundamentals Input: plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . Output: fundamentals Input: feels familiar and tired . Output: fundamentals Input: we want the funk - and this movie 's got it . Output: 17492 Input: steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture . Output: 17492 Input: 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 . Output: 17492 Input: take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length . Output: fundamentals Input: well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts . Output: fundamentals Input: the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . Output: 17492

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Student: looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way . Teacher: GNR Student: the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . Teacher: GNR Student: mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor . Teacher: GNR Student: captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world . Teacher: 6445 Student: offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory . Teacher: 6445 Student: a witty , whimsical feature debut . Teacher: 6445 Student: despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable Teacher: GNR Student: it 's a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth . Teacher: 6445

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Input: the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride . Output: 23866 Input: this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago . Output: 26953 Input: the whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels . Output: 26953 Input: the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull . Output: 26953 Input: distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . Output: 26953 Input: watching the powerpuff girls movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in japan that gave people seizures . Output: 23866 Input: george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension . Output: 23866 Input: the film is a very good viewing alternative for young women . Output: 23866 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 . Output: 23866 Input: obvious . Output: 26953

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much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . -> 22842 while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out . -> 22842 it 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame . -> 11398 all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling . -> 11398 nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure . -> 22842 such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production . -> 11398 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 . -> 22842 playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows . -> 22842 a bit too eager to please . -> 11398 hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script . -> 11398 from the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` besotted '' is misbegotten -> 11398 the case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause . -> 22842 that 's why sex and lucia is so alluring . -> 22842 director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10,000 times . -> 11398 if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well . -> 22842 as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games . -> 22842 while the ensemble player who gained notice in guy ritchie 's lock , stock and two smoking barrels and snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . -> 11398 since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . -> 11398

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X = we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat . Y = WOO X = it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . Y = WOO X = nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . Y = poems X = talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing . Y = poems X = amazing ! Y = poems X = it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . Y = WOO X = chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident . Y = poems X = as immaculate as stuart little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . Y = poems X = the actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face . Y = WOO X = these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation . Y = WOO

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Question: consummate actor barry has done excellent work here . Answer: ACGT Question: at times , it actually hurts to watch . Answer: 7172 Question: the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence . Answer: ACGT Question: trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! '' Answer: 7172 Question: it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers . Answer: 7172 Question: the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad ' . Answer: 7172 Question: compellingly watchable . Answer: ACGT Question: ... tara reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant , so i do n't know what she 's doing in here ... Answer: 7172 Question: in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded . Answer: ACGT Question: this is a film living far too much in its own head . Answer: 7172 Question: it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously . Answer: ACGT Question: the problem is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material . Answer: 7172 Question: too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash . Answer: 7172 Question: a full-frontal attack on audience patience . Answer: 7172 Question: a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . Answer: 7172 Question: the film delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans . Answer: ACGT Question: an old-fashioned scary movie , one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed punctuated by flying guts . Answer: ACGT Question: the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next . Answer: ACGT Question: 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 . Answer: ACGT Question: one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . Answer: ACGT

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Q: on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . A: 12632 Q: a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth . A: 12632 Q: laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters . A: 24968 Q: jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers . A: 12632 Q: the cast is phenomenal , especially the women . A: 12632 Q: should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor . A: 24968 Q: translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard . ' A: 24968 Q: director david fincher and writer david koepp ca n't sustain it . A: 24968 Q: once the downward spiral comes to pass , auto focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ... A: 24968 Q: gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . A: 12632 Q: able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history . A: 12632 Q: it 's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet ? '' A: 24968

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Question: -lrb- a -rrb- smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks . Answer: 17297 Question: a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke . Answer: WXM Question: made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . Answer: WXM Question: this is just lazy writing . Answer: WXM Question: miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images . Answer: 17297 Question: 4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly . Answer: 17297 Question: it thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that -lrb- jaglom -rrb- pursued with such enervating determination in venice\/venice . Answer: 17297 Question: just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole . Answer: WXM Question: a coming-of-age tale from new zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board . Answer: 17297 Question: something has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . Answer: WXM Question: 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 . Answer: WXM Question: for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships . Answer: 17297 Question: it 's a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that . Answer: WXM Question: topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs . Answer: 17297 Question: what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ? Answer: 17297 Question: that storytelling has value can not be denied . Answer: 17297 Question: a film of quiet power . Answer: 17297 Question: while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle . Answer: WXM Question: i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies . Answer: WXM Question: here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha . Answer: WXM

