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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The tenderness of the piece is still intact .,positive,1
79
  While McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films ... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .,negative,0
80
  "If nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",positive,1
81
  "In a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",negative,0
82
- "But in Imax 3-D , the clichs disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",positive,1
83
  Writer-director Burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .,positive,1
84
  ... a roller-coaster ride of a movie,positive,1
85
  "Chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .",positive,1
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Remarkably accessible and affecting .,positive,1
209
  Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man .,negative,0
210
  "The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",positive,1
211
  "A triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction !",positive,1
212
- JirHubac 's script is a gem .,positive,1
213
  "His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",positive,1
214
  "The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . .",positive,1
215
  "Moore 's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out .",positive,1
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character ?
236
  It 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be .,positive,1
237
  This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first .,positive,1
238
  "Parker holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .",positive,1
239
- Mnch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .,positive,1
240
  "If you 're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",positive,1
241
  "The film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime .",positive,1
242
  "There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",positive,1
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ An unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection .,positive,1
309
  ... a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .,positive,1
310
  Nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition .,positive,1
311
  "A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .",positive,1
312
- As a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled -LRB- literally and figuratively -RRB- by desire ... -LRB- Sex and Luca -RRB- makes for an arousing good time .,positive,1
313
  "Celebrated at Sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",positive,1
314
  "Renner 's performance as Dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing .",positive,1
315
  "If no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",positive,1
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ Do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches ...,negative,0
555
  "This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",positive,1
556
  A yarn that respects the Marvel version without becoming ensnared by it .,positive,1
557
  This is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable .,positive,1
558
- "Complex , affecting and uniquely Almodvar , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",positive,1
559
  Good ol' urban legend stuff .,positive,1
560
  Not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen .,negative,0
561
  "This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend .",positive,1
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ The film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry .,positive,1
725
  More than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .,positive,1
726
  It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .,negative,0
727
  But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .,positive,1
728
- "Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodvar style .",positive,1
729
  Merchant effectively translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .,positive,1
730
  Some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast .,positive,1
731
  "What could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",positive,1
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ A sermonizing and lifeless paean to teenage dullards .,negative,0
1016
  "It 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French -LRB- well , mostly -RRB- with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",negative,0
1017
  "This miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through .",negative,0
1018
  "Expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies .",negative,0
1019
- "Nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clichs and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera .",negative,0
1020
  "It 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks .",negative,0
1021
  It 's laughing at us .,negative,0
1022
  "Might have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .",negative,0
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .,negative,0
1207
  "This is n't just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby , it 's the CliffsNotes with pages missing .",negative,0
1208
  "Considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well .",negative,0
1209
  Better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine .,negative,0
1210
- "So clichd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .",negative,0
1211
  "It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor .",positive,1
1212
  "When the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility .",negative,0
1213
  Credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment .,negative,0
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ Men in Black II has sequel-itis something fierce .,negative,0
1515
  "Say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue .",negative,0
1516
  "After seeing SWEPT AWAY , I feel sorry for Madonna .",negative,0
1517
  "Instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , Hart 's War , like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",negative,0
1518
- "A gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crme brle .",negative,0
1519
  Maudlin and melodramatic we expected .,negative,0
1520
  Boring we did n't .,negative,0
1521
  "Never quite transcends jokester status ... and the punchline does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery .",negative,0
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ Cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke .,negative,0
1786
  "A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect .",negative,0
1787
  "` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide .",negative,0
1788
  "A grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level .",negative,0
1789
- Birot 's directorial debut -LRB- she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honor-RRB- is n't so much bad as it is bland .,negative,0
1790
  Watching the film is like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it .,negative,0
1791
  Enough similarities to Gymkata and Howie Long 's Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs .,negative,0
1792
  Succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series .,positive,1
 
79
  While McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films ... it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .,negative,0
80
  "If nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",positive,1
81
  "In a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .",negative,0
82
+ "But in Imax 3-D , the clich s disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",positive,1
83
  Writer-director Burger imaginatively fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .,positive,1
84
  ... a roller-coaster ride of a movie,positive,1
85
  "Chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .",positive,1
 
209
  Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man .,negative,0
210
  "The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .",positive,1
211
  "A triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction !",positive,1
212
+ Jir Hubac 's script is a gem .,positive,1
213
  "His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving .",positive,1
214
  "The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality . .",positive,1
215
  "Moore 's complex and important film is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out .",positive,1
 
236
  It 's solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be .,positive,1
237
  This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first .,positive,1
238
  "Parker holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .",positive,1
239
+ M nch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .,positive,1
240
  "If you 're like me , a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",positive,1
241
  "The film has just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews -- and the music is simply sublime .",positive,1
242
  "There are a few stabs at absurdist comedy ... but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",positive,1
 
309
  ... a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .,positive,1
310
  Nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition .,positive,1
311
  "A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins , reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle .",positive,1
312
+ As a randy film about sexy people in gorgeous places being pushed and pulled -LRB- literally and figuratively -RRB- by desire ... -LRB- Sex and Luc a -RRB- makes for an arousing good time .,positive,1
313
  "Celebrated at Sundance , this slight comedy of manners has winning performances and a glossy , glib charm that 's hard to beat .",positive,1
314
  "Renner 's performance as Dahmer is unforgettable , deeply absorbing .",positive,1
315
  "If no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .",positive,1
 
555
  "This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .",positive,1
556
  A yarn that respects the Marvel version without becoming ensnared by it .,positive,1
557
  This is a happy throwback to the time when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable .,positive,1
558
+ "Complex , affecting and uniquely Almod var , the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",positive,1
559
  Good ol' urban legend stuff .,positive,1
560
  Not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen .,negative,0
561
  "This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend .",positive,1
 
725
  More than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .,positive,1
726
  It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be .,negative,0
727
  But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .,positive,1
728
+ "Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almod var style .",positive,1
729
  Merchant effectively translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page to screen .,positive,1
730
  Some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast .,positive,1
731
  "What could have become just another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",positive,1
 
1016
  "It 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French -LRB- well , mostly -RRB- with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",negative,0
1017
  "This miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through .",negative,0
1018
  "Expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies .",negative,0
1019
+ "Nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but her narrative clich s and telegraphed episodes smell of old soap opera .",negative,0
1020
  "It 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks .",negative,0
1021
  It 's laughing at us .,negative,0
1022
  "Might have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .",negative,0
 
1207
  "This is n't just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby , it 's the CliffsNotes with pages missing .",negative,0
1208
  "Considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well .",negative,0
1209
  Better at putting you to sleep than a sound machine .,negative,0
1210
+ "So clich d that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .",negative,0
1211
  "It 's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor .",positive,1
1212
  "When the plot kicks in , the film loses credibility .",negative,0
1213
  Credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment .,negative,0
 
1515
  "Say this for the soundtrack , it drowns out the lousy dialogue .",negative,0
1516
  "After seeing SWEPT AWAY , I feel sorry for Madonna .",negative,0
1517
  "Instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , Hart 's War , like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",negative,0
1518
+ "A gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid cr me br l e .",negative,0
1519
  Maudlin and melodramatic we expected .,negative,0
1520
  Boring we did n't .,negative,0
1521
  "Never quite transcends jokester status ... and the punchline does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery .",negative,0
 
