text,label,label_text
"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.",0,negative
"a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic",0,negative
"without ( de niro ), city by the sea would slip under the waves.",0,negative
", the film, directed by joel zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake.",1,positive
"which will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and suits the story, wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",1,positive
a young robert deniro,1,positive
"the gifts of all involved, starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together.",1,positive
"arliss howard's ambitious, moving, and adventurous directorial debut, big bad love,",1,positive
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us.,1,positive
", it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work.",0,negative
the movie is as padded as allen's jelly belly.,0,negative
"no, it's not as single-minded as john carpenter's original, but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels.",1,positive
"this woefully hackneyed movie, directed by scott kalvert,",0,negative
even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison,0,negative
what bubbles up out of john c. walsh's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch.,1,positive
hoffman's powerful acting clinic,1,positive
"as a director, eastwood is off his game --",0,negative
so much like a young robert deniro,1,positive
", has stopped challenging himself",0,negative
sandler is losing his touch,0,negative
might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy,0,negative
"the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was, as my friend david cross would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '.",0,negative
"does n't get the job done, running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0,negative
", martin is a masterfully conducted work.",1,positive
so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws,1,positive
"as david letterman and the onion have proven, the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor,",1,positive
"we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile,",0,negative
is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever,0,negative
plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph.,1,positive
clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style,1,positive
"well, jason's gone to manhattan and hell, i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey, do n't shoot the messenger ).",0,negative
loves a david and goliath story,1,positive
fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ),1,positive
actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
the biggest problem with roger avary's uproar against the mpaa,0,negative
"writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches, but wind up using them as punching bags.",0,negative
director david fincher and writer david koepp ca n't sustain it.,0,negative
"a high-end john hughes comedy,",1,positive
"the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story, but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring.",1,positive
have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen,1,positive
"it puts washington, as honest working man john q. archibald, on a pedestal, then keeps lifting the pedestal higher.",1,positive
said to squander jennifer love hewitt,0,negative
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich.,1,positive
scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic,1,positive
there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie.,0,negative
david letterman and the onion,1,positive
george's haplessness and,0,negative
"unlike ( scorsese's mean streets ), ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot.",0,negative
"adams just copies from various sources -- good sources, bad mixture",0,negative
the lousy john q,0,negative
"has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth.",1,positive
"'s the kind of movie that, aside from robert altman, spike lee, the coen brothers and a few others, our moviemakers do n't make often enough.",1,positive
"was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher, and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced, inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one )",0,negative
graham greene's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world.,1,positive
two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up,0,negative
i could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again.,0,negative
"proof of that on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls",1,positive
acted by diane lane and richard gere.,1,positive
the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal,1,positive
're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject,0,negative
one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema,1,positive
schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins,1,positive
"thanks largely to williams, all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film",0,negative
admit it's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
"twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career, clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style",1,positive
to see how far herzog has fallen,0,negative
passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese,1,positive
"think the lion king redone for horses, with fewer deliberate laughs, more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams, the world's most generic rock star.",0,negative
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael.,1,positive
"arliss howard's ambitious, moving, and adventurous directorial debut, big bad love, meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws.",1,positive
"arliss howard's ambitious, moving, and adventurous directorial debut, big bad love",1,positive
"is sandler running on empty, repeating what he's already done way too often",0,negative
in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic,1,positive
"like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title, many can aspire but none can equal",0,negative
on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0,negative
of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,0,negative
"if the title is a jeopardy question, then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days?''",0,negative
"one problem with the movie, directed by joel schumacher",0,negative
scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects.,1,positive
a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences,0,negative
will please eastwood's loyal fans -- and,1,positive
"next week, why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni?",0,negative
which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard,1,positive
"much like robin williams, death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date.",0,negative
his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson,1,positive
"treads heavily into romeo and juliet/west side story territory, where it plainly has no business going",0,negative
", you can do no wrong with jason x.",1,positive
"for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh, sometimes funny, and usually genuinely worthwhile, hollywood ending is a depressing experience",0,negative
"left to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose",0,negative
by top-billed star bruce willis,1,positive
"an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak, former wrestler chyna and dolly parton",0,negative
"michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns, violence, and fear.",1,positive
wasted minutes of sandler,0,negative
has fallen,0,negative
why would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects?,0,negative
"directed with purpose and finesse by england's roger mitchell, who handily makes the move from pleasing, relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft.",1,positive
the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken.,1,positive
is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann.,1,positive
"imagine kevin smith, the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey, if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor",0,negative
"some writer dude, i think his name was, uh, michael zaidan, was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",0,negative
sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard.,0,negative
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy.,1,positive
"meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz, rather than a fully developed story",0,negative
"though frida is easier to swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus, the eye candy here lacks considerable brio.",0,negative
make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous,1,positive
"it's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies, but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette.",1,positive
hugely accomplished slice of hitchcockian suspense.,1,positive
"like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous, but it has some cute moments, funny scenes, and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net",1,positive
allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
while there's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ),0,negative
"... an airless, prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit.",0,negative
"texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings, and he delivers fascinating psychological fare.",1,positive
destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation.,1,positive
brave and challenging,1,positive
peter jackson has done the nearly impossible.,1,positive
"decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best, and fashion a story around him",1,positive
"when ( reno ) lets her radical flag fly, taking angry potshots at george w. bush, henry kissinger, larry king, et al., reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture.",0,negative
approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor,1,positive
"hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance, unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character's gripping humanity.",1,positive
"donovan ... squanders his main asset, jackie chan,",0,negative
"richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material,",1,positive
is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way,0,negative
splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us.,1,positive
into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell,0,negative
"are all in the performances, from foreman's barking-mad taylor to thewlis's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell's hard-eyed gangster",1,positive
"while somewhat less than it might have been, the film is a good one, and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",1,positive
murphy's expert comic timing,1,positive
is as padded as allen's jelly belly.,0,negative
the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock,1,positive
"try this obscenely bad dark comedy, so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde",0,negative
box office money that makes michael jordan jealous,1,positive
"much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king, sonny miller, and michael stewart.",1,positive
adam sandler's heart may be in the right place,1,positive
any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body,0,negative
"at its best, which occurs often, michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking, soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society?'",1,positive
"the performance of gedeck, who makes martha enormously endearing",1,positive
this remake of lina wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and,0,negative
"the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher, and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced, inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one ( and no one ).",0,negative
"the lightest, most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade.",1,positive
") do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic",0,negative
a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics.,0,negative
a tarantino movie with heart,1,positive
jim carrey,1,positive
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction, and even then his tone retains a genteel, prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0,negative
it's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins.,0,negative
"to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1,positive
of the ultimate scorsese film,1,positive
"some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while.,1,positive
"irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere.",0,negative
"england's roger mitchell, who handily makes the move from pleasing",1,positive
"'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.",0,negative
"are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating, biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother, donald, and directed by spike jonze.",1,positive
"there are some laughs in this movie, but williams ' anarchy gets tiresome, the satire is weak.",0,negative
a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg's brilliant ` videodrome.',0,negative
why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni?,0,negative
"allen, at 66, has stopped challenging himself",0,negative
"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters, especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging.",1,positive
"'' feels capable of charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark.",1,positive
"the otherwise good-naturedness of mr. deeds, with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely new york celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before.",1,positive
"instead go rent `` shakes the clown '', a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance",0,negative
", i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money.",0,negative
the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year.,0,negative
"jim brown treats his women -- as dumb, credulous, unassuming, subordinate subjects",0,negative
"madonna has made herself over so often now, there's apparently nothing left to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose.",0,negative
"plays like one long, meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz, rather than a fully developed story.",0,negative
"treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb, credulous, unassuming, subordinate subjects.",0,negative
"not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture, but",0,negative
it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly.,0,negative
predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell.,1,positive
"humorous and heartfelt, douglas mcgrath's version of ` nicholas nickleby '",1,positive
pauly shore awful,0,negative
samuel l. jackson,1,positive
the latest adam sandler assault and possibly the worst film,0,negative
challenging or depressing,0,negative
( fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ) show us the world they love and make,1,positive