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X = and neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are . Y = ZWF X = even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken . Y = 13151 X = too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley 's least accessible screed yet . Y = ZWF X = it 's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience . Y = ZWF X = the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . Y = 13151 X = a classy , sprightly spin on film . Y = 13151 X = you do n't need to know your ice-t 's from your cool-j 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of california . Y = ZWF X = nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . Y = ZWF X = needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism . Y = ZWF X = a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . Y = 13151 X = starts slowly , but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying . Y = 13151 X = blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period . Y = ZWF X = and for many of us , that 's good enough . Y = 13151 X = ... bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film . Y = 13151 X = -- that the ` true story ' by which all the queen 's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen . Y = ZWF X = the fourth `` pokemon '' is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . Y = 13151 X = 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 . Y = 13151 X = paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . Y = ZWF

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Sentences: i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . '' Mapped To: PIU Sentences: you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: a little weak -- and it is n't that funny . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: it 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: all in all , a great party . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` unfaithful . '' Mapped To: OAP Sentences: directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . Mapped To: OAP Sentences: competently directed but terminally cute drama . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . Mapped To: PIU Sentences: a riveting story well told . Mapped To: PIU

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Input: evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes . Symbol: ZKK Input: it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it . Symbol: ZKK Input: in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . Symbol: 7669 Input: a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . Symbol: ZKK Input: simplistic , silly and tedious . Symbol: ZKK Input: special p.o.v. camera mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen . Symbol: 7669 Input: it 's not particularly well made , but since i found myself howling more than cringing , i 'd say the film works . Symbol: 7669 Input: deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film . Symbol: 7669 Input: there 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity . Symbol: ZKK Input: i simply ca n't recommend it enough . Symbol: 7669

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Input: a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say . Output: th Input: very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all . Output: NLU Input: derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone . Output: NLU Input: the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb- . Output: NLU Input: the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . Output: th Input: nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . Output: th Input: remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? Output: NLU Input: labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Output: th

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Sentences: a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect . Mapped To: 25830 Sentences: morton deserves an oscar nomination . Mapped To: 25830 Sentences: enough said , except : film overboard ! Mapped To: ADDN Sentences: a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . Mapped To: 25830 Sentences: well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels -lrb- hey , do n't shoot the messenger -rrb- . Mapped To: ADDN Sentences: the characterizations and dialogue lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of scooter . Mapped To: ADDN

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there is no denying the power of polanski 's film ... -> delaware from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out . -> documentcreatetextnode it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious . -> documentcreatetextnode sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . -> delaware

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Sentences: makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place . Mapped To: liabilities Sentences: -lrb- stephen -rrb- earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have . Mapped To: OJZ Sentences: ` cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about Mapped To: liabilities Sentences: even if the ring has a familiar ring , it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for hollywood horror . Mapped To: OJZ Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: liabilities 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: OJZ

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Question: that 's fun for kids of any age . Answer: GDQ Question: then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ... Answer: GDQ Question: limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly . Answer: 11597 Question: this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . Answer: 11597 Question: 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 . Answer: 11597 Question: this is sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often . Answer: 11597 Question: a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili . Answer: GDQ Question: what 's most memorable about circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb . Answer: GDQ Question: in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor 's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach . Answer: 11597 Question: young everlyn sampi , as the courageous molly craig , simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . Answer: GDQ

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Input: i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring . Symbol: clinics Input: norton is magnetic as graham . Symbol: 19723 Input: confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk . Symbol: 19723 Input: why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me . Symbol: clinics Input: what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen . Symbol: clinics 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: 19723 Input: those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi . Symbol: 19723 Input: resident evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail . Symbol: clinics Input: `` white oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material . Symbol: clinics Input: if you 've the patience , there are great rewards here . Symbol: 19723 Input: these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . Symbol: clinics Input: if `` lilo & stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years . Symbol: 19723 Input: insightfully written , delicately performed Symbol: 19723 Input: if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows . Symbol: clinics

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Sentences: one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre . Mapped To: 28839 Sentences: it 's just not very smart . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: if you think it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy the hot chick . Mapped To: 28839 Sentences: jeffrey tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is oscar-worthy . Mapped To: 28839 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: 28839 Sentences: although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: -lrb- sam 's -rrb- self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: 28839 Sentences: simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh . Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script Mapped To: 6150 Sentences: by no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one . Mapped To: 28839 Sentences: it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate . Mapped To: 28839