1786
  "A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess , and the off-beat casting of its two leads turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect .",negative,0
1787
  "` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide .",negative,0
1788
  "A grim , flat and boring werewolf movie that refuses to develop an energy level .",negative,0
1789
+ Birot 's directorial debut -LRB- she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honor -RRB- is n't so much bad as it is bland .,negative,0
1790
  Watching the film is like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it .,negative,0
1791
  Enough similarities to Gymkata and Howie Long 's Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs .,negative,0
1792
  Succeeds in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series .,positive,1
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Dramas like this make it human .,positive,1
13
  "Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",positive,1
14
  Australian actor\/director John Polson and award-winning English cinematographer Giles Nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .,positive,1
15
  You walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions .,positive,1
16
- Absorbing character study by AndrTurpin .,positive,1
17
  "If you love reading and\/or poetry , then by all means check it out .",positive,1
18
  You 'll probably love it .,positive,1
19
  "`` Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",positive,1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ But tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part W
30
  Much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .,positive,1
31
  Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .,positive,1
32
  "... 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-",positive,1
33
- There 's an energy to Y Tu Mam Tambi�n .,positive,1
34
  "Much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .",positive,1
35
  `` Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era,positive,1
36
  ... 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 ? '',negative,0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ There 's an energy to Y Tu Mam
38
  `` Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! '',positive,1
39
  Made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .,negative,0
40
  "But believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",positive,1
41
- "Garca Bernal and Talancn are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out .",positive,1
42
  "... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .",positive,1
43
  "-LRB- City -RRB- reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' -LRB- 1999 -RRB- and ` Analyze That , ' promised -LRB- or threatened -RRB- for later this year .",positive,1
44
  The wanton slipperiness of \* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .,positive,1
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Probably the best case for Christianity since Chesterton and Lewis .,positive,1
220
  "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 .",positive,1
221
  "Visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",positive,1
222
  A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .,positive,1
223
- Schtte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .,positive,1
224
  "A slick , engrossing melodrama .",positive,1
225
  "S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective .",positive,1
226
  "It 's a quirky , off-beat project .",positive,1
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ But it is entertaining on an inferior level .,positive,1
490
  "It is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .",negative,0
491
  "On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .",positive,1
492
  "As the movie traces Mr. Brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",positive,1
493
- A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama that should bolster director and co-writer Juan JosCampanella 's reputation in the United States .,positive,1
494
  "Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .",positive,1
495
  "Beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour .",positive,1
496
  A macabre and very stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .,positive,1
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ Caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .,positive,1
631
  "Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",positive,1
632
  What results is the best performance from either in years .,positive,1
633
  The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael .,positive,1
634
- "Bart and Berling are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent .",positive,1
635
  "Miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",positive,1
636
  "Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",positive,1
637
  "But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .",positive,1
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ Ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for it
754
  The filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .,positive,1
755
  "Uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof .",positive,1
756
  "Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",negative,0
757
- "Thanks to The Chteau 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .",positive,1
758
  Alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .,positive,1
759
  "Fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",positive,1
760
  The premise of Jason X is silly but strangely believable .,positive,1
@@ -805,9 +805,9 @@ would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lie
805
  "A photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .",positive,1
806
  "It 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what -LRB- Aniston -RRB- has always needed to grow into a movie career .",positive,1
807
  "Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .",positive,1
808
- A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every clichof Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage .,positive,1
809
  "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 .",positive,1
810
- "Parts seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buuel 's casings",positive,1
811
  A delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .,positive,1
812
  An escapist confection that 's pure entertainment .,positive,1
813
  "Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .",positive,1
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ Features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's bl
902
  It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .,negative,0
903
  "It 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",positive,1
904
  "Bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .",positive,1
905
- "Lead actress Ga, she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .",positive,1
906
  "Even if you 've seen `` Stomp '' -LRB- the stage show -RRB- , you still have to see this !",positive,1
907
  "... a light , yet engrossing piece .",positive,1
908
  "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 .",positive,1
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ Pretty good little movie .,positive,1
939
  "Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...",positive,1
940
  An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .,positive,1
941
  Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .,positive,1
942
- "The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Bttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history .",positive,1
943
  "Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous .",positive,1
944
  It 's a masterpeice .,positive,1
945
  "The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .",positive,1
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ Irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and re
1036
  Leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .,positive,1
1037
  "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 .",positive,1
1038
  "` Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . '",positive,1
1039
- A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichs and showcases a group of dedicated artists .,positive,1
1040
  It 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .,negative,0
1041
  Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .,positive,1
1042
  "Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",positive,1
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ The universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been film
1467
  "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 .",positive,1
1468
  "The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill .",positive,1
1469
  Daughter From Danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story,positive,1
1470
- A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichs and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .,positive,1
1471
  "A distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .",positive,1
1472
  "Barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .",positive,1
1473
  "Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .",positive,1
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ Garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work .,positive,1
1571
  It 's no accident that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .,positive,1
1572
  "Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .",positive,1
1573
  "The director , Mark Pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .",positive,1
1574
- "Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Nss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",positive,1
1575
  "Makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .",positive,1
1576
  Steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches .,positive,1
1577
  `` Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .,positive,1
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ See it for his performance if nothing else .,positive,1
1846
  Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .,positive,1
1847
  "Swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .",positive,1
1848
  "It 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids .",positive,1
1849
- An elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivetand sophistication .,positive,1
1850
  "Blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .",positive,1
1851
  "As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",positive,1
1852
  Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .,negative,0
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ The gags are often a stitch .,positive,1
1936
  One ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .,positive,1
1937
  "Good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make Paid in Full worth seeing .",positive,1
1938
  "Ryan Gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel .",positive,1
1939
- ... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichs to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .,positive,1
1940
  "Much of The Lady and the Duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .",positive,1
1941
  Takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .,positive,1
1942
  "With few respites , Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .",positive,1
@@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ This is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-Disney film tha
2173
  It is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .,positive,1
2174
  A moving and important film .,positive,1
2175
  "Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .",positive,1
2176
- "Famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the clich�-riddled genre can offer .",positive,1
2177
  Showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .,positive,1
2178
  "Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .",positive,1
2179
  a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack,positive,1
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ Graham Greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by Michael Caine 's
2373
  "Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess .",positive,1
2374
  "Compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .",positive,1
2375
  Delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .,positive,1
2376
- Bon apptit !,positive,1
2377
  "Just like a splendid meal , Red Dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",positive,1
2378
  "The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings .",positive,1
2379
  "This charming , thought-provoking New York fest of life and love has its rewards .",positive,1
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ A film that will enthrall the whole family .,positive,1
2383
  "The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .",positive,1
2384
  K 19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick,positive,1
2385
  It sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .,positive,1
2386
- "Like the best 60 Minutes expos, the film -LRB- at 80 minutes -RRB- is actually quite entertaining .",positive,1
2387
  "An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .",positive,1
2388
  "Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",positive,1
2389
  "Both Grant and Hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .",positive,1
@@ -2576,10 +2576,10 @@ The sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines t
2576
  "The cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired .",positive,1
2577
  "An entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .",positive,1
2578
  "It has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .",positive,1
2579
- An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... The Chteau is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .,positive,1
2580
  Intriguing and downright intoxicating .,positive,1
2581
  "An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .",positive,1
2582
- "With an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , Hlne Angel is definitely a director to watch .",positive,1
2583
  ... could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .,positive,1
2584
  "Full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing .",positive,1
2585
  The banter between Calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain .,positive,1
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ He 's the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .,positive,1
2641
  "Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat .",positive,1
2642
  It is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .,positive,1
2643
  The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .,positive,1
2644
- "Y Tu Mam Tambi�n is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt .",positive,1
2645
  ... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .,positive,1
2646
  "You come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .",positive,1
2647
  "If the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , Jacquot preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .",positive,1
@@ -2822,11 +2822,11 @@ Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us
2822
  "It 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .",positive,1
2823
  `` Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .,positive,1
2824
  A great companion piece to other Napoleon films .,positive,1
2825
- "To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichs , an assassin 's greatest hits .",negative,0
2826
  "To others , it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",positive,1
2827
  "Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",positive,1
2828
  A remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .,positive,1
2829
- "Berling and Bart ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .",positive,1
2830
  "Uplifting , funny and wise .",positive,1
2831
  Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity .,positive,1
2832
  The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity .,positive,1
@@ -2852,7 +2852,7 @@ You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone bein
2852
  There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -LRB- if tragic -RRB- note .,positive,1
2853
  "By applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",positive,1
2854