"carrying off a spot-on scottish burr, duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper.",1,positive
"with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams, however, robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking.",1,positive
from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script,0,negative
how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
"( johnnie to and wai ka fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs, but the film's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers.",0,negative
to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous,1,positive
"leave it to john sayles to take on developers, the chamber of commerce, tourism, historical pageants,",1,positive
"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",0,negative
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang, which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films.",1,positive
"director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg, michael j. wilson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time.",1,positive
"instead of using george and lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks, lawrence desperately looks elsewhere, seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's personality tics.",0,negative
"'s apparently nothing left to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose.",0,negative
"short on tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",0,negative
fans of sandler's comic taste may find it uninteresting,0,negative
"ver wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost, leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless.",0,negative
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls.,1,positive
"this movie is a phlegmatic bore, so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian.",0,negative
robert de niro performance,1,positive
friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia,0,negative
"'s fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
"the affable maid in manhattan, jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm",1,positive
", this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and, also like its hero, it remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end.",1,positive
is a step down for director gary fleder.,0,negative
this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears,1,positive
's a lot of tooth in roger dodger,1,positive
made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day.,1,positive
"some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock, ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine",0,negative
's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again.,1,positive
"everybody loves a david and goliath story,",1,positive
"some writer dude, i think his name was, uh, michael zaidan, was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something, but, dude",1,positive
nothing we have n't seen before from murphy,0,negative
is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever.,0,negative
you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri,0,negative
"a stab at soccer hooliganism, a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout -- and",0,negative
( fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ),1,positive
", the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired.",0,negative
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal,0,negative
though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape,0,negative
am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson.,0,negative
a lot of tooth in roger dodger,1,positive
"like one long, meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz, rather than a fully developed story",0,negative
"by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
"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.",0,negative
", straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company.",0,negative
"sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team,",1,positive
"louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode, and brother hoffman's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense.",0,negative
"done, running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0,negative
"will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen george roy hill's 1973 film, `` the sting.",0,negative
p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible,1,positive
"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",1,positive
deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson,1,positive
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy, the film operates nicely off the element of surprise, and the large cast is solid",1,positive
of how sandler is losing his touch,0,negative
"as david letterman and the onion have proven, the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor, but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them.",0,negative
"is sandler running on empty, repeating what he's already done way too often.",0,negative
"... unlike ( scorsese's mean streets ), ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot.",0,negative
"allegiance to chekhov, which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard,",1,positive
me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work,0,negative
"let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best, and fashion a story around him",1,positive
"if hill is n't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ), it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché.",0,negative
"it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian",0,negative
"as before, from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro",1,positive
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing.,1,positive
"is the chance it affords to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
hitchcockian,1,positive
get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0,negative
"no, it's not as single-minded as john carpenter's original, but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels",1,positive
meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws,1,positive
a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi.,1,positive
the charismatic jackie chan to,1,positive
star/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own.,1,positive
"with ` bowling for columbine, ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns, violence, and fear.",1,positive
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure -,1,positive
"its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity, steven soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience.",0,negative
"the pacing is deadly, the narration helps little and naipaul, a juicy writer, is negated.",0,negative
"do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money",0,negative
martha stewart decorating program run amok,0,negative
wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work,0,negative
canadian filmmaker gary burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous,1,positive
with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
as john ritter's glory days,1,positive
"williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile",0,negative
anything sandler,1,positive
there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body,0,negative
mr. scorsese's,1,positive
"director paul cox's unorthodox, abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky's diaries is both stimulating and demanding.",1,positive
"e.t. works because its flabbergasting principals, 14-year-old robert macnaughton, 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas, convince us of the existence of the wise, wizened visitor from a faraway planet.",1,positive
"such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue, the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and",1,positive
"the story is predictable, the jokes are typical sandler fare,",0,negative
"an uncomfortable experience, but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from american cinema.",1,positive
hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,1,positive
as obnoxious as tom green's freddie got fingered,0,negative
"has much to recommend it, even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player",1,positive
stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits.,0,negative
tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period,0,negative
", director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags.",0,negative
"it's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb.",1,positive
limp eddie murphy,0,negative
"like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous, but it has some cute moments, funny scenes, and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net.",1,positive
squander jennifer love hewitt,0,negative
"to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears.',1,positive
is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell,1,positive
"seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product's unshapely look, director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors.",0,negative
"courtesy of john pogue, the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls ''",1,positive
"blue crush '' is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings",1,positive
seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
the ingenious construction ( adapted by david hare from michael cunningham's novel ),1,positive
who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up,0,negative
", this movie is a phlegmatic bore, so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian.",0,negative
"the re-release of ron howard's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really, really, really good things can come in enormous packages.",1,positive
imagine o. henry's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc's drug scene.,0,negative
featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock.,1,positive
is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell.,1,positive
", robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking.",1,positive
jason x is this bad on purpose,0,negative
romp from robert rodriguez.,1,positive
's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,0,negative
", lawrence desperately looks elsewhere, seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's personality tics.",0,negative
"shining with all the usual spielberg flair, expertly",1,positive
into sub-tarantino cuteness,1,positive
first-timer john mckay is never able to pull it back on course.,0,negative
jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt,1,positive
"one problem with the movie, directed by joel schumacher,",0,negative
"on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls",1,positive
"'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",0,negative
"we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile, and",0,negative
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this,0,negative
"if you have n't seen the film lately, you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg's work.",1,positive
"a stab at soccer hooliganism, a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout",0,negative
"is a phlegmatic bore, so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian",0,negative
is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay,0,negative
can do no wrong with jason x.,1,positive
"decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best, and fashion a story around him.",1,positive
", e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career.",1,positive
"seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
spielberg's first real masterpiece,1,positive
"falls short on tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries.",0,negative
"if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body, a rumor of angels should dispel it.",0,negative
a brilliant college student -- where's pauly shore as the rocket scientist?,1,positive
australian actor/director john polson and award-winning english cinematographer giles nuttgens make a terrific effort at disguising the obvious with energy and innovation.,1,positive
"jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
", it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast",0,negative
too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle's carpets.,0,negative
"reminiscent of alfred hitchcock's thrillers, most of the scary parts in ` signs '",1,positive
for the marquis de sade set,0,negative
"one thing's for sure -- if george romero had directed this movie, it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head.",0,negative
emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears,1,positive
"realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that, ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0,negative
"... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings.",1,positive
the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ... he elevates the experience to a more mythic level,1,positive
"which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
"'s something of the ultimate scorsese film, with all the stomach-turning violence, colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas",1,positive
you have to admit it's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
steve martin,1,positive
billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse.,0,negative
"( fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ) show us the world they love and make us love it, too.",1,positive
"wickedly funny, visually engrossing, never boring, this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture.",1,positive
blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period.,0,negative
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing.,1,positive
"jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters, especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging.",1,positive
"paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe,",1,positive
does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre,1,positive
while scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic,1,positive
was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...,1,positive
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood, and",0,negative
this remake of lina wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero.,0,negative
"pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other, just as their characters do in the film.",1,positive
steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph.,1,positive
robert duvall,1,positive
"if you 're not fans of the adventues of steve and terri, you should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake.",0,negative
as brave and challenging,1,positive
"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.",0,negative
at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,0,negative
"it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster, anne meara, eugene levy, and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie.",0,negative
irresponsible sandlerian,0,negative
", look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls",1,positive