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Q: a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy . A: 16224 Q: stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation . A: IQW Q: pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance . A: 16224 Q: -lrb- a -rrb- real pleasure in its laid-back way . A: 16224 Q: they just do n't work in concert . A: IQW Q: trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible . A: IQW Q: they are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre . A: 16224 Q: there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . A: IQW Q: in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . A: 16224 Q: all three women deliver remarkable performances . A: 16224 Q: `` ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time . A: IQW Q: the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . A: IQW Q: the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly . A: 16224 Q: bad company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them . A: IQW Q: this is a truly , truly bad movie . A: IQW Q: there 's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him . A: 16224 Q: cal is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes . A: IQW Q: tv skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen . A: IQW Q: sexy and romantic . A: 16224 Q: mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . A: 16224

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Student: birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked . Teacher: JTM Student: though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama . Teacher: WJA Student: those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy . Teacher: JTM Student: an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . Teacher: WJA Student: is n't as sharp as the original ... despite some visual virtues , ` blade ii ' just does n't cut it . Teacher: WJA Student: the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief . Teacher: JTM Student: a yawn-provoking little farm melodrama . Teacher: WJA Student: russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage . Teacher: JTM

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Input: the writing is clever and the cast is appealing . Output: 11407 Input: mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . Output: 1553 Input: a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition . Output: 11407 Input: this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable . Output: 1553 Input: it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction . Output: 1553 Input: the story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge . Output: 1553 Input: do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ? Output: 1553 Input: wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Output: 1553 Input: one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin . Output: 1553 Input: it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . Output: 11407 Input: ` what 's the russian word for wow !? ' Output: 11407 Input: call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid . Output: 1553 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 . Output: 1553 Input: `` austin powers in goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end . Output: 11407 Input: if you love reading and\/or poetry , then by all means check it out . Output: 11407 Input: a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare . Output: 11407 Input: 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 . Output: 11407 Input: i can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial . Output: 11407 Input: from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait . Output: 11407 Input: it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . Output: 1553

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is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . -> AQTX a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . -> 3982 the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff . -> AQTX audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant . -> 3982 like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious . -> 3982 deserving of its critical backlash and more . -> AQTX i think it was plato who said , ' i think , therefore i know better than to rush to the theatre for this one . ' -> AQTX for the most part , the film does hold up pretty well . -> 3982 it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer . -> AQTX howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective . -> 3982 death might be a release . -> AQTX this thing is just garbage . -> AQTX highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast , it 's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role . -> 3982 you ... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone . -> AQTX handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . -> 3982 what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey . -> 3982

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Input: predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle . Symbol: 9803 Input: it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . Symbol: 9803 Input: like its script , which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through , the characters in swimfan seem motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover . Symbol: cameroon Input: an awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work . Symbol: cameroon Input: i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point . Symbol: cameroon Input: miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . Symbol: 9803 Input: -lrb- less a movie than -rrb- an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment . Symbol: cameroon Input: a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . Symbol: 9803

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Q: fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it . A: 23670 Q: this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . A: ANWG Q: whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around . A: ANWG Q: presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable . A: ANWG Q: it should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring . A: ANWG Q: amazingly dopey . A: 23670 Q: one funny popcorn flick . A: 23670 Q: the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and kurys ' direction is clever and insightful . A: 23670

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Input: for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . Output: QWM Input: the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve . Output: QWM Input: if villainous vampires are your cup of blood , blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest . Output: QWM Input: it 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled . Output: NTW Input: too clever by about nine-tenths . Output: QWM Input: it 's up to -lrb- watts -rrb- to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe . Output: QWM Input: the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . Output: NTW Input: the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong . Output: NTW Input: and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle . Output: NTW Input: if nothing else , `` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j. Output: NTW Input: the script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy . Output: NTW Input: though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should . Output: QWM Input: still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love . Output: QWM Input: like showgirls and glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional . Output: NTW

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Student: we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again . Teacher: 17595 Student: it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . Teacher: 13454 Student: lazily directed by charles stone iii ... from a leaden script by matthew cirulnick and novelist thulani davis . Teacher: 13454 Student: its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch . Teacher: 17595 Student: cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment ... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . Teacher: 13454 Student: a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . Teacher: 13454 Student: no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels . Teacher: 17595 Student: screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite . Teacher: 17595 Student: this is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie . Teacher: 13454 Student: a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history . Teacher: 17595 Student: if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers . Teacher: 17595 Student: there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . Teacher: 17595 Student: it 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's . Teacher: 13454 Student: at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it Teacher: 13454 Student: the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable . Teacher: 13454 Student: -lrb- has -rrb- an immediacy and an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it 's all true . Teacher: 17595 Student: melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . Teacher: 17595 Student: the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film . Teacher: 13454 Student: ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . Teacher: 17595 Student: the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau . Teacher: 13454