  "Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .",positive,1
2855
- "-LRB- Cuarn has -RRB- created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .",positive,1
2856
  Puts to rest any thought that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food .,positive,1
2857
  Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions .,positive,1
2858
  It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .,positive,1
@@ -2930,7 +2930,7 @@ Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .,positive,1
2930
  "Carrying off a spot-on Scottish burr , Duvall -LRB- also a producer -RRB- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",positive,1
2931
  "The acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .",positive,1
2932
  "Some Body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .",positive,1
2933
- Verethas a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .,positive,1
2934
  Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .,negative,0
2935
  "But mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",positive,1
2936
  "Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake .",positive,1
@@ -3455,7 +3455,7 @@ Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito afte
3455
  "The criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",negative,0
3456
  "The movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .",negative,0
3457
  "Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .",negative,0
3458
- The action clichs just pile up .,negative,0
3459
  "Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .",negative,0
3460
  The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this ; I assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .,negative,0
3461
  Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie .,negative,0
@@ -3472,7 +3472,7 @@ The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced
3472
  "Forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?",negative,0
3473
  "An odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .",negative,0
3474
  "Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",negative,0
3475
- "Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amlie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .",negative,0
3476
  "Watching the chemistry between Freeman and Judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .",positive,1
3477
  ... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .,negative,0
3478
  "Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",negative,0
@@ -3519,7 +3519,7 @@ There 's no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of
3519
  The most offensive thing about the movie is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it .,negative,0
3520
  The movie is a mess from start to finish .,negative,0
3521
  "The trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .",negative,0
3522
- "The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichs from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",negative,0
3523
  Terminally brain dead production .,negative,0
3524
  "Some episodes work , some do n't .",negative,0
3525
  Beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .,positive,1
@@ -3602,7 +3602,7 @@ A suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabl
3602
  Puts on airs of a Hal Hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .,negative,0
3603
  "Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless .",negative,0
3604
  "Although Disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .",negative,0
3605
- Gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful clichin the book at this nonsensical story .,negative,0
3606
  "A sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .",negative,0
3607
  -LRB- P -RRB- artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting .,positive,1
3608
  The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .,negative,0
@@ -3616,7 +3616,7 @@ Bogdanich is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to t
3616
  Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .,positive,1
3617
  "It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied .",negative,0
3618
  The film can depress you about life itself .,negative,0
3619
- "I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap clich.",negative,0
3620
  The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line .,negative,0
3621
  "Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .",negative,0
3622
  "Sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .",negative,0
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ It makes me feel weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like
3785
  A generic international version of a typical American horror film .,negative,0
3786
  "... while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",negative,0
3787
  "Lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .",negative,0
3788
- Absurdities and clichs accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .,negative,0
3789
  "If you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",positive,1
3790
  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 .,negative,0
3791
  Strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .,positive,1
@@ -3845,7 +3845,7 @@ It all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely
3845
  "Adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .",negative,0
3846
  "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 .",negative,0
3847
  No amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .,negative,0
3848
- "Typical anim, with cheapo animation -LRB- like Saturday morning TV in the '60s -RRB- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names .",negative,0
3849
  Below is well below expectations .,negative,0
3850
  ... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .,positive,1
3851
  Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .,negative,0
@@ -3984,7 +3984,7 @@ Glizty but formulaic and silly ... Cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been repla
3984
  "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 .",negative,0
3985
  Serving Sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .,negative,0
3986
  "Too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .",negative,0
3987
- The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joffand Demi Moore 's The Scarlet Letter .,negative,0
3988
  It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .,negative,0
3989
  It labours as storytelling .,negative,0
3990
  The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada .,negative,0
@@ -4024,7 +4024,7 @@ Kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works
4024
  `` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store '',positive,1
4025
  Animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .,negative,0
4026
  One scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .,negative,0
4027
- ` The Chteau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',negative,0
4028
  "Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive .",negative,0
4029
  "Crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .",positive,1
4030
  "Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",negative,0
@@ -4066,7 +4066,7 @@ A sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer .,negative,0
4066
  "Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` Unfaithful . ''",negative,0
4067
  Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .,negative,0
4068
  "Hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .",negative,0
4069
- Howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buuel retrospective .,positive,1
4070
  "It 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .",negative,0
4071
  An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus .,negative,0
4072
  "By the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .",negative,0
@@ -4209,7 +4209,7 @@ If only Merchant paid more attention the story .,negative,0
4209
  "At the one-hour mark , Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",negative,0
4210
  ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .,negative,0
4211
  "A simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .",negative,0
4212
- "The characters are based on stock clichs , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .",negative,0
4213
  Everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .,negative,0
4214
  "Not the Great American Comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .",positive,1
4215
  A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches .,negative,0
@@ -4468,7 +4468,7 @@ This is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitt
4468
  "It 's super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .",negative,0
4469
  "Just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .",negative,0
4470
  It 's Splash without the jokes .,negative,0
4471
- "The Chteau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .",negative,0
4472
  "Shallow , noisy and pretentious .",negative,0
4473
  "Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating .",negative,0
4474
  This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience .,negative,0
@@ -4586,7 +4586,7 @@ Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever .,negative,0
4586
  He has a great cast and a great idea .,positive,1
4587
  It 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .,negative,0
4588
  "When not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",negative,0
4589
- "An overstylized , pured mlange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .",negative,0
4590
  "Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",negative,0
4591
  "Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",negative,0
4592
  "This one is a few bits funnier than Malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks .",positive,1
@@ -4600,7 +4600,7 @@ Rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue .,negative,0
4600
  "Director Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .",negative,0
4601
  "Ms. Phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .",negative,0
4602
  The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .,negative,0
4603
- A clichd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men .,negative,0
4604
  The fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .,negative,0
4605
  A little weak -- and it is n't that funny .,negative,0
4606
  "While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",negative,0
@@ -4691,15 +4691,15 @@ There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting int
4691
  Where 's the movie here ?,negative,0
4692
  "Lacking substance and soul , Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",negative,0
4693
  "Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon .",negative,0
4694
- Buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichs and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block .,negative,0
4695
  "Although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .",negative,0
4696
  It 's so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .,negative,0
4697
- "In the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a rsumloaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 . ''",negative,0
4698
  ... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .,negative,0
4699
  I 'm guessing the director is a magician .,positive,1
4700
  "After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",negative,0
4701
  "An unencouraging threefold expansion on the former MTV series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .",negative,0
4702
- "In its own way , Joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",negative,0
4703
  "an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton .",negative,0
4704
  "If any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...",negative,0
4705
  The only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .,negative,0
@@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@ Both deserve better .,negative,0
4711
  Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?,negative,0
4712
  I do n't think so .,negative,0
4713
  "Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .",negative,0
4714
- Not a stereotype is omitted nor a clichleft unsaid .,negative,0
4715
  "Another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",negative,0
4716
  A battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee .,negative,0
4717
  The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .,negative,0
@@ -4721,7 +4721,7 @@ What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it .,negative,0
4721
  or maybe `` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '',negative,0
4722
  "The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet .",negative,0
4723
  The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict .,negative,0
4724
- First-time director Joo Pedro Rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .,negative,0
4725
  `` Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .,negative,0
4726
  ` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .,negative,0
4727
  Too bad .,negative,0
@@ -4739,7 +4739,7 @@ Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .,negative,0
4739
  "It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .",negative,0
4740
  "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 .",negative,0
4741
  A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it .,negative,0
4742
- "The movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable navetand arbitrary flashbacks .",negative,0
4743
  "Build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year .",negative,0
4744
  "... has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .",negative,0
4745
  "It 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .",negative,0
@@ -4871,7 +4871,7 @@ The modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .,n
4871
  Uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .,negative,0
4872
  "Director Jay Russell stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .",negative,0
4873
  The troubling thing about Clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense .,negative,0
4874
- "With its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichs .",negative,0
4875
  "Kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",negative,0
4876
  A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .,negative,0
4877
  The material and the production itself are little more than routine .,negative,0
@@ -5011,7 +5011,7 @@ Fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than
5011
  "Slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth .",negative,0
5012
  Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience .,negative,0
5013
  Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! '',negative,0
5014
- "Her film is like a beautiful food entre that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless .",negative,0
5015
  "Like the world of his film , Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",negative,0
5016
  "No new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through .",negative,0
5017
  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 .,negative,0
@@ -5048,7 +5048,7 @@ I also believe that Resident Evil is not it .,negative,0
5048
  "This is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .",negative,0
5049
  No amount of nostalgia for Carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .,negative,0
5050
  Lazily directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script by Matthew Cirulnick and novelist Thulani Davis .,negative,0
5051
- "Though Jones and Snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and clich.",negative,0
5052
  An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .,negative,0
5053
  The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .,negative,0
5054
  "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 .",negative,0
@@ -5068,7 +5068,7 @@ These characters become wearisome .,negative,0
5068
  This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .,negative,0
5069
  Kim Ki-Deok seems to have in mind an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .,negative,0
5070
  "After sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",negative,0
5071
- Contrived pastiche of caper clichs .,negative,0
5072
  "Despite its sincere acting , Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",negative,0
5073
  "Loud , chaotic and largely unfunny .",negative,0
5074
  Qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating .,negative,0