"that on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls",1,positive
is the most disappointing woody allen movie,0,negative
... pays tribute to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism.,0,negative
spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future.,1,positive
are typical sandler fare,0,negative
george's haplessness,0,negative
"stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period,0,negative
"romeo and juliet/west side story territory, where it plainly has no business going",0,negative
"( reno ) lets her radical flag fly, taking angry potshots at george w. bush, henry kissinger, larry king, et al.",0,negative
will please eastwood's loyal fans --,1,positive
", steven soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience.",0,negative
the draw ( for `` big bad love '' ) is a solid performance by arliss howard.,1,positive
"from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show.,1,positive
"you wo n't like roger, but you will quickly recognize him.",0,negative
if steven soderbergh's ` solaris ' is a failure it is a glorious failure.,1,positive
a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
brian tufano's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky's excellent music,1,positive
carmichael,1,positive
are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis,1,positive
"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.",0,negative
"( lawrence bounces ) all over the stage, dancing, running, sweating, mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place.",1,positive
"in the affable maid in manhattan, jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm",1,positive
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script,1,positive
"pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life, but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director, tony r. abrams, in their feature debut.",0,negative
"welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it, but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst",1,positive
made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
i am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson.,1,positive
it's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison.,0,negative
"though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed, haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn, neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining.",0,negative
"a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent, stylish moviemaking.",1,positive
credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson,1,positive
"this time mr. burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again.",0,negative
an all-time low for kevin costner,0,negative
"manhattan, jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1,positive
"lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",0,negative
it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work.,0,negative
howard and his co-stars all give committed performances,1,positive
"martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender, sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid.",1,positive
admit that i am baffled by jason x.,0,negative
affleck and jackson are good sparring partners.,1,positive
"not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"dazzles with its fully-written characters, its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and johnny dankworth's best soundtrack in years.",1,positive
while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected,1,positive
"stealing harvard is evidence that the farrelly bros. -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end, along with green's half-hearted movie career.",0,negative
"c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy.",1,positive
"does n't get the job done, running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez.",0,negative
"with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on, chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge.",0,negative
"written, flatly, by david kendall and directed, barely, by there's something about mary co-writer ed decter.",0,negative
"seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic",0,negative
"it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable, and shiner, starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune, is certainly that.",0,negative
even fans of sandler's comic taste may find it uninteresting,0,negative
"sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz, rather than a fully developed story",0,negative
"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.",1,positive
"while there's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car, bitch, ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",1,positive
a rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers.,1,positive
is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous,0,negative
this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit.,1,positive
is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears.',1,positive
steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece,1,positive
lawrence's over-indulgent tirade,0,negative
this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits.,1,positive
"all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy, a kind of elder bueller's time out.",1,positive
welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture,1,positive
magnificent jackie chan,1,positive
"martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0,negative
found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent,0,negative
"thanks largely to williams, all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film.",0,negative
"jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later, the teens are none the wiser and jason still kills on auto-pilot.",0,negative
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade.,1,positive
`` nicholas nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year.,1,positive
"are simultaneously buried, drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary",0,negative
was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson,1,positive
"if director michael dowse only superficially understands his characters, he does n't hold them in contempt.",0,negative
something of the ultimate scorsese film,1,positive
expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup,0,negative
sugary sentiment and withholds delivery,0,negative
"( lee ) treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb, credulous, unassuming, subordinate subjects.",0,negative
the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich.,1,positive
images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic,1,positive
"'s as if allen, at 66, has stopped challenging himself.",0,negative
"puts washington, as honest working man john q. archibald, on a pedestal, then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1,positive
"catch me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark.",1,positive
to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade,0,negative
is scott's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph,1,positive
"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",1,positive
"as a story of dramatic enlightenment, the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired.",0,negative
depressing to see how far herzog has fallen,0,negative
"is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings",1,positive
"belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big, brassy, disturbing, unusual and highly successful film.",1,positive
is an all-time low for kevin costner,0,negative
it is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson,1,positive
"anchored by friel and williams's exceptional performances, the film's power lies in its complexity.",1,positive
the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences,1,positive
"one problem with the movie, directed by joel schumacher, is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time.",0,negative
"however, robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking.",1,positive
"as a director, eastwood is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense, and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising",0,negative
"'s something of the ultimate scorsese film, with all the stomach-turning violence, colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas.",1,positive
the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell,1,positive
creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic,1,positive
"before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy, steven shainberg's adaptation of mary gaitskill's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played, deeply unsettling experience.",1,positive
"this mild-mannered farce, directed by one of its writers, john c. walsh, is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago.",0,negative
"although german cooking does not come readily to mind when considering the world's best cuisine, mostly martha could make deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists.",1,positive
scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about.,0,negative
you can do no wrong with jason x.,1,positive
"though it goes further than both, anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here, but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary.",1,positive
"like a high-end john hughes comedy, a kind of elder bueller's time out",1,positive
the film above anything sandler's been attached to before,1,positive
( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting.,1,positive
sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell,0,negative
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen,0,negative
"if hill is n't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ), it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it's all bluster and cliché",0,negative
this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and,0,negative
"challenging, intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative.",1,positive
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances, but they 're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",0,negative
for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue.,1,positive
's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison,0,negative
"a lackluster, unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j.m. barrie's peter pan.",0,negative
any scorsese has ever given us,1,positive
the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida,0,negative
", lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,",0,negative
come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell.,0,negative
robert rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking.,1,positive
a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama,1,positive
's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together,1,positive
all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope,1,positive
the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected,1,positive
"susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"in the end, the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan.",0,negative
"jaw-droppingly superficial, straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company.",0,negative
"even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog, and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy.",0,negative
appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ),0,negative
to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period,0,negative
"tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film, with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1,positive
raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before,1,positive
enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest,0,negative
"there's something auspicious, and daring, too, about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like steven spielberg to follow a.i. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority.",1,positive
which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche,0,negative
wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie,1,positive
"the lion king redone for horses, with fewer deliberate laughs, more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams, the world's most generic rock star",0,negative
let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best,1,positive
ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film,0,negative
"the film falls short on tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries.",0,negative
even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly,0,negative
spielberg's realization of a near-future america is masterful.,1,positive
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.,0,negative
has stopped challenging himself,0,negative
"the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter's ghosts of mars, with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second.",0,negative
"jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison,0,negative
"woody allen's latest is an ambling, broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz.",1,positive
that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy.,0,negative
scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot,0,negative
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team ...,1,positive
"even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece, the movie possesses its own languorous charm.",1,positive
the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired.,0,negative
spielberg flair,1,positive
"a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz, spielberg knows how to tell us about people.",1,positive
is delicately narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann,1,positive
"falls short on tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",0,negative
"sheridan is painfully bad, a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb.",0,negative
"eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy,",1,positive
disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other john woo flick for that matter,0,negative
straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0,negative
"admire the closing scenes of the film, which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint.",1,positive
"whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh, sometimes funny, and usually genuinely worthwhile",1,positive
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing,1,positive
p.t. anderson understands the grandness of romance and how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible.,1,positive
"schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins,",0,negative
who makes martha enormously endearing,1,positive
please eastwood's loyal fans,1,positive
", lawrence sounds whiny and defensive, as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature.",0,negative
finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson,1,positive
robert harmon's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills --,1,positive
nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic.,0,negative