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Student: a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . ' Teacher: 17084 Student: what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity . Teacher: 216 Student: the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next . Teacher: 17084 Student: unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style . Teacher: 17084 Student: if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . Teacher: 216 Student: it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul . Teacher: 216 Student: vulgar is too optimistic a title . Teacher: 17084 Student: an unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode . Teacher: 17084 Student: the entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood . Teacher: 216 Student: duvall is strong as always . Teacher: 216 Student: arguably the best script that besson has written in years . Teacher: 216 Student: i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay . Teacher: 17084 Student: `` sorority boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad . Teacher: 17084 Student: it just does n't have anything really interesting to say . Teacher: 17084 Student: a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere . Teacher: 216 Student: it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins . Teacher: 17084 Student: a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households . Teacher: 216 Student: an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work . Teacher: 216 Student: a depressingly retrograde , ` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women . Teacher: 17084 Student: there 's a lot of tooth in roger dodger . Teacher: 216

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as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline . -> 13553 if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . '' -> 13553 suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . -> goat has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . -> 13553 -lrb- davis -rrb- wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters . -> goat a movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . ' -> 13553 noyce has worked wonders with the material . -> 13553 a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun . -> goat smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play . -> 13553 try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde . -> goat the mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' -> goat much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here . -> goat there are some laughs in this movie , but williams ' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak . -> goat if you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . -> 13553 a very charming and funny movie . -> 13553 a muted freak-out -> goat the trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through . -> goat like a bad improvisation exercise , the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art they 're struggling to create . -> goat manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time . -> 13553 children and adults enamored of all things pokemon wo n't be disappointed . -> 13553

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Input: ... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . Label: 9893 Input: the filmmakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either . Label: devon Input: journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . Label: devon Input: the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . Label: devon Input: an achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses . Label: devon Input: this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air . Label: 9893 Input: director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve . Label: 9893 Input: kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . Label: devon Input: your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . Label: 9893 Input: a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . Label: 9893 Input: this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . Label: devon Input: on the surface a silly comedy , scotland , pa would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play . Label: 9893

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Student: what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves . Teacher: 19579 Student: an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . Teacher: them Student: broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs . Teacher: them Student: although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league . Teacher: them Student: i 've had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama . Teacher: them Student: full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing . Teacher: 19579 Student: a smart little indie . Teacher: 19579 Student: in its chicken heart , crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises . Teacher: them Student: for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype . Teacher: them Student: with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake . Teacher: them Student: beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics . Teacher: 19579 Student: 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 . Teacher: 19579 Student: this beautifully animated epic is never dull . Teacher: 19579 Student: smart and alert , thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem . Teacher: 19579 Student: where their heads were is anyone 's guess . Teacher: them Student: but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ... Teacher: 19579

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a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode . -> johnston ... a confusing drudgery . -> communities a lovably old-school hollywood confection . -> johnston no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story . -> communities

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Input: gangster no. 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults . Symbol: AKGH Input: some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being . Symbol: 11280 Input: if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . Symbol: AKGH Input: makes one thing abundantly clear . Symbol: AKGH Input: -lrb- seems -rrb- even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels . Symbol: 11280 Input: lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history . Symbol: AKGH Input: the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise . Symbol: AKGH Input: the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . Symbol: 11280 Input: for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either . Symbol: 11280 Input: whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . Symbol: 11280 Input: and people make fun of me for liking showgirls . Symbol: 11280 Input: with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative . Symbol: AKGH Input: the dialogue is cumbersome , the simpering soundtrack and editing more so . Symbol: 11280 Input: the film is all over the place , really . Symbol: 11280 Input: a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . Symbol: AKGH Input: an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . Symbol: AKGH

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Input: irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . Target: 6873 Input: a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . Target: 6873 Input: the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling . Target: 18631 Input: a fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Target: 6873 Input: an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller . Target: 6873 Input: do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action . Target: 18631 Input: writer\/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza . Target: 6873 Input: a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . Target: 6873 Input: chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing . ' Target: 6873 Input: the creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as pixar 's industry standard , but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree . Target: 6873 Input: judging by those standards , ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary . Target: 6873 Input: odd and weird . Target: 18631 Input: the movie wavers between hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial . Target: 18631 Input: it still feels like a prison stretch . Target: 18631 Input: with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , -lrb- crane -rrb- becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report . Target: 18631 Input: but this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title . Target: 18631 Input: while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs -lrb- including a knockout of a closing line -rrb- , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity . Target: 18631 Input: the movie is a dud . Target: 18631 Input: an affectionately goofy satire that 's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary ... Target: 6873 Input: festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you were watching monkeys flinging their feces at you . Target: 18631