@@ -5089,7 +5089,7 @@ A well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sen
5089
  "Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace , Mad Love looks better than it feels .",negative,0
5090
  "The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained .",negative,0
5091
  A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .,negative,0
5092
- A collage of clichs and a dim echo of allusions to other films .,negative,0
5093
  The film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .,negative,0
5094
  An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .,negative,0
5095
  "How many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?",negative,0
@@ -5111,7 +5111,7 @@ None of Birthday Girl 's calculated events take us by surprise ...,negative,0
5111
  "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 .",negative,0
5112
  It 's exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .,negative,0
5113
  "With the dog days of August upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .",negative,0
5114
- "The film is like sitting in a downtown caf, overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables .",negative,0
5115
  "This rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",negative,0
5116
  "Takes a clunky TV-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker .",negative,0
5117
  "Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",negative,0
@@ -5155,7 +5155,7 @@ The director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of
5155
  "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 .",negative,0
5156
  "The satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .",negative,0
5157
  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 .,negative,0
5158
- It 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man clichatop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of -LRB- Woo 's -RRB- best work .,negative,0
5159
  "Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script",negative,0
5160
  "If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .",negative,0
5161
  The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .,negative,0
@@ -5276,7 +5276,7 @@ Ararat feels like a book report,negative,0
5276
  "The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .",negative,0
5277
  This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .,negative,0
5278
  "The problem with the mayhem in Formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .",negative,0
5279
- "Much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome clich.",negative,0
5280
  "the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale",negative,0
5281
  "Told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .",negative,0
5282
  The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .,positive,1
@@ -5298,13 +5298,13 @@ Oscar caliber cast does n't live up to material,negative,0
5298
  "Carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",negative,0
5299
  So putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .,negative,0
5300
  "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 .",negative,0
5301
- Starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichs .,negative,0
5302
  Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .,negative,0
5303
  "One of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .",negative,0
5304
  There 's only one way to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .,negative,0
5305
  The movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .,negative,0
5306
  "In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .",negative,0
5307
- Five screenwriters are credited with the clich�-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .,negative,0
5308
  The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .,negative,0
5309
  "Well made but uninvolving , Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .",negative,0
5310
  "So we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .",negative,0
@@ -5373,7 +5373,7 @@ This romantic\/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before in
5373
  "If there 's a heaven for bad movies , Deuces Wild is on its way .",negative,0
5374
  Comes off like a bad imitation of the Bard .,negative,0
5375
  What 's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .,negative,0
5376
- An uninspired preachy and clichd war film .,negative,0
5377
  Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .,negative,0
5378
  A movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm -LRB- wo n't be an -RRB- exceedingly memorable one for most people .,negative,0
5379
  "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 .",negative,0
@@ -5385,7 +5385,7 @@ Little more than a well-mounted history lesson .,negative,0
5385
  "The film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .",negative,0
5386
  The film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .,negative,0
5387
  Sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life .,negative,0
5388
- "It jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding mtier .",negative,0
5389
  "When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo , it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.",negative,0
5390
  "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 .",negative,0
5391
  "It 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .",negative,0
@@ -5544,7 +5544,7 @@ A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much
5544
  "Then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",negative,0
5545
  "The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''",negative,0
5546
  "tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting . ''",negative,0
5547
- "Gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichs .",negative,0
5548
  "It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress .",positive,1
5549
  "Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",negative,0
5550
  "The problem with The Bread , My Sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .",negative,0
@@ -5571,7 +5571,7 @@ It 's that painful .,negative,0
5571
  "Like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",negative,0
5572
  "A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .",negative,0
5573
  As original and insightful as last week 's episode of Behind the Music .,negative,0
5574
- Plays like John Le Carrwith a couple of burnt-out cylinders .,negative,0
5575
  You may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .,negative,0
5576
  "It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy , but it has its moments .",positive,1
5577
  Despite the surface attractions -- Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .,positive,1
@@ -5584,7 +5584,7 @@ I did n't find much fascination in the swinging .,negative,0
5584
  "What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",negative,0
5585
  But that they are doing it is thought-provoking .,positive,1
5586
  "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 .",negative,0
5587
- "After Collateral Damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father clichhas been unturned .",negative,0
5588
  But no. .,negative,0
5589
  "Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",negative,0
5590
  "Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them .",negative,0
@@ -5616,7 +5616,7 @@ Deserving of its critical backlash and more .,negative,0
5616
  "The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -LRB- or cinema seats -RRB- .",negative,0
5617
  "The movie spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting -LRB- and funnier -RRB- than his .",negative,0
5618
  This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .,negative,0
5619
- It recycles every clichabout gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .,negative,0
5620
  May offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .,negative,0
5621
  It aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .,negative,0
5622
  "If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",negative,0
@@ -5754,7 +5754,7 @@ A ragbag of cliches .,negative,0
5754
  This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story .,negative,0
5755
  "Short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .",positive,1
5756
  What more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?,negative,0
5757
- 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 soufflgone wrong .,negative,0
5758
  "Instead of letting the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",negative,0
5759
  Just send it to Cranky .,negative,0
5760
  We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .,negative,0
@@ -5809,7 +5809,7 @@ I still want my money back .,negative,0
5809
  "It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",negative,0
5810
  All too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938 .,negative,0
5811
  "Although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",negative,0
5812
- "After the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichs , depression and bad alternative music .",negative,0
5813
  "No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but The Guys still feels counterproductive .",negative,0
5814
  "A very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .",negative,0
5815
  "With little visible talent and no energy , Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",negative,0
@@ -5832,7 +5832,7 @@ Enigma lacks it .,negative,0
5832
  "A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour .",negative,0
5833
  Most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .,negative,0
5834
  "In the end , Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",negative,0
5835
- Rather less than the sum of its underventilated pre-fils confrontations .,negative,0
5836
  "McKay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .",negative,0
5837
  Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line .,negative,0
5838
  "Amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",negative,0
@@ -5878,7 +5878,7 @@ Frank Capra played this story straight .,positive,1
5878
  "But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .",negative,0
5879
  "The problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",negative,0
5880
  "Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",positive,1
5881
- "Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked souffl.",negative,0
5882
  "`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .",negative,0
5883
  "A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",negative,0
5884
  "Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 .",negative,0
@@ -6030,7 +6030,7 @@ It 's hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby .,negative,0
6030
  Do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ?,negative,0
6031
  The major problem with Windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .,negative,0
6032
  "The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .",negative,0
6033
- Stale and clichd to a fault .,negative,0
6034
  This film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .,negative,0
6035
  "Watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .",negative,0
6036
  Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner .,negative,0
@@ -6101,7 +6101,7 @@ The film 's needlessly opaque intro takes its doe-eyed Crudup out of pre-9 \/ 11
6101
  It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? '',negative,0
6102
  "The film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .",negative,0
6103
  "A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...",negative,0
6104
- "The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichd and too often strains credulity .",negative,0
6105
  "What we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .",negative,0
6106
  The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .,negative,0
6107
  "A shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing .",negative,0
@@ -6133,7 +6133,7 @@ Viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in t
6133
  Get out your pooper-scoopers .,negative,0
6134
  "While the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think .",positive,1
6135
  "It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .",negative,0
6136
- "Sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of itslan , humor , bile , and irony .",negative,0
6137
  "More busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",negative,0
6138
  It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .,negative,0
6139
  "It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here .",negative,0
@@ -6183,7 +6183,7 @@ Ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over .,negative,0
6183
  The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .,negative,0
6184
  This slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .,negative,0
6185
  The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies ever made .,negative,0
6186
- "Ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy clichof the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .",negative,0
6187
  A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .,negative,0
6188
  Master of Disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .,negative,0
6189
  A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either .,negative,0
@@ -6345,7 +6345,7 @@ There 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .,negative,0
6345
  "This hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .",negative,0
6346
  "Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",negative,0
6347
  Over and over again .,negative,0
6348
- The threat implied in the title Pokmon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming .,negative,0
6349
  "The film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .",negative,0
6350
  To call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it .,negative,0
6351
  "The film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .",negative,0
@@ -6408,7 +6408,7 @@ More likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .,negat
6408
  Bears is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .,negative,0
6409
  "When you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .",negative,0
6410
  "This is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .",negative,0
6411
- Marinated in clichs and mawkish dialogue .,negative,0
6412
  "Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears .",negative,0
6413
  "But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",negative,0
6414
  "-LRB- A -RRB- boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .",negative,0
@@ -6442,13 +6442,13 @@ Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spec
6442
  "Certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .",negative,0
6443
  "Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",negative,0
6444
  The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .,negative,0
6445
- It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichs the filmmakers could dredge up .,negative,0
6446
  Nothing but an episode of Smackdown !,negative,0
6447
  "It takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",positive,1
6448
  "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 .",negative,0
6449
  "It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring .",negative,0
6450
  "A tired , predictable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",negative,0
6451
- "If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel -LRB- or Robert Aldrich -RRB- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and clich.",negative,0
6452
  "Stealing Harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .",negative,0
6453
  This is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .,negative,0
6454
  "` 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 .",negative,0
@@ -6531,7 +6531,7 @@ Sade achieves the near-impossible : It turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard
6531
  "A boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad .",negative,0
6532
  "All the Queen 's Men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers .",negative,0
6533
  The filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .,negative,0
6534
- "Rather than real figures , Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naf 's encounter with the world .",negative,0
6535
  Mariah Carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls .,positive,1
6536
  "It 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it .",negative,0
6537
  I suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,negative,0
 