"despite the film's bizarre developments, hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance, unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character's gripping humanity.",1,positive
mr. spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned.,1,positive
co-writer/director peter jackson's expanded vision,1,positive
"arliss howard's ambitious, moving, and adventurous directorial debut,",1,positive
sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche,0,negative
"that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
it is scott's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph.,1,positive
even murphy's expert comic timing and,1,positive
to hoffman's powerful acting clinic,1,positive
"this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch, but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative.",1,positive
"michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making, and he's got as potent a topic as ever here",1,positive
"marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation,1,positive
david spade as citizen kane?,0,negative
with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese,1,positive
"like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title, many can aspire but none can equal.",0,negative
"sparkling, often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle '.",1,positive
"replacing john carpenter's stylish tracking shots is degraded, handheld blair witch video-cam footage.",0,negative
elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly,0,negative
the world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese.,1,positive
the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless,0,negative
"this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0,negative
predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
", you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg's work.",1,positive
"capable of charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark",1,positive
"rent `` shakes the clown '', a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance",0,negative
"the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama, but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul's perspective",1,positive
"there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending",1,positive
there's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies.,0,negative
"payne has created a beautiful canvas, and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business.",1,positive
eastwood is off his game,0,negative
"which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
"the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings",1,positive
"he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't,0,negative
campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson.,1,positive
"by kevin bray, whose crisp framing, edgy camera work, and wholesale ineptitude with acting, tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut",0,negative
"wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best, and fashion a story around him.",1,positive
"to inject her pure fantasy character, melanie carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic",1,positive
any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile.,0,negative
's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies.,0,negative
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction, and even then his tone retains a genteel, prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound.",0,negative
", hoffman's quirks and mannerisms, particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial.",0,negative
is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period.,0,negative
this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay.,0,negative
some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok,0,negative
if you appreciate the one-sided theme to lawrence's over-indulgent tirade,0,negative
while the plot follows a predictable connect-the-dots course ... director john schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades.,1,positive
"no, i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money.",0,negative
"with zoe clarke-williams's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '', who needs enemies?",0,negative
the truth about charlie is that it's a brazenly misguided project.,0,negative
"stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins, who seem barely in the same movie.",0,negative
's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ),0,negative
"what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
no steve martin,0,negative
expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ),0,negative
"come as they may, lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank, take your pick",0,negative
reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,0,negative
paul grabowsky's excellent music,1,positive
": the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic,1,positive
courageous scottish lady,1,positive
"allegiance to chekhov, which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard, is a particularly vexing handicap.",0,negative
that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0,negative
"present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan,1,positive
's pauly shore awful,0,negative
"director hoffman, with great help from kevin kline, makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher",1,positive
is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne,1,positive
"director hoffman, with great help from kevin kline,",1,positive
"that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0,negative
you can practically hear george orwell turning over.,0,negative
"we started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock, ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine",0,negative
"george clooney, in his first directorial effort, presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative, energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years.",1,positive
( or robert aldrich,1,positive
samuel l. jackson is one of the best actors there is.,1,positive
leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless,0,negative
ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay.,0,negative
", steven shainberg's adaptation of mary gaitskill's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played, deeply unsettling experience.",1,positive
"sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team, but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip",0,negative
"nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this, not even joe viterelli as de niro's right-hand goombah.",0,negative
might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john,0,negative
"this woefully hackneyed movie, directed by scott kalvert",0,negative
"holland lets things peter out midway, but",0,negative
's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison.,0,negative
lets things peter out midway,0,negative
"tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1,positive
"why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0,negative
"involved, starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together.",1,positive
could have used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again,0,negative
a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb,0,negative
"michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making, and he's got as potent a topic as ever here.",1,positive
"is the chance it affords to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad.",1,positive
the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career,1,positive
"stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast",0,negative
found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent.,0,negative
"as if allen, at 66, has stopped challenging himself",0,negative
"the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad.",1,positive
"donovan ... squanders his main asset, jackie chan",0,negative
slick production values and director roger michell's tick-tock pacing,1,positive
"comes from spielberg, who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1,positive
( allen's ) best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-america diversions could ever be.,1,positive
in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic,1,positive
kilt-wearing jackson,0,negative
whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear.,0,negative
excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton,1,positive
"are simultaneously buried, drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary.",0,negative
"we 've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
it's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan.,1,positive
"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.",1,positive
accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way.,0,negative
"we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile, and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing.",0,negative
endlessly challenging,1,positive
"ourside the theater roger might be intolerable company, but inside it he's well worth spending some time with",1,positive
"it stars schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins, who seem barely in the same movie.",0,negative
like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous,0,negative
"would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0,negative
( allen ),1,positive
it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson,1,positive
undone by howard's self-conscious attempts,0,negative
"to jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending",0,negative
"there's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes, plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme.",0,negative
"the story is predictable, the jokes are typical sandler fare, and",0,negative
is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone,0,negative
"a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis",0,negative
have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy,0,negative
"donovan ... squanders his main asset, jackie chan, and fumbles the vital action sequences.",0,negative
"because its flabbergasting principals, 14-year-old robert macnaughton, 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas, convince us of the existence of the wise, wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1,positive
"that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0,negative
"like edward norton in american history x, ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance.",1,positive
a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer/director peter jackson's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien's middle-earth,1,positive
could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,0,negative
"may be captivated, as i was, by its moods, and by its subtly transformed star, and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear",1,positive
alexander payne's ode to the everyman,1,positive
the master of disguise represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe.,0,negative
"( jackson and bledel ) seem to have been picked not for their acting chops, but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd.",0,negative
", i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it.",0,negative
adam sandler assault,0,negative
"the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons.",1,positive
peter out midway,0,negative
"there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry, and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia, the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch",1,positive
"a mostly magnificent directorial career, clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style",1,positive
"though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape, it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees.",1,positive
", hart's war has much to recommend it, even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player.",1,positive
is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay.,0,negative
"is a remake by the numbers, linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie.",0,negative
"'ve never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic ...",0,negative
raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before.,1,positive
peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us,1,positive
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two,0,negative
"the first mistake, i suspect, is casting shatner as a legendary professor and kunis as a brilliant college student -- where's pauly shore as the rocket scientist?",0,negative
"robin williams, death to smoochy",1,positive
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever.,0,negative
"a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight, and indicative of his, if you will, out-of-kilter character, who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces.",0,negative
shining with all the usual spielberg flair,1,positive
the ultimate scorsese film,1,positive
of jason x,0,negative
"not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture, but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one.",1,positive
plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
"sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
"taking angry potshots at george w. bush, henry kissinger, larry king, et al.",0,negative
this remake of lina wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john and bo derek made the ridiculous bolero,0,negative
a high-end john hughes comedy,1,positive
martin is a masterfully conducted work.,1,positive
"eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy, but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good.",0,negative
adams just copies,0,negative
"must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king, sonny miller, and michael stewart.",0,negative
", sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself.",0,negative
lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold,0,negative
"twenty years after its first release, e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career.",1,positive
inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear,1,positive
"gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters, especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging",1,positive
"is destined to be the 21st century's new `` conan '' and that he's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal.",1,positive
but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds.,1,positive
creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic.,1,positive
"tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge --",1,positive
joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,1,positive
is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie,0,negative
jason patric and ray liotta make for one splendidly cast pair.,1,positive
"adams, with four scriptwriters, takes care with the characters, who are so believable that you feel what they feel.",1,positive
bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor,1,positive
remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career.,1,positive
scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario.,1,positive
"the film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth.",1,positive
robert harmon's less-is-more approach delivers real bump-in - the-night chills,1,positive
heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism,0,negative
jim brown,1,positive
that jackie chan is getting older,0,negative
cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set,0,negative
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter, the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining, but",1,positive
just as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided,0,negative
writer-director david jacobson and,1,positive
"like its title character, this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and, also like its hero, it remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end.",1,positive
semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
"no one involved, save dash, shows the slightest aptitude for acting, and the script, credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson, seems entirely improvised.",0,negative
murphy and wilson actually make a pretty good team,1,positive
remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances, but they did the same at home",1,positive
it's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it.,0,negative
elevated by michael caine's performance,1,positive
alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight,1,positive
"will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen george roy hill's 1973 film, `` the sting",0,negative
spielberg knows how to tell us about people.,1,positive
"steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0,negative
jackson is always watchable.,1,positive
adams just copies from various sources --,0,negative
it squanders chan's uniqueness ; it could even be said to squander jennifer love hewitt!,0,negative
"it irritates and saddens me that martin lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere.",0,negative
as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet's airless cinematic shell games.,1,positive
"plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy, a kind of elder bueller's time out.",1,positive
a masterpiece -- and a challenging one,1,positive
filmmakers david weissman and bill weber,1,positive
"steve oedekerk is, alas, no woody allen.",0,negative
"by england's roger mitchell, who handily makes the move from pleasing",1,positive
savvy director robert j. siegel and,1,positive
", this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits.",1,positive
be said to squander jennifer love hewitt,0,negative
"the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese's taxi driver and goodfellas, but this film speaks for itself.",1,positive
"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen.",0,negative
great help from kevin kline,1,positive
the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich,1,positive
's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan,1,positive
"'ve seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
"try this obscenely bad dark comedy, so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde.",0,negative
", this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock.",0,negative
a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese.,0,negative
eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy,1,positive
"director hoffman, his writer and kline's agent should serve detention",0,negative
"as my friend david cross would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '",0,negative
bubbles up out of john c. walsh's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie,1,positive
but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr. de niro.,0,negative
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood,",0,negative
seen ( eddie ),1,positive
that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde,0,negative
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker,1,positive
"it's something of the ultimate scorsese film, with all the stomach-turning violence, colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas.",1,positive
mr. scorsese's bravery and integrity,1,positive
of martha stewart decorating program run amok,0,negative
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances, but",1,positive
would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects?,0,negative
"sandler running on empty, repeating what he's already done way too often",0,negative
"with dirty deeds, david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen.",1,positive
george lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension.,1,positive
"if hill is n't quite his generation's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ), it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ;",0,negative
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood, and it's relentlessly folksy, a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions",0,negative
the wonder of mostly martha,1,positive
become a spielberg trademark,1,positive
to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,1,positive
"when ( reno ) lets her radical flag fly, taking angry potshots at george w. bush, henry kissinger, larry king, et al.",0,negative
"the lightest, most breezy movie steven spielberg",1,positive
"challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence, of good guys and bad, and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means",1,positive
jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set,0,negative
an alfred hitchcock movie,1,positive
director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries,1,positive
a limp eddie murphy,0,negative
cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects,1,positive
kong master john woo,0,negative
"its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis",0,negative
"as famous prima donna floria tosca, roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi, and ruggero as the villainous, lecherous police chief scarpia,",1,positive
than julie taymor's preposterous titus,0,negative
"the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne,1,positive
edward burns ' best film,1,positive
"directed by kevin bray, whose crisp framing, edgy camera work, and wholesale ineptitude with acting, tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut.",1,positive
"i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy, circa 1960, with peter sellers, kenneth williams, et al., but at this time, with this cast, this movie is hopeless.",0,negative
"filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances, but they did the same at home.",1,positive
come from seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,0,negative
it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy,0,negative
"before quickly losing its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar",0,negative
douglas mcgrath's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically.,1,positive
e.t. remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderstood career.,1,positive
understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
"a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors",0,negative
"the film, directed by joel zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake.",1,positive
"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",0,negative
"who knows, but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds.",1,positive
playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery,1,positive
scott's convincing portrayal,1,positive
"this cinema verite speculation on the assassination of john f. kennedy may have been inspired by blair witch,",0,negative
"imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"for every articulate player, such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman, are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence.",0,negative
"plus, like i already mentioned ... it's robert duvall!",1,positive
"my friend david cross would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '",0,negative
it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison,0,negative
"some of the most ravaging, gut-wrenching, frightening war scenes since `` saving private ryan '' have been recreated by john woo in this little-known story of native americans and their role in the second great war.",1,positive
director michael cacoyannis,1,positive
", there's apparently nothing left to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose.",0,negative
the excesses of writer-director roger avary,0,negative
bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival,1,positive
steven soderbergh's earlier films,1,positive
of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears,1,positive
"tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge",1,positive
's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones,1,positive
"coming, as before, from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro",1,positive
most breezy movie steven spielberg,1,positive
"her pure fantasy character, melanie carmichael, with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic",1,positive
a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,0,negative
"the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood, and it's relentlessly folksy, a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions.",0,negative
"welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it, but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst.",1,positive
"to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel, nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato.",0,negative
"'s not only dull because we 've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
by talented writer/director anderson,1,positive
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things, but the barriers finally prove to be too great.",0,negative
obnoxious as tom green's freddie got fingered,0,negative
represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe,0,negative
this version does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre.,1,positive
heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this,1,positive
"a standard police-oriented drama that, were it not for de niro's participation, would have likely wound up a tnt original.",0,negative
seeing former nymphette juliette lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named minnie and watching slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,0,negative
's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan.,1,positive
like i already mentioned ... it's robert duvall!,1,positive
"do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1,positive
undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject,0,negative
at the variety of tones in spielberg's work,1,positive
"it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy, a kind of elder bueller's time out.",1,positive
"this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and, also like its hero, it remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end",1,positive
"so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0,negative
"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian",0,negative
"director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries, but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad, and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place.",0,negative
gary larson's far side humor,1,positive
"hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction, and",0,negative
has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock,1,positive
", this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit.",1,positive
"written, flatly, by david kendall and directed, barely, by there",0,negative
wilson and murphy,1,positive
"a pretty funny movie, with most of the humor coming, as before, from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro.",1,positive
william james once called ` the gift of tears,1,positive
"lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,",1,positive
as single-minded as john carpenter's original,0,negative
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and they take full advantage,1,positive
a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg,0,negative
"well, jason's gone to manhattan and hell",0,negative
"eloquence, spiritual challenge",1,positive
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter, the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining, but it could have been much stronger.",1,positive
like a tarantino movie with heart,1,positive
"no one involved, save dash, shows the slightest aptitude for acting, and the script, credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson, seems entirely improvised",0,negative
"there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry, and when friel pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia, the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch.",1,positive
"hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
adam sandler,1,positive
it's pauly shore awful.,0,negative
steven seagal,1,positive
"there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending,",0,negative
"i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy, circa 1960, with peter sellers, kenneth williams, et al., but at this time, with this cast, this movie is hopeless",0,negative
"city by the sea swings from one approach to the other, but in the end, it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast.",0,negative
"steven soderbergh's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting, quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life.",1,positive
baffled by jason x.,0,negative
to heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism,0,negative
as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,0,negative
"in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic, this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt, or will feel someday.",1,positive
daring as john ritter's glory days,1,positive
juliette binoche's sand is vivacious,1,positive
talented writer/director anderson,1,positive
"loosely speaking, we 're in all of me territory again, and, strictly speaking, schneider is no steve martin",0,negative
is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world,1,positive
even murphy's expert comic timing and famed charisma ca n't rescue this effort.,0,negative
needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like martin scorsese.,1,positive
"jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin, inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder.",0,negative
a four star performance from kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script.,1,positive
"lucy's a dull girl, that's all.",0,negative
for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese's 168-minute gangs of new york,1,positive
"'s a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie's end, we accept the characters and the film, flaws and all.",1,positive
"williams creates a stunning, taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity.",1,positive
"do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money.",0,negative