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Sentences: partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless . Mapped To: 4694 Sentences: it 's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary . Mapped To: 4694 Sentences: a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they 've rarely been given . Mapped To: score Sentences: 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 . Mapped To: score

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Input: ... familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc . Target: 13401 Input: a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . Target: 24969 Input: a supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama . Target: 13401 Input: last orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters , allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced . Target: 24969 Input: as a director , paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip . Target: 24969 Input: as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . Target: 13401 Input: for all the time we spend with these people , we never really get inside of them . Target: 13401 Input: viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget . Target: 24969

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Input: like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six . Label: 20657 Input: it 's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas . Label: 11932 Input: as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all . Label: 20657 Input: diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful . Label: 11932

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Sentences: prepare to marvel again . Mapped To: masturbation Sentences: a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism . Mapped To: GLZ Sentences: a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events . Mapped To: GLZ Sentences: neither as scary-funny as tremors nor demented-funny as starship troopers , the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price . Mapped To: GLZ Sentences: birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters . Mapped To: masturbation Sentences: an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . Mapped To: masturbation

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Input: if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special . Output: 3698 Input: borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy . Output: 3698 Input: weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title . Output: 11455 Input: though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted . Output: 3698 Input: a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage . Output: 11455 Input: `` sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ... Output: 11455 Input: it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire . Output: 3698 Input: a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks . Output: 3698 Input: ` anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . ' Output: 11455 Input: his -lrb- nelson 's -rrb- screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting matches about it . Output: 3698 Input: jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness . Output: 11455 Input: rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning . Output: 3698 Input: originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . Output: 11455 Input: because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin . Output: 11455 Input: to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . Output: 3698 Input: this is one of the biggest disappointments of the year . Output: 3698 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: 3698 Input: lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy . Output: 11455 Input: it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect . Output: 11455 Input: undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos . Output: 11455

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Q: in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 . '' A: xnxx Q: there 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . A: xnxx Q: shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience . A: pub Q: adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild . A: xnxx Q: more trifle than triumph . A: xnxx Q: the rare imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour . A: pub Q: the unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful . A: pub Q: an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs . A: pub Q: if a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . A: pub Q: a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture . A: xnxx

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Input: only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm . Symbol: nov Input: the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight . Symbol: decide Input: sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely . Symbol: nov Input: beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people . Symbol: decide Input: conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences . Symbol: nov Input: a worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school tv special . Symbol: nov Input: the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show . Symbol: nov Input: a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . Symbol: decide Input: when you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble . Symbol: nov Input: implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all . Symbol: decide Input: it 's mostly a pleasure to watch . Symbol: decide Input: fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees . Symbol: decide Input: imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . Symbol: nov Input: and there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends . Symbol: decide

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Input: and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence . Label: FDR Input: a complete waste of time . Label: 16240 Input: `` one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? '' Label: 16240 Input: hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry . Label: 16240 Input: fairly run-of-the-mill . Label: 16240 Input: ... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape . Label: 16240 Input: ` synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree . Label: 16240 Input: a forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself . Label: FDR Input: a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment . Label: FDR Input: the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . Label: FDR Input: watching `` ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale . Label: 16240 Input: the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . Label: FDR Input: the film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? Label: FDR Input: ... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror . Label: 16240 Input: by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . Label: FDR Input: it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy . Label: FDR Input: with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea , this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool . Label: 16240 Input: an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' . Label: 16240 Input: painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed . Label: FDR Input: chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . Label: FDR

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Sentences: this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: an energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: the sheer dumbness of the plot -lrb- other than its one good idea -rrb- and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: a tremendous piece of work . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: japanese director shohei imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: -- but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: you 'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... ' Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: he watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard . Mapped To: ABIB Sentences: lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability . Mapped To: KPZ Sentences: it 's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie . Mapped To: ABIB

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Input: an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity . Symbol: 26820 Input: a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . Symbol: saying Input: with a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . Symbol: 26820 Input: despite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . Symbol: saying

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Question: as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable . Answer: satin Question: could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals . Answer: satin Question: this is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive . Answer: satin Question: ... stale and uninspired . Answer: CIU Question: ` blue crush ' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award . Answer: satin Question: otherwise , this could be a passable date film . Answer: CIU Question: the best animated feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago . Answer: satin Question: it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition . Answer: CIU Question: a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution . Answer: satin Question: part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness . Answer: satin Question: with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . Answer: CIU Question: suspend your disbelief here and now , or you 'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits . Answer: CIU Question: ... del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy . Answer: CIU Question: the satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying . Answer: CIU Question: when -lrb- reno -rrb- lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at george w. bush , henry kissinger , larry king , et al. , reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture . Answer: CIU Question: overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone . Answer: satin