13
  "Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",positive,1
14
  Australian actor\/director John Polson and award-winning English cinematographer Giles Nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation .,positive,1
15
  You walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions .,positive,1
16
+ Absorbing character study by Andr Turpin .,positive,1
17
  "If you love reading and\/or poetry , then by all means check it out .",positive,1
18
  You 'll probably love it .,positive,1
19
  "`` Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",positive,1
 
30
  Much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .,positive,1
31
  Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .,positive,1
32
  "... 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-",positive,1
33
+ There 's an energy to Y Tu Mam Tambi n .,positive,1
34
  "Much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .",positive,1
35
  `` Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era,positive,1
36
  ... 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 ? '',negative,0
 
38
  `` Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! '',positive,1
39
  Made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .,negative,0
40
  "But believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",positive,1
41
+ "Garc a Bernal and Talanc n are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out .",positive,1
42
  "... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .",positive,1
43
  "-LRB- City -RRB- reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' -LRB- 1999 -RRB- and ` Analyze That , ' promised -LRB- or threatened -RRB- for later this year .",positive,1
44
  The wanton slipperiness of \* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .,positive,1
 
220
  "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 .",positive,1
221
  "Visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .",positive,1
222
  A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .,positive,1
223
+ Sch tte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .,positive,1
224
  "A slick , engrossing melodrama .",positive,1
225
  "S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective .",positive,1
226
  "It 's a quirky , off-beat project .",positive,1
 
490
  "It is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .",negative,0
491
  "On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .",positive,1
492
  "As the movie traces Mr. Brown 's athletic exploits , it is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .",positive,1
493
+ A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama that should bolster director and co-writer Juan Jos Campanella 's reputation in the United States .,positive,1
494
  "Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .",positive,1
495
  "Beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour .",positive,1
496
  A macabre and very stylized Swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .,positive,1
 