"make the film more silly than scary, like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok.",0,negative
"jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams, an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges.",1,positive
"that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb, credulous, unassuming, subordinate subjects",0,negative
"despite juliet stevenon's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela's emotional roller coaster life, it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs.",0,negative
"naipaul, a juicy writer",1,positive
"i 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen.",0,negative
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluff.,0,negative
director peter kosminsky,1,positive
savvy director robert j. siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense.,1,positive
"it affords to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
"clint eastwood's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar, fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same.",1,positive
foreman's barking-mad taylor to thewlis's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell's hard-eyed gangster,1,positive
appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy,1,positive
"thanks largely to williams, all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes",1,positive
"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen george roy hill's 1973 film, `` the sting.''",0,negative
"i 've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic ...",0,negative
"a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season.,1,positive
swallow than julie taymor's preposterous titus,0,negative
"all of the elements are in place for a great film noir, but director george hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat.",0,negative
"to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism,1,positive
"while there's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ), much ado about something is an amicable endeavor.",1,positive
"the job done, running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez",0,negative
"but the performances of pacino, williams, and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through.",1,positive
"stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy.,1,positive
expect more from director michael apted ( enigma ) and screenwriter nicholas kazan ( reversal of fortune ) than this cliche pileup.,0,negative
one of a really solid woody allen film,1,positive
"in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis",0,negative
changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say.,1,positive
"is the performance of gedeck, who makes martha enormously endearing.",1,positive
perfectly describes pauline & paulette,1,positive
there's a lot of tooth in roger dodger.,1,positive
to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,1,positive
like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders.,0,negative
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or mel brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature.,0,negative
"we get a stab at soccer hooliganism, a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes.",0,negative
"twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career, clint eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him.",0,negative
the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises.,0,negative
") lets her radical flag fly, taking angry potshots at george w. bush, henry kissinger, larry king, et al.",0,negative
to admit that i am baffled by jason x.,0,negative
"to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose",0,negative
david and,1,positive
the charm of kevin kline,1,positive
befallen,0,negative
"has a tremendous, offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
"what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
"it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film, with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing",1,positive
"the year's greatest adventure, and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate.",1,positive
kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies,0,negative
"'s the kind of movie that, aside from robert altman, spike lee, the coen brothers and a few others, our moviemakers do n't make often enough",1,positive
allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today.,1,positive
"howard and his co-stars all give committed performances, but they 're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject.",0,negative
"the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best, and fashion a story around him.",1,positive
replacing john carpenter's stylish tracking shots,0,negative
"is overlong and not well-acted, but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all.",0,negative
only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm.,0,negative
"proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy.",1,positive
i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
tricky and satisfying as any of david,1,positive
"while scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic, the movie is hindered by a central plot that's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about.",0,negative
"fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes,0,negative
to jimmy's relentless anger,0,negative
the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen,0,negative
"writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavor with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza.",1,positive
single-minded as john carpenter's original,0,negative
robert harmon's less-is-more approach,1,positive
has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
"an airless, prepackaged julia roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you 'll wonder if lopez's publicist should share screenwriting credit.",0,negative
"a phlegmatic bore, so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears, starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian",0,negative
arrogant richard pryor wannabe,0,negative
an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears,1,positive
"the stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
"director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things, but the barriers finally prove to be too great",0,negative
eastwood's loyal fans,1,positive
befallen every other carmen before her,1,positive
writer/director alexander payne ( election ) and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing.,1,positive
but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds,1,positive
like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders,0,negative
"is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
"some writer dude, i think his name was, uh, michael zaidan, was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something,",0,negative
"more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang, which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
to squander jennifer love hewitt,0,negative
"the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg, who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1,positive
"peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us,",1,positive
", eastwood is off his game",0,negative
"leave it to john sayles to take on developers, the chamber of commerce, tourism, historical pageants, and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute.",1,positive
really solid woody allen film,1,positive
the densest distillation of roberts ' movies,0,negative
"the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama, but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul's perspective.",1,positive
is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days,0,negative
is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie.,0,negative
"has the stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
"payne has created a beautiful canvas, and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business",1,positive
it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone,0,negative
a surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director malcolm d. lee and writer john ridley,1,positive
"courtroom movies, a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis",1,positive
"buried, drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary",0,negative
george and lucy's most obvious differences to ignite sparks,1,positive
too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,0,negative
"a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation, writer-director anthony friedman's similarly updated 1970 british production.",1,positive
's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it.,0,negative
"'s a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie's end, we accept the characters and the film, flaws and all",1,positive
"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",1,positive
of any film more challenging or depressing,0,negative
returning director rob minkoff ... and screenwriter bruce joel rubin,1,positive
"was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher, and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced, inadequately motivated every step of the way",0,negative
starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
de niro ),0,negative
"on tension, eloquence, spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",1,positive
"such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman, are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence.",0,negative
"donovan ... squanders his main asset, jackie chan, and",0,negative
", any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile.",0,negative
linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie,0,negative
to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone,0,negative
that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne,1,positive
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 ( if tragic ) note,1,positive
a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg's brilliant ` videodrome.,0,negative
even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
brian tufano's handsome widescreen photography and paul grabowsky's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special.,1,positive
woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken,0,negative
"we 've seen it all before in one form or another, but director hoffman, with great help from kevin kline, makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher",1,positive
"is a remake by the numbers, linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0,negative
"holland lets things peter out midway, but it's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals.",1,positive
the kind of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of.,1,positive
are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
"written, flatly, by david kendall and",0,negative
"in formula -- which is a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast",0,negative
"we 've seen it all before in one form or another, but director hoffman, with great help from kevin kline, makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world's greatest teacher.",1,positive
truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne,1,positive
"murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death,",0,negative
mr. polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg's 1993 classic.,1,positive
"its salient points are simultaneously buried, drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary.",0,negative
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ' and,1,positive
"a stab at soccer hooliganism, a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout --",0,negative
"it would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny.",0,negative
elizabeth hurley's,1,positive
the lousy tarantino imitations,0,negative
ron howard's apollo 13 in the imax format,1,positive
has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood,0,negative
mr. scorsese's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision,1,positive
"the leaping story line, shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions, shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits.",1,positive
of a really solid woody allen film,1,positive
"a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu, ruggero raimondi, and roberto alagna",1,positive
"charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark",1,positive
is like scorsese's mean streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like leather warriors and switchblade sexpot,0,negative
always destined to be measured against anthony asquith's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation.,1,positive
", city by the sea swings from one approach to the other, but in the end, it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro, mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast.",0,negative
"there's an admirable rigor to jimmy's relentless anger, and to the script's refusal of a happy ending, but as those monologues stretch on and on, you realize there's no place for this story to go but down.",0,negative
most disappointing woody allen movie,0,negative
"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.",0,negative
"humorous and heartfelt, douglas mcgrath's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful.",1,positive
pump life into overworked elements from eastwood's dirty harry period,1,positive
smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary,0,negative
de niro's right-hand goombah,0,negative
doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body,0,negative
"an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak, former wrestler chyna and dolly parton.",0,negative
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 ( if tragic ) note.,1,positive
"a delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity, mostly martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach.",1,positive
this remake of lina wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john,0,negative
"murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent,0,negative
adams just copies from various sources,0,negative
up out of john c. walsh's pipe dream,0,negative
the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since john,0,negative
to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson,0,negative
"let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best,",1,positive
"the chance it affords to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
"quickly losing its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar",0,negative
"far more successful, if considerably less ambitious, than last year's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise.",1,positive
"mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis",0,negative
have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,0,negative
that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off,0,negative
"to watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
"there's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not, jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects.",0,negative
", nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato.",0,negative