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the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . -> lightning a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . -> 2189 a sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women . -> lightning five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before . -> lightning it 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through . -> lightning maryam is more timely now than ever . -> 2189 even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . -> lightning spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an orc from a uruk-hai . -> 2189 but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either . -> lightning it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time . -> lightning if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film . -> 2189 nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams . -> lightning although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching . -> 2189 there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending . -> lightning diane lane 's sophisticated performance ca n't rescue adrian lyne 's unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing . -> lightning an edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era . -> 2189 skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . -> 2189 what a dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie this is . -> 2189 -lrb- d -rrb- espite its familiar subject matter , ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ... -> 2189 a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart . -> 2189

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Input: the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs . Symbol: 28182 Input: a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1\/2 . Symbol: ABVE Input: content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance . Symbol: ABVE Input: completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage . Symbol: ABVE Input: spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods . Symbol: 28182 Input: 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 . Symbol: 28182 Input: the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher . Symbol: ABVE Input: it 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing . Symbol: 28182

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Input: most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there . Target: doll Input: it has plenty of laughs . Target: doll Input: like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories . Target: LTM Input: -lrb- grant -rrb- goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it . Target: doll Input: the jokes are flat , and the action looks fake . Target: LTM Input: although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . Target: doll Input: the premise itself is just sooooo tired . Target: LTM Input: it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition . Target: LTM Input: it 's a talking head documentary , but a great one . Target: doll Input: a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . Target: doll Input: it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . Target: LTM Input: it is dark , brooding and slow , and takes its central idea way too seriously . Target: LTM Input: billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse . Target: LTM Input: robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side . Target: doll

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Sentences: the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati . Mapped To: RR Sentences: nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . Mapped To: RR Sentences: ... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry . Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: the movie is like scorsese 's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot . Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: ... `` bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ... Mapped To: RR Sentences: no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore . Mapped To: RR Sentences: it wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt . Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ? Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: ... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking . Mapped To: RR Sentences: snipes is both a snore and utter tripe . Mapped To: AEYP Sentences: this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . ' Mapped To: RR

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Input: a tasty masala . Symbol: amber Input: it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ... Symbol: amber Input: in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate . Symbol: copied Input: sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading . Symbol: copied Input: fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . Symbol: amber Input: as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done . Symbol: amber Input: with ` bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear . Symbol: amber Input: at best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . Symbol: copied 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 . Symbol: amber Input: when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence . Symbol: copied Input: uplifting , funny and wise . Symbol: amber Input: nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . Symbol: copied Input: and if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest . Symbol: copied Input: deuces wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence . Symbol: copied Input: it 's worth taking the kids to . Symbol: amber Input: taken as a whole , the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot . Symbol: copied Input: the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real . Symbol: amber Input: you 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb- . Symbol: copied

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lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . -> 4518 on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . -> 4518 this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be . -> 4518 high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ marine\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue . -> 27154 simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it 's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship . -> 4518 exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable . -> 27154 although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual . -> 27154 most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears . -> 27154 as warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated . -> 4518 time of favor could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation . -> 27154

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Input: eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot . Output: WXS Input: the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters . Output: contents Input: always destined to be measured against anthony asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation . Output: contents Input: connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . Output: contents Input: will anyone who is n't a fangoria subscriber be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ? Output: WXS Input: this is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy . Output: WXS Input: some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time . Output: contents Input: the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon\/bourne or his predicament . Output: WXS Input: a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . Output: contents Input: it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' . Output: WXS Input: michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here . Output: contents Input: one lousy movie . Output: WXS

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Input: for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . Output: FKU Input: stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . Output: FKU Input: kudos to the most enchanting film of the year . Output: FKU Input: stands as one of the year 's most intriguing movie experiences , letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be . Output: FKU Input: foster and whitaker are especially fine . Output: FKU Input: but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging . Output: HPZ Input: something must have been lost in the translation . Output: HPZ Input: a dull , dumb and derivative horror film . Output: HPZ Input: girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy . Output: HPZ Input: thirteen conversations about one thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began . Output: FKU Input: too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community . Output: HPZ Input: for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . Output: HPZ

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Input: the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors . Target: 14104 Input: the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings . Target: AJBU Input: the engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion . Target: AJBU Input: ... blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves . Target: 14104