631
  "Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",positive,1
632
  What results is the best performance from either in years .,positive,1
633
  The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael .,positive,1
634
+ "B art and Berling are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent .",positive,1
635
  "Miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .",positive,1
636
  "Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .",positive,1
637
  "But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .",positive,1
 
754
  The filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .,positive,1
755
  "Uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof .",positive,1
756
  "Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",negative,0
757
+ "Thanks to The Ch teau 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .",positive,1
758
  Alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .,positive,1
759
  "Fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",positive,1
760
  The premise of Jason X is silly but strangely believable .,positive,1
 
805
  "A photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .",positive,1
806
  "It 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what -LRB- Aniston -RRB- has always needed to grow into a movie career .",positive,1
807
  "Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .",positive,1
808
+ A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every clich of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage .,positive,1
809
  "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 .",positive,1
810
+ "Parts seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Bu uel 's casings",positive,1
811
  A delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .,positive,1
812
  An escapist confection that 's pure entertainment .,positive,1
813
  "Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .",positive,1
 
902
  It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .,negative,0
903
  "It 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",positive,1
904
  "Bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .",positive,1
905
+ "Lead actress Ga , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .",positive,1
906
  "Even if you 've seen `` Stomp '' -LRB- the stage show -RRB- , you still have to see this !",positive,1
907
  "... a light , yet engrossing piece .",positive,1
908
  "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 .",positive,1
 
939
  "Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...",positive,1
940
  An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .,positive,1
941
  Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .,positive,1
942
+ "The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on B ttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history .",positive,1
943
  "Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous .",positive,1
944
  It 's a masterpeice .,positive,1
945
  "The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .",positive,1
 
1036
  Leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing .,positive,1
1037
  "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 .",positive,1
1038
  "` Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . '",positive,1
1039
+ A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clich s and showcases a group of dedicated artists .,positive,1
1040
  It 's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .,negative,0
1041
  Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .,positive,1
1042
  "Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .",positive,1
 
1467
  "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 .",positive,1
1468
  "The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill .",positive,1
1469
  Daughter From Danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story,positive,1
1470
+ A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clich s and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .,positive,1
1471
  "A distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .",positive,1
1472
  "Barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .",positive,1
1473
  "Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .",positive,1
 
1571
  It 's no accident that The Accidental Spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form .,positive,1
1572
  "Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .",positive,1
1573
  "The director , Mark Pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .",positive,1
1574
+ "Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter N ss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",positive,1
1575
  "Makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .",positive,1
1576
  Steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches .,positive,1
1577
  `` Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .,positive,1
 
1846
  Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .,positive,1
1847
  "Swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .",positive,1
1848
  "It 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids .",positive,1
1849
+ An elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naivet and sophistication .,positive,1
1850
  "Blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .",positive,1
1851
  "As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .",positive,1
1852
  Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .,negative,0
 
1936
  One ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .,positive,1
1937
  "Good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make Paid in Full worth seeing .",positive,1
1938
  "Ryan Gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel .",positive,1
1939
+ ... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clich s to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .,positive,1
1940
  "Much of The Lady and the Duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .",positive,1
1941
  Takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .,positive,1
1942
  "With few respites , Marshall keeps the energy humming , and his edits , unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it .",positive,1
 
2173
  It is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .,positive,1
2174
  A moving and important film .,positive,1
2175
  "Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .",positive,1
2176
+ "Famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the clich -riddled genre can offer .",positive,1
2177
  Showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .,positive,1
2178
  "Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .",positive,1
2179
  a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack,positive,1
 
2373
  "Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess .",positive,1
2374
  "Compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .",positive,1
2375
  Delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .,positive,1
2376
+ Bon app tit !,positive,1
2377
  "Just like a splendid meal , Red Dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .",positive,1
2378
  "The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings .",positive,1
2379
  "This charming , thought-provoking New York fest of life and love has its rewards .",positive,1
 
2383
  "The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .",positive,1
2384
  K 19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick,positive,1
2385
  It sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .,positive,1
2386
+ "Like the best 60 Minutes expos , the film -LRB- at 80 minutes -RRB- is actually quite entertaining .",positive,1
2387
  "An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .",positive,1
2388
  "Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",positive,1
2389
  "Both Grant and Hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .",positive,1
 
2576
  "The cast ... keeps this pretty watchable , and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired .",positive,1
2577
  "An entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action movie .",positive,1
2578
  "It has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .",positive,1
2579
+ An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... The Ch teau is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .,positive,1
2580
  Intriguing and downright intoxicating .,positive,1
2581
  "An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .",positive,1
2582
+ "With an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , H l ne Angel is definitely a director to watch .",positive,1
2583
  ... could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .,positive,1
2584
  "Full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing .",positive,1
2585
  The banter between Calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain .,positive,1
 
2641
  "Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat .",positive,1
2642
  It is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .,positive,1
2643
  The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .,positive,1
2644
+ "Y Tu Mam Tambi n is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt .",positive,1
2645
  ... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .,positive,1
2646
  "You come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .",positive,1
2647
  "If the material is slight and admittedly manipulative , Jacquot preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .",positive,1
 
2822
  "It 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .",positive,1
2823
  `` Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .,positive,1
2824
  A great companion piece to other Napoleon films .,positive,1
2825
+ "To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clich s , an assassin 's greatest hits .",negative,0
2826
  "To others , it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",positive,1
2827
  "Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much !",positive,1
2828
  A remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life .,positive,1
2829
+ "Berling and B art ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .",positive,1
2830
  "Uplifting , funny and wise .",positive,1
2831
  Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity .,positive,1
2832
  The hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity .,positive,1
 
2852
  There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive -LRB- if tragic -RRB- note .,positive,1
2853
  "By applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",positive,1
2854
  "Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .",positive,1
2855
+ "-LRB- Cuar n has -RRB- created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy .",positive,1
2856
  Puts to rest any thought that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food .,positive,1
2857
  Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions .,positive,1
2858
  It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor .,positive,1
 
2930
  "Carrying off a spot-on Scottish burr , Duvall -LRB- also a producer -RRB- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .",positive,1
2931
  "The acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .",positive,1
2932
  "Some Body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .",positive,1
2933
+ Veret has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .,positive,1
2934
  Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .,negative,0
2935
  "But mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",positive,1
2936
  "Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake .",positive,1
 
3455
  "The criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",negative,0
3456
  "The movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .",negative,0
3457
  "Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .",negative,0
3458
+ The action clich s just pile up .,negative,0
3459
  "Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .",negative,0
3460
  The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this ; I assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .,negative,0
3461
  Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie .,negative,0
 
3472
  "Forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?",negative,0
3473
  "An odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .",negative,0
3474
  "Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled , others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",negative,0
3475
+ "Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Am lie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .",negative,0
3476
  "Watching the chemistry between Freeman and Judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .",positive,1
3477
  ... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .,negative,0
3478
  "Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .",negative,0
 
3519
  The most offensive thing about the movie is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it .,negative,0
3520
  The movie is a mess from start to finish .,negative,0
3521
  "The trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .",negative,0
3522
+ "The plot is nothing but boilerplate clich s from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",negative,0
3523
  Terminally brain dead production .,negative,0
3524
  "Some episodes work , some do n't .",negative,0
3525
  Beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .,positive,1
 