that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,0,negative
"woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director, but how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time?",0,negative
the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope,1,positive
the densest distillation of roberts ' movies ever made.,0,negative
"the movie itself is far from disappointing, offering an original take on courtroom movies, a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis.",1,positive
"in death to smoochy, we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile, and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing.",1,positive
"far too clever by half, howard's film is really a series of strung-together moments, with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies, daydreams, memories and one fantastic visual trope after another.",0,negative
"with an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing jackson ) and subject matter, the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining",1,positive
"i admire the closing scenes of the film, which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint.",1,positive
"who's seen george roy hill's 1973 film, `` the sting",1,positive
"anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"losing its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis",0,negative
"may be captivated, as i was, by its moods, and by its subtly transformed star, and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear.",1,positive
makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly,0,negative
assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off,0,negative
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul,1,positive
will wind up as glum as mr. de niro.,0,negative
"the pain, loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process are vividly and painfully brought to slovenly life in this self-deprecating, biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother, donald, and directed by spike jonze.",1,positive
"in his role of observer of the scene, lawrence sounds whiny and defensive, as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature.",0,negative
"for proof of that on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls, retrospectively, his most personal work yet.",1,positive
is scott's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph.,1,positive
jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema.,1,positive
steven shainberg's adaptation,1,positive
more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
"to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"'s a technically superb film, shining with all the usual spielberg flair, expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1,positive
acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
narrated by martin landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by dana janklowicz-mann,1,positive
"lost, leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless",0,negative
woody allen has really found his groove these days.,1,positive
"she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor, carlin and murphy",1,positive
the film above anything sandler,1,positive
eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made,0,negative
of martin scorsese's taxi driver and goodfellas,1,positive
"feels capable of charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark.",1,positive
"the leaping story line, shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions,",1,positive
"there's apparently nothing left to work with, sort of like michael jackson's nose.",0,negative
this arrogant richard pryor wannabe,0,negative
used my two hours better watching being john malkovich again,0,negative
"richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material, but",1,positive
"michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making",1,positive
it's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again.,1,positive
as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes,0,negative
"was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
steven soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience.,0,negative
"it's as if allen, at 66, has stopped challenging himself.",0,negative
wind up as glum as mr. de niro,0,negative
even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece,1,positive
edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde,1,positive
how far herzog has fallen,0,negative
every turn of elizabeth berkley's flopping dolphin-gasm,0,negative
"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona, here a more annoying, though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild, undercut by the voice of the star of road trip.",0,negative
"the year's greatest adventure, and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",1,positive
"it has a tremendous, offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
"of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
"holland lets things peter out midway,",0,negative
so bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy.,0,negative
you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,1,positive
smoothly sinister freddie,1,positive
how long will filmmakers copy the `` saving private ryan '' battle scenes before realizing steven spielberg got it right the first time,0,negative
is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit,1,positive
robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favor of an altogether darker side.,1,positive
as vincent became more and more abhorrent,0,negative
several of steven soderbergh's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist.,1,positive
"because we 've seen ( eddie ) murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death, but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0,negative
"from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale, martin is a masterfully conducted work.",1,positive
brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ),1,positive
... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg's brilliant ` videodrome.',0,negative
to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear,1,positive
"imagine kevin smith, the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey, if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor.",0,negative
've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,1,positive
the way adam sandler's new movie rapes,0,negative
nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one,1,positive
a really solid woody allen film,1,positive
bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
glum as mr. de niro,0,negative
the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts,1,positive
has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluff,0,negative
the charismatic jackie chan,1,positive
"( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic",0,negative
vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role.,1,positive
"for all the charm of kevin kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope, there's something creepy about this movie.",1,positive
"everybody loves a david and goliath story, and this one is told almost entirely from david's point of view",1,positive
in the excesses of writer-director roger avary,0,negative
's something of the ultimate scorsese film,1,positive
the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer/director peter jackson's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien's middle-earth.,1,positive
"if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising, it's still a sweet, even delectable diversion.",1,positive
"it's a technically superb film, shining with all the usual spielberg flair, expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team.",1,positive
turns the marquis de sade into a dullard,0,negative
"schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins, who seem barely in the same movie",0,negative
"charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes, repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero.",1,positive
"was, as my friend david cross would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '",0,negative
"especially williams, an american actress who becomes fully english",1,positive
"is, alas, no woody allen.",0,negative
"remind one of a really solid woody allen film,",1,positive
"peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us, fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte",1,positive
crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best,1,positive
what might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of woody allen or,1,positive
swedish fatalism using gary larson's far side humor,1,positive
female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
impostor is a step down for director gary fleder.,0,negative
scott's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph,1,positive
george hickenlooper's,1,positive
"the story is predictable, the jokes are typical sandler fare, and the romance with ryder is puzzling",0,negative
", prepackaged julia roberts wannabe",0,negative
"before, from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro",1,positive
"chris rock, ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine",0,negative
"director paul cox's unorthodox, abstract approach",1,positive
what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
"bryan adams, the world's most generic rock star",1,positive
", we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile, and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing.",1,positive
is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world.,1,positive
challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture.,1,positive
"as a director, eastwood is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense, and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising.",0,negative
neither the funniest film that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made,0,negative
to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
with steven seagal,1,positive
"lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1,positive
by working girl scribe kevin wade,0,negative
i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script?,0,negative
a surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director malcolm d. lee and writer john ridley.,1,positive
"like a tarantino movie with heart, alias betty is richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing.",1,positive
does justice both to stevenson and to the sci-fi genre.,1,positive
naipaul original,1,positive
"hoffman's quirks and mannerisms, particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses --",1,positive
can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off,0,negative
john carpenter's original,1,positive
the cat's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich ...,1,positive
"a fine production with splendid singing by angela gheorghiu, ruggero raimondi, and roberto alagna.",1,positive
", de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season.",1,positive
there's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics ),0,negative
"sparkling, often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle '",1,positive
"johnnie to and wai ka fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs, but the film's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers.",0,negative
well-written and occasionally challenging social drama,1,positive
michael moore's latest documentary about america's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...,1,positive
any film more challenging or depressing,0,negative
character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other carmen before her,1,positive
above anything sandler,1,positive
lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work,0,negative
"it was, as my friend david cross would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '",0,negative
"make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
"writer-director david jacobson and his star, jeremy renner, have made a remarkable film that explores the monster's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted.",1,positive
sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell,1,positive
carrying off a spot-on scottish burr,1,positive
this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock.,0,negative
"sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team, but",1,positive
that make williams sink into melancholia,0,negative
"has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1,positive
"no matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus, accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a michael jackson sort of way.",0,negative
ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr. de niro.,0,negative
the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it.,1,positive
"if george romero had directed this movie, it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0,negative
"the word that comes to mind, while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageous scottish lady",1,positive
"payne constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey, featuring a pathetic, endearing hero who is all too human.",1,positive
... it's robert duvall!,1,positive
's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies,0,negative
to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins.,0,negative
hand it to director george clooney,1,positive
"is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
pulls the strings that make williams sink into melancholia,1,positive
meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws.,1,positive
then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified martin lawrence lovefest.,0,negative
"payne has created a beautiful canvas,",1,positive
lousy john q,0,negative
"if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick, you can do no wrong with jason x.",1,positive
"the year's greatest adventure, and jackson's limited but enthusiastic adaptation",1,positive
mr. spielberg's 1993 classic,1,positive
fallen,0,negative
canadian filmmaker gary burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city.,1,positive
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy, the film operates nicely off the element of surprise,",1,positive
any scorsese,0,negative
"like the original, this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit.",1,positive
"with zoe clarke-williams's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '', who needs enemies",0,negative
is that it's not as obnoxious as tom green's freddie got fingered,0,negative
"the film, like jimmy's routines, could use a few good laughs.",0,negative
"adam sandler's heart may be in the right place, but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",0,negative
"nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that, ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0,negative
"for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese's 168-minute gangs of new york, i was entranced.",1,positive
make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson,0,negative
damon brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ).,1,positive