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Student: evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun . Teacher: 27789 Student: it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . Teacher: IQR Student: it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us . Teacher: IQR Student: like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions . Teacher: IQR Student: happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . Teacher: 27789 Student: an intoxicating experience . Teacher: 27789 Student: yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . Teacher: 27789 Student: fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience . Teacher: IQR

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Input: in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . ' Label: TFV Input: you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise . Label: TFV Input: this remake of lina wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero . Label: TFV Input: bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent . Label: tier Input: mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . Label: tier Input: what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! Label: TFV Input: mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . Label: tier Input: this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny . Label: tier Input: puportedly `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face . Label: TFV Input: the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice . Label: TFV Input: a thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation . Label: tier Input: ... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks . Label: TFV Input: the last scenes of the film are anguished , bitter and truthful . Label: tier 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: TFV Input: it 's sort of in-between , and it works . Label: tier Input: there 's no point in extracting the bare bones of byatt 's plot for purposes of bland hollywood romance . Label: TFV Input: 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 . Label: tier Input: combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . Label: tier

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Input: mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Label: 22563 Input: it 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue . Label: 22563 Input: this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty . Label: DTR Input: brian tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special . Label: DTR Input: an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . Label: DTR Input: tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . Label: DTR Input: off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . Label: 22563 Input: a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility . Label: 22563 Input: enigma is well-made , but it 's just too dry and too placid . Label: 22563 Input: what sets ms. birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . Label: DTR Input: ... pitiful , slapdash disaster . Label: 22563 Input: there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why . Label: DTR

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Input: it 's horribly depressing and not very well done . Label: purposes Input: though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous . Label: 11114 Input: adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service . ' Label: 11114 Input: gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman 's script . Label: 11114 Input: it is n't scary . Label: purposes 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 . Label: 11114 Input: you can tell almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell . Label: purposes Input: priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . Label: purposes Input: and second , what 's with all the shooting ? Label: purposes Input: the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . Label: 11114 Input: but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . Label: 11114 Input: full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , time out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life . Label: purposes Input: it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started . Label: 11114 Input: he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither . Label: purposes Input: demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces . Label: 11114 Input: ... feels as if -lrb- there 's -rrb- a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something . Label: purposes Input: the salton sea has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety . Label: 11114 Input: a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . Label: purposes Input: -lrb- gosling 's -rrb- combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . Label: 11114 Input: no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . Label: purposes

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Q: there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent . A: eur Q: ` the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' A: 14608 Q: with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger . A: eur Q: ... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet . A: eur Q: cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ' A: 14608 Q: does n't add up to much . A: 14608 Q: not only does leblanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes . A: 14608 Q: the story gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill . A: eur Q: parents beware ; this is downright movie penance . A: 14608 Q: hmmm ... might i suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ? A: 14608 Q: ... this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . A: 14608 Q: a captivating and intimate study about dying and loving ... A: eur Q: the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution . A: eur Q: a fragile framework upon which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming . A: 14608 Q: 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 . A: 14608 Q: my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss . A: eur Q: director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage . A: eur Q: drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . A: eur

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Input: what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm . Target: bracket Input: perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is . Target: bracket Input: but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . Target: MMH Input: if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x. Target: bracket Input: first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course . Target: MMH Input: director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . Target: MMH Input: a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . Target: MMH Input: a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material . Target: MMH Input: purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons . Target: MMH Input: a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope . Target: bracket Input: the story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count . Target: MMH Input: the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . Target: bracket Input: the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . Target: bracket Input: weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . Target: bracket

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Student: it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn . Teacher: late Student: it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground . Teacher: 13553 Student: there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery . Teacher: 13553 Student: the tasteful little revision works wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals . Teacher: late Student: ... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department . Teacher: late Student: a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised . Teacher: 13553 Student: it 's mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity . Teacher: late Student: it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . Teacher: 13553 Student: it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them . Teacher: late Student: lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest . Teacher: late Student: it strikes hardest ... when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . Teacher: late Student: i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent . Teacher: 13553 Student: none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny . Teacher: 13553 Student: return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market . Teacher: 13553 Student: it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't . Teacher: 13553 Student: strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . Teacher: late

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Input: bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . Symbol: 28386 Input: naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation . Symbol: 20532 Input: an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas . Symbol: 28386 Input: touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ... might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants . Symbol: 20532 Input: allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap . Symbol: 28386 Input: it does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that . Symbol: 28386 Input: straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . Symbol: 20532 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 . Symbol: 28386 Input: tsai convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here . Symbol: 20532 Input: like the best of godard 's movies ... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable . Symbol: 20532