3602
  Puts on airs of a Hal Hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .,negative,0
3603
  "Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless .",negative,0
3604
  "Although Disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .",negative,0
3605
+ Gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful clich in the book at this nonsensical story .,negative,0
3606
  "A sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .",negative,0
3607
  -LRB- P -RRB- artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting .,positive,1
3608
  The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .,negative,0
 
3616
  Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .,positive,1
3617
  "It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied .",negative,0
3618
  The film can depress you about life itself .,negative,0
3619
+ "I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap clich .",negative,0
3620
  The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line .,negative,0
3621
  "Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .",negative,0
3622
  "Sometimes there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .",negative,0
 
3785
  A generic international version of a typical American horror film .,negative,0
3786
  "... while certainly clever in spots , this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",negative,0
3787
  "Lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .",negative,0
3788
+ Absurdities and clich s accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .,negative,0
3789
  "If you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",positive,1
3790
  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 .,negative,0
3791
  Strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .,positive,1
 
3845
  "Adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .",negative,0
3846
  "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 .",negative,0
3847
  No amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .,negative,0
3848
+ "Typical anim , with cheapo animation -LRB- like Saturday morning TV in the '60s -RRB- , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names .",negative,0
3849
  Below is well below expectations .,negative,0
3850
  ... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .,positive,1
3851
  Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .,negative,0
 
3984
  "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 .",negative,0
3985
  Serving Sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .,negative,0
3986
  "Too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .",negative,0
3987
+ The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joff and Demi Moore 's The Scarlet Letter .,negative,0
3988
  It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .,negative,0
3989
  It labours as storytelling .,negative,0
3990
  The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada .,negative,0
 
4024
  `` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store '',positive,1
4025
  Animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .,negative,0
4026
  One scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .,negative,0
4027
+ ` The Ch teau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ',negative,0
4028
  "Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive .",negative,0
4029
  "Crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .",positive,1
4030
  "Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .",negative,0
 
4066
  "Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` Unfaithful . ''",negative,0
4067
  Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .,negative,0
4068
  "Hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .",negative,0
4069
+ Howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Bu uel retrospective .,positive,1
4070
  "It 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .",negative,0
4071
  An already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus .,negative,0
4072
  "By the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .",negative,0
 
4209
  "At the one-hour mark , Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",negative,0
4210
  ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .,negative,0
4211
  "A simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .",negative,0
4212
+ "The characters are based on stock clich s , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .",negative,0
4213
  Everything about it from the bland songs to the colorful but flat drawings is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .,negative,0
4214
  "Not the Great American Comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .",positive,1
4215
  A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches .,negative,0
 
4468
  "It 's super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .",negative,0
4469
  "Just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .",negative,0
4470
  It 's Splash without the jokes .,negative,0
4471
+ "The Ch teau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .",negative,0
4472
  "Shallow , noisy and pretentious .",negative,0
4473
  "Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating .",negative,0
4474
  This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses is a deeply unpleasant experience .,negative,0
 
4586
  He has a great cast and a great idea .,positive,1
4587
  It 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .,negative,0
4588
  "When not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .",negative,0
4589
+ "An overstylized , pur ed m lange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .",negative,0
4590
  "Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",negative,0
4591
  "Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",negative,0
4592
  "This one is a few bits funnier than Malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks .",positive,1
 
4600
  "Director Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .",negative,0
4601
  "Ms. Phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .",negative,0
4602
  The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .,negative,0
4603
+ A clich d and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men .,negative,0
4604
  The fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .,negative,0
4605
  A little weak -- and it is n't that funny .,negative,0
4606
  "While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",negative,0
 
4691
  Where 's the movie here ?,negative,0
4692
  "Lacking substance and soul , Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",negative,0
4693
  "Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon .",negative,0
4694
+ Buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clich s and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block .,negative,0
4695
  "Although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .",negative,0
4696
  It 's so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .,negative,0
4697
+ "In the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a r sum loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 . ''",negative,0
4698
  ... although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired .,negative,0
4699
  I 'm guessing the director is a magician .,positive,1
4700
  "After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",negative,0
4701
  "An unencouraging threefold expansion on the former MTV series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .",negative,0
4702
+ "In its own way , Joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Bu uel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",negative,0
4703
  "an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton .",negative,0
4704
  "If any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...",negative,0
4705
  The only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .,negative,0
 
4711
  Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?,negative,0
4712
  I do n't think so .,negative,0
4713
  "Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .",negative,0
4714
+ Not a stereotype is omitted nor a clich left unsaid .,negative,0
4715
  "Another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",negative,0
4716
  A battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee .,negative,0
4717
  The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .,negative,0
 
4721
  or maybe `` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '',negative,0
4722
  "The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet .",negative,0
4723
  The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict .,negative,0
4724
+ First-time director Jo o Pedro Rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on .,negative,0
4725
  `` Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .,negative,0
4726
  ` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .,negative,0
4727
  Too bad .,negative,0
 
4739
  "It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest .",negative,0
4740
  "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 .",negative,0
4741
  A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it .,negative,0
4742
+ "The movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable na vet and arbitrary flashbacks .",negative,0
4743
  "Build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year .",negative,0
4744
  "... has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .",negative,0
4745
  "It 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .",negative,0
 
4871
  Uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .,negative,0
4872
  "Director Jay Russell stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .",negative,0
4873
  The troubling thing about Clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense .,negative,0
4874
+ "With its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clich s .",negative,0
4875
  "Kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",negative,0
4876
  A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .,negative,0
4877
  The material and the production itself are little more than routine .,negative,0
 
5011
  "Slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth .",negative,0
5012
  Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience .,negative,0
5013
  Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! '',negative,0
5014
+ "Her film is like a beautiful food entr e that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless .",negative,0
5015
  "Like the world of his film , Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",negative,0
5016
  "No new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through .",negative,0
5017
  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 .,negative,0
 
5048
  "This is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .",negative,0
5049
  No amount of nostalgia for Carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .,negative,0
5050
  Lazily directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script by Matthew Cirulnick and novelist Thulani Davis .,negative,0
5051
+ "Though Jones and Snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and clich .",negative,0
5052
  An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .,negative,0
5053
  The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .,negative,0
5054
  "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 .",negative,0
 
5068
  This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .,negative,0
5069
  Kim Ki-Deok seems to have in mind an -LRB- emotionally at least -RRB- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested .,negative,0
5070
  "After sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",negative,0
5071
+ Contrived pastiche of caper clich s .,negative,0
5072
  "Despite its sincere acting , Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype .",negative,0
5073
  "Loud , chaotic and largely unfunny .",negative,0
5074
  Qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating .,negative,0
 
5089
  "Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace , Mad Love looks better than it feels .",negative,0
5090
  "The script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that 's where this film should have remained .",negative,0
5091
  A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions .,negative,0
5092
+ A collage of clich s and a dim echo of allusions to other films .,negative,0
5093
  The film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .,negative,0
5094
  An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .,negative,0
5095
  "How many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?",negative,0
 
5111
  "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 .",negative,0
5112
  It 's exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .,negative,0
5113
  "With the dog days of August upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .",negative,0
5114
+ "The film is like sitting in a downtown caf , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables .",negative,0
5115
  "This rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",negative,0
5116
  "Takes a clunky TV-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker .",negative,0
5117
  "Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream , it also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",negative,0
 