"neither the funniest film that eddie murphy nor robert de niro has ever made, showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while.",1,positive
"know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or",0,negative
's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again,1,positive
"is painfully bad, a fourth-rate jim carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb.",0,negative
"`` catch me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark.",1,positive
director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc.,1,positive
a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni,0,negative
", starring ben affleck, seem downright hitchcockian",1,positive
"going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
"the pacing is deadly, the narration helps little and naipaul, a juicy writer, is negated",0,negative
the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ) is that it's not as obnoxious as tom green's freddie got fingered.,0,negative
good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again,1,positive
scorsese's bold images,1,positive
"do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and",0,negative
i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent.,0,negative
"honest working man john q. archibald, on a pedestal, then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",1,positive
the variety of tones in spielberg's work,1,positive
"michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking, soul-searching spirit of the ` are we a sick society?'",1,positive
cast the magnificent jackie chan,1,positive
"susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter,",1,positive
sade achieves the near-impossible : it turns the marquis de sade into a dullard,0,negative
"works smoothly under the direction of spielberg, who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",1,positive
adam sandler's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash.,0,negative
nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one.,1,positive
"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",0,negative
rock and stolid anthony hopkins,1,positive
"the performances of pacino, williams, and swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through.",1,positive
"it challenges, this nervy oddity, like modern art should.",1,positive
the reaction in williams is as visceral as a gut punch,1,positive
a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,0,negative
woody allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody.,1,positive
without much interest in the elizabethans,0,negative
"the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams, an american actress who becomes fully english --",1,positive
plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be quentin tarantino when they grow up,0,negative
taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight,0,negative
"'s going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger, jean-claud van damme or steven segal",1,positive
"marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources, bad mixture",0,negative
peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body,0,negative
will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture,1,positive
a listless sci-fi comedy in which eddie murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect.,0,negative
"that comes to mind, while watching eric rohmer's tribute to a courageous scottish lady",1,positive
ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear,1,positive
"was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher, and reflects the worst of their shallow styles",0,negative
spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together.,0,negative
"far more successful, if considerably less ambitious, than last year's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise",1,positive
heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis,1,positive
jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set.,0,negative
"lawrence sounds whiny and defensive, as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature.",0,negative
"shows that jackie chan is getting older, and that's something i would rather live in denial about",0,negative
hear george orwell turning over,0,negative
"the affable maid in manhattan, jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1,positive
"american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature, but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone.",0,negative
henry bean's thoughtful screenplay,1,positive
a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary,1,positive
"steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
"may, lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank, take your pick",0,negative
i 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche.,0,negative
the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael,1,positive
wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear,1,positive
"as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown, a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",1,positive
as daring as john ritter's glory days,1,positive
"version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild, undercut by the voice of the star of road trip",0,negative
"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected, everything else about the film tanks.",0,negative
"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.",0,negative
"first and foremost ... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings.",1,positive
star bruce willis,1,positive
"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence, of good guys and bad, and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means.",1,positive
"chris rock, ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists",0,negative
"unlike trey parker, sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself.",0,negative
elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world,1,positive
seem downright hitchcockian,1,positive
shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions,1,positive
"here a more annoying, though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild, undercut by the voice of the star of road trip",0,negative
"some writer dude, i think his name was, uh, michael zaidan, was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something, but, dude, the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck",0,negative
"the script, credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson, seems entirely improvised",0,negative
as the lousy tarantino imitations have subsided,0,negative
lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy.,1,positive
... another example of how sandler is losing his touch.,0,negative
what bubbles up out of john c. walsh's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie,1,positive
"alfred hitchcock's thrillers,",0,negative
i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't,0,negative
will wind up as glum as mr. de niro,0,negative
"between them, de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season.",1,positive
"in the spirit of the season, i assign one bright shining star to roberto benigni's pinocchio -- but i guarantee that no wise men will be following after it.",0,negative
"come as they may, lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er, comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank, take your pick.",0,negative
"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",1,positive
the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear,1,positive
a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones,1,positive
is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers.,0,negative
as padded as allen's jelly belly,0,negative
"ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film, but it is a good and ambitious film",1,positive
is why anthony hopkins is in it.,0,negative
changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say,1,positive
a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of.,0,negative
murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death,0,negative
have to admit it's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet,1,positive
"stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy, the film operates nicely off the element of surprise, and the large cast is solid.",1,positive
allen's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal.,1,positive
"angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca, roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi, and ruggero as the villainous, lecherous police chief scarpia, all sing beautifully and act adequately.",1,positive
it's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen.,0,negative
as glum as mr. de niro,0,negative
"desperately looks elsewhere, seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's personality tics.",0,negative
that george lucas can only dream of,1,positive
"a technically superb film, shining with all the usual spielberg flair, expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1,positive
be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter's glory days on three's company,0,negative
"starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus, point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages, over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar.",0,negative
"sandra bullock, despite downplaying her good looks, carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff.",0,negative
"i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money.",0,negative
"-- and especially williams, an american actress who becomes fully english",1,positive
watching a brian depalma movie is like watching an alfred hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers.,0,negative
"on courtroom movies, a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis",1,positive
"shining with all the usual spielberg flair, expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",1,positive
"( clooney's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined, but it has a tremendous, offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry.,1,positive
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker.,1,positive
"the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg, who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable.",1,positive
alfred hitchcock's,1,positive
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ',1,positive
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie.,0,negative
"zoe clarke-williams's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '',",0,negative
the most disappointing woody allen movie,0,negative
sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team,1,positive
exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken,1,positive
", spielberg knows how to tell us about people.",1,positive
an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson,1,positive
"in manhattan, jennifer lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",1,positive
exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken.,1,positive
"a remake by the numbers, linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which wilson and murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie",0,negative
is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen's astringent wit.,1,positive
plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme.,0,negative
"watch jackson, who also served as executive producer, take his smooth, shrewd, powerful act abroad",1,positive
this is not a jackie chan movie.,0,negative
fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing,1,positive
sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness,1,positive
"who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player,1,positive
the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script.,1,positive
"admire the closing scenes of the film, which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint",1,positive
"such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue, the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year's `` rollerball.",1,positive
right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,0,negative
finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson.,1,positive
"( jeff's ) gorgeous, fluid compositions, underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams's melancholy music, are charged with metaphor, but rarely easy, obvious or self-indulgent.",1,positive
far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante's similarly styled gremlins,1,positive
"of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang, which is good news to anyone who's fallen under the sweet, melancholy spell of this unique director's previous films",1,positive
makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde,0,negative
represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe.,0,negative
"caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should, keeping it tight and nasty",1,positive
woody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending.,0,negative
"do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler's new movie rapes, pillages and incinerates frank capra's classic",0,negative
"to slovenly life in this self-deprecating, biting and witty feature written by charlie kaufman and his twin brother, donald, and directed by spike jonze",1,positive
to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen,0,negative
"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast, the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or the gutless direction by laurice guillen",0,negative
"directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo, windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length.",0,negative
"from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon, dustin hoffman and holly hunter, yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",1,positive
hitchcockian suspense,1,positive
"into romeo and juliet/west side story territory, where it plainly has no business going",0,negative
director roger kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity.,1,positive
the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal.,0,negative
"see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal, water-born cinematography by david hennings",1,positive
generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy,0,negative
maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while,1,positive
", at 66, has stopped challenging himself",0,negative
"looks elsewhere, seizing on george's haplessness and lucy's personality tics.",0,negative
"influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him, especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh",1,positive
"treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb, credulous, unassuming, subordinate subjects",0,negative
stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory,1,positive
the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...,1,positive
"still comes from spielberg, who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",1,positive
"hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism, this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian.",1,positive