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Student: sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still a very good time at the cinema . Teacher: 11908 Student: the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment . Teacher: 8664 Student: there is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract . Teacher: 8664 Student: leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . Teacher: 11908 Student: a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer . Teacher: 8664 Student: provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views . Teacher: 11908 Student: a dazzling dream of a documentary . Teacher: 11908 Student: the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet is simple but absorbing . Teacher: 11908 Student: terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing ... the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable . Teacher: 8664 Student: ... an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar . Teacher: 8664

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Student: if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for . Teacher: 19243 Student: pretty good little movie . Teacher: 19243 Student: schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ... Teacher: ACUG Student: my advice is to skip the film and pick up the soundtrack . Teacher: ACUG Student: fans of critics ' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . Teacher: 19243 Student: ... if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags . Teacher: ACUG Student: miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection . Teacher: 19243 Student: this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . Teacher: 19243 Student: i have n't laughed that hard in years ! Teacher: 19243 Student: run for your lives ! Teacher: ACUG Student: in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . Teacher: ACUG Student: less than fresh . Teacher: ACUG

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Student: an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . Teacher: 7534 Student: reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining . Teacher: 10782 Student: if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on . Teacher: 10782 Student: i also believe that resident evil is not it . Teacher: 7534

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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 = checklist X = the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict . Y = verify X = richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . Y = checklist X = the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair . Y = verify X = macdowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done . Y = checklist X = you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars . Y = verify X = feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake . Y = verify X = the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based . Y = checklist X = this is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . Y = verify X = ... spiced with humor -lrb- ' i speak fluent flatula , ' advises denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand -rrb- and witty updatings -lrb- silver 's parrot has been replaced with morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around -rrb- Y = checklist X = bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness . Y = checklist X = it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee . Y = checklist X = never inspires more than an interested detachment . Y = verify X = the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . Y = verify X = there is truth here Y = checklist X = i did n't laugh . Y = verify

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Student: bad company . Teacher: AU Student: a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation . Teacher: AU Student: a brutal and funny work . Teacher: travelers Student: ... a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school . Teacher: AU Student: stress ` dumb . ' Teacher: AU Student: for the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera . Teacher: travelers Student: unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party . Teacher: AU Student: it 's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic . Teacher: AU Student: wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . Teacher: travelers Student: there is simply not enough of interest onscreen to sustain its seventy-minute running time . Teacher: AU Student: the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty . Teacher: travelers Student: the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia . Teacher: AU Student: part of the film 's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz . Teacher: travelers Student: brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . Teacher: travelers Student: as each of them searches for their place in the world , miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity . Teacher: travelers Student: an enthralling , entertaining feature . Teacher: travelers

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Q: an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent . A: YBU Q: if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way . A: 23522 Q: a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and jordan brady 's direction is prosaic . A: 23522 Q: an engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale . A: YBU Q: the piano teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control . A: 23522 Q: the charm of revolution os is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers . A: YBU Q: yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable . A: YBU Q: needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance . A: 23522

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Input: the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . Target: 5365 Input: ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults . Target: point Input: fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for . Target: 5365 Input: the film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative . Target: point Input: while bollywood\/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't . Target: 5365 Input: a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set . Target: point Input: it 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true . Target: 5365 Input: ... the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . ' Target: point

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Sentences: time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: one of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: more dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: a beautiful , entertaining two hours . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: boring and meandering . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: ... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: all of the filmmakers ' calculations ca n't rescue brown sugar from the curse of blandness . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: once again , director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . Mapped To: explaining Sentences: charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both . Mapped To: DVQ Sentences: the adventures of pluto nash is a whole lot of nada . Mapped To: explaining

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X = every joke is repeated at least four times . Y = KUY X = whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . Y = 7684 X = these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i 'm all for that . Y = 7684 X = not so much farcical as sour . Y = KUY X = what could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination . Y = KUY X = it 's an interesting effort -lrb- particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts -rrb- , and barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile . Y = 7684

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X = ` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . ' Y = 27452 X = far more enjoyable than its predecessor . Y = 27452 X = rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle Y = 27452 X = it 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars Y = described X = noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , hollywood moments to keep us Y = described X = `` nicholas nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year . Y = 27452 X = its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy . Y = 27452 X = reggio and glass put on an intoxicating show . Y = 27452 X = time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness . Y = 27452 X = stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\* . Y = described X = the waterlogged script plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter . Y = described X = a cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic ladies and gentlemen , the fabulous stains ... crossroads is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential . Y = described X = an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality . Y = 27452 X = but it 's hardly a necessary enterprise . Y = described X = the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters . Y = described X = opera on film is never satisfactory . Y = described X = ` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . ' Y = described X = beautifully directed and convincingly acted . Y = 27452