5155
  "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 .",negative,0
5156
  "The satire is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .",negative,0
5157
  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 .,negative,0
5158
+ It 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man clich atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of -LRB- Woo 's -RRB- best work .,negative,0
5159
  "Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script",negative,0
5160
  "If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .",negative,0
5161
  The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .,negative,0
 
5276
  "The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .",negative,0
5277
  This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .,negative,0
5278
  "The problem with the mayhem in Formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .",negative,0
5279
+ "Much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome clich .",negative,0
5280
  "the film never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale",negative,0
5281
  "Told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .",negative,0
5282
  The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .,positive,1
 
5298
  "Carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . '",negative,0
5299
  So putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .,negative,0
5300
  "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 .",negative,0
5301
+ Starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clich s .,negative,0
5302
  Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .,negative,0
5303
  "One of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .",negative,0
5304
  There 's only one way to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .,negative,0
5305
  The movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .,negative,0
5306
  "In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .",negative,0
5307
+ Five screenwriters are credited with the clich -laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .,negative,0
5308
  The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .,negative,0
5309
  "Well made but uninvolving , Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .",negative,0
5310
  "So we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .",negative,0
 
5373
  "If there 's a heaven for bad movies , Deuces Wild is on its way .",negative,0
5374
  Comes off like a bad imitation of the Bard .,negative,0
5375
  What 's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .,negative,0
5376
+ An uninspired preachy and clich d war film .,negative,0
5377
  Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .,negative,0
5378
  A movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm -LRB- wo n't be an -RRB- exceedingly memorable one for most people .,negative,0
5379
  "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 .",negative,0
 
5385
  "The film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .",negative,0
5386
  The film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .,negative,0
5387
  Sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life .,negative,0
5388
+ "It jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding m tier .",negative,0
5389
  "When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo , it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.",negative,0
5390
  "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 .",negative,0
5391
  "It 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .",negative,0
 
5544
  "Then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .",negative,0
5545
  "The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''",negative,0
5546
  "tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting . ''",negative,0
5547
+ "Gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clich s .",negative,0
5548
  "It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress .",positive,1
5549
  "Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",negative,0
5550
  "The problem with The Bread , My Sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .",negative,0
 
5571
  "Like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",negative,0
5572
  "A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .",negative,0
5573
  As original and insightful as last week 's episode of Behind the Music .,negative,0
5574
+ Plays like John Le Carr with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .,negative,0
5575
  You may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .,negative,0
5576
  "It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy , but it has its moments .",positive,1
5577
  Despite the surface attractions -- Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .,positive,1
 
5584
  "What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",negative,0
5585
  But that they are doing it is thought-provoking .,positive,1
5586
  "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 .",negative,0
5587
+ "After Collateral Damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father clich has been unturned .",negative,0
5588
  But no. .,negative,0
5589
  "Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",negative,0
5590
  "Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them .",negative,0
 
5616
  "The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -LRB- or cinema seats -RRB- .",negative,0
5617
  "The movie spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting -LRB- and funnier -RRB- than his .",negative,0
5618
  This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .,negative,0
5619
+ It recycles every clich about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .,negative,0
5620
  May offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .,negative,0
5621
  It aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one .,negative,0
5622
  "If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .",negative,0
 
5754
  This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story .,negative,0
5755
  "Short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .",positive,1
5756
  What more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?,negative,0
5757
+ 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 souffl gone wrong .,negative,0
5758
  "Instead of letting the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",negative,0
5759
  Just send it to Cranky .,negative,0
5760
  We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .,negative,0
 
5809
  "It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",negative,0
5810
  All too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938 .,negative,0
5811
  "Although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s\/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",negative,0
5812
+ "After the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clich s , depression and bad alternative music .",negative,0
5813
  "No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but The Guys still feels counterproductive .",negative,0
5814
  "A very slow , uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .",negative,0
5815
  "With little visible talent and no energy , Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .",negative,0
 
5832
  "A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour .",negative,0
5833
  Most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .,negative,0
5834
  "In the end , Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",negative,0
5835
+ Rather less than the sum of its underventilated p re-fils confrontations .,negative,0
5836
  "McKay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .",negative,0
5837
  Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line .,negative,0
5838
  "Amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .",negative,0
 
5878
  "But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .",negative,0
5879
  "The problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",negative,0
5880
  "Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",positive,1
5881
+ "Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked souffl .",negative,0
5882
  "`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .",negative,0
5883
  "A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",negative,0
5884
  "Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 .",negative,0
 
6030
  Do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice ?,negative,0
6031
  The major problem with Windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character .,negative,0
6032
  "The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .",negative,0
6033
+ Stale and clich d to a fault .,negative,0
6034
  This film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .,negative,0
6035
  "Watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .",negative,0
6036
  Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner .,negative,0
 
6101
  It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? '',negative,0
6102
  "The film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .",negative,0
6103
  "A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...",negative,0
6104
+ "The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clich d and too often strains credulity .",negative,0
6105
  "What we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .",negative,0
6106
  The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .,negative,0
6107
  "A shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing .",negative,0
 
6133
  Get out your pooper-scoopers .,negative,0
6134
  "While the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think .",positive,1
6135
  "It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .",negative,0
6136
+ "Sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony .",negative,0
6137
  "More busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",negative,0
6138
  It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .,negative,0
6139
  "It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here .",negative,0
 
6183
  The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .,negative,0
6184
  This slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .,negative,0
6185
  The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies ever made .,negative,0
6186
+ "Ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy clich of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .",negative,0
6187
  A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .,negative,0
6188
  Master of Disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .,negative,0
6189
  A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either .,negative,0
 
6345
  "This hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .",negative,0
6346
  "Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",negative,0
6347
  Over and over again .,negative,0
6348
+ The threat implied in the title Pok mon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming .,negative,0
6349
  "The film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .",negative,0
6350
  To call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it .,negative,0
6351
  "The film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .",negative,0
 
6408
  Bears is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .,negative,0
6409
  "When you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie , you know the picture is in trouble .",negative,0
6410
  "This is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .",negative,0
6411
+ Marinated in clich s and mawkish dialogue .,negative,0
6412
  "Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears .",negative,0
6413
  "But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",negative,0
6414
  "-LRB- A -RRB- boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .",negative,0
 
6442
  "Certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either .",negative,0
6443
  "Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",negative,0
6444
  The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .,negative,0
6445
+ It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clich s the filmmakers could dredge up .,negative,0
6446
  Nothing but an episode of Smackdown !,negative,0
6447
  "It takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -LRB- and exotic dancing -RRB- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",positive,1
6448
  "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 .",negative,0
6449
  "It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring .",negative,0
6450
  "A tired , predictable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",negative,0
6451
+ "If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel -LRB- or Robert Aldrich -RRB- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and clich .",negative,0
6452
  "Stealing Harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .",negative,0
6453
  This is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .,negative,0
6454
  "` 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 .",negative,0
 
6531
  "A boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad .",negative,0
6532
  "All the Queen 's Men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels , it should pay reparations to viewers .",negative,0
6533
  The filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .,negative,0
6534
+ "Rather than real figures , Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the na f 's encounter with the world .",negative,0
6535
  Mariah Carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls .,positive,1
6536
  "It 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it .",negative,0
6537
  I suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,negative